Call it Black Friday, Cyber Boxing Day, Early Wednesday or whatever -- our biggest sale of the year ends midday today (Monday), so use it or lose out on a great deal. Go to www.trouserpressbooks.com

Kirkus Reviews recommends "You've Got Michael" "Michael Jackson fans will be captivated by this unique behind-the-scenes account." www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews... Available from Amazon, Bookstore.org and www.trouserpressbooks.com

bit.ly/KCLAWH - LA event on November 9th

@mta.info Hey MTA - your OMNY phone service programming sucks. I've been disconnected twice ("system error") and also twice waited more than 10 minutes without an answer while being assured my wait time is under 5 minutes.

Trump + AI + social media = the lowest America has ever sunk in the world's eyes

HAPPY PUB DAY! "You've Got Michael" by Dan Beck Trouser Press Books: www.trouserpressbooks.com/youve-got-mi... Amazon: a.co/d/cmaLxa6 Billboard: www.billboard.com/music/pop/mi... Bookshop dot org bookshop.org/p/books/you-...

www.billboard.com/music/pop/mi... Join the virtual release event for "You've Got Michael" this evening (Tuesday). Register here: bit.ly/YGMregister

This is how the Molotovs do it. Wowee!

"Trump has been openly campaigning to win a Nobel Peace Prize, claiming he has solved seven wars or conflicts, though his role in some of those is in dispute." (NYT) IN DISPUTE? How about "complete and utter horseshit"?

"A wide range of specialists in domestic and international law have argued that Trump and Hegseth are giving the military illegal orders and causing Special Operations forces to deliberately target civilians in violation of murder laws." (NYT) Isn't murder something that usually gets prosecuted?

The Senate on Thursday unanimously approved a resolution marking Oct. 14, 2025 -- Kirk's birthday -- a "National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk." That's 47 supposedly progressive Democrats endorsing a national tribute to a vile reactionary who promoted the values of a fraction of Americans.

Stop by if you're in town. "You've Got Michael" is not officially out until next month, but we’ll have copies to sell at the Brooklyn Book Festival this Sunday – and author Dan Beck on hand to sign them. (If you’ve pre-ordered a copy from us, stop by and pick it up.) www.trouserpressbooks.com

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Trump declared that he renamed the DoD because we haven't won any wars since WWII. Perhaps because we haven't been involved in anything officially deemed a war?

I watched a different baseball team's broadcast yesterday and was so relieved not to hear the Yankee booth's constant dissection of pitch selection.

How stupid do you have to be to think like this? RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.

Michael Jackson would have turned 67 today. “If you thought there was nothing more to learn about Michael Jackson, Dan Beck has news for you.” —Anthony DeCurtis, author of Lou Reed: A Life "You've Got Michael" out 10/15 from Trouser Press Books Read an excerpt www.trouserpressbooks.com/ygm-excerpt

Trump says he will patrol D.C. streets tonight alongside law enforcement officials Will Sheriff Donnie bring his pistol? Is he going to shoot somebody?

Why does Drew Rasmussen have fangs?

I'm disinclined to dabble in the black arts of AI, but am wondering: has anyone tried giving AI a novel's description of a character to see how that person might be visualized? As that is something I do mentally when reading fiction, it seems like an alluring concept.

The NYT is covering the immigrant situation from a unique perspective: 22 paragraphs worth The Fake Heiress, the Instagram Shoot and the Abandoned Bunnies Three rabbits used in a photo shoot featuring Anna Delvey, whose real name is Anna Sorokin, were found abandoned in Prospect Park in Brooklyn.

If SCOTUS follows every word and comma in the Constitution to the letter, than how can anyone be president in the 21st century? No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President.

E.P.A. Moves to Cancel $7 Billion in Grants for Solar Energy That's the Environmental Protection Agency actively promoting destruction of the environment it's supposed to, y'know, protect.

RIP Art Fein, a true blue rock and roller and a helluva good guy. www.amazon.com/dp/B0BL6B287W

Ghislaine Maxwell wants immunity and a copy of House lawmakers’ questions before she testifies, her lawyer says. Well, then, she can f**k off back to prison, where she belongs.

www.amazon.com/stores/page/... Summer reading for rockers

Bohemian Rhapsody www.metropolitanreview.org/p/bohemian-r...

Great review of our book WannaBeat, available from www.trouserpressbooks.com and Amazon www.metropolitanreview.org/p/bohemian-r...

Don't miss out on this great book sale at www.trouserpressbooks.com #booksky #musicbooks #trouserpress #summerreading #indiebooks #londoncalling #CBGB

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Trump disproves the adage that even a stopped clock is correct twice a day.

David Fricke spends an incredible hour bringing "London Calling New York New York" to life on his SiriusXM radio show, The Writer's Block www.siriusxm.com/player/episo...

Any truth to the rumor that Trump wants to make "YMCA" the new national anthem?

This Ain't No Disco: The Story of CBGB reviewed in French. grisli.canalblog.com/2025/05/roma... #trouserpressbooks #musicbooks #cbgb

Happy 80th birthday to my supreme rock and roll avatar, the amazing, confounding, complicated, utterly brilliant Pete Townshend. Words can't express how much of an impact he's had on my musical life.

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London Calling: New York New York By Peter Silverton – Book Review louderthanwar.com/london-calli...

Calvin’s trials & tribulations are sure to resonate with anyone familiar with the hopes & heartbreaks of the aspiring artist...despite his flaws, Calvin’s singleminded drive comes from such a pure place you can’t help but root for him. hopp.bio/kingcal, reviewed in the Atlanta Journal Constitution