CLEVELAND CONFIDENTIAL BOOK TOUR HITS WEST COAST FEBRUARY
17 – 27, 2011
Chicago, IL, January 25, 2011 – Smog Veil Records is proud to announce that
Cleveland Confidential Book Tour has added a stop at Seattle's Experience
Music Project JBL Theater on February 17th. The tour features three
author-musicians hailing from Cleveland, Ohio including Cheetah Chrome (Rocket
From The Tombs, Dead Boys, Batusis), Mike Hudson (The Pagans) and Bob
Pfeifer (Human Switchboard, Tabby Chinos, former Senior Vice President
A&R/Epic/Sony Records and President of Hollywood Records). Each will read
excerpts from their book, answer questions from the audience and discuss
their books and careers with each other. Authors will be available to sign
books at each appearance. Tour stops on the West Coast include Seattle,
Portland, San Francisco, Berkeley, Los Angeles, including the EMP Pop
Conference at UCLA on February 26, 2011. East Coast tour dates in April
will be announced soon and will include Philadelphia, New York City, Boston,
Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland and more.
Cleveland Confidential Book Tour (all dates may be subject to change):
Thursday, 2/17 - JBL Theater at Experience Music Project
325 5th Avenue North Seattle, WA 98109
time: 7:00 pm
tickets: FREE!
Saturday, 2/19 - East End Club (sponsored by Reading Frenzy)
203 SE Grand Avenue Portland, OR 97214
time: 9:00 pm
tickets: $6
Monday, 2/21 - Hemlock Tavern
1131 Polk Street San Francisco, CA 94109
time: 6:00 pm
tickets: $10
Tuesday, 2/22 - Moe's Books
2476 Telegraph Avenue Berkeley, CA 94704
time: 7:00 pm
tickets: FREE!
Wednesday, 2/23 - Gallery Fifty24/Noise Pop Festival
218 Fillmore Street San Francisco, CA 94117
time: 7:00 pm
tickets: FREE!
Thursday, 2/24 - Vacation Vinyl
3815 Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90026
time: 7:00 pm
tickets: FREE!
Saturday, 2/26 - Experience Music Project Pop Conference
UCLA campus Los Angeles, CA
time: 1:30pm – 2:30 pm
tickets: FREE! (but conference pre-registration required)
Sunday 2/27 - Book Soup
8818 Sunset Boulevard West Hollywood, CA 90069
time: 5:00 pm
tickets: FREE!
Cheetah Chrome - A Dead Boy's Tale From The Front Lines Of Punk Rock is
the no-holds-barred autobiography of Cheetah Chrome, lead guitarist of the
Dead Boys, one of the greatest punk bands ever. It’s a tale of success and
excess—amazing music, legendary antics, epic drug use, and eventual
resurrection—that only a true rock and roller could deliver. As a songwriter
Chrome's work has been covered by artists such as Guns n Roses, Pearl Jam
and the Beastie Boys. He still performs and records with Rocket From The
Tombs and Batusis (with Sylvain Sylvain of the New York Dolls). He lives in
Nashville with his wife and son.
Mike Hudson will read from Jetsam and Diary of a Punk. The 32 short pieces
that make up Jetsam were written and published between 1977 and 2009. His
lean and unsentimental prose style is apparent in even the earliest entries
here. Diary of A Punk is Hudson's autobiography. He is the founder of the
seminal American punk rock group, the Pagans, formed in 1977. His work has
appeared in Hustler, the Associated Press, Master Detective, Field & Stream
and many other publications here and abroad. He is currently the founding
editor and CEO of the Niagara Falls Reporter, a New York tabloid specializing
in politics and organized crime.
University of Strangers is Bob Pfeifer's first novel. In a sensational case that
made headlines all over the globe, the American student Amanda Knox was
convicted of the murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher, in what
Italian authorities described as a sadistic sexual encounter. Pfeifer's novel
details the efforts of a secret society, comprised of famous contemporary
figures from the worlds of literature, show business and politics, to clear the
girl's name. A unique blend of fact and fiction the book is a spellbinding
account of the violence, corruption and celebrity worship that characterize
much of 21st century life. Pfeifer was Senior Vice President A&R/Epic/Sony
Records and President of Hollywood Records. Artists he's worked with include
Alice Cooper, Ornette Coleman, The Screaming Trees, also soundtracks like
the Crow: City of Angels and Lion King. He is a founding member/songwriter of
Human Switchboard and Tabby Chinos. He lives in Los Angeles with his son.
