Tag Archives: autobiography

Book Week – Grace Jones [Paul Morley]: I’ll Never Write My Memoirs

Posted on April 26, 2018 by postpunkmonk

For a very long time, Grace Jones proclaimed that she would never release an autobio, until that point where she suddenly did; taking a famous lyric of hers from “Art Groupie” and turning it on its head. When “semi-famous model … Continue reading →

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REDUX: Book Review: Richard Barone – Frontman | Surviving The Rock Star Myth

Posted on September 29, 2015 by postpunkmonk

February 1, 2013 I always liked Richard Barone. I remember seeing a bit of the primeval video clip for his band The Bongos’ early single of T-Rex’s “Mambo Sun” and noting the band’s coolness. Around the same time [late ’81] … Continue reading →

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REDUX: Book Review: In The Pleasure Groove | Love, Death + Duran Duran – John Taylor

Posted on September 23, 2015 by postpunkmonk

November 7, 2012 I was dimly aware the ex-Duran guitarist Andy Taylor had written an autobio several years ago, but did I really want to hear the story of Andy “coke-face” Taylor? I never really liked his guitar playing in … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Richard Barone – Frontman | Surviving The Rock Star Myth

Posted on February 1, 2013 by postpunkmonk

I always liked Richard Barone. I remember seeing a bit of the primeval video clip for his band The Bongos’ early single of T-Rex’s “Mambo Sun” and noting the band’s coolness. Around the same time [late ’81] I also started … Continue reading →

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Book Review: In The Pleasure Groove | Love, Death + Duran Duran – John Taylor

Posted on November 7, 2012 by postpunkmonk

I was dimly aware the ex-Duran guitarist Andy Taylor had written an autobio several years ago, but did I really want to hear the story of Andy Taylor locking horns with Nick Rhodes for 120 pages? When John Taylor released … Continue reading →

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