{"id":2444722,"date":"2019-05-29T15:37:31","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T21:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=841844"},"modified":"2019-05-29T15:37:31","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T21:37:31","slug":"blondies-debbie-harry-memoir-face-it-to-release-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/blondies-debbie-harry-memoir-face-it-to-release-in-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Blondie\u2019s Debbie Harry Memoir \u2018Face It\u2019 to Release in October"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Blondie<\/a>\u2019s Debbie Harry<\/a> will release her previously announced memoir, Face It<\/em>, on October 1st via Harper Collins. The book, which blends first-person essays with interviews conducted by journalist Sylvie Simmons, documents her band\u2019s ascent to New Wave fame.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a statement about the autobiography, which includes previously unseen photos and fan art, Harry admits that the book might wind up as the first installment of a series. \u201cThere are many more stories for me to tell; some funny, some scary, some warm, some chill to the bone,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd if Face It<\/em> appeals to people then I will get to telling more of the anecdotal bits of the story of Blondie \u2013 like the time I met Rita Hayworth and Penny Singleton backstage at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis book is biographical and covers a lot of years,\u201d she continued. \u201cI know there will be questions asked because, in putting this together, I realized I have led a very full life and couldn\u2019t possibly cover everything in just one volume. I\u2019m prepared for the best and the worst comments, much like when I have released an album or done a big show. I don\u2019t have a thick skin, but I do have a pretty good sense of humor.\u201d
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In February, Harry detailed the project\u2019s thematic directions in a Rolling Stone<\/em> interview<\/a>, noting that she penned the material from her \u201csort of warped little perspective.\u201d She added, \u201cI talk a bit about my internal functions \u2014 not biological but mental. It\u2019s more personal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Face It<\/em> will \u201cweave through\u201d the vocalist\u2019s life story \u2014 including her band\u2019s creative and commercial journey, her relationship with guitarist Chris Stein and his battle with the disease pemphigus. \u201cIt\u2019s such a long period of time, and there\u2019s so much to tell, that I couldn\u2019t really isolate a lot of little stories and events,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s an overview of the way we got through and maintained and continued and carried on through all that time from my sort of warped little perspective.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In the same interview, Harry noted that Blondie were at that point preparing to record a follow-up to their 11th and most recent LP, 2017\u2019s Pollinator<\/em><\/a> \u2014 working again with producer John Congleton. This summer, the band will team with Elvis Costello & the Imposters for a joint U.S. tour<\/a> that launches July 20th in Bethel, New York and wraps August 10th in Seattle, Washington. <\/span><\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Blondie\u2019s Debbie Harry will release her previously announced memoir, Face It, on October 1st via Harper Collins. The book, which blends first-person essays with interviews conducted by journalist Sylvie Simmons, documents her band\u2019s ascent to New Wave fame. In a statement about the autobiography, which includes previously unseen photos and fan art, Harry admits that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2444722","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 22:57:08","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2444722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444722\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2444722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2444722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2444722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}