The Freedom To Rock by T.L. Rotkiewicz!

Written by review by joe viglione plus Official Press Release

Monday, 07 September 2009 10:51

The Freedom To Rock Rocklynn Press P.O. Box 562 Windsor, CT 06095 Review by Joe Viglione This 538 page novel by T.L. Rotkiewicz is a pure labor of love and interesting food for thought in the 40 years following Woodstock. The fictional story opens with Jerome Michael Dagmar in a UCLA dorm room in the late 1960s, his meeting a Brendan Jenko and their head-first plunge into the music industry. The character development is very good and author T.L. sprinkles just enough memories of Cream, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Country Joe & The Fish and other sign-posts of that era to keep the new story exciting and part of a different dimension that could believably co-exist with the world we call our reality. Quoting Jim Morrison's "The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are" the philosophy at play here is the escape offered by the music industry, the door to an arena where the art is essential and where the mundane is not an acceptable avenue. What Rotkiewicz has created is a gripping drama with highs and lows and a moral that when you get to the end of the rainbow there may be platinum but it isn't all a joy ride. When a fan of one of the recording groups gets his cassette recorder confiscated and a threatening baseball bat is looming it conjures up urban legends of Led Zeppelin management getting heavy with the black marketeers. The Freedom To Rock takes you to unfamiliar places while the region it is set in is chock full of things that we know, love and have allowed into our lives. The author finds a way to balance both worlds while keeping the reader curious as to what will happen to the main characters. What happens is the unexpected and makes for a serious assessment of an industry (in the real world outside of the book) that imploded and how the creative forces behind important art are sometimes simply at the mercy of chaos. Official Press Release The Freedom To Rock “Writing that rocks as hard as the music that's integral to the story.” - Christine Ohlman, musician with Saturday Night Live Band, The Scratch Band, NYC Hit Squad, Rebel Montez Music’s greatest challenge – breaking into it. That is the cold hard truth which two guys with aspirations of creating and fostering bands discover in The Freedom To Rock. A look into the gears of what makes a record company successful and the fruits of its labor, namely the artists and the philosophies they carry through their careers. A story that examines the birth of a company at odds with big business from 1968 to 1998. Filled with achievements, failures, laughter love, tears, and lots of music. Jerome Dagmar is a college student who loves music. Brendan Jenko is a Vietnam veteran who finds music as his salvation during war time. When the two forge a friendship, the possibilities of creating a viable partnership in the growing music business becomes a reality. Along the way, their lives intertwine with an ambitious guitarist, a fledgling sound company, roadies, a reluctant record producer, groupies, executives, promoters, and managers.

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Paul Kingsbury Woodstock 3 Days That Rocked The World

Written by Kimberley Jaeger

Monday, 07 September 2009 19:10

Paul Kingsbury “Woodstock” interview Aug 23, 2009 Paul Kingsbury “Woodstock: WOODSTOCK: Three Days That Rocked the World” Paul Kingsbury is a writer and editor specializing in music and the environment. The editors have obtained new, contemporary interviews and quotes from those who were there - th http://wzlx.com/topic/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=3968849

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Zero Limits Dr. Joe Vitale

Written by Kimberley Jaeger

Monday, 07 September 2009 19:14

http://wzlx.com/topic/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=3993434 Dr. Joe Vitale "Zero Limits" Interview Part 1 Aug 30, 2008 Dr. Joe Vitale “Zero Limits: The Secret Hawaiian System for Wealth, Health, Peace, and More” Featuring the Ancient Hawaiiian teachings of Ho 'oponopano zerolimits.info businessbyyou.com for Dr Ihaleakala Hew Len http://wzlx.com/pages/1988855.php

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Michael Losier Law of Connection

Written by Kimberley Jaeger

Monday, 07 September 2009 19:35

Michael Losier “Law of Connection ” interview Aug 23, 2009 http://wzlx.com/topic/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=3968848 Michael Losier “Law of Connection” What Communication Style are you? Married couples...dating couples...parents and children...teachers and students...office workers...management and staff... business to business... There is a simple solution to impr

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Life On The Road with Dinky Dawson and Carter Alan

