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Mike Derrico
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Freelance writer, music & pop culture historian, author of THE LOCKER NOTES and AUTUMN & EVERYTHING AFTER, cinephile, host of the Rock Under Fire podcast. Music, film, art, books and black coffee. https://linktr.ee/mike_derrico
June 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
December 2, 2024 at 1:09 AM
I was 11 and brought it into school. My 5th grade teacher took it out of my hand, and in a tone suggesting I was about to get in trouble, said, "Aahh, The Shining...does your mother know you have this?" And without missing a beat I said, "Yeah, she bought it for me!"
November 26, 2024 at 2:38 AM
The moment you realized your ideas of forever were merely fragile constructions of the human intellect...
Everyone has their encounters with the cracks in the foundation. There are countless stories to tell. This is one of them...or several. Available online wherever books are sold
November 20, 2024 at 11:48 PM
A tragicomic farce of 1970s rock & roll suburbia, where the only future was the end of the world. THE LOCKER NOTES, a novel...available online wherever books are sold
November 20, 2024 at 12:05 AM
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November 17, 2024 at 8:51 PM
AUTUMN AND EVERYTHING AFTER: Fall 1980, John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen & the Birth of the Reagan Era....Two artists historically vilified by the conservative right wing...the most transformative months of their careers...a story of rock & roll, murder, politics and the current war on democracy.
November 17, 2024 at 8:46 PM
…AND THE CATHEDRAL FELL TO THE GROUND: The Lonesome Death of Rock & Roll (2023)

THE LOCKER NOTES, a novel (2021)

AUTUMN AND EVERYTHING AFTER:
Lennon, Springsteen & the Birth of the Reagan Era (2020)

All three available online wherever books are sold
November 14, 2024 at 12:29 PM
THE LOCKER NOTES, a novel, is a tragicomic farce of 1970s rock & roll suburbia, where the only future was the end of the world.
July 27, 2023 at 12:52 AM