A new book about MK

[Robson]

... A lot philosophical stuff too...

Can you write more?

Jesus. Give us some time to read will you?  My book needs 8 days to be delivered.

LE

Jesus. I asked Kris-b not you.

[hunter v2.0]

Unless the author has info from people like Ed or others who were there, what else can be said about Mark that hasn't been said thousand times before?

[Love Expresso]

Unless the author has info from people like Ed or others who were there, what else can be said about Mark that hasn't been said thousand times before?

Philosophical stuff. 

LE

[Kris-b]

It doesn‘t have any pictures but lots of links to videos.

That means no pictures at all. Really? 

He wrote that in the foreword

[Chris W]

Unless the author has info from people like Ed or others who were there, what else can be said about Mark that hasn't been said thousand times before?

^^^ This ^^^

[Jules]

Unless the author has info from people like Ed or others who were there, what else can be said about Mark that hasn't been said thousand times before?

^^^ This ^^^

Exactly.

There is a book in Spain released recently that covers until the very last MK record (One deep river) and EP, The Boy, and took some information from Chris and Ed posts here and info from Jack podcast so that's something new:

https://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=8948.msg184607#msg184607

Right now there is only version in Spanish.

[qjamesfloyd]

I have read my sample now. The first chapters are about Mark‘s musical influences. So about music at home and the musicians of his youth. Long passages of Lonny Donegan and Chris Barber, Hank Marvin, Bert Weedon ( never heard this name brfore). And about his first guitar and also about blowing the family radio😂😂. A lot philosophical stuff too
It doesn‘t have any pictures but lots of links to videos.

I will download the rest and look forward to more information!

Thanks Kris.   Bert Weedon was a guitarist from the '50s.  He wrote a book called "Play in a Day" which is referenced in  "We Can Get Wild".

I am sure people have seen this but here is a clip with Mark and Bert Weedon.
https://youtu.be/vVvNeCp73ds?si=A89tydQKRbWWl_1S

[Kris-b]

Thanks!

[dustyvalentino]

Unless the author has info from people like Ed or others who were there, what else can be said about Mark that hasn't been said thousand times before?

There will be casual fans who won't want to trawl through all the nonsense that is written on here, dig out old interviews etc that may like to just sit down and read a book with lots of good info in one place.

You can make the same argument for The Beatles, Dylan, Sinatra etc but new books are released about them every year (note, in no way am I comparing MK to any of them).

[Robson]

Unless the author has info from people like Ed or others who were there, what else can be said about Mark that hasn't been said thousand times before?

There will be casual fans who won't want to trawl through all the nonsense that is written on here, dig out old interviews etc that may like to just sit down and read a book with lots of good info in one place.

You can make the same argument for The Beatles, Dylan, Sinatra etc but new books are released about them every year (note, in no way am I comparing MK to any of them).

That's true. I agree. Fans from the forum know a lot about MK because they want to know, but many people would definitely like to read a book about DS/MK. I believe that a book always makes sense.

[hunter v2.0]

Unless the author has info from people like Ed or others who were there, what else can be said about Mark that hasn't been said thousand times before?

There will be casual fans who won't want to trawl through all the nonsense that is written on here, dig out old interviews etc that may like to just sit down and read a book with lots of good info in one place.

You can make the same argument for The Beatles, Dylan, Sinatra etc but new books are released about them every year (note, in no way am I comparing MK to any of them).

Sure, but unless someone like Ed, who actually knows how to tell a story and was there, writes it, I really don't see the point. Then I mean just update the Wiki article on Mark.

[dustyvalentino]

Unless the author has info from people like Ed or others who were there, what else can be said about Mark that hasn't been said thousand times before?

There will be casual fans who won't want to trawl through all the nonsense that is written on here, dig out old interviews etc that may like to just sit down and read a book with lots of good info in one place.

You can make the same argument for The Beatles, Dylan, Sinatra etc but new books are released about them every year (note, in no way am I comparing MK to any of them).

Sure, but unless someone like Ed, who actually knows how to tell a story and was there, writes it, I really don't see the point. Then I mean just update the Wiki article on Mark.

I guess you could apply that logic to any biography... and as we have seen with John Illsley's book, even an autobiography written by the man himself (cough) can have errors. Different authors will have different standards of research and accuracy. Peter Guralnick for example is a very trustworthy writer in my experience.

[hunter v2.0]

Well, a biography should be more than just a chronicle of events and facts, at least for me to buy it. If not I prefer reading the short version in an encyclopedia article.

[Chris W]

That's true. I agree. Fans from the forum know a lot about MK because they want to know

Historically I've seen more unsubstantiated guess work than actual facts. This is also highlighted by Ed Bicknell's lengthy posts correcting all the misinformation.
People who were there often have differing experiences, different memories. I know when chatting with Chris White, he remembers things I have absolutely no memory of.
But it's better to get your 'facts' from the people in the room, on the stage, than from people who have used the internet as their research database.

[Robson]

That's true. I agree. Fans from the forum know a lot about MK because they want to know

Historically I've seen more unsubstantiated guess work than actual facts. This is also highlighted by Ed Bicknell's lengthy posts correcting all the misinformation.
People who were there often have differing experiences, different memories. I know when chatting with Chris White, he remembers things I have absolutely no memory of.
But it's better to get your 'facts' from the people in the room, on the stage, than from people who have used the internet as their research database.

Of course. I just wanted to say that a real, honest biography book will always be needed. I think people like to read a biography if they are moderate fans of the artist.