The Wild One : The True Story of Iggy Pop (Per Nilsen & Dorothy Sherman)

The Wild One : The True Story of Iggy Pop 

Per Nilsen & Dorothy Sherman

History of Iggy in music until late 80s. Lots of photos and comments from friends and colleagues with a great insight into his close relationship with David Bowie. Also quotes by Iggy himself often his views on his life a number of years beforehand. Not quite as comprehensive as Open Up and Bleed but an interesting read with a comprehensive list of records and tours as a solo performer. Very readable and interesting.

The Kingdom by the Sea (Paul Theroux)

Paul Theroux
The Kingdom by the Sea

A book that looked very interesting and was looking forward to reading. Unfortunately I gave up before he'd got too far along the coast. It was a barrage of moaning about England and the English making particularly nasty comments about how people live and horrible caricatures of most of the people he meets which I don't believe were all completely accurate. It sounded like he hated where he was staying, disliked the people who hosted him and wasn't enthusiastic about the countryside. Felt like he just went out to write a book about how crap the English are in a lazy way. I skipped to sections of where he'd visited areas I knew but he either missed them out or badmouthed them. A nasty piece of bigged writing by a miserable git which wasn't even amusing.