Ricky

Another fascinating memoir of life backstage in the Australian rock biz, this one by the long time manager of Cold Chisel. I devoured it in a single Sunday sitting.

This is a biography of the 35th US President that sets out to place him in the context of the start of “the American Century”.

Sure, you know what the Limbo dance is, but do you know of its origins on slave ships? How the Slinky came to be? Who invented Scrabble? Jigsaw puzzles? Safety pins? Who the Huldufólk are, or what a Balikbayan box is?

Bernie Taupin’s “not a proper memoir” has left me divided, nonplussed and exasperated.