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wait for the "unauthorised biography" to come out, February 2, 2007
I havent read many autobiogaphies. Mostly athletes. It was curious that I chose to read this. Of all the people I could have read about. Heres my reasoning. I knew she wrote for NME. I knew she was a british journalist. I knew she was about during that brilliant period of music in the UK from 78-84. I knew she had attititude. The jacket cover was hot. But. I found the read disappointing. Julie does have a sense of the comic and absurd. Her views on many issues are not mainstream. She is not afraid to make an inflammatory statement. These elements of the read were worthwhile. However dont read this as a serious autobiography because its not. Its a shame she even pretends it is. A more suitable title might have been "Random Moments with Julie". True the book does follow the due convention of childhood to the present day but I am no closer to the real Julie than I was at the start of the book. I suspect she knows what she was doing. I suspect this was purely a commercial exercise. Julie even hints at this herslf. Multiple references to wether she is telling you the truth suggest she was taking the the piss. Im looking forward to the "unauthorised biography". Then we may get some clearer glimpses into the world of the author. Further...I wonder if she considers herself an artist. Art is about self revelation and shared experience. Where was the self revelation? Where were the disappointments, the triumphs - where were the struggles, the breakthroughs, the frustrations. Where was the dirt, the passion, the regrets. Sadly all are still a secret to Julie. Maybe my fragile male ego has taken a battering as her views of men are far from complimentary. Yes men are violent. Yes man do bad things. Yes women are probably superior in so many ways. But Julie doesnt personalise any of this. What about her 3 marriages? What about her child? What about her career? All of these barely rate a mention in the book. No-one in her life is treated with any depth and we get no dirt on any famous people (and we love dirt). The editor should be sacked. Choice of cover is interesting too. Julie at 17, gothic looks and dark eyeliner. She looks like the rock chick she should have been from the late 70's. Where is this girl in the pages of the book. Julie? Where are you?
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