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Original Title:	Wired
ISBN:	0571141641 (ISBN13: 9780571141647)
Edition Language:	English URL http://www.worldcat.org/wcidentities/lccn-n50-111
Characters:	John Belushi
Setting:	United States of America

Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi Paperback | Pages: 460 pages

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Okay, so I knew that John Belushi did a lot of coke, but what I didn't realize was that he did, like, ALL of the coke. Sounds like just about every gram of blow that was shipped to the US in the late 70s and early 80s found its way into Belushi's system, one way or another. This guy did more nose candy than all of Weimar Germany, and they did a whole hell of a lot of coke in Weimar Germany. No one sets out to have their life story become a cautionary tale, but if this isn't, I'm not too sure what is. The book is well written and compelling, and also serves as a "who's who" of Hollywood drug use during that time period (De Niro, Robin Williams, Dan Akroyd, Ed Begley Jr., et al). Super tragic stuff.

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Title	:	Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi
Author	:	Bob Woodward
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 460 pages
Published	:	May 22nd 1989 by Faber & Faber (first published 1984)
Categories	:	Biography. Nonfiction. Biography Memoir. Culture. Film

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If you ever want your kids to stay away from drugs, it might be a good idea to hand them this...Knowing that Belushi died a seedy death from acute toxicity due to cocaine and heroin, it came as no surprise to me that he did drugs. What did come as a shock was just how many he did - so many that I'm surprised that I wasn't high just from reading about it, and the real shock came to be not that he died so young, but that he managed to last as long as he did (especially considering his last 2 month

This was hypnotic. To even read of Belushi's talent put me in awe, and to read of his excesses made me wish I could simultaneously reach through to slap sense into him while shaking my head at the impossibility of getting him to stop using. This is a portrait of Belushi as a wildly talented performer and hugely excessive addict, and a surprising one from Bob Woodward. Some of Belushi's loved ones have a problem with this book, and given how meticulous and detailed Woodward was in his writing,

I am still in the process of reading this book, but I am finding it really interesting and well-written. I understand that Belushi's friends and family did not like the way he and others in the book were portrayed, and I can see why. Belushi is fraught with self-doubt, destructive behavior and ideas, and inner turmoil. Anyone can probably relate to some of his behavior, though would probably not act upon it.

Okay, so I knew that John Belushi did a lot of coke, but what I didn't realize was that he did, like, ALL of the coke. Sounds like just about every gram of blow that was shipped to the US in the late 70s and early 80s found its way into Belushi's system, one way or another. This guy did more nose candy than all of Weimar Germany, and they did a whole hell of a lot of coke in Weimar Germany. No one sets out to have their life story become a cautionary tale, but if this isn't, I'm not too sure

Wow, what a ride that was! Will review.

Frankly I was a little tired of John Belushi after finishing this book. There's lots of name-dropping here for fans of 1970s Hollywood and popular music in particular. It fascinated me that Belushi was hired to do his Joe Cocker routine at Paul McCartney's birthday party. Man, I would pay good money to see a tape of that. Bob Woodward's writing credentials are clear, but it was vastly amusing how he would over-define random things. Honestly, would anyone reading a biography on John Belushi need

This is pretty much a blow-by-blow description of Belushi's last year, detailing practically every step he took. It's full of crazy fucked up levels of drugs and partying. It's a product of its time in that Belushi died before friends or family were taking steps to intervene on someone using drugs at this level. He had as much money as he needed to go to outer space every night, and no one really told him no - even more told him yes and provided free drugs ad libitum. Plenty of his friends said,