Bit of a Blur: The Autobiography | 
 enlarge | Author: Alex James
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  53 reviews
Sales Rank: 556285
Media: Paperback
Edition: Lrg
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Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 5.8 x 1.1
ISBN: 0316027588
Dewey Decimal Number: 781
EAN: 9780316027588
ASIN: 0316027588
Publication Date: May 28, 2008
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Product Description
For Alex James, music had always been a door to a more exciting life—a way to travel, meet new people, and, hopefully, pick up girls. But as bass player of Blur—one of the most successful British bands of all time—his journey was more exciting and extreme than he could ever have predicted. Success catapulted him from a slug-infested squat in Camberwell to a world of private jets and world-class restaurants. As "the second drunkest member of the world’s drunkest band" Alex James's life was always chaotic, but he retained a boundless enthusiasm and curiosity at odds with his hedonistic lifestyle. From nights in the Groucho with Damien Hirst, to dancing to Sister Sledge with Bjoerk, to being bitten on the nose by the lead singer of Iron Maiden, he offers a fascinating and hilarious insight into the world of celebrity. At its heart, however, this is the picaresque tale of one man’s search to find meaning and happiness in an increasingly surreal world. Pleasingly unrepentant but nonetheless a reformed man, Alex James is the perfect chronicler of his generation—witty, frank and brimming with joie de vivre. A Bit of a Blur is as charming, funny, and deliciously disreputable as its author.
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No Expectations August 30, 2008
If you pick it up without expectations of pirates and the caribbean, you will enjoy it. Finding Your Costa Rica : 5 Powerful Steps to Personal, Professional and Financial Success
 Too Awful for Words August 21, 2008
I had never read a Jimmy Buffett book before - and I vow to never do so again after this painful experience.
Two-dimensional characters, have seen better plots in George Corman movies. Think the movie "Dunston Checks In" done with a pig. And the pig is the main narrator.
I would never have finished this waste of paper if it had not been a book club selection. Even the woman who picked the book, a parrot-head, admitted it was bad.
Jimmy Buffett NOT at his best August 1, 2008
I've read all of Jimmy Buffett's books. If your thinking this book "Swine Not" is going to be anything like the rest your WRONG.
Midway through the book you feel as if your reading a children's story. Not at all what I expected. Its not horrible, but I would borrow it, not buy it.
 A light confection that leaves the reader amused and satisfied July 30, 2008
Reviewed by Sandie Kirkland for RebeccasReads (7/08)
Things are a little weird in the McBride household. Ellie has just been hired as the dessert cook at Flutbein's Hotel, a top restaurant in New York City. That's too long a commute from Vertigo, Tennessee, so the family is packing up and moving to the city, where they'll live in the hotel. Maple and Barley are Ellie's twelve-year-old twins. Maple loves to design clothes and is a devotee of the top designer Karen Wu, while Barley is a first-rate soccer player. The twins' dad, Oliver, is out of the picture; a dreamer always following a new dream and occasionally dropping into their lives.
The family makes the move, and the kids get familiar with their new surroundings. Everything is working out except for one thing. This family comes with a pet pig, a one hundred and fifty pounder named Rumpy. Rumpy is pig non grata at the hotel, which has a prohibition against exotic pets. That means she must constantly be hidden away, and is trapped in the apartment. The family is on constant pins and needles, trying to keep her hidden away.
Unfortunately, Rumpy has a personal enemy. The head chef at the restaurant, Boucher, hates animals and can only conceive of them as his next dinner creation. How can the family protect Rumpy from Boucher? How will Ellie handle working for such a disagreeable sort? Will Maple and Barley fit into the social scene in New York City and their new school? Can Rumpy find her twin brother, Lukie, who is somewhere in the city?
Buffet handles all these situations deftly, spinning a light confection that leaves the reader amused and satisfied. This would be a great book for families to read together, perhaps as a nighttime story stretched over several weeks. It's a perfect traveling book, or just a great book to while away an afternoon in the backyard or at the local pool. I highly recommend it as an interesting, fun read for all.
A huge disappointment July 21, 2008
I have read everything that Jimmy Buffet has written (except for the children's stuff), and am a big fan of his music. When I saw this book on the shelves, I snapped it up. All I can say is this: don't waste your money. Yes, I finished it. It was all I had to read on a pair of flights to and from the east coast. It appears to be written for fifth graders. There is almost no plot, the scenes are silly, banal, and boring. Come on Jimmy, give us another Joe Merchant.
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