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 Park Music Award |
| Website | |
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Gary Wien is an American music journalist from Belmar, New Jersey and author of Beyond the Palace and Are You Listening?.
Personal life[edit]
Wein grew up in Lincroft, New Jersey and regularly visited Asbury Park with his family. In an interview with Jersey Beat, Wien recalls the trips were "something of a Utopian paradise for me[,] I played skeeball, video games, and rode the rides as much as I could."[1] In 2004, Wein, along with Carrie Potter and David Mieras, attempted to transform the recently closed Upstage building into a rock and roll museum.[2]
Work[edit]
Beyond the Palace is 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.[1] Are You Listening? is Wien's list of the top 100 albums of the decade, which was compiled from a six-month review of over 2,220 releases.[3][4]
Wien is a three-time winner of the Asbury Music Award for Top Music Journalist, and is the founder and publisher of Upstage which won an Asbury Music Award for Top Music Publication, becoming the first publication to ever beat The Aquarian Weekly.[5][6] Wien has written for several publications, including Princeton Magazine, Backstreets, Upstage, and a chapter in Debra L. Rothenberg's book Bruce Springsteen In Focus 1980-2012.[1] He currently writes for NewJerseyStage.com and Jersey Arts, and runs the online radio station ThePenguinRocks.com. In July 2014, he launched a monthly interactive magazine called New Jersey Stage.
Bibliography[edit]
- Beyond The Palace (2006), Trafford Publishing, ISBN 978-1412003148 Search this book on
. - Are You Listening? The Top 100 Albums of 2001-2010 by New Jersey Artists (2011), ISBN 978-0983685715 Search this book on .
References[edit]
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Antimusic Staffdate=29 May 2011, "Jersey Shore Author Says Forget Snooki, New Jersey Is About The Music", Antimusic, retrieved 3 March 2014
- Asbury Music Awards Staff (2012), "2012 Awards" (PDF), Asbury Music Awards, retrieved 3 March 2014
- Testa, Jim, "Greetings From Asbury Park Part 3: Gary Wien: "It's A City Of Dreams..."", Jersey Beat, retrieved 3 March 2014
- Pfeiffer, John (7 June 2011), "Shoreworld: Gary Wien's New Book and Almost There Live", The Aquarian Weekly, 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, retrieved 3 March 2014
