Posted by Book-It! on June 23, 2009 at 15:21:50:
Former Q101 DJ, James VanOsdol is working on a new book about the Chicago music scene of the 1990's. This town was the epicenter of a great amount of fantastic music during the early 90's. Many artists, such as Smashing Pumpkins, Ministry, Urge Overkill, Material Issue, Liz Phair and Veruca Salt made a national splash, while a lot of artists like the Bad Examples, Red Red Meat, Hello Dave and Cathy Richardson never quite broke the barrier. Regardless, the 90's was the most vibrant time in Chicago rock history since the 60's. JVO's book, which has the working title of "CHICAGO ROCKED! 1990-1999" is almost finished, but does not have a publishing deal. He is hoping to independently publish the book and is currently seeking donations to make that hope a reality. To find out more about the book, and/or make a donation to help this book be published soon, go to http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jamesvanosdol/chicago-rocked-working-title-non-fiction-book-on. The website has only been up for a few days now, but has already gained 13 donations by people wanting to back the book. Best of luck to James on this project of his!
BTW, JVO is discussing the new book with another former Q101 DJ, Fook & the Sun-Times' Mark Konkol in the latest podcast of "Keeping Score in Chicago," which you can get to at http://web.mac.com/fookinator/iWeb/KEEPING%20SCORE/Keeping%20Score%20In%20Chicago/CD1EBF09-3747-4EBA-AB4B-311B30BF210F.html.