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Good Pop, Bad Pop by Jarvis Cocker
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
I loved loved LOVED this. I’m a huge fan of Pulp and Jarvis Cocker, so it was sort of a given I’d enjoy this anyway. But this book would easily interest someone that knows next to nothing about him or the band. It’s frankly genius the way this memoir is formatted and told. I loved the focus on the creative process. The fact we explore Jarvis’ life through material objects is incredibly charming to me as I also tend to accumulate plastic ‘pulp’ items just like him. It was fascinating seeing all these objects in glorious colour. The graphics of this book really set this apart from other memoirs.
To be honest, I don’t think I’ve ever related to someone’s thought processes as much as I did whilst reading this. The section about him hating food packaging changing, to the point of switching out a Marmite lid for a year straight was like looking into a mirror. The way Cocker writes is lovely and informal, as if you’re sat there cleaning out his loft with him. His stories are interesting and funny, and his thoughts on creativity very illuminating. I need more! I really hope a sequel follows covering the 90s Pulp years.
To be honest, I don’t think I’ve ever related to someone’s thought processes as much as I did whilst reading this. The section about him hating food packaging changing, to the point of switching out a Marmite lid for a year straight was like looking into a mirror. The way Cocker writes is lovely and informal, as if you’re sat there cleaning out his loft with him. His stories are interesting and funny, and his thoughts on creativity very illuminating. I need more! I really hope a sequel follows covering the 90s Pulp years.