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Getting Loaded with James Brown: Founder of Loaded Magazine
Nobody has moulded the UK magazine culture quite as much as James Brown.
His CV makes for some impressive reading - at 22 he was the Features Editor of the NME, he founded the iconic Loaded Magazine at just 27 and would go onto work at GQ where he started their now infamous 'Man of the Year Awards' and gave an unknown chef by the name of Jamie Oliver his first food column.
More impressively, he negotiated all of this whilst dealing with the unthinkable trauma of the suicide of his mother and an addiction to drugs and alcohol.
His book Animal House reads like the British version of Wolf of Wall Street. Give enough free drugs and booze to an excitable group of succesful 20 somethings in London in the 90s and just see what happens!
In amongst the wild stories is a inspiring story about overcoming both trauma and addiction.
The James that Hamish got to meet was retrospective, wise, kind and a formidable storyteller.
Like us, he is not here to tell anyone how to live their lives. His life story is one to be shared. What you choose to do with the lessons that he has learnt is totally up to you!
Sit back and enjoy the wonderful James Brown!
Notes
James Brown's Book: https://www.amazon.com.au/Animal-House-James-Brown/dp/1787477908
James' Instagram: @jamesjamesbrown
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