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Tough Crowd
- How I Made and Lost a Career in Comedy
- By: Graham Linehan
- Narrated by: Graham Linehan
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 634
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 609
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Story5 out of 5 stars 609
Bruised but not beaten, Graham Linehan explains why he chose the hill of women and girls' rights to die on—and why, despite the hardship of cancellation, he's not coming down from it any time soon.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely superb.
- By Laurence graham on 02-11-23
- Tough Crowd
- How I Made and Lost a Career in Comedy
- By: Graham Linehan
- Narrated by: Graham Linehan
Linehan is redeemed!
Reviewed: 02-11-23
Linehan tells his story well.
First half is an entertaining read about his time as a comedy writer, the second half is the story of modern tragedy as trans zealots deliberately burn his career and livelihood to ashes.
It is a warning to all of us how social media has allowed the most driven deranged to take control of the social discourse.
Hope the success of this book helps him get his life back on track.
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Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys.
- By: Viv Albertine
- Narrated by: Jasmine Blackborow
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 272
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 251
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Story5 out of 5 stars 250
In 1975, Viv Albertine was obsessed with music, but it never occurred to her she could be in a band, as she couldn't play an instrument, and she'd never seen a girl play electric guitar. A year later, she was the guitarist in the hugely influential all-girl band the Slits, who fearlessly took on the male-dominated music scene and became part of a movement that changed music. A raw, thrilling story of life on the frontiers and a candid account of Viv's life post-punk - taking in a career in film, the pain of IVF, illness and divorce and the triumph of making music again - Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys. is a remarkable memoir.
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5 out of 5 stars
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"Not unless he wants to xxxx his mother" Shocking
- By Sniffy and Particular on 24-02-19
EAT, PUNK, LOVE.
Reviewed: 28-01-22
First half is a peerless account of the origins of London's Punk scene when a bunch of under dog Bash Street kids realised the door of opportunity was open for them and they grabbed it with abandon.
The second half though becomes an account of a middle aged woman searching to find herself through the rigours of IVF, cancer marraige and divorce. It's honest and well written but at times just leans too far into self-sympathy and self-justification.
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