I Have Fun Everywhere I Go: Savage Tales of Pot, Porn, Punk Rock, Pro Wrestling, Talking Apes, Evil Bosses, Dirty Blues, American Heroes, and the Most Notorious Magazines in the World Paperback – May 12, 2009

Mike Edison is the world's leading explicator of how the ethos of Kayfabe (and other hucksterisms more real than reality) have overtaken the planet! (For the whole pic one needs to read his other books."

Like Mike's life, the book rambles a little. Loved the Raunch Hands so I picked this up and I enjoyed the stories, even though he was more a hired hand and so we didn't get a whole lot of insight on the creative forces behind the band, more like road stories about dope and floozies. Which is fine, too. It took me 76 trips to the crapper to finish the book, which is higher than average, so kudos Mike. (If I decide to sell it used one day, that's what the 76 brown tick-marks inside the front cover designate)

As a fat, drunk, some what wrestling fan, Raunch Hands fan, former GG Allin pen pal this was right up my allay... Great and fun read!

Absolutely loved this book- coming from a freelancing, bizarro background and career myself I could relate. Wonderfully written, a rapid fire conversational style with florid descriptions that cut through with unexpected but genius effect. Definitely reading his other books, just loved it.

This was a great book to read. Mike was writing books for bookstores, a traveling musician, an editor and a publisher. I recommend this book if you are looking for real stories from someone who was there.

This guy is the best!

I really enjoyed this book. Mike Edison has led a very interesting life, and he tells it with verve and pizzazz. The book is crammed with raunchy humor, punk rock, tales of excess, and unflattering tell-alls about B-grade celebrities. It also has stories of evil bosses and vicious office politics. What could be more interesting than the office politics at magazines like High Times and Screw? Mike Edison delivers all of this and much more, with a "heart punch" style of storytelling that does gonzo journalism proud.Sure, it's a little over the top. It's also a bit self-indulgent (but what memoir isn't?). So what? It's still a rip-roaring yarn. And it's NEVER boring.This is the most fun I've had with a memoir in a long time. For sheer reading pleasure, I rank it up there with Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Danny Sugarman's Wonderland Avenue, and Miles Davis' autobiography. Good stuff here. So fill your cup and drink deeply. You won't be disappointed.

I am a sucker for an entertaining autobiography, so I picked this little gem up at Watermark Books this past summer on the promise of the dustjacket alone, which features caricatures of Joey Ramone, Andy Warhol, Little Richard, Jerry Garcia, Ronald Reagan, Hulk Hogan, Larry Flynt and many other larger than life characters, like Mr. Edison himself. What really sold me about the dustjacket was the books' subtitle, which reads: Savage Tales of Pot, Porn, Punk Rock, Pro Wrestling, Talking Apes, Evil Bosses, Dirty Blues, American Heroes, and the Most Notorious Magazines in the World. For some reason, I hadn't decided to give it a go until just recently, while being bored to tears and giving up on Annie Dillard's latest novella, The Maytrees, which might have been more appealing were I not suffering a recent spell of ADD, an affliction which I seem to share with the author.Mike Edison aka Lord Zeppelin (one of his anonymous pen names) took me on a wild ride going from punk band drummer to solo blues slide guitarist, smut mag to stoner mag, European tour to Asian wedding adventure, all without any apparent purpose other than to find some interesting things to write about in his autobiography one day, and that he did. There is no shortage of hilarious and interesting material here, and while I have to question his journalistic integrity from time to time, he is usually the first one to confess his own shortcomings in his relationships and in the workplace, so his tall tales carry much more credibility than that of say, I don't know, James Frey (A Million Little Pieces).Make no mistake about it; Edison has no plans to sober up. This is not a coming-of-age tale, nor a rock-bottom to riches account. The amount of drugs he unabashedly consumes throughout the memoir is mind boggling, not due to the fact that he made it out alive, but because he was able to meet as many deadlines and complete as many writing and publishing assignments as he did. The type of magazines he worked for are not necessarily world class publications, but the author brought a level of professionalism to the offices of such noteworthy publications as "Screw", "Soft Drinks & Beer" and "High Times" that does not jibe with his otherwise anarchistic music career. His work ethic was inspired by the idea of "bringing something better to the bottle every day."The most dramatic portion of the book recounts his stint at "High Times", commonly referred to as "that dope rag", in which Edison attempts to transform the office from a lazy stoner hangout into a high-octane, high circulation publishing empire. The staffers are heavily resistant to his mandate to cease smoking in the office during business hours, and he goes from being Editor and Publisher in Chief to "Head Fascist" in less than a year. Eventually, he is credited as being a producer for the High Times Potluck movie, featuring Jay of Jay and Silent Bob, which apparently went straight to DVD and is currently nowhere to be found for sale on the Net. You can however, purchase his most recent musical project, Edison Rocket Train Yes! Yes!! Yes!!!, however, I would highly recommend staying away from this noise and instead picking up a Jon Spencer Blues Explosion disc. Oh yeah, if you happen to love the Beatles, you might also want to stay away from this book, as he spends a fair amount of time rationalizing his distaste for the Sgt. Pepper album and Beatle-mania in general.In the end, the pure entertainment value of this book and Edison's stories of a low brow lifestyle are through the roof, and his literary style and voice are much more advanced and coherent than I would have expected, but if you are looking for a story with any kind of redeeming social value, you will not find it here. Mike Edison has cemented his place in the literary canon as the hardest working screw up in show business.Kristian Strom (Find More Book and Music Reviews at Kristian Strom Dot Com)

A friend in a record shop in Manchester told me about this book. He told me I would enjoy because the writer, a punk rocker from an American band, who lived in Madrid told stories about this rock district in Madrid, Malasaña. I researched a bit on internet and I realized I actually met the writer in a bar (Templo del Gato) in Madrid in the early nineties. After that I went to Amazon and bought the book. Actually I was looking for his stories in Madrid but what I found out is a great writer with an enthusiatic lust for life. Mike Edison is thoroughly a great master writer. Sure he can write on anything he has passion for whatever is wrestling,porn, weed, rock and roll (and love stories too!!). He is part of that generation of rock and rollers that even called themselves punk rockers represent that hard living and curiosity for life in a greater sense. He played in one of the best punk rock bands ever, The Raunch Hands. Rock and Roll in the pure style of Little Richard or Andre Williams with a punk sense of humor such as the New York Dolls and fun like the Ramones. He is also a very knowledgeable man who travels not like a wasted rock musician but open minded in his full senses (even when he ended up completely intoxicated by means of alcohol or drugs or any combintation of both). The experiences on the road with his bands are some of the best descriptions on music camraderie and bitching as well as being some of the funiest reading. The chapters on his experiences in the "real world" (if we could call that to be publisher for a smoking-weed magazine) are not just enjoyable for the funny anecdotes but, also, for their deep insight into the publication world. The business side and the bitching and jealousy in the work environment are well documented. The characters in the book are described with all their complexities that humans are. Edison doesn't look for gags to create effect. He is just a great story teller who cannot stop to induce excitement in his readers. This is a book who I can recommend to anybody with an interest in pop culture and "inquietud" (a good Spanish word meaning more than just curiosity or interest) for life. Más!, Sharky give us more!!! (Please try to get it translated in Spanish soon)