David Wild
{{Short description|American writer}}
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{{for|the English composer|David Wilde}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2022}}
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|alma_mater=Cornell University
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David Wild (born December 16, 1961) is an American writer and critic in the music and television industries and a contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine. His published books include Friends: The Official Companion (1995), Seinfeld: The Totally Unauthorized Tribute (1998), Friends 'til the end (2004), and others.
Wild hosted the television series Musicians, which aired on Bravo! in 2001. His writing credits for television include over two dozen series and specials. In 2001, he was nominated for an Emmy for his work on America: A Tribute to Heroes. Wild has written for the Grammy Awards since 2001, and became a producer for the show in 2016.
Wild is an alumnus of Cornell University.
Wild was a frequent guest on The Adam Carolla Show, usually bringing a musical guest or a musical selection to feature on the show.
In early 2022, the Naked Lunch podcast was announced,{{Cite web |last=Rice |first=Lynette |date=2022-04-21 |title=Phil Rosenthal’s ‘Naked Lunch’ Podcast From SiriusXM’s Stitcher Hosting Ray Romano, Jimmy Kimmel, Elaine May |url=https://deadline.com/2022/04/phil-rosenthal-naked-lunch-podcast-stitcher-1235007033/ |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} featuring Phil Rosenthal and Wild. Brad Paisley, a longtime friend of Wild's, recorded the theme song for the show, which debuted officially on May 12, 2022 with Paisley as the [https://open.spotify.com/episode/7464bEnhG9BVPUUo9pug0K first guest]. To date, Rosenthal and Wild have welcomed a wide range of guests, including Graham Nash, Susanna Hoffs, Keanu Reeves with his band Dogstar, Peter Frampton, Jimmy Kimmel and others.
Books
- {{cite book|title=Friends: the Book|publisher=Boxtree|location=New York|year=1996|isbn=0-75220-18-4-0|author=David Wild.}}
- {{cite book|title=Seinfeld: The Totally Unauthorized Tribute (Not That There's Anything Wrong with That)|publisher=Three Rivers Press|location=New York|year=1998|isbn=0-60980-31-1-5|author=David Wild.|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/seinfeldtotallyu00wild}}
- {{cite book|title=The Showrunners: A Season Inside the Billion-Dollar, Death-Defying, Madcap World of Television's Real Stars|publisher=Harper Perennial|location=New York|year=2000|isbn=0-06093-20-2-3|author=David Wild.}}
- {{cite book|title=Friends 'Til the End: The Official Celebration of All Ten Years|publisher=Time Inc.|location=New York|year=2004|isbn=1-93227-31-9-0|author=David Wild.}}
- {{cite book|title=And the Grammy Goes To...: The Official Story of Music's Most Coveted Award |publisher=State Street Press|location=New York|year=2007|isbn=978-0-68149-73-9-9|author=David Wild.}}
- {{cite book|title=He Is . . . I Say: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Neil Diamond|publisher=Da Capo Press|location=New York|year=2009|isbn=978-0-30681-83-5-6|author=David Wild.}}
- {{cite book|title=Diary of a Player: How My Musical Heroes Made a Guitar Man Out of Me|publisher=Howard Books|location=Brentwood, Tennessee|year=2012|isbn=978-1-45167-43-5-4|author=Brad Paisley and David Wild.}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-wild David Wild on Huffington Post]
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Category:American music critics
Category:Cornell University alumni
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:American male non-fiction writers
Category:Loomis Chaffee School alumni
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