"45" is a great read, yes. The story that's actually about writing - a pretty tired literary trope usually - stick in my mind the mist, with it's photographic descriptions of drinking tea in the supermarket cafe and writing next to the other regulars in the library in the shopping mall. As far as Aylesbury I'd concerned, I think Bill has lived near there in a farmhouse for 20-odd years. The KLF/Jams post box was Aylesbury, and the occasional scene-setting interview will Bill usually mentions the town. Also, on the BBC Omnibus programme, there's a brief shout of the outside of his house, and The New Merseybeat Rock'n'Roll Years features BD bring interviewed in the kitchen (I presume). Aylesbury's also near where they played that shambolic Chipping Norton rave in 1989, of course, and at one point in the video footage of that Bill looks at a map and says "We're going past my house." On 23 Oct 2010, at 12:25, Ross Jarvis <jarvmeister@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm sure many of you have read it. I finished it about a few weeks ago, and immediately went and purchased "17".
I have to say, it was a superb read, often making me laugh out loud, and offering some serious insight into the mind that, in my opinion, drove the artistic side of the KLF.
I am also lucky enough to have grown up in and around Aylesbury, which is constantly mentioned, referenced and described in detail. It's mentioned so frequently and it's clear Bill spends so much time there that I began to wonder why I've never bumped into him.
I've heard some people say that there aren't enough references to the KLF. Although there are few direct references, you can absolutely relate to Bill's mind throughout the book if you are a keen fan of the KLF.
If you've not read it - go out and buy a copy. I will be re-reading mine again in a few months.
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