Artistic Disciplines: Wicked Indulgences

Salacious Backroom Dept: Tales of outlaw behaviour, salacious backroom revelations and confessions of wicked indulgences seem more abundant in the music arena than in other artistic disciplines, offering a whiff of fantasy and escape that fans and wannabe rock stars so desperately crave, according to The Star. Most of the artists these books are about have peaked and their audiences are getting older. They both want something more than the music as a legacy and reminders of the good old days when things seemed rosier and musician s memoirs are always a popular bet . . . not particularly safe, but always worth a gamble. They re also a good way to make amends, reshape myths, enrich legacies or set records straight, says veteran Canadian music journalist Larry LeBlanc. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.