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david1170
May 31, 20241 min read
The busiest man in DIY punk?
James Domestic never rests. Last Saturday, his band, The Domestics, supported the excellent Long Knife from Portland, Oregon at a packed...
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david1170
May 30, 20241 min read
Welcome to the eighties
“ I guess I carry a torch for the Eighties, as that was the period when my love of punk was first ignited, so it will always hold a...
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david1170
May 30, 20241 min read
Mass Movement's digital years
Mass Movement: The Digital Years Volumes One & Two are a compendium of the crazy five-year period when Mass Movement, the long-lived...
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david1170
May 30, 20241 min read
Turning Japanese
Fantasy author J.T. Audsley sat down to talk about Norse mythology, Japanese history, his debut novel The Grief of Godless Games and...
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david1170
May 29, 20241 min read
Between a rock and a punk place
Hugh Fielder from Classic Rock, one of the last bastions of raw rock and roll journalism, spent some time with beat master general, rock...
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david1170
May 29, 20241 min read
Never go back
Have you ever wondered what the expression “You can never go home again” really means? In the pages of his debut novel Compression,...
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david1170
May 28, 20241 min read
Fifty years of The Ramones book launch
To celebrate fifty years of The Ramones we will be publishing Nick Cooper’s brilliant new book; ‘I Heartbreak The Ramones’, available to...
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david1170
May 28, 20241 min read
Pig Iron is coming soon
We're less than one month away from the release of Jim X Dodge's new novel, Pig Iron - A heart-pounding, bloody crime-fiction set in a...
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david1170
May 28, 20241 min read
My Punk Rock Life at Coretex in Berlin
Hello Berlin punks! Coming up on Saturday 1st June, from 14:00 to 16:00 at CoreTex Records in Kreuzberg, Berlin - Marla Watson will be...
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david1170
May 24, 20241 min read
The postie's been busy with ACFFH
It's been a busy week! Over 500 copies of Ian Glasper's brilliant new book, 'A Country Fit For Heroes' shipped out, with posters and...
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david1170
May 24, 20245 min read
Punk-Rock Treasure
Ian Canty at Static Memories spent a couple of days pouring over the contents of Running At The Edge Of Their World, the all-encompassing...
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david1170
May 21, 20242 min read
The nineties never sounded so good
“Three And A Half Minutes of Fame” by Alex Boucher is a time capsule that immediately transports the reader back to the vibrant and...
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david1170
May 21, 20241 min read
Good to see you
A big thank you to everyone who came along to see our authors at the weekend. Both to those people that came along to All Ages Records in...
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david1170
May 16, 20241 min read
A poignant reminder of the interconnectedness of social justice movements
Thoughts Words Action have been reading Mark Humanity's brilliant and hard-hitting new book, 'The Humanity Trigger' all about "The...
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david1170
May 13, 20242 min read
Crossfire goes Hardcore
Frank Billek from Crossfire.de took a deep dive into the pages of David Gamage's comprehensive overview of the nineties UK Hardcore...
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david1170
May 13, 20241 min read
This weekend - Norwich indie book & zine fair
This Saturday, 18th May, Earth Island Books is going to be out in force at Norwich Independent Book And Zine Fair. Authors James Domestic...
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david1170
May 11, 20243 min read
Every home should have a copy
Tony Suspect, from the long-running, world-famous zine Suspect Device has declared that “every home should have a copy” of punk author...
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david1170
May 11, 20241 min read
E. D. Evans 'TFMGTD' audio book
We just wrapped up a marathon project… recording the audio book version of E.D. Evans brilliant alternative poetry book, Time for My...
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david1170
May 9, 20242 min read
Worst. Eurovision. Ever. again
This year's Eurovision Song Contest is an absolute wonky gem, populated as it is with metal-toothed Irish Gothic goblins evoking daemons...
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david1170
May 9, 20241 min read
Heavy Sounds in the West
It’s time to turn everything up to eleven, throw the horns high, sell your soul to Satan and peel off some face melting riffs with Earth...
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