Paul Gorman

A true story. Forget everything you know about schizophrenia. Forget everything you imagine obsession might be. This is how it really is. Paul is nineteen and psychotic. Unfortunately, no one is aware of his illness, including John. He isn't psychotic in the usual stereotypical cinema way - a psychotic killer or madman. He's a person in pain who still retains a sense of humour. Paul must come to terms with failure at university, the loss of the woman he thinks he loves, alienation from his family and friends, and the dreams that would propel him from obscure poverty, but before he can do that he tries to kill himself on the day of the World Cup final in 1994. Picking himself up, he once again looks to find peace with his own identity and make sense of life. He begins a quest for the answers, starting with those who seem to have it all worked out. Those who use drugs, sex, violence and money as their answer. In the end, he must confront the demons that haunt him by travelling to meet the woman he idolises - the centre point of his dreams and ultimately a reality that was always too harsh to accept. This is real. This is a love story. This is a brutally honest memoir. This is I Was His Witness.

Down the Road Apiece: The Rolling Stones in LondonThis guide maps the Rolling Stones' journey through the group's hometown, tracing their footsteps from humble beginnings to superstardom. Down the Road Apiece documents nearly 100 significant locations that shaped the band's history and the swinging sixties scene they helped define. CENTRAL LONDON: Mick Jagger at the LSE, the Marquee on Oxford Street where they played their first gig in July 1962, and the Denmark Street studio where they recorded their debut album. Explore Soho clubs, record company offices, and boutiques that witnessed their meteoric rise and the bohemian haunts where they socialised with the era's cultural icons. WEST LONDON: Visit the gritty Edith Grove flat where Mick, Keith and Brian lived in squalor, the Ealing Club where Charlie Watts first met his future bandmates. Riverside locations of early photoshoots and the fashionable King's Road boutiques that helped define their style. NORTH LONDON: Hampstead flats shared by Mick and Keith as they honed their songwriting craft. Walk past the recording studios, rehearsal spaces, and the Roundhouse where they played their final UK show before tax exile. SOUTH LONDON: Explore Bill Wyman's childhood haunts in Penge, Keith and Mick's birthplace in Dartford, and the fateful platform at Dartford Station where teenage Mick and Keith reconnected over American blues records in 1961. EAST LONDON: Uncover lesser-known venues from early tours and rehearsal spaces that connected them with other musicians. Each entry blends historical detail with colourful anecdotes - from schoolboy Keith singing before the Queen to the Stones' notorious run-ins with the law - painting a vivid portrait of the band and their times. This essential guide is richly illustrated with maps and ephemera that bring the Stones' London to life, offering both dedicated fans and casual music lovers a journey through the streets that shaped rock's most enduring band.

Granny Takes A Trip was more than just a shop and a fashion brand; it was the original rock and roll clothes boutique, the template for all that followed. What started as an odd retail venture/art installation in a depressed part of London known as World's End became an international byword for glam decadence in Manhattan and Hollywood, combining flamboyant style and all manner of countercultural activity to attract everyone from Pattie Boyd, Marianne Faithfull and Anita Pallenberg to Elton John, Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, Mick Jagger, Rod Stewart, the Beatles, and Lou Reed.Unfolding over a decade-and-a-half, this tumultuous story invokes a cast of often unique, sometimes entitled, unusually talented and troubled individuals on a collective mission to shake up austere, repressed, class-ridden Britain and white bread America. Some achieved this at great personal cost as darkness, addiction and tragedy stalked those behind the extraordinary shop facades.Much mythologised but never told, this cautionary tale has now found its definitive chronicler in celebrated cultural historian Paul Gorman who has had access to first-hand accounts from all the principal figures, as well as notes for a memoir and a much-treasured scrapbook by Freddie Hornik, the tailoring entrepreneur who survived the death marches of central Europe after WW2 to acquire Granny Takes A Trip in the late 60s and transform into an unparalleled pop cultural force.Beautifully illustrated with archival images of the shop, principal players and the clothes themselves, this book concludes with a never-seen-before 48-page tour through the Rolling Stones' wild wardrobe of sartorial delights tailored and sold in the original shop.

The 5th Secret: In the Universe that I Am explores the spirit world through channeled messages from God, the light of Jesus, ascended masters, archangels, angels, the Council of Elders, and people who have died-including well known historical figures, artists, musicians, comedic actors and a courageous civil rights leader.This book also explores spiritual concepts, previously unexplained mysteries, the inner-earth, and more importantly-it discusses how we can live more effectively in our day to day lives. In a question and answer format, the conversations detail what the spirit world is like. It contains many profound insights into why we are here, now.We are always here now. Where is that, exactly? How could that be?

