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Product Identifiers
Publisher
PM Press
ISBN-10
1604866411
ISBN-13
9781604866414
eBay Product ID (ePID)
121707101
Product Key Features
Book Title
Left of the Dial : Conversations with Punk Icons
Number of Pages
294 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Genres & Styles / Punk, History & Theory, Composers & Musicians
Publication Year
2013
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Music, Political Science, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
13 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2012-913628
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
" Left of the Dial provides a fitting tribute to punk's intellectual and political energy, harnessed to a friendlier, if assaultive, approach that invites in all to play and listen. Better yet, it encourages audiences to become activists, to participate for principled change." -John L. Murphy, popmatters.com, "[David Ensminger] gets the inside picture and knows where it belongs." -Peter Case, guitarist, the Plimsouls, "The stories and observations collated here benefit from the author's street-scholar sense, as he makes critical connections between what bound the subculture together." -Denise Sullivan, author, Keep On Pushin', "David Ensminger is the right mix of intellectual and real ass emotional punk. He is a historian and has walked the life . . . I recommend everything this man is up to!" -Dave Dictor, lead singer, MDC, "Some of the most revealing and candid words spoken from inside punk rock can be found in Left of the Dial , the book." --Tim Stegall, Austin Chronicle, "In these interviews, David Ensminger goes beyond questions of biography and discography to explore some of these artists' more unlikely influences and their philosophies on not just punk, but life." -Adam Ellsworth, The Arts Fuse, "Despite my familiarity with the interviewees, in these pages I'm getting to hear them say things I've never heard from them before." -- Roctober, " Left of the Dial offers a fascinating range of experiences from such subjects as The Dils' Tony Kinman and Minuteman Mike Watt. The diversity is impressive too as we get perspectives beyond the white, hetero dudes who constitute the prevailing punk stereotype..." --Mike Segretto, Psychobabble, "Despite my familiarity with the interviewees, in these pages I'm getting to hear them say things I've never heard from them before." - Roctober, "The conversations in Left of the Dial speak to much more than the longevity of a particular sound or style, they speak to the very existence of a culture that has outlived those who declared it dead decades ago." -Blake Underwood, Indypendent Reader, "Mix a great writer with this collection of inspired intellects and you have to watch out for all of the static electricity." -Bob Weber, drummer, Really Red, "The conversations in Left of the Dial speak to much more than the longevity of a particular sound or style, they speak to the very existence of a culture that has outlived those who declared it dead decades ago." --Blake Underwood, Indypendent Reader, " Left of the Dial offers a fascinating range of experiences from such subjects as The Dils' Tony Kinman and Minuteman Mike Watt. The diversity is impressive too as we get perspectives beyond the white, hetero dudes who constitute the prevailing punk stereotype..." -Mike Segretto, Psychobabble, "David Ensminger is the right mix of intellectual and real-ass emotional punk. He is a historian and has walked the life...I recommend everything this man is up to!" --Dave Dictor, MDC "David is one of the rare scene insiders who also has a depth of knowledge of the social and political context for the punk and hardcore moment. His love for the scene and understanding of its importance is unique, well-researched, and valuable." --Vic Bondi, Articles of Faith "David Ensminger is one of the few music writers who 'get it.' He's a rockin' drummer, a knowledgeable writer who's actually engaged with the wide world, and he's done time on the front lines of punk rock. As an interviewer he gets the inside picture and know's where it belongs." --Peter Case, Plimsouls, The Nerves "David is one of the very few people that I've ever agreed to do an interview with. Why? Because he grasps the relevant importance of the punk movement in a historical context, local and international, which is crucial to the subject." --U-Ron Bondage, Really Red "Ensminger burrows into punk's essential contradictions and creates space for the marginalized of the movement to make a riot of their own. The stories and observations collated here benefit from the author's street-scholar sense, as he makes critical connections between what bound the subculture together." --Denise Sullivan, author of Keep On Pushin': Black Power Music from Blues to Hip Hop on David Ensminger's Visual Vitriol, "Some of the most revealing and candid words spoken from inside punk rock can be found in Left of the Dial , the book." -Tim Stegall, Austin Chronicle, "In these interviews, David Ensminger goes beyond questions of biography and discography to explore some of these artists' more unlikely influences and their philosophies on not just punk, but life." --Adam Ellsworth, The Arts Fuse, "While there is much history packed into these interviews, ... it is less a history lesson in the strictest sense than an attempt to document the threads of punk's ideological framework, its common core motivations, and its unspoken philosophies." --Jimmy Alvarado, Razorcake, "While there is much history packed into these