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Bravemouth: Living with Billy Connolly
- By: Pamela Stephenson
- Narrated by: Pamela Stephenson
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
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Billy, the ground-breaking biography of the nation's favourite iconoclast, gave millions of readers a fascinating insight into the personal and professional life of the genius that is Billy Connolly. Now, in the sequel to that best-selling book, the award-winning Pamela Stephenson celebrates life with the Scottish beastie as he hits the big six-oh.
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Clinical writing & annoying pronunciation
- By Anonymous User on 19-08-2023
- Bravemouth: Living with Billy Connolly
- By: Pamela Stephenson
- Narrated by: Pamela Stephenson
Clinical writing & annoying pronunciation
Reviewed: 19-08-2023
It's rare that I wish an audiobook was not read by the author but Stephenson's delivery felt like synaesthesic shards of glass. The story was mediocre and even with a studied vocabulary it never managed elevation to the realm of the beautiful or particularly interesting. Nothing much to be missed by skipping this title. Go to the source: Read Billy's books instead.
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I Killed Pink Floyd’s Pig
- Inside Stories of Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll
- By: Beau Phillips, Sammy Hagar - introduction
- Narrated by: Beau Phillips
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
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Beau Phillips was an insider and occasional accomplice who witnessed the legends of classic rock in their heyday and takes listeners inside the dressing rooms, hotel suites, and private planes of Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, and dozens more to enjoy funny, decadent, and never-been-told stories of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. The book's foreword was written by Sammy Hagar, former lead singer for Van Halen.
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A series of anecdotes without crescendo
- By Anonymous User on 19-08-2023
- I Killed Pink Floyd’s Pig
- Inside Stories of Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll
- By: Beau Phillips, Sammy Hagar - introduction
- Narrated by: Beau Phillips
A series of anecdotes without crescendo
Reviewed: 19-08-2023
None of the stories provide huge payoff but as a result the book feels largely free of embellishments & was an interesting read; like a rockstar bio without the orgies.
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Into the Void
- From Birth to Black Sabbath – and Beyond
- By: Geezer Butler
- Narrated by: Geezer Butler
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
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With over 70 million records sold, heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath are one of the most influential bands of all time. From the very beginning, Geezer Butler was at the heart of their success. He named the group, provided the bass behind their distinctive sound and wrote the lyrics that resonated so powerfully with fans around the world. At long last, Geezer is ready to tell his side of the Sabbath story, from early days as a scrappy blues quartet through to the many lineup changes, the record-breaking tours and the international hell-raising with Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Bill Ward.
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Funny quirky charming rk
- By Anonymous User on 26-08-2024
- Into the Void
- From Birth to Black Sabbath – and Beyond
- By: Geezer Butler
- Narrated by: Geezer Butler
Fans should enjoy
Reviewed: 19-08-2023
Solid story; contradictory in parts but an earnest retelling nonetheless. This fan enjoyed. Thanks Geezer.
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Tremendous
- The Life of a Comedy Savage
- By: Joey "Coco" Diaz
- Narrated by: Joey "Coco" Diaz
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
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Outsider. Misfit. Criminal. Convict. . . . Movie star. Family man. Comedy legend. Joey Diaz has been called every name in the book (and then some). Now, for the first time, he shares the story of his unlikely rise to fame in his own words—with no punches pulled.
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Great story
- By Anonymous User on 12-07-2023
- Tremendous
- The Life of a Comedy Savage
- By: Joey "Coco" Diaz
- Narrated by: Joey "Coco" Diaz
Much love to this man
Reviewed: 05-08-2023
Uncle Joey is a bona fide demon slayer; demons of the internal and invisible kind.
He puts love out to those he's never met and deserves the same in return.
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I'm Glad My Mom Died
- By: Jennette McCurdy
- Narrated by: Jennette McCurdy
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
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Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother’s dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom called “calorie restriction." She endured extensive at-home makeovers while Mom chided, “Your eyelashes are invisible, okay? You think Dakota Fanning doesn’t tint hers?” She was even showered by Mom until age sixteen while sharing her diaries, email, and all her income. In I’m Glad My Mom Died, Jennette recounts all this in unflinching detail.
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Couldn’t stop listening!
- By Anonymous User on 12-08-2022
- I'm Glad My Mom Died
- By: Jennette McCurdy
- Narrated by: Jennette McCurdy
Solid read; even better at 80% speed
Reviewed: 05-08-2023
I swear the raw audio has been sped up. Once I slowed playback to 0.8 Jennette no longer sounded like she was actually on speed (the pharmaceutical variety).
