Alexander Laurence
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Alexander Laurence is a writer who was born in Los Angeles, California in May 1964. He attended CSULB and studied English Literature, where he graduated in 1988. He moved to San Francisco, California in 1989 and New York City in 1996. In that time, he attended classes at SF Art Institute and the New School for Social Research. In those years, he also pursued writing and journalism, interviewing many authors and bands over the years. He became associated with writers of the Beat Generation and others who published books in the 1980s and 1990s. He was an editor of Cups Magazine, Tin House Review, Spec, and Siren.
Since 2006, he has written for the Amsterdam/German based Zoo Magazine and has collaborated with Canadian rocker and photographer Bryan Adams
: they have featured Ray Liotta
, Billy Idol
, Saoirse Ronan
,
and Anna Friel
.
Now based in Los Angeles, he has interviewed numerous authors and bands, published his own books, and continues to DJ in Downtown LA and do his own blog, The Portable Infinite. Since 2009, he has also been a tour manager for a few indie rock bands. He is working presently on a new novel. He is featured in the indie music documentary film Adventures In Killing The Radio Star.
He has been longtime friends with Anton Newcombe
of Brian Jonestown Massacre. They met in the early 1980s during the post-punk era in Southern California. They both relocated to San Francisco by 1989. Their recent conversations have been documented on DEADTV. The link is here http://www.ustream.tv/channel/dead-tv-berlin
(2004), Reefer Movie Madness (2010), Degenerative Prose (1995), and books about the history of Grove Press.
Alexander Laurence is the author of a book of short stories: Five Fingers Make A Fist (Pollinator Press 2007). His next book is about the Orange County punk scene in 1980. This novel is called Junkyard (due out in 2012).
Alexander Laurence translated the experimental French novel CodeX by Maurice Roche. Parts of this translation was published in Talisman and Apalachee Quarterly 43 in 1995.
Since 2006, he has written for the Amsterdam/German based Zoo Magazine and has collaborated with Canadian rocker and photographer Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and photographer. Adams has won dozens of awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations. He has also received 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written...
: they have featured Ray Liotta
Ray Liotta
[File:Ray Liotta is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of Henry Hill in the crime-drama Goodfellas, directed by Martin Scorsese and his role as Shoeless Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams...
, Billy Idol
Billy Idol
William Michael Albert Broad , better known by his stage name Billy Idol, is an English rock musician. A member of the Bromley Contingent of Sex Pistols fans, Idol first achieved fame in the punk rock era as a member of the band Generation X...
, Saoirse Ronan
Saoirse Ronan
Saoirse Una Ronan is an Irish film actress. She began her career as a child and came to international prominence in 2007 after co-starring in the film Atonement, which gained her nominations for a BAFTA, a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.Ronan has since appeared in...
,
and Anna Friel
Anna Friel
Anna Louise Friel is an English actress. She rose to fame in the UK as Beth Jordache on the Channel 4 soap Brookside.-Early life:...
.
Now based in Los Angeles, he has interviewed numerous authors and bands, published his own books, and continues to DJ in Downtown LA and do his own blog, The Portable Infinite. Since 2009, he has also been a tour manager for a few indie rock bands. He is working presently on a new novel. He is featured in the indie music documentary film Adventures In Killing The Radio Star.
He has been longtime friends with Anton Newcombe
Anton Newcombe
Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:...
of Brian Jonestown Massacre. They met in the early 1980s during the post-punk era in Southern California. They both relocated to San Francisco by 1989. Their recent conversations have been documented on DEADTV. The link is here http://www.ustream.tv/channel/dead-tv-berlin
Books published
Alexander Laurence has contributed to the books The Hipster HandbookThe Hipster Handbook
The Hipster Handbook is a satirical guide to hipster culture by Williamsburg, Brooklyn author Robert Lanham.It includes a lexicon of words such as "deck" which means "cool" and "fin" which means "not so cool", as well as chapters that describe and explain all that which makes up a hipster...
(2004), Reefer Movie Madness (2010), Degenerative Prose (1995), and books about the history of Grove Press.
Alexander Laurence is the author of a book of short stories: Five Fingers Make A Fist (Pollinator Press 2007). His next book is about the Orange County punk scene in 1980. This novel is called Junkyard (due out in 2012).
Alexander Laurence translated the experimental French novel CodeX by Maurice Roche. Parts of this translation was published in Talisman and Apalachee Quarterly 43 in 1995.
External links
- Five Fingers Make A Fist on Amazon
- Bio: More Biographical info from Pollinator Press
- Zoo MagazineZoo MagazineZoo Magazine was also the name of a magazine formerly produced by the Zoological Society of London for its Young Zoologists' Club.Zoo Magazine is a magazine based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, that was first created on 25 September 2003. It focuses on fashion, art, literature and architecture and is...
: Zoo Magazine interviews - The Portable Infinite: The Portable Infinite