May 18, 201016 yr I haven't gotten mine yet :( I really hoped I would get it today. Oh, well, something to look forward to when I get home from my vacation then.
May 18, 201016 yr I got excited when I came home and there was a package from Amazon on the front porch. But then my hopes went down the toilet once I realized the pacakge was just the grill cover that my husband ordered. :disappointed:
May 18, 201016 yr Me too! :dance: Yay!! :dance: I'm up to page 79!! So far I love especially: Introduction page xiv He says that "This is not a band biography" !! "THEY'RE WORKING ON IT"!!!! Yay!! I'm shouting by the way, not Matt :) Page 31... mentions Truro and the first Coldplay gig I went to!! :dance: For Hugo!! Liam Gallagher bit, there's not much! Page 60 "Not like the night Liam Gallagher rounded on me backstage at Oasis's Roseland Ballroom show in August 2002, mistakenly thinking I'd squirted him with a water pistol, when it was actually a daft girl stood in the corner that did it. The conversation went like this: Liam (coming towards me looking a bit mental) "Ey,ey,ey! What the fuck was that, man?" Me (backing up like a total sissy): "No, no, no mate, it was her over there!"
May 18, 201016 yr Page 60 "Not like the night Liam Gallagher rounded on me backstage at Oasis's Roseland Ballroom show in August 2002, mistakenly thinking I'd squirted him with a water pistol, when it was actually a daft girl stood in the corner that did it. The conversation went like this: Liam (coming towards me looking a bit mental) "Ey,ey,ey! What the fuck was that, man?" Me (backing up like a total sissy): "No, no, no mate, it was her over there!" Haha, I love it too. I burst out for laughing in my break at work ... and all people in the room were so "WTF???" :D
May 18, 201016 yr Introduction page xiv He says that "This is not a band biography" !! "THEY'RE WORKING ON IT"!!!! Yay!! I'm shouting by the way, not Matt :) I did the same thing :D But I won't get my hopes up cause I think I red somewhere (oracle??) that the band will never publish an autobiography... :thinking: Anyway, I'm only on chapter 2 but Matt cracks me up :lol:
May 18, 201016 yr I am SO EXCITED to read this I can barely even express it :dance:. Amazon apparently dispatched by book on Thursday with expected arrival YESTERDAY, though :angry:. I'm going to throw a fit at the Royal Mail if it's not here tomorrow. Thanks for the reviews, everyone! It makes me even more excited :bomb:.
May 19, 201016 yr So, I just checked the Borders Australia site and apparently it's in stock. Ok off topic question but... your avi, what is written on Chris' tummeh?
May 19, 201016 yr I ordered it last saturday on amazon.co.uk and I received it this morning when I was taking breackfast ...... it was a nice surprise! :D I took some minutes to see the pics and read some lines ... interesting!!
May 19, 201016 yr I read until 4am last night. :awesome: Ok off topic question but... your avi, what is written on Chris' tummeh?That's a screenshot from the TV broadcast of Big Day Out Festival 2001. It says "Sydney Hello". :)
May 19, 201016 yr Just checked the courier website and it has arrived at home, just w2aiting to get off work now :D
May 19, 201016 yr I read until 4am last night. :awesome: That's a screenshot from the TV broadcast of Big Day Out Festival 2001. It says "Sydney Hello". :) Haha!! that makes my 2.20 am look early!
May 19, 201016 yr My copy finally arrived today and I immediately ran home from the uni post office, got into bed, and read the entire thing in less than three hours. Never have I been more grateful for being a speed-reader as I have exams to get back to tomorrow! I don't think I have time to write such an eloquent review as Mich's (which I wholeheartedly agree with) but let's just say I thought the entire thing was epic and has further cemented my dream to work in live music production (though I always wanted to be more of a Vicki Taylor than a Matt McGinn). As Mich said, if you're looking for a book about the band, this isn't it, but for God's sake read it anyway. There are great personal stories of the band in there, but this book is really about the life and practice of being a roadie and what the life entails, and Matt tells it thoroughly and with great humor. He's been there through it all, it seems, but he focuses most of his attention on the big arena tours of X&Y and Viva la Vida, and what goes on behind the scenes more than on the front lines, ending with a heartwarming account of the last Wembley gig, which almost made me tear up both because it was a perfect ending and because I was there myself. As a side note, most of the pictures in the three glossy sections were from the New Jersey concert in October 2008 which made me squee because I was at that show in the very front row...and the Today Show...ahh, memories. It was awesome to re-live my experiences of various gigs in contrast to Matt's experiences on the front lines of the crew, as well as hear about their time in the studio recording X&Y and Viva. This is probably the most inarticulate review I've ever posted, but I've only just finished and have yet to really eat or do anything else besides read the book all day (can you tell I need some excitement in my life these days? :P). I'll probably come back later with more formed thoughts as a procrastination to revising for exams! :lol: I also can't help but almost explode at the line in the introduction that says the band is working on their own biography. No idea if it's true, but for now: :bomb:.
May 19, 201016 yr Great review! :D And I totally agree with you about Wembley...how he described the whole last day, the emotions, the pressure...everything made me feel like I was there again and I too almost teared up. I also loooove the idea of being on the road but would rather be a Vicki or an EJ too. Or even a Miller. I'd definitely want to be one of the privileged lot who got to travel with the band and not on the absolutely foul sounding buses Matt described so graphically :P
May 19, 201016 yr I'm ashamed to say I still haven't managed to read the copy that arrived weeks ago!
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