Rare Bird Books and Unnamed Press have teamed up to offer an exclusive companion vinyl audiobook to the Unnamed hardcover release of Story of a Poem: A Memoir by Matthew Zapruder."Story of a Poem is the luminous, lyrical meditation on wringing beauty from suffering and air, threaded with a singular, moving story about parenting an atypical child. I…

John buys tickets to see Metallica—in 2024. Say What?! We also talk about members of successful bands that made it big on their own. And, the serendipitous finding of an opening band that was much better than the headliner. #doubletalkinjive #doubletalkinjivepodcast #musicpodcast #rocknrollmusic #rocknroll #rockmusic #rockconcerts #keepingrocknroll…

In this episode of DTJ, the guys bring in special guest Dan Foley to talk about what was once thought as the greatest promo ever from Columbia House — 8 CDs, or 12 albums or cassettes, for one penny! Until you had to start paying for them, that is. Also, we talk about bucket list concerts that passed us by that we wished we could have seen. And, as…

If you're a certain age, then you just know. Guest host Jim DuMont joins the show as we talk about the "art" of collecting record albums. #rocknroll #rockmusic #doubletalkinjive #podcasts #rocknrollpodcast #musicpodcast #albumcollections #collectingalbums #blacktopmojo #blacklabelsociety #marilynmanson #rockandroll #rockandrollpodcast Subscribe whe…

In the pilot episode, hosts John Mesenbrink and Mike Segreti give their initial introductions and talk about their musical influences, as they champion for Rock and Roll music. But they get to the heart of the question: Is Rock n Roll dead or dying? If you enjoy music with a pulse, you don't want to miss these shows! #rocknroll #rock #rockmusic #ro…

In Double Talkin’ Jive, legendary drummer Matt Sorum takes music lovers behind the scenes of a remarkable life in rock. Sorum, whose albums have sold tens of millions of copies around the world, provides an honest, engaging account of the highs and lows of superstardom. Sorum recounts his childhood years idolizing Ringo Starr and surviving an abusi…

In Double Talkin’ Jive, legendary drummer Matt Sorum takes music lovers behind the scenes of a remarkable life in rock. Sorum, whose albums have sold tens of millions of copies around the world, provides an honest, engaging account of the highs and lows of superstardom. Sorum recounts his childhood years idolizing Ringo Starr and surviving an abusi…

In Double Talkin’ Jive, legendary drummer Matt Sorum takes music lovers behind the scenes of a remarkable life in rock. Sorum, whose albums have sold tens of millions of copies around the world, provides an honest, engaging account of the highs and lows of superstardom. Sorum recounts his childhood years idolizing Ringo Starr and surviving an abusi…

In Double Talkin’ Jive, legendary drummer Matt Sorum takes music lovers behind the scenes of a remarkable life in rock. Sorum, whose albums have sold tens of millions of copies around the world, provides an honest, engaging account of the highs and lows of superstardom. Sorum recounts his childhood years idolizing Ringo Starr and surviving an abusi…

In Double Talkin’ Jive, legendary drummer Matt Sorum takes music lovers behind the scenes of a remarkable life in rock. Sorum, whose albums have sold tens of millions of copies around the world, provides an honest, engaging account of the highs and lows of superstardom. Sorum recounts his childhood years idolizing Ringo Starr and surviving an abusi…

In Double Talkin’ Jive, legendary drummer Matt Sorum takes music lovers behind the scenes of a remarkable life in rock. Sorum, whose albums have sold tens of millions of copies around the world, provides an honest, engaging account of the highs and lows of superstardom. Sorum recounts his childhood years idolizing Ringo Starr and surviving an abusi…

In Double Talkin’ Jive, legendary drummer Matt Sorum takes music lovers behind the scenes of a remarkable life in rock. Sorum, whose albums have sold tens of millions of copies around the world, provides an honest, engaging account of the highs and lows of superstardom. Sorum recounts his childhood years idolizing Ringo Starr and surviving an abusi…

