Jesus but Franz have a good publicist

[lonelybrit]

For those of you who aren't yet aware, Alex has been writing a rather good food column in The Guardian for the past year, discussing dishes encountered whilst on tour. It's been compiled and published as a book next month. A fact that will be rather hard to escape since, from the looks of things, their publicist has managed to nab spots on The Guardian, The Times, GQ, Radio 4, Radio 5, The Culture Show, etc etc. They're taking over the airways... I'm impressed, and also slightly amused because I knew Alex couldn't bear to do nothing for three months *shakes head*

Look out for newspaper interviews and coverage in the following over the next week: The Daily Telegraph (Saturday 28th), The Sunday Herald and The Sunday Times Scotland (Sunday 29th). There will be an extract from the book in The Guardian G2 (Wednesday 1st). Alex will also be interviewed in The Observer and The Times. There will also be extracts, interviews and reviews in these magazines: BA Highlife. Harper's Bazaar, Elle, EasyJet In-flight, Traveller, Arena, Easy Living, Esquire, GQ, Q, and many others.

Alex will be on radio w/c 7th November, interviewed on Front Row, BBC Radio 4, Simon Mayo, BBC Radio 5, BBC Radio Scotland Cover Stories, Nemone at Lunchtime BBC Radio 6. Alex will also be reading extracts from the book on XFM's Lauren Laverne breakfast show. Sound Bites is also being serialised on BBC Radio 4 w/c 11th December as Book of the Week, read by Alex himself.

Last but not least, Alex will appear on BBC2's The Culture Show with a piece on endangered British foods!

I swear. This man never sleeps.

Comments

[intrastellar.livejournal.com]

I hope someone with more energy than me rips all of these appearances. God knows I can't keep up with the man...

[lonelybrit]

I was laughing as the list went on and on. I mean, well, who is honestly surprised. Three months complete break my foot. Where the hell does he get his energy. *shakes head*

Though I suppose being able to lie in bed listening to Alex reading you a bedtime story for a week, albeit more an anacdote, isn't the worst thing to happen in the world ;)

[intrastellar.livejournal.com]

Maybe he's like the bus in Speed and he'll blow up if he stops doing stuff.

True story: I once fell asleep on a school minibus because Alex was talking on the radio (about Belle & Sebastian, I seem to recall) and his voice is apparently very soporific.

[lonelybrit]

Ooh, yes, or like the shark who apparently must never stop moving, or at least must park itself so the current passes over its gills, or something...

LOL! He does have a rather soothing voice, heh. I have to admit, he writes brilliantly, he can interview very well (depending on how good the interviewer is on reining him in), but I'm not entirely sure how good he'll be at pure narration. I've only really heard him do the Kraftwerk docu-thingy. So we'll see...

[intrastellar.livejournal.com]

He did a Kraftwerk docu-thingy? Ugh, I am behind the times. Also, your icon scares me slightly, though I do have a cold and am possibly slightly feverish. :P

[lonelybrit]

Yep, they had a link for a while up at franz_media. Basically a history of how Kraftwerk began, developed and now influences others etc. Alex was the narrator, i.e. not actually doing any of the interviews or similar. I think the main comment over at ST was how his accent became a lot more pure northern and how he was obviously trying to speak as clearly as possible.

And poor you! *offers hot tea* Have a hot toddy, or failing that a hot ribena with a dash of whiskey, that often helps things a little bit :)

[intrastellar.livejournal.com]

O_o How on earth did I manage to miss that? Gah. I've either saved it and never watched it or I really did miss it completely. Must investigate.

My parents are trying to force-feed me Lemsip, but as I really hate Lemsip, it's not working so well. :P I'm just hoping it'll be better tomorrow (seeing the Long Blondes, yay).

[lonelybrit]

LOL! It was only a radio documentary, so visually at least you didn't miss anything :)

Lemsip is kinda foul, though it does seem to work around 70% of the time, although that could just be a placebo effect. *ponders* Ooh, live gig! Hope you have a great time! Tomorrow I have a three hour drive, and a four day stay in a land with no mobile reception and zilch internet. In other words I'm off to see the grandparents. My gran makes a killer cake, though, so I can't complain ;) Anyway, early start tomorrow, so I must bedulate. Night! =)

[chancecaught.livejournal.com]

Alex is part Energizer Bunny, I swear. I hope that new photos will surface from all these appearences!

[lonelybrit]

Oooh, yes, new photos would be brilliant! *bounce*

And I seriously am impressed he got a slot on Radio 4. I mean, yes, you get Jarvis Cocker and Franz on The Culture show or some documentary thing from time to time, but... book of the week, I mean, BOOK OF THE WEEK?! *hands* IT'S EVERYWHERE, YOU CANNOT ESCAPE!

[bouncymonkey.livejournal.com]

Radio 4! The Culture Show! HEE.

[lonelybrit]

Hehe, The Culture Show I get, the Front Show at least I can vaguely understand, but it was the Radio 4 Book of the Week that had me going 'Are you kidding me?!' =)