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Mick McCann

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About Me

I'm primarily on here to try to flog some copies of my book, Coming Out As A Bowie Fan In Leeds, Yorkshire, England. (ISBN: 0-9554699-0-2)Available on amazon.I self published it under the publisher name of Armley Press just before Xmas '06.It's a playful romp through the head of a cocky, over confident teenager - involving a Bowie obsession and stepping out in make-up and effeminate clothing aged 13/14 (1977/78) in a tough, gritty, northern, English city - think The Full Monty/Billy Elliot/Kes but rougher.Covering topics such as: OBSESSION - BOYS IN MAKE-UP - PUNK - FOOTBALL - CHILDHOOD - BOWIE - MAD NUNS - GIRLS - LIFE - HOT WHEELS - LEEDS - CROSS COUNTRY - VIOLENCE - SEX - THE '70s - ADOLESCENCE - MY DEATHMySpace Layouts

My Interests

Music:

Currently listening to: Cara - Keep'er Lit, Roderigo + Gabriella, Magazine, Kanye West

Books:

Shadow Of The Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Heroes:

Peter Ustinov, William Blake, Oscar Wilde, Mr David Bowie, Germaine Greer, Stephen Fry, Grayson Perry, that really smart, black woman (kinda shaven headed) who used to do Newsnight Review whose name I don't recall. But my mate k0rsika does - it's Bonnie Greer. Ta for that K

My Blog

Book flogging interview/video

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=l0DoybMO3Eg Maaaaannnn he slaughters me. Not suitable for church's.
Posted by Mick McCann on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:10:00 PST

The Book Ending

Here's the end of mi'book, it won't spoil it or anything, it's not a traditional book format, more of a cross-section of time and place.   For any of you who are unaware of a song called 'All Th...
Posted by Mick McCann on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 02:54:00 PST

Books opening page

  Northern Exposure interview in My Pics, at the bottom.   Opening page of book   1 'Right hand down, RIGHT HAND DOWN.' My brother shrieks, then looks at me and raises his eyes as if t...
Posted by Mick McCann on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:55:00 PST

I killed a rat with a fork.

I can't be arsed blogging about the book, it's boring - not the book, obviously. Let's get the ads out of the way: Buy my book it's fantastic. What y'thinking about? It's not a house or a bo...
Posted by Mick McCann on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:44:00 PST

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Coming-Bowie-Leeds-Yorkshire-England /dp/0955469902/ref=pd_sim_b_4/203-9

Sorry don't know how to get an active URL up so I thought I'd just place the address here, or there as it is in the real or rather virtual world. Shit that's confused me and made my head hot - I'm off...
Posted by Mick McCann on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 04:06:00 PST

Press Type Stuff

Interview with the fantastic BowieZone in my pics Full page in the Yorkshire Evening Post - the journalist did a fine job, one inaccuracy which is remarkable considering how much info he had to...
Posted by Mick McCann on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 04:00:00 PST

The Tale Of The Naked Fireman.

Forgive while I digress from my book related blog and share an incident with you that has just, strangely, popped to the front of my mind - how it didn't make the book I'll never know.Ladies and ...
Posted by Mick McCann on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 04:25:00 PST

I'm up for a Booker Prize - 2007

People who I don't really know keep getting messages through to me that they really enjoyed/are enjoying the book, which is fantastic, it gives me a little warm shiver across my chest. I'm s...
Posted by Mick McCann on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 03:29:00 PST

Everything Is Ficticious

I've been a bit flat of late, not low - flat. I've self publushed a book Coming Out As A Bowie Fan In Leeds, Yorkshire, England - The Memoirs Of A Punk Romantic. (Anybody wanting to do the same, ...
Posted by Mick McCann on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 11:06:00 PST