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Dean Goodman

Music Journalist • Author • Ghostwriter

  • New!
    • Hit it! James Brown’s “Gravity” album a timeless ’80s classic
    • Roger Daltrey’s modest memoir is a quick one
    • Midnight Oil’s Jim Moginie celebrates his Irishness, music in new memoir
    • 2007 Time Capsule: Iggy Pop’s Reunited Stooges Play L.A. Cybercast
    • “A Complete Unknown” – Yet Another Side of Bob Dylan Emerges in New Film
    • Roxana Shirazi – Rock Groupie (NSFW)
  • Interviews: A-D
    • Aerosmith: Joe Perry
    • Audioslave: Chris Cornell
    • Barry Manilow
    • Beach Boys: Mike Love
    • Bee Gees: Maurice Gibb
    • Bee Gees: Robin Gibb
    • Big Audio Dynamite
    • Black Sabbath – 2013
    • Bob Seger
    • Carly Simon
    • The Chills
      • Martin Phillipps, on Submarine Bells and Soft Bomb
      • The Chills conquer Los Angeles (finally)
    • Debbie Gibson
    • Depeche Mode: Dave Gahan
    • Don Cornelius
    • Dido
    • The Doors: Ray Manzarek
    • Duff McKagan
  • Interviews: E-I
    • Eagles: Timothy B. Schmit
    • Gail Ann Dorsey
    • Grace Slick
    • Green Day
    • Heart: Nancy Wilson
    • Hilary Duff
    • Hoodoo Gurus
    • Hugh Hefner – Portrait of a Young Man
    • Ice-T + Body Count
    • Iggy Pop
    • INXS
  • Interviews J-O
    • “Cowboy” Jack Clement
    • Jann Wenner – 2007
    • Jeff Beck
    • John Fogerty
    • John Mellencamp
    • Johnny Cash: Rick Rubin
    • Johnny Rotten
    • Kevin Nealon
    • Marianne Faithfull
    • Metallica: James Hetfield
    • Metallica: Robert Trujillo
    • Monkees: Michael Nesmith
    • Motorhead
    • Neil Diamond
    • Oasis: Liam Gallagher
    • Olivia Harrison
  • Interviews: P-Z
    • Phil Collins
    • The Police: Stewart Copeland
    • Queen: Roger Taylor
    • Robbie Robertson
    • Sammy Hagar
    • Sheryl Crow
    • Slash
    • Smashing Pumpkins
    • Smokey Robinson
    • Social Distortion
    • Solomon Burke
    • Steve Cropper vs. Wilson Pickett
    • Tom Petty
    • U2: The Edge
    • Van Morrison
  • Buddy Holly
    • Buddy Holly’s brother
    • Buddy Holly’s widow
    • Buddy Holly Pilgrimage
  • Chuck Berry
    • Chuck Berry – 2002
    • Chuck Berry – 2006
  • The Clash
    • The Clash: Don Letts
    • The Clash: Mick Jones
  • David Bowie
    • David Bowie
    • The outback pub in David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” video
    • David Bowie: The Brixton Years
  • Kiss
    • Gene Simmons – 2004
    • Gene Simmons – 2015
    • Paul Stanley
    • Ozzy Osbourne, Gene Simmons
  • Led Zeppelin
    • Jimmy Page and Robert Plant
    • Jimmy Page
    • Jimmy Page at the Grammys
    • Robert Plant
    • John Paul Jones at the Grammys
    • Jason and Zoe Bonham at the Grammys
    • Jason Bonham
  • Midnight Oil
    • Midnight Oil: Jim Moginie
    • Midnight Oil’s Jim Moginie celebrates his Irishness, music in new memoir
    • Midnight Oil: Where are they now?
    • Midnight Oil in Europe, 2022
  • Rod Stewart
    • Rod Stewart – 2006
    • Rod Stewart – 2011
  • Rolling Stones
    • The Rolling Stones
    • The Rolling Stones in New Zealand, 1965 + 1966
    • Mick Jagger – 1997
    • Mick Jagger – 1998
    • Keith Richards
    • Keith Richards at Gram Parsons tribute concert
    • Charlie Watts
    • Ron Wood
    • “Satisfaction” turns 50
    • Free Rolling Stones tickets …
  • The Who
    • Pete Townshend
    • Pete Townshend on Obama
    • Roger Daltrey – 2002
    • Roger Daltrey – 2007
    • Roger Daltrey – 2008
    • Roger Daltrey’s modest memoir is a quick one
    • The Who at the Orpheum Theatre, 2008
  • My Books
    • Strange Days: The Adventures of a Grumpy Rock ‘n’ Roll Journalist in Los Angeles
      • The Kewpie dolls
    • Just Me: The Life Story of a Nobody – By Susan McKearney
    • Street Survivor: Keeping the Beat in Lynyrd Skynyrd – By Artimus Pyle
  • About
    • Contact + Bio
    • Travel map
    • Concerts attended
    • The story that got me fired
      • Some of my old articles
      • Some favorite songs

