Don't Sleep with Your Drummer

by Jen Sincero

Book Overview

At twenty-eight, Jenny Troanni has decided to become the rock goddess she was always meant to be. Items on her new to-do list include: 1) Quit going-somewhere copywriting job and get going-to-band-practice job. 2) Break up with Hootie and the Blowfish-lovin' boyfriend. 3) Hang out in skanky bars. Meet musicians. 4) Cash in pension and buy kickass guitar amp. 5) Team up with sex-crazed guitar genius/best friend Lucy Stover Hanover II. After auditioning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743453913
• ISBN13: 9780743453912
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: MTV Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.1" x 7.1"

Customer Reviews

Scathingly Brilliant

My stars and garters.... Miss Sincero held me in her relentlessgrip to the very end. It was JAWS meets IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE.On the first page she dedicates this book to her "excellent mom"and then spends the next 30 pages dissing her... I am in love!!!It's a splendid trot through the hot spots that pepper thisglorious globe of ours! An incandifferous attempt at turningchicken caca into chicken salad! ...P>I LOVED this book. I can't wait for the next one.<br>I haven't laughed this hard since "Lust in the Dust"<p>"Don't sleep with your drummer" is spectacular... a hilarious<br>look at the music industry, secret love, overbearing parents,<br>and the staggering throb of best friends.... <p>Santa Claus is coming to town....

Great book! But the photography smells.

The story line of this book rocks! But who did the photography? I think there is a girl in San Francisco who can do a way better job of photographing the Queenie in her element!photographically distraught,anonymous

Hilarious and brilliant!

It's about time someone exposed the music industry for the hell hole it is and band life for the soap opera it is! This book was laugh out loud funny, insightful, touching, and romantic! Oh yeah, and really well written. I've been in bands for years and this is the first time I've read anything that does all the craziness justice. I loved all the characters too. I miss them now that I'm done with the book! Bravo.

THIS BOOK SHOULD BE A MOVIE!

This book is funny, insightful, introspective, and a true adventure. I couldn't put it down. The character development was masterful; rather than having an indepth description the characters' psyches rammed down your throat, the reader gets to know and understand each one by what they say and do, and how they interact with the main character. This, together with the fact that the book provides a great satirical look inside the music industry, makes it perfect for a movie. I hope that's where it goes!

You Wish You Were This Funny

This is laugh out loud funny writing - not just some dopey chick book. The characters all have texture. The language is whip smart. There's core drama that keeps you turning the pages. And great images -- "The building was eerily silent when I walked in. As terrifying as I find the death rock band across the hall, it's almost more upsetting when their not jamming and I'm alone. At least when they're making noise, you know where they all are. If it's silent, they could be lurking around every conrer. Or hanging by their feet from the ceiling of their practice space sleeping with their wings wrapped tightly around their bodies." Much more where that came from. You'll be a 60 Foot Queenie fan.