2009

== Deaths ==
*July 10 - Arthur Okamura, artist, presented in Psychedelic Art
*September 11 - Jim Carroll, aged 60
*October 12 - Brendan Mullen, author, aged 60
*October 18 - Lenore Kandel, poetess
*December 20 - James Gurley, guitar player in Big Brother and the Holding Company
== Publications ==
*A Day in the Life: One Family, the Beautiful People, and the End of the Sixties by Robert Greenfield
*And Party Every Day: The Inside Story Of Casablanca Records by Larry Harris
*Blue Jean Baby: One Girl's Trip Through The 1960s L.A. Music Scene by Sally Palmer
*Canyon of Dreams: The Magic and Music of Laurel Canyon by Harvey Kubernik
*Gong Dreaming 2: The Histories & Mysteries of Gong from 1969-1975 (v. 2) by Daevid Allen
*Hit Hard: A Story of Hitting Rock Bottom at the Top by Joey Kramer
*I, Doll: Life and Death with the New York Dolls by Arthur "Killer" Kane
*I am Ozzy by Ozzy Osbourne
*I Slept with Joey Ramone: A Family Memoir by Mickey Leigh & Legs McNeil
*Krautrock: Cosmic Rock and its Legacy by Erik Davis
*Miss O'Dell: My Hard Days and Long Nights with The Beatles, The Stones, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, and the Women They Loved by Chris O'Dell
*On Some Faraway Beach: The Life and Times of Brian Eno by David Sheppard
*Rick Rubin: In the Studio by Jake Brown
*Poisoned Heart: I Married Dee Dee Ramone by Vera Ramone King
*Robert Wyatt (book), a biography by Jean-François Dréan & Philippe Thieyre 
*The Fallen: Life in and Out of Britain's Most Insane Group by Dave Simpson
*The Stooges: The Authorized and Illustrated Story by Robert Matheu
*To Live Is to Die: The Life and Death of Metallica's Cliff Burton by Joel McIver
*Trust - Photographs of Jim Marshall
*Ultraviolet: 69 Classic Blacklight Posters from the Aquarian Age and Beyond by Daniel Donahue
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