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Fun, bright, and playful, Power Pop is a sometimes adored, sometimes maligned, often misunderstood genre of music. From its heyday in the '70s and '80s to its resurgence in the '90s and '00s, Power Pop has meant many things to many people. In Go Further, editors Paul Myers and S. W. Lauden have a whole new crop of writers going deep on what certain Power Pop bands and songs mean and have meant to them. Whether they love or hate it, Go Further is a dive into the Beatles-inspired pop rock of the last five decades. Featuring: Ira Robbins on Priming The Power Pop Pump; Alex Segura on the Ramones & the Archies; Mary E. Donnelly on Shoes; Pat DiPuccio on Greg Shaw & Bomp Records; John Borack on the Shivvers; Dave Hill on Glitter And Glue; Will Birch on the Records; S. W. Lauden on 20/20; Jordan Oakes on Power Pop's first fanzine, Yellow Pills; Brian Vander Ark on Andy Partridge/XTC; Anne K. Ream & R. Clifton Spargo on Teenage Fanclub; Chip Jacobs on Squeeze; Bill DeMain's Greetings From Pop Music City, USA; Thierry Côté on Pag; Doug Brod on Into The Arena; Jim Lindberg on the Replacements; Balin Schneider on The Material Issue story; Mike Randle on Baby Lemonade & Love; Butch Walker on Marvelous 3; Andrea Warner on Puffy AmiYumi; Paul Myers on Los Anglophiles; and Rex Broome's Ode on a Rickenbacker.

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Paul Myers is a Canadian writer and musician living in Berkeley, California. His books include the critically acclaimed A Wizard a True Star: Todd Rundgren in the Studio; It Ain't Easy: Long John Baldry and the Birth of the British Blues; and Barenaked Ladies: Public Stunts, Private Stories. Paul Myers is a Canadian writer and musician living in Berkeley, California. His books include the critically acclaimed A Wizard a True Star: Todd Rundgren in the Studio; It Ain't Easy: Long John Baldry and the Birth of the British Blues; and Barenaked Ladies: Public Stunts, Private Stories. Paul Myers is a Canadian writer and musician living in Berkeley, California. His books include the critically acclaimed A Wizard a True Star: Todd Rundgren in the Studio; It Ain't Easy: Long John Baldry and the Birth of the British Blues; and Barenaked Ladies: Public Stunts, Private Stories. S. W. Lauden is the author of the Greg Salem punk rock PI series, including Bad Citizen Corporation, Grizzly Season, and Hang Time. His Tommy & Shayna novellas include Crosswise and Crossed Bones. S. W. Lauden is the pen name of Steve Coulter, drummer for Tsar and The Brothers Steve. S. W. Lauden is the author of the Greg Salem punk rock PI series, including Bad Citizen Corporation, Grizzly Season, and Hang Time. His Tommy & Shayna novellas include Crosswise and Crossed Bones. S. W. Lauden is the pen name of Steve Coulter, drummer for Tsar and The Brothers Steve. S. W. Lauden is the author of the Greg Salem punk rock PI series, including Bad Citizen Corporation, Grizzly Season, and Hang Time. His Tommy & Shayna novellas include Crosswise and Crossed Bones. S. W. Lauden is the pen name of Steve Coulter, drummer for Tsar and The Brothers Steve. Keith Sellon-Wright is a seasoned professional with a career in Hollywood spanning over thirty years. He has had the good fortune to work with some of Hollywood's seminal directors, including Christopher Guest and Spike Lee. His TV career includes some of the most important shows in TV history, going back to shows such as Wings, Frasier, Seinfeld, and The West Wing. More recently he's appeared on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, NCIS, Mad Men, and Parks and Recreation. The majority of Keith's audiobook work so far is nonfiction, (""I love what I get to learn!"") but as a lifelong storyteller, he of course loves fiction too. Keith also serves as a ""voice of the New York Times,"" narrating selected articles for the daily audio edition on Audible. He records from a ""killer"" booth he built at his residence in Southern California. The quickest way to Keith's heart-introduce him to a great new wine! Christina Delaine is a SOVAS Voice Arts Award and multiple AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator who has recorded over 100 audiobooks. She is also an Audie Award nominee. An accomplished stage and voice actor, Delaine has appeared on stages across the country and has voiced scores of commercials and video games. She has a BA from Dartmouth College and an MFA from Brown University.

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