Larry Sloman Explained

Larry Sloman
Pseudonym:Ratso
Birth Date:1950 7, df=yes
Occupation:Writer
Nationality:American
Signature:Larry "Ratso" Sloman signature (cropped).jpg

Larry "Ratso" Sloman (born July 9, 1950) is a New York–based author.

Career

Sloman was born into a middle-class Jewish family from Queens. His nickname Ratso came from Joan Baez who said Sloman looked like Dustin Hoffman's character Ratso Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy.

He wrote for Rolling Stone, Crawdaddy, and Creem in the 1970s. He wrote a column, "Ratso's Pallazo", in Heavy Metal in 1985.[1]

He collaborated with Howard Stern on the radio personality's two best-selling books, Private Parts and Miss America. He also appears in all of Kinky Friedman's mystery novels as the Dr. Watson to Kinky's Sherlock. Sloman wrote an account of Bob Dylan's 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue tour, On the Road with Bob Dylan. He also penned Reefer Madness, a history of marijuana use in the United States, Thin Ice: A Season in Hell with the New York Rangers, a 1982 on- and off-ice account of the 1979–80 New York Rangers season[2] and Steal This Dream, an oral biography of Abbie Hoffman.

His book The Secret Life of Houdini, written with magic historian William Kalush, presented research that attempted to prove that early 20th-century American magician Harry Houdini was a spy. The authors also raised the possibility that Houdini had been murdered by a cabal of Spiritualists, prompting Houdini's great-nephew to call for an exhumation of the magician's body to test for poisoning.

Sloman's other collaborations include Mysterious Stranger, with the magician David Blaine and Scar Tissue, the autobiography of the Red Hot Chili Peppers lead singer Anthony Kiedis.

Starting in 1985, for a few years Sloman served as executive editor of National Lampoon magazine. He was also editor-in-chief of High Times.[3]

On 5 April 2019, he released an album, Stubborn Heart, that includes a duet with Nick Cave, among others. Sloman and George Lois directed the music video for Bob Dylan's song "Jokerman."[4]

Works

Further reading

  1. Web site: Hershkovits . David . The Life and High Times of Larry 'Ratso' Sloman . Tablet Magazine . 2017-10-18. 2017-12-29.
  2. News: David . Bienstock . Bob and Ratso: Larry Sloman goes On the Road with Bob Dylan. . 2003-01-27 . High Times . 2007-12-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070811163352/http://hightimes.com/ht/entertainment/content.php?bid=12&aid=2 . 2007-08-11 . dead .
  3. Web site: Larry Sloman . 2007-12-30 . Bold Type . .
  4. Web site: Larry 'Ratso' Sloman on His Time with Bob Dylan's 'Rolling Thunder Revue' . rock cellar magazine . 27 August 2022.
  5. Web site: McCormick . Carlo . Larry "Ratso" Sloman . High Times . April 1999.
  6. Web site: Bracy . Timothy . Speaking With Behind-the-Scenes National Treasure Larry "Ratso" Sloman . Men's Journal . 27 August 2022 . 2017-06-01.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Larry Sloman . Rock's Backpages . 27 August 2022.
  2. News: Thin Ice: A Season in Hell with the New York Rangers (review). Kirkus Reviews. April 1, 1982. April 1, 2021.
  3. Web site: A Conversation with Larry "Ratso" Sloman . 5 April 2019 . Magnet. Gary Lippman.
  4. News: Prince . Bill . How to watch Uncut Gems (by a man who knows his way around organised chaos) : Larry 'Ratso' Sloman on how he got involved in Uncut Gems . 27 August 2022 . British GQ . 27 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200429222008/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/larry-ratso-sloman-uncut-gems-interview . 29 April 2020.

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