Bern wrote the songs for Judd Apatow's hit comedies Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story and Get Him to the Greek, as well as the theme song to Amazon's animated Dirty and Stinky series.
Longtime rock journalist David A. Ensminger's new book chronicles the merging of punk with country, blues and other roots genres — and the release party will include sets by Hickoids, Texacala Jones and more.