Susan McKearney

Books 

“Just Me: The Life Story of a Nobody” – By Susan McKearney

December 4, 2020December 7, 2020 tsar Author, Colonial, Domestic abuse, Memoir, New Zealand, Susan McKearney

“After reading through my tale, do not judge me too harshly. Remember the plain, old authoress, wrinkled and withered with the years.” — Susan McKearney

New Zealand grandmother Susan McKearney makes her literary debut with the stunning memoir Just Me: The Life Story of a Nobody.

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Older Blog Posts

  • Ahmet vs. Dweezil Zappa
  • Awards shows – please kill me!
  • The Beatles in New Zealand, 1964
  • Celebrity graves in England
  • Eddie Cochran’s last ride
  • Edith Cavell – English nurse martyred 100 years ago
  • George Harrison’s houses
  • Lally Stott: Chirpy, Chirpy, Cheep, Cheep
  • Los Lobos at MacArthur Park, Los Angeles
  • Ozzy Osbourne, Gene Simmons
  • Prince: “I don’t believe in contracts”
  • Ray Charles
  • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

All The Interviews

  • Aerosmith: Joe Perry
  • Audioslave: Chris Cornell
  • Barry Manilow
  • Beach Boys: Mike Love
  • Bee Gees: Maurice Gibb
  • Bee Gees: Robin Gibb
  • Big Audio Dynamite
  • Black Sabbath – 2013
  • Bob Seger
  • Buddy Holly’s brother
  • Buddy Holly’s widow
  • Carly Simon
  • Charlie Watts
  • Chuck Berry – 2002
  • Chuck Berry – 2006
  • Cowboy Jack Clement
  • David Bowie
  • Debbie Gibson
  • Depeche Mode: Dave Gahan
  • Dido
  • Don Cornelius
  • Duff McKagan
  • Eagles: Timothy B. Schmit
  • Gail Ann Dorsey
  • Gene Simmons – 2004
  • Gene Simmons – 2015
  • Grace Slick
  • Green Day
  • Heart: Nancy Wilson
  • Hilary Duff
  • Hoodoo Gurus
  • Hugh Hefner – Portrait of a Young Man
  • Ice-T + Body Count
  • Iggy Pop
  • INXS
  • Jann Wenner – 2007
  • Jason and Zoe Bonham at the Grammys
  • Jason Bonham
  • Jeff Beck
  • Jimmy Page
  • Jimmy Page and Robert Plant
  • Jimmy Page at the Grammys
  • John Fogerty
  • John Mellencamp
  • John Paul Jones at the Grammys
  • Johnny Cash: Rick Rubin
  • Johnny Rotten
  • Keith Richards
  • Keith Richards at Gram Parsons tribute concert
  • Kevin Nealon
  • Lemmy has a cold*
  • Marianne Faithfull
  • Martin Phillipps, on Submarine Bells and Soft Bomb
  • Metallica: James Hetfield
  • Metallica: Robert Trujillo
  • Mick Jagger – 1997
  • Mick Jagger – 1998
  • Midnight Oil in Europe, 2022
  • Midnight Oil: Jim Moginie
    • Midnight Oil: Where are they now?
  • Monkees: Michael Nesmith
  • Neil Diamond
  • Oasis: Liam Gallagher
  • Olivia Harrison
  • Paul Stanley
  • Pete Townshend
  • Phil Collins
  • Queen: Roger Taylor
  • Robbie Robertson
  • Robert Plant
  • Rod Stewart – 2006
  • Rod Stewart – 2011
  • Roger Daltrey – 2002
  • Roger Daltrey – 2007
  • Roger Daltrey – 2008
  • Ron Wood
  • Roxana Shirazi – Rock Groupie – NSFW
  • Sammy Hagar
  • Sheryl Crow
  • Slash
  • Smashing Pumpkins
  • Smokey Robinson
  • Social Distortion
  • Solomon Burke
  • Steve Cropper vs. Wilson Pickett
  • The Chills
  • The Chills conquer Los Angeles (finally)
  • The Clash: Don Letts
  • The Clash: Mick Jones
  • The Doors: Ray Manzarek
  • The Police: Stewart Copeland
  • The Rolling Stones
  • Tom Petty
  • U2: The Edge
  • Van Morrison

