Bob Mack 1963-2023
Published Writing
1985
- “ABC: As Easy as E = MC2.” Village Voice, October 29, 1985.
- “Where Angels Fear to Tread.” The Village Voice, November 5, 1985, 90.
1986
- “Pop Shots.” Review of Jim Foetus concert. NY Talk, February, 1986.
1988
- “The Comedy Index.” Rolling Stone, November 3, 1988.
- “Car and Driver: Heavyweight Division.” Spy, December 1988. With John Brodie.
- “R.E.M.: Hop on the Speedwagon.” Village Voice, December 20, 1988.
- “The Dumb Decade.” Spy, December 1988.
- “Das Psycho Rangers; Get Psyched, Dude.” Village Voice, February 19, 1988.
- “Don Henley: Building the Perfect Beastie.” Village Voice, September 28, 1989.
- “The Real-Life 007 Gadget Master: Stuart Fields.” Spy, October 1988.
- “Dungeons and Dragon Ladies." Spy, October 1988.
1989
- “Bob D Schlepped Here.” Spin, January 1989.
- “Nasty Rox Incorporated: Cash.” Spin, May 1989.
- “The Boys Who Would Be Buckley.” Spy, July 1989.
1980s - Uncertain date
- “State of the Heart.” Village Voice. Review of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Junk Culture. Likely 1985.
- “Jarrymandered.” Village Voice. Review of the Firesign Theater’s The Three Faces of Al. c. 1985-1986.
- “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen.” Spin. About James Brown’s legal troubles. c. 1988.
- “The Art of Lunch.” Spin. On the Art of Noise. c. 1989.
1990
- “Presto.” Rolling Stone, January 25, 1990.
- “Naked City: Men: ‘I’m Sorry – I Thought You Were My Cousin! Is Out.” Spy, March 1990.
- “Up Close And Personal with Lee Atwater Homebody: Spy Pronounces this Grand Old Party Animal Thoroughly Domesticated.” Spy, May 1990. John Brodie and Bob Mack.
- “No Prayer for the Dying.” Entertainment Weekly, October 26, 1990.
- “Entertainment News the Week of November 23, 1990.” Entertainment Weekly, November 23, 1990.
- “Luther Campbell's Court victory.” Entertainment Weekly, November 2, 1990.
- “Goddess.” Entertainment Weekly, November 9, 1990.
- “The Musicians Making Endorsements.” Entertainment Weekly, November 9, 1990.
- “The Simpsons Album Release.’” Entertainment Weekly, November 9, 1990.
- “Axl Rose's Alleged Attack.” Entertainment Weekly, November 16, 1990.
- “Lovegod.” Entertainment Weekly, November 16, 1990.
- “Whitney Huston's Record Release.” Entertainment Weekly, November 23, 1990.
- “Taste of Chocolate.” Entertainment Weekly, November 23, 1990.
- “Led Zeppelin's New Box set.” Entertainment Weekly, November 30, 1990.
- “Vanilla Ice's Problem Past.” Entertainment Weekly, November 30, 1990.
- “Down with Milli Vanilli.” Entertainment Weekly, November 30, 1990.
- “Crazy World,” Entertainment Weekly, December 7, 1990.
- “Sofia Coppola and Redd Kross.” Entertainment Weekly, December 7, 1990.
- “Happy Mondays: Pills ‘N’ Thrills and Bellyaches.” Entertainment Weekly, December 14, 1990.
- “Pills 'N' Thrills and Bellyaches.” Entertainment Weekly, December 14, 1990.
- “Blast the Human Flower.” Entertainment Weekly, December 21, 1990.
1991
- “John Denver and New Order. Entertainment Weekly, January 11, 1991.
- “Reverberation.” Entertainment Weekly, January 11, 1991.
- “Fly Me Courageous.” Entertainment Weekly, January 25, 1991.
- “Step in the Arena.” Entertainment Weekly, January 25, 1991.
- “Monk Business.” Spin, June 1991.
- “I Fought the Law.” Spin, August 1991.