What is death?Is it an ending, a beginning, or both?Spirits of deceased people can provide us with a wealth of information about the spirit world, and about our continued journeys after our lifetimes on Earth. This book has detailed accounts of lifetime ending events from people who have died-and more importantly, they explain what happened to them next after death.What was it like to die? Will we see loved ones again? Then what? How can we live more effectively? What advice can they give us?I asked a lot of questions, and they gave me very profound, enlightening answers from the soul's perspective.

What if you could ask God anything? What if it was impossible not to get an answer?It is only possible to not allow an answer.Prepare to journey through consciousness- life and death, past and future-from the inner-earth to a nearby galaxy, to the outer edge of the universe, ultimately arriving back at the beginning-the center of your being.

The Book of Manifesting is a book of conversations with God Mind that explain how to effortlessly manifest our desires into physical reality.In a question and answer format, the questions to God Mind explore manifesting, and includes other topics such as the universe, the soul's purpose, and the nature of God itself.Interesting and informative, profound and entertaining- the answers may not be what you expect.They could change the way you see the world, and thereby change the world.

The Book of Manifesting is a book of conversations with God Mind that explain how to effortlessly manifest our desires into physical reality.In a question and answer format, the questions to God Mind explore manifesting, and includes other topics such as the universe, the soul's purpose, and the nature of God itself.Interesting and informative, profound and entertaining- the answers may not be what you expect.They could change the way you see the world, and thereby change the world.

A raucous yet reflective look back at the evolution of the music press and the passionate rock and pop journalists who defined the music of the 20th century. Totally Wired is the definitive story of the music press on both sides of the Atlantic, tracing its rise and fall from humble beginnings nearly 100 years ago. Along the way, this potent creative breeding ground for scores of writers, publishers, photographers, designers and music-makers tested the very limits of journalistic endeavour and influenced the wider worlds of film, media and pop. Focusing on developments from the 1950s to the 2000s, a period that witnessed rock ’n’ roll, mod, the Summer of Love, glam, punk, pop, reggae, dance music, R&B and hip-hop, Paul Gorman chronicles the stories of individual magazines from their Tin Pan Alley beginnings and the countercultural foundation of Rolling Stone and the underground press. He explores the 1970s heyday of NME, Melody Maker and Sounds plus such punk-rock publications as Sniffin’ Glue and Temporary Hoarding; tracks the emergence of dedicated monthlies Q, The Face and Mojo as well as dance-culture independents like Boy’s Own and Jockey Slut; and spotlights feminist and Riot Grrrl ’zines Ben Is Dead and Girlfrenzy along with the rise of media by and for people of colour, from Black Music and Black Echoes in the 1970s to The Source, Vibe and XXL in the 1990s. Evoking the music press’s kaleidoscopic visual identities, Totally Wired is illustrated with rare and legendary magazine artwork throughout. Painting a complete picture of the scene, Gorman discusses the role played by such writers as Lester Bangs, Charles Shaar Murray and Nick Kent in the development of the careers of, among others, David Bowie, the Clash and Led Zeppelin. He also tackles the entrenched sexism and racism faced by women and those from marginalized communities by highlighting publications and individuals whose contributions have been unfairly overlooked. The resulting narrative, containing stories of unbound talent, blind ambition and sometimes bitter rivalry, makes Totally Wired a riveting and roller-coaster read.

The astounding information in this book is disturbing and hard to believe, but unfortunately it also makes sense. It is surprising that we haven't heard it before now.Is it science-fiction, or does science-fiction originate from our collective subconscious with elements of truth?Are we supposed to know the future?Do we even know our past?What is the nature of reality?Why do civilizations come and go - and in our case, when?If we knew, would we conduct our lives differently?Prepare to travel through time, space, and dimensions on an incredible journey that brings us back to our present moment in the cosmos.

A raucous yet reflective look back at the evolution of the music press and the passionate rock and pop journalists who defined the music of the 20th century. Totally Wired is the definitive story of the music press on both sides of the Atlantic, tracing the rise and fall of the creatively fertile media sector which grew from humble beginnings nearly 100 years ago to become a multi-billion business which tested the limits of journalistic endeavour. Covering the music press’s evolution from the 1950s to the 2000s, through rock & roll, Mod, the Summer of Love, Glam, Punk, Pop, Reggae, R&B and Hip Hop, Paul Gorman chronicles the development of individual magazines from Tin Pan Alley beginnings and the countercultural foundation of Rolling Stone, the underground press and the 70s heyday of NME, Melody Maker and Sounds. Illuminated by the author’s first hand interviews, Gorman paints a complete picture of the scene exploring the role played by such writers as Lester Bangs, Charles Shaar Murray and Nick Kent in the development of the careers of the likes of David Bowie, The Clash and Led Zeppelin, and tackling head on the entrenched sexism and racism faced by women and people from marginalized backgrounds by shining a spotlight on those publications and individuals whose contributions have often been unfairly overlooked. Evoking the music press’s kaleidoscopic visual identities, Totally Wired is illustrated with rare and legendary magazine artwork throughout. What emerges is a compelling narrative containing conflicting stories of unbound talent, blind ambition and sometimes bitter rivalries which make Totally Wired a rollercoaster and riveting read.

