Some Cleveland trailblazers deserving recognition are featured in this press release - the Cleveland musicians, writers and business innovators featured below are part of the authentic core that truly defines Cleveland as the Rock and Roll Capital of the World, and brings us the type of global appreciation that offers a sincere foundation for our future... if you can understand punk.
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.com/
http://www.niagarafallsreporter.com/hudsonbooks.html
Smog Veil Records was founded in Cleveland, Ohio in 1991. The label roster includes Batusis (Cheetah Chrome and Sylvain Sylvain of New York Dolls), Complaints Choir, This Moment In Black History, The New Hope v/a compilation, Peter Laughner, Pere Ubu, Tin Huey, Easter Monkeys, Pistol Whip, Unknown Instructors (Mike Watt, George Hurley, Joe Baiza, Dan McGuire, Raymond Pettibon, David Thomas), The Pagans, Teacher’s Pet, Thor, Rocket From The Tombs, Amps II Eleven, New Christs (featuring Rob Younger of Radio Birdman) and Rubber City Rebels.
For press materials or additional information on Cleveland Confidential Book Tour or any artist on Smog Veil Records please contact Fly PR:
(323) 667-1344 or flypr [at] flypr [dot] net.
sad you'd promote a felon who put his ex in the hospital
Just do a search for Bob Pfeifer of Human Switchboard fame or do HumanSwitchboard.com
beat his ex and wiretapped her for saying he did meth... in the end he admitted he did and was convicted, went to jail, now a felon and like a WHITE OJ
would you promote a book by OJ Simpson too!??
I'm a Pagans and Dead Boys and Smog Veil fan
I'm a Pagans and Dead Boys and Smog Veil fan and promote Cleveland roots, as dark as they may be.
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Pretty criptic dbra
Hello Dbra, I don't understand your refrigerator door comment. Please explain. Best, Jeffb
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I've had people do really fucking stupid things to me, including boyfriends acting like assholes (above).
I don't know the whole story, like if he took responsibility or whatever, but I will say its kinda harsh to inflict a lifetime of crucible on someone.
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