false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171959473m/128582.jpg 128582 8 <p> The second I stepped through the doors of <i>Rolling Stone</i> as a real employee, I wanted to shake off my old personality like the rigid husk of a cicada. But how could I cultivate a new, hip persona when I lived with my parents in a New Jersey suburb and wore black leggings as pants? </p> <p> New Jersey in the 1980s had everything Jancee Dunn wanted: trips down the shore, Bruce Springsteen, a tantalizing array of malls, and, especially, her family. Barreling down the Turnpike in her parents' Buick LeSabre, her perm brushing the ceiling of the car, she felt ragingly alive. But one night she met a girl who worked at <i>Rolling Stone</i> magazine in New York City. To Jancee, who visited the city exactly once a year with her parents and two sisters, New York might as well have been in Canada. But she loved music, so with bleak expectations she passed along her résumé, dashing her father's hopes that she would carry on the family legacy of service to J. C. Penney (a man so revered that a bust of his head was proudly displayed in the den) . </p> <p> Soon Jancee found herself backstage and behind the scenes, interviewing a countless (and nerve-racking) parade of some of the most famous people in the world, among them Madonna, Cameron Diaz, and Beyoncé. She trekked to the Canadian Rockies to hike with Brad Pitt, was chased by paparazzi who mistook her for Ben Affleck's new girlfriend, snacked on Velveeta with Dolly Parton, and danced drunkenly onstage with the Beastie Boys. She even became a TV star as a pioneering VJ on MTV2. </p> <p> As her life spun faster, she plunged into the booze-soaked rock-and-roll life, trading her good-girl suburban past for late nights and hipster guys. But then a chance meeting turned Jancee's life in an unexpected direction and helped her to finally learn to appreciate where she came from, who she was, and what she wanted to be. </p> <p> Riotously funny and tremendously touching, <i>But Enough About Me</i> is the story of an outsider who couldn't quite bring herself to become an insider and introduces readers to a hysterical, lovable real-life heroine. </p> 123839 1 6 2006 But Enough About Me: A Jersey Girl's Unlikely Adventures Among the Absurdly Famous total:716|5:168|4:315|3:194|2:35|1:4| 716 2756 1143 165 3 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 22 11:08:50 -0700 2008 Thu May 22 11:31:25 -0700 2008
Having no idea who Jancee Dunn was, I didn't really pay much attention in the chapters about her background. The celebrity anecdotes are fantastic, though. It reads a bit like People Magazine without th...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 05 17:09:10 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 05 18:34:29 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 06:51:32 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 06:57:13 -0700 2007
This is the memoir of a girl who grew up in New Jersey, loving all that Jersey life offered during the 1980s: big hair, weekends down the shore, driving around listening to Springsteen. (Shazz are you inter...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 08:04:10 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 06:58:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Dec 31 14:17:27 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 31 14:20:10 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 11:06:22 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 18:37:21 -0800 2008
I loved her stories about Dolly Parton and Stevie Nicks especially, but I have to say I enjoyed reading about ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Nov 08 13:47:41 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 13:52:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon May 25 21:11:49 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 21:12:05 -0700 2009
The autobiography is a look back from how D...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri May 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 09:59:51 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 20:31:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Nov 07 22:19:35 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 10 09:13:47 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 18 13:13:25 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 18 13:13:25 -0700 2007
Jancee Dunn’s memoir is a wonderful combination of interviewing tips, dirt-digging secrets and her own personal life snippets into a mixture that equals B...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 18:39:30 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 20:10:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 12:51:20 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 06 18:42:46 -0700 2008
for about about an hour, conveniently right after school, MTV would showcase a block of videos from MTV 2. basically the hipper, more obscure alternative stuff. (now i guess defined as indie rock?) Jancee was the sarcastic, slig...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 02 12:17:21 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 02 12:55:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 18:07:34 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 18:12:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 21:21:38 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 21:24:30 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 21 20:05:14 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 21 20:30:43 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 17:09:50 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 17:32:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 18:27:28 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 18:30:25 -0800 2009
I would highly recommend this ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 11:07:27 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 11:07:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=128582