Written by Joe Viglione

Monday, 07 September 2009 19:39

"B.B.Class Road" - a song written by Gene Parsons and Dinky Dawson Fleetwood Mac Books

Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 October 2009 01:14

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Assorted Books

Written by Joe Viglione

Monday, 07 September 2009 19:40

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MORE BEATLES

Book Review: Shout by Philip Norman

Written by Joe Viglione

Wednesday, 09 September 2009 11:41

Shout!: the Beatles in Their Generation (Paperback) by Philip Norman Catalog of Beatles books http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/beatles-books/3 JOHN LENNON / THE LIFE by Philip Norman Audio Hardcover

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Beatles Anthology

Written by Joe Viglione

Wednesday, 09 September 2009 12:22

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George Martin, Pete Best Beatles Books

Written by Joe Viglione

Wednesday, 09 September 2009 18:50

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George Martin Pete Best Beatles Books

Written by Joe Viglione

Wednesday, 09 September 2009 19:00

Please wait Image not available Books by Spencer Leigh http://www.spencerleigh.demon.co.uk/Booksales.htm

Last Updated on Wednesday, 09 September 2009 19:06

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An Interview With Dave Schwensen - The Beatles In Cleveland

Written by Official Press Release

Wednesday, 16 September 2009 19:48

http://tinyurl.com/beatlesincleveland Official Press Release THE BEATLES IN CLEVELAND Memories, Facts & Photos About The Notorious 1964 & 1966 Concerts By Dave Schwensen Banned following their 1964 concert at Public Hall, a scheduling change brought The Beatles back to Cleveland in 1966 for the first outdoor show of their final tour. The results at Municipal Stadium were the same - but on a much larger scale. The uncontrollable hysteria of Beatlemania reached a fever pitch as thousands of fans poured from their seats and crashed over police lines to be near their British Idols. The Beatles In Cleveland brings to life two of the wildest, out-of-control concerts in Beatle - and rock - history. Follow behind the scenes dealings by Cleveland's rival Top 40 radio stations to bring John, Paul, George and Ringo to the city, then grab a front row seat for back stage and on stage excitement through eyewitness accounts from the promoters, concert MC's, deejays, journalists, opening acts and fans, along with rare, never-before published photos, video stills and memorabilia. A concert by the Beatles was not just about the music, but also the emotions stirred by the most influential group in the history of popular music. "Totally drew me into the whole experience and gave me new insight into something I thought I knew something about. Good show, mate!" - Ken Mansfield, Former U.S. Manager Apple Records "As John Lennon once said, You had to be there. Well, Dave has created the nearest thing to actually witnessing the Cleveland concerts and it's a worthwhile contribution to the growing canon of works about the greatest rock group of them all." - Bill Harry, Founder of Mersey Beat, Liverpool, England "What a ride! Riveting and exciting to read! The next best thing to being at a Beatles show." - Chachi Loprete, Breakfast With The Beatles on WZLX 100.7 FM / Boston, Massachusetts "Whether you were lucky enough to be there in '64 or '66 or not, Dave will take you back to those pivotal concerts that shook the musical world. Only years later can we look back in awe at "The Beatles in Cleveland" through the eyes of those who were there! Great read for the Beatles completist" - Bart DaSilva / PM Drive Host on KGMZ 107.9 FM, Honolulu, Hawaii "As a life long Beatles fan, I've never read anything about The Fab Four that gives me more of a feeling of actually 'being there' at a Beatles concert. Plan on reading it in one sitting!" - Bob Campbell, Program Director / Morning Show Host on Majic 94.1 FM / Greensboro, North Carolina "Captures the excitement, hysteria and even the terror of being in the middle of an amped-up mob whose only goal was to get a piece of the Fab Four. This entertaining book takes you on a journey that encapsulates the live Beatles experience from all perspectives. A must read for old and new fans alike." - Fred Lindgren, Writer / Producer of The Beatle Years from Westwood One Radio, Los Angeles "Reading the book is like attending the Beatles' show in Minneapolis my parents wouldn't let me go to. It's as close to seeing John, Paul, George and Ringo as I'll ever get. You can feel the excitement, the tension and the great music. I thoroughly enjoyed every page." - Darrel