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Thank You For The Days: A Boy's Own Adventures In Radio And Beyond (2009)

by Mark Radcliffe(Favorite Author)

3.6 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

184737350X (ISBN13: 9781847373502)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Simon & Schuster UK

review 1: An enjoyable, often hilarious collection of anecdotes from the life and career of one of Britain's better music presenters over the last 20 years or so.In his writing, as well as his broadcasting, Radcliffe sometimes rambles a little (though at least we're spared the 'erm, er, ...' interjections in print); he also occasionally lapses into cliche. Altogether, though, he comes across as warm, likeable, funny and refreshingly ego-free, and his tales are well worth reading.
review 2: At the top of the cover of this book it bears the legend "'Steal This Book !' - David Bowie". Good advice from the Dame there because you certainly wouldn't want to buy it.The problem with this book for me was twofold; a) it wasn't about Mark Radcliffe's radio experiences as such, more... more like tales of his schooldays and situations he found himself in as a result of being a broadcaster, and b) listening to Mark waffle on during his radio shows is quite entertaining, but when it comes to reading him waffling on, well....it becomes tedious. Another thing I disliked about the book was that Mark displayed, much like Phill Jupitus did in my previous book read, a real snobbery about popular music and popular culture sometimes. When talking about television, he repeatedly referred to TV as the 'idiot box' or 'idiot lantern'. A sweeping generalisation of the medium, and I expected better from him.I was quite glad to finish this book, which is a shame because I was looking forward to reading it, but for me it was ultimately a let-down. Never mind. less

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