March 18, 2008
Film director Anthony Minghella has died, aged 54 – Times Online
This is so sad – Anthony Minghella is too young to be dead. He is responsible for two of my favorite films — Truly, Madly, Deeply and The English Patient. His film credits are not many but they reflect the quality he achieved. Such a loss. Here is a link to the London Times obituary.
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June 11, 2007
I finished reading the book on Friday. I tried to read it slowly to really savor it but once I hit Part 2 (about 1/3 of the way into the book) I couldn’t put it down and finished it that day. I highly recommend the book to anyone but I think that women who grew up about the same time (born 1959-1966) will truly appreciate it. Lindeen deals with so many issues (personal confusion, parental divorce, chronic illness, love and music) in a wonderfully truthful and humorous manner. She alternates between self-deprecation and self-appreciation very well and seems like a person who would be great to know over the years. The book is very personal (sometimes in a truly graphic manner) but there is a sense of privacy – you know that a line has been drawn and she’s only going to tell so much. I like that. She completely de-glamorizes the music industry (writing, practicing, touring and publishing) and yet still loves music.
I hope she has another book inside her. I suspect that since she’s so great with her memoir, she would be great at fiction. I can just imagine the stories she could tell.
technorati tags:books, Lindeen, Westerberg, Replacements, Zuzu’s, Petals
April 26, 2007
See this face? This is a very cool woman named Laurie Lindeen. She’s writer and the former front woman of the band ZuZu’s Petals.
See the book? It’s hers. I plan to buy it and read it. Why? Because I read the excerpt and it made me laugh.
How do I know about her? She’s the spouse of Paul Westerberg and he’s one of my favorite musicians (and a very cool guy, too).
technorati tags:books, Lindeen, Westerberg, Replacements, Zuzu’s, Petals
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