I'm currently reading "Substance" by Peter Hook.
It's as thick as a bible.
I've been really enjoying it. Written in an easy to read style. Some great stories. Like the one about the support band member who nicked a Ferrari, didn't know what to do with it and put it in his front room. He'd sit in it with his wife and watch TV though the windscreen.
Books - biographies etc
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Thanks for the tip, Lindsay. I hadn't heard of this one. Hooky was one of my idols when I first picked up the bass.
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I've just picked up Rick Wakeman's "Grumpy Old Rockstar: and Other Wondrous Stories" and "Further Adventures of a Grumpy Old Rock Star" as well as "Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd " by Nick Mason
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Mark Oliver Everetts "Things the grandchildren should know".
Despite the fact i'm a huge Eels fan, this is the best books of type that i've ever read.
Also the documentary "parallel words, parallel lives" is an absolute must watch imo...
Despite the fact i'm a huge Eels fan, this is the best books of type that i've ever read.
Also the documentary "parallel words, parallel lives" is an absolute must watch imo...
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Recently started reading Dickens... not read fiction since primary school.
Great Expectations, Dombey & Son and now on Nickolas Nickleby.
Great Expectations, Dombey & Son and now on Nickolas Nickleby.
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Did you know that Amazon waive postage if you spend £10 or more on book orders delivered/fulfilled by Amazon? This applies second hand books, not just new ones and consequently I've ordered this little lot over the past 2 days.
Play On: Now, Then and Fleetwood Mac
Mick Fleetwood
Bringing It All Back Home
Ian Clayton
John Peel: A Tribute to the Much-Loved DJ and Broadcaster
Mick Wall
Unzipped
Suzi Quatro
The Olivetti Chronicles
John Peel
The World According To Noddy
Noddy Holder,
Pete Townshend: Who I Am
Pete Townshend
Ronnie: The Autobiography
Ronnie Wood
The Whispering Years
Bob Harris
Cider With Roadies
Stuart Maconie
All are good or very good quality second hand, all for under £24.00 delivered and all but 2 of them are hardbacks.
And now for some silly maths.
If I'd bought the first four books on my list they would have cost me £8.81 plus £11.96 in postage (Yes, Amazon seem to charge £2.99 postage per book whilst their independent vendors charge a uniform £2.80) making a grand total of £20.77
By adding the 5th book at £1.78 +£2.99 postage it raised my order total to over £10.00 (£10.59 in fact.) which cancelled the postage. So by spending an extra £1.78 I saved £14.95 in postage. I believe that's what they call a no-brainer?
Play On: Now, Then and Fleetwood Mac
Mick Fleetwood
Bringing It All Back Home
Ian Clayton
John Peel: A Tribute to the Much-Loved DJ and Broadcaster
Mick Wall
Unzipped
Suzi Quatro
The Olivetti Chronicles
John Peel
The World According To Noddy
Noddy Holder,
Pete Townshend: Who I Am
Pete Townshend
Ronnie: The Autobiography
Ronnie Wood
The Whispering Years
Bob Harris
Cider With Roadies
Stuart Maconie
All are good or very good quality second hand, all for under £24.00 delivered and all but 2 of them are hardbacks.
And now for some silly maths.
If I'd bought the first four books on my list they would have cost me £8.81 plus £11.96 in postage (Yes, Amazon seem to charge £2.99 postage per book whilst their independent vendors charge a uniform £2.80) making a grand total of £20.77
By adding the 5th book at £1.78 +£2.99 postage it raised my order total to over £10.00 (£10.59 in fact.) which cancelled the postage. So by spending an extra £1.78 I saved £14.95 in postage. I believe that's what they call a no-brainer?
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They do the same for most things, but the threshold (on CDs for instance) is usually £20.00 whereas with books it's only £10.00.antonio66 wrote:Great value Slinger, don't they do something similar with cd's.
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