John M. Borack

Borack's music reviews, columns and feature articles have appeared in periodicals such as Goldmine, Amplifier,[1] Trouser Press,[2] The Garden Grove Journal, Audities and Popsided.

[citation needed] He first began contributing to Goldmine in 1985[3] and as of 2010 continued to write the "Rave On" column for the magazine.

[2][3] He credits the Beatles with helping to shape his appreciation for music and in 2010 published the book John Lennon: Life Is What Happens.

[5] Among his contributions as a CD liner-note writer, he supplied the liner notes for the 1997 Rhino Records compilation Poptopia!

[5] In late 2021, his latest compilation project, titled We All Shine On: A Tribute to the Music of 1970 was released through SpyderPop Records.