​I am proud to announce that my book The Musical Touch of Leonard Nimoy: His fascinating musical career and discography by Darlene Lacey and Joe Lacey has been nominated for the 2020 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research. The book is available in print and e-book editions at Amazon.

The winners will be announced by September, and the awards will be presented during a banquet at ARSC’s annual conference in May 2021. Additional information about ARSC, the awards, and this year’s conference may be found at www.arsc-audio.org

ARSC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and study of sound recordings.

New from Diner Mighty Graphics. Fun 6" x 9" sports-themed books for kids with colorful glossy covers!
Available now at Amazon.com

• The Alley Gator Bowling Book: With 30 Score Sheets and Scoring Instructions. Plus: Types of Rolls, Glossary of Terms, Bowling Etiquette, Introductory Rules, Jokes, Fun Facts, and Activities.
• The Alley Cat Bowling Score Pad: With 100 Score Sheets and 10 Note Pages.
• Slam Dunk Dog 100 page lined notebook with basketball terms and pictures from start to finish.
• Home Run Rooster 100 page lined notebook with baseball terms and pictures from start to finish.

Bowling Scoring Made Fun!
Who's that cool dude on the lane?! Why, it's Alley Gator, and he loves to bowl! And he's here to teach you how to score! Have you sat at a bowling alley and watched the automatic scorer total up each game without fully understanding how or why these numbers popped up on the screen? Are you tired of asking someone else to keep score for you? Whether you're a kid or an adult - 9 or 99 years old, The Alley Gator Bowling Book is for you!

The "Cat's Meow" of Bowling Score Pads!
Who's that cool cat on the lane?! Why, it's Alley Cat! The Alley Cat Bowling Score Pad: With 100 Score Sheets is a fun and charming bowling score pad for kids and adults. The custom-designed score sheets are easy to read and keep score on for up to six players per game. The book also comes with 10 note pages to keep track of your bowling games, personal notes and memories!

Who’s the pup who never gives up?
It’s Slam Dunk Dog, basketball’s MVP — Most Valuable Pup! Slam Dunk Dog loves to chase down balls and hound other players with his moves above the rim. If you love basketball the way he does, you’ll love his notebook. This 100 page lined notebook has basketball terms and pictures from start to finish. Perfect for every basketball fan.

Who’s the All-Star that never bats a foul and is never called “chicken”?
It’s Home Run Rooster, and baseball is his game! If you love baseball the way he does, you’ll love his notebook. This 100 page lined notebook looks like a baseball and has baseball terms and pictures from start to finish. Perfect for every baseball fan who has America’s Pastime on the mind — even in the off-season!

I'm proud to announce the release of a new book I helped research and write. It's called The Musical Touch of Leonard Nimoy and is available as a paperback and Kindle eBook on Amazon! I also did the book design and cover illustration.

Back in 2006, my wife Darlene and I began the research that would lead to the creation of our popular website Maiden Wine. The site told the tale of when Leonard was a teen idol and recording star, singing as both himself and his dual identity, the highly logical Mr. Spock. After many years of hosting it online, we retired the website, but still had all this great material. We finally decided to go for it and update and expand the story into a groovy full-color history, musical scrapbook, and discography. If you have a love of Leonard Nimoy, Mr. Spock, and/or the 60s pop scene, you will dig this far out book!

The two are inseparable and both are cultural icons. This book captures the moment in time in the far out 60s when Leonard Nimoy was signed to a five album record deal for Dot Records, signed a universe of autographs, and toured the country to promote his singing career to throngs of adoring fans. Highly illogical? You be the judge in this one hundred page book filled with full color photos, press clippings, historical essay, and collectors discography. Find out the story behind the viral Malibu U video "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" and how Leonard Nimoy in his inimitable fashion survived the bumps and bruises from his infamous Golden Throats recordings to live long and prosper as a man of many talents.

The story of Leonard Nimoy's music is showcased with full color photos, press clippings, historical essay, and discography. Available on Amazon as a 108 page full color 8.5" x 8.5" paperback and 169 page Kindle eBook.
Published by Diner Mighty Graphics.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Darlene Lacey is a writer, researcher, and appreciator of things of the past. She is a candy historian; the author of Classic Candy: America's Favorite Sweets, 1950-80 (Shire Books), and curator of the Candy Wrapper Museum, where candy wrappers are enjoyed as art, nostalgia, and humor. Follow her on GoodReads.

Joe Lacey is a creative consultant, illustrator and designer for toys, packaging, and publication art for such companies as Crayola, (most notably, the Coloring Songbook: Lyrics by Lennon & McCartney), Avon, Fisher-Price, Mattel, and PEZ. Follow him on GoodReads.