Tag Archives: autobiography

Martin Fry Pens “Lexicon of Life” Autobio

Posted on January 31, 2024 by postpunkmonk

Well, well, well. Now we know what Martin Fry did in Lockdown. I got the news last week from commenter Tim that there was a new autobiography in the celebspace from Mr. Fry…F-r-y. Others have done the deed. I still … Continue reading →

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Simple Minds’ Bassist Extraordinaire Derek Forbes Unleashes His Autobiography

Posted on November 20, 2023 by postpunkmonk

If we have learned anything in the 42 years of listening, often compulsively, to Simple Minds, it’s the fact that the band’s most compelling music was usually down to the sinuous and trance-inducing bass lines of Derek Forbes. I first … Continue reading →

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Adele Bertei Releases Memoir “Twist” Today From ZE Books

Posted on March 14, 2023 by postpunkmonk

Today there is the release of a new ZE Books memoir by Adele Bertei covering the crucial New/No Wave artist through her tumultuous origins in Cleveland before her move to New York City and a different world entirely. It’s the … Continue reading →

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Superproducer Trevor Horn Recounts “Adventures In Modern Recording” In His Autobiography

Posted on January 5, 2023 by postpunkmonk

I’m not sure that I ever mentioned this one here, but this might have been a case where my wife saw the book was out and ordered it for the library where she works. Due to a shipping snafu, she … Continue reading →

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Want List: Martyn Ware’s “Electronically Yours Vol. 1”

Posted on July 8, 2022 by postpunkmonk

He’s been talking about his autobiography ever since he started his podcast, and now, Martyn Ware has made good on his words. As published by Constable of Little, Brown in hardcover and eBook, “Electronically Yours vol. 1” will be published … Continue reading →

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Want List: Barry Adamson’s “Up Above The City, Down Beneath The Stars” Autobio Published Last Year And No One Told Me?

Posted on April 27, 2022 by postpunkmonk

Gloryoski! Last month we knew all about the biography of the great John McGeoch, but somehow, Barry Adamson was actually the first member of Magazine to have a book about them, in that case an autobio, and I’m just finding … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Chris Frantz – Remain In Love

Posted on December 30, 2020 by postpunkmonk

This was a book that I didn’t want to waste too much not reading time before the print got cold. It came out last summer and my spouse got me a copy from the library where she works. It was … Continue reading →

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