- Bob Sassone
Bob Sassone is an American writer, born on June 9, 1965 in
Salem, Massachusetts , to Italian and
Portuguese parents. He is the youngest of seven children.He began his career in the 1980s writing a weekly music column for "North Shore Magazine", a weeklymagazine inserted into several newspapers in Massachusetts. At the same time he was a sales andpromotion rep for "Musician" and "Billboard".
In 1990 he started his own music magazine, "RPM", which he published out of his apartment with the help of friends. The magazine garnered attention nationwide, and included interviews with such people as
Frank Zappa ,Andy Summers ,Robyn Hitchcock , andMarshall Crenshaw ."RPM" lasted for two years. In 1995, bored by the music industry, Sassone created another publication, "Channel Surfer Journal", a monthly television newsletter. It lasted until 2000.
In 2002, Sassone started [http://www.professorbarnhardtsjournal.com/ Professor Barnhardt's Journal] , a web-only magazine that has been acclaimed for its varied and unpredictable blend of essays, humor and fiction. Contributors have included
Roger Ebert ,Jonathan Lethem ,Steve Almond , Tod Goldberg,Keith Olbermann ,Michael J. Nelson ,Joe Bob Briggs ,Paul Davidson ,Marty Beckerman ,Joel Stein ,Daniel Radosh ,Will Leitch ,Shari Goldhagen , andNed Vizzini .In 2003, Sassone published a collection of humor essays titled "Book, With Words and Pages". The book was critically panned for its use of a box to house the pages of the book.
Sassone started one of the first online journals, in 1995, and [http://bobsassone.typepad.com/ it still exists] . He has written for several publications and sites, including
Salon.com , "McSweeney's Internet Tendency", "Esquire", "The Boston Herald", [http://www.blacktable.com// The Black Table] , [http://www.flakmag.com/ Flak] , and Tripod.com. He has been featured or profiled in several publications, including "USA Today ", and has been a guest onMSNBC , FX, and PBS.Sassone is currently a staff writer for the number one blogging network in the world, Weblogs, Inc, now owned by
AOL . He writes for several sites, including [http://www.tvsquad.com/ TV Squad] (where he served as editor in 2005), [http://www.slashfood.com/ Slashfood] , and [http://www.adjab.com/ Adjab] . He is working on his second book.Books
Book, With Words and Pages. 2003
External links
* [http://bobsassone.typepad.com/ Official Site]
* [http://picks.yahoo.com/picks/i/20021010.html/ Yahoo! review of Professor Barnhardt's Journal]
* [http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/cds.html "Retail Store Compilation CDs (Six Real, Two Made-Up)"] , by Bob Sassone, at "McSweeney's Internet Tendency"
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