With the help of my friend Brad Hayes of Sharkbait Skate Zine, I decided to start this "blog" that is really my cheap author website. I'm too old to understand all the Macromedia software for creating websites and all the instructions were about 100 pages long. Forget it, so here I am in the "blogosphere." I will not be blogging about current events or politics or my writing so much as posting excerpts of new writing about conservatism and the politics of culture since 1970. I'm excited about this new book project since I'm out of academe now, so there's no pressure to publish anything before it's ready. I'll be posting an excerpt about every 2-3 months, so stay tuned.
I'll also try to make my published reviews and select articles available on the blog for mostly my friends and colleagues, and those who stumble across the site. I'll also include some book signing photographs, old band photographs, nostalgic photographs of cool people I knew, and skate-photos for my friends.
Matt Bokovoy
Photo by Brad Hayes
About Me
- Matt Bokovoy
- Nebraska, United States
- I am an independent historian, and work as a book editor. I wrote the book, The San Diego World's Fairs and Southwestern Memory, 1880-1940 (University of New Mexico Press, 2005), and my articles and reviews have appeared in numerous scholarly journals, anthologies, and museum catalogs. Most of my writings are about the history of the American Southwest and California. I play rhythm and lead guitar in the garage punk band, Red Cities from Lincoln NE, and have been in Zombie vs. Shark from Norman OK. I also run Modern Peasant Records, an independent punk and garage rock label with my friends Nate and Robert from The Putters, Killer Kicks, and 667s. I hang with my son Spencer, and we enjoy independent label music, skateboarding, and gardening.
2 comments:
Looking good, Sir Rockovoy. -brad
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