SPEECHES, RÉSUMÉ

Tim Riley: Author, Web Producer, Speaker, Pianist
triley60@yahoo.com

173 Morrison Avenue
Somerville, MA 02144
617-623-8748
fax: 617-623-4764
cell: 617-257-2951

Résumé

Booking: Jodi Solomon Speakers Agency

CAMPUS SPEECHES 1990-2002
Censorship in the Arts, Rock History, Piano Lecture-Recital
April 4, 2002: Drake University, IA
April 11, 2002: Macalester College, MN
November 28, 2001: Trinity College, CT
November 7, 2001: Ferris State, MI
February 27, 2001: University of Nebraska

RÉSUMÉ


Tim Riley
Web Producer, Author, Speaker, Pianist
173 Morrison Avenue
Somerville, Massachusetts 02144-2016
E-mail: triley60@yahoo.com

(Note to Coloradans: Tim Riley was raised in Boulder and Denver, Colorado, asTim Mikesell between 1960 and 1978. He took his stepfather's name RILEY in 1985.)

CURRENT

PUBLIC INTERACTIVE.COM: Managing Producer, Public Arts (1999-2002)

Conceived and developed arts module, Public Arts, for syndication to over 70 public broadcasting web sites nationwide, launched December 1999 (September 1999- ). Edited articles by Tim Page (Washington Post), Lloyd Schwartz (Fresh Air), Milo Miles (Fresh Air), Harvey Pekar, Eric Nuzum, and many others. Wrote Fine Grind pop column.

Rock.com Music Network: Senior Producer, Classical Editor (1998-1999)

Managed production staff, developed features essays, oversaw music editors and free-lancers, supervised classical section, wrote monthly column.

Lycos.com: Senior Editor Top 5% Web Review Database (1997-1998)

Supervised the web's oldest and largest database of web site reviews, developed new platform, oversaw Lycos-VH1 joint music guide venture, The Link.

EDUCATION

Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester

Master of Music, Performance and Literature in Piano, 1985

Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music Oberlin, Ohio (Double Degree program)

Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance, 1983
Bachelor of Arts in English with Honors, 1983

BOOKS
Tell Me Why-Vintage TELL ME WHY:
BEATLES COMMENTARY

Knopf/Vintage, 1988/9).

"Brings new insight to the act we've known for all these years,"

—Jon Pareles, The New York Times

HARD RAIN: A DYLAN COMMENTARY

NEW DA CAPO EDITION, 1999 with epilogue

(Knopf/Vintage 1992/3).

"The best serious criticism to address rock'n'roll."

—The Boston Globe
Madonna: Illustrated

MADONNA ILLUSTRATED

(Hyperion, 1992).

"Riley knows music and his descriptions are marvelous."

—Library Journal.

PERIODICALS, RADIO, ENCYCLOPEDIAS

millennium pop, editor and publisher, journal of the popular arts.
"The best new publication of 1994," The Village Voice. Excerpted in Harper's.

Here and Now, NPR's nationally-syndicated newshour, 2001
Music commentator

The World, critic/consultant, international newshour produced by WGBH Boston, BBC London, and Public Radio International (1996-97).

Monitor Radio, internationally syndicated critic-at-large (1992-1996).

WBUR-FM "Morning Edition": Boston's NPR News pop critic, 1987-93

Newsweek.com; Salon; The Washington Post Book World;
Information Please Entertainment Almanac; Boston Magazine; National Public Radio (NPR); contributor (1988-present).

APPEARANCES

JFS Speakers Agency, campus speaker: over 500 multi-media lectures on Censorship in the Arts, Rock History, and the British Invasion, (1990-present). Contact Jodi Solomon or Bill Fargo, 617/266-3450; 1-800-669-2857.

CBS Morning and Evening News; MTV's Closet Classics; the Joan Rivers Show: television interviews; The Group Talk Show, WGBH-TV Boston, regular guest (1992-7).


REFERENCES

Steve Stark, Author, Popular Culture Critic, NPR, CNN 617/489-3537

Eugene Carr, President, Culture Finder, 212/315-1309 ext. 22

Anthony Brooks, National Public Radio Producer
617/923-9815

Doug Berman, Car Talk Executive Producer
617/876-6632

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