The Pop Culture Road Trip
Bio
A pop culture history aficionado, Chris has a lifelong penchant for documenting the exact sites where things both great and small occurred. As an author, Epting has found that unearthing and chronicling ""hidden"" locations offers him a challenge. What began as an inquisitive hobby soon developed into the writing and photographing of 18 books based on his discoveries, including ""James Dean Died Here…The Locations of America's Pop Culture Landmarks,"" ""Elvis Presley Passed Here, Even More Locations of America's Pop Culture Landmarks,"" ""Roadside Baseball,"" and ""The Ruby Slippers, Madonna's Bra, and Einstein's Brain: The Locations of America's Pop Culture.""
As an extension of his efforts to chronicle the unique, Epting joined Hampton Hotels for a sixth exciting year as national spokesperson and consultant for the Hidden Landmarks program in support of the brand's national ""Explore the Highway with Hampton Save-A-LandmarkÔ"" campaign (the program recently won the President's award).
Chris is a frequent featured guest on numerous radio and television programs such as National Public Radio's ""All Things Considered,"" ""The Savvy Traveler,"" ""Access Hollywood"" and FOX TV's the ""Best Damn Sports Show Period,"" plus radio and TV programs around the world.
He has contributed articles for such publications as the ""Los Angeles Times,"" ""Westways,"" ""Travel + Leisure"" and ""Preservation"" magazine, and hosts the weekly syndicated radio show, ""The Pop Culture Road Trip."" Chris's latest book, ""Hello It's Me…Dispatches from a Pop Culture Junkie"" will be released in July, 2010.
Chris lives in Huntington Beach, CA with his wife and their two children.
I wanted to let you know that I’ve started a new blog here at beliefnet.net – The Rock and Roll Road Trip – which is where you can now follow me. Thanks for continuing the ride….
Charlie and I made it back from the Actic and it was more spectacular than we imagined it would be. I’ve already written an article about it… “Maybe it was the deep isolation in a blue and white ice [...]
Something special – recently I sat down at the home of Phil Collen from Def Leppard – he shared some of the new live album that’s coming out this week, “Mirrorball” – which includes three new studio tracks as well. [...]
From an article I wrote recently… “It’s not often that you get to speak with a musical legend as lasting and impactful as Herb Alpert. Given that he will be performing May 20 in our backyard at the Renée and [...]
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Let the music move you...
I wanted to let you know that I've started a new blog here at beliefnet.net - The Rock and Roll Road Trip - which is where you can now follow me.
Thanks for continuing the ride....
posted 10:47:59pm Jul. 13, 2011 |
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Back from the Arctic...
Charlie and I made it back from the Actic and it was more spectacular than we imagined it would be.
I've already written an article about it...
"Maybe it was the deep isolation in a blue and white ice world; maybe it was the spectacular nature or a combination of both. Whatever it wa
posted 9:28:09am Jun. 23, 2011 |
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A Def Leppard glimpse...
Something special - recently I sat down at the home of Phil Collen from Def Leppard - he shared some of the new live album that's coming out this week, "Mirrorball" - which includes three new studio tracks as well. More to follow once the album is released, but here's a glimpse of our visit...
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posted 1:43:22pm Jun. 01, 2011 |
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Herb Alpert & Lani Hall - A Match Made in Musical Heaven
From an article I wrote recently…
“It's not often that you get to speak with a musical legend as lasting and impactful as Herb Alpert. Given that he will be performing May 20 in our backyard at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa, I thought you might enjoy this.
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