tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post5625255402572730262..comments2023-10-21T11:46:32.529+01:00Comments on Madame Arcati: 65 My Life so Far by Jonathan King: Review. Mr Vile Pervert's extraordinary fateMadame Arcatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04823823014493798116noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-66141085594683390442013-03-11T16:15:34.624+00:002013-03-11T16:15:34.624+00:00I have a picture of Jagger and Bowie all snuggled ...I have a picture of Jagger and Bowie all snuggled up together on a couch with a glass of wine with Bowies arm wrapped around Jagger and his hand on Jagger's breast. As for Lennon OLD news and what is even more unreal is how people could not see the love affair going on between Lennon & McCartney. Blind as bats, the public. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-10435814402628489092009-12-13T23:26:53.384+00:002009-12-13T23:26:53.384+00:00Is that the lawyer Maurice Oberstein ?Is that the lawyer Maurice Oberstein ?veritasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-79262359067725746682009-12-13T22:17:43.878+00:002009-12-13T22:17:43.878+00:00Simon Cowell's one of the most famous men in t...Simon Cowell's one of the most famous men in the US. Bloody French Canadians - need to get out more.Madame Arcatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04823823014493798116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-59882109396947378672009-12-13T21:38:29.504+00:002009-12-13T21:38:29.504+00:00Simon Cowell, Maurice Oberstein, Tom Watkins, Iain...Simon Cowell, Maurice Oberstein, Tom Watkins, Iain Burton, tabernak! Who the hell are these guys? I have no doubt Jonathan King's book is very funny, but for Brits only!Duralexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-50674967144856803312009-12-13T18:03:46.076+00:002009-12-13T18:03:46.076+00:00I hate clubs and have never been to one with Simon...I hate clubs and have never been to one with Simon. Or Obie (who is mentioned several times). Or Iain Burton (also mentioned). Or Tom (there wouldn't have been room for the two of us - besides, he was a friend of Janet Street Preacher). Nothing has been left out. I'm there in all my shocking glory (and sometimes deeply ashamed of my behaviour). I think the open minded reader will find it honest, outrageous, revealing and hopefully funny.Jonathan Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00889011672143943088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-61670044278580645862009-12-13T17:58:15.782+00:002009-12-13T17:58:15.782+00:00It's refreshing that Arcati did not regale us ...It's refreshing that Arcati did not regale us with history. She gets straight to the point, namely, what people think of King now and what he has to say about himself. A review is not a promo or PR exercise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-32404577325422410472009-12-13T17:56:45.887+00:002009-12-13T17:56:45.887+00:00Simon Cowell is shown to be loyal, standing bail. ...Simon Cowell is shown to be loyal, standing bail. No mention of clubs. So yes it must be a whitewash!Madame Arcatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04823823014493798116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-17904251193726904222009-12-13T17:39:23.831+00:002009-12-13T17:39:23.831+00:00Has anyone read this book yet? Does it dish the di...Has anyone read this book yet? Does it dish the dirt on what Simon Cowell and King got up to in the 1980s? I heard that King had been paid off by Cowell to leave out all the interesting stuff about their clubbing exploits together…if there’s no mention of Cowell, Maurice Oberstein, Tom Watkins and Iain Burton then it’s a whitewash!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-78233647924978194562009-12-13T16:33:09.726+00:002009-12-13T16:33:09.726+00:00"This post has been removed by a blog adminis..."This post has been removed by a blog administrator."<br /><br />Oh crap! Sounds like I missed something juicy here! :-(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-10638298375407179842009-12-13T13:10:44.361+00:002009-12-13T13:10:44.361+00:00"Unbelievably disgusting. The sexual practice..."Unbelievably disgusting. The sexual practices you describe are beyond any normal person's imagination. King's book sounds a complete cesspit of filth."<br /><br />God..I get more excited by the day as this book approaches in the post.<br /><br />Sorry Blithe Spirit but I never believed that Jagger slept with Bowie. Mick has better taste and wouldn't be seen in the sack with someone with green rotting teeth.veritasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-31412447729481986972009-12-13T12:54:47.245+00:002009-12-13T12:54:47.245+00:00But you don't have a cock darling. Come to ter...But you don't have a cock darling. Come to terms with it!Madame Arcatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04823823014493798116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-42438308939741669972009-12-13T12:53:38.969+00:002009-12-13T12:53:38.969+00:00I tend to agree with Blithe that you should have i...I tend to agree with Blithe that you should have included stuff about JK's actual contribution to music. He has after all sold tens of millions of records. Madame has a tendency of using all her friends to serve her own ends (rhymes). She, or rather VO, is highly solipsistic and probably bonkers.<br /><br />On another matter, your pal Roger Lewis is in the Sunday Times today accusing Duncan F of turning Herefordshire into Old Compton St after dark. Perhaps Duncan should review JK.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-56423901776396719502009-12-13T12:42:42.254+00:002009-12-13T12:42:42.254+00:00Yes, I am Farah Damji. She dresses left (btw I tol...Yes, I am Farah Damji. She dresses left (btw I told Nirps I want him to talk about his thick cock) xxMadame Arcatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04823823014493798116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-82312652288525519852009-12-13T12:41:32.921+00:002009-12-13T12:41:32.921+00:00Dear "Murky" - if you are going to make ...Dear "Murky" - if you are going to make allegations then at least try to supply some evidence. There's a good boy.Madame Arcatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04823823014493798116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-10460459383465072112009-12-13T11:59:23.579+00:002009-12-13T11:59:23.579+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-8078422629505715532009-12-13T10:52:43.073+00:002009-12-13T10:52:43.073+00:00Thank you for your kind comments Blithe but I have...Thank you for your kind comments Blithe but I have to tell you - it takes courage even to mention my name in the meejah these days and I really appreciate Madame's support but I also find her individual and unusual approach to life hugely enhancing and entertaining and she seems to have the ability to spot many aspects lurking below the surface; a rare skill