I heard about Lindsey Sterling from my husband who is a fan of her music. He listens classical Pandora radio when he isn’t listening to rock music so loud it bursts my ear drums. While I was listening Lindsey’s memoir I asked him if he knew she got big on YouTube because she dances and he said he’d never seen any of her videos but it explains why she is our violin playing, ballet dancer four year old niece’s “favorite violinist.” So that was enough […]
“I make art for the sake of art . . . and for my own selfish gratification, because I’m an artistic monster.”
I have a tendency to read memoirs written by celebrities, or “celebrities”, when they pop up on Overdrive — regardless of whether or not I’ve heard of the person. They usually short, fun reads and contain at least a few good stories. I probably don’t enjoy them as much when I have no outside information about the writer, but they’re usually worth the few hours it takes to read them. A strong endorsement, huh? Actually Lindsey Stirling’s memoirs, The Only Pirate at the Party, were pretty enjoyable overall. […]