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NEWS Think you might have missed a news update? They are listed below by date. June 2006 Welcome to the home page of Jesse Sublett, author, musician, producer & Austin personality. Jesse’s most recent book, NEVER THE SAME AGAIN: A ROCK N’ ROLL GOTHIC, was recognized with a Best of Austin award for 2004. Austin’s favorite expatriate author, Marion Winik, made sure the book appeared in The Los Angeles Times’ list of favorite books of 2005. Jesse is also the author of the acclaimed Martin Fender mystery novels, which are set in the Austin music scene. Jesse still gets letters and emails from fans all over the world, thanking him for either introducing them to the Austin experience for the first time, or making expatriates feel more homesick than ever. The same goes for Jesse’s original band, THE SKUNKS. Remarkably, even though Jesse technically disbanded the group in 1983, they were listed as one of the top Austin punk bands of 2005. Pretty impressive for a band that only plays one or two reunion shows a year! For more information on THE SKUNKS, check the music page or stay current with Austin’s first legendary punk band at myspace.com/theskunkstx, where you can also hear and download an eclectic collection of live and studio mp3s of the band. To order SIGNED copies of Jesse’s books, send us an email [jesse@jessesublett.com] and tell us how many you want, and how you want them signed. Jesse is currently working on several new book projects as well as continuing to write and produce projects in other media. He has had a hand in dozens of programs for The History Channel, including THE KILLER STORM, the true story of the 1991 Nor’easter chronicled in Sebastian Junger’s The Perfect Storm. At the other end of the spectrum, Jesse is a producer on the reality courtroom show EYE FOR AN EYE, which appears daily in syndication. Kato Kaelin is the host. Check for local listings. Besides being one of the world-renowned Austin music scene’s seminal figures, Jesse is the author of the acclaimed Martin Fender mystery novels, which are set in the Austin music scene. Be sure to check APPEARANCES & BOOK SIGNINGS for Jesse’s gigs, book signings, lectures and workshops. Summer 2005 Scroll down for information on discounted books for a good cause!Thanks to everyone for their support for Never the Same Again over the past year. The audiobook is out. It is unabridged – 8 disks!! – and includes 4 of my songs, including 3 unreleased songs by my 1980s band, Secret Six, including one of my favorites, “My Love is Wild.” The audiobook also includes a long interview with me at the end. By the way, last summer, we went to London
to sign books at Murder One. We’ve added a couple of photos
from the trip. We also went to Edinburgh to sample the scotch
there and to hang out in the castle and to Paris to the Picasso
museum and a few other places. It was swell!
The Skunks played a benefit for Jon Dee’s youngest son, Willie, on June 24 at the Saxon. We had a blast and raised a lot of money to help cover medical expenses for Willie, who has a disorder called Legg Parthes. Things being how they are in this country right now, their insurance company went bankrupt and so the Graham family is without insurance. Boaz/Tenspeed has made a special
shipment of Never the Same Again available to me for sale at
a discount price of $18. The proceeds will go to the Willie Graham Foundation.
Order it here and I’ll
sign My current project is a non-fiction book about a
gang of bank burglars and pimps in Austin in the 1960s. It’s a
real swinging tale. I hope to be done with it by summer’s end
and onto the next big thing. October 2004 Texas Book Festival: Saturday, Oct. 30, 1:45-2:45pm Jesse will be a featured panelist on the Musicmakers panel with along with Jan Ried, author of "Redneck Rock," Jimmie Dale Gilmore, musician, Bobby Bridger, author and troubadour, and moderator Sarah Bird, author of "The Yokota Officers Club." The panel will be held at the Bullock History Museum, and he will be signing books afterward at the signing tent by the Capitol building. Prior to this (12:30pm), Jesse will introduce James Ellroy, the so-called "Demon Dog of American Literature" and author of "LA Confidential" and "The Cold Six Thousand." Ellroy will be reading from his new anthology, "Destination: Morgue!" The audiobook version of "Never the Same Again" will be published by Timberwolf Press of Dallas and should be ready for release by the festival. September 2004 It was a busy summer
for me and the book promotion racket. There were rave reviews, hot gigs,
hot gigs and exciting trips to LA, London and Paris with the family. May 2004 Greetings,
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