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Why am I NEVER one of the "got my copy early" brigade?
Don't forget that hand gel is probably at least 60% alcohol.
Anyone attending the livestream this evening at 18:30?
New entry at number 10. On the hardback non fiction chart.
Great interview here:
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/11/...g-sara-karen-rupauls-drag-race-gay-fans-camp/
"We can’t do vinyl. Then we’d have to do a bloody sleeve."
OH MY GOD THEY’RE FABULOUS
So having had a long trip in the car again today, I've finally gotten into this and I'm fucking INCENSED at it so far. Basically a THIRD of it taken up pre-fame? It's ALRIGHT ENOUGH but nothing SPECIAL so far and considering their FORTY YEAR CAREER you'd think that they might have carved it up a LITTLE better. I really didn't need to know all of that about Keren's CUNTING piano lessons or SARA in the guides. Or was that the other way around? WHO FUCKING CARES?
The audiobook reading is, of course, SUITABLY BORED, but I did enjoy the barely held back CHUCKLE talking about their childhood PAEDOPHILE.
The childhood stuff is pretty much to be expected but I didn't think the amount of time devoted to it was that bad. Once those two chapters are out of the way and they are in London things are definitely much more interesting.
All autobiographies are boring in the childhood bit, absolutely, but the first chapter goes on FOREVER. The first and second chapters are the longest of the entire book and come out at 66 minutes- so over a quarter of the book is their childhood, basically.
Yes, London gets better, but we're still only just getting into the fame part at 2 hours, or a third.
Are there any childhood Bristol stories to hook me in at least? I'm tempted by the audiobook as well.
LITERALLY NONE
Well, there are, but they don’t mention Bristol AT ALL bar from how long it takes to get the train to London from there
Just in the deluxe edition xI heard Chapter 7 in this book is just the lyrics to Look on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango)
Can anyone confirm, or DENY?
Yes. It was SO disappointing.Despite not even being a HUGE FAN I bought a (signed) copy of their book and it's a bit of a MISSED OPPORTUNITY isn't it?
I wanted all the 80s goss and some actual insight into their genuinely BONKERS career trajectory - but they seem to spend more time talking about their school days than a lot of their albums.
Was quite sad to see Drama and Viva both get about a page each (if THAT) in the book, as I was genuinely interested to hear what it was like going from being in the pop semi-wilderness, to suddenly having a shade of a budget (and a couple of minor hits) again with Drama.
OH WELL!