Loveless remains an enigma; 15 years after its release - an album so influential and groundbreaking that its chief creator; Kevin Shields; has been unable or unwilling to release an official follow-up. In his book; Mike McGonigal talks to all the members of My Bloody Valentine; in an almost certainly futile attempt to get at the essence of this extraordinary record.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful. Bait and SwitchBy Amy L FletcherThe fizzy champagne writing style could merit a 4 or 5-star review: this book is lively and gossipy and moves along at a bouncy pace. My problem with the book is that the title is a "bait and switch." We get tidbits on Andy Warhol at the start and then a very long digression into the authors memories of a glittering childhood filled with aristocratic British friends and family; drafty but charming old estates; post boarding schools and honorary titles and lots and lots of lovely parties. I thought I was buying a serious account of Andy Warhols work and the art scene of the 1970s and 1980s; but this book is instead a Beatrix Pottery memoir of a lovely and privileged girlhood that morphed into a lovely and privileged stint as an art assistant in Manhattan. It isnt this womans fault that she was born to such a storied English background and she is a good writer. Yet since I neither know her nor care that much about her--and especially since I was expecting to read about Andy Warhol -- even the charming bits of her memoir start to grate and seem self-indulgent. (This is especially true when we get to the obligatory set piece about Mick Jagger.) I would like to ask for my money back--not because the book is necessarily bad; but because the cover and title are highly misleading.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. More Natasha Than Andy: But Still Gossipy FunBy Pageturner in NYCNatasha Fraser-Cavassoni was hired to work at Andy Warhols studio four days before Warhols death on February 22; 1987. Although their working relationship was brief; Fraser-Cavassoni (Sam Spiegel: The Biography of a Hollywood Legend) had met the pop artist seven years earlier; when she was 16. In 1980; Fraser-Cavassoni; the daughter of novelist and historian Lady Antonia Fraser and step-daughter of playwright Harold Pinter; was already running with a fast; glittery crowd and was months away from an affair with Mick Jagger ("Mick had the power to intoxicate") that landed her; Jagger and Jerry Hall in national tabloid headlines.The bewigged Warhol is definitely a supporting player in this flashy; name-dropping memoir; but fortunately Fraser-Cavassonis jet-set life; celebrity encounters and high-profile jobs make for a fast read and a gossipy good time. With jobs at Interview; Womens Wear Daily and W magazines; she was at all the art; fashion and film parties. Anna Wintour helped her get hired working under Karl Lagerfeld at the Chanel Studio; while aging cosmetics pioneer Esteacute;e Lauder threatened to have her deported.When the focus turns to Warhol and the running of his empire after his early death (he died at 58 from complications after gall bladder surgery); Fraser-Cavassoni offers a front row seat at the jockeying for power; the marketing of his image and the posthumous publication of Warhols diaries in 1989; which caused uproar among fashionable society. AFTER ANDY reads like a delicious gossip column covering the wild antics of those in the art and fashion world.Natasha Fraser-Cavassonis AFTER ANDY shares her deliciously gossipy view of the fashion/film/art world from her front row seat at Andy Warhols studio.5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Has not much to do with Warhol to justify its ...By Victor M. RodriguezHas not much to do with Warhol to justify its title. Its the memoires of a socialiteacute;; lists of famous people- something that has nothing to do with what I expected from cover title. First Audiobook I return (out of 600).
