1 7 ) ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁music ▁journalist , ▁author ▁and ▁play w right . ▁Sp itz ' s ▁writ ings ▁on ▁rock ▁and ▁roll ▁and ▁popular ▁culture ▁appeared ▁in ▁Sp in ▁( where ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁Senior ▁W riter ) ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times , ▁Maxim , ▁Bl ender , ▁Har p , ▁N yl on ▁and ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Post . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁contrib uting ▁music ▁writer ▁for ▁Van ity ▁Fair . ▁ ▁Biography ▁Born ▁in ▁Far ▁Rock away , ▁Queens , ▁Sp itz ▁was ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁the ▁nov els , ▁How ▁So on ▁Is ▁Never , ▁and ▁To o ▁Much , ▁To o ▁Late ▁and ▁the ▁bi ograph ies ▁We ▁Got ▁the ▁Ne ut ron ▁Bomb : ▁The ▁U nt old ▁Story ▁of ▁LA ▁Punk ▁( with ▁Br end an ▁M ull en ), ▁Nob ody ▁L ikes ▁You : ▁Inside ▁the ▁Tur bul ent ▁Life , ▁Times ▁and ▁Music ▁of ▁Green ▁Day , ▁B owie : ▁A ▁Biography ▁and ▁J agger : ▁Reb el , ▁Rock ▁Star , ▁R amb ler , ▁Rog ue . ▁He ▁appears ▁in ▁the ▁anth ologies : ▁The ▁Encyclopedia ▁of ▁Ex - es , ▁How l : ▁A ▁Collection ▁of ▁the ▁Best ▁Contempor ary ▁Dog ▁Wit ▁and ▁Rock ▁N ’ ▁Roll ▁C age ▁Match : ▁Music ’ s ▁Great est ▁R ival ries ▁Dec ided . ▁His ▁books ▁have ▁been ▁translated ▁and ▁published ▁in ▁French , ▁Dan ish , ▁German ▁and ▁Dutch . ▁ ▁Sp itz ▁was ▁a ▁"