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 He has written under the pen-name "Miles", and is sometimes wrongly credited as "Miles Mabbett", due to his co-authoring a book about [[Pink Floyd]] with Andy Mabbett, which is often listed as by "Miles and Andy Mabbett" <ref>[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/276362.Miles_Mabbett Miles Mabbett at Goodreads.com]</ref>, <ref>[http://www.bookfinder.com/author/miles-mabbett/ Miles Mabbett at Bookfinder.com]</ref>.
-Miles wrote the biography ''[[Frank Zappa: A Biography]]'' and an ''[[Frank Zappa - A Visual Documentary]]'', an illustrated chronology]] of Frank Zappa, and also the interview snippet compilation book ''[[Frank Zappa - In His Own Words]]''.
+Miles wrote the biography ''[[Frank Zappa: A Biography]]'' and an ''[[Frank Zappa - A Visual Documentary]]'', an illustrated chronology of Frank Zappa, and also the interview snippet compilation book ''[[Frank Zappa - In His Own Words]]''.
 ==Sources==

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-Barry Miles was born in Cirencester, England in 1943. He studied art at Cheltenham College of Art,  moved to London and qualified as an art teacher.
+[[File:Barry Miles.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Barry Miles.]]
-His first job was with Better Books. From there he went on to found the Indica Bookshop and Gallery, which led to the founding of ''[[Wikipedia:International Times|International Times]]''.
+'''Barry Miles''' (Cirencester, England, 1943) is a British teacher, journalist and biographer.
-He was friends with FZ since the [[The Mothers|Mothers Of Invention]] came to London as part of their first European tour in 1967.
+Miles studied art at Cheltenham College of Art,  moved to London and qualified as an art teacher. His first job was with Better Books. From there he went on to found the Indica Bookshop and Gallery, which led to the founding of ''[[Wikipedia:International Times|International Times]]''. He was friends with Frank Zappa since the [[The Mothers|Mothers Of Invention]] came to London as part of their first European tour in 1967.
 He set up Zapple, the spoken-word arm of [[The Beatles]]' Apple record label. In the 1970s, he went to live in New York, working with Allen Ginsberg on a catalogue of his tape archives and writing for New Musical Express. He returned to London to spend a year editing Time Out.
-His many books include biographies of [[Wikipedia:Jack Kerouac|Jack Kerouac]], [[Wikipedia:Allen Ginsberg|Allen Ginsberg]] and [[Paul McCartney]], Hippie, and his 2002 memoir, "In the Sixties". He has published a [[Frank Zappa: A Biography|biography]] and an [[Frank Zappa - A Visual Documentary|illustrated chronology]] of Frank Zappa, and also a "[[Frank Zappa - In His Own Words|compilation]]" of FZ interview snippets.
+His many books include biographies of [[Wikipedia:Jack Kerouac|Jack Kerouac]], [[Wikipedia:Allen Ginsberg|Allen Ginsberg]] and [[Paul McCartney]], Hippie, and his 2002 memoir, "In the Sixties".
 He has written under the pen-name "Miles", and is sometimes wrongly credited as "Miles Mabbett", due to his co-authoring a book about [[Pink Floyd]] with Andy Mabbett, which is often listed as by "Miles and Andy Mabbett" <ref>[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/276362.Miles_Mabbett Miles Mabbett at Goodreads.com]</ref>, <ref>[http://www.bookfinder.com/author/miles-mabbett/ Miles Mabbett at Bookfinder.com]</ref>.
 ==Sources==
 [[Category:Supporting Cast|Miles]]
-[[Category:Writers|Miles]]
+[[Category:Biographers|Miles]]

