
Author: Scott Goldfine
As a fervid lifelong music & film enthusiast / student, I grew up in and around the Los Angeles entertainment industry. I have worked and held many positions in various media realms, since 1998 serving as Editor-in-Chief and now Associate Publisher for Security Sales & Integration, a trade publication serving the electronic security industry.
I love several genres of music & film. The former includes funk (Parliament-Funkadelic, Prince, Ohio Players, etc.); blues (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy, Eric Gales, etc.); rock (Jack White, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neil Young, etc.); hard rock (AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, etc.); jazz (Herbie Hancock, Bob James, Crusaders, etc.); R&B (Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Gil Scott-Heron, etc.); and more. I was a club disc jockey and ran a mobile DJ company (Musical Moods) for more than 15 years, which is where the name Dr. GX originates (Doctor Good Times).
Fave film genres include horror (Dawn of the Dead, Evil Dead, Nightmare on Elm Street, etc.); science fiction (Aliens, Terminator, 2001, etc.); action (Warriors, Road Warrior, Die Hard); westerns (Outlaw Josey Wales, Showdown at OK Corral; Wild Bunch, etc.); suspense (Jaws, Inception, Silence of the Lambs, etc.); drama (Apocalypse Now, Goodfellas, Pulp Fiction, etc.); and comedies (Life of Brian, Superbad, Ruthless People, etc.). I have attended many hundreds of concerts and movies (in theaters or screenings).
I may as well also throw in a few favorite TV shows to give an even broader taste of my sensibilities. A handful would be Breaking Bad, Walking Dead, Lost, Justified, Fargo, Seinfeld, Sopranos, South Park, Brooklyn Nine Nine, Key & Peele, Monty Python, Inside Amy Schumer, Louie, Modern Family, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Last Man on Earth, Bob Newhart Show, All in the Family and The Office.
Fave authors are Stephen King, Clive Barker and Michael Crichton.
I am also a big sports fan and lifelong supporter of the Dallas Cowboys (NFL), Los Angeles Lakers (NBA) and Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB). Also enjoy my family of course, electronics/computers/AV gear, and animals, nature and outdoor activities.
Graduate of Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica College and California State University Northridge (Radio-TV-Film, Psychology minor). Also studied at UCLA for kinesiology/psychology and earned post-grad Certificate in Accounting from Santa Monica College.
Present main occupation is as Associate Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Security Sales & Integration (SSI), which I joined in 1998. I am responsible for overseeing all editorial content in print. online, electronic, in-person and any other media or products for the electronic security industry's leading business-to-business trade publication. SSI is part of Framingham, Mass.-based Emerald Expositions.


TIR 130: Rick James’ Manager/Brother LeRoi Johnson Fires It Up (Parts 3 & 4)

TIR 68: Durkin Dishes on Deep Banana Blackout’s Fruitful Funk

Najee: Songs From the Key of Life – A Tribute to Stevie Wonder (1995)

The Package (1989)

TIR 329: Con Funk Shun Conductor Michael Cooper Shares His Wild Ride Aboard Love’s Train

Eddie Murphy: Put Your Mouth on Me (1989)

Palookaville (1996)

TIR 261: Cincinnati Studio Engineer Gary Platt Recalls Recording Funk Superstars

Prince: Black Album (1994)

Overboard (1987)

Prince: The Gold Experience (1995)

Out Cold (1989)

P.M. Dawn: Jesus Wept (1995)

TIR 195: Sueann Carwell on Playing With Prince, Jamming With Jesse, Gigging With George

One False Move (1992)

On Deadly Ground (1994)

Passengers: Original Soundtracks I (1995)

John Mellencamp: Human Wheels (1993)

TIR 129: Rick James’ Manager/Brother LeRoi Johnson Fires It Up (Parts 1 & 2)

TIR 328: Marvin Pierce Talks Westbound, Hits-Bound and Ohio Players’ Signature Sound

Various Artists — Soundtrack: Private Parts (1997)

TIR 67: Founders Grudge & Price Deconstruct Brass Construction
