The second volume of his
autibiographical work describes the Blur bassist's journey into becoming a
farmer, starting from his purchase of a farm in the Cotswolds, to marrying his
wife and raising kids, making cheese and being generally cheesy.
After Blur's last album in 2003, Alex has been making
a name for himself in the cheese world. He has made his cheese and
established a reputation for appearing on various media shows.
He currently lives in a house, a very big house in the
country.
He also spoke about Blur at the Brits very
recently in an article from The
Sun (click to read source article). He talked about how
"amazing" it was to win a Brit Award after so many years away from
the music scene.
The article goes on to reiterate what Alex has already
said in numerous older articles- how "Pulling the band back
together is like reassembling the A-Team for one last job. I'm a cheesemaker
now." He stressed that Damon, Graham and Dave have gone and done
their own thing in the well-needed hiatus.
Alex then becomes a
bit pessimistic - "There is always a feeling that this may be
Blur's last bow, which I suppose makes it all the more exciting." Last
bow ? We hope not- fans want more songs, more stage appearances! Alex then
concludes that it's "the effect that picking up one of those gongs
has around the rest of the world that matters."
There was no new information
about any future plans or Blur albums. The article did have some very nice
images that are rather nice, including Blur at the Brits in 1995 looking young
and lovely. There also was an image of Blur in their early Leisure era,
complete with the bowl-cuts and dazed expressions.
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| Graham Coxon has Instagram on his iphone - follow him @tinhat |
Check out his feature article on the Daily Mail which promotes his new book. The article is
titled "'My wife married a rockstar but ended up with a
floundering farmer': Alex James on why he prefers mucking out to being in
Blur". As usual, it's kind of funny, kind of entertaining and kind of
cool.
On a more sweeter note, here's something to cheer fans up - Graham Coxon tweeted in his twitter page (click to follow him) that there were Blur chocolates at the Brits. A pleasant surprise - we want some too Graham! Bet he ate them all up the next day.
