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Sunday, 6 May 2007
I waz reluctant to pick this up.Being a HUGE Alice fan,there'z not much I already haven't known about his rize to rock legend that hazn't been told in bookz,magazinez and interviewz before.Plus,well,I really have no interest in golf at all.But,being a little under the weather and lazy today,I trekked out to the nearest bookstore and picked it up anywayz,figured it would give me a good read while laying on the couch to nurse my headache since I knew I wazn't about to get much else done today. And,that waz a good idea,cuz I zipped thru this book pretty quickly.Even thru the golf parts,which really iz a small portion of what "Golf Monster" iz made up of. Alice givez us an interestiing view into his life,many stories that I waz well aware of,but a few,like the thought that went thru his head az he pointed a gun at Elvis Presley's face,his friendships with Salvidor Dali & Groucho Marx and the making of one of my fave Alice albums' "From The Inside",added new insight at what drawz me to The Coop even after all theze yearz.Yeah,Alice likez to give himself alot of credit for thingz,but really,he DID do alot to change the face of rock and roll,and frankly,he doesn't get near enough credit. He takez us on a great decedant rocknroll history tour,from the beginningz scaring the hippies of the 60'z,to his drunken adventures with John Lennon and his fellow Hollywood Vampires,to his born again dualities with religion,golf and his taking control of Alice the villian of the present. Still,I get the feeling he'z still got some skeletonz in his closets he chose not to share,he scimz over some momentz without really elaborating on it az much az I'd like,but he doez at other timez reveal some truths that even he has recently become aware of,such az the infamous "throwing the chicken into the crowd" legend. Alice iz a very lucky guy,cuz without his manager Shep and other loyal people in hiz life,thingz coulda turned out quite differently for him.And it'z not hard to love The Coop.He'z one hellava nice guy. Still,I wish to hell I could nab me a copy of his biography "Me,Alice"that he put out in the 70'z.I've heard that it'z full of "made up"eventz to shock and titilate,but I'm guessing it would be a little more insight into Alice' younger,twisted way of thinking,and may just reveal what he waz really like in the 70'z without the descretion he may have applied to the new book.
Or maybe there'z that young kid in me that wishes some of the "rumours"where true.Cuz,really,we like our rockstars to be somewhat deranged.Especially the onez that hang themselves onstage and like to creep people out. I'm glad you're still with us,tho,Mr.Alice,cuz even today his music and his live showz never dissapoint. I still don't care much for golf tho... Ragz Rates It A:7.75
Posted by ragzdandelion
at 9:42 PM PDT
Updated: Sunday, 6 May 2007 9:45 PM PDT
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