Cat Power's Moon Pix

Moon Pix was conceived during a hallucinatory waking nightmare in the South Carolina home of Chan Marshall one fateful day in 1997. Spirits violently swam up around her house, looming at the windows, beckoning her to join them. Her and her acoustic guitar warded them off song after song, nearly the entire album rushed forth onto a tape recorder that night. Facts, fictions and visions ripple throughout the accounts of Moon Pix from every angle- memories of screaming at an audience, spirals of drunkenness, swimming with sharks in Australia, intense, resonant lyrics and thunderstorms ringing through speakers. Like all legends, the aura surrounding them is an impression, a sensory feeling of unreliable memories: layers of stories become histories.
Through interviews with key players, audience member accounts, fictional narrative imaginings, a collection of record reviews and other explorations of truth, this book, like Moon Pix itself, is an ode to the myth within the music and the music within the myth.

Donna Kozloskie works coast-to-coast while rooted in the Midwest. In 2010 she toured the globe with a band and a movie which is now in the permanent collection of MoMA (NYC). Focusing on nonfiction & visual storytelling, Donna currently writes and curates for film organizations and digital media platforms.

Author's Note: Welcome to this book.
1. American Flag: From a South Carolina farmhouse full of demons to the 20th Anniversary at the Sydney Opera House
2. He Turns Down: On recording the album & an interview with engineer Matt Voigt
3. No Sense: Chan, Michael Galinsky & Roe in New York & an interview with photographer and filmmaker Michael Galinsky
4. Say: The "Cross Bones Style" video & an interview with director Brett Vapnek
5. Metal Heart: Chan + Bill & interviews with ex-boyfriends on what makes a break up album
6. Back of Your Head: Album reviews & an interview with music journalist Gail O'Hara
7. Moonshiner: The disputed folk history of "Moonshiner" (1927-1998)
8. You May Know Him: Tour stories & an interview with U.S. tour manager Jim Romeo
9. Colors and the Kids: A pivotal show review & an interview with music journalist Ben Ratliff
10. Crossbones Style: Chan on performing & Mark, Jennifer and Ben on a show
11. Peking Saint: 20 years later & my Moon Pix story
Annotated Bibliography: Unraveling the sources