{"id":14449,"date":"2021-05-04T15:50:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T19:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=14449"},"modified":"2021-05-04T18:43:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T22:43:49","slug":"ed-ward-tribute-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/ed-ward-tribute-episode","title":{"rendered":"Ed Ward Tribute Episode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Ed_Ward_Tribute_Episode.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virtual Memories Show:<br \/>\nEd Ward Tribute Episode<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7128\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-14449-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Ed_Ward_Tribute_Episode.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Ed_Ward_Tribute_Episode.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Ed_Ward_Tribute_Episode.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Ed_Ward_Tribute_Episode.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=14449-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Ed_Ward_Tribute_Episode.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Ed_Ward_Tribute_Episode.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI was there and I know how the story of rock &amp; roll ends.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On May 4, 2021, news came out that rock &amp; roll journalist and historian <a href=\"http:\/\/wardinfrance.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ed Ward<\/a> was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/ed-ward-dead-obit-1164828\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found dead in his home<\/a> in Austin, TX. In honor of Ed&#8217;s work, I&#8217;ve collected our podcast conversations from <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-198-ed-ward\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2016<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-350-ed-ward\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2019<\/a>. We were ostensibly there to discuss the <a href=\"https:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/books\/9781250138491\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/books\/9781250165190\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">second<\/a> volumes of his <em><strong>History of Rock &amp; Roll<\/strong><\/em>, but Ed can TALK, and we managed to go both wide &amp; deep on a variety of subjects. I was hoping against hope for Vol. 3, so we could continue our conversation <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Ed_Ward_Tribute_Episode.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Give it a listen<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI don\u2019t like nostalgia. I consider it destructive to a rational understanding of history.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rX-25GPF_-w\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe allow=\"autoplay *; encrypted-media *; fullscreen *\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"175\" style=\"width:100%;max-width:660px;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/ed-ward-tribute-episode\/id531173075?i=1000520108445\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed-podcast\/episode\/6HHC72QFTABFguzD0xq7wq\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/embed\/player\/t162812847\/\" style=\"width:100%; height:100px;\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Ed_Ward_Tribute_Episode.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>&nbsp;Then check out&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the archives<\/a>&nbsp;for more great episodes!<\/p>\n<p>Lots of ways to follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em>! <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vmspod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCXoLbP-9GbhHJZpCQP5TR5A\/videos?view_as=subscriber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemories.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RSS<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/historianofrock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ed Ward<\/a> was the rock-and-roll historian on Fresh Air for more than thirty years, reaching fourteen million listeners. He was the cohost of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/letitrollcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Let It Roll<\/a> podcast. His writing has appeared in <em>The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal,<\/em> and countless music magazines. He is the author of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1250138493\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1250138493&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=0ea1e67cd7dbd9ca05bcd71a0ab219df\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The History of Rock &amp; Roll, Volume 1<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1250138493\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> and of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B01HH4SL0C\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B01HH4SL0C&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=69e4ee05544003726525c4630eb50dcd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Bloomfield: The Rise and Fall of an American Guitar Hero<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B01HH4SL0C\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\">. His most recent book was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1250165199\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1250165199&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=91db44995a43c531b8f57e6c10ce96ed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The History of Rock &amp; Roll, Volume 2: 1964\u20131977: The Beatles, the Stones, and the Rise of Classic Rock<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1250165199\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\">. He lived in Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/wardmemorialcomp.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14450\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/ed-ward-tribute-episode\/wardmemorialcomp\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/wardmemorialcomp.jpg?fit=1856%2C800\" data-orig-size=\"1856,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wardmemorialcomp\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/wardmemorialcomp.jpg?fit=525%2C226\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14450 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/wardmemorialcomp.jpg?resize=525%2C226\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/wardmemorialcomp.jpg?resize=620%2C267 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/wardmemorialcomp.jpg?resize=440%2C190 440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/wardmemorialcomp.jpg?resize=768%2C331 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/wardmemorialcomp.jpg?resize=1536%2C662 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/wardmemorialcomp.jpg?w=1856 1856w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/wardmemorialcomp.jpg?w=1050 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>Fella<em>&nbsp;by <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/may4th\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hal Mayforth<\/a>, used with permission from&nbsp;the artist. The conversation was recorded remotely via <a href=\"https:\/\/zencastr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zencastr<\/a>. I used a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000SOYOTQ\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B000SOYOTQ&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=04f89e1b44161aff17be7ee9479f6d64\">Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B000SOYOTQ\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> feeding into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004MQSV04\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B004MQSV04&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=1a177654d0c55797588bc43949ef369e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cloudlifter CL-1<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B004MQSV04\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003VZG550\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B003VZG550&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=M2DKYCZ52E6ZFUA3\">Mackie Onyx Blackjack 2&#215;2 USB Recording Interface<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B003VZG550\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\">. All processing and editing done in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00DRPVEUK\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00DRPVEUK&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=902a694e24a241f7cee18f483a6ce2dd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adobe Audition CC<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00DRPVEUK\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\">. Photo of me &amp; Ed by me. It&#8217;s on my <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Memories Show: Ed Ward Tribute Episode \u201cI was there and I know how the story of rock &amp; roll ends.\u201d On May 4, 2021, news came out that rock &amp; roll journalist and historian Ed Ward was found dead in his home in Austin, TX. In honor of Ed&#8217;s work, I&#8217;ve collected our podcast &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/ed-ward-tribute-episode\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ed Ward Tribute Episode&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[27,4,1083,40,1183,17,18],"tags":[4548],"class_list":["post-14449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-big-business","category-literature","category-movies","category-music","category-podcasts","category-politics-explicit","category-politics-implicit","tag-ed-ward","post_format-post-format-audio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/wardmemorialcomp.jpg?fit=1856%2C800","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-3L3","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12646,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-350-ed-ward","url_meta":{"origin":14449,"position":0},"title":"Episode 350 &#8211; Ed Ward","author":"Gil","date":"November 19, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 350: Ed Ward \"I don\u2019t like nostalgia. I consider it destructive to a rational understanding of history.\" From the Sex Pistols' last show to the backseat of Elvis' gold Cadillac, Ed Ward has had a front-row seat to the history of rock & roll. 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