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Alan Goldsher
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born
September 21, 1967
gender
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Literature & Fiction, Entertainment, Sports
about this author
Journalist/novelist/bassist ALAN GOLDSHER is the author of "Modest Mouse: A Pretty Good Read" (St. Martin’s Press, 2006) and "Hard Bop Academy: The Sidemen of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers" (Hal Leonard, 2002), as well as the music-themed novels "Jam" (Permanent Press, 2002) and "The Record Haus" (PublishAmerica 2003). Written as A.M. Goldsher, his chicklit novel "The True Naomi Story" was published by Little Black Dress Books/Hodder/Headline in July; the follow-ups "Reality Check" and "The Chef, the Waiter, the TV Star & Mr. Smith" will come respectively in 2008 and 2009.
Alan is a regular contributor to the music magazines Drum and Bass Player, for whom he...more
books by Alan Goldsher
combine editionsavg rating: 3.16 | 35 ratings | 4 distinct works
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Modest Mouse: A Pretty Good Read (Paperback) by Alan Goldsher (Goodreads author!) avg rating 2.80 — 22 ratings — published 2006 |
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Jam (Hardcover) by Alan Goldsher (Goodreads author!) avg rating 4.50 — 2 ratings — published 2002 |
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The Record Has (Paperback) by Alan Goldsher (Goodreads author!) avg rating 4.50 — 2 ratings — published 2003 |
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Hard Bop Academy (Hardcover) by Alan Goldsher (Goodreads author!) avg rating 5.00 — 1 ratings — published 2002 |
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REALITY CHECK: A Novel (Literature & Fiction)
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updated 11/05/2007 05:52AM
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She's a singer, a songwriter, a pianist, a rock goddess, and a sex kitten. She's Jenn Bradford, and her career is in disarray.
Jenn's third album, Reality Check, was dismissed by critic/super cute indie rock boy Zach Bingham as "fence straddling" and "not nearly as strong as her near-classic, Guess Who Came at Dinner." The audiences at Jenn's shows are at once shrinking and bored. And she can't bring herself to fire her troublesome but talented drummer – who happens to be ex-boyfriend, Kevin McAllister.
Now Zach may not dig Jenn's record, but he sure digs Jenn, and he breaks one of journalism's cardinal rules: Don't sleep with somebody you've written about. The results of Jenn and Zach's hook-up (or hook-ups) are disastrous, and almost bring Jenn's already out of control world to a crashing halt. But with the help of her B.F.F. Naomi Braver, her punky manager Masuhara Jones, stuffy dot-com billionaire Porter Ellis, goofball bassist T.J. Stewart, the ghost of Billie Holiday, and her zillion-selling smash hit "Addition by Subtraction" – you know, that song where she's fully naked in the video – Jenn will make those seemingly impossible decisions: Do I want to be a bubble gum pop star, or an obscure but mature jazz chanteuse? Do I want to be with a boy, or with a man? Do I want to keep being a girl, or start being a woman?
The sexy, passionate, hilarious sequel to The True Naomi Story, Reality Check takes you right into the soul of the ugly music industry – and right into the heart of a beautiful soul.
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