indeed.Jonathan Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00889011672143943088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-56508765155143928462009-12-13T09:26:41.905+00:002009-12-13T09:26:41.905+00:00A review is always a personal response and no revi...A review is always a personal response and no reviewer can anticipate every reader's personal preference: I really don't think people come to Madame Arcati for a balanced treatment of anything in particular: I have my interests and approaches and either you like them or not. If you like JK's writing then the book - all 600 or so pages of it - is there to be bought. Plonking anecdotes in my review would dilute the essence of Arcati - and I can't have that, dearie.Madame Arcatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04823823014493798116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-59638974235822356692009-12-12T19:26:34.379+00:002009-12-12T19:26:34.379+00:00I must not have any kind of showbiz pulse, MA darl...I must not have any kind of showbiz pulse, MA darling. Your review does put me off. I find it was written in haste. <br /><br />I like JK's speaking voice, the cadence with which he talks and I like his writing style (besides, he's so smart), so I would look forward to read stories by him, but the way you put what the book is about doesn't seem to reflect any thing I would be willing to read about - except his side of the pedophilegate matter. In fact, it is not so much about what it is "about" as to how he tells it - again, his style and what would make it a treat to read his story.<br /><br />He has discovered, promoted, created, re-invented, guided, supported popstars? We know that; JK's accomplishments and inventiveness are part of history and are out there to stay and for all to see (ooka shaka, ooka shaka, ooka ooka ooka shaka, genius way to pep up a tune that otherwise would have gone into obscurity and never been remembered again - heh, heh).<br /><br />Couldn't you at least partly lay out one anecdote? It can't be that not one struck you outstanding. If you claim the book is just too large to mention specifics or quote an interesting passage, I say it wouldn't be the first time you have broken down reviews/ interviews in several parts. I'm sure you could have run by JK if it was ok to print one little (tiny) piece a couple of times.<br /><br />As to star goss, I'm fed up of reading stories such as Bianca getting furious with Mick for finding him in bed with David Bowie, so it's not why I would read the book either. I don't read the rags; all that supposed drama bores me silly. I suppose you do well in name-dropping who he mentions in the book and I can appreciate, as you say, frankness, but I don't think I would be offended by the promiscuity as much as disgusted by it. I have never found appealing the stories of Rock Stars and groupies when they're just about going: "done him and him and him, and her"... I've said before I find pornography boring and pitiful; I'm not interested in numbers and gross descriptions (Good grief! What other 13-year-old child has had 65 "passionate encounters", let alone with 65 different people? That is just sad - no emotional attachment to anyone ever?). I'm more into erotic writing. I sure hope the stories are told in a more interesting, exciting or even humorous way than what comes across here (that denture anecdote could be funny!). <br /><br />I do agree though that, when I read a biography, having an index to refer to would be most helpful because it would save me the trouble of making one of my own as I go (I too like to find easily where it was that someone was mentioned). I'm also grateful for glossaries if a lot of contemporary lingo is used - those who are too young or not insiders would get a better feel of the times.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-16618962445467394122009-12-12T13:43:04.263+00:002009-12-12T13:43:04.263+00:00Thank you Madame for a perceptive and intelligent ...Thank you Madame for a perceptive and intelligent review. I hope the book is more an accurate depiction of the past 65 years than a glossy portrait of myself. I do consider myself fortunate to be in a position where I can be honest - I have nothing to lose. Indeed I don't think I emerge in a sympathetic light; I've admitted to some disgraceful behaviour. But I was there and I have tried to describe the time and characters accurately. As such I hope it is more valuable than a superficial assessment may imply. And most of all - entertaining.Jonathan Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00889011672143943088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-55960008463026793312009-12-12T13:42:49.608+00:002009-12-12T13:42:49.608+00:00Why would I be interested in the BBC or Alan Yento...Why would I be interested in the BBC or Alan Yentob? The very name alone conjures up the drear of bureaucracy: an office-bound functionary who pops up on the TV only because he's in a position to get himself there via paperwork. When I read a book I home in on what matters, the most interesting elements: Yentob is just cultural mulch.Madame Arcatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04823823014493798116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-57382055992872481802009-12-12T12:59:53.903+00:002009-12-12T12:59:53.903+00:00I am reading JK's book and I am more fascinate...I am reading JK's book and I am more fascinated by the non-sexual stories. I love the fact that Alan "Botney" Yentob of the BBC was hostile to Eurovision even when JK made a success of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-43505696881244811612009-12-12T12:53:57.704+00:002009-12-12T12:53:57.704+00:00A good part of my review deals with his career. So...A good part of my review deals with his career. So I wonder where your mind is, dearie.Madame Arcatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04823823014493798116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-81055613059229795372009-12-12T12:52:39.705+00:002009-12-12T12:52:39.705+00:00Is Jonathan's book really all about sex and no...Is Jonathan's book really all about sex and nothing else? That would be quite sad. I prefer to think Madame's review is somewhat biased.The late Yoko Ononoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-43000162503532006862009-12-12T10:44:25.006+00:002009-12-12T10:44:25.006+00:00Unbelievably disgusting. The sexual practices you ...Unbelievably disgusting. The sexual practices you describe are beyond any normal person's imagination. King's book sounds a complete cesspit of filth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-35699876948241314782009-12-12T10:39:49.040+00:002009-12-12T10:39:49.040+00:00Having read up the case I am surprised he was pros...Having read up the case I am surprised he was prosecuted at all. JK puts his side in the book, as he has done elsewhere; and I'm not going into it here. But the nature of the evidence against him is suspect in my view.Madame Arcatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04823823014493798116noreply@blogger.com