I can’t tell you how thrilled I was to see this photo. I can die content now, for I have been sandwiched tightly between two giants of literature. An added bonus is that Ask The Dust and Bilgewater are also just a stone’s throw away. We won’t think about how my slim tome actually compares to those others, however. Don’t want to wreck the dream after all, do we?
size don't matter, i heard! ;D
Posted by: ylwa | June 28, 2009 at 16:01
did you know Giles Smith's book titled "Lost in Music" uses the tagline "a pop odyssey," also. just thought that it was interesting! if i can track down your book then i'll take a picture of both of 'em on my shelf ;)
Posted by: David | June 30, 2009 at 04:35
My copy's between Adorno and Foucault, but I don't have a camera handy.
Posted by: Tim Footman | July 01, 2009 at 09:07
Duh, just realised the reason you're between Faulkner and Fitzgerald is that those books are in alph... Yeah, OK, my brain's stewing in the heat.
But a glance at my LibraryThing account suggests that, were I organised enough to arrange my books properly, yours would be sandwiched by a 1940s guidebook to Furness and Cartmel, by Hubert Clinton Knapp Fisher, and... The Great Gatsby.
Hee hee, this has given me an idea for my next book...
Posted by: Tim Footman | July 01, 2009 at 15:52
didn't realise there was another order than the alphabetical one people put books in.. clearly a work related braindamage.
Posted by: ylwa | July 01, 2009 at 19:08
David, thanks, yes i have seen that book but not read it. Is it any good? When was it first published? In other words, who ripped off who? ;)
Tim: being sandwiched betwixt Adorno and Foucault is a great honour. Some great thinkers. And me wittering on about Pop like a loon. And do tell what the idea for your next book is!
Ylwa, you need to get out more. The retail book trade has clearly turned you into a monster. And/or encouraged more OCD behaviour...
Posted by: alistair | July 02, 2009 at 17:48
More than an idea; due to hit shelves on Sept 10. Should be able to offer more info shortly.
And what exactly is wrong with wittering about pop like a loon? Entirely appropriate verb and simile, I'd say.
Posted by: Tim Footman | July 04, 2009 at 11:08
ooh, I'll look forward to that. It's not about education is it? ;) - i just wrote a hefty comment on your own blog just a moment ago. It would appear we may have been commenting on each other's at the same time :)
Posted by: alistair | July 04, 2009 at 11:27
Naah. But maybe you should; if schools won't do their own PR, you could fill the gap admirably I reckon.
Posted by: Tim Foot,man | July 05, 2009 at 16:43
I actually only got a copy of the book a little over a week ago. Over half way finished, and yes it's remarkably good and comforting to read, with many laughs along the way. First published in 1995. He was in the Cleaners From Venus for a while, a recent obsession of mine.
Where can I find a copy of your book?
Posted by: David | July 05, 2009 at 19:30
Thanks Tim, yeah maybe one of these days I'll write something about education. I made a comment on ET's blog the other day comparing the qualities that he suggested as being crucial to the tastemaker critic to those of a good teacher. Maybe that's a way in... the tastemaker critic as educator :)
David, it would appear that I stole the 'pop odyssey' line in that case. Except i wasn't aware of Giles' book at the time, so just coincidence i guess. Of course if it had been published after mine that wouldn't have been the case ;) As for where you can snag a copy of mine, I'm not sure if its so easy to get a hold of, but I uploaded a PDF a while back that you can download here: http://www.box.net/shared/static/4nxojrr8kc.pdf
Posted by: alistair | July 05, 2009 at 20:46