Gary Wien
| Gary Wien | |
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| Occupation | Music journalist, author |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Music journalism |
| Notable works | Beyond the Palace, Are You Listening? |
| Notable awards | Asbury Music Award |
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Gary Wien is a music journalist from Belmar, New Jersey and author of Beyond the Palace and Are You Listening?.[1]
Work
Beyond the Palace was the first comprehensive look at the Asbury Park rock and roll scene which launched the careers of such artists as Bruce Springsteen, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, and Bon Jovi.[2] Are You Listening? was his own list of the top 100 albums of a decade which was compiled from a six-month review of over 2,220 releases.[3]
Wien is a three-time winner of the Asbury Music Award for Top Music Journalist and was the founder and publisher of Upstage,[4][5] which won an Asbury Music Award for Top Music Publication (the only publication to ever beat out The Aquarian for the award). Wien has written for several publications including Princeton Magazine, Backstreets, Upstage Magazine, and had a chapter in Debra L. Rothenberg's book Bruce Springsteen In Focus 1980-2012. He currently writes for NewJerseyStage.com and Jersey Arts, and runs the online radio station ThePenguinRocks.com. In July 2014, he launched a new monthly interactive magazine called New Jersey Stage at http://www.NJArtsMag.com
Bibliography
- Beyond The Palace (Trafford Publishing, 2006) ISBN 978-1412003148
- Are You Listening? The Top 100 Albums of 2001-2010 by New Jersey Artists (2011) ISBN 978-0983685715
References
Citations
Online sources
- "Jersey Shore Author Says Forget Snooki, New Jersey Is About The Music", AntiMusic, 29 May 2011, retrieved 3 March 2014
- Asbury Music Awards, 2012, retrieved 3 March 2014
- Testa, Jim, "Greetings From Asbury Park Part 3: Gary Wien: "It's A City Of Dreams..."", Jersey Beat (Jersey Beat & Not a Mongo Multimedia), retrieved 3 March 2014
- Pfeiffer, John (7 June 2011), "Shoreworld: Gary Wien’s New Book and Almost There Live", The Aquarian Weekly (Diane Casazza, Chris Farinas), retrieved 3 March 2014
- Traister, Rebecca (3 January 2006), "Farewell from Asbury Park, N.J.", Salon, retrieved 4 March 2014
- Wise, Brian (5 June 2005), "From Croon To Doom Metal", The New York Times (Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr.), retrieved 3 March 2014
External links
- www
.newjerseystage .com - www
.njartsmag .com - www
.thepenguinrocks .com - Beyond The Palace at Google Books
- Are You Listening?: The Top 100 Albums of 2001-2010 by New Jersey Artists at Google Books