The other day I posted three songs from the August 13 concert at the Riverside Theatre in Perth, Australia.

Here’s a fourth, “Things Have Changed.”

[I just published my rock ‘n’ roll novel, True Love Scars.” I’ve got a Goodreads. book giveaway going right now. Click here and enter.]

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I was recently interviewed by DJ Brian Wise for his excellent Australian radio show, “Off the Record” on Triple R.

We talked about Bob Dylan, and we talked about my new rock ‘n’ roll novel. True Love Scars, and we talked about how Bob Dylan figures in the novel.

Last week, Brian aired a 15 minute segment that included me reading from the novel. You can listen to that one here.

This week during a ten minute segment finds we reading two more sections from the novel, and talking about the book.

There will be three for segments, one a week, for the next three weeks. As they air I’ll post about them.

To listen to the second interview segment, click here.

And the other day this wonderful five-star review of True Love Scars with the headline “Get It!” was posted at Amazon by Barbara Shelley:

‘First times’ are the most memorable. Michael Goldberg’s new book takes the reader on a wild, crazy and love-filled trip through high school and college ‘first times.’ Rock ‘n’ roll runs through his blood while he tells his story of lust, love, drugs and the dreaded parents. But this isn’t just any sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll story. It’s written in first person almost as if Goldberg is in the room telling the story that moved me to out loud laughing and memories that moved my soul. If Bob Dylan, Marianne Faithful, The Rolling Stones, Iggy Pop, Captain Beefheart, or the New York Dolls mean anything to you, you will love this book. I couldn’t put it down for a minute and rammed my way through the best book I’ve read in years. Not since “Nightwood” by Djauna Barnes and that was in l969. Get it.

[I just published my rock ‘n’ roll novel, True Love Scars.” I’ve got a Goodreads. book giveaway going right now. Click here and enter.]

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The Australian band Raised By Eagles joined by singer Tracy McNeil do three gorgeous versions of Bob Dylan songs on the “Off The Record” radio show: “Alberta,” “Wallflower, “Mama, You Been On My Mind” and “House Carpenter” this past Saturday.

Listen here.

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And on the same show I was interviewed about my novel, True Love Scars.

Listen here.

[I just published my rock ‘n’ roll novel, True Love Scars.” I’ve got a Goodreads. book giveaway going right now. Click here and enter.]

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I’ve got a book giveaway going at Goodreads right now.

I’m giving away ten trade paperback copies of my rock ‘n’ roll novel, True Love Scars.

Here’s what other writers are saying about the book:

“Michael Goldberg is comparable to Kerouac in a 21st century way, someone trying to use that language and energy and find a new way of doing it.” – Mark Mordue, author of Dastgah: Diary of a Head Trip

“Radioactive as Godzilla.” – Richard Meltzer, author of The Aesthetics of Rock

Here’s what reviewers at Amazon are saying about the book:

5.0 out of 5 stars GET IT, August 14, 2014

By Barbara Shelley “James Joyce book geek” (Los Angeles, CA)

‘First times’ are the most memorable. Michael Goldberg’s new book takes the reader on a wild, crazy and love-filled trip through high school and college ‘first times.’ Rock ‘n’ roll runs through his blood while he tells his story of lust, love, drugs and the dreaded parents. But this isn’t just any sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll story. It’s written in first person almost as if Goldberg is in the room telling the story that moved me to out loud laughing and memories that moved my soul. If Bob Dylan, Marianne Faithful, The Rolling Stones, Iggy Pop, Captain Beefheart, or the New York Dolls mean anything to you, you will love this book. I couldn’t put it down for a minute and rammed my way through the best book I’ve read in years. Not since “Nightwood” by Djauna Barnes and that was in l969. Get it.

And:

5.0 out of 5 stars Michael/Writerman The Duality of Michael Stein July 15, 2014

By Adam Strong

Through the lens of a true Dylanophile, Goldberg’s narrator is rendered with a voice that rattles off the page.

More Amazon review here

Enter to win a copy of True Love Scars.

Contest ends September 2, 2014.

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Great live recording of a great Van Morrison set in front of an invited audience at Pacific High Studios in San Francisco, September 5, 1971.

Includes Van singing Bob Dylan’s “Just Like A Woman” 42 minutes into the clip.

Set List:

1 Into The Mystic 05:57
2 I’ve Been Working 06:25
3 Friday’s Child 05:54
4 Que Sera Sera / Hound Dog 03:00
5 Ballerina 09:03
6 Tupelo Honey 06:24
7 Wild Night 04:44
8 Just Like A Woman 08:07
9 Moonshine Whiskey 07:58
10 Dead Or Alive 05:22
11 You’re My Woman 06:02
12 These Dreams Of You 03:26
13 Domino 06:20
14 Call Me Up In Dreamland 03:45
15 Blue Money 04:29
16 Bring It On Home To Me 04:27
17 Buona Sera, Senorita

[I just published my rock ‘n’ roll/ coming-of-age novel, “True Love Scars,” which features a narrator who is obsessed with Bob Dylan. To read the first chapter, head here.

Or watch an arty video with audio of me reading from the novel here.]

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Neil Young AKA Bernard Shakey co-directed “Human Highway” with Dean Stockwell in the late’70s and early ’80s and it was first released in 1982.

Now a Director’s Cut will be debuted at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, which runs from Sept. 4 through Sept. 14, 2014.

I would expect that later this year, or sometime in 2015, a DVD and blu-ray will be released, although this is speculation at this point, as no information about a DVD or blu-ray version has been announced.

Wikipedia on the plot of “Human Highway”:

Employees and customers spend time at a small gas station-diner in a fictional town next to a nuclear power plant unaware it is the last day on Earth. Young Otto (Dean Stockwell) has received ownership of the failing business by the Will of his recently deceased father. His employee, Lionel Switch (Neil Young), is the garage’s goofy and bumbling auto mechanic who dreams of being a rock star. “I can do it!” Lionel often exclaims. After some modest character development and a collage-like dream sequence there is a tongue-in-cheek choreographed musical finale while nuclear war begins.

This amazing scene really tells it like it is, and Neil Young got it right over 30 years ago. Right now, 2014, the world is falling apart and the corporate lords who rule don’t give a shit.

Watch the film:

More trailers below:

Human Highway (Director’s Cut) Trailer from Shakey Pictures on Vimeo.

Director(s): Bernard Shakey, Dean Stockwell, Neil Young
Country: USA
Year: 1982
Language: English
Premiere Status: World Premiere
Runtime: 80 minutes
Rating: STC
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CAST & CREDITS
Executive Producer: Elliot Rabinowitz
Producer: L.A. Johnson
Production Company: Shakey Pictures
Principal Cast: Dean Stockwell, Neil Young, Devo, Russ Tamblyn, Dennis Hopper, Charlotte Stewart, Sally Kirkland, Geraldine Baron
Screenplay: Bernard Shakey, Dean Stockwell, Jeanne Field, Russ Tamblyn
Cinematographer: David Myers
Editor: James Beshear, L.A. Johnson, Benjamin Johnson, Toshi Onuki, Mark Faulkner
Sound: Tim Mulligan, Tamara Johnson
Music: Neil Young, Devo

Thanks for tipping me off about this Thrasher’s Wheat!

[I just published my rock ‘n’ roll/ coming-of-age novel, “True Love Scars,” which features a narrator who is obsessed with Bob Dylan. To read the first chapter, head here.

Or watch an arty video with audio of me reading from the novel here.]

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