“Strange Days” in Brazil’s biggest newspaper
I am big in Brazil. Well, I was for about a day or so after Folha De São Paulo, the biggest paper in the biggest city in the Americas, published a piece about Strange Days on Jan.
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“Strange Days” nominated for journalism award
Strange Days: The Adventures of a Grumpy Rock ‘n’ Roll Journalist in Los Angeles was nominated in the nonfiction book category of the L.A. Press Club’s 7th annual National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards.
Read morePopMatters loves “Strange Days” (And So Can You!)
Many thanks to Raymond Lee and PopMatters for this boffo review. Read it HERE.
And buy Strange Days HERE.
Read morePete Townshend on Obama
This was a cool little gig at the Troubadour in November 2008, three days after the election of Barack Obama. I wonder what Pete thinks of the Obama administration, and its espionage tricks.
Read moreBuddy Holly Pilgrimage
In September/October 2013, I finally did my Buddy Holly pilgrimage. It involved trips to Lubbock, Texas, where he was born in 1936; to Clovis, New Mexico, where he recorded between 1957 and 1958; and to Clear Lake, Iowa, where he died in 1959.
to buy the physical and Kindle versions on Amazon.The outback pub in David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” video
David Bowie ventured to the Australian outback in 1983 to shoot the video for his biggest hit single, Let’s Dance
The Beatles in New Zealand, 1964
I came across the B&W photos at the National Library of New Zealand.
NOTE: My book Strange Days: The Adventures of a Grumpy Rock ‘n’ Roll Journalist in Los Angeles is available here
The Rolling Stones in New Zealand, 1965 + 1966
I came across these photos at the National Library of New Zealand. For more about the Rolling Stones and me, click here.
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