Goodreads Giveaway and more …

Enjoy the moment … again!

Now’s your chance to score a free copy of Blast from Your Past! Rock & Roll Radio DJs: the First Five Years 1954-1959!

Until June 23, 2012, you can enter the Goodreads BFYP book giveaway – four lucky winners – and, we’ll be celebrating Baby Boomer’s Recognition Day! [I've nicknamed it "Give an Elder a Hug Day!" ]

And am I still writing on Vol. I of the full-throttle edition–Blast from Your Past! Rock & Roll Radio DJs who ROCKED Your World! 1954-1979–? Of course! Just have to take my few moments to work on it in between life’s time-sucking adventures … sigh.

BUT I have Blast from Your Past news! Look below for:
* LR “on the air” talkin’ ’bout BFYP DJs and, yes, Rock & Roll Radio!
* New BFYP sister-site: 39 And Holding Club!

When Rock & Roll Rescued Radio

Can you imagine your life without radio? OK, well maybe these days you can. But fifty-plus years ago our lives were ruled by the airwaves—not the digital waves. There was no Internet … no Facebook … no (gasp!) Twitter. Not even television!

Radio was our source for minute-to-minute news, event information, entertainment, and of course, gossip. It was our connection to the world outside our homes, neighborhoods, and country.

Families gathered ‘round the ol’ Zenith console in the living room after supper (yes, after, not during). As tall as your little brother, it stood majestically in a smooth, burnished mahogany; a beautiful piece of furniture commanding the center of the room while your parents listened to the evening news. You struggled with your homework then slipped into your jammies. The family settled on the sofa for an hour of The Life of Riley. Ah, that was the life!

Give … Give … Blast from Your Past Giveaway!!

As a Goodreads.com member, I’m trying to learn all the ins-and-outs of their great promotional possibilities. I discovered their Giveaways last week and promptly set up a St. Patrick’s Day contest for Blast from Your Past!

What fun … readers looking for cheery, vintage entertainment will receive free author-signed copies of Blast from Your Past! Rock & Roll Radio DJs: the First Five Years 1954-1959. So tell me, do ya feel lucky?! Click and enter!

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Blast from Your Past! Ebook-first five years 1954-59

Enjoy the moment ... again!

Coming soon!

What’s coming soon, you ask? The ebook: Blast from Your Past! Rock & Roll Radio DJs – the First Five Years, 1954-1959.

The ebook edition is based on the full-throttle version:

Blast from Your Past! Rock & Roll Radio DJs who ROCKED Your World! 1954-1979, Vol. I, due for release in 2011.

But the ebook edition is for you wild-n-crazy kids from the era, who don’t want to wait to relive the fun, nostalgia and rebel yells of some of the DJs spinning the platters that matter.

I’ve been working on this book for more than two — OMG — nearly three years. Yep, I can attest to the fact that writing a book is NOT a get-rich-quick scheme. I am the epitome of the starving artist, but having oh, so much fun in the writing of this first of several books on our country’s Rock & Roll Radio DJs.

More than 40 DJs were interviewed and never-before-told stories even came from the most prolific writer of the bunch, “Cousin” Bruce Morrow (NY). “My” DJs are scattered throughout America in large and small markets that include KISN in Portland, Oregon, Chicago (of course), Philadelphia (no doubt!), San Diego, Los Angeles, and many points up, down and around the country. Think Ron Riley, Jim Stagg, Ken Chase, Shotgun Tom Kelly, Lee Gray, Rich Brother Robbin, and many, many more! Dedicated to the consummate DJ, Wolfman Jack! Foreword by Lonnie Napier, Wolfman’s 25-year friend and business vice president.

When you ask if “your” DJ’s name is in the Table of Contents you might be disappointed — believe me, I cringe when I can’t answer yes — but I’ve learned that there are waaaaay more than 40-something DJs who mattered to the teens and tweens of the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s. So — Vol. II will follow quickly on the heels of this first offering — and I already have contacts for at least half of that book. We did love our DJs.

The ebook of the first five years, 1954-1979  is almost ready — give me another several days; though hopefully, I’ll navigate the waters sooner. When it’s up and ready for you to peruse and purchase, you’ll be the first to know! Besides the DJs’ stories, you’ll relive with me some of the events, philosophies, and craziness that shaped our era. Especially in this first five years, as I reached deep down and dredged up memories — and what I couldn’t remember I researched! — and blended it all together with the DJs’ tales of scenes behind the microphone. Oh, baby, you know what I like!

Have questions? Care to contribute to either the full-throttle version, or soon-to-be comments area of the website? (www.BlastFromYourPast.NET) Have at it! Love to hear from you. In the meantime, if you visit the website you’ll note two invitations — one to sign up for the Fuzzy Dice Newsletter, so you’ll receive updates on the BFYP projects and release dates — and one to take a memory-laden Rock & Roll Radio survey that might get you a free copy of the full-throttle edition. Have fun!

Rock on!

LinDee