Nik took this one of me and Alfie. The lid was on.
Radio City Hall, VMAs 09. Just about to get hit by the thunderbolt in the background.
And here she is.
Acknowledgements
Nik Linnen
John Noel
Matt Morgan
Nicola Schuller
Nanny Pat
Mr Gee
Trevor Lock
Alfie Hitchcock
Danny O’Leary
Tom Chadwick
Sharon Smith
Hannah Donovan
Mick Panayiotou
Giovanni
Jose Gutierrez
Barbara Brand
Ron Brand
Adam Venit
Sean Elliott
Jessica Kovacevic
Dan Weiner
Moira Bellas
Barbara Charone
Kevin McLaughlin
Matt Lebov
Jack Giarraputo
PJ Shapiro
Brian Wolfe
Bobby Roth
Paul McKenna
Jack Bayles
Gareth Roy
Nic Philps
Lisa Mitchell
John Smith
Suzi Aplin
Craig Young
Gillian Blake
Lynne Penrose
Gabriela Banuelos
Lesley Douglas
Meredith Churchill
Focus12
Chip Somers
Jonathan Ross
Noel Gallagher
Sara MacDonald
Anna Valentine
Carole Tonkinson
Shepard and Amanda Fairey
Jenny May Finn
Sarah Newkirk
Heidi Lapaine
Mark Lucey
Ian Coyle
Danny Smith
Kevin Lygo
Andrew Antonio
Ian Coburn
Phil McIntyre
Paul Roberts
Geof Wills
Ian Scollay
Judd Apatow
Nicholas Stoller
Jonah Hill
Adam Sandler
Phil Eisen
Leesa Evans
Jesse DeYoung
Erik Hansen
Roberta Gianotti
James Butkevich
Eddie Stern
Ross Cascio
Jose
Peter Baynham
Jason Segel
Julie Taymor
Helen Mirren
Jason Winer
Kevin McCormick
Larry Brezner
Chris Bender
Mike Tadross
Ray Quinlan
Van Toffler
Jesse Ignjatovic
Wendy Plaut
Dave Sirulnick
Al Ashford
Rosemary Chadwick
Keith Hudson
Mary Hudson
David Hudson
Tamra Natisin
Bradford Cobb
Ade Adepitan
Tracy Mills
Dr Norm Rosenthal
And finally to John Rogers for your remarkable work on this book and our friendship; that but for this ‘umble line would have remained thankless.
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Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Epigraph
Part One
Chapter 1 - Like a Rolling Stone
Chapter 2 - New Musical Expletive
Chapter 3 - Big Brother ’s Big Risk
Chapter 4 - Enter Sandman
Chapter 5 - Digital Manipulation
Chapter 6 - No Means NOooo
Chapter 7 - Take Me to Your Leader
Chapter 8 - The Happiest Place on Earth
Chapter 9 - Human Yoghurt
Part Two
Chapter 10 - Seriously, Do You Know Who I Am?
Chapter 11 - Hawaii Not?
Chapter 12 - It’s What He Would’ve Wanted
Chapter 13 - Hey Pluto!
Picture Section
Part Three
Chapter 14 - They Never Forget
Chapter 15 - Come on, Darling, We’re Leaving
Chapter 16 - Opportunity Sucks
Chapter 17 - He’s from Barcelona
Part Four
Chapter 18 - Mummy Helen
Chapter 19 - The Last Autograph
Chapter 20 - Boner Fido
Chapter 21 - Bottle Rocket
Picture Section
Acknowledgements
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