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A Head Full of Blue
'When I was fourteen, I got drunk for the first time. Champagne drunk. My mouth was stretched in a smile so wide, that my jaw hurt. The sky had the colours of a bruise' When Nick Johnstone got drunk for the first time at the age of fourteen he discovered a cure for the depression and anxiety that had been humming in his head since childhood. Over the next ten years he drank to overcome shyness, to make the world bearable, to get through the days and to get through the nights. He also began to cut himself and he began to lie. Intelligent, sensitive, from a loving family, neither he nor his countless doctors, psychiatrists, counsellors and therapists could understand where his disorders came f...
Patti Smith
Annotation Life-long fan Johnstone presents a comprehensive biography of New York's poetess/rock star and punk icon who emerged in 1970 as leader of the avant garde music scene and who became an inspiration to today's artists.
Sean Penn
This book features some of Sean's acting highlights, including his roles in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Dead Man Walking, Hurly Burly, The Thin Red Line and most recently, his Oscar-nominated performance in The Sweet and Lowdown. Includes personal insight into the life, mystery and aura surrounding this legendary actor.
The Clash: 'Talking'
Of all the straight talking bands thrown up in the Seventies punk explosion, none talked straighter than The Clash. Fiercely proud of their rebel status, Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Topper Headon rarely wavered in their commitment to spreading a message of social justice through their music. Here's what they said at the time, and after it was over.Author Nick Johnstone presents The Clash, in their own words...Parental advisory note: Explicit contents.
Ryan Gosling
Enigmatic and humble, with a legendary compulsion to lose himself in every role he takes on, this is the story of Ryan Gosling, an actor who is incredibly close to his mother, plays in a band, co-owns a Moroccan restaurant in Beverly Hills, laughs off those who tag him a sex symbol, etc.
Johnny Depp
The story of one of Hollywood's biggest stars, whose extraordinary journey has taken him from schoolboy misfit and hedonistic rock-star to a compelling Oscar nominated actor and devoted family man.
A Brief History of Rock and Roll
Rock and Roll was born in 1956. In that year, Elvis released Heartbreak Hotel; Chuck Berry sang "Roll Over Beethoven;" Little Richard blurred the boundary with "Tutti Fruitti;" Janis Martin sang for women with "Drugstore Rock and Roll;" while pop music hit the big screen with "Rock Around the Clock." In one year the youth quake went overground. Music journalist Nick Johnstone charts the events of this turning point and the origins of rock and roll, showing how the DNA fused in that one burst of creativity persisted for the next 50 years.
Abel Ferrara
The first English language study of one of America's most controversial living filmmakers. Nick Johnstone combines insight into a troubled and private man with a detailed critical overview of Ferrara's career to date. A long overdue critique of one of modern cinema's darkest maverick talents.
Bad Seed
A widely acclaimed biography of one of rock's most compelling, uncompromising and influential singer-songwriters, Ian Johnston's BAD SEED offers a superb overview of Nick Cave's career to date. Through Cave's fronting of the incendiary bands The Birthday Party and The Bad Seeds, producing music of unfettered expression and explosive intensity, to his creative collaborations outside of the rock industry in film and literature, BAD SEED illustrates a life lived in barely controlled chaos: and unravels the motivation and unique appeal of a reluctant icon whose songs, according to the Rolling Stones, possess "the authority of the most primal kind of myth."
Melody Maker History of 20th Century Popular Music
This book tells the history of 20th century music, the real history of music, filled with injustices, mistakes and tragic events but also moments of life-affirming brilliance and excitement.
