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| From | beeman@istar.ca |
| Subject | rock and roll Golf! |
| Date | Sat, 06 Oct 2007 14:00:46 -0400 |
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This weekend I'm curling up with Alice Cooper's new Golf Monster book
courtesy of the library system. I could soooo see myself making the
leap from Par 3 (er, par 5 in my case) to the real thing with The
Coop's help.
regards, Judith
Amazon sez:
With his first book, Cooper, the original shock rocker, attempts to
combine autobiography and golf manual in one snappy narrative; that
both parts are equally half-baked hardly matters, as Cooper's simple,
frank account of his 40-plus years in the rock and roll biz is great
entertainment. Cooper started playing golf in the early 1980s-as many
as 36 holes a day-to fill his post-rehab days and keep him from the
destructive spiral of alcoholism. Thus, golf plays a vital role in
this memoir; indeed, without golf, Cooper might no longer be alive-and
not incidentally, the rock legend has since become one of the best
players on the pro-am tournament circuit. Cooper devotes 12 sections
to his "steps of golf addiction" ("Be a Good Imitator," "Let the
Adreneline Flow," "Play with Those who Inspire You"), interspersed
between short chapters that present a Cliff's Notes version of his
life. Revelations include the truth behind the infamous 1969 incident
in which Cooper threw a live chicken into a rabid Detroit audience, an
unexpected backstage encounter with Liberace and Cooper's late-life
conversion to Christianity. While there's more here for fans of Alice
Cooper's music than his fellow golfing nuts, the man deserves credit
for finding a way to tell his life story that's as unconventional as
the life itself.
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