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Hmmm another book on Richey that won't really offer much new info. I'll pass, unless it drops in price to like a fiver or less. I'd still love Nicky to write his book on the band, now that would be a unique and interesting read for fans.
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It’s sounded as if she provided with new info and angles to the authors. And might have a say to things. But then I know.
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A lot of us have been saying as much for the past few years. Keeley said it best...It seems like a grief spiral after finding someone infatuated enough with every detail of her brother's life to keep hope alive & hate all the same people.. Sadly, I think this is exactly what it has come to. She actually made this claim here? LOL! Damn! |
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I had no clue about any of this. To read or not to read? Conflicted.
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Personally, I'm just hoping someone here will take a bullet for the team and read it and post the best bits in a thread somewhere. I am definitely not buying it myself.
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She even asking the creator of that richeysite site if she has evidence Richey ever read the Lennon book by Goldman. If he had, I think, that'd PROVE ... something or other! |
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Ended up buying the Richard novel/bio thing and a version of reason cos curiosity got the better of me. The novel wasn't bad if you pretend it's not about richey. Gave up on A version of reason cos it was reading like a GCSE project and I recognised magazine articles he used as sources. Oh Nicky please please please write a biography and restore order to the cosmos.
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Wow, this book sounds more and more enthralling every day! What Richey site? Richeyedwards.net? |
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I haven't bothered with A Version of Reason. Right from the off, it looked like it would be a GCSE project and I think the guy's a professional biographer. That made it feel that the book was just another job for him. Although others have said he did try to retrace Richey's footsteps. |
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Although I can understand why Rachel may not have a particularly good relationship with the band (and to be honest, I've had a suspicion for a long while that things weren't entirely amicable...from a few things read in interviews and just a hunch given the circumstances really), even though it's clearly not helpful or fair to be throwing blame around over something that happened so long ago and has quite obviously left everyone involved very traumatised and grief-stricken. Putting myself in her shoes, if it was my brother, I can imagine feeling resentment, whether rational or not. Richey had a whole other life with the Manics that his family weren't really a part of. They, Nicky in particular, probably knew him in ways his family didn't. Who knows what would have become of Richey if he'd never joined the Manics? I can see from a relative's point of view how that could all lead to negative feelings, even if the band themselves have done everything they can to be respectful of Richey and honour his memory since. I don't think the Manics have exploited him though...can you imagine the outrage if they just ignored him and never spoke of him? It's a fine line to tread and I think they've always done their best in very difficult circumstances. Some of what I've read around this has made me quite protective of the band actually. I'm not taking 'sides' as such seen as I'm in no position to, but it does feel like a low blow to bring the band into it and I can't help but think that Rachel's vulnerability (particularly after losing her parents as well) and desperation for answers have been taken advantage of by other people involved with the book. |
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I've had a bunch of times over the years, when people from magazines, newspapers,etc. ask to speak to me about my site, I say yes, and I never hear from them again. I want to be helpful, if I can, and I've just gotten so tired of it! So, when the author of Saturday's article, David Owens, wrote to me in December asking to talk, I never replied. (I also didn't reply because I've been battling a serious disease since last Spring and I was living in a nursing home when he wrote. I think fighting for my life is more important than Richey or talking to media about him.)
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So YOU'RE Vivian! Seriously though, screw that shit. Hope you're on the mend now. |
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As for my health... I'm back in my own home now, I'm in remission for the serious disease, and I've just started treatment for another, less life-threatening one.
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I love the polite email you received. Years ago, through that Richard Facebook page, Sara and others I didn't know at all just absolutely had it out for me in comments a few times, & I still have no idea what I ever did to her (except making the link between her & the abusive usernames that kept cropping up here--suppose that can put a damper on a mood )
The best part is that she'd never have written that article that supposedly brought them together if it weren't for something she discovered through an old blog of mine. I was (unintentionally, on my end) useful for the social climb to Rachel, then mocked over my apparent unworthiness to know her as well, as if I cared. Esp if she's really the one behind that page, yikes. |
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I actually did pre-order the book last month,and I got an email from Amazon today saying the publishing date has been changed to February 14th.
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