- “Blood Sugar Sex Magic.” Spin, October 1991.
- “Metallica: Who’s Laughing Now?” Spin, October 1991. Cover story.
- “Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Great.” Entertainment Weekly, January 11, 1991.
- “Higher Ground.” Spin, December 1991.
1992
- “Confessions of A Rush Fan: Bob Mack Justifies His Love For Canada's Prog-Rock Pariahs.” Spin, March 1992.
- “Living Xtra Large: A Year With the Beastie Boys.” Spin, May 1992.
1993
- “Hamburger Hamlet Round II.” ESPN2 Dirt 1, 1993. Beastie Boys interview.
1994
- 1994.“Bruce Lee: Still Dope After All These Years.” Grand Royal 1, 1994.
- “Always on Vacation? At Home and On the Road With the Beastie Boys.” Grand Royal 1, 1993.
1995
- “Return of the Super-Ape: The Life and Times of Lee ‘Scratch” Perry.” Grand Royal 2, 1995.
- “Easy Ryder.” Grand Royal 3, 1995.o
1996
- “Bedtime for Gonzo.” Phoenix New Times, January 25, 1996 [Reprinted from Grand Royal 2, 1995].
- “Test For Echo.” Rolling Stone, December 17, 1996.
1997
- “Inside the Hell of Gates.” Details, January 1997.
- “Mack Attack.” Details, July 1997.
- “Birth of the Kool.” Details, August 1997. Rhapsodizes on the many sides of Kool Keith, a.k.a. Dr. Octagon.
1998
- “Bring the Sauce.” LA Weekly, September 9, 1998.
1999
- “Pavement Comes Alive.” Village Voice, June 22, 1999.
2000
- “Where Eagles Dare.” LA Weekly, June 21, 2000.
- “The Decline of Western Civilization Part III: The Tribute Years.” LA Weekly, October 13/19, 200. Review of local tribute bands.
- “There’s Something About Geddy.” LA Weekly, December 6, 2000.
2001
- “Stud on the Tracks.” LA Weekly, March 7, 2001.
- “Latter-Day Speedwagon.” LA Weekly, July 4, 2001.
- “Spin City: Amoeba Takes L.A.” Los Angeles, October 2001.
- “Amoeba Takes L.A. What the Legendary Berkeley Store’s Move to Hollywood Really Means.” Los Angeles, October 1, 2001.
- “The Rock Snob’s Dictionary.” Vanity Fair, November 2001. With Steven Daly and David Kamp.
- “The Great Pig in the Sky.” LA Weekly, December 19, 2001.
2002
- The Zowie, the Wowie, the Exotic & Erotic.” GQ, March 2002. With Eric Bonerz.
2012
- Life in the Teamsters: “They All Went Up.” The Story of the National Master Freight Agreement. Peter Delancey, 2012.
Other
- “The Spy Map of Jinxed Locations.” Spy. With John Brodie.
- “The Spy Map of Suburbanized Manhattan” Spy, with John Brodie.
- “The Garbologist’s Garbage: Examining the Trash of A. J. Weberman, Pioneer.” Spy. By Bob Mack and John Brodie.
- “Give Me Semi-Automatic and Flammable Old Glory’s - Or Give Me Death!” Spy. Research by David Kamp and Bob Mack.
- “Gun Nuts Go Shopping: A SPY Experiment in Terror.” Spy. By Martin Kihn and Bob Mack.
- “Everybody’s a Great Communicator: The Revolving Door Between Politics and the Press.” Spy. With Jack Hitt. c. 1988-189.
- “They Threw It All Away.” Spy. With John Brodie featuring A. J. Weberman. Digging through notables’ trash. c. 1988-189.
- Review of Bob Dylan, Time out of Mind. For Details? Album released 30 Sept. 1997.
- “The Babe's Truth Story,” mini-zine for Babes In Toyland’s Nemesisters LP.
- Chart for Roger Corman at Details – 3 panel pages on Prog
- Feature on playing Atwater Basketball Assn for GQ
- Review of Slab Rat for GQ.