Face It: A Memoir

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Humility, false modesty or refusal of a self that she did not want to find or rediscover, know or recognize, with perhaps the fear of reduced freedom as well as an impediment to entertainment, a complex mix of all that? All of that said, Debbie Harry is an icon, and although I didn’t get much of a feel for who she is, deep down, I still love her music and was glad I had the chance to learn a bit more about her history. It may be the case, as Harry notes, that this would be a better memoir if she'd kept a journal over the years. Though her sound and style influenced rock, and especially women in rock, there's refreshingly little self-congratulation in these pages.

In medio stat virtus" or in a 3rd way independent of these extremes, spirituality: irrational and unsensible? Blondie fans will love its piquant atmospherics and the energy and honesty of Harry’s take on her singular saga. I get the feeling that music was very much a sideshow to the wild ride of being a frontwoman for such a popular band. There have been movies, plays, and TV shows; recordings with the Jazz Passengers; the showcase at the Carlyle (for which I would have moved heaven, earth, and Delta Airlines to have been in the audience); the activism; the friendships. The scope of Debbie Harry's impact on our culture has been matched only by her reticence to reveal her rich inner life--until now.Her spectacular voice drips with a sophisticated elegance rarely heard in pop music and she continues to infuse her work with an exquisite artistic sensibility.

BRAVE, BEAUTIFUL AND BORN TO BE PUNK DEBBIE HARRY is a musician, actor, activist and the iconic face of New York City cool.she asks, treating us to her morning schedule of letting the dogs out and making coffee, to which the answer is: no.