No, you can’t actually purchase Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, or Martha Quinn. But you can buy the New York Times bestselling book we wrote together, VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of MTV’s First Wave, described by Rolling Stone as “a highly entertaining snapshot of a wild-frontier moment in pop culture.” In celebration of the […]

posted 3 August 2015 in Buy My Stuff. no comments yet

I am delighted to announce that my book Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind is out in paperback today. So if you’ve been waiting for a bathtub-friendly copy, your time has come. I haven’t posted much about it lately, so may I remind you of a few […]

posted 21 October 2014 in Buy My Stuff. no comments yet

If you read books on a Kindle, or via Kindle software on your phone or your tablet of choice, and if you never got around to my most recent book, Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind (which the LA Weekly called “enormously compelling”–more reviews here), then you […]

posted 25 February 2014 in Buy My Stuff. 2 comments

It’s the time of year when some people celebrate the holidays with loved ones, some contemplate their plans for the year to come, and some compile top-ten lists. I’m pleased to see that VJ has made a couple of year-end lists of people’s favorite music books in 2013. (There aren’t exactly ten on either list–they […]

posted 9 December 2013 in Buy My Stuff. no comments yet

I have been getting email requests from people who want to copies of Last Night at the Viper Room signed by me, either for themselves or for loved ones; I am happy to oblige, of course. The easiest and best way to make this happen, now that my two-city world tour has concluded, is for […]

posted 18 November 2013 in Buy My Stuff. no comments yet

I’ve received a fair number of reviews for Last Night at the Viper Room, which I hugely appreciate; when you spend many months writing a book, it’s a blessing whenever people read it and consider it seriously. (When they actually like it, all the better.) In case you’re curious about what people who are not […]

posted 12 November 2013 in Buy My Stuff, Links. no comments yet

One of the nice things about releasing a book is that smart people want to talk about it with you. If you’re interested in knowing more about about Last Night at the Viper Room, or if you just want to see how I handle answering questions instead of asking them, perhaps you’d like to check […]

posted 6 November 2013 in Buy My Stuff, Links. no comments yet

Hello, good people of Portland, Oregon! I am currently in your beautiful city, and tonight I will be appearing at the world-famous Powell’s bookstore, reading from Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind, answering your questions, and signing copies for anyone who wants one. (Personal message to those […]

posted 4 November 2013 in Buy My Stuff, News. no comments yet

If you’d like to read some more samples of Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind, two sites have excerpts today, which happen to bookend each other: Refinery 29 has a taste of the introduction, while Slate has a chunk relating to Dark Blood and the final weeks […]

posted 31 October 2013 in Buy My Stuff, Excerpts. no comments yet

Thanks to everyone who came out last night to Book Soup: we had a full house, people asked lots of great questions, and I was happy to meet so many of you. I am making another appearance tonight, in conjunction with a screening of Dark Blood: that’s the movie River Phoenix was making when he […]

posted 29 October 2013 in Buy My Stuff, News. no comments yet