{"id":143214,"date":"2020-10-04T10:00:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T14:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/?p=143214"},"modified":"2020-09-30T09:00:47","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T13:00:47","slug":"charlotte-recommends-face-it-debbie-harry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/?p=143214","title":{"rendered":"Charlotte Recommends: Face It – Debbie Harry"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Charlotte’s note: Anyone who has an interest in the iconic Debbie Harry or the outrageous history of New York’s punk rock scene will eat this up!<\/p>\n

“Musician, actor, activist, and the iconic face of New York City cool, Debbie Harry is the frontwoman of Blondie, a band that forged a new sound that brought together the worlds of rock, punk, disco, reggae and hip-hop to create some of the most beloved pop songs of all time.\u00a0As a muse, she collaborated with some of the boldest artists of the past four decades. The scope of Debbie Harry\u2019s impact on our culture has been matched only by her reticence to reveal her rich inner life\u2014until now.<\/p>\n

In an arresting mix of visceral, soulful storytelling and stunning visuals,\u00a0Face It<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0upends the standard music memoir while delivering a truly prismatic portrait. With all the grit, grime, and glory recounted in intimate detail,\u00a0Face It\u00a0re-creates the downtown scene of 1970s New York City, where Blondie played alongside the Ramones, Television, Talking Heads, Iggy Pop and David Bowie.\u00a0Aesthetically dazzling, and including never-before-seen photographs, bespoke illustrations and fan art installations,\u00a0Face It\u00a0<\/em>brings Debbie Harry\u2019s world and artistic sensibilities to life.<\/p>\n

Following her path from glorious commercial success to heroin addiction, the near-death of partner Chris Stein, a heart-wrenching bankruptcy, and Blondie\u2019s breakup as a band to her multifaceted acting career in more than thirty films, a stunning solo career and the triumphant return of her band, and her tireless advocacy for the environment and LGBTQ rights,\u00a0Face It<\/em> is a cinematic story of a woman who made her own path, and set the standard for a generation of artists who followed in her footsteps\u2014a memoir as dynamic as its subject.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Charlotte’s note: Anyone who has an interest in the iconic Debbie Harry or the outrageous history of New York’s punk rock scene will eat this up! “Musician, actor, activist, and the iconic face of New York City cool, Debbie Harry is the frontwoman of Blondie, a band that forged a new sound that brought together…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":143215,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-staff-picks"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Face-It.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6V6sR-BfU","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143214"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143217,"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143214\/revisions\/143217"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/143215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}