Andrew Collins' Book -'Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now'

[Jukebox Jury]

Came across this book in HMV in Manchester for £5 today.
Anyone read it? Any good?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Heaven-Know...=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202421452&sr=1-2

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[Kewpie]

Remember what Collins did to Morrissey, I won't bother to buy or read it.
He's a nerve to use a Smiths song to his book's title.

 

[Cowshed]

Sorry Kewpie...I should know this...but what did Collins do?

 

[Morrissey the 23rd]

Sorry Kewpie...I should know this...but what did Collins do?

He was one of the journalist responsible for 'Flying the flag or flirting with disaster'.

Before Christmas I was debating it with him on a forum then by email. It became quite civilised. Mainly due to time constraints and fear of the damage an ambulance chaser can do I stopped replying. Maybe I should reply now and continue the debate?

 

[vivabob]

He was one of the journalist responsible for 'Flying the flag or flirting with disaster'.

Before Christmas I was debating it with him on a forum then by email. It became quite civilised. Mainly due to time constraints and fear of the damage an ambulance chaser can do I stopped replying. Maybe I should reply now and continue the debate?

i wouldnt bother

... the book on the other hand might be good but i havent read it

 

[essential]

I read it as a follow up to his first book and I find him quite funny. I have another book of his sitting on my bedside table (waiting for me to finish Stuart Maconie's latest).

 

[Jukebox Jury]

I read it as a follow up to his first book and I find him quite funny. I have another book of his sitting on my bedside table (waiting for me to finish Stuart Maconie's latest).

Thanks
Is the Stuart Maconie book 'Pies & Prejudice'?
It's the best book I read last year. (apart from 'Panic On The Streets', of course )

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[essential]

Yes it is Pies and Prejudice. Being a Lancashire girl myself I am finding it hilarious.

 

[girlunafraid]

I've read the collins book & it's just about how he's a middle class tosser! the end.

love

Grim

 

[Cowshed]

He was one of the journalist responsible for 'Flying the flag or flirting with disaster'.

Before Christmas I was debating it with him on a forum then by email. It became quite civilised. Mainly due to time constraints and fear of the damage an ambulance chaser can do I stopped replying. Maybe I should reply now and continue the debate?

Ah right, I didn't know he was at the NME during that time.

A civilised debate sounds an interesting proposition...I though NME staff past and present were solely taught to jump on bandwagons.

 

[Poppy Full]

I've read it, but I didn't know about the journo thing until I read it here!
Er I really liked it actually, there's not really a whole load of Smiths references though? Good book anyway

 

[Voodoo Doll]

I didnt know about the Stuart Maconie one so put his name in Amazon and it came up with a book called Folklore about James (the band). 48 bloody quid! I want it but not that much.

 

[Morrissey the 23rd]

Stuart Maconie was guilty too!

New Musical Express, August 22, 1992:
http://motorcycleaupairboy.com/interviews/1992/caucasian.htm

 

[Jukebox Jury]

I didnt know about the Stuart Maconie one so put his name in Amazon and it came up with a book called Folklore about James (the band). 48 bloody quid! I want it but not that much.

Voodoo Doll
You can get 'Pies & Prejudice' from HMV in Manchester (so maybe other ones too?) for £5.
It's a book on the author going in search of 'The North' having lived in the south and the midlands for too long a period. Very funny, observed and well written. And not just because I get a mention in there either!

His other book, 'Cider With Roadies' is also well worth a read.

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[Voodoo Doll]

Voodoo Doll
You can get 'Pies & Prejudice' from HMV in Manchester (so maybe other ones too?) for £5.
It's a book on the author going in search of 'The North' having lived in the south and the midlands for too long a period. Very funny, observed and well written. And not just because I get a mention in there either!

His other book, 'Cider With Roadies' is also well worth a read.

Jukebox Jury

Have they also got the James book for a fiver? I want it!

 

[Jukebox Jury]

Have they also got the James book for a fiver? I want it!

I didn't see it......

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[essential]

Whrere did you get your mention Jukebox Jury? I might not have got to it yet.

What I love about the book is that when I read it I hear his voice in my head as if I am listening to a talking book. I suppose it is because his is such a familiar voice these days but it is very comforting somehow.