Paperback Rocker: Where Words And Music Collide

On Episode 39, I talk with bass player Jason Smith about his journey through life and rock n roll up to this point. He lives in Kentucky and has played in many bands, including The Earps and with Jeff Dahl. Hope you enjoy the episode, my friends! Check out my website, find my books on Amazon, and download the Paperback Rocker App on your phone, found in the Apple App Store and the Amazon App Store. Thanks for listening!!

Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes, on Swell, on Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, or via PocketCast, which is a great app. My website is www.PaperbackRocker.com and you can find links to my books on Amazon there. Find my Android app on the Amazon App Store. Follow me on Twitter @PaperbackRocker. Email me at PaperbackRocker@live.com. Thanks for listening!   The show notes are as follows:   I tell how I came up with the idea for my book, "Blue Whiskey". I talk about novelty songs, people from the East Coast with diverse and well-educated siblings, and folk musicians who can't escape Bob Dylan's long shadow.   I talk about the loneliest whale in the ocean. Have a box of Kleenex. I explain anthropomorphization as it relates to Blue Whales and terriers.   I read an excerpt from "Blue Whiskey" and explain how an author goes about using real people in a fictional work.   I talk about Tori Amos's song, "Promise", which she does with her thirteen-year-old daughter and the reaction of YouTube idiots.     I hope you enjoy the ep

Hello again, my friends. I'm back with my first ever guest on the show. It's Matt Kacar, host of the wonderful Artist Connection Podcast. We had a great discussion about the state of guitar in 2014. What would it be like being a teenager who wants to play guitar today? The music business is in freefall, and pop and EDM dominate the airwaves. But, with YouTube University available for us all, it's easier than ever to learn an instrument. Join us for this fun discussion. I hope you like it, and make sure to listen to the Artist Connection Podcast. Please rate, review, and subscribe. Thanks for listening!!!

In this episode, I try to evaluate if all the work on this podcast is worth it. I manage to work in a story about how I was almost in the Seattle band, 'Tad', talk about playing guitar, and tell you about my bum hip. I hope it doesn't bum you out.

Get the Paperback Rocker App for iOs and in the Amazon App Store for your Android. My website is www.PaperbackRocker.com. Find my books of rock and roll fiction on Amazon by searching my name, Matt Syverson. Follow me on Twitter @PaperbackRocker. Email me at PaperbackRocker@live.com. Thanks for listening! The show notes are as follows: First of all in this episode, I talk about getting Manilowed on my way home from town today. I also imagine a terrifying Manilow Standoff on the way to a Megadeth show. Then, I get way, way, way deep into the concept album 'Preservation Act 1' by the Kinks. I love the Kinks and I want you to feel the same about them. They are the most underrated band in the classic rock world. I hope you enjoy this episode and thanks for listening! Tell a friend about the show! Have a good week, my friends.

Check out my apps for iOS and my Android app in the Amazon App Store! Lots of extras coming and only available on the apps. My website is www.PaperbackRocker.com. You can find the podcast archives there. Find my books of rock and roll fiction on Amazon by searching my name, Matt Syverson. Follow me on Twitter @PaperbackRocker. Email me at PaperbackRocker@live.com. Thanks for listening! The show notes are as follows: On this episode, I talk about another movie, which I got to see on the big screen this week. That is, "Breaking Away". It's one of my favorites. I play clips from the movie and analyze the characters and story. CUTTERS!!! I hope you enjoy it! R.I.P. Robin Williams. Garp forever.

My website is www.PaperbackRocker.com. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Swell, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, and more. Find my books of rock and roll fiction on Amazon by searching my name, Matt Syverson. Find my podcast app on the Amazon App Store and for iOS. Follow me on Twitter @PaperbackRocker. Email me at PaperbackRocker@live.com. Thanks for listening! The show notes are as follows: This is a Goodie Bag episode in which I talk about random things instead of having a single, well-researched topic. I start out with some crazy stuff Santana said. Then I talk about the word 'literally' and how its definition has been changed because of stupid people. I play music by Neel Daniel. Find him at www.neeldaniel.com. I also play music by Gang Forward. Find them at www.gangforward.net. I really like both their music, and I bet you will too. I also talk about the bad habits of highly ineffective people and a list of the biggest douchebags in classic rock. I hope you enjoy this episode and thanks for listening!

On this episode, I delve deep into one of my favorite movies, 'American Graffiti'. I also read an excerpt from my book, 'Band On The Run'. I hope you enjoy it! My website is www.PaperbackRocker.com. You can find the podcast archives there. Find my books of rock and roll fiction on Amazon by searching my name, Matt Syverson. Find my podcast app on the Amazon App Store. Follow me on Twitter @PaperbackRocker. Email me at PaperbackRocker@live.com. Thanks for listening!

