I wrote an article for Please Kill Me on three notable (for different reasons) records made by professional wrestlers. You can read the article here.
“Ted Templeman: A Platinum Producer’s Life In Music”
Producer Ted Templeman, who has worked with dozens of artists – including Captain Beefheart, Van Morrison, the Doobie Brothers, and Van Halen – has finally written an autobiography. As you might guess, it’s wide-ranging and very interesting. I reviewed it for PopMatters; you can read the review here.
“Song Book” now available as an e-book
My book Song Book has just been released in e-book format.
You can buy the Kindle version on Amazon. There is also a preview of the book that you don’t need Kindle to view – just click on “Look Inside” at the top of the image of the book cover.
You can buy the Nook version at Barnes and Noble, and the Kobo version at Indigo. Both of those sites also have free previews.
You can buy Song Book in all other e-book formats (e.g. Apple Books, Google Play, PDF) at Smashwords.
‘Song Book’ Reviews
Lhasa de Sela Matters
Lhasa de Sela was a brilliant singer/songwriter who gained many fans during her short career. I had the pleasure of interviewing Fred Goodman about his beautiful new biography of her. You can read the interview here.
The Changer and the Changed: Women’s Music
I wrote an article for the Please Kill Me website on the “women’s music” scene of the ’70s and ’80s. You can read it here.
“Song Book” Reviews
My book Song Book: 21 Songs From 10 Years (1964-74) received a very positive review from the online Ormsby Review. You can read the book review here.
The book also got a very positive review in the most recent issue of Ugly Things magazine, which you can buy online or at the retailers listed here.
Fakewood Mac
I wrote an article for the Please Kill Me website on one of the oddest stories from pop music history – the fake Fleetwood Mac. You can read it here.
The Underappreciated Dave Berry
I wrote an article for the Please Kill Me website about the underappreciated ’60s singer Dave Berry. You can read it here.
Award Nomination
My book Song Book has been nominated for the 2019 ARSC (Association for Recorded Sound Collections) Awards for Excellence in Research into the History of Recorded Sound. The award finalists will be announced in the fall.
