Author: Al Burian
Publisher: PM Press
ISBN: 1604864761
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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Burn Collector compiles the first nine issues of Al Burian’s sporadically published and widely acclaimed personal zine. Beginning in the mid-nineties, Burian distributed his work through the tight-knit network of the DIY punk music scene. Burn Collector caught on because of its unusual content—in a scene rife with dogmatic political diatribes and bland record reviews, Burian presented his readers with humorous anecdotes, philosophical musings, and nuanced descriptions of odd locales and curious characters, taken mostly from outside of the punk milieu—and also because of the author’s narrative voice, which reflected the literary influences of Celine, Henry Miller, or even David Sedaris more than the influence of his contemporaries in the zine world. The writing in Burn Collector blueprinted a post-punk persona that was smart, strange, political but not correct, attached to subculture, but striving also for a connection to the world at large, and to the greater themes of human existence. The book went through six printings, along the way garnering acclaim from readers, inspiring a film (Matt McCormick’s 2009, Some Days are Better than Others) and a major label album (Thrice’s 2003, The Artist in the Ambulance). More importantly, the book inspired readers to write and self-publish: to do it themselves, in the true punk spirit.
Author: Al Burian
Publisher: Pm Press
ISBN: 9781604862201
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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A compilation of the first nine issues of the author's sporadically published and widely acclaimed personal zine, this volume reflects the do-it-yourself attitude of the 1990s punk music scene and includes humorous anecdotes, philosophical musings, and nuanced descriptions of odd locales and curious characters, all of which were taken mostly from outside of the punk milieu. This new release of a cult classic shows the far reaching influence of self-publishing with contemporary popular indie culture and bridges the gap between sub-culture and the world at large.
Author: Al Burian
Publisher: Microcosm Pub
ISBN: 9781934620946
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Reflecting on a year spent living in Berlin, Germany, the expatriated Al Burian's essays in this collection have wildly free-range topics, including freedom, happiness, animal liberty, Aristotle, modern dentistry, riots as rituals, uncomfortable proximity to drunken teenagers, and how to best color coordinate an outfit that includes a Black Flag T-shirt and a baby stroller. An illustrated essay by Anne Elizabeth Moore, ?When You Realize the Freedom,” is also included.
Author: Guy Kennaway
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1912914239
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337
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Set in the world of contemporary art, Guy Kennaway's new novel delivers his trademark absurdities and laugh out loud moments. As the globe's most successful super-dealer, Herman Gertsch spent his charmed life jetting between his galleries in Zurich, London and New York, fawned over by artists, curators, politicians and the uber-rich. As Herman's empire grew, nothing seemed to get in his way, until he made the calamitous decision to open a gallery in a rural English backwater. Here, Herman encountered John 'Brother' Burn, a penniless hippy known as the slipperiest man in south Somerset, and therefore the western hemisphere. In the riotous comedy of errors that follows, Kennaway pours mistaken identity, Amazonian tribesmen, Swiss food, DMT, Arab Royalty, million dollar paintings and worthless tat onto a spin painting of a story that dazzles with surprises and leaves you feeling reassuringly warm about art and life.
Author: Al Burian
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781934662090
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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The expatriated Al Burian reflects on a year spent living in Berlin, Germany. His wildly free-range topics include: freedom, happiness, animal liberty, Aristotle, modern dentistry, riots as rituals, uncomfortable proximity to drunken teenagers, and how to best color co-ordinate an outfit that includes a Black Flag T-shirt and a baby stroller. Plus: when you realize the freedom, an illustrated essay by Anne Elizabeth Moore. This zine is the best one yet, says Al. Who are we to argue?
Author: Marc Gascoigne
Publisher: Gower Publishing Company, Limited
ISBN: 9781844163427
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 772
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In this massive anthology, Warhammer 40,000 fans will find classic stories that have been unavailable for a while.
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Category : Zines
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Author: Victoria Scott
Publisher: Entangled: Teen
ISBN: 1620612437
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 332
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"Witty, and so intriguing. I started reading and didn't want to stop. Victoria Scott is a fabulous new voice in YA.” —C.C. Hunter, author of the New York Times bestselling series SHADOW FALLS Dante Walker is flippin' awesome, and he knows it. His good looks, killer charm, and stellar confidence has made him one of Hell's best — a soul collector. His job is simple, weed through humanity and label those round rears with a big red good or bad stamp. Old Saint Nick gets the good guys, and he gets the fun ones. Bag-and-tag. Sealing souls is nothing personal. Dante's an equal opportunity collector and doesn't want it any other way. But he'll have to adjust, because Boss Man has given him a new assignment: Collect Charlie Cooper's soul within 10 days. Dante doesn't know why Boss Man wants Charlie, nor does he care. This assignment means only one thing to him, and that's a permanent ticket out of Hell. But after Dante meets the quirky, Nerd Alert chick he's come to collect—he realizes this assignment will test his abilities as a collector, and uncover emotions long ago buried. The Dante Walker series is best enjoyed in order. Reading Order: Book #1 The Collector Book #2 The Liberator Book #3 The Warrior
Author: Sean Burn
Publisher: Aurora Metro Press
ISBN: 9781906582913
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 109
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Unable to age until she has cried, Tanya must collect the tears of others in glass bottles down through the centuries and through her stories, bear witness to the pain and suffering of the people. Tanya is an outcast, hunted by those who misunderstand her until the day comes when she finally stands up to be counted.
Author: Nathaniel Montague
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252028731
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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With his dynamic on-air personality and his trademark cry of ''Burn, baby! BURN!'' before spinning the hottest new records, Magnificent Montague was the charismatic voice of soul music in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s. In this memoir Montague recounts his momentous radio career, which ran from the era of segregation to that of the civil rights movement. He also tells the broader story of a life spent in the passionate pursuit of knowledge.
