Anna Katterjohn Recommends In Heaven Everything Is Fine
Anna Katterjohn -- Library Journal, 12/11/2008 1:00:00 PM
Recommendation: In Heaven Everything Is Fine: The Unsolved Life of Peter Ivers and the Lost History 
of New Wave Theatre by Josh Frank for its engrossing combo of true crime–esque cold-case intrigue, the 1970s punk scene, and the life story (cut short by murder) of a small, quirky, and alluring man best known as the host of New Wave Theatre, a sketch-comedy TV revue that brought John Belushi, Chevy Chase, and Harold Ramis together with Black Flag and the Dead Kennedys. Frank’s web site features Ivers’s music, New Wave Theatre clips, and photos of the artist.
Ideal recipient: Fans of David Lynch—the author first took an interest in Ivers after 
hearing his haunting song “In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song)” in Eraserhead—punk subculture, and National Lampoon as well as open-minded true crime readers and 1970s–80s counterculture/pop-culture enthusiasts.
Nonbook Tie-in: Knight of the Blue Communion Ivers’s debut album, rereleased in 2007 by Hux Records.
