On this special edition of the AC, an interview with author and former MTV programmer Courtney E. Smith. Her debut book Record Collecting for Girls: Unleashing Your Inner Music Nerd, One Album At A Time (out today on Mariner Books) takes a sharp and humorous look at the music world from the rarely heard female perspective -- guilty pleasure bands, creating playlists, curating a record collection and more.
Our interview took place over a choppy, but decent enough Skype connection, where Courtney discussed a variety of topics from her book, including The Go Go's, 1982's Valley Girl and why she won't date guys who are "too into" The Smiths. On yeah...she also offers up an epic classic alternative playlist for the uninitiated.
We met Courtney several years ago when we were doing Alternative Classix Live on Second Life. We adore her and basically implore you to drop what you're doing now and buy her book.
Record Collecting for Girls: Unleashing Your Inner Music Nerd, One Album At A Time is now available.
Keep The Classics Alive!
Tarsis,
Thanks for having Mrs. Smith on! She is coming to Austin this Thursday for a book signing. I was rather on the fence due to other plans. However, I was impressed by what she had to say so I will definitely make the effort to go.
As for other "girl" (or girl-led) bands in the past or recent past…what about The Like, Hole, L7, Seven Year Bitch, Eve's Plumb, Velocity Girl, Aimmee Mann, Shonen Knife, Petty Booka, Bikini Kill, Concrete Blonde, DJ Rap, Goldfrapp and Lovie? I admit it takes some effort to find them though.
Posted by: Steve Maggi | September 18, 2011 at 02:32 PM