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#16 Post by zukunft »

Famous German author Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre is a PSB-fan and mentions the boys in a few of his books.

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No Muscle Mary wrote: Wed 10 Feb 2016, 10:19 am They're mentioned in glowing terms in Inside Little Britain. I bought it for a euro, was worth every cent :lol:

I saw Patsy Kensit's autobiography, think it was called Absolute Beginner, in a discount shop recently. Couldn't resist having a nose to see what she says about them, and she said they're nice but it's a short mention. She says how she fought them to have I'm Not Scared released under the name Eighth Wonder, as they wanted it as Patsy Kensit. Anyway, after reading a few lines I decided that it was badly written and she was utterly conceited and I wasn't going to spend even 2 euro on something that would do my head in :wall:

Have that old Michael Cowton (I think) book too, the unofficial biography, which isn't a bad read.


Found two mentions in Patsy Kensit's autobiography.


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And found these hilarious Pop "Charts" with PSB song references

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Ok so this is NOT our Neil Tennant i presume.
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/book/introd ... 9654?mt=11
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Vince wrote: Tue 20 Nov 2018, 8:54 am Ok so this is NOT our Neil Tennant i presume.
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/book/introd ... 9654?mt=11
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Tenn ... ilosopher)
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Found this book at a second-hand-book sale.

Never seen this pic of the boys before :D
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#22 Post by retrofuturist »

They're mentioned a few times in "I, c***" but I couldn't be bothered hunting around for the reference, so you'll just have to take my word for it. (Also, Carter USM get a mention too, so the two best bands of all time both get a mention)
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#23 Post by Marie loves PSB »

This is what I remember book wise. *The cogs are turning now*! They are in a few Guinness book of records. (I don't think they even do these now-a-days). Neil's Dairy book of Home Management. (I found one of these second hand and it sadly fell to bits). They are mentioned in Tom Watkins book - Let's make lots of money. (For some reason I am still shocked that Tom had written most of Bross' songs). We have got Ramzy's book too (sorry, if I spelt your user name wrong - my memory is bad).

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Siegfried Lenz: Arnes Nachlass
PSB is the favorite band of the (tragic) hero, mentioned a couple of times.

https://www.amazon.com/Arnes-Nachla%C3% ... way&sr=8-3
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ype wrote: Wed 10 Feb 2016, 10:25 am The boys are mentioned in Derek Jarman's biography. Nothing Earth-shattering, but still.
Came across Derek Jarman's book (diary). Unfortunately didn't time enough time to deep-dive into it for PSB references. Here are some that I found.
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