Before Amy Fusselman made a name for herself in the world of publishing as the author of books like Savage Park: A Meditation on Play, Space and Risk for Americans Who Are Nervous, Distracted and Afraid to Die (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015), The Pharmacist’s Mate (McSweeney’s, 2013), and 8 (McSweeney’s, 2013), she produced the delightfully […]
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The Untold History of Zines… Amy Fusselman on Bunnyrabbit
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Remember when John Doe told us that he was going to write a book of his own about the origins of LA punk? Well he’s gone and done it. “Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk” is now in stores.
In an interview I did with John Doe of the band X a year or so back, he mentioned that he was writing a book of his own to set the record straight with regard to the history of the LA punk scene. [As you might recall, he wasn’t too happy with the job former […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized Also tagged Black Flag, Brendan Mullen, Charlotte Caffey, Chris Morris, Dave Alvin, El Vez, Exene Cervenka, Go-Go's, great interviews, Henry Rollins, Jack Grisham, Jane Wiedlin, John Doe, Kristine McKenna, Los Angeles, oral history, Pleasant Gehman, punk, punk rock, Robert Lopez, Teresa Covarrubias, The Blasters, The Brat, The Flesh Eaters, The Minutemen, The Zeros, Tom DeSavia, TSOL, Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk, We Got the Neutron Bomb : The Untold Story of L.A. Punk, when punks compete, X 2 Comments