My website is www.PaperbackRocker.com. You can find the podcast archives there. Find my books of rock and roll fiction on Amazon by searching my name, Matt Syverson. Find my podcast app on the Amazon App Store. Follow me on Twitter @PaperbackRocker. Email me at PaperbackRocker@live.com. Thanks for listening!   The show notes are as follows:   Remember the movie 'Born on the Fourth of July'? Something terrible happened to me while I was watching it. I talk about the movie and tell my story. I talk about Hanoi Jane and tell you what I think is the worst guitar sound in the history of classic rock.   I talk about the FBI watching John Lennon, and I play a demo of a song I wrote called 'Dead Presidents'. I end the episode with Bono's thoughts on America.     Happy Independence Day, and thank you to any veterans who might be listening. I hope you enjoy this episode and thanks for listening.

Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes, on Swell, on Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, or via PocketCast, which is a great app. My website is www.PaperbackRocker.com and you can find links to my books on Amazon there. Find my Android app on the Amazon App Store. Follow me on Twitter @PaperbackRocker. Email me at PaperbackRocker@live.com. Thanks for listening!   The show notes are as follows:   First, I congratulate Matt Kacar of the Artist Connection Podcast on his three year anniversary. I appeared on episode 205 of his show. Ben Sawin, Barry Gross, Neel Daniel, and Marie from My Wild Surmise gave me some good feedback after the last episode.   I give some advice on how to cook big pieces of meat in the oven without overcooking them. I read a poem that illustrates my desire to podcast from many years ago after my divorce.   I tell a story about when I saw a UFO, no lie.   The subject of this episode is a raconteur by the name of Jean Shepherd. He's the guy who wrote "Christmas Story" and narrates it. The story of his life

My website is www.PaperbackRocker.com. You can find the podcast archives there. Find my books of rock and roll fiction on Amazon by searching my name, Matt Syverson. Find my Android podcast app on the Amazon App Store. Follow me on Twitter @PaperbackRocker. Email me at PaperbackRocker@live.com. Thanks for listening!   The show notes are as follows:   On this episode, I talk about Casey Kasem and what he meant to me. I also look deep into the art of splash diving.   A book called "Why Knock Rock?" came out in 1984, and it said that rock music is about sex, drugs, and Satan. It talked about KISS, as well as Linda Ronstadt.   I give you the high points of Ben Fong-Torres' Rolling Stone profile of Ronstadt in '75. She talks about Led Zeppelin, doing smack, getting her nose cauterized from doing cocaine, and overeating.     I hope you enjoy this episode and thanks for listening!

My website is www.PaperbackRocker.com. Find my books of rock and roll fiction on Amazon by searching my name, Matt Syverson. Find my podcast app on the Amazon App Store. Follow me on Twitter @PaperbackRocker. Email me at PaperbackRocker@live.com. Thanks for listening! The show notes are as follows: On this episode, I talk about Brad Pitt, Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Keef Richards, Peter Tosh, St. Vincent, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, the Dylan Liberation Front, Henry Rollins, the Apple Scruffs, Jan and Dean, Creem Magazine, David Lee Roth, Queen and Freddie Mercury, Yusuf Islam, Cat Stevens, the Ramones, the Talking Heads, Blondie, Chicago, Peter Cetera, Peter Etcetera, Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, Gwen Stefani, and Corrosion of Conformity. I may have forgotten some others I talked about. I hope you enjoy this episode and thanks for listening!

My website is PaperbackRocker.com Find my books of rock and roll fiction on Amazon by searching my name, Matt Syverson. Find my podcast app on the Amazon App Store. Follow me on Twitter @PaperbackRocker. Email me at PaperbackRocker@live.com. Thanks for listening! The show notes are as follows: Sorry, but this is a short episode. It has an interview I did with Todd Brunner after I published 'Black Dog', as well as a demo recording I did of a song called 'Gun In My Hand'. I hope you enjoy this episode and thanks for listening!

My website is PaperbackRocker.com Find my books of rock and roll fiction on Amazon by searching my name, Matt Syverson. Find my podcast app on the Amazon App Store. Follow me on Twitter @PaperbackRocker. Email me at PaperbackRocker@live.com. Thanks for listening! The show notes are as follows: I talk about the passion for life I had as a teenager and how I'm trying to get that back. Then I talk about what I think is one of the most perfect movies ever made. I hope you enjoy this episode and thanks for listening!

My website is www.PaperbackRocker.com. You can find the podcast archives there. Find my books of rock and roll fiction on Amazon by searching my name, Matt Syverson. Find my podcast app on the Amazon App Store. Follow me on Twitter @PaperbackRocker. Email me at PaperbackRocker@live.com. Thanks for listening! The show notes are as follows: This episode doesn't need a long description. It's simply my thoughts on gratitude, perspective, determination, confidence, perseverance, and how to succeed at whatever undertaking you pursue. Everyone always roots for the underdog. And the underdog often wins. I hope you enjoy this episode and thanks for listening!

