Category: Print
Reviews: Print, Skateboarding Books
Powerhouse BooksTrim Size: 7 3/4 x 10 1/4Page Count: 208ISBN: 9781576877869 I became aware of Quarter Snacks back in 2007 when I posted a pic of a random spot in NYC I found in the Anti-sit archives. Someone from New York either tipped them off or they were following Skate and Annoy. Remember, this was […]
Drop inPosted by: Kilwag (editor) on October 5th, 2016
Reviews: Music Books, Print
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, 20th Anniversary Edition By Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain Grove Press Original Release: 1996 20th Anniversary Edition: August, 2016 It’s hard to believe that there is a 20th anniversary edition of Please Kill Me, not because it doesn’t deserve it, but because, holy fuck, it’s been […]
Drop inPosted by: Kilwag (editor) on September 14th, 2016
Reviews: Music Books, Print
Brendan Mullen with Don Bolles and Adam Parfrey Publisher: Feral House Copyright: April 15, 2002 Paperback: 312 pages Lexicon Devil is another book in the now crowded oral history genre of books chronicling music. Published in 2002, (7 years befpre Brendan Mullen’s death) the project combines and builds on two separate attempts to chronicle the […]
Drop inPosted by: Kilwag (editor) on April 18th, 2014
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Reviews: Music Books, Print
386 pages, perfectbound IT / Harper Collins I came into this book being predisposed to dislike Peter Hook, or “Hooky” as he is known, based solely on the portrayal of him in the movie Control, notably the scene where he’s dissecting the Buzzcocks name. He addresses that very same scene in his book, annoyed that […]
Drop inPosted by: Kilwag (editor) on March 4th, 2014
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Reviews: Music Books, Print
Author: David Markey and Jordan Schwartz Publisher: Bazillion Points Books Copyright: 2012 288 pages, hardcover Why am I even writing another review? I thought my ego was checked enough that I didn’t need my name associated with yet another cool artifact like this book. And I don’t really care to inform anyone of the book […]
Drop inPosted by: Dr Brad on January 9th, 2014
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Reviews: Featured, Print, Zines
This is one I can really relate to. This history of Skate and Annoy is littered with the carcasses of missed self-imposed deadlines and delays due to “wanting to get things right.” Issue #10 of Pure Fun is the 22 Year Anniversary blow out. It’s almost 120 pages thick, printed on a nice almost semi […]
Drop inPosted by: Kilwag (editor) on September 10th, 2012
Reviews: Music Books, Print
Author: Michael Veal Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Wesleyan University Press Copyright: 2007 Jamaica is a like a tiny wire connecting the heavy cultural polarities of Africa and North America, and it glows red-hot. Dub by Michael Veal is more than a thorough history of the influential musical form, it is a fascinating primer on the […]
Drop inPosted by: Dr Brad on February 1st, 2008
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Reviews: Music Books, Print
Lexicon Devil: The Fast Times and Short Life of Darby Crash and The Germs by Brendan Mullen with Don Bolles and Adam Parfrey, Publisher: Feral House Copyright: April 15, 2002 Paperback: 312 pages This is not what you’d expect a punk rock book would be. With LEXICON DEVIL the reader climbs into a time-travel capsule […]
Drop inPosted by: Dr Brad on November 12th, 2007
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Reviews: Music Books, Print
Johnny Green & Garry Barker Faber and Faber, Inc. 238 pages perfect bound 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches ISBN: 0571199577 Copyright Date:1999 Review Date: 6/12/06 A Riot of Our Own is a short memoir (238 pages) of life on and off the road with the Clash. If you’ve read anything about the Clash you’ll […]
Drop inPosted by: Kilwag (editor) on June 12th, 2006
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Reviews: Art Books, Print, Skateboarding Books
ConcreteWave Editions 162 pages perfect bound 9 1/8” x 10 7/8” ISBN: 0-9735286-4-8 Copyright Date:05 Review Date: 9/02/05 Wes Humpston has a semi-rabid and loyal following, so it’s only natural that he publish a book of his art. Bulldog’s Art by Wes Humpston (or “One Thousand and One Dogtown Crosses” as it is apt to […]
Drop inPosted by: Kilwag (editor) on September 2nd, 2005
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