But Enough About Me: How a Small Town Girl Went from Shag Carpet to the Red Carpet

8 oz

Total: 3lbs 8oz






This is one of the funniest books I've read in quite some time. It is the true story of how Jancee Dunn got her start at Rolling Stone and tried to make a go at fitting in. The book is sectioned off in alternating chapters: one, is how to go about interviewing celebrities with great descriptions of different celebrity interviews she did herself and the pitfalls of certain questions and two, is her home life and how she tries desperately to be a Rock and Roll chick while being brought up by a very square family.

Jancee is just like you and me in other words. She was picked up out of her somewhat boring 80's life and thrust into the faces of celebrities such as Madonna and Ben Affleck. What to do? For starters she walked around with Ben Affleck doing her interview and ended up being described as his girlfriend (complete with pictures) in certain magazines. It's very easy to see how mags like US and People use pictures to make up their stories. And they do. A lot. She describes how being an interviewer for Rolling Stone put her in situations where the band she was supposed to interview, were more interested in getting her to do her first hit of heroin. She names names. With the exception of two completely ridiculous quotes that were given to her regarding a choking child and Sept. 11th. She couldn't bring herself to share those names because their reputations would have been smashed. She lists the quotes though, and they are priceless.

I highly recommend this book if you love reading about celebrities and getting the dirt on how journalists actually conduct themselves.