Monthly Archives: September 2008

Rock Gods of Acht

Rock Gods of Acht - out now!

Rock Gods of Acht - out now!

Rock Gods of Acht: a music meltdown by Diane Hatz (that would be me) hasn’t yet made it onto Amazon.com – but you can purchase a copy now at http://www.lulu.com/content/2230290

I haven’t done the official public release yet (like, it doesn’t have a MySpace page), but….it’s done and I’m currently putting together my marketing plan to get it out to music fans and interested readers around the world.

If you know anyone you think would want to blog about it or review a copy, please let me know!  You can get in touch with me here or via email at rockgodsofacht (at) yahoo.com

I think I’m going to start posting selected pages/chapters from the book – for now, though, you’ll have to settle for the dedication….

“To artists like Pete Townshend and Bruce Springsteen…not only for the company of their music growing up, but for always reminding me that it really is the music that matters.  Long Live Rock!”

And I’ll let you know when the MySpace page is up – possibly Facebook too, but I can’t seem to figure that one out yet. Ohhhh…..and there are plans for a You Tube video of the first chapter.  Will definitely keep you posted on that!  If we can swing it, it’s going to be really cool (it’ll involve Barbie and Ken dolls – and lots of blood!….all set to the narration of Chapter One).  A choreographed bloodfest of corporate music.  Excited?  just wait!

Slow Food Nation

I just got back from a week in San Francisco where I attended the Slow Food Nation event.  It was a three-day event around the city to celebrate local artisanal food.  Rather than rewrite what we did, you can read posts from the ST Chronicles below (from Sustainable Table):

Slow Food Nation

9 Beers, 9 Cheeses, Happy People

Tantalizing Tastes at the Taste Pavilions

Food, Inc.

It was a lot of food – so I certainly can’t complain! – but it was exhausting.  I mean, how much great food can a person eat in a day?  (A lot, in case you’re not sure…)  I met a lot of wonderful people, had fantastic weather (don’t know if I believe those stories about it being cold and foggy there…).  Though, one day, there was fog rolling in over the bay – we could see it out on the water, and, as we were looking, a huge container ship glided silently through the mist out of nowhere – it was really cool – looked totally like a ghost ship.

Oh – and if you interested in any photos from Slow Food Nation, there are a few on Sustainable Table’s Flickr account.