[bksvol-discuss] Re: Need a Proofreader for "Who I Am" by Pete Townshend of The Who

  • From: "Kim Loftis" <kll2277@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:43:10 -0400

Sandi,

Yes, I saw the CBS Sunday Morning piece... watch every Sunday.  Really looking 
forward to reading this...

Kim


From: Sandi Ryan 
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 3:29 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Need a Proofreader for "Who I Am" by Pete 
Townshend of The Who


I'm going to be waiting to read this when the two of you have finished it!  Did 
you see him on CBS Sunday Morning last week?  

Sandi--A Who fan from their early days! *smile*

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Marilyn 
  To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Cc: booksbeingscanned@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 5:40 AM
  Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Need a Proofreader for "Who I Am" by Pete Townshend 
of The Who


  I will be scanning "Who I Am: A Memoir" by Pete Townshend of The Who.  I am 
giddy with anticipation!


  WHO will please proofread this book?  WHO are you?


  Info:  544 pages with photos (which I will describe and retain the captions)


  Synopsis:
  From the voice of a generation: The most highly anticipated autobiography of 
the year, and the story of a man who... is a Londoner and a Mod.... wanted The 
Who to be called The Hair.... loved The Everly Brothers, but not that "drawling 
dope" Elvis.... wanted to be a sculptor, a journalist, a dancer and a graphic 
designer.... became a musician, composer, librettist, fiction writer, literary 
editor, sailor.... smashed his first guitar onstage, in 1964, by accident.... 
heard the voice of God on a vibrating bed in rural Illinois.... invented the 
Marshall stack, feedback and the concept album.... once speared Abbie Hoffman 
in the neck with the head of his guitar.... inspired Jimi Hendrix's 
pyrotechnical stagecraft.... is partially deaf in his left ear.... stole his 
windmill guitar playing from Keith Richards.... followed Keith Moon off a hotel 
balcony into a pool and nearly died.... did too much cocaine and nearly 
died.... drank too much and nearly died.... detached from his body in an 
airplane, on LSD, and nearly died.... helped rescue Eric Clapton from 
heroin.... is banned for life from Holiday Inns.... was embroiled in a tabloid 
scandal that has dogged him ever since.... has some explaining to do.... is the 
most literary and literate musician of the last 50 years.... planned to write 
his memoir when he was 21.... published this book at 67.


  Marilyn
  mmbeagle@xxxxxxxxx


  "Sickness will surely take the mind, where minds can't usually go.
  Come on this amazing journey, and learn all you should know."
  -- Pete Townshend

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