Monthly Archives: December 2012
Andy Rourke on A Light That Never Goes Out
On Monday, December 17, I appeared on former Smiths bassist Andy Rourke’s show on East Village Radio. It’s the first time I’ve been interviewed by someone I interviewed as a...
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December 23, 2012
A Light That Never Goes Out keeps going strong…
I am thoroughly enjoying the promotional trail for A Light That Never Goes Out, in large part because I’ve been blessed by some excellent and opportunities and some wonderful companionship. On...
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December 17, 2012
Enough!
I posted this on my Facebook page Friday December 14, around 3:45pm. I realize it needs to be stated here as well. I tend to only use my Facebook page...
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December 15, 2012
Sound Check. Radio Check. Reading Check.
I was truly honored to be featured on WNYC’s Soundcheck show this week. Host John Schaeffer is one of those people who just seems to know everything about all kinds...
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December 14, 2012
Robert Burke Warren and Grasshopper play the Smiths
My book event with the Golden Notebook in Woodstock this past weekend (held at Oriole 9 on Tinker Street) was greatly enhanced by the appearance of my friends Robert Burke...
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December 13, 2012
A Light Never Goes Out In Brooklyn
Last Thursday saw the first American ‘event’ for A Light That Never Goes Out, hosted by Book Court in Brooklyn, with fellow author Rob Sheffield hosting a conversation with me...
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December 12, 2012
It Was Thirty Year Ago Today: The Jam’s Last Stand.
Last Saturday, December 8, someone tweeted me to observe that it was thirty years to the day since they had seen my old band, Apocalypse, open for the Jam at...
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December 11, 2012
The Smiths: Best Band Ever? (Better than the Beatles?)
Of all the many reviews that have been written about my Smiths biography A Light That Never Goes Out, of all the many playlists I’ve composed for various web sites,...
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December 10, 2012