Authors and publishers can be found online by following these links:
http://www.smogveil.com/
http://www.voyageurpress
17 – 27, 2011
Chicago, IL, January 25, 2011 – Smog Veil Records is proud to announce that
Cleveland Confidential Book Tour has added a stop at Seattle's Experience
Music Project JBL Theater on February 17th. The tour features three
author-musicians hailing from Cleveland, Ohio including Cheetah Chrome (Rocket
From The Tombs, Dead Boys, Batusis), Mike Hudson (The Pagans) and Bob
Pfeifer (Human Switchboard, Tabby Chinos, former Senior Vice President
A&R/Epic/Sony Records and President of Hollywood Records). Each will read
excerpts from their book, answer questions from the audience and discuss
their books and careers with each other. Authors will be available to sign
books at each appearance. Tour stops on the West Coast include Seattle,
Portland, San Francisco, Berkeley, Los Angeles, including the EMP Pop
Conference at UCLA on February 26, 2011. East Coast tour dates in April
will be announced soon and will include Philadelphia, New York City, Boston,
Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland and more.
Cleveland Confidential Book Tour (all dates may be subject to change):
Thursday, 2/17 - JBL Theater at Experience Music Project
325 5th Avenue North Seattle, WA 98109
time: 7:00 pm
tickets: FREE!
Saturday, 2/19 - East End Club (sponsored by Reading Frenzy)
203 SE Grand Avenue Portland, OR 97214
time: 9:00 pm
tickets: $6
Monday, 2/21 - Hemlock Tavern
1131 Polk Street San Francisco, CA 94109
time: 6:00 pm
tickets: $10
Tuesday, 2/22 - Moe's Books
2476 Telegraph Avenue Berkeley, CA 94704
time: 7:00 pm
tickets: FREE!
Wednesday, 2/23 - Gallery Fifty24/Noise Pop Festival
218 Fillmore Street San Francisco, CA 94117
time: 7:00 pm
tickets: FREE!
Thursday, 2/24 - Vacation Vinyl
3815 Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90026
time: 7:00 pm
tickets: FREE!
Saturday, 2/26 - Experience Music Project Pop Conference
UCLA campus Los Angeles, CA
time: 1:30pm – 2:30 pm
tickets: FREE! (but conference pre-registration required)
Sunday 2/27 - Book Soup
8818 Sunset Boulevard West Hollywood, CA 90069
time: 5:00 pm
tickets: FREE!
Cheetah Chrome - A Dead Boy's Tale From The Front Lines Of Punk Rock is
the no-holds-barred autobiography of Cheetah Chrome, lead guitarist of the
Dead Boys, one of the greatest punk bands ever. It’s a tale of success and
excess—amazing music, legendary antics, epic drug use, and eventual
resurrection—that only a true rock and roller could deliver. As a songwriter
Chrome's work has been covered by artists such as Guns n Roses, Pearl Jam
and the Beastie Boys. He still performs and records with Rocket From The
Tombs and Batusis (with Sylvain Sylvain of the New York Dolls). He lives in
Nashville with his wife and son.
Mike Hudson will read from Jetsam and Diary of a Punk. The 32 short pieces
that make up Jetsam were written and published between 1977 and 2009. His
lean and unsentimental prose style is apparent in even the earliest entries
here. Diary of A Punk is Hudson's autobiography. He is the founder of the
seminal American punk rock group, the Pagans, formed in 1977. His work has
appeared in Hustler, the Associated Press, Master Detective, Field & Stream
and many other publications here and abroad. He is currently the founding
editor and CEO of the Niagara Falls Reporter, a New York tabloid specializing
in politics and organized crime.
University of Strangers is Bob Pfeifer's first novel. In a sensational case that
made headlines all over the globe, the American student Amanda Knox was
convicted of the murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher, in what
Italian authorities described as a sadistic sexual encounter. Pfeifer's novel
details the efforts of a secret society, comprised of famous contemporary
figures from the worlds of literature, show business and politics, to clear the
girl's name. A unique blend of fact and fiction the book is a spellbinding
account of the violence, corruption and celebrity worship that characterize
much of 21st century life. Pfeifer was Senior Vice President A&R/Epic/Sony
Records and President of Hollywood Records. Artists he's worked with include
Alice Cooper, Ornette Coleman, The Screaming Trees, also soundtracks like
the Crow: City of Angels and Lion King. He is a founding member/songwriter of
Human Switchboard and Tabby Chinos. He lives in Los Angeles with his son.
Authors and publishers can be found online by following these links:
http://www.smogveil.com/
http://www.voyageurpress