Ooh La La!

Thank you to Elliott Murphy for sending this photo from France:

"Your book is in the Village Voice Bookshop in Paris!"

You CAN Go Home Again Book Tour

BookCourt, December 13, at 7 PM

Where It All Began

Back in 2006 when I first began work on Everything Is an Afterthought, I began blogging about the project at LiveJournal. All that material, years' worth, is still there if you'd like to check it out: kevin-avery.livejournal.com.

What's there? My review of Neil Strauss's Everyone Loves You When You're Dead, pieces about Bruce Springsteen, Warren Zevon, Lou Reed and Andy Zwerling, Michael Seidenberg and Jonathan Lethem, Mike Seeger, David Forman, Bob Dylan (of course), Paul Nelson's White House Connection, Rod Stewart, my obituary of David Gahr, and at least one piece about  the New York Dolls. And much, much more.

In the Studio

Tonight at 8 o'clock (EST) on Toronto's CFRB Newstalk 1010, Bob Reid and Blair Packham interview yours truly on their radio program In the Studio. Simply go to the CFRB website and click on LISTEN LIVE. The show will be repeated tomorrow (Sunday) night at 10 o'clock.

Update: The podcast is now available at the CFRB CFRB website.

Kick Out the Jams

This coming Sunday morning, November 6, at 11 o'clock (EST), I'll be joining Dave Marsh for the second hour of his SiriuxXM radio show, Kick Out the Jams. The show airs on The Loft, Channel 30. Dave and I will be playing some of Paul Nelson's favorite music and talking about all things Paul.

Todd McCarthy

Several very talented people took time out of their busy schedules to provide Everything Is an Afterthought and Conversations with Clint with some lovely advance praise. We were able to use all of the blurbs--with the exception of one, which unfortunately arrived just a tad too late.

My apologies to Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter, who had this to say about Conversations with Clint:

"Paul Nelson's resurrected 'lost' interviews represent deep-dish Clint. Nelson recognized the magnitude of the actor-director's talents earlier than most--Eastwood had only made it up to Sudden Impact in 1983 by the time of the final interview--and they clearly had an easy rapport. The result sees the star opening up on his early struggles, how he learned from observing on Rawhide, his close collaborations with Sergio Leone and Don Siegel, money, politics, celebrity, and why he prefers early Bergman and Kurosawa to their later films. Clint has given many interviews, but this is one of his best, definitely of great interest to anyone who takes his work seriously."

Thanks, Todd.

Artist/Thief

Writing about "Dylan's Latest Brush with Plagiarism" in this article from the Boston Examiner, William Routhier opens with the legendary story about the young singer-songwriter swiping Paul Nelson and Jon Pankake's choice folk records.

Book Trailer

Jeff Wong, who's responsible for the terrific illustrations of Paul Nelson that grace the covers of both of my books, demonstrated that he's just as talented in the video medium and put together this nifty book trailer for Conversations with Clint.

Los Angeles Review of Books

Today's lead article in the Los Angeles Review of Books features Jonathan Lethem's foreword to Conversations with Clint, along with two excerpts from Paul Nelson's interviews with Clint Eastwood.

Who could ask for a better shared byline?