6/4/2023 0 Comments Anthony kiedis book reviewThere, he comes into consciousness, as his parents split up and his mom takes up with a wild-man jazz bassist (yes, there was evidently some rub-off). He waxes romantic about a beloved sweater made for him by his maternal nana (actual name: Muriel Cheesewright), digs for memories of his early years in Australia, the son of a government worker posted to the consulate in New York City in 1967. That must’ve been a breeze with Flea, whose outsize heart appears regularly here - on his sleeve and occasionally in his mouth. Still, you’ll most probably want to hug him before you’re 10 pages in.įlea’s got a compelling, vulnerable, self-interrogating writer’s voice his editor on the project was David Ritz, who’s abetted some great music memoirs and biographies (see Aretha: From These Roots Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye, etc.), generally focused on finding his subject’s beating heart. Born Michael Peter Balzary, the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ bassist and spiritual adviser is the sort of rock star who begins his memoir, Acid for the Children, weeping at musical beauty in an Ethiopian church, blurting earnest declarations about his “endless search to merge with infinite spirit” and his surrendering “to the divine and cosmic rhythm,” and offering the summary observation that “bein’ famous don’t mean shit.” Call him disingenuous.
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