Will's book

[Stuart]

https://www.hachette.com.au/will-sergeant/

Anyone know anything about this ?

[King Of Kings]

Jennifer Otter Bickerdike is music historian

Will is writing a series of memiores

He was asking if anyone had any early 1978 -1980 photos to contribute

[fat cherry]

He mentioned it in a recent interview (might have been the piscast for the arts college whose name evades me, nirth West, Cheshire, somewhere) but that's all.

[Kounelaki]

About the author
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Otter_Bickerdike

[Voodoo Billy]

"Jennifer Otter Bickerdike is a media and music academic" Mon dieu, sounds a bit pretentious to moi.

[fat cherry]

someone's got to do it.

https://www.leedsconservatoire.ac.uk/co ... c-popular/

eh, a french conservatory in Leeds!!!

In 2005, we became the first UK conservatoire to deliver a specialist course in Popular Music, and we’re still pioneers. We champion original material and encourage you to take creative risks. As well as focusing on your performance skills, you’ll develop composition skills and enrich your commercial expertise with practical guidance.

so its not just being good at popmaster and knowing when Britney Spears last had a hit record (one more time). Crazy stuff. What's wrong with the school of hard knocks and all that, the transit van and venereal disease route to stardom I ask myself? Wonder if you actually have to be able to play something - or can you just turn up with shed loads of attitude and a good haircut? Sounds more fun that event management anyways. Module 4 - arguing with the manager who's just put horns on your minimalist dub but genius new mix, module 5 - arguing with the label for being goodly enough to bank roll your mad ideas but then wanting you to talk to journalists about it, Module 6 - going on top of the pops and then getting the tube home because strangely enough you haven't actually made any money in ten years. module 7 - just what does cross collateralise mean? - and so on and so forth.

[fat cherry]

module 8 - knowing when to split the band up and how to do it (a) get your dad/manager to do it for you (the weller method I understand)
(b) live on stage on the last night of the tour (the bowie/ziggy method) (c) in the press (can't think of anyone, but it must happen) (d) going to live in LA leaving the rest of the band in didsbury (that bloke from the charlatans - though to be fair, I dont think they've actually split up have they) and of course (d) by moving your missus into a bed in the studio next door (the lennon method)
Module 9 - getting back together again - just when is the best time to put the band back together and why you should be the first to leave after you do

I'll stop now......

[Kounelaki]

"Jennifer Otter Bickerdike is a media and music academic" Mon dieu, sounds a bit pretentious to moi.

Moi aussi and I'm the one living in frickin' Paris. ;-)

[Kounelaki]

module 8 - knowing when to split the band up and how to do it (a) get your dad/manager to do it for you (the weller method I understand)
(b) live on stage on the last night of the tour (the bowie/ziggy method) (c) in the press (can't think of anyone, but it must happen) (d) going to live in LA leaving the rest of the band in didsbury (that bloke from the charlatans - though to be fair, I dont think they've actually split up have they) and of course (d) by moving your missus into a bed in the studio next door (the lennon method)
Module 9 - getting back together again - just when is the best time to put the band back together and why you should be the first to leave after you do

I'll stop now......

[fat cherry]

He mentioned it in a recent interview (might have been the piscast for the arts college whose name evades me, nirth West, Cheshire, somewhere) but that's all.

oh yes, its mentioned in thi thread monro has resurrected just above this one

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5679&start=15

andf I'm quoting my own posts - I need to get out more!!!!!

[Kounelaki]

JOB has written a biography of Nico. From the Graun review:

The biography is poorly written, with a surfeit of ill-chosen words (“She was a true bohemian, who deserves proper recognition for her brave, ballsy, often weird and always deeply personal albums…”).

[Stuart]

One of my favourite bands the Chameleons split up (second time) on their internet message board which although sad was priceless entertainment.

[The Monro]

Themes For Grind has just been announced as a limited edition coloured vinyl release - 500 only.

[Stuart]

A review of the book

https://t.co/813c4gTLlz?amp=1

[fat cherry]

4* review in mojo. Is that the best in nearly 40 years?