▁The ▁Mur der ▁Ball ad ▁Show ▁( the ▁latter ▁featuring ▁his ▁long time ▁collabor ator ▁and ▁friend , ▁Jon ▁De e ▁Graham ). ▁His ▁most ▁recent ▁musical ▁performances ▁feature ▁his ▁u pr ight ▁bass ▁work , ▁a ▁g ritt ier ▁vocal ▁style ▁and ▁an ▁on going ▁fasc ination ▁with ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁How lin ' ▁Wolf ▁and ▁various ▁jazz , ▁bl ues ▁and ▁traditional ▁compos ers . ▁ ▁Writing ▁career ▁Sub lett ▁began ▁writing ▁seriously ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s . ▁His ▁first ▁novel , ▁Rock ▁Crit ic ▁Mur ders , ▁was ▁published ▁by ▁Vik ing ▁P engu in ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 7 , ▁followed ▁by ▁T ough ▁Baby ▁and ▁Bo iled ▁in ▁Con crete . ▁Sub lett ' s ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁mem oir , ▁Never ▁the ▁Same ▁Again : ▁A ▁Rock ▁' N ' ▁Roll ▁Goth ic , ▁rel ates ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁Sub lett ' s ▁girl friend ' s ▁murder ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁ 2 2 , ▁his ▁career ▁with ▁The ▁Sk unks , ▁and ▁his ▁battle ▁with ▁thro at ▁cancer . ▁ ▁Writing ▁in ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Times , ▁critic ▁Mar ion ▁Win ik ▁described ▁the ▁book ▁as ▁" riv eting " ▁and ▁chose ▁it ▁for ▁Times ▁list ▁of ▁" most ▁surprising ▁new ▁books ". ▁ ▁Austin ▁Chron icle ▁critic ▁Greg ▁Be ets ▁described ▁it ▁as ▁" a ▁g ri pping ▁mem oir ▁that ▁never ▁feels ▁forced ▁or ▁em otion ally ▁manip ulative . ▁. ▁. ▁. ▁Sub lett ' s