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S'està carregant… 1982de Jian Ghomeshi
   Cap No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra.   ) Siubhan | Feb 28, 2018 |  This is so difficult for me to say. Jian Ghomeshi, Canada's greatest interviewer, cannot write well. Maybe that's not true. It seems like he really just phoned it in. He starts multiple sentences in nearly each paragraph with "And", includes so far about 10 lists, and repeats things over and over. Quality-wise, it seems like a grade eight class report. I feel that Jian could really write an insightful, moving book if only he tried. 1982 would have been better as an essay or serialized story for a magazine (with 200 pages chopped off). I think about giving up every so often (especially when I see those damn lists!), but I love Jian as a radio personality so much that I am really trying to stick it out. Edit: I got to page 145. Just after the bit where he explained what Niagara Falls is. I'm sorry Jian, but I couldn't finish your book. I did skip to the final chapter and it was great. I wish the rest of the book was like this. Unfortunately, the book was planned terribly. Who is the target market for this? He explained what earbuds were. Who is alive today that doesn't know what earbuds are? I am so disappointed in this annoying book. I will stick to listening to Jian on the radio. (  ) ScribbleKey | Jan 10, 2014 |  ) Cecilturtle | Aug 24, 2013 | Jian Ghomeshi, now known as the host of Q on CBC Radio and as one of the members of the 1990s band, Moxy Fruvous, was 14/15 years old in 1982. He and his Iranian family had immigrated to Canada from England a few years earlier. In 1982, Jian was interested in New Wave music and David Bowie was his idol. Jian also had a crush on an older girl at school, Wendy. In this book, Jian recounts his insecurities, not only at being a 14-year old boy, but also a “brown” immigrant trying to fit in at school. I enjoyed this. I thought it read similarly to how Jian speaks and I could often hear his voice as I read (mmm, Jian's voice...). Jian also likes lists, as he peppers them throughout the book. Initially I liked the lists, but there did get to be quite a few, and some of them were a little odd. The book was also a bit repetitive at times (it went back and forth in time a bit, so some things were repeated, but I don't think it always needed to be). Overall, though, I did enjoy it. ( ) LibraryCin | Apr 29, 2013 | ) Lindsay_W | Feb 2, 2013 | Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
In 1982 the Commodore 64 computer was introduced, Ronald Reagan survived being shot, the Falkland War started and ended, Michael Jackson released Thriller, Canada repatriated its Constitution, and the first compact disc was sold in Germany. And that's not all. In 1982 I blossomed from a naive fourteen-year-old trying to fit in with the cool kids to something much more: a naive eyeliner-wearing, fifteen-year-old trying to fit in with the cool kids. So writes Jian Ghomeshi in this, his first book, 1982. It is a memoir told across ten intertwined stories of the songs and musical moments that changed his life. Obsessed with David Bowie ("I wanted to be Bowie," he recalls), the adolescent Ghomeshi embarks on a Nick Hornbyesque journey to make music the centre of his life. Acceptance meant being cool, and being cool meant being Bowie. And being Bowie meant pointy black boots, eyeliner, and hair gel. Add to that the essential all-black wardrobe and you have two very confused Iranian parents, busy themselves with gaining acceptance in Canada against the backdrop of the revolution in Iran. It is a bittersweet, heartfelt book that recalls awkward moments such as Ghomeshi's performance as the "Ivory" in a school production of Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney's Ebony and Ivory; a stakeout where Rush was rehearsing for its world tour; and a memorable day at the Police picnic of 1982. Music is the jumping-off place for Ghomeshi to discuss young love, young heartache, conformity, and the nature of cool. At the same time, 1982 is an entertaining cultural history of a crazy era of glam, glitter, and gender-bending fads and fashions. And it is definitely the first rock memoir by a Persian-Canadian new waver. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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