Marc Spitz
{{Short description|American music journalist (1969–2017)}}
{{About|the New York–based author|text=Not to be confused with the swimmer Mark Spitz}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Marc Spitz
| image =Marc Spitz_resize.jpeg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1969|10|2}}
| birth_place = Far Rockway, Queens, New York City, New York, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|2|4|1969|10|2}}
| death_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
| alma_mater = Bennington College
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Author
- music journalist
- playwright
}}
| genre = Music, pop culture
}}
Marc Spitz (October 2, 1969 – February 4, 2017) was an American music journalist, writer and playwright. Spitz's writings on rock and roll and popular culture appeared in Spin (where he was a Senior Writer) as well as The New York Times, Maxim, Blender, Harp, Nylon and the New York Post. He was a contributing music writer for Vanity Fair.
Biography
Born in Far Rockaway, Queens, Spitz was the author of the novels How Soon Is Never and Too Much, Too Late, and the biographies We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of LA Punk (with Brendan Mullen), Nobody Likes You: Inside the Turbulent Life, Times and Music of Green Day, Bowie: A Biography, and Jagger: Rebel, Rock Star, Rambler, Rogue. He appears in the anthologies The Encyclopedia of Ex-es, Howl: A Collection of the Best Contemporary Dog Wit, and Rock N’ Roll Cage Match: Music’s Greatest Rivalries Decided. His books have been translated and published in French, Danish, German, and Dutch.
Spitz was a "Downtown" playwright, emerging from the Ludlow Street scene around Todo con Nada in 1998. His other theatrical work includes Retail Sluts, The Rise and Fall of the Farewell Drugs, ...Worry, Baby, The Hobo Got Too High, I Wanna Be Adored, Shyness Is Nice, Gravity Always Wins, The Name of This Play is Talking Heads, Your Face Is A Mess, A Marshmallow World, Up For Anything, and P.S. It's Poison. Shyness Is Nice was selected and anthologized as one of NY Theatre's Best Plays of 2001, and its opening monologue appears in the Applause anthology One on One: Best Men’s Monologues of the 21st Century, published in October, 2008.
Spitz spoke at Columbia University (on playwrighting) and DePaul University (on journalism), and appeared as a "talking head" on MTV, VH1, MSNBC.
Spitz died in New York City in February 2017, at the age of 47.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/marc-spitz-veteran-music-journalist-and-author-dead-at-47-w465045 |title=Marc Spitz, Veteran Music Journalist and Author, Dead at 47 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=February 4, 2017 |issn=0035-791X}}{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7678014/marc-spitz-music-journalist-and-playwright-dies |title=Marc Spitz, Music Journalist and Playwright, Dies |first1=Mitchell |last1=Peters |first2=Shirley |last2=Halperin |magazine=Billboard |date=February 4, 2017 |issn=0006-2510}}{{cite journal |url=http://www.spin.com/featured/marc-was-different-and-was-the-first-to-remind-you-about-it-friends-and-former-spin-colleagues-remember-marc-spitz/ |title=He Was Different and Was the First to Remind You About It |journal=Spin |date=February 8, 2017 |issn=0886-3032}} No information was released about the cause of his death.
Books
=Novels=
- {{cite book |title=How Soon Is Never? |year=2003 |publisher=Broadway Books |isbn=978-0609810408 |url=https://archive.org/details/howsoonisneverno00spit }}
- {{cite book |title=Too Much, Too Late |year=2006 |publisher=Broadway Books |isbn=978-1400082933 |url=https://archive.org/details/toomuchtoolateno00spit }}
=Nonfiction=
- {{cite book |first1=Marc |last1=Spitz |first2=Brendan |last2=Mullen |author-link2=Brendan Mullen |title=We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of L.A. Punk |year=2001 |publisher=Three Rivers Press |isbn=978-0609807743 |url=https://archive.org/details/wegotneutronbomb00marc }}
- {{cite book |title=Nobody Likes You: Inside the Turbulent Life, Times and Music of Green Day |year=2006 |publisher=Hachette Books |isbn=978-1401309121}}
- {{cite book |title=Bowie: A Biography |year=2009 |publisher=Three Rivers Press |isbn=978-0307716996 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/bowiebiography00spit }}{{cite web |url=http://flavorwire.com/51678/stardust-memories-biographer-marc-spitz-on-david-bowies-pop-culture-legacy |title=Stardust Memories: Biographer Marc Spitz on David Bowie's Pop Culture Legacy |first=Judy |last=Berman |website=Flavorwire |date=November 20, 2009}}{{cite web |url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/119104-bowie-a-biography-by-marc-spitz/ |title=Bowie: A Biography by Marc Spitz |first=Josh |last=Indar |website=PopMatters |date=January 28, 2010}}
- {{cite book |title=Jagger: Rebel, Rock Star, Rambler, Rogue |year=2011 |publisher=Avery |isbn=978-1592407347}}
- {{cite book |title=Poseur: A Memoir of Downtown New York City in the '90s |year=2013 |publisher=Da Capo Press |isbn=978-0306821745}}
- {{cite book |title=Twee: The Gentle Revolution in Music, Books, Television, Fashion, and Film |year=2014 |publisher=It Books |isbn=978-0062213044 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/tweegentlerevolu0000spit }}
Plays
- Retail Sluts
- The Rise and Fall of the Farewell Drugs
- "…Worry, Baby"
- The Hobo Got Too High
- I Wanna Be Adored
- Shyness Is Nice
- Gravity Always Wins
- The Name of This Play is Talking Heads
- Your Face Is A Mess
- A Marshmallow World
- Up For Anything
- P.S. It's Poison
- Revenge and Guilt
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.vanityfair.com/contributors/marc-spitz/ Marc Spitz] at Vanity Fair
- [http://www.randomhouse.com/author/29321/marc-spitz/ Marc Spitz] at Random House
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