Alex James - bit of a blur, the autobiography
Le bassiste de Blur, Alex James, sort une autobiographie de 288 pages en anglais le 7 juin. On connaissait déjà son goût pour l'écriture après ses nombreuses colonnes dans le journal The Independent vantant le mérite de la vie à la ferme et du fromage, mais cette fois-ci il passe à l'étape supérieure. La couverture est extraite de la série de portrait des membres du groupe réalisée par l'artiste Julian Opie à l'occasion de la sortie du best-of en 2000.
Synopsis Amazon.co.uk :
For Alex James, music had always been a door to a more exciting life: a way to travel, meet new people and, hopefully, pick up girls. But as bass player of Blur - one of the most successful British bands of all time - his journey was more exciting and extreme than he could ever have predicted. Success catapulted him from a slug-infested squat in Camberwell to a world of private jets and world-class restaurants. As 'the second drunkest member of the world's drunkest band' life was always chaotic, but Alex James retained a boundless enthusiasm and curiosity at odds with his hedonistic lifestyle. From nights in the Groucho with Damien Hirst, to dancing to Sister Sledge with Bjork, to being bitten on the nose by the lead singer of Iron Maiden, he offers a fascinating and hilarious insight into the world of celebrity. At its heart, however, BIT OF A BLUR is the picaresque tale of one man's search to find meaning and happiness in an increasingly surreal world. Pleasingly unrepentant but nonetheless a reformed man, Alex James is the perfect chronicler of his generation - witty, observant, frank and brimming with joie de vivre. BIT OF A BLUR is as charming, funny and deliciously disreputable as its author.
Wa y'a 10 ans c'était plutôt classe, y'a qu'à la voir dans Larry flint, maintennat elle est ravagé par l'héro, c'est sur.
Mais à l'époque, elle vaait une sorte d'aura, c'était un personnage, genre une groupie de luxe, un peu à la Marianne Faithfull...
Audrey a écrit :de toute façon la parole de Bru c'est l'évangile
> Le livre sera dispo sans problème en France, en version anglaise bien sûr, que ce soit sur Amazon ou à la FNAC pour un prix compris entre 21 et 26 euros.
Bon j'ai effacé mon post plus haut parce que je n'avais pas lu celui de Jojo plus haut, sur la dispo du bouquin.
Bonus: la réaction de Graham au bouquin
i romped thru the book... it was extremely touching...it caused me silence for 5 days...ruminating...giggling....etc.
sometimes i forget just how deeply i love alex...so i'm goin to see him next week to give him a sloppy kiss..
the boook skimms over some very deep waters tho...theres alot of detail lost....but maybe there had to be. the lawyers took a fair bit out i think cus of mmm...gettin sued.....still tho...its amazing what alex got up to while i was staring at a table in the mixer...ho hum...i should have gone round his manor a bit more..tsk tsk.
Audrey a écrit :de toute façon la parole de Bru c'est l'évangile