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Dave Dawson ‘Pop Idle – 30 Years On The Road As A Professional Singer’ (Good Day Books)
Long term Über readers may recall reviews we have run in the past of books such as ‘Dear Mr. Kershaw’, ‘Dear Mr. Pop Star’ and ‘Grammar Free In The UK’ by a certain OAP Mr. D. Philpott, compiling hundreds of letters, with replies, sent to various rock, punk and pop musicians, chastising them for lyrical misdemeanours. Those books have proved very popular, but now, with ‘Pop Idle – 30 Years On The Road As A Professional Singer’, the man behind the facade of D. Philpott finally comes out of the closet to reveal his real identity, and his real life, in another highly entertaining read. His name is Dave Dawson, and he has spent 30 years of that life as a professional singer ‘on the bottom rung of the showbiz ladder’.
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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Looking For A Kiss’ – Richard Cabut (PC-Press)
Originally published in 2020, ‘Looking For A Kiss’, Richard Cabut’s dark tale of drug and sex-fuelled twisted times in the post-punk early 80’s has already gained a fearsome reputation and numerous plaudits. Now it’s re-issued in expanded form with new text, photos and artwork to enhance the narrative plus some additional non-fiction pieces to tie the whole thing together.
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‘Punks Listen’ – Niall McGuirk and Michael Murphy (Hope Publications)
Being lovers of music, we all like a good natter about our favourite records, right? Well that’s just what this new book, ‘Punks Listen’, is all about. It’s basically tons of musicians and music industry associated people talking about their favourite records and is a great insight into people’s influences and musical loves. And what’s more it’s all for a very good cause, designed to raise funds for the Red Cross Ukraine Refugee appeal.
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BOOK REVIEW: ‘London’s Lost Music Venues 2’ by Paul Talling (Damaged Goods Books)
Back in 2020, Damaged Goods Books published the first volume of ‘London’s Lost Music Venues’, London historian Paul Talling’s fascinating journey through time compiling well over a hundred lost London music venues. Being published during the initial lockdown, it was a timely reminder of what music fans had already lost at a time when those venues we still had faced a very uncertain future. Now Talling is back with the second volume, this time focusing primarily on the larger venues that have been lost in the mists of time, whether decades ago or more recently, plus a fair few more smaller venues that didn’t make it into the first volume.
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