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This is one man's guide to begging for sex, smuggling drugs and pretending to be rock 'n' roll...The one time pirate bass warrior of cock rockers, The Darkness; offers an illustrated alternative self-help book based on the philosophy of disaster: 'How To Be A Bass Player With No Sense Of Rhythm', 'How To Be A Tour Guide With No Sense Of Direction', 'How To Get Into The Closet', 'How To Go From Chateau To Shit-hole', and so on. Just take up what you are worst at, hold on tight, and enjoy the ride!In this off-beat, hilarious, hare-brained manual on fame, fortune and the universe, Frankie offers a unique slant on the bigger questions in life in an attempt to help readers (and himself) arrive at a greater understanding of the world through the excesses of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. Thanks to a revolutionary process called the 'Mind Sweeper', devised by his Polish cleaner, he is able to make sense of his life before, during and after 'that band' he played in...
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Dancing in the Darkness
'Dancing in the Darkness' is an engrossing autobiography that often finds itself at odds with the established shibboleths of writing such a work. Frankie Poullain, aided by his Polish Cleaner-cum-therapist, sets out to write a self-help book drawing from his experiences and mistakes.
What you get is a refreshingly honest, warm, self-depticating, quirky and humorous jaunt through Poullain's unconventional first 41 years, predictably with mouth-aghast tales of rock'n'roll excess, and less so the truths and philosophies conveyed, often apologetically, that elevate it above most accounts of its kind. The chapter 'How To Lose Sight of Yourself' in particular is moving in its wisdom.
As well as possessing insight, sharpened by the awkwardness the author undoubtedly feels, he is able to spectate when others are consumed, hitch along for the ride rather than be the driver (unless popping to the shop for an Indian takeaway). Frankie is perfectly placed to analyse the trappings and pitfalls of being in a multi-platinum shifting International rock outfit, always as an outsider; the force behind the book somehow manages to be centrafugal and centrapetal at the same time.
Poullain has a keen sense of the absurd, complimented by the many illustrations that accompany the text, and he himself is only too aware of the absurdity of a bookish and sentitive type like himself ending up in a band like the Darkness. The book is therefore deliberately littered with contradictions and oxymorons.
The meteoric rise and equally seismic collapse of Britain's biggest band circa 2003 was always going to be a good story, but in Poullain's hands it becomes a quite different beast to maybe the one you expected. If there's a criticism,'Dancing in the Darkness' is too short, though it does mean there's less time to spend worrying if there's going to be a happy ending or not.
'Dancing in the Darkness' is an engrossing autobiography that often finds itself at odds with the established shibboleths of writing such a work. Frankie Poullain, aided by his Polish Cleaner-cum-therapist, sets out to write a self-help book drawing from his experiences and mistakes.
What you get is a refreshingly honest, warm, self-depticating, quirky and humorous jaunt through Poullain's unconventional first 41 years, predictably with mouth-aghast tales of rock'n'roll excess, and less so the truths and philosophies conveyed, often apologetically, that elevate it above most accounts of its kind. The chapter 'How To Lose Sight of Yourself' in particular is moving in its wisdom.
As well as possessing insight, sharpened by the awkwardness the author undoubtedly feels, he is able to spectate when others are consumed, hitch along for the ride rather than be the driver (unless popping to the shop for an Indian takeaway). Frankie is perfectly placed to analyse the trappings and pitfalls of being in a multi-platinum shifting International rock outfit, always as an outsider; the force behind the book somehow manages to be centrafugal and centrapetal at the same time.
Poullain has a keen sense of the absurd, complimented by the many illustrations that accompany the text, and he himself is only too aware of the absurdity of a bookish and sentitive type like himself ending up in a band like the Darkness. The book is therefore deliberately littered with contradictions and oxymorons.
The meteoric rise and equally seismic collapse of Britain's biggest band circa 2003 was always going to be a good story, but in Poullain's hands it becomes a quite different beast to maybe the one you expected. If there's a criticism,'Dancing in the Darkness' is too short, though it does mean there's less time to spend worrying if there's going to be a happy ending or not.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Hey! Trust me. This is a lot of fun!
A mind expanding romp with Frankie, the favourite with 'The Darkness' fans.
It's not just about his time with the band. He takes us on a hugely entertaining tour of his life's ups and downs.
He's more than a rock star. He's also a very funny, quirky and self effacing writer.
Just look at a few of the chapters...
... How to Clone The Gene of Misfortune
... How to Pleasure Humanity Inappropriately
... How to Teach Someone a Lesson You'll Never Forget
Some of his observations had me laughing out loud.
Anyway... geddit! and you will.
Thanks Frankie.
Garth Robins x
A mind expanding romp with Frankie, the favourite with 'The Darkness' fans.
It's not just about his time with the band. He takes us on a hugely entertaining tour of his life's ups and downs.
He's more than a rock star. He's also a very funny, quirky and self effacing writer.
Just look at a few of the chapters...
... How to Clone The Gene of Misfortune
... How to Pleasure Humanity Inappropriately
... How to Teach Someone a Lesson You'll Never Forget
Some of his observations had me laughing out loud.
Anyway... geddit! and you will.
Thanks Frankie.
Garth Robins x
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Everyone should read Frankie's book. I read it from cover to cover and was left with a warm glow of contentment as well as enlightenment by the end. What a lovely, intelligent, honest, fun person Frankie is.
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