 His writing has also appeared in "The New York Times", "Chicago Sun-Times", "The Washington Post", and the magazines "Billboard", "TV Guide", "People" and "Los Angeles", among others.Rense's activities in the music industry have included writing the liner notes for albums by Frank Zappa, the Grateful Dead, Captain Beefheart and the Persuasions.He produced a series of comeback albums by the Persuasions, beginning with the group's 2000-released "Frankly A Cappella", a collection of a cappella interpretations of Zappa's music.