Amundson, KATE 1450 AM, Albert Lea, Minnesota "It's a fascinating look at two wild rides through the city where rock was born!" - Archer, Breakfast With The Beatles on KQMT / Denver-Boulder, Colorado "Awesome Fab Read. Check it out." - Beatlefans.com "I would highly recommend this book to everyone who wants to re-live the best of the 60's all over again. Thanks!" - Mark Layne, Morning Show Host & General Manager, KVPI 92.5 FM, Ville Platte, Louisiana "Of all the material I've read on the Fab Four, Dave's book really communicates the hysteria and fanaticism of the Beatles live show era. An era we will never see again. He has assembled a worthy chronicle and a truly fun read." - Tim Murphy, Host of Murph In The Morning, 97.7 FM The Wolf, Houghton, Michigan "If you are looking for a read that will place you directly in the eye of the hurricane, as John Lennon himself liked to call it, then this book is for you." -Beatle.wordpress.com "What a fabulous book!" - Mr. Music, Norm N. Nite, Sirius Radio "The book is a masterpiece at capturing a moment that affected not only tens of thousands of people, but the BEATLES themselves. I think you've done every Beatle fan in the world a service. With the printed page you have framed a VERY precious memory in a time-proof display that will be cherished for generations to come." -Jack Armstrong, MC of the 1966 Beatle concert in Cleveland "Made me wish I was there. And by the time I'd finished it, I felt like I was! The Beatles In Cleveland is an excellent read! - Bob Carter, KISM 92.9 FM Bellingham, Washington "One of the top cultural events in Cleveland history and one of the most exciting days in my nearly 30 years as a Plain Dealer rock critic. I thought the book was great!" - Jane Scott, Cleveland Plain Dealer "Mixes fan recollections with the backstage machinations and the personal interactions with the Beatles themselves. The fan stories give a good sense of the excitement and unbridled hysteria the band of longhaired Liverpudlians fueled in teens." - Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio "Paul McCartney thought the show was cancelled, because it had been. So if he reads this book, it'll be a revelation for Sir Paul." - Harry Martin, Radio Television Broadcasters Hall of Fame of Ohio "The book is fantastic!" - Joe Viglione, Record Producer & Television Host, Boston, Massachusetts Foreword by Bill Harry - An art college classmate of John Lennon and Stuart Sutcliffe, (original bass player for the Beatles), in Liverpool, Harry was a member of the group's inner circle from their earliest days together. He is the founder and editor of the legendary Mersey Beat newspaper, which included regular contributions from Lennon and Paul McCartney. Dave Schwensen is the author of How To Be A Working Comic and Comedy FAQs And Answers. Served as Talent Coordinator for the television show A&E's An Evening At The Improv, and for The Improv Comedy Clubs in New York and Los Angeles, where he also consulted for various networks and programs such as The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with David Letterman, Comedy Central, HBO, MTV and many others. An entertainment columnist in northern Ohio since 1993, his weekly humor column, Something To Laugh About, earned First Prize for Best Original Column at The Ohio Newspaper Association Awards. A nationally recognized comedy coach, his seminars are sold-out events in Cleveland, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and other locations. He speaks to businesses and organizations about the productive value of humor in communications and is a Continuing Education instructor at Cleveland State University. Yes, he really is the "nutty professor." Dave also attended the 1966 concert by The Beatles at Cleveland Municipal Stadium The Beatles In Cleveland Memories, Facts & Photos About The Notorious 1964 & 1966 Concerts ISBN 978-0-9791030-0-1; Trade Paperback; Index 192 pages; 116 illustrations Now in stores through North Shore Publishing; $19.95 For more information about this title visit www.BeatlesInCleveland.com "It's impressive! Combining the 1964 and 1966 Cleveland Beatles performances and all the drama and trauma that surrounded them makes for great reading. Conspiracies between radio stations, the crowds going berserk in the early days, and the controversy created by the band's album cover and comments in the press make for a pure investigation of the 60's pop culture and the major phenomenon that spearheaded it." - Joe Viglione, Rock Journalist, Boston, MA

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 September 2009 19:32

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Beatles Book Review: Can't Buy Me Love - Jonathan Gould

