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Issue Details: First known date: 2019... 2019 Something to Believe In
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'A memoir of music, madness and love from the author of the cult classic Pig City.

'For Andrew Stafford, music was a way up and a way out. There was just one little problem- he couldn't play. Because those who can do and those who can't review, he carved out a niche writing about it instead. 

'This is the story of a self-confessed wannabe's life- of growing up in public, of family, of falling in and out of love, and music, sweet music, everywhere.

'Written with enormous heart and a thumping rhythm, Something To Believe In is an uncompromising, inspiring book for anyone whose life has been saved by rock & roll.'  (Publication summary)
 

Notes

  • Dedication: For my parents, who always let me do what I wanted to do, and be who I wanted to be.

    Yeah.

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Memoir Charts Rocky Detours Phil Stafford , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27 July 2019; (p. 23)

— Review of Something to Believe In Andrew Stafford , 2019 single work autobiography

'To paraphrase a quote from George Bernard Shaw’s Man And Superman, those who can, do — those who can’t, write about it. While it’s true most rock journalists are frustrated musicians, few write about the art form more eloquently than Brisbane-based author and freelancer Andrew Stafford. Even fewer do so with such naked honesty.'(Introduction)

Music Writer Andrew Stafford Shares Favourite Rock 'n' Roll Reads Ahead of Brisbane Writers Festival Andrew Stafford , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , September 2019;

'As a teen in late-80s Brisbane, Andrew Stafford discovered punk and it changed his life.' 

Memoir Charts Rocky Detours Phil Stafford , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27 July 2019; (p. 23)

— Review of Something to Believe In Andrew Stafford , 2019 single work autobiography

'To paraphrase a quote from George Bernard Shaw’s Man And Superman, those who can, do — those who can’t, write about it. While it’s true most rock journalists are frustrated musicians, few write about the art form more eloquently than Brisbane-based author and freelancer Andrew Stafford. Even fewer do so with such naked honesty.'(Introduction)

Music Writer Andrew Stafford Shares Favourite Rock 'n' Roll Reads Ahead of Brisbane Writers Festival Andrew Stafford , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , September 2019;

'As a teen in late-80s Brisbane, Andrew Stafford discovered punk and it changed his life.' 

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