A celebration of a graphic design genius, published to mark what would have been his 80th birthday. The Wild World of Barney Bubbles celebrates the graphic design genius whose work linked the underground optimism of the 60s to the sardonic and manipulative art that accompanied the explosion of punk. Barney Bubbles remains a powerful influence on contemporary artists four decades after his death, having encompassed designs for Sir Terence Conran and underground magazines Oz and Friends as well as remarkable record sleeves and posters for Billy Bragg, Elvis Costello, Depeche Mode, Ian Dury, Hawkwind, The Damned and Nick Lowe. He also collaborated with artists and photographers, including Derek Boshier and Brian Griffin, and produced paintings, furniture, set designs and promo videos, not least the era-defining clip for The Specials’ 80’s hit, ‘Ghost Town’. This revised edition of Paul Gorman’s definitive Barney Bubbles monograph contains hundreds of rare and previously unpublished photographs, working sketches, notebooks and original artwork. It includes a new essay by American designer Clarita Hinojosa and sixteen extra pages of rare ephemera painstakingly collected by the author over the years.

'I couldn't put this book down. Malcolm inspired us to make art out of our boredom and anger. He set us free' Bobby Gillespie, Primal ScreamIncluded in the Guardian 10 best music biographies'Excellent . . . With this book, Gorman convincingly moves away from the ossified image of McLaren as a great rock'n'roll swindler, a morally bankrupt punk Mephistopheles, and closer towards his art-school roots, his love of ideas. Tiresome, unpleasant, even cruel - he was, this book underlines, never boring' Sunday Times'Exhaustive . . . compelling' Observer'Definitive . . . epic' The Times'Gobsmacker of a biography' Telegraph'This masterful and painstaking biography opens its doorway to an era of fluorescent disenchantment and outlandish possibility' Alan MooreMalcolm McLaren was one of the most culturally significant but misunderstood figures of the modern era. Ten years after his life was cruelly cut short by cancer, The Life & Times of Malcolm McLaren sheds fascinating new light on the public achievements and private life of this cultural iconoclast and architect of punk, whose championing of street culture movements including hip-hop and Voguing reverberates to this day. With exclusive contributions from friends and intimates and access to private papers and family documents, this biography uncovers the true story behind this complicated figure.McLaren first achieved public prominence as a rebellious art student by making the news in 1966 after being arrested for burning the US flag in front of the American Embassy in London. He maintained this incendiary reputation by fast-tracking vanguard and left-field ideas to the centre of the media glare, via his creation and stewardship of the Sex Pistols and work with Adam Ant, Boy George and Bow Wow Wow. Meanwhile McLaren's ground-breaking design partnership with Vivienne Westwood and his creation of their visionary series of boutiques in the 1970s and early '80s sent shockwaves through the fashion industry.The Life & Times of Malcolm McLaren also essays McLaren's exasperating Hollywood years when he broke bread with the likes of Steven Spielberg though his slate of projects, which included the controversial Heavy Metal Surf Nazis and Wilde West, in which Oscar Wilde introduced rock'n'roll to the American mid-west in the 1880s, proved too rich for the play-it-safe film business.With a preface by Alan Moore, who collaborated with McLaren on the unrealised film project Fashion Beast, and an essay by Lou Stoppard casting a twenty-first-century perspective over his achievements, The Life & Times Of Malcolm McLaren is the explosive and definitive account of the man dubbed by Melvyn Bragg 'the Diaghilev of punk'.

