false 89780 1 Set in the years between the meteoric launches of Madonna and Courtney Love, <I>Petal Pusher</i> takes readers on a stirring journey across rock and roll, from the big-haired 1980s to the grunge-filled 1990s, when Laurie Lindeen brought her all-girl band, Zuzu's Petals, to compete in the indie rock arena.<P><P>Minneapolis in the eighties was a musical hotbed, the land of 10,000 lakes and 10,000 bands that gave birth to Prince, the Replacements, and Soul Asylum. For Laurie Lindeen it was the perfect place to launch her rock-and-roll dream. She moved to the city with her best friends Phyll ("Annie Oakley meets Patsy Cline") and Coleen ("former cheerleader gone off the arty deep end") to crash in decrepit apartments and coax punk rock from crappy used guitars. But unbeknownst to her friends, Laurie has a secret in her past -- a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis that fuels her passion to make it big on the local, national, and international rock scene.<P><P>With inspiring determination, Laurie and her Zuzu's Petals survive the many challenges of being underdogs in a man's world. Then Laurie is thrown a curveball when she falls for Paul Westerberg of Replacements fame and reevaluates exactly what it means to "make it big."<P><P>By turns hilarious and heartrending, <I>Petal Pusher</i> is a brilliant behind-the-scenes look at music on the front lines, and the awe-inspiring tale of one woman's fight against disease and the disillusionment of life in the rock underground.<P><P> 86649 8 5 2007 Petal Pusher: A Rock and Roll Cinderella Story total:102|5:13|4:33|3:41|2:11|1:4| 102 346 160 33 2 3 false false Fri Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 03:42:36 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 06:02:10 -0700 2008
what could have been a really entertaining book was in my opinion marred by this obnoxious undertone of bitterness. she freely fe...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Nov 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 15:12:20 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 09 20:36:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 1 false false Tue Jun 26 12:33:11 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 08 10:40:32 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 10:50:14 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 15:17:38 -0700 2009
I'd never heard of Zuzu's Petals (found this on the bookstore's $1 rack), but Petal Pusher made me wish I'd been a fan in the '90s. (Started to buy some songs on iTunes, but ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 26 09:42:26 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 26 09:42:32 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 08:26:26 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 14:59:29 -0700 2009
It was fairly well written, and I enjoyed the "history lesson" about some of the great bands that were out there in the ...more...]]> 3 0 true false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 04:57:42 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 11:01:59 -0700 2008
It was a good read - I read it in two days - I enjoyed the name drop...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu May 28 10:12:52 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 10:14:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Apr 23 18:35:27 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 18:37:38 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sat Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 16:25:37 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 18:39:14 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jun 27 18:05:20 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 18:06:38 -0700 2009
Maybe you can....

This book looks intersting enough. I was born in the same era between Madonna and Courtney Love, so it should bring back old memories.

We'll see!

-Amber
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I don't really remember Zuzu's Petals, but you can enjoy the bo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 31 06:28:37 -0700 2007 Sat Jan 19 08:32:33 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 21:02:14 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 12:37:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jun 12 12:00:29 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 25 19:58:13 -0700 2007 on the road begins to drag your creative spirit into the gutter. more...]]>