IN 2018 OTHERWORLD COTTAGE INDUSTRIES WON A LUX GLOBAL ENTERTAINMENT AWARD,
PUBLISHED THE DOORS SUMMER'S GONE AND
1964-1974: A DECADE OF ODD TALES & WONDERS
Harvey Kubernick
Otherworld Cottage Industries (2018)
(Paperback: 225 pages, $22.95)


    The Doors Summers Gone is a compilation of author Harvey Kuberniks interviews with members of the Doors; keyboardist Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger conducted between 19742017, as well as Doors engineer/producer Bruce Botnick and Elektra Records founder Jac Holzman. Book includes Kuberniks reviews of the bands catalog product and stories, some published, some never in print or online, and reflections over five decades, from intimate Doors insiders; poets, writers, musicians, engineers, songwriters, authors, screenwriters, filmmakers, and photographers. The cover and text incorporate rare visuals and photographs supplied by Kuberniks well-respected, music business contacts, and artifacts from the archives of Ida Miller.
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     Kubernik...tackles a subject thats been..,discussed countless times since the band first appeared some 50-plus years ago, that being the evolution and tumultuous journey undertaken by Jim Morrison and The Doors.
Lee Zimmerman
     To his eternal credit Kuberniks...text doesnt focus excessively on already well explored aspects of The Doors mythology but rather attempts to build a fuller, more rounded picture of the band.
Grahame Bent
     The Doors Summer's Gone, has a slew of fresh first person interviews that add substantially to the understanding and documentation of one of America's most significant musical goups.
Jon Kanis

Travis Edward Pike's
Otherworld Cottage Industries
Won a 2018 LUX Magazine
Global Entertainment Award
for Best Audio Storyteller.

     Otherworld Cottage Industries is Travis Edward Pikes DBA, an independent association of highly-skilled colleagues in Los Angeles, California, home to Hollywood. As part of our overview of a selection of the winners from this years Global Entertainment Awards, we profile both the firm and Pike to learn more about how he publishes and creates unique art. To learn more, click on the trophy (left).


Travis Edward Pike
Otherworld Cottage Industries 2018
(Paperbackl: 363 pages, $22.95)


     This new memoir of Travis Pike's early career as a singer-songwriter features more than 170 photos and artifacts, and complete lyrics and rhymes from the CDs shown on its front cover.

     The March 2020 Midwest Book Review called it "An inherently fascinating read and a 'must' for all Travis Pike fans, 1964-1974: A Decade of Odd Tales and Wonders is a very special and unreservedly recommended addition to community and academic library Contemporary American Biography collections."

Travis's original songs, performed live in coffeehouses, clubs and concert halls across New England, Northern Germany, and Southern California are now on CDs.
     Pike's first title song was "Demo Derby," arranged and produced by Arthur Korb and recorded by the Rondels. That 28-minute crash-action documentary premiered with Robin an the Seven Hoods (starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Bing Crosby), Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret and Cesare Danova in Viva Las Vegas, and paired with the Beatles Hard Day's Night went on to play on thousands of screens across the country.

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     In this newly expanded printing Pike elucidates, often in exhaustive detail, with passion and good humour, just how things were back in the day and where he, the groups he fronted and the scenes they were part of, fitted in."
(Lenny Helsing)
     Chronicling the prolific, multi-faceted Pikes development as a storyteller, singer and songwriter, along with his performances in the U.S. and abroad from 1964-1974, the book also includes all the lyrics to the songs on his albums . . . There are also over 170 photos and artifacts.
     [Pike's] "...stories of his performances over the course of a storied decade and lyrics to the dozens of songs that populate his self-recorded efforts. In every sense, a remarkable reservoir of craft and creativity.
(Lee Zimmerman)
     Odd Tales is a thorough exploration of Travis world in the 60s, and beyond. Its a dramatic, fun and dynamic reflection detailed through narrative, poetry, rhyme and the many lyrics included.
(Lenny Helsing)