EVERYBODY LOVES OUR TOWN

March 13th, 2012

WIN A SIGNED COPY OF THE BRAND-NEW PAPERBACK EDITION OF EVERYBODY LOVES OUR TOWN: AN ORAL HISTORY OF GRUNGE!

To celebrate today’s release of the trade paperback edition of my critically acclaimed book Everybody Loves Our Town, I’m giving away five copies signed by yours truly. To enter, reblog this post in its entirety by midnight Pacific Time this Friday, March 16. Additional rules:

You must be following me (grungebook) on Tumblr.
You must have a valid U.S. shipping address (sorry, international fans).
Five winners will be chosen at random from the pool of valid entrants.

Thanks for your support! If you’re not one for contests and just want to buy the book already, please visit your local bookseller or order online. Also, make sure to “like” ELOT on Facebook and follow me on Twitter.

September 7th, 2011

If you’re in the Brooklyn area tonight…

It’s going to be fun. I even put together a special playlist for the evening!

P.S.: Please join me for a drink right after the event at Superfine, which is only a few blocks away from powerHouse Arena. Should be there for a while…

September 6th, 2011

Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge hits North American shelves!

FINALLY! Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge is officially available in the U.S. and Canada! (It’ll be on U.K. shelves Thursday.) Pick it up at your local bookseller or order online at Amazon, Barnes & Noble or Indiebound. Thanks to everyone who preordered ELOT or expressed enthusiasm for this project. Please let me know what you think of the book!

August 29th, 2011

Read a full chapter from Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge

The release of my book Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge is a little more than a week away (September 6). But you can read a full chapter—on the making of Nirvana’s Nevermind—right now by “liking” the ELOT Facebook page.

Pre-order at Amazon, Barnes & Noble or Indiebound.

(Please reblog!)

August 23rd, 2011

Brooklyn launch event for Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge!

Featuring me! And Rob Sheffield, author of Love Is a Mix Tape and Talking to Girls About Duran Duran! And some sort of alcoholic beverages! Please RSVP here!

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Official Tumblr for Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge, a Time magazine book of the year. (Now in paperback; purchase info here.) The blog is run by the author, freelance writer/editor Mark Yarm; he is of no relation to Mark Arm of Mudhoney.