Written by Official Press Release

Thursday, 17 September 2009 05:01

Remember to click on the photos and DVD covers to find tons and tons of Beatle products and rarities in Gemm.com itself. Send this handy link to your friends: http://tinyurl.com/cantbuymelove FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEHARMONY BOOKS TO RELEASE JONATHAN GOULD’S CAN’T BUY ME LOVE October 2, 2007 20 Years In The Making, This Comprehensive Volume Uncovers New Beatle Truths New York, NY—(August 23, 2007) So you think you know about the Beatles? You think with all the published works, interviews, tributes, critical analysis and mountains of minutia that the ultimate book placing these four individuals in their proper sociological, cultural and—most importantly—musical context has already been written? Think again. Author Jonathan Gould’s Can’t Buy Me Love, to be published by Harmony Books on October 2, 2007 dissects the journey from Liverpool to break-up and beyond with a keen historian’s eye for the tenor of the times. While most Beatle tomes come complete with claims of insider awareness, Gould is an outsider’s outsider. Never has Beatlemania taken so extensive a turn. The massive amount of research that Gould undertook and the sheer audacity of his suppositions—many of which are bound to be quite controversial—make for a compelling read. Gould has let the music itself do the talking like never before. “I’ve grown bored with them as public figures,” says the author. “I’m not sure that I ever found them all that interesting as individuals.” According to Gould, it’s only when these four men were in the rush of creativity, the Eureka! moment of invention, did the sum far surpass its parts. It’s all about the music. Gould has sidestepped the cult of personality completely. And, in so doing, he has discovered, through arduous research over the course of 20 years, inherent truths that curiously decipher each step along the way in emphatic, entertaining and provocative style. In stripping the music bare, invading its innards, and writing about it like never before, he has discovered gems of knowledge that will be debated for years to come. Gould has gone right up against long-held cherished notions of a generation. Perception may be reality, as they say, but Gould has peeled the Beatle onion so painstakingly, to uncover layers of a story intrinsically vital to the music itself. Late chapters show cracks in the Beatle foundation. Gould pulls no punches in his assessments of John’s addiction, Paul’s desperation, George’s awakening and Ringo’s complacency. “If there’s one principle that has guided this book,” Gould says, “it’s been to see them as they saw themselves…as musicians.” And for music so universally beloved, how delicious is it to ponder, for instance, “And Your Bird Can Sing” being prompted by Lennon bitching about a Sinatra profile in Esquire…or “She Said She Said” as a veiled reference to Peter Fonda, stumbling around at a Hollywood party on LSD, annoyingly bothering Lennon with vapid comments like “I know what it’s like to be dead”...or Harrison’s disgust at John and Paul after sharing Thanksgiving ’68 in Woodstock, NY and seeing how harmonious music making can truly be with Bob Dylan and The Band… or Hitler being replaced by Tarzan on the cover of Sgt. Pepper? The reader relives the era like never before through Gould’s incredible sociological prism. The book goes beyond Beatle. Politics, religion (including the possibility that Lennon's “we're more popular than Jesus” comment helped to engender the birth of the religious right), sex, war, civil rights and personal freedoms all intersect as the seeds of social struggle permeate youth-culture music. That inchoate longing to break long-established norms did indeed seem to coincide with this one rock n roll band, who, still, through it all, saw themselves as nothing more - or less - than working musicians. Jonathan Gould has captured it all and more like no author ever before him. Harmony Books is a market leader in the area of mind, body, and spirit, as well as biography, memoir, science, and general narrative nonfiction. Remember to click on the photos and DVD covers to find tons and tons of Beatle products and rarities in Gemm.com itself. Send this handy link to your friends: http://tinyurl.com/cantbuymelove

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 September 2009 21:15

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Beatles Bookshelf: Geoff Emerick Here, There and Everywhere

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Thursday, 17 September 2009 05:11

