The Rock Bottom Remainders are a weird idea. The concept of famous writers like Stephen King, Dave Barry, and Amy Tan getting together to form a mediocre rock band brings to mind your middle-aged dad and his drinking buddies declaring that they’re gonna get the old college band back together, someday. But it’s different than that, richer than that. The Rbr’s previous jam-book memoir, Mid-Life Confidential, went a long way toward explanation. One of the benefits of having your vanity band made up of all talented writers is that they have no trouble articulating what they’re doing and why they’re doing it. For some, it’s a way to try something outside their comfort zone; for some, it’s a way to connect with people who understand the unique problems of bestselling writers; and for some, it’s about discovering whether they can be good...
- 6/19/2013
- by Kevin Quigley
- FEARnet
Much is being made of the fact that Stephen King has—for the time being—decided to forego an eBook of his latest novel, Joyland. Several articles imply that he is no longer a fan of the digital format. Others argue that he shouldn’t get to decide how people experience a book, ignoring the fact that digital rights are separate from print rights and that authors get to choose how to exploit them. As illustrated in my first essay here at FEARnet, King has long been a champion of eBooks—an innovator, even. There was a digital version of The Wind Through the Keyhole last year and there will be one of Doctor Sleep later on this year. King isn’t challenging the format. He simply wants readers to have the retro feeling of holding a paperback in this one case. That’s what Hard Case Crime is all about,...
- 6/7/2013
- by Bev Vincent
- FEARnet
Every so often since 1992, an all-star crew of writers — which has included Stephen King, Dave Barry, Amy Tan, Barbara Kingsolver, Scott Turow and Simpsons creator Matt Groening — have stepped away from their laptops and notepads to play in an all-author band called The Rock Bottom Remainders. By their own admission, the Remainders have never been what you’d call great. “We’re a novelty, like a dog that can dance,” Barry recently told EW. (Bruce Springsteen once put it to them this way: “Don’t get any better or you’ll just be another lousy garage band.”) But being great...
- 8/6/2012
- by Josh Rottenberg
- EW.com - PopWatch
For one week a year, famous authors put down their pens and pick up musical instruments. The Rock Bottom Remainders are a band that formed 20 years ago by book publicist Kathi Kamen Goldmark. This year, the band will appear at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles on June 22nd. What does this have to do with FEARnet? Stephen King is playing. Stephen King makes his first appearance with the Rock Bottom Remainders since 2007. The band's website promises that the authors suck, and they have "musicians in residence" who put together some semblance of a melody. After 20 years of non-touring, the El Rey show will mark the band's final public concert (unless, like all "retired" bands, a reunion tour becomes...
- 6/12/2012
- FEARnet
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