All The Interviews

  • Aerosmith: Joe Perry
  • Audioslave: Chris Cornell
  • Barry Manilow
  • Beach Boys: Mike Love
  • Bee Gees: Maurice Gibb
  • Bee Gees: Robin Gibb
  • Big Audio Dynamite
  • Black Sabbath – 2013
  • Bob Seger
  • Buddy Holly’s brother
  • Buddy Holly’s widow
  • Carly Simon
  • Charlie Watts
  • Chuck Berry – 2002
  • Chuck Berry – 2006
  • Cowboy Jack Clement
  • David Bowie
  • Debbie Gibson
  • Depeche Mode: Dave Gahan
  • Dido
  • Don Cornelius
  • Duff McKagan
  • Eagles: Timothy B. Schmit
  • Gail Ann Dorsey
  • Gene Simmons – 2004
  • Gene Simmons – 2015
  • Grace Slick
  • Green Day
  • Heart: Nancy Wilson
  • Hilary Duff
  • Hoodoo Gurus
  • Hugh Hefner – Portrait of a Young Man
  • Ice-T + Body Count
  • Iggy Pop
  • INXS
  • Jann Wenner – 2007
  • Jason and Zoe Bonham at the Grammys
  • Jason Bonham
  • Jeff Beck
  • Jimmy Page
  • Jimmy Page and Robert Plant
  • Jimmy Page at the Grammys
  • John Fogerty
  • John Mellencamp
  • John Paul Jones at the Grammys
  • Johnny Cash: Rick Rubin
  • Johnny Rotten
  • Keith Richards
  • Keith Richards at Gram Parsons tribute concert
  • Kevin Nealon
  • Lemmy has a cold*
  • Marianne Faithfull
  • Martin Phillipps, on Submarine Bells and Soft Bomb
  • Metallica: James Hetfield
  • Metallica: Robert Trujillo
  • Mick Jagger – 1997
  • Mick Jagger – 1998
  • Midnight Oil in Europe, 2022
  • Midnight Oil: Jim Moginie
    • Midnight Oil: Where are they now?
  • Monkees: Michael Nesmith
  • Neil Diamond
  • Oasis: Liam Gallagher
  • Olivia Harrison
  • Paul Stanley
  • Pete Townshend
  • Phil Collins
  • Queen: Roger Taylor
  • Robbie Robertson
  • Robert Plant
  • Rod Stewart – 2006
  • Rod Stewart – 2011
  • Roger Daltrey – 2002
  • Roger Daltrey – 2007
  • Roger Daltrey – 2008
  • Ron Wood
  • Roxana Shirazi – Rock Groupie – NSFW
  • Sammy Hagar
  • Sheryl Crow
  • Slash
  • Smashing Pumpkins
  • Smokey Robinson
  • Social Distortion
  • Solomon Burke
  • Steve Cropper vs. Wilson Pickett
  • The Chills
  • The Chills conquer Los Angeles (finally)
  • The Clash: Don Letts
  • The Clash: Mick Jones
  • The Doors: Ray Manzarek
  • The Police: Stewart Copeland
  • The Rolling Stones
  • Tom Petty
  • U2: The Edge
  • Van Morrison
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