My website is www.PaperbackRocker.com. You can find the podcast archives there. Find my books of rock and roll fiction on Amazon by searching my name, Matt Syverson. Follow me on Twitter @PaperbackRocker. Email me at PaperbackRocker@live.com. Thanks for listening! The show notes are as follows: My new Paperback Rocker app is available on Amazon. It has all my shows and extra bonus stuff, including the OPM Den Sessions. The bonus content for this episode will be a Queen concert from 1974. It is the day after Mother's Day, and I talk about my mother, including the book she's writing about living in Greece. I sold books on Saturday in Goliad, Texas, in the shade of the Hanging Tree. I talk about the bootlegs I used to buy for thirty bucks each in Seattle. The impetus for this episode is a post I put on Facebook about two things men love and women hate. Do you agree? I talk about John Lennon's primal screaming, his lost weekend with Harry Nilsson, and the screaming contest the two had that blew out one of their t

My website is www.PaperbackRocker.com. You can find the podcast archives there. Find my books of rock and roll fiction on Amazon by searching my name, Matt Syverson. Follow me on Twitter @PaperbackRocker. Email me at PaperbackRocker@live.com. Thanks for listening! The show notes are as follows: My new Paperback Rocker app is available on Amazon. It has all my shows and extra bonus stuff, including the OPM Den Sessions. I am waiting on a drop shipment of popsicles as I make this episode. I begin with a discussion of the features and benefits of lump charcoal. Briquettes are only good for one thing. I talk about the singer of Puddle of Mudd getting arrested repeatedly and gloat over it, because he was a major douchebag when I met him backstage at one of his shows. I don't like to talk bad about other artists, but in this case I'm making an exception. Next, I talk about Stephen Pearcy quitting Ratt. Ratt was the first real rock concert I went to, and I have a pretty good story about that show. I talk about Sebas

My website is www.PaperbackRocker.com. You can find the podcast archives there. Find my books of rock and roll fiction on Amazon by searching my name, Matt Syverson. Follow me on Twitter @PaperbackRocker. Email me at PaperbackRocker@live.com. Thanks for listening! The show notes are as follows: My new Paperback Rocker app is available on Amazon. It has all my shows and extra bonus stuff, including the OPM Den Sessions. On this episode, I talk about smoking meat, Texas-style. Then I talk about the last Texxas Jam at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, which was also the Monsters of Rock show with Dokken, Metallica, Van Halen and others. I apologize for saying 'ya know' so much on the last episode, because I was hopped up on the bean. I talk about the Australian town where David Bowie's "Let's Dance" video was shot, which is going bankrupt and needs the Thin White Duke to rescue them. I talk about Stevie Ray Vaughan, too. Next, I discuss the lengths to which some self-published authors will go to in order to sell books,

My website is www.PaperbackRocker.com. You can find the podcast archives there. Find my books of rock and roll fiction on Amazon by searching my name, Matt Syverson. Follow me on Twitter @PaperbackRocker. Email me at PaperbackRocker@live.com. Thanks for listening! The show notes are as follows: My new Paperback Rocker app is available on Amazon. It has all my shows and extra bonus stuff. On this show I talk about the virtual community of artists I have as internet friends. Check out Greg Renoff's website www.vanhalenrising.com. He is a host on the 'New Books in Popular Music' podcast and is writing a book about the early years of Van Halen. He did a great interview on the 'Rock and/or Roll Podcast'. My buddy and fellow Scottie owner Jake Lee from Hollywood is friends with the visual artist at www.DeanKarr.com who has photographed lots of musicians and directed tons of cool videos. Jake has a cool daughter named Hannah who you can hear at the very end of this episode. Check out my friend Marie at www.MyWildSur

My website is www.PaperbackRocker.com. You can find the podcast archives there. Find my books of rock and roll fiction on Amazon by searching my name, Matt Syverson. Follow me on Twitter @PaperbackRocker. Email me at PaperbackRocker@live.com. Thanks for listening! The show notes are as follows: My new Paperback Rocker app is available on Amazon. It has all my shows and will have extra bonus stuff, too. On this show I talk about all things mosh. I examine the history of the term and when it first came into the common vernacular. In my opinion, this can mainly be attributed to the thrash band, Anthrax. Their album 'Among the Living' has a song called 'Caught in a Mosh'. I talk about my love for that album, as well as the biker jackets Anthrax wore in the liner picture. Two members of Anthrax had an unpolitically correct side project called Stormtroopers of Death, which I talk about a little. Surprisingly enough, all this mosh talk was predicated by a memory of the balladeer Richard Marx, who I saw at a concert