Who Is Todd McFliker?

Author of  "All You Need Is Love to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb"

I am proud to say that I earned a Masters Degree in Mass Communication from Lynn University in Boca Raton, while my undergrad degree from the University of Central Florida is in the English Department’s Creative Writing track.  I have spent more than six years employed as a writer and photographer specializing in South Florida’s entertainment, entailing films concert, venue and CD revues, ranging from local talent found anywhere from Miami Beach’s oldest live venue, Tobacco Road to the exquisite DADA in Delray Beach.  I have penned in-depth coverage of legendary performances, including Sir Paul McCartney, U2, Pearl Jam and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.  I recently signed a contract to publish my first book, All You Need is Love to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, comparing the bands of the last two generations.  

As far as what’s in store for the future of my career, I’ve always been certain that one day I will write a book on Led Zeppelin.  “The Song Remained the Same” will be a fictional piece reliving the gods of rock’s history from 1980 to the present if their incredible drummer John “Bonzo” Bonham hadn’t died too soon.  Imagine the concert reviews of the mighty Zeppelin at Live Aid, at Lollapalooza, on MTV Unplugged, etc.  I would also like to put together a piece on my personal favorite director, Martin Scorsese and his timeless classics spanning four decades.  Hopefully, my penmanship will capture the attention of one of my favorite publications in the U.K., either Uncut or Mojo.  I would love to move to London and earn a living writing about classic rock’s icons for the rest of my working life.  Perhaps one day I’ll retire from the magazine industry and start my autobiography, reliving all of the essential lessons of the reporting game that I had to learn the hard way.

 Like Paul Simon explained to Mojo’s Phil Sutcliffe in 2006, “As a writer, you’re talking to yourself and hoping that when other people overhear the conversation they get it.  So I take my job seriously, not only to be true to myself but to be true to whoever is following my compulsive questioning.  Whoever has the patience to get through it.”