Mike Edison
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“Sympathy for the Drummer: Why Charlie Watts Matters” is both a gonzo rush-capturing the bristling energy of the Rolling Stones and the times in which they live, and a wide-eyed reflection on why the Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band in the World needed the world's greatest rock 'n' roll drummer.
Across five decades, Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts has had the best seat in the house. Charlie Watts, the anti-rock star, an urbane jazz fan with a...
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"You are a complete disappointment." On his deathbed, Mike Edison's father gasped those words to his son, and that was just the beginning of his devastating salvo. For anyone who has ever suffered from parental bullying, this often hilarious yet intensely heartbreaking memoir from the former High Times publisher will provide both solace and laughter.
It begins with a child's hunger for love and acceptance and continues through years of withering...
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I Have Fun Everywhere I Go is a rollicking, high-octane, always irreverent journey through the seamy side of the publishing industry. Mike Edison's résumé spans twenty-years and a slew of notorious titles, including Screw, High Times, Penthouse, and Hustler. An Ivy League dropout who's never looked back, Edison embarked on a career that's landed him in the producer's chair for one of the worst B movies of all time; on tour with the likes of the...
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One of The Atlantic's Best Food Books of 2014 Fifty ways to be an enlightened carnivore, while taking better care of our planet and ourselves, from the founder of Slow Food USA. We have evolved as meat eaters, proclaims Patrick Martins, and it's futile to deny it. But, given the destructive forces of the fast-food industry and factory farming, we need to make smart, informed choices about the food we eat and where it comes from. In 50 short chapters,...