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Jul.28.2009
I'll be talking GUD with host Eric Schwartz on the long-running (26 years!) Lone Star Dead radio show out of Dallas this Friday at 9:30PM EST.
Around Dallas, you can hear the show on KNON 89.3FM.
Or you can listen online at www.knon.org
http://www.lonestardeadradio.com
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Jul.23.2009
Here's a great little review from the Aug/Sept issue of Relix Magazine:
Growing Up Dead is not only a great insider account of life on the road following the Grateful Dead, but a well-written overview of the Deadhead subculture, as well. Author Peter Conners doesn't have to resort to any of the...
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Jul.19.2009
There are many Grateful Dead radio shows, but only one is the original Grateful Dead Hour. David Gans has been hosting the GD Hour for... well... a long time, and he's been a great supporter of Growing Up Dead too.
This week's Grateful Dead Hour features David's interview with me. Along with his...
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Jul.14.2009
There's a new podcast audio interview posted at Dim Lights Thick Smoke. Here's the intro:
"Avid Grateful Dead fan, opening the promo package from our good friends at Da Capo Press I was immediately drawn toward Peter Conners current release ” Growing Up Dead: The Hallucinated Confessions Of A...
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Jul.03.2009
Howdy,
I'll be featured as a guest DJ for the Grateful Dead channel on Sirius/XM tonight at 5PM. The appearance is part of the "Head Set" series. I read short sections from Growing Up Dead and put together some other intros to accompany the tunes. All the songs are from live shows...
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Jul.01.2009
Growing Up Dead: The Hallucinated Confessions of a Teenage Deadhead
Peter Conners
(Da Capo Press)
www.dacapopress.com
BY JOHN DWORKIN
Categorizing Peter Conners' Growing Up Dead: The Hallucinated Confessions of a Teenage Deadhead is like trying to pigeonhole The Grateful Dead themselves: difficult...
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Jul.01.2009
22 years ago this week, I got my tickets (and brain) ripped at my first Grateful Dead shows. The first one was 6/30/87 at Kingswood Music Theatre in Ontario, Canada. That show was followed two days later by Silver Stadium in Rochester, NY. If you've read [Growing Up Dead] then you already know all...
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Jun.18.2009
FORA.tv has posted an entire reading from Growing Up Dead. I gave this reading on 6/4/2009 at Books Inc. in San Francisco, California. The reading includes excerpts from three chapters and concludes with a Q-and-A period. Cheers!
http://fora.tv/2009/06/04/Peter_Conners_Growing_Up_Dead
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Jun.15.2009
Here's a link to my recent interview on KPFA radio out of Berkeley. The interview is conducted by David Gans and includes me reading excerpts from GUD and cuts from the Dead shows that I'm reading about. A very cool aural stew!
http://cloudsurfing.gdhour.com/peter-conners-interviews
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Jun.10.2009
Starting today, I'll be interviewed on [The Well] for the next two weeks! For the uninitiated, here's some info from their website:
"The WELL is a cherished and acclaimed destination for conversation and discussion. For twenty years it has captivated intelligent, creative people. It is widely...
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Jun.09.2009
I'm back from an amazing week in San Francisco and I feel the trip deserves a bloggy type note. The Bay Area truly rolled out the red carpet and it was killer to see so many old friends, meet new friends, and celebrate GUD in S.F.
Wednesday I did a cool interview with the ever-supportive David...
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May.30.2009
Howdy,
I'm heading into the cradle of Dead civilization next week to celebrate GUD with Bay Area friends. If you're in the area, I hope you'll come out to a reading and say hello. The list of events is below. The San Francisco Chronicle is also running an interview with me next Thurs to help...
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May.25.2009
I'm thrilled to be this week's featured "Author Conversation" at this very site. You can find a link at the www.redroom.com homepage, right below that t.v. guy, what's his name, the funny one... oh yeah, John Stewart. From a week Redroom feature to a Daily Show interview? Dare to dream!...
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May.20.2009
I'm reading at the great indie bookstore, Lift Bridge Book Shop, in Brockport, NY this Friday (5/22). The store is located at 45 Main Street in downtown Brockport. I'll place the store's write-up on the event below along with a link to their website:
Peter Conners will be visiting Lift Bridge Book...
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May.18.2009
Thanks to everyone who came out for the hometown reading for Growing Up Dead at the Barnes & Noble in Pittsford, NY. There were more than 100 people there and great energy in the room.
I've just added a whole bunch of content to this site including photos (past and present) and a link to the...
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About Peter
Peter Conners is author of the memoir, Growing Up Dead: Confessions of a Teenage Deadhead (Da Capo Press, 2009). He has also published the prose poetry collection Of Whiskey and Winter and the novella Emily Ate the Wind.
His newest non-fiction book, White...