John Blaney on BBC Liverpool | 28 August 2008

We're pleased to report that John Blaney's recent book signing and radio trip to Liverpool over the final weekend of the "Beatles Week" was a huge success. Punters spoke Beatles, books were signed and the cousin of Pete Brown (Liverpool poet who later wrote lyrics for Cream) even came and introduced himself to John whilst shopping in Waterstones. (Hardly Macca, but nice all the same.)
To hear the radio interview with Spencer Leigh please click the following link:

On The Beat, Saturday 23rd August 2008

It'll be up for the next seven days, so tune in quickly.


Jawbone Author @ Beatles Week | 19 August 2008

Together Alone and Beatles For Sale author, all round Beatles expert, music fan and top bloke John Blaney will be making a couple of appearances in Liverpool over the August Beatles week. On Saturday 23rd John will be signing books, answering questions and chatting with Beatles fans in both Borders (1300-1400) and Waterstones (1430-1530)

Later in the evening John will dash over to the BBC to be interviewed by local legend Spencer Leigh (http://www.spencerleigh.demon.co.uk/) to talk about his books... and.... yes, you've got it.... THE BEATLES. The show will be available on play again via the BBC iPlayer, so make sure you tune in.
Love Comp Winner | 18 August 2008

Hurrah! Eric Vonk from Holland came through with the correct answer "Michael Stuart" and has won his very own copy of the excellent Love Story.
Summer Time News | 04 August 2008

We hope the summer season is treating everyone well. We missed a post in July (due to our busy summer schedule) and can't believe that our fantastic LOVE DVD comp hasn't been entered.(See last month's post for question). Really! Come on, it's a truly great movie and it's waiting to be snapped up by one lucky surfer. We'll even throw in Riot On Sunset Strip... our brilliant account of Love, The Byrds, Standells etc having a revolutionary pop blast in mid-60s LA.

Talking of Riot On Sunset Strip, author Domenic Priore has been keeping very busy in the USA with his regular book promotions:

RIOT ON SUNSET STRIP:
ROCK, REBELLION AND HOLLYWOOD HIPPIES"


'60s Rock 'n' Roll and California Counterculture
Spotlighted in "Waverly Midnights" series,
July 25-September 27 at IFC Center


"Riot on Sunset Strip: Rock, Rebellion and Hollywood Hippies", a 10-film program of features and documentaries steeped in the California rock scene of the '60s, screens as part of the ongoing "Waverly Midnights" series, weekends at midnight July 25-September 27 at IFC Centre.

The first two weekend's screenings of WILD IN THE STREET and RIOT ON SUNSET STRIP will be introduced by Domenic Priore, whose meticulously researched chronicle Riot on Sunset Strip: Rock 'n' Roll's Last Stand In Hollywood inspired the series. A schedule is below.

On the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles in 1965 and 1966 an electrifying scene appeared out of nowhere. Bands like Love, The Byrds, The Doors and The Standells flourished, and music dethroned movies as the groovy centre of Hollywood. Studios responded by scrambling to get hip to the new youth culture or by producing lurid, cautionary tales of kids trapped in a cycle of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll -- and sometimes by pursuing both tactics in the same picture.

The program opens with WILD IN THE STREETS, the tale of a young anarchist-cum-popstar who runs for the Presidency on a platform promising 14-year-olds the vote. It continues with RIOT ON SUNSET STRIP, a B-movie soundtracked by The Standells about a cop assigned to clean up the Strip's seedy new haunts; LORD LOVE A DUCK, George Axelrod's spoof of '60s teen culture starring Tuesday Weld; counterculture head-trips PSYCH-OUT and THE TRIP (directed by Roger Corman and written by Jack Nicholson); MARYJANE, with Fabian as a high-school teacher framed for pot possession; THE COOL ONES, focusing on a go-go dancer packaged for TV stardom; and guru satire THE LOVE-INS. Also included are two rare documentaries that capture the spirit of the era first-hand: YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT, featuring musicians like David Crosby, Tiny Tim and Frank Zappa, and MONDO HOLLYWOOD, a snapshot of the cultural scene in Hollywood in the late ’60s with appearances by Brigitte Bardot, Sonny & Cher, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Jayne Mansfield and more.

"Riot on Sunset Strip: Rock, Rebellion and Hollywood Hippies"
Weekends at midnight, July 25-September 27
July 25-26: WILD IN THE STREETS (1968, Barry Shear)
August 1-2: RIOT ON SUNSET STRIP (1967, Arthur Dreifuss)
August 8-9: LORD LOVE A DUCK (1966, George Axelrod)
August 15-16: PSYCH-OUT (1968, Richard Rush)
August 22-23: MARYJANE (1968, Maury Dexter)
August 29-31: MONDO HOLLYWOOD (1967, Robert Carl Cohen)
September 5-6: YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT (1968, Barry Feinstein)
September 12-13: THE LOVE-INS (1967, Arthur Dreifuss)
September 19-20: THE COOL ONES (1967, Gene Nelson)
September 26-27: THE TRIP (1967, Roger Corman)

For press information or images, contact Harris Dew at 212 924-6789 or email
Harris

IFC Center, 323 Avenue of the Americas at West 3rd Street, box office:
212 924-7771.

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To close, we'd just like to let you know what's happening at Jawbone HQ. We've already covered the delights of the soon-to-be-available Interactive Keyboard Bible, and will for just now mention in name only, the soon-to-be-classics we have lined up for the autumn/fall. Jawbone are pleased to announce Tony Bacon's exhaustive story behind that most expensive of guitars -- the Million Dollar Les Paul --whilst fans of folk-rock and country-rock will have their dreams come true with our two forthcoming titles on THE BYRDS and THE BURRITO BROTHERS... Keep 'em peeled and watch this space for more "hot off the press" news.