I don’t think I ever paid proper tribute to this nice, thoughtful feature on the Global Asianista blog, so I thought I’d so now. Thanks. “… I found Alan Paul’s tale of expatriate family life in Beijing so refreshingly defiant. Paul’s adventures in China are manifold, but what really resounded was his simple challenge to his readers: who says […]
Dashboard Confessional’s Chris Carrabba on Big In China: “This book is great. I recommend it to any guitarist, traveler, or basketball fan!” He sent this out as a tweet and also referred to me as “my friend…” That’s all really nice. We have had some really nice email exchanges and phone conversations but have not […]
Thank you to everyone who has been writing me after reading the book. I really welcome and value the feedback. Many have told me that they’ve been enjoying poking around YouTube and watching Woodie Alan videos after reading the book. Since many seem particularly enamored of this tune, I thought I would share it here […]
Wrapping up my thread from last week about fishing with the great Dean Ween, aka my friend Mickey. Mickey keeps a running journal on www.mickeysfishing.com. Here’s what he had to say about our day on the ocean: We caught some nice Fluke today and then decided to go after bigger fish. There were monster Bluefish the thickest […]
One of the really fun things about the release of Big In China was the opportunity to play a bunch of times with Andy Aledort and the Groove Kings. Aside from being a good, longtime friend and Guitar World colleague, Andy is a master guitarist. He’s given lessons to Aerosmith’s Joe Perry, played the Mt. […]
I spent yesterday deep sea fishing with Mickey Melchiondo, aka Dean Ween. As soon as I posted news, some people wrote me with great excitement. Many others yawned and no doubt wondered, “who is this Dean Ween of whom you speak?” So I thought it was time to post this 2000 Guitar World feature. More […]
Well, it can help to have a mother who is a Deputy Managing Editor at the Wall Street Journal. Remember Jacob’s letter about the women’s jerseys? . Well, it became this front-page WSJ story after Rebecca went in to work and started discussing it with some of the sports folks and everyone quickly realized that […]