Musician, writer, and former Lush front-woman Miki Berenyi chats to Jude about Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys. by Viv Albertine.

They also dive deep in to Miki's experience of writing her Rough Trade Book of the Year winning memoir, Fingers Crossed, her disdain for 'Britpop', her childhood love of Carmen Miranda, the joy of being a young music fan in London in the 1980s, and much more.

Books mentioned in the podcast:

Fingers Crossed by Miki Berenyi Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me from Success: Rough Trade Book of the Year a book by Miki Berenyi

Clothes. Music. Boys. by Viv Albertine Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys. a book by Viv Albertine

Paper Cuts by Ted Kessler Paper Cuts: How I Destroyed the British Music Press and Other Misadventures a book by Ted Kessler.

It Crawled From The South: An REM Companion by Marcus Grey It Crawled From the South: An R.E.M. Companion: Amazon.co.uk: Gray, Marcus: 9781857023541: Books

Liverpool Explodes by Mark Garrett Cooper Liverpool Explodes: Amazon.co.uk: Cooper, Mark Garrett: 9780283988660: Books

Bedsit Disco Queen by Tracey Thorn Bedsit Disco Queen: How I grew up and tried to be a pop star a book by Tracey Thorn

My Rock 'n' Roll Friend by Tracey Thorn My Rock 'n' Roll Friend a book by Tracey Thorn

I'm Not With The Band by Sylvia Patterson I'm Not with the Band: A Writer's Life Lost in Music a book by Sylvia Patterson

Lead Sister by Lucy O'Brien Lead Sister: The Story of Karen Carpenter a book by Lucy O'Brien

Why Karen Carpenter Matters by Karen Tongson Why Karen Carpenter Matters a book by Karen Tongson

You can buy the paperback edition of Jude's The Sound of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives here: The Sound of Being Human a book by Jude Rogers. (bookshop.org)

Finally White Rabbit's Spotify Playlist of 'booksongs' - songs inspired by books loved by our guests - is here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7chuHOeTs9jpyKpmgXV6uo

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