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Rock journalist Alan Light visited the Writers House in September 2007 and gave a talk about his book
The Skills to Pay the Bills, The Story of the Beastie Boys. Light is former editor in chief of
Vibe,
Spin, and
Tracks magazines, and a former senior writer for
Rolling Stone. He is also the editor of
Tupac Shakur and
The Vibe History of Hip Hop.
I just completed a
Kelly Writers House podcast which features a 20-minute excerpt from Light's talk.
Here's a link to the podcast mp3. And
here's a summary of the event, and other links, from the Writers House web calendar.