{"id":13821,"date":"2017-12-31T05:30:25","date_gmt":"2017-12-31T10:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=13821"},"modified":"2017-12-28T10:00:20","modified_gmt":"2017-12-28T15:00:20","slug":"a-look-back-at-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/31\/a-look-back-at-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"A Look Back at 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13363\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/booksmallwhite.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"286\" \/>2017 has been a busy year for me. Between May and September my focus was primarily on writing <a href=\"http:\/\/reinventingpinkfloyd.com\/\"><i>Reinventing Pink Floyd: From Syd Barrett to The Dark Side of the Moon<\/i><\/a>. That book \u2013 published by Rowman &amp; Littlefield \u2013 will be out in less than seven weeks.<\/p>\n<p>But I still managed to conduct nearly 170 interviews, and wrote dozens and dozens of features for print and online outlets. Sadly, a number of those I&#8217;ve interviewed this year passed away shortly after our interviews. Among the most notable are <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/11\/coming-attractions-larry-coryell\/\">Larry Coryell<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/24\/in-memory-of-tommy-keene\/\">Tommy Keene<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/15\/the-allan-holdsworth-interview-part-one\/\">Allan Holdsworth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On a happier note, 2017 will be remembered also as the year I conducted some of my all-time favorite interviews, including conversations with legendary producer <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/10\/an-american-in-london-the-shel-talmy-interview-part-one\/\">Shel Talmy<\/a>; psych\/prog madman <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/04\/arthur-browns-fire-still-burns-part-1\/\">Arthur Brown<\/a>; Kinks guitarist <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/25\/the-dave-davies-interview-part-1\/\">Dave Davies<\/a>; pop icon <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/07\/hed-only-just-begun-paul-williams-and-the-holy-mackerel-part-1\/\">Paul Williams<\/a>; songwriting giant <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2017\/09\/05\/jimmy-webb-a-consummate-tale-spinner-part-one\/\">Jimmy Webb<\/a>; synthesizer pioneer <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/04\/jean-michel-jarre-embracing-yet-remaining-wary-of-technology\/\">Jean-Michel Jarre<\/a>; hero to inquisitive, rational thinkers everywhere <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2017\/09\/11\/neil-degrasse-tyson-down-to-earth-astrophysicist\/\">Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson<\/a>; jazz fusion master <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/20\/the-john-mclaughlin-farewell-interview-part-one\/\">John McLaughlin<\/a> and more than <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/all-the-interviews-a-z\/\">150 others<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13822\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/extrapolation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/extrapolation.jpg 500w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/extrapolation-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/extrapolation-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2018 looks to be even busier and more exciting. Best wishes to Musoscribe readers for a healthy and happy 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2017 has been a busy year for me. 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