Rick Kaempfer just released an
amazingly entertaining satirical novel:
$everance. It is the first book I've managed to finish
in two years (due to my preoccupation with my crazy toddler) and I
laughed out loud many times while reading it - yeah, it's
that funny! If you
work in the radio business you'll love the inside view of the
industry and if you're not in the media you will certainly learn a
lot of eye-opening trade secrets. He also co-wrote an earlier
book (with John Swanson), The Radio Producers
Handbook. Both books cover a subject matter he knows all
too well: broadcasting.
Before becoming a full-time writer, Rick was a
nationally recognized radio producer in Chicago for Steve Dahl & Garry Meier (1987-1991)
and John Records Landecker
(1993-2003). I first met him at WLUP when he produced The Morning Loop Guys (2005). He
has also hosted his own radio show, wrote and hosted national radio
specials, and currently co-owns an advertising agency in
Chicago. Rick has some amazing blogs
(links are below) that I read regularly and highly recommend, plus
he is also a contributing editor at Shore Magazine and a humor
writer for The Beachwood Reporter. Rick literally writes
something new for public consumption every day. I don't know
how he does it all while raising three boys!
Finally. A podcast that REALLY rocks! Eavesdrop on casual conversations with rock stars, actors, authors, comedians...any one who entertains. Your host is longtime Chicago radio personality Cara Carriveau.