Just reached the middle of the book. They just finished recording Communique. I like his easy flow, but I like the band as well, so not the best of judges.
I think that people who like band biographies will be thrilled with :"In the All-Night Café: A Memoir of Belle and Sebastian's Formative Year" by Stuart David.
It takes him a whole book to write down about just one year in the life of a band and he stops exactly when the first album is issued. It is quite a lovely read.
And dusty it seems to be right up your alley.
As a well know writer used to say, :"It is not what you say, but how you say it", while another one said:"Dylan is a great lyricist, but I don't think anyone would knew him if there was no music involved" and a third one said:"This is not an argument" and dusty's favourite director used to say something about opinions, which I dare not repeat.
What I mean is that we get to experience the same things in different ways, and the more removed one is from the actual facts, the more he can enjoy the ride or the actual writing, instead of looking thirstily about new facts. I just go with the flow, as if I am reading a fictional story, (which in a way it is, since it is just his side of things) sometimes trying to see the man behind the story, rather than the story behind the man. If I get glimpses, it is fine, but I do not trouble myself too much. I enjoy the music without knowing anything about an artist. All this drugs, sex and rock n roll the Led Zeppelin conveyed, is just another story. Music is music and a excesses are excesses, not ways of life. Both are rather ways to deal with boredom.
BTW, he refers to mary jane quite often in the book, so...