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 His first job was with Better Books. From there he went on to found the Indica Bookshop and Gallery, which led to the founding of ''[[Wikipedia:International Times|International Times]]''.
-He was friends with FZ since the [[The Mothers|Mothers Of Invention]] came to London as part of their first [[Tours/1967|European tour]] in 1967.
+He was friends with FZ since the [[The Mothers|Mothers Of Invention]] came to London as part of their first European tour in 1967.
-He set up Zapple, the spoken-word arm of The Beatles' Apple record label. In the 1970s, he went to live in New York, working with Allen Ginsberg on a catalogue of his tape archives and writing for New Musical Express. He returned to London to spend a year editing Time Out.
+He set up Zapple, the spoken-word arm of [[The Beatles]]' Apple record label. In the 1970s, he went to live in New York, working with Allen Ginsberg on a catalogue of his tape archives and writing for New Musical Express. He returned to London to spend a year editing Time Out.
 His many books include biographies of [[Wikipedia:Jack Kerouac|Jack Kerouac]], [[Wikipedia:Allen Ginsberg|Allen Ginsberg]] and [[Paul McCartney]], Hippie, and his 2002 memoir, "In the Sixties". He has published a [[Frank Zappa: A Biography|biography]] and an [[Frank Zappa - A Visual Documentary|illustrated chronology]] of Frank Zappa, and also a "[[Frank Zappa - In His Own Words|compilation]]" of FZ interview snippets.

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 Barry Miles was born in Cirencester, England in 1943. He studied art at Cheltenham College of Art,  moved to London and qualified as an art teacher.
-His first job was with Better Books. From there he went on to found the Indica Bookshop and Gallery, which led to the founding of [[International Times]].
+His first job was with Better Books. From there he went on to found the Indica Bookshop and Gallery, which led to the founding of ''[[Wikipedia:International Times|International Times]]''.
 He was friends with FZ since the [[The Mothers|Mothers Of Invention]] came to London as part of their first [[Tours/1967|European tour]] in 1967.
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 He set up Zapple, the spoken-word arm of The Beatles' Apple record label. In the 1970s, he went to live in New York, working with Allen Ginsberg on a catalogue of his tape archives and writing for New Musical Express. He returned to London to spend a year editing Time Out.
-His many books include biographies of [[Jack Kerouac]], [[Allen Ginsberg]] and [[Paul McCartney]], Hippie, and his 2002 memoir, "In the Sixties". He has published a [[Frank Zappa: A Biography|biography]] and an [[Frank Zappa - A Visual Documentary|illustrated chronology]] of Frank Zappa, and also a "[[In His Own Words|compilation]]" of FZ interview snippets.
+His many books include biographies of [[Wikipedia:Jack Kerouac|Jack Kerouac]], [[Wikipedia:Allen Ginsberg|Allen Ginsberg]] and [[Paul McCartney]], Hippie, and his 2002 memoir, "In the Sixties". He has published a [[Frank Zappa: A Biography|biography]] and an [[Frank Zappa - A Visual Documentary|illustrated chronology]] of Frank Zappa, and also a "[[Frank Zappa - In His Own Words|compilation]]" of FZ interview snippets.
-He has written under the pen-name "Miles", and is sometimes wrongly credited as "Miles Mabbett", due to his co-authoring a book about [[Pink Floyd]] with Andy Mabbett, which is often listed as by "Miles and Andy Mabbett" [http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/276362.Miles_Mabbett], [http://www.bookfinder.com/author/miles-mabbett/].
+He has written under the pen-name "Miles", and is sometimes wrongly credited as "Miles Mabbett", due to his co-authoring a book about [[Pink Floyd]] with Andy Mabbett, which is often listed as by "Miles and Andy Mabbett" <ref>[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/276362.Miles_Mabbett Miles Mabbett at Goodreads.com]</ref>, <ref>[http://www.bookfinder.com/author/miles-mabbett/ Miles Mabbett at Bookfinder.com]</ref>.
 [[Category:Supporting Cast|Miles]]
 [[Category:Writers|Miles]]

