Glen Boyd
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Communications or Media |
| Occupation | sales |
| Location | Seattle, Washington, United States |
| Introduction | Welcome to the ongoing web journal of music journalist and Blogcritics assistant music editor Glen Boyd. Glen began a long career in the music business managing a neighborhood record store in Seattle in the seventies and went on to run several others, eventually owning his own for a brief period in the mid nineties. In between, he was, among other things: A Music Journalist and Contributing editor at several magazines (The Rocket; Tower Records Pulse; The Source); A DJ at Rap Radio (KCMU's Shock Frequency and later, KCMU Rap Attack); and a National Sales and Marketing Director at a number of record labels, most notably Nastymix Records (where he helped launch the career of Seattle rapper Sir Mix A Lot) and American Recordings (where he promoted hit records for Sir Mix A Lot and the Black Crowes, among others). Currently Glen is Assistant Music Editor For Blogcritics Magazine |
| Interests | Music, Music, Music; professional wrasslin; religion and spirituality; progessive politics; ufos and conspiracies; truthseeking; making a difference |
| Favorite movies | American Graffiti; Close Encounters of the Third Kind; Contact; The Road Warrior; This is Spinal Tap; Goodfellas; Almost Famous; Woodstock; |
| Favorite music | Bruce Springsteen; Neil Young; Bob Dylan; Old School Hip Hop; Marvin Gaye; Radiohead; Coldplay; Johnny Cash; David Bowie; Brian Wilson; Phil Spector; Alice Cooper; Prince; Patti Smith |
| Favorite books | The Bible; The Stand by Stephen King; Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck; Above Top Secret by Tim Good; The Late Great Planet Earth by Hal Lindsey; Chronicles by Bob Dylan; To Be The Man by Ric Flair; True Crime books |