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December 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Books That Blew My Mind # 1: “Is That It?” by Bob Geldof

Is That It?, by Bob Geldof I’m often asked what my favourite music bio is – or favourite “music book” – and the answer I usually want to give is this, Bob Geldof’s autobiography. Except it isn’t really about music – and it wasn’t really the book that lit the fuse for me. It was […]
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July 31, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 386

Bob Geldof, The Great Song of Indifference [Single] (1990) As time goes by I seem to think less of both Bob Geldof and his music – granted I was never a diehard for his solo nor Boomtown Rats stuff; I did like a bit of it though, and read his autobiography at a time when […]
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