Selected Writing from Punk Planet, HeartattaCk, and the Skeleton
"Well shit, it’s like no time has passed, and Al is rolling in to work here at the bookstore, telling us a hilarious story about his weekend, and I’m sitting raptured, laughing and inspired." –Liz Mason, manager of Quimby’s Bookstore, editor of Caboose zine
War seems to have frazzled the punks. That's an unusual turn of events for a subculture which gave us "let's have a war," "let's start a war," "war on 45," "my war," "wargasm," "war all the time," and so on. Rock remains rock, war remains war, and, despite everything being subjective and meaning something else entirely from what it appears to under the tenets of post-modernity and end-of-historicism, the fact remains that a lot of dead people is a terrible, terrible thing and a lot of people voluntarily self-inducing hearing loss is a less terrible thing.
SUBJECT: Memoir / Music / Political / Punk / Humor / Activism / Zine Collection / Sociology / Microcosm Published
PUBLICATION: May 10, 2019
PRICE: $14.95
ISBN: 9781621065210
FORMAT: 192 pages, 5x7", paperback
WHOLESALE: $5.98
CARTON QTY: 88
ART: B&W illustrations
Marketing Notes
- Cultural commentary that reminds us of our place in history
- Perfectly captures life in a touring band
- A widely known musician performing in Milemarker, Challenger, and Hellbender, with fellow author Wells Tower
Al Burian is the author of the zine Burn Collector. From 2000 to 2007 he was a columnist for various music magazines and DIY publications, including Punk Planet, Heartattack, and the Skeleton. NO APOCALYPSE presents the best of these writings, collected in book form for the first time.
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