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david1170
3 days ago1 min read
My Altercation with the melodic punk scene
' My Altercation ' weaves together notes and memories to capture the essence of Bandung and Indonesia's HC music scene with a...
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david1170
3 days ago2 min read
No longer 'buried underneath rubble eternally'
Local hero and 'Bull in a china shop', Leon the Poet , gets more reviews for his new book... Colchester poet Leon Helsby (aka Leon The...
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david1170
5 days ago2 min read
My Punk Rock Life - Another busy weekend for Marla
From the OC to The Valley on 5th and 6th April 2025, It’s going to be a bitchin’ busy weekend for Marla Watson as she promotes her superb...
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david1170
5 days ago2 min read
Assassin of Mediocrity - Razorcake reviews the Toxic Shock Records book
When I was a young punk growing up in South Florida, an older friend named Gary Costa gave me a stack of records, including classics...
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david1170
5 days ago3 min read
Dying Scene reviews Soul Salvation
Forrest Gaddis of Dying Scene has reviewed Marc Wasserman's great new book ' Soul Salvation ' about UK Ska heroes The Beat... The ...
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david1170
5 days ago4 min read
Scream Therapy: A Punk Journey Through Mental Health
Kendra Sheetz at Bad Copy reviews Jason Schreurs excellent new book ' Scream Therapy ', talking us through the mental health journey of...
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david1170
Feb 124 min read
Dear Smash Hits, We're in the Top Ten!
Great to see that Alistair MacDonald Jackson's superb ' Dear Smash Hits, We're from Scotland! ' made it into Moonbuilding's Top Ten books...
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Louise Gamage
Feb 91 min read
‘Anarcho-Punk: Music and Resistance in London 1977-1988’ – updated second edition
AN UPDATED SECOND edition of Anarcho-Punk: Music and Resistance in London 1977-1988 , first published at the end of last year, has just...
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Louise Gamage
Feb 91 min read
Alex Boucher On Phoenix 98FM Radio
Essex Musician, Alex Boucher, joined Jo Bailey on Drive to discuss his new memoir, “Three and a Half Minutes of Fame,” which provides an...
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david1170
Feb 12 min read
Punk & Post-Punk reviews Suspect Device and A Country Fit For Heroes
Russ Bestley has reviewed ‘ Running at the Edge of Their World: The Suspect Device Fanzine story ’ by Tony and Gaz Suspect and ‘ A...
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david1170
Jan 252 min read
A bag of Tricks
BAG OF TRICKS is a compilation of short stories about San Francisco punks in the early 80’s. These vignettes stand alone yet bleed into...
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david1170
Jan 251 min read
Sounds from the suburbs
Part Two of 'Nefarious Artists: The Soundtracks' is live on Razorcake blog now as episode #906 of their podcast covering some of the...
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david1170
Jan 252 min read
A Poets Day Dream
A whole book of poetry, prose and short stories on the subjects of work and school? Well, yeah! In ' Poets Day Dream ' James Domestic ...
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david1170
Jan 251 min read
Spent by Paul Case
Spent is a Molotov cocktail of poems and stories that explore the collision of the personal and political. At the chaotic intersection...
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david1170
Jan 144 min read
Brilliant and incendiary
Ray Stuart’s The Revolution Will Be Televised is a brilliant and incendiary piece of writing that deftly balances biting critique with...
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david1170
Jan 101 min read
A book fit for punkers
More copies of Ian Glasper’s most recent book, ‘ A Country Fit For Heroes ’ have been flying out over the last weeks. Quite a few for...
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david1170
Jan 102 min read
The thinking (wo)man’s punk poet
The thinking (wo)man’s punk poet, James Domestic , has been away from the stage for the past couple of months, but he’s been far from...
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david1170
Jan 104 min read
a literary exploration of one of the most radical subcultures in punk rock music
“David Insurrection’s Anarcho-Punk: Music and Resistance in London 1977–1988 is a literary exploration of one of the most radical...
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david1170
Jan 69 min read
Underground England interviews Marla Watson, a punk-rock photographer and documentarian.
Marla Watson’s lens has been a quiet sentinel to the visceral cadence of punk’s most incendiary moments. Equipped with her steadfast...
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david1170
Jan 64 min read
Suspect Device review four new books
The latest edition of the UK’s favourite long-running punk fanzine, Suspect Device , is out now, and alongside the interviews, scene...
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