Lisa Simon, age 37, still loves loud punk rock and
hates Dave Matthews with an all-consuming passion. April
15, 2001 should have been just another Sunday night. But
a news headline landing in Lisa's email inbox changes
everything: "Joey Ramone is dead." The death of one of
her teenage heroes serves as an long-overdue wake-up
call causing Lisa to examine her life and how she's
lived it, from her youth as a poet on the streets of the
East Village to 10 years later, all grown up with a
career and a fiance. Add to the mix Jake McDaniel, lead
singer of million-selling, critically-regarded Seattle
band Blue Electric, known better to Lisa as the starving
renegades who lived next door to her when she first
arrived in Seattle. In the midst of an unexpectedly
heated argument with the fiance over the historical
relevance (or not) of the Ramones - which forces Lisa to
face the truth about her relationship - Jake writes and
invites Lisa to LA. Throwing what seems like half her cd
collection in the car, along with a wardrobe consisting
of high heels, jeans and t-shirts, Lisa starts driving
from Seattle to LA in the middle of the night,
accompanied by music, memories, and the ghosts of the
past. Arriving in LA, she finds refuge, but also
collides with her past, present and future; decisions
need to be made, and this time, Lisa stands her
ground.
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