"How To Be An Artist" by Bill Drummond........... worth checking out?

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Saw the thread about rock literature, and someone mentioned "45." Great read, but living as I do in the US, I haven't had a chance to check out ol' Bill's latest opus. Any Brits got the lowdown?

― maria b (maria b), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 13:54 (twenty-three years ago)

Dunno about the book, but his tour to promote it was ace. I now have several bookmarks with bits of Bill's fave photo stuck on them.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 14:06 (twenty-three years ago)

Anything to do with Drummond is worth checking out as far as I am concerned. He is great and his books are cool too - even the dodgy Bad Wisdom.

― P K (Debord), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 14:11 (twenty-three years ago)

WRONG!!!!!!! Bad Wisdom is a masterpiece. Greatest 'novel' of the 90s, etc.

― pete b. (pete b.), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 14:39 (twenty-three years ago)

"Bad Wisdom" is indeed a masterpiece. It's also the reason that I now stalk Mark Manning.

― maria b (maria b), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:23 (twenty-three years ago)

i saw mark manning give a 'reading' recently. he was ~~deranged~~ hilarious.

― pete b. (pete b.), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:57 (twenty-three years ago)

Gimpo's there on that 'How To Be..' tour too, filming everything. He wasn't the fearsome auto rapist that I expected.

I didn't think the book was that hot, and the tour is just Bill amiably bumbling his way through it - no revelations for my 5 pounds. Though I couldn't resist buying a billboard.

So, borrow the book and buy 20 pieces of his photo instead (www.penkiln-burn.com).

I'd pay a substantial amount of money to see Manning speak.

― Affectian (Affectian), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 17:46 (twenty-three years ago)

saw him give one of the How To Be An Artist talks/sales pitches almost unannounced in what turned out to be my old college classroom in a run down out of the way area of Hull in front of me and only a couple of other people. it was great stuff, completely natural and unaffected and totally aware and mocking of his own pretensions. the book is good but if you ever get the chance to see him talk you must. i also own a piece of the Richard Long art that How To Be An Artist and one of the stories in 45 revolves around.

― david mc, Wednesday, 30 April 2003 18:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Have to give a congratulatory HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Mr. Drummond who has just turned FIFTY(!) today.

― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 23:34 (twenty-three years ago)

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