Ben Fong-Torres's Blog

• The Mysterious Travels of a Book

  March 2, 2009

  • I'm not sure what this means, except that I probably shouldn't expect any royalties for my book on the Doors. Here's what happened: I got this email today from someone named Kelly, asking if the surviving members of the band--and I--ever signed copies of our book, The Doors by the Doors (Hyperion), for Barnes & Noble. Seems Kelly found a new copy at a store for $15 "in the bargain ...
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• Everybody Must Get Mentioned!

  February 19, 2009

  • So, I'm getting the idea that one can blog about damn near anything here in the red chamber. Great. Last week, while I was at El Rio, in SF's Mission District, doing another of my parody songs, to the tune of Dylan's "Rainy Day Women (12+35)," a guy asked if he could post a copy of it online. I said, "Sure," and forked it over. This has happened before, and I still haven't ...
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• Don't Stop Believin'

  February 19, 2009

  • Don’t you hate it when you read a book—or see the title of a book—and say to yourself, “Dang! I could’ve written that!”Happens every day, doesn’t it? Happened to me just recently, when Da Capo Press sent me a copy of Don’t Stop Believin’:  How Karaoke Conquered the World, by Brian Raftery. It’s also about how karaoke conquered Brian Raftery, which makes it more than a ...
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