Remember to click on the photos and DVD covers to find tons and tons of Beatle products and rarities in Gemm.com itself. Send this handy link to your friends: http://tinyurl.com/herethereeverywhere “From the very beginning, Geoff was an eye-witness to the phenomena of the Beatles and the way they changes music forever. If you really want to know what happened, read this book. It provides a fabulous insight into a very special time.” –Graham Nash “This is an endlessly fascinating story of extraordinary resonance… a delicious mixture of music insight, revealing anecdotes and historical and technical detail. An accurate, elegantly written, and profoundly evocative account of an important era.” –Peter Asher, producer of James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE My Life Recording the Music of The Beatles By Geoff Emerick and Howard Massey Foreward by Elvis Costello On-sale: March 20th, 2006 Price: $26.00 To get the timeless music of the Beatles onto vinyl – and put together the greatest pop music albums ever recorded – recording engineer Geoff Emerick made full use of his soundboard skills and his ingenuity, work with the Fab Four and their producer George Martin to create records unlike anything the world had heard up to that point. HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE : My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles (Gotham Books; $26.00; March 2006) is four-time Grammy winner and recording industry legend Emerick’s story of the years he spend at EMI studios at Abbey Road, working with the band to shape albums such as Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and Revolver (recently named the #1 and #3 greatest albums of all time by Rolling Stone). Emerick started at EMI as a fifteen-year-old assistant engineer – just in time to witness the first studio recording by the Beatles -- and by the time he was nineteen he was their main recording engineer for the groundbreaking Revolver, turning the sounds the heard in their heads into the music that would change the world. As Emerick relates in his memoir, the Beatles often had ideas that required far more imaginative skill than just turning knobs and splicing tape. For Lennon’s vocals on ‘Yellow Submarine,’ Emerick put a condom-wrapped microphone into a bottle of water so that Lennon could hear what he sounded like when submerged (the track wasn’t used); Emerick also routed John’s singing through revolving speakers when Lennon wanted to sound like “a Dalai Lama chanting on a mountaintop” on ‘Tomorrow Never Knows.’ For ‘A Day in the Life,’ Emerick had to organize orchestras in the cramped recording studio and stretch the boundaries of recording technology to get the song’s final, unforgettable piano chord. Emerick also tells how the creative personalities of the band members led to frequent disagreements and long-held grudges, even as they were producing their greatest songs. The diplomatic Paul McCartney frequently clashed with the tempestuous John Lennon, a sullen George Harrison often resented the lack of attention to his compositions, and Ringo, less interested than the others in making music, rarely had much to say anyone. As the Beatles quit touring and confined their artistic output to the recording studio, Emerick witnessed every flare up, every temporary resolution, and every crack in their musical partnership that would ultimately lead to their dissolution. He was there in the early days when the band had to hide from screaming teenage girls who had stormed the building, he was on hand to see Yoko Ono install a bed in the recording studio during the White Album sessions (to the horror of John Lennon’s bandmates) and he witnessed how the Beatles spent their last months at Abbey Road recording in different studios. Emerick also shared the outrageous stories of his post-Beatles career, including his trip to Nigeria with Paul and his band Wings to record their Band On the Run album – which, despite monsoon, the theft of the demo tapes, and threats from local singers concerned that their music heritage was being compromised, came together as one of Paul’s best post Beatles works. Emerick’s take on the Fab Four and their transformation from mop-topped teeny-bopper idols to innovative sonice pioneers – and jaded international celebrities –is a look at the band like no other, from someone who spent countless hours at work with the group and saw collaborations and confrontations never described in previous account. HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE details Geoff’s extensive contributions to the Beatles’ albums, and also reveals him to be devoted fan, still fascinated by the band’s music. It’s a slice of rock ‘n’ roll history that every Beatles fan will find enthralling. ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Renowned recording engineer and producer Geoff Emerick worked with Elvis Costello, Cheap Trick, Jeff Beck, and many others in addition to the Beatles. He has continued to work with Paul McCartney on his recent albums. He lives in Los Angeles. Howard Massey is a music journalist and the author of eleven books. As a recording engineer, he has worked with Elvis Costello and Kraftwerk. His articles have appeared in Billboard, Blender, EQ, and Guitar World. HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE is available as an abridged CD from Penguin Audio Remember to click on the photos and DVD covers to find tons and tons of Beatle products and rarities in Gemm.com itself. Send this handy link to your friends: http://tinyurl.com/herethereeverywhere

Last Updated on Friday, 18 September 2009 00:00