LEADER 00000cam 2200445Ii 4500 001 ocn951788400 003 OCoLC 003 LT 008 160617s2016 enkac 000 0aeng 020 9780751558685|q(hardback) 020 0751558680|q(hardback) 041 0 eng 082 04 781.66092|222 092 0 780.92 Patterson|bengelska 100 1 Patterson, Sylvia,|eauthor 245 10 I'm not with the band :|ba writer's life lost in music / |cSylvia Patterson 246 3 I am not with the band 264 1 London :|bSphere, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group, |c2016 300 437 pages :|billustrations, portraits ;|c24 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 336 still image|bsti|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 520 This is a three-decade survivor's tale ... a scenic search for elusive human happiness through music, magazines, silly jokes, stupid shoes, useless blokes, hopeless homes, booze, drugs, love, loss, A & E, death, disillusion and hope - while trying to make Prince laugh, startle Beyonce, cheer Eminem up, annoy Madonna, drink with Shaun Ryder and finish off Westlife forever (with varying degrees of success). In 1986, Sylvia Patterson boarded a train to London armed with a tea-chest full of vinyl records, a peroxide quiff and a dream: to write about music, for ever. She got her wish. Escaping a troubled home, Sylvia embarks on a lifelong quest to discover The Meaning of It All. The problem is she's mostly hanging out with flaky pop stars, rock 'n' roll heroes and unreliable hip-hop legends. As she encounters music's biggest names, she is confronted by glamour and tragedy; wisdom and lunacy; drink, drugs and disaster. And Bros. Here is Madonna in her Earth Mother phase, flinging her hands up in horror at one of Sylv's Very Stupid Questions. Prince compliments her shoes while Eminem threatens to kill her. She shares fruit with Johnny Cash, make-up with Amy Winehouse and several pints with the Manics' lost soul-man Richey Edwards. She finds the Beckhams fragrant in LA, a Gallagher madferrit in her living room and Shaun Ryder and Bez as you'd expect, in Jamaica. From the 80s to the present day, I'm Not with the Band is a funny, barmy, utterly gripping chronicle of the last thirty years in music and beyond. It is also the story of one woman's wayward search for love, peace and a wonderful life. And whether, or not, she found them 600 10 Patterson, Sylvia 600 10 Patterson, Sylvia|xFriends and associates 650 0 Music journalists|zGreat Britain|vBiography 650 0 Rock musicians|vAnecdotes 650 0 Rock groups|vAnecdotes 650 0 Singers|vAnecdotes 655 7 Biografi|2saogf 655 7 Autobiographies.|2lcgft 907 00 160927
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