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 285: Aaron Mills Tells How He Deployed His Bass Skills With Cameo & OutKast
Dr. Demento — 25th Anniversary Collection: More of the Greatest Novelty Records of All Time (1996)
AC/DC: Ballbreaker (1995)
Ace of Base: The Bridge (1995)
The Cars — The Cars Anthology: Just What I Needed (1995)
TIR 152: Andre Foxxe on Being Married to the Funk Mob
Alice in Chains: Alice in Chains (1995)
Tha Dogg Pound: Dogg Food (1995)
TIR 220: When Kat Dyson Decided to Join Prince’s ‘Jam of the Year’ Party
Paul Butterfield Blues Band: The Original Lost Elektra Sessions (1995)
Allman Brothers Band : Second Set (1995)
Various Artists: Baddest Love Jams (1996)
Bob Dylan: Unplugged (1995)
David Byrne: David Byrne (1994)
Cameo: Machismo (1988)
TIR 284: Arthur Stokes Recounts Funk Upon a Time, in the Days of the Platypus
TIR 37: Glenn Murdock Tells How Mother’s Finest Blazed Its Funk-Rock Path
Glenn Murdock Tells How Mother’s Finest Blazed Its Funk-Rock Path
TIR 89: Drumming Icon Lenny White Returns to Music Memories That Will Last Forever
The Commitments — Soundtrack: The Commitments (1991)
TIR 45: Monte Moir Reminisces About The Time of His Life (Audio Enhanced Version)
B.T. Express: The Best of (1996)