There Goes Gravity: A Life In Rock And Roll (2014) - Plot & Excerpts
The reason I loved this book so much is probably because I listened to it on audiobook while driving to and from work. The greatest thing about it is that Lisa Robinson reads it herself, in a world-weary, New York, Marge Simpson on quaaludes delivery that makes every utterance a sheer delight! Just the way she pronounces "Led Zepp-e-lin" and "The RO-lling Stones" (accent on RO), that just sent me into fits of joy every time. You can practically hear her taking a drag on a cigarette in between takes. Her blase recounting of backstage access, private plane trips with wasted bands, hours listening to Mick Jagger, Bono, Patti Smith, Michale Jackson and Lady Gaga pontificate about their importance in music history, and her penchant for early New York punk and art rock is totally endearing. Apparently everyone was her best friend. You go, girl! I love rock n roll gossip, and it doesn't get much better than this. I really want to do a live staged reading of this book, her voice is just the best. Love you, Lisa! I wanted to like this book because I was a teen in the 70s listening to exactly the same music/artists that Robinson discusses at length in this meandering and disjointed retrospective. At that time, I read the publications she wrote for and edited. This book didn't reveal anything new of substance, in my opinion.In addition, Robinson has this annoying tendency to refer to events and people that she assumes the reader will be familiar with, then she deliberately fails to elaborate. Is this her idea of dropping choice tidbits of gossipy information while playing it safe with the "friends" she's tattling on? She's a literary tease - in a bad way - and her tidbits are anything but tasty. In the end, I found the book quite dull, without surprises, and self-indulgent on Robinson's part.
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