Joel Selvin

Thursday, 04 November 2021

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Robert Altman, photographer who captured 1960s counterculture scene in San Francisco, dies

The Los Angeles Times 06 Oct 2021

SAN FRANCISCO  — ... Altman was found dead in his San Francisco home on Sept ... ) ... Music critic Joel Selvin said Altman’s porfolio was singular. “Robert Altman has left us with some indelible images from a time and place that will ring through the ages as an enduring American archetype, The San Francisco Hippie,” Selvin wrote ... “The nest is empty.

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Longtime Press Agent Lee Houskeeper Announces Robert Altman, Legendary '60s Rolling Stone ...

Eagle-Tribune 06 Oct 2021

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Legendary photojournalist Robert Altman, born Oct ... Music critic and author Joel Selvin has said, "Robert Altman has left us with some indelible images from a time and place that will ring through the ages as an enduring American archetype, The San Francisco Hippie." ... Through the Lens." ... CONTACT. ... Password.

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Steven Van Zandt talks new memoir, prospect of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band tour & more

Cleveland 28 Sep 2021

CLEVELAND, Ohio – No less a legend than Bob Dylan is featured in a testimonial for Steven Van Zandt’s new memoir, “Unrequited Infatuations,” writing hat “Stevie proves it time and time again he’s the man to know.” ... And fans probably don’t know it as well they they may think ... Van Zandt ... Van Zandt will discuss the book again with Joel Selvin at 8 p.m ... .

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History: Sinatra pal Keely Smith defined desert cool

Daily Press Victorville 19 Sep 2021

The concept of "cool," invented by jazz musicians, was incarnated in the late 1950s in Las Vegas by Louis Prima and Keely Smith ... Music critic Joel Selvin wrote of her in 2008 ... "She doesn't see herself as an archetype of anything," Selvin continued ... Selvin reported that the duo's spectacular success was lost on Smith at the time ... Selvin wrote ... Hardly ... .

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From Brian Wilson to Nancy Sinatra: The L.A. Music Scene in the ’60s

New York Times 22 May 2021

Joel Selvin’s book “Hollywood Eden” revisits “the myth of the California paradise.” ... .

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Hollywood Eden: Electric Guitars, Fast Cars, and the Myth of the California Paradise

All About Jazz 08 May 2021

Joel Selvin ... Joel Selvin may well grab the reader's attention with his very first sentence of Hollywood Eden ... (?) use of colloquialisms ('wicked smart,' 'up-and-comer on the scene') almost make it seem Joel Selvin is subtly ridiculing the various characters he's discussing.

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Book Club: Barack Obama and Ava DuVernay talk ‘A Promised Land’

The Los Angeles Times 17 Apr 2021

Good morning, and welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter ... “This was America in the early 1980s, after all ... A new conservatism was taking hold ... Advertisement. L.A ... New books from Ronald Brownstein (“Rock Me on the Water”), Mick LaSalle (“Dream State”) and Joel Selvin (“Hollywood Eden) examine the mythology of the Golden State through pop culture.

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How California’s culture industry manufactured the California dream

The Los Angeles Times 15 Apr 2021

By Joel Selvin ... “Hollywood Eden” by Joel Selvin ... Joel Selvin, the Berkeley-bred former pop music critic at the San Francisco Chronicle, casts his gaze southward to the Los Angeles of the late ’50s and ’60s for his new book “Hollywood Eden ... the book “Hollywood Eden” by Joel Selvin.

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'Hollywood Eden' vividly captures early 60s Los Angeles music culture

Lincoln Journal Star 01 Apr 2021

Those kids, who went from classroom to pop stardom in the early ‘60s, are central figures in “Hollywood Eden,” Joel Selvin’s new book -- out Tuesday -- that connects the dots of musicians, producers and industry types who popularized the Southern California sun-and-surf culture and helped turn Los Angeles into the center of the music business.

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Forest's Jackson leads county as top boys soccer player

Ocala Star Banner 01 Apr 2021

For Forest’s Dorian Jackson, the goal he sets for everything he does in life is to be the best that he can be. Most notably of late, that ideal has translated into playing soccer ... If you’re gonna do something, you want to try to be the best at it ... F ... F ... Joel Hunt, West Port, Sr ... Joel Magwood, Aiden Kaczmarski, Selvin Benegas Rodas; DUNNELLON.

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Author to discuss ‘Hollywood Eden’

Santa Barbara News-Press 30 Mar 2021

COURTESY PHOTO. “Hollywood Eden” will be discussed during an April 12 Chaucer’s Books talk. SANTA BARBARA — Music journalist Joel Selvin will discuss his new book “Hollywood Eden ... ....

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California Eden: Sun, Surf, Sex, and Some Great Music

Houston Press 22 Mar 2021

Awash in sun, fun, surf, and songs, they all come together in esteemed music journalist Joel Selvin’s latest book out April 6, Hollywood Eden ... “The idea that all these people were going to high school together and knew each other was kind of the spark that made me want to do this book,” Selvin says.

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New biography explores unknown hitmaker, history of R&B;

CBS News 20 Mar 2021

Rock journalist Joel Selvin joins “CBS This Morning.

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Liam’s List Dec. 18: Guide To Fitness, Food, Fun, Staying Connected While Social Distancing

CBS Sports 18 Dec 2020

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — KCBS reporter Liam Mayclem will be providing KPIX 5 users with a weekly tip list on how best to survive the current coronavirus outbreak. ANNIMATION ... ACTION ... A really cool part of the walk through gallery is the narrated story telling by Bay Area music journalism veterans Ben Fong-Torres, Jaan Uhelski and Joel Selvin ... 1 ... .

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Arrests In Brevard County: October 4, 2020 – Suspects Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty

Space Coast Daily 05 Oct 2020

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – The suspects below were arrested by various law enforcement agencies on the Space Coast. PLEASE NOTE. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law ... Thomas Barbot-aviles. Gender Male. Race Black or African American. DOB 05/17/1994. Address Palm Bay, Florida. Height/Weight 70/150.0 ... 2 ... Selvin Joel Sevilla ... .