BOOK END

In 2004, I became determined to write a book about the history of KROQ, a radio station here in Los Angeles and its impact on the birth of "alt" culture; the story of the station would parallel my own personal growth and be something of a musical memoir. Initially I paired up with writer Kate Sullivan, who'd written an excellent oral history of the station for Los Angeles. Kate eventually dropped out, but I kept moving forward with the project, whose working title was The Sound Salvation. I interviewed lots of interesting folks who'd been involved with the station, including the Insane Darrell Wayne, Shadoe Stevens, Flo & Eddie, Larry Woodside, Chuck Randall, Scott Mason, Raechel Donahue, Dusty Street and countless others, who were incredibly gracious with their time. Those I spoke with were totally stoked about the project. Some weren't, some were total assholes, but that's to be expected. At any rate, it remains a great story. But I'm not going to write it, at least in its original incarnation.

I had an agent who was enthusiastic and a 60-page proposal that covered all the bases. She pitched to just about every house that published pop culture books, but each came back with a no. Most who read it were more interested in the memoir-ish content than the KROQ material. So I may return to a memoir-oriented project. Or not. I think, however, I need to let KROQ go. I know I'll get around to to thanking everyone who has helped me get this far with it, but I figured I could start here.

Onward and upward.