In Double Talkin’ Jive, legendary drummer Matt Sorum takes music lovers behind the scenes of a remarkable life in rock. Sorum, whose albums have sold tens of millions of copies around the world, provides an honest, engaging account of the highs and lows of superstardom. Sorum recounts his childhood years idolizing Ringo Starr and surviving an abusi…

The first full-length collaboration between Mark Lanegan and Joe Cardamone—as Dark Mark vs. Skeleton Joe—will release later next year as a co-release between Rare Bird and Kitten Robot.However, in the meantime, preorders are available now for a very special limited edition 12" single featuring "Dark Mark Theme" b/w "Skeleton Joe Manifesto." This is…

The first full-length collaboration between Mark Lanegan and Joe Cardamone—as Dark Mark vs. Skeleton Joe—will release later next year as a co-release between Rare Bird and Kitten Robot.However, in the meantime, preorders are available now for a very special limited edition 12" single featuring "Dark Mark Theme" b/w "Skeleton Joe Manifesto." This is…

World champion wrestler and author of Wrestling with Angels, John Hanrahan talks with hall of fame wrestler and seven time world wrestling champion Lee Kemp, author of Winning Gold! Join them as they talk wrestling, getting through the tough times, and what they're up to now!Get John's book anywhere you buy books and Lee's book at leekemp.com.…

Karen Stefano is the author of "What A Body Remembers: A Memoir of Sexual Assault And Its Aftermath" (Rare Bird Books 2019). She is also the author of the short story collection "The Secret Games of Words" (1GlimpsePress 2015) and the how-to business writing guide, "Before Hitting Send" (Dearborn 2011).Paul Alan Ruben’s fiction and non-fiction has …

On this last episode of "The Publicist Speaks", Jessica hosts JJ Anselmi to discuss his new book "DOOMED TO FAIL: THE INCREDIBLY LOUD HISTORY OF DOOM, SLUDGE, & POST-METAL". Jessica and JJ share their experiences with metal and the completely opposite ways they have experienced this massive genre of music. By the end of this episode, both Jessica &…

J.J. Anselmi is the author of Doomed to Fail: The Incredibly Loud History of Doom, Sludge, and Post-metal; and Heavy: A Memoir of Wyoming, BMX, and Heavy Fucking Music. He’s played drums in several heavy bands, including In the Company of Serpents and Former Worlds. He’s currently the drummer of Drainage, a sludgy metalcore band from Long Beach, Ca…

Today's episode explores the life and influence of Joan Didion. From New York to California, Joan Didion left her mark across the generations. Steffie Nelson, editor of SLOUCHING TOWARDS LOS ANGELES, joins our host Jessica to talk about what it is like to be a woman in a man's world.By rarebirdlit

J.J. Anselmi is the author of Doomed to Fail: The Incredibly Loud History of Doom, Sludge, and Post-metal; and Heavy: A Memoir of Wyoming, BMX, and Heavy Fucking Music. He’s played drums in several heavy bands, including In the Company of Serpents and Former Worlds. He’s currently the drummer of Drainage, a sludgy metalcore band from Long Beach, Ca…

Karen Stefano is the author of the memoir, What A Body Remembers: A Memoir of Sexual Assault And Its Aftermath (Rare Bird, 2019). She is also the author of the short story collection The Secret Games of Words (1GlimpsePress, 2015) and the how-to business writing guide, Before Hitting Send (Dearborn, 2011). Her work has appeared in Ms. Magazine, The…

Jessica the podcast guru and John DeSimone, author of THE ROAD TO DELANO, discuss the things that influenced John and his writing. John tells our host about secondhand bookstores, his research into migrant worker conditions & so much more on his 'road to this novel'.By rarebirdlit

L.A.-based writer and editor Steffie Nelson recently edited the essay collection, Slouching Towards Los Angeles: Living and Writing by Joan Didion’s Light, published in February 2020 by Rare Bird Books. She also co-authored Judson: Innovation in Stained Glass, coming in March 2020 from Angel City Press. Throughout her career as a style and culture …

