THE CONCRETE ROUNDABOUT (TCR)

I was sent this by a friend.
Not a book but whatever..........
Is this for real (man)? Very puerile and not at all amusing.

https://www.sunnyskyz.com/blog/219/The- ... -Laughing-

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Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment

Art Sex Music, Cosey Fanni Tutti

A remarkable autobiography from Cosey out of Throbbing Gristle. From her troubled upbringing in Hull, to meeting Genesis P-Orridge (who comes across as a complete Ladybit from start to finish) to her sex magazine work, forming Throbbing Gristle, and finally some sort of peace in the Norfolk countryside, where she spends her time growing vegetables.

It's a good read. Especially if, like me, you like noisy, shit, arty farty music.

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When you make your music, do you think about the man in the street? No, I've met the man in the street. He's a Ladybit.

Sonic Youth Slept On My Floor by Dave Haslam

A memoir by Haçienda DJ and writer Haslam. It's not very well written ironically enough. Didn't tell me anything that I didn't already know.

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When you make your music, do you think about the man in the street? No, I've met the man in the street. He's a Ladybit.

To Throw Away Unopened, by Viv Albertine

Ex-Slits guitarist's second memoir. As with her debut, it's an astonishingly honest piece of writing. Focusing on her relationship with her mother and sister. No spoilers, but it doesn't end well. The highlight being when she kicks the shit out of her amazingly annoying sister over her dying mother in hospital.
It's the best book I've read for years, since her last actually, and is highly recommended indeed.

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When you make your music, do you think about the man in the street? No, I've met the man in the street. He's a Ladybit.

Siren Song, by Seymour Stein

Meat and potatoes music biz autobiography from the man who ran Sire, and signed Ramones, Talking Heads, Madonna etc'.
Surprisingly enough for someone with his pedigree, it was a tad perfunctory. I don't care who ran such and such a department in such and such a record company. I'd rather learn what the mid 70's New York scene was like. But he does come across as a rather humble man, considering his impact on modern culture.

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When you make your music, do you think about the man in the street? No, I've met the man in the street. He's a Ladybit.

I've heard similar and will be lookin' to read it soon.
Dis she have 'something going' with Strummer at some point? Or was that Palmolive?

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Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment

Palmolive.
Highly recommend both books. She holds absolutely nothing back.

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When you make your music, do you think about the man in the street? No, I've met the man in the street. He's a Ladybit.

I’ve just bought Clothes, Music, Boys.

I guess that’s her first memoir.

The Big Midweek, Life Inside The Fall by Steve Hanley

The Fall's longest serving member, bar you know who, with quite literally the greatest music autobiography ever written.
Ever fancy being in a band? Read this first.
It's this line that's the killer... "In seventeen years I've gone from being in awe of him to buying him a rattle". MES certainly doesn't come out of this very well. Its almost as if he went deliberately out of his way to sabotage the band at every turn. And yet Hanley still considers him a genius, as do almost everyone who's been a member.
A cautionary tale if ever there was one. The music's still fucking amazing though.

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When you make your music, do you think about the man in the street? No, I've met the man in the street. He's a Ladybit.

Mick Jones