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-Barry Miles was born in Cirencester, England in 1943. He studied art at Cheltenham College of Art,  movied to London and qualifyed as an art teacher.
+Barry Miles was born in Cirencester, England in 1943. He studied art at Cheltenham College of Art,  moved to London and qualified as an art teacher.
 His first job was with Better Books. From there he went on to found the Indica Bookshop and Gallery, which led to the founding of [[International Times]].
-He was friends with FZ since the [[Mothers Of Invention]] came to London as part of their first [[Tours/1967|European tour]] in 1967.
+He was friends with FZ since the [[The Mothers|Mothers Of Invention]] came to London as part of their first [[Tours/1967|European tour]] in 1967.
 He set up Zapple, the spoken-word arm of The Beatles' Apple record label. In the 1970s, he went to live in New York, working with Allen Ginsberg on a catalogue of his tape archives and writing for New Musical Express. He returned to London to spend a year editing Time Out.
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 He has written under the pen-name "Miles", and is sometimes wrongly credited as "Miles Mabbett", due to his co-authoring a book about [[Pink Floyd]] with Andy Mabbett, which is often listed as by "Miles and Andy Mabbett" [http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/276362.Miles_Mabbett], [http://www.bookfinder.com/author/miles-mabbett/].
-[[Category:Supporting Cast|Miles, Barry]]
+[[Category:Supporting Cast|Miles]]
-[[Category:Writers|Miles, Barry]]
+[[Category:Writers|Miles]]

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	He has written under the pen-name "Miles", and is sometimes wrongly credited as "Miles Mabbett", due to his co-authoring a book about Pink Floyd with Andy Mabbett, which is often listed as by "Miles and Andy Mabbett" [http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/276362.Miles_Mabbett], [http://www.bookfinder.com/author/miles-mabbett/].		He has written under the pen-name "Miles", and is sometimes wrongly credited as "Miles Mabbett", due to his co-authoring a book about Pink Floyd with Andy Mabbett, which is often listed as by "Miles and Andy Mabbett" [http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/276362.Miles_Mabbett], [http://www.bookfinder.com/author/miles-mabbett/].

−	[[Category:Supporting Cast]] [[Category:Writers]]	+	[[Category:Supporting Cast\|Miles, Barry]] [[Category:Writers\|Miles, Barry]]

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 His many books include biographies of Jack Kerouac, Ginsberg and McCartney, Hippie, and his 2002 memoir, "In the Sixties". He has published a [[Frank Zappa: A Biography|biography]] and an [[Frank Zappa - A Visual Documentary|illustrated chronology]] of Frank Zappa, and also a "[[In His Own Words|compilation]]" of FZ interview snippets.
-He is sometimes wrongly credited as "Miles Mabbett", due to his co-authoring a book about Pink Floyd with Andy Mabbett, which is often listed as by "Miles and Andy Mabbett" [http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/276362.Miles_Mabbett], [http://www.bookfinder.com/author/miles-mabbett/].
+He has written under the pen-name "Miles", and is sometimes wrongly credited as "Miles Mabbett", due to his co-authoring a book about Pink Floyd with Andy Mabbett, which is often listed as by "Miles and Andy Mabbett" [http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/276362.Miles_Mabbett], [http://www.bookfinder.com/author/miles-mabbett/].
 [[Category:Supporting Cast]] [[Category:Writers]]

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	His many books include biographies of Jack Kerouac, Ginsberg and McCartney, Hippie, and his 2002 memoir, "In the Sixties". He has published a [[Frank Zappa: A Biography\|biography]] and an [[Frank Zappa - A Visual Documentary\|illustrated chronology]] of Frank Zappa, and also a "[[In His Own Words\|compilation]]" of FZ interview snippets.		His many books include biographies of Jack Kerouac, Ginsberg and McCartney, Hippie, and his 2002 memoir, "In the Sixties". He has published a [[Frank Zappa: A Biography\|biography]] and an [[Frank Zappa - A Visual Documentary\|illustrated chronology]] of Frank Zappa, and also a "[[In His Own Words\|compilation]]" of FZ interview snippets.
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		+	He is sometimes wrongly credited as "Miles Mabbett", due to his co-authoring a book about Pink Floyd with Andy Mabbett, which is often listed as by "Miles and Andy Mabbett" [http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/276362.Miles_Mabbett], [http://www.bookfinder.com/author/miles-mabbett/].

	[[Category:Supporting Cast]] [[Category:Writers]]		[[Category:Supporting Cast]] [[Category:Writers]]