Witchy One
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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 269
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 248
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Story5 out of 5 stars 247
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
Shame Viv didn’t narrate it.
Reviewed: 06-03-24
Shame Viv didn’t narrate it. Especially as in the book she recalls lots of people observing her distinct talking voice. But the narration is good and you often forget it’s not the author reading it. So it’s a convincing performance.
Very very detailed. Lots of areas and periods of time are covered several times over with slightly different narratives each time. That’s an interesting way of telling a life story. Our view of our own life story changes, as do the details that we remember, as we grow. And Viv has covered lots of those here.
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README.txt
- A Memoir
- By: Chelsea Manning
- Narrated by: Chelsea Manning
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
In 2010, Chelsea Manning, working as an intelligence analyst in the US Army in Iraq, disclosed 720,000 classified military documents that she had smuggled out via the memory card of her digital camera. In March 2011, the US Army sentenced Manning to 35 years in military prison, charging her with 22 counts relating to the unauthorized possession and distribution of classified military documents. The day after her conviction, Manning declared her gender identity as a woman and began to transition.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Balls on this Woman
- By M. McGuirk on 06-01-23
- README.txt
- A Memoir
- By: Chelsea Manning
- Narrated by: Chelsea Manning
Everyone should read this.
Reviewed: 31-12-23
This filled in a lot of gaps of what I previously knew about Chelsea Manning’s story. It’s a story that everyone should know.
I always prefer Audio books narrated by the author. Even though sometimes at some points in this book (and others) the inexperience as an audiobook narrator generally does show through. At times the narration becomes mechanical with lack of flow. The best way I could describe it is that sometimes author narration can sound like the author is getting bored of reading out aloud. Losing interest in the job of narrating.
Obviously this is just my personal opinion.
And it’s important to point out that despite this, this true story is so compelling it’s easy to stick with it and rewind on occasion if necessary.
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