Today, Jessica and Steve Coulter (aka S.W. Lauden) discuss how power pop TRUELY feels. They run the gambit of emotions that encompass power pop and end up discussing how it sorta feels like that angsty moment as a teen when you realize that sex is a thing and the world kinda sucks.By rarebirdlit

J.J. Anselmi is the author of Doomed to Fail: The Incredibly Loud History of Doom, Sludge, and Post-metal; and Heavy: A Memoir of Wyoming, BMX, and Heavy Fucking Music. He’s played drums in several heavy bands, including In the Company of Serpents and Former Worlds. He’s currently the drummer of Drainage, a sludgy metalcore band from Long Beach, Ca…

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Welcome to The Publicist Speaks– episode fourOn today's episode, Jessica hosts her partner, a poet who writes for himself, to talk about the ways that poetry can be used as a healing technique. They talk about love and loss; death and silliness, covering the ups and downs that come with writing for yourself. Check it out now!…

After spending the 1990s as a homeless heroin addict in San Francisco, Joe Clifford got off the streets and turned his life around. He earned his MFA from Florida International University in 2008, before returning to the Bay Area, where he currently lives with his wife and two sons. His autobiographical novel, Junkie Love, chronicles his battle wit…

Welcome to The Publicist Speaks– episode threeOn today's episode, our guest is Amber van de Bunt, author of the recently released memoir OVERCOME.We asked the internet if they had questions for Amber, and we got more than we bargained for. People asked about writing, sex work, fears and so much more.Listen now.…

Bruce Ferber is an Emmy and Golden Globe nominee whose television writing and producing credits include Bosom Buddies, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Coach, and Home Improvement, where he served as Executive Producer and showrunner. He turned to writing fiction with the 2012 publication of his novel, 'Elevating Overman', its audiobook voiced by Jason A…

Welcome to The Publicist Speaks– episode twoOn today's episode, Jessica hosts Bobbie Brown, author of the recently release memoir CHERRY ON TOP: FLIRTY, FORTY-SOMETHING AND FUNNY AS F**K. They talk about millennials and coping mechanisms, how horrific it can be to date in this day and age, and there might be a story about a little person and a back…

Chip Jacobs is an award-winning author and journalist. His books include the biography Strange As It Seems: the Impossible Life of Gordon Zahler; the environmental social histories The People's Republic of Chemicals and the international bestselling Smogtown: the Lung-Burning History of Pollution in Los Angeles; the dark-humor true crime caper The …

Chip Jacobs is an award-winning author and journalist. His books include the biography Strange As It Seems: the Impossible Life of Gordon Zahler; the environmental social histories The People's Republic of Chemicals and the international bestselling Smogtown: the Lung-Burning History of Pollution in Los Angeles; the dark-humor true crime caper The …

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Chip Jacobs is an award-winning author and journalist. His books include the biography Strange As It Seems: the Impossible Life of Gordon Zahler; the environmental social histories The People's Republic of Chemicals and the international bestselling Smogtown: the Lung-Burning History of Pollution in Los Angeles; the dark-humor true crime caper The …

Born and raised in New Jersey, Gary Lippman received a law degree from Northwestern University and has worked with New York's Innocence Project. Lippman's play Paradox Lost ran off Broadway for a month in 2001 and his writing has been published in The New York Times, The Paris Review, VICE, Fodors, and more. Having lived in Illinois, Florida, Calif…

Bobbie Brown is an American actress and model best known for starring in Warrant’s classic “Cherry Pie” video. In 2011, MSN.com featured Bobbie in the list of the top ten “women who’ve broken the most hearts in rock music.” Her first book Dirty Rocker Boys came out in 2013. Bobbie lives in Hollywood, where she performs stand-up comedy.Caroline Ryde…

Chip Jacobs is an award-winning author and journalist. His books include the biography Strange As It Seems: the Impossible Life of Gordon Zahler; the environmental social histories The People's Republic of Chemicals and the international bestselling Smogtown: the Lung-Burning History of Pollution in Los Angeles; the dark-humor true crime caper The …