SPOILER- Strange Things Happen PW review
Posted: 24 Aug 2009 15:17SPOILER WARNING- STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN REVIEW
Publisher's Weekly today posted a short review of Stewart's Strange Things Happen. Not much infomation (but enough to bother those trying to stay Strange Things Happen virgins until the release date).
It is at: http://www.publishersweekly.com/article ... ryid=47159
Here is the entire review (which is most of the way down on the webpage)
[quote]Strange Things Happen: A Life with the Police, Polo, and Pygmies Stewart Copeland. HarperStudio, $19.99 (322p) ISBN 978-0-06-179149-9
Best known as the drummer for the rock power trio, the Police, Copeland has developed a successful career composing for film and stage, post-Police, as well as a deep passion for polo. Given such a pedigree, his autobiography might be read as that of a seriously rarefied man—a rock star, composer and English country gent. Yet Copeland's natural humility and sincerity encourage a most intimate, even familiar read. However, his memoir emerges as a series of extended but sometimes haphazardly arranged reminiscences, which occasionally distort his personal chronology. During such disjunctures, Copeland's otherwise smart and easygoing prose morphs into a rather laborious, even confusing read. But the work is worth it. Copeland's confessions from the 2007–2008 reunion tour of the Police, which make up the more engaging second half of the book, form a seamless and irresistible narrative. The ego-driven tempests that have articulated the life and times of the Police are laid out by Copeland in a fresh and honest way, not without self-implication either. More than anything else, however, Copeland makes readers feel as if they were on stage with him, Sting and Andy Summers, sharing with us the thrill of performing with one of the great bands of all time. (Oct.)
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Publisher's Weekly today posted a short review of Stewart's Strange Things Happen. Not much infomation (but enough to bother those trying to stay Strange Things Happen virgins until the release date).
It is at: http://www.publishersweekly.com/article ... ryid=47159
Here is the entire review (which is most of the way down on the webpage)
[quote]Strange Things Happen: A Life with the Police, Polo, and Pygmies Stewart Copeland. HarperStudio, $19.99 (322p) ISBN 978-0-06-179149-9
Best known as the drummer for the rock power trio, the Police, Copeland has developed a successful career composing for film and stage, post-Police, as well as a deep passion for polo. Given such a pedigree, his autobiography might be read as that of a seriously rarefied man—a rock star, composer and English country gent. Yet Copeland's natural humility and sincerity encourage a most intimate, even familiar read. However, his memoir emerges as a series of extended but sometimes haphazardly arranged reminiscences, which occasionally distort his personal chronology. During such disjunctures, Copeland's otherwise smart and easygoing prose morphs into a rather laborious, even confusing read. But the work is worth it. Copeland's confessions from the 2007–2008 reunion tour of the Police, which make up the more engaging second half of the book, form a seamless and irresistible narrative. The ego-driven tempests that have articulated the life and times of the Police are laid out by Copeland in a fresh and honest way, not without self-implication either. More than anything else, however, Copeland makes readers feel as if they were on stage with him, Sting and Andy Summers, sharing with us the thrill of performing with one of the great bands of all time. (Oct.)
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