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of the experience, "I went to write and research in my own space at the big library on Fifth Avenue. It was the best, walking past the lions and up the stairs to my desk to look at dirty magazines." Edison would later lecture on free speech at the
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Edison performed the book numerous times on the subsequent book tour with his band the Space
Liberation Army. Spin magazine commented “Smart, filthy, and funny, Mike Edison is no ordinary author... Edison brings the stories from his book to life with the performance chops of a seasoned
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gave the book a starred review, calling it, “A beer-sozzled, speed-cranked nail bomb of a book—what everybody's
Saturday night should be like." Edison has also been criticized for spending too much time “settling old scores with his enemies,” particularly his former co-workers at
840:. The book has been described as “both a gonzo rush—capturing the bristling energy of the Rolling Stones and the times in which they lived—and a wide-eyed reflection on why the Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band in the World needed the world's greatest rock 'n' roll drummer.”
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from 2008 to 2012. His acquisitions at
Backbeat ranged from biographies to scholarly and pop histories for all genres of music — from soul music to punk rock to classic rock, jazz, classical, country, and beyond. The final title that was published during his tenure,
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Drummer was critically acclaimed, called, “The most colorfully graphic and, arguably, the most accurate description extant of the Rolling Stones at the absolute pinnacle of their career” by
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Liberation Army (now featuring Mickey Finn and ex-Sonic Youth drummer Bob Bert) were the featured performers at the East Village Arts Festival, hosted by the New York Public Library.
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Edison lives and works as a writer, editor, journalist, and musician in New York City. He continues to write frequently about sex and
American culture, and he was the senior editor of music publisher
200:, and the history of blues and rock ’n ’roll drumming. Edison speaks frequently on free speech, and the American counterculture. Between 2011 and 2018, Edison was the host and producer of the weekly
941:, Edison created the “legendary bong guitar video” which has been described as “the most watched non-fiction book trailer of all time,” with over 500,000 views on YouTube. For his most recent book,
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praised Edison's tact in handling the subject of pornography, writing, “a prevalent persuasion in the book is Edison's staunch feminism,” and adding that, “he loves people and their freedoms.”
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Between 1985 and 1988 he authored 28 pornographic novels, and in his career on the seamy side of the publishing business, he has written about German whorehouses and
Spanish coke dealers for
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gossip column that thousands of dollars of pot had gone missing from the photo shoot. After taking the magazine to new heights in sales and advertising, he was instrumental in producing
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I Have Fun
Everywhere I Go: Savage Tales of Pot, Porn, Punk Rock, Pro Wrestling, Talking Apes, Evil Bosses, Dirty Blues, American Heroes, and the Most Notorious Magazines in the World
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In his memoir, Edison describes growing up in a dysfunctional Jewish household in suburban New Jersey, and discovering marijuana at the age of fourteen. Soon after he had his first
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is one of the small number of books that can open your ears. Infectious... a remarkable achievement.” Embraced by the drumming community, the biography received praise from
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is “an effusively infectious tribute to art in all of its myriad forms.” In 2020, Charlie Watts himself called the author to thank him for writing “such a lovely book.”
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noted that, "Edison is a fast enough talker to move the reader quickly into what turns out to be a well-crafted history of censorship and sex." Jewish culture website
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Edison Rocket Train: Go-Go Gospel and the Shakin’ Beat, the History of the Edison Rocket Train, Vol. 1. (Interstellar Roadhouse, 2014)
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wrote that “Edison's memoir about his troubled relationship with his straitlaced dad is a work of humor and pathos.”
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You Are a Complete Disappointment: A Triumphant Memoir of Failed Expectations, by Mike Edison | Booklist Online
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Dirty! Dirty! Dirty!: Of Playboys, Pigs, and Penthouse Paupers, An American Tale of Sex and Wonder;
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1797:"The Rolling Stones' Charlie Watts Matters, Dammit! An Interview with Biographer Mike Edison"
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Go-Go Gospel and the Shakin’ Beat: The History of the Edison Rocket Train, Vol. 1
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1886:"Mike Edison: The TNB Self-Interview | The Nervous Breakdown"
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How Punk Rock Ruined My Life: The Best of Mike Edison, Vol. 1
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Arts & Seizures hosted by Mike Edison & Judy McGuire
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band Killdozer, who released one self-produced LP entitled
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Career: Pro wrestling, sex, and the American counterculture
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Mike Edison and the Rocket Train Delta Science Arkestra,
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who called it, “Required reading for any Stones fan.”
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