Episode

Robert Elms 'I chickened out of playing football with Bob Marley'

Music and style journalist Robert Elms joins me in the Book Bag to discuss 'Live: Why We Go Out', his memoir of decades of ardent gig-going. He talks about naming Spandau Ballet, how the Jackson 5 changed his life and why it doesn't pay to annoy Miles Davis.

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From the description

Music and style journalist Robert Elms joins me in the Book Bag to discuss 'Live: Why We Go Out', his memoir of decades of ardent gig-going. He talks about naming Spandau Ballet, how the Jackson 5 changed his life and why it doesn't pay to annoy Miles Davis. Elms is also the author of The Way We Wore: A Life in Threads', 'London Made Us', and the novel 'In Search of the Crack'.

Works and topics

  • I chickened out of playing football with Bob Marley
  • Live: Why We Go Out
  • t pay to annoy Miles Davis. Elms is also the author of The Way We Wore: A Life in Threads
  • London Made Us
  • In Search of the Crack

Findability

Duration: 1:11:51. YouTube ID: r4g-SfZcWFw. Category links and author pages connect this episode to the wider Book Bag catalogue.