{"id":74348,"date":"2016-07-22T17:20:03","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T15:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=74348"},"modified":"2016-07-26T17:35:35","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T15:35:35","slug":"bookshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/bookshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona Bookshop Hosts Belle and Sebastian&#8217;s Stuart Murdoch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/bookshop\/#A_Special_Presentation_of_The_Celestial_Cafe_27th_July\" title=\"A Special Presentation of The Celestial Caf\u00e9, 27th July\">A Special Presentation of The Celestial Caf\u00e9, 27th July<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/bookshop\/#An_Eclectic_Career\" title=\"An\u00a0Eclectic\u00a0Career\">An\u00a0Eclectic\u00a0Career<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/bookshop\/#The_event\" title=\"The event\">The event<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_Special_Presentation_of_The_Celestial_Cafe_27th_July\"><\/span>A Special Presentation of The Celestial Caf\u00e9, 27th July<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Do you ever daydream about sitting in a meadow full of daisies, the sun beaming on the golden grass, and you strumming a bittersweet song on your guitar? If so, you have something in common with <strong>Belle and Sebastian&#8217;s<\/strong> frontman <strong>Stuart Murdoch<\/strong>. The leader of the Glasgow indie darlings has spent a long career writing songs about those fleeting moments of life that make it so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JHVbiHuqMow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">sweet and sad<\/a>. After almost 20 years of life in Belle and Sebastian, the pop auteur decided to release his <strong>first novel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_74367\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74367\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-74367\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2854612638_16e552e57d_o-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Christoph! via VisualHunt \/ CC BY-NC-SA\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-74367\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Christoph! via VisualHunt \/ CC BY-NC-SA<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Celestial-Cafe-Stuart-Murdoch\/dp\/1904590241\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Celestial Caf\u00e9<\/a> is an autobiographical look into the artist&#8217;s life in the period between 2002-2006 and, true to form, he focuses on the small details. Murdoch examines the events of his daily life: rehearsals with the band, concerts, the discovery of new bands, downtime from touring, bike rides, football matches and his reflections on life in the moments before a sunset.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After having to cancel a European tour in 2015, including two <strong>Barcelona gigs<\/strong>, for health reasons, Murdoch returns to the city on July 27th for a <strong>free event<\/strong>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/283880061970626\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a special presentation of The Celestial Caf\u00e9 <\/a>in the Sant Antoni bookstore\/cultural space Llibreria Calders. He will speak alongside Asier Leoz, doctor and professor at the University of Deusto and contributor to the magazine <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockdelux.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Rockdelux<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related Article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/free-summer\/\">Free summer activities in Barcelona<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"An_Eclectic_Career\"><\/span>An\u00a0Eclectic\u00a0Career<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_74365\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74365\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-74365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/5621434700_69215855dd_o-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: Dbl90 via Visual Hunt \/ CC BY-NC-ND\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-74365\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Dbl90 via Visual Hunt \/ CC BY-NC-ND<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fans can expect a typically reflective, intelligent peek into Murdoch\u2019s career. Describing his biggest influences as <strong>Morrissey<\/strong> and <strong>Nick Drake<\/strong>, he formed Belle and Sebastian in 1996, becoming almost instantly acclaimed, and proceeded to make what he terms as \u201csad songs\u201d until a 2006 pop reinvention. He then ventured into filmmaking territory with 2014\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1zYFJHaZO_Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">God Help The Girl<\/a>, starring Hannah Murray from Game of Thrones. The Glasgow-set film is a bittersweet love letter to the city&#8217;s <strong>music scene<\/strong> and the carefree days of youth, subjects obviously<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i9vPJOKJLkE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> close to Murdoch\u2019s heart<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now he is testing that distinctive voice out in<strong> literature.<\/strong> Although the book, adapted from his own journals, covers the recording and touring of the Dear Catastrophe Waitress and The Life Pursuit\u2019s albums, Murdoch describes himself as only \u201c26% rock star\u201d. He further claims that 2002-2006 were \u201cparticularly un-rock and roll\u201d years and \u201cvery light on the subjects of drug taking, orgies and general debauchery.\u201d Ever the humble prescient, Murdoch added that he wanted his fans to know this fact &#8220;so that your precious time and money are not wasted\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_event\"><\/span>The event<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stuart Murdoch Presents The Celestial Caf\u00e9<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">July 27th,\u00a07.30 p.m.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Llibreria Calders, Passatge Pere Calders, 9; Metro Sant Antoni. <\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-left \"\n    data-id=\"74348\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 0px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <span class=\"kksr-muted\">Rate us!<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents A Special Presentation of The Celestial Caf\u00e9, 27th JulyAn\u00a0Eclectic\u00a0CareerThe event A Special Presentation of The Celestial Caf\u00e9, 27th July Do you ever daydream about sitting in a meadow full of daisies, the sun beaming on the golden grass, and you strumming a bittersweet song on your guitar? 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