Don't Try This at Home
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One day, Dave Navarro opened the doors of this house in the Hollywood Hills to the chaos of the valley below. His only rule was, "You come in the house, you get in the photo booth." The result is a shocking, rocking, not-to-be-believed diary, sociological experiment, Hollywood documentary, and exercise in exhibitionism. From strippers, drug dealers, record execs, cleaning ladies, and pizza delivery guys, to celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio, Marilyn Manson, Rose McGowan, Keanu Reeves, Flea, Billy Zane, and Natalie Imbruglia, anyone who entered Navarro's house was caught on film. And it didn't matter if they were wild and crazy, inebriated, naked, hamming it up, looking gorgeous or downright ugly. Accompanying the photo-strops are hilarious stories, musings, tell-all anecdotes, and other rare glimpses into the lifestyle of one of the most decadent rock stars of our time. Visually stunning and deliciously readable, Spread is truly an irresistible guilty pleasure. Publishers Weekly After messy breakups with two major rock bands (Red Hot Chili Peppers and Jane's Addiction), Warner Bros. (the label with whom he was going to release a solo album) and his girlfriend, guitarist Dave Navarro began shooting coke and heroin again. He also bought a photo booth and with New York Times music writer Neil Strauss (coauthor of Marilyn Manson's The Long Hard Road Out of Hell) began to chronicle the next 12 months of his life. Their collaboration, Don't Try This at Homeusing photo booth strips, essays and interviewsdocuments over-the-top scenes: Navarro jotting down his phone number on a syringe wrapper for a mortified record company executive and Navarro, with Marilyn Manson, trying to blow up a photo of Courtney Love's vagina (for an album cover). Keanu Reeves, Leif Garrett and Leonardo DiCaprio are just a few other celebrities whose often-embarrassing antics are recorded here. ( June 1) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
JunePart IThe Concept2Part IIThis is How I Do it12Part IIIHow The Record Industry Is Like a Unicorn14Part IVStalked18JulyPart IThe First Person Dave's Paid to Come Over to His House Who Has Actually Kept Her Clothes on22Part IILove in L.A.: Christmas for Grown-Ups?35Part IIIShe's Such a Great ...42Part IVAn Image53Part VSpiritual Guidance54AugustPart IThe Rhetoric of Dave58Part IIThe Great Chili Peppers Debate: "Bringing it on Yourself"64Part IIIThe Great Steve Vai Debate: "Speak Only for Yourself"74SeptemberPart IHow to Get off Drugs without Really Trying84Part IITen Ways to Tie Off101Part IIIOn Dave's Dick108OctoberPart IDear Diary113Part IIAbout a Girl118Part IIICrystal Koalas, Pet Rocks, and the Tennis Mom Theory130Part IVThe Mystery of Mr. Young136Part VInvaded at Home138Part VIThe March of the Baby Unicorns142NovemberPart IIt's Too Bad Dave Can Only Die Once; He's Got So Many Ideas146Part IIShow and Hell148Part IIIClose Calls152Part IVGood Omens/Bad Omens154Part VIt's Too Bad Dave Can Only Die Once ...158DecemberPart IThe First Time (with Sound Effects)162Part IICuckoo or Cuckold?164Part IIILove in L.A. II: The Myth of Counting on One Hand166Part IVOne Hot Visit168Part VDear Dad170Part VIPsychobabble172Part VIICloser Calls174JanuaryPart IThe Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle: A Watched Object Changes Its Course of Motion178FebruaryPart INavarro Hypothesis #9184Part IIA Temporary Reprieve from Darkness186Part IIIDear Adria188Part IVLove in L.A. III: Intimacy and Communication190Part VRunning on Empty, Scene One192Part VIRunning on Empty, Scene Two193Part VIIRunning on Empty, Scene Three194MarchPart ITwenty Thousand Leagues Under the C: A Journey into The Mind of a Girl Considering Prostitution198Part IICracking Up in The City that Never Sleeps204Part IIIA Series of Answering Machine Messages206AprilPart IThe Sweep210Part IIThe Note212Part IIIThe Confession214MayPart IA Not-So-Triumphant Return218Part IITori's Story220Part IIIA Triumphant Return228Part IVThe Outpatient230June 2000Part I"What Was I Thinking?"234Postscript: June 2004Part IGood-Bye to Hollywood240Part IILove in L.A. IV: Love Doesn't Have to Crush Your Heart Like a Coke Can243Part IIIThis is How We Did It245Part IVTen Reasons Not to Tie Off252Part VA Final Image253Acknowledgments255