Seeking adventure in 1969, avoiding the draft and running from his father, nineteen-year-old Paul Gorman sets off on what becomes a wild and terrifying solo hitchhiking trip to Europe. Eighteen hours later, he is a fugitive. After almost freezing to death in Germany, he heads south in search of sunny beaches and cheap prices, landing in possibly the most fascist country since WWII: Franco's Spain. He soon runs out of money and relies on several scams to get by before being arrested. Facing up to six years in notorious Prisi n de Barranco Seco, he becomes a pawn in political blackmail while struggling to survive in a dangerous environment infested with some of INTERPOL's worst criminals. Gorman's adventure is the riveting and occasionally humorous story of a teenager searching for adventure and his place in the world, and the transformation he undergoes. Along the lines of Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer, Midnight Express by Billy Hayes, and Catch Me If You Can by Frank Abagnale, Gorman's gripping true tale is a page-turning stunner that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Too ashamed of his misdeeds, it took fifty years to recount his experiences. The result is a book that is "honest and authentic and, simply, an amazing story " Edited by Barbara Noe Kennedy, editor of the best seller, Bad Karma: The True Story of a Mexico Trip From Hell. Barbara spent 23 years as a senior editor of travel books at National Geographic. "Thrilling, suspenseful, intimately revealing, and elegantly creative and descriptive, it is a triumph. I await the screenplay " -- Nancy A Soule "Full of humor and self realization in the time of Franco and the Viet Nam war. I highly recommend this " -- Jan Hillman "A page turner Quite a good read " -- Donald D. "I normally read at night and it generally puts me to sleep, so the chapters have to be short . The chapters are short, but I couldn't put it down and read it in 3 nights. LOVE this book " -- Nancy Henry "An utterly engrossing travel account that doubles as a remarkable coming-of-age story... Fabulous...This is a stunner " -- The Prairies Book Review "Loved it Along the lines of "On the Road" and less depressing than "Into the Wild". Gorman's writing is clear and honest " -- Victoria Irwin - Discovery "A very engaging and page-turning read " -- Michael K "A compelling coming of age memoir...A personal journey set in a time of great upheaval, it's worth the trip. -- Reg Krake

Haunted for thirty years by a dream of a female friend's death eight years before she died in a skydiving accident, Filmmaker Paul Gorman hopes to unlock the mystery of his dream by making a film about her. Gorman's memoir tells the remarkably true story about the making of his 2014 award winning documentary film, "Ride The Sky". Gorman retraces pioneering skydiver Joan Carson's nomadic life from the time of her death in 1981 back to her childhood. His journey captures the spirit of the Seventies, the recklessness of youthful skydivers, and what drove some to risk their lives for the 'rush' of jumping from an airplane. Along the way, Gorman discovers what he believes was the underlying motive for Carson's addiction to the sport; a motive couched in a painful secret past. In the end, it's a past that reconnects with the present in a most surprising and emotional way. If you enjoyed INTO THE WILD by Jon Krakauer and WILD by Cheryl Strayed, you'll love RUNNING DOWN A DREAM: The making of a film.

'I couldn't put this book down. Malcolm inspired us to make art out of our boredom and anger. He set us free' Bobby Gillespie, Primal ScreamIncluded in the Guardian 10 best music biographies'Excellent . . . With this book, Gorman convincingly moves away from the ossified image of McLaren as a great rock'n'roll swindler, a morally bankrupt punk Mephistopheles, and closer towards his art-school roots, his love of ideas. Tiresome, unpleasant, even cruel - he was, this book underlines, never boring' Sunday Times'Exhaustive . . . compelling' Observer'Definitive . . . epic' The Times'Gobsmacker of a biography' Telegraph'This masterful and painstaking biography opens its doorway to an era of fluorescent disenchantment and outlandish possibility' Alan MooreMalcolm McLaren was one of the most culturally significant but misunderstood figures of the modern era. Ten years after his life was cruelly cut short by cancer, The Life & Times of Malcolm McLaren sheds fascinating new light on the public achievements and private life of this cultural iconoclast and architect of punk, whose championing of street culture movements including hip-hop and Voguing reverberates to this day. With exclusive contributions from friends and intimates and access to private papers and family documents, this biography uncovers the true story behind this complicated figure.McLaren first achieved public prominence as a rebellious art student by making the news in 1966 after being arrested for burning the US flag in front of the American Embassy in London. He maintained this incendiary reputation by fast-tracking vanguard and left-field ideas to the centre of the media glare, via his creation and stewardship of the Sex Pistols and work with Adam Ant, Boy George and Bow Wow Wow. Meanwhile McLaren's ground-breaking design partnership with Vivienne Westwood and his creation of their visionary series of boutiques in the 1970s and early '80s sent shockwaves through the fashion industry.The Life & Times of Malcolm McLaren also essays McLaren's exasperating Hollywood years when he broke bread with the likes of Steven Spielberg though his slate of projects, which included the controversial Heavy Metal Surf Nazis and Wilde West, in which Oscar Wilde introduced rock'n'roll to the American mid-west in the 1880s, proved too rich for the play-it-safe film business.With a preface by Alan Moore, who collaborated with McLaren on the unrealised film project Fashion Beast, and an essay by Lou Stoppard casting a twenty-first-century perspective over his achievements, The Life & Times Of Malcolm McLaren is the explosive and definitive account of the man dubbed by Melvyn Bragg 'the Diaghilev of punk'.