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Coloring Outside The Lines: A Memoir
by Aimee Cooper
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Rowdy's Pr (2002-09-23)
ISBN: 0972311718
EAN: 9780972311717
Dewy Decimal #: 780
Paperback: 146 pages
Edition: 2
SKU: AR08062117
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: Exactly as shown, Covers flat and shiny, Spine uncreased, Text clean with NO marks.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
From slamdancing at punk gigs and running from riot police, to facing the consequences of violence and betrayal, Coloring Outside the Lines explores one girl's true journey through the underground punk scene of Los Angeles.
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Customer Reviews
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The Punk Rock Scene in Los Angeles: It Was Always About The Music
Rating  (4)
Date: 2008-11-24
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I'm a few years younger than Aimee Cooper, the author of this book, but I grew up in Los Angeles, and I was obsessed with all the bands she writes about, especially Black Flag. I was only ten years old, but I still claimed Black Flag as my own. The music meant something to those of us who couldn't relate to the vanilla music that was being played on Kasey Kasem's Weekly Top-40. And the more our teachers, social workers and probation officers criticized punk and alternative music as bad, the better it sounded to us, and the louder we played it.
My only disappointment with this memoir is that it seemed as if the author left out too many critical details about her life. If an older person writes an autobiography, they've lived long enough to skim on the details, but writing a book when you're barely 30 years old means that you haven't lived long enough to leave out entire chunks of your life.
Some reviewers have accused the author of being a poser, a punk rock wannabe, but I disagree. She never claims to be more than what she was, a huge fan of LA punk rock music, one who loved the music so much that she took a job as a receptionist for a punk rock magazine, even though she had a college degree and she had endless life choices open to her.
Aimee writes about having a dream that turned into an obsession, and then finding a way to live out every second of that obsession with punk rock. Most people just sit around and wish they did, but she went out and lived the life that she wanted for herself.
For anyone interested in the critical years of the punk rock scene in Los Angeles, I highly recommend this book as a companion to the more in-depth books written about the subject, including "We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of L.A. Punk."
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Pleasant read
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-07-27
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book is a quick read but still satisfies in story and how it's told. It sort of gives you a feeling of how it must've been in that time and place without going into too much detail. It's an art to tell a story with just enough words. And in my opinion this book does just that.
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WOW!
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-07-01
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
Gigs. Riots. Adventures. Friendhip. Betrayal. It's both funny and dramatic. A true story that took place during 18 months in L.A. Also has a great message about standing up for your own beliefs, even if you lose friends because of it.
LOOOOVED IT!
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Entertaining and
Rating (5)
Date: 2004-05-18
4 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
I read this entire book the afternoon I got it, I just didn't want to stop. Cooper's writing stlye is simple and quick to read, but still grabs you and pulls you into a vivid 1980s L.A. punk scene. I felt I could well relate to her character, but I think even if we didn't have much in common I still would've enjoyed reading this book. I just finished it yesterday, and I'm already looking forward to re-reading it, 5 stars just doesn't say how great this book is.
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Awesome piece of literature!
Rating (5)
Date: 2004-04-09
3 out of 7 customers found this reveiw helpful
You'll never find anything else that compares to the discriptions in this book, she not only tells us what it was like but she gives different points of view, a must have!!!
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