Kim Simpson's Selected Scribbles




Kim's first book, tentatively titled "The Early '70s Radio Revolution,"
is under contract with Continuum for publication in early 2011.

Country Radio's Growing Pains in the Music Trades, 1967-1977
American Music, Winter 2009, 500-514.

Scenes from the Movie
Dialogue, Winter 2003, 207-212.
(A piece inspired by Kim's Utah childhood)



Kim's book reviews and other contributions to PopMatters:
Sweat: The Story of the Fleshtones, America's Garage Band
Vinyl Highway: Singing as Dick and Dee Dee
W.A.R.: The Unauthorized Biography of William Axl Rose
Frontman: Surviving the Rock Star Myth
A Treasury of Foolishly Forgotten Americans
The Peel Sessions: A Story of Teenage Dreams and One Man's Love of New Music
The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn Dance
Mother Nature's Son (The Beatles White Album 40th Anniversary)
Slipped Discs: The Fleshtones - Take a Good Look
Slipped Discs: Brian Wilson - That Lucky Old Sun
Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street



Boneyard Media (selected reviews and posts):
Auto-Tuned, Funny-Dancing Gap Rap Over WOWY: Personal Notes on Billboard's 2009 Top 100 (4/10)
Review: Bloody Confused: A Clueless American Sportswriter Seeks Solace in English Soccer, by Chuck Culpepper (2/10)
Memo to Wes Anderson: Please Drop the Classic Rock Record Schtick (11/09)
Riley Walker: Uranium Minstrel (Redux) (5/09)
The Superior Song Sequence on Cassette Versions of Steely Dan's Pretzel Logic (3/09)
Review: White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s, by Joe Boyd (10/08)
Have a Cigar, Boys: Checking in with Kendell Kardt of Rig (1/08)
Hal Holiday: From a Joker to a King (12/07)
Review: The Show I'll Never Forget, by Sean Manning, ed. (8/07)
Lubbock High School (6/07)
Review: The Beach Boys and the California Myth, by David Leaf (3/07)



HOME