Carrie Brownstein is best known as a founding member of Sleater-Kinney and one of the stars of Portlandia, but she can now add author to her already impressive resumé. The artist's memoir, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl, was released this week, and Brownstein appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night (October 27) to promote the new book.
On the show, she discusses her jobs of "rocking out" and "making people laugh," as well as talking about the concept of being cool. She even stuck around for a sketch called "Somber Grrrl," in which she sings a hilarious original 16th Century folk song called "The Hunter and His Pallid Bride."
You can see the remaining dates on Brownstein's book tour listed below, followed by her segments on Colbert's show in the players at the bottom of the page.
Tour dates:
10/28 New York, NY - Barnes & Noble Union Square
10/29 Philadelphia, PA - Merriam Theater (with Aidy Brant)
10/30 Chicago, IL - Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (with Jessica Hopper)
11/01 Austin, TX - Central Presbyterian Church (with Liz Lambert)
11/03 Los Angeles, CA - Vroman's Bookstore (with Amy Poehler)
11/04 San Francisco, CA - Jewish Community Centre of San Francisco (with Dave Eggers)
11/05 Portland, OR - Newmark Theatre
11/06 Seattle, WA - Neptune Theatre (with Maria Semple)
11/16 Montreal, QC - Ukrainian Federation (with Jessica Hopper)
11/17 Toronto, ON - Bram and Bluma Appel Salon at the Toronto Reference Library (with Johanna Schneller)
On the show, she discusses her jobs of "rocking out" and "making people laugh," as well as talking about the concept of being cool. She even stuck around for a sketch called "Somber Grrrl," in which she sings a hilarious original 16th Century folk song called "The Hunter and His Pallid Bride."
You can see the remaining dates on Brownstein's book tour listed below, followed by her segments on Colbert's show in the players at the bottom of the page.
Tour dates:
10/28 New York, NY - Barnes & Noble Union Square
10/29 Philadelphia, PA - Merriam Theater (with Aidy Brant)
10/30 Chicago, IL - Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (with Jessica Hopper)
11/01 Austin, TX - Central Presbyterian Church (with Liz Lambert)
11/03 Los Angeles, CA - Vroman's Bookstore (with Amy Poehler)
11/04 San Francisco, CA - Jewish Community Centre of San Francisco (with Dave Eggers)
11/05 Portland, OR - Newmark Theatre
11/06 Seattle, WA - Neptune Theatre (with Maria Semple)
11/16 Montreal, QC - Ukrainian Federation (with Jessica Hopper)
11/17 Toronto, ON - Bram and Bluma Appel Salon at the Toronto Reference Library (with Johanna Schneller)
