Really dull
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Basically just a list of Andrew Collin's jobs.
Thrill as Andrew has two weeks off from editing Q with the flu!
Marvel as he writes an episode of Family Affairs!
Gasp as he regails you with the tale of how he may have been on a boat at the same time as Will Smith!
As dull as these stories sound, Andrew could have made them witty but instead his 'self deprecitating humour' just makes him sound as bored with the whole thing as I was.
It really is just a chronological walk through Andrew's CV. I'll save you the cash:
'Then I got a job at Q, it was good. Then I was editor of Empire, I interviewed some film stars. Then I wrote Eastenders. Then I wrote a sitcom. How strange I should have ended up doing all these things! Me, Andrew Collins! Isn't work funny!'
Honestly, that's it. there is not ONE amusing anecdote in this book.
Maybe if Andrew has included some of the personal touches of his previous two books, this would have been interesting. Sadly, it's a chore to read.
Try Toby Young's 'How To Lose Friends...' instead.
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Shame..
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I was really disappointed in this, after thoroughly enjoying Andrews other books. I think it's because he moved away from music (and therefore musical references) and into comedy. I never did find his radio shows that funny!
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oh no it isn't...
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Couldn't help feeling that the theme of this book and the reality of Andrew Collins' life seem somewhat at odds; although he sets out to describe the party from the point of view of the ordinary boy in the kitchen, his CV suggests a rather different location. Self-deprecation is all very commendable but smacks rather more of false modesty as he moves from one high profile editorship to another, taking leading roles in many of the biggest and best-loved publications of the 80s and 90s and then going on to what would, by most yardsticks, count as a pretty successful career in media and entertainment. Not quite the shrinking violet, one suspects.
Highly readable for the most part, however, particularly in his attempts to break into the music press (a dream shared by many who grew up in the 70s regarding the NME as a Bible which arrived in weekly instalments), and worth the admission price for that alone.
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An insight into the fascinating career of Andrew Collins
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I loved this book. I hadn't read his first two before buying 'That's Me in the Corner' - it didn't matter. Andrew Collins writes with such inspiring modesty, its easy to identify with his character. For anyone who has worked in the local supermarket but dreamed of a much grander life, immersed in the payroll of your interests and dreams. I've worked in both radio and music and Andrew Collins captures both the beautiful and ugly sides of the industries.
Funny, fascinating, endearing. Andrew Collins is now one of my favourite others, man I wish I had his life.
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That's him for now.
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I have thoroughly enjoyed all 3 of his memoirs.His first 2 books could easily have been me growing up in the 70s and 80s and had a real everyman feel about them.A lot of shared experience.As I have continued with Andrew on his journey our paths have diverged especially as I am not a magazine editor or media pundit of course!!this means that I didn't have quite the same empathy with him.However that's not a problem as the most recent stage of his life is a fascinating one and is amusingly and well written and often laugh out loud funny.Sadly as the story is now up to date I have a very very long wait for the next one.
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