I had several pieces on the Rolling Stone website in the past week. First and foremost was a list I assembled of twenty Lou Reed tracks, in memory of his passing. I tried to strike a balance between the most iconic moments in his career and great stuff on YouTube that people might have forgotten […]
posted 27 October 2013 in Links. 4 comments
Taken two weeks ago at the Red Rock Canyon State Park in southern California.
posted 25 October 2013 in Photos. no comments yet
Hello, citizens of Los Angeles, California, and Portland, Oregon! I will be appearing soon in your town to read from Last Night at the Viper Room, sign copies of the book, answer questions, and generally be in full authorial mode. (I’ll have everything but the pipe and the jacket with the elbow patches.) If you […]
posted 24 October 2013 in Buy My Stuff, News. no comments yet
And I strongly suggest you go buy a copy. It is sold by Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Powell’s–or your local bookstore, who you should really help stay in business. I’m extremely proud of this book and I hope you’ll check it out. “I’ve already read two excerpts, Gavin,” I hear you say. “But I’m […]
posted 23 October 2013 in Buy My Stuff. no comments yet
My new book, Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind, is out tomorrow. It is easy to obtain from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Powell’s–or mere hours from now, you can walk into your local bookseller, give them some money, and leave with the book under your arm. […]
posted 21 October 2013 in Buy My Stuff, Excerpts. no comments yet
I did another list for the Rolling Stone website last week, on the twelve most Canadian things about Neil Young (who was born north of the border but has lived in the States for many decades now). Some Canadians have taken exception to the list, and as far as I can tell they have two […]
posted 21 October 2013 in Outside. no comments yet
Lately, I’ve been writing more dispatches for the Rolling Stone website, and it occurred to me that you might like to know about them. I don’t want to slam you with a barrage of links, so once a week or so, I’ll do a quick roundup and you can click on whatever interests you. On […]
posted 10 October 2013 in Articles, Links. no comments yet
I know you may still be digesting VJ, but I have a new book coming out next month, and I wanted to let you know about it. (I don’t expect to ever have two books out in the same year again, but the vagaries of publishing schedules are inscrutable sometimes.) It’s called Last Night at […]
posted 23 September 2013 in Buy My Stuff. no comments yet