Love from the Interzone.
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The Lives of Brian
- By: Brian Johnson
- Narrated by: Brian Johnson
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
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The son of a British army sergeant-major and Italian mother, Brian grew up in Dunston, Tyne and Wear, as it emerged from the shadow of the Second World War. Then he saw Little Richard on the BBC and it changed the course of his life. The choirboy and cub scout was going to be singer.
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Persistence Pays
- By Mr T S Deayton on 31-07-2024
- The Lives of Brian
- By: Brian Johnson
- Narrated by: Brian Johnson
Excellent but might need a paper copy to translate
Reviewed: 12-04-2023
One of the better rock autobiographies. Delves deep into the making of Back in Black then skips the next 30+ years' worth of albums, which would have been interesting. Johnson's accent takes some earlobe twisting; in some spots I skipped back a few times only to give up and have a chuckle at what I imagined he said.
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Everyone You Hate Is Going to Die
- And Other Comforting Thoughts on Family, Friends, Sex, Love and More Things That Ruin Your Life
- By: Daniel Sloss
- Narrated by: Daniel Sloss
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
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Daniel Sloss' stand-up comedy engages, enrages, offends, unsettles, educates, comforts and gets audiences roaring with laughter - all at the same time. In his groundbreaking specials, seen on Netflix and HBO, he has brilliantly tackled everything from male toxicity and friendship to love, romance and marriage. Now, in his first book, he picks up where his specials left off, and goes after every conceivable kind of relationship.
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This moron
- By Anonymous User on 04-11-2021
- Everyone You Hate Is Going to Die
- And Other Comforting Thoughts on Family, Friends, Sex, Love and More Things That Ruin Your Life
- By: Daniel Sloss
- Narrated by: Daniel Sloss
Funny, clever, ultimately insufferable
Reviewed: 26-01-2023
As funny as Sloss can be at times, the arrogance wears thin well before the end. Spoiler alert: he doesn't redeem himself. Sloss seems to be intent on continuing the juvenile behavior of his youth into middle age. With another decade of decreasing testosterone, the addition of extended family and children, and he might temper the unjustified ego that works against him. Either that or he might just continue down the cunt route.
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Made in America
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: William Roberts
- Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
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In Made in America, Bryson de-mythologizes his native land, explaining how a dusty hamlet with neither woods nor holly became Hollywood, how the Wild West wasn't won, why Americans say 'lootenant' and 'Toosday', how Americans were eating junk food long before the word itself was cooked up, as well as exposing the true origins of the G-string, the original $64,000 question, and Dr Kellogg of cornflakes fame.
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Very entertaining account of American vocabulary
- By Aileen on 03-07-2015
- Made in America
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: William Roberts
Thoroughly enjoyable
Reviewed: 15-01-2023
Interesting as always, especially so if interested in linguistics and etymology. While not perfect, the book is well researched, written & narrated.
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Dirty Rocker Boys
- By: Bobbie Brown
- Narrated by: Bobbie Brown
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
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After her tumultuous marriage to Jani imploded, and her engagement to fast-living Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee ended in a drug haze - followed by his marriage days later to Pamela Anderson - Bobbie decided it was time Hollywood's hottest bachelors got a taste of their own medicine. Step one: get high. Step two: get even. In a captivating, completely uncensored confessional, Bobbie explicitly recounts her encounters with some of the most famous men in Hollywood.
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Eye opening
- By Brad on 08-06-2017
- Dirty Rocker Boys
- By: Bobbie Brown
- Narrated by: Bobbie Brown
Glad it was free
Reviewed: 02-05-2022
A series of trainwrecks from the vapid clique. Bonus that Bobbie Brown read the book but the way she struggles with words suggests that she didn't write much of it. Still, it was entertaining in parts and included in the subscription.
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18 and Life on Skid Row
- By: Sebastian Bach
- Narrated by: Sebastian Bach
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
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18 and Life on Skid Row tells the story of a boy who spent his childhood moving from Freeport, Bahamas, to California and finally to Canada and who, at the age of eight, discovered the gift that would change his life. Throughout his career, Sebastian Bach has sold over 20 million records both as the lead singer of Skid Row and as a solo artist.
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It was a different time!
- By Anonymous User on 03-10-2021
- 18 and Life on Skid Row
- By: Sebastian Bach
- Narrated by: Sebastian Bach
One of the better rockstar autobiographies
Reviewed: 23-04-2022
Pretty much what you'd expect from Sebastian Bach: rock anecdotes, life story, trials, trauma, hope, personal growth. Overall entertaining.
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