Even
before the publication of ASD in 1990 (see
pictures of the radio
tour here) David, as the
resident expert on Scollay Square, was called on by
media outlets to provide commentary on the Square and
its personalities. TV interviews include Matt Lauer on
Channel 7, several appearances on Channel 5's Chronicle,
and on New England Cable News. His radio
appearances include "The Jerry Williams Show" on WRKO,
"The David Brudnoy Show" on WBZ, and "Here and Now" on
WBUR (the
complete 1999 interview can he heard HERE.) A number
of documentary film makers have called upon David to be
a "talking head" and he has also been heard on, of all
things, a cell phone tour of Boston.
For David, an ex-broadcaster who married a broadcaster, the radio tour for Always Something Doing was a treat - a chance to catch up with old friends and meet some local radio and TV legends. It began at WBZ, with former colleague and friend David Brudnoy, on whose show David would ultimate appear five times to promote various projects...
Then on
to WRKO, with another radio legend whom David engineered
broadcasts for six years, Jerry Williams.
Williams
crusaded for the renaming
of
Government Center to Scollay Square, which
took place in 1987.
"Hi
Larry, how are you doing?" "Let me check..."
Yep, it's the one and only Larry Glick,
in his
WHDH studios in Copley Place.
A
special interview with the amazing Marsha
Masters. Marsha, a dear friend, passed
away in 2003 but in 1992
was the
morning host for one of Boston's great radio format
experiments - "Show Biz Radio" WRCA.
There
used to be a local program on Channel 5 here in Boston
(back when TV stations did local
programs
other than news) called "Good Day." Here, David is
being interviewed live
in
Scollay Square by Good Day's (now host of Chronicle) Ted
Reinstein.
The very
next day after the "Good Day!" interview was David's
very first book signing, at the
Walden
Books at 2 Center Plaza, which was right across the
street from where the Channel 5
interview
had taken place. It was, according to the
bookstore's staff, the biggest crowd ever
for a
book signing. Timing - and location - truly are
everything...
I promise you that for an author there few thrills
bigger than seeing a first book on display.
Several
months after the above tour, while in Boston, I found
mine next to Whitehill's "Topographical
History"
in the Old State House bookstore window. Wow.