Cold Pizza for Breakfast: A Mem-wha??
“Her biography, like her life, is a work of art.” So says singer/songwriter Janis Ian about Christine Lavin and her book Cold Pizza for Breakfast: A Mem-wha?? In this book, and now audiobook, Lavin recounts her circuitous, often hilarious route to becoming one of contemporary folk music’s most respected and beloved songwriters and performers. From Lincoln Center and other New York hot spots to theaters, music halls, and coffeehouses across North America and beyond, life on the road has...
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Her biography, like her life, is a work of art. So says singer/songwriter Janis Ian about Christine Lavin and her book Cold Pizza for Breakfast: A Mem-wha?? In this book, and now audiobook, Lavin recounts her circuitous, often hilarious route to becoming one of contemporary folk music s most respected and beloved songwriters and performers. From Lincoln Center and other New York hot spots to theaters, music halls, and coffeehouses across North America and beyond, life on the road has defined Lavin s life and music. If she lacked a master plan, she had the heart and chutzpah to keep moving and noting carefully what she saw of human nature along the way. It paid off. Her laser-sharp wit and perceptive irony produced a body of song, and now a book, that captures her life and touches our own (foibles included). Christine s 14-hour audiobook also includes a foreword written and read by actor and singer-songwriter Jeff Daniels; two brand-new verses of the classic song It Was a Very Good Year, sung by its author, Ervin Drake; and a cappella bookmarks performed by The Accidentals. As Christine reads her lively tales, she occasionally picks up her guitar and sings to illustrate a point. Join her on this memorable and fun-filled journey and learn some of the most beloved talents in music, stage and screen. As Dirty Linen magazine puts it: Christine Lavin is a storyteller par excellence. She can take the most trivial encounter and spin it into gold, exposing the heart of the matter with humor and grace.
Foreword viiPreface viii1 I'm Trying to Blind You All Equally 12 Law & Order Gives a Shout-Out to Pete Seeger 83 Piglet Meets Joe Namath 174 The Catholic Church Introduces Me to My First Illegal Beer, and TV Introduces Me to the Smothers Brothers 255 And the Award Goes to…This Year There Is No Winner 376 Damaged Goods 437 I Wonder Whose Underwear She's Wearing Now 518 So You Want to Be a Pirate 609 Are You a Real Girl? 6810 Fate Finds a Way 8611 $250 for a Set of Guitar Strings 10612 Nobody's Fat in Aspen 1201 What Was I Thinking? 12814 Stupidly Crappy Mind-Numbing Music Business Disappointments 14915 An Angel Sent by God 16716 Crystal the Psychic Follcsinger 17417 Speakeasy/Fast Folk 18118 Oh… C—Eh? N—Eh? D—Eh? 19219 In Search of Dame Edna 21220 The Birth of the Four Bitchin' Babesp 22521 Yeah, I'm Always the First One You Think of If She's Busy 24922 That Part Is True. The Rest I Made Up 25623 Dame Edna Arrives 27424 Fallout 28625 If I Didn't Have to Play Guitar Right Now, I'd Be Knitting, Too 29826 Ervin Drake 30827 Jim Caruso's Cast Party at Birdland 32228 Gettin' Used to Leavin' 353Thank You! I Apologize! 366Appendix 1 Christine Lavin Complete Discography 368Appendix 2 1,000 Terrific Recordings I Have Played on the Radio 377Appendix 3 Steve Wozniak: Guest DJ on a Segway 389Index 391
\ Janis Ian“Christine Lavin is the unsung heroine of the latter-day folk movement. Her tireless support of talented songwriters has brought out the best in many, given chances to more than a few, and put her head and shoulders above most people claiming to be ‘star-makers.’ Her autobiography, like her life, is a work of art.” —Janis Ian, singer/songwriter\ \ \ \ \ Michael Stock“When I see Christine Lavin in concert, I laugh and shed a few tears. Reading Cold Pizza for Breakfast, I laughed and shed a few tears. Just like her concerts, I didn’t want it to end.” —Michael Stock, host, WLRN Radio (Miami)\ \ \ Bill Hahn“Christine Lavin is an artist who covers the gamut\ \ of performance in many genres; intimate of stars in the worlds of jazz, folk, and Broadway. She shares details of her life from Catholic school to a catholic life in this really readable book—Cold Pizza for Breakfast: A Mem-wha?? You join her in a most personal journey through her life and become her companion on a trip you want to go on unendingly.”\ \ —Bill Hahn, producer/host, Traditions and Sunday Simcha, WFD\ \ \ \ \ Stuart Ross“Cold Pizza is a creative and cozy journey through\ \ the warm and witty life of one of the finest singer/songwriters performing today. I was completely absorbed by the experiences and people that make up the soundtrack of Christine Lavin’s life. Her point of view on her own world is as specific, witty, compassionate, and honest as her music. Through this book she has created a narrative that lets us in on the creative process of a writer who celebrates the joys of yesterdayȁ\ \ \ \ \ Danny Burstein“Christine Lavin is quite simply one of the greatest people on earth. I adore her and admire her more than I could ever say. Her book details her amazing life and journey in the arts. Christine Lavin has managed to never lose hold of her creativity and humanity while reaching for the stars. Anyone interested in what a life in the arts without compromise is really like should read this book.” —Danny Burstein, Tony-nominated actor\ \
