David Swinson

David Swinson is the writer of the best-selling novel Detailed Man. He began his career in the late 1980’s a period which was marked by the height of punk rock music. After being admitted to the California State University, where he majored in film, he not only booked but also promoted alternative music and punk rock music at Melody Dance Center, Fender’s Ballroom and the Bogart’s nightclub. Swinson was also a founder of Wednesday Night of spoken word and conversation with achievers such as Dr. Timothy Leary, Hunter S. Thompson, and Jim Caroll. After numerous years of promoting and booking, together with developing lasting relationships with Hunter S. Thompson and Timothy Leary; it was an accepted segue to co-produce and develop Sound Bites. This compilation of spoken word featured orators, politicians, and writers including Caroll, Eugene McCarthy, and Abbie Hoffman.