Entertainment & Music Bigfooty Biography thread

[Gus]

I wouldn't be able to read it. He's just a total **** who tried to be Mick jagger. Firstly, why would you want to be an egotistical control frwak like Jagger, and second he's far too dumb to come even close to pulling off a Jagger. His IQ prolly on par with Kid Rock.

That is what I want to find out though. Yeah he was a ****wit, but I'm curious as to why he was like he was. Not too sure about him being dumb, I think it was more a case of him being borderline psychopathic.

 

[bunsen burner]

MP: Life of Michael Peterson - story of 70s surfer who was schizophrenic but was best in the world for a time, lots of drugs, girls and surfing

Not a fan of sports biogs but this one very good.

I was a kid in the 70s and lived a block and a half from the beach. I still remember the perception I had of the 70s surf culture, and just as the smack rolled into Tweed, Narrabean, and Cronulla, it rolled into my area.

I also remember as a teenage surfer in the 80s readin fleeting bits about MP in Tracks and Surfers World, but no one really came out and said exactly what drugs he was on.

Epic book.

 

[bunsen burner]

The Rise and Rise of Kerry Packer is pretty good.

 

[cat on acid]

Not really a biography but Truman Capotes In Cold Blood was a great read, interesting characters but at the same time crazy

 

[DB10]

Friday Night Lights by HG Bissinger.

it's the biography of a town at the very least. good read though.

 

[TheStinger]

Even if you aren't a wrestling fan, Mick Foley is such a good writer and story teller that it doesn't matter. Well worth your while.

If you are a wrestling fan, these are essential reading.

 

[Rick18]

Here's something I read a while ago. It's about the 'science' of choking. Cool read:

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/09/the-tight-collar-the-new-science-of-choking/