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Joel Selvin
Joel Selvin (born February 14, 1950) is an American San Francisco-based music critic and author known for his weekly column in the San Francisco Chronicle which ran from 1972 to 2009. Selvin has written books covering various aspects of pop music—including the No. 1 New York Times best-seller Red: My Uncensored Life In Rock with Sammy Hagar—and has interviewed many musical artists. Selvin has published articles in Rolling Stone, the Los Angeles Times, Billboard, and Melody Maker, and has written liner notes for dozens of recorded albums. He has appeared in documentaries about the music scene and has occasionally taken the stage himself as a rock and roll singer.
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1950-02-14
Birth Place
Berkeley, California, U.S.
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United_States
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Joel Selvin discusses ‘Hollywood Eden’ among this week’s author talks

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Music Business Radio: Joel Selvin

This week we’re joined by author and journalist Joel Selvin. We’ll talk about his 30 year career as a pop music critic, the past and future of the pop music world, and his new book, Hollywood Eden, about the beginning of the West Coast pop sound.
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Ill Literacy, Episode 39: Hollywood Eden (Guest: Joel Selvin)

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Joel Selvin, long-time rock critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, to discuss his new book, Hollywood Eden: Electric Guitars, Fast Cars, and the Myth of the California Paradise. They discuss the interconnections between a bunch of L.A. kids in the early 1960’s and how they invented a new brand of pop music that came to define, to the world at large, the California dream.
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Joel Selvin, “Hollywood Eden: Electric Guitars, Fast Cars, and the Myth of the California Paradise”

Madison authors, topics, book events and publishers. Stu Levitan welcomes the award-winning journalist, music critic and author Joel Selvin for a conversation about his new book Hollywood Eden: Electric Guitars, Fast Cars, and the Myth of the California Paradise, from the good people at House of Anansi Press. It’s the inside story of how one of the first great pop styles was born in a high school locker room and then went on to conquer the world.
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Author Joel Selvin

Rock & Roll author, Joel Selvin, joined the show to promote his new book, “Hollywood Eden”. Joel talked to us about the long lasting influence of the beach era of rock & roll and how the movement in the 50’s & 60’s made ripples across the country of music moving forward and how counter culture impacted the industry. Joel covers music talents such as The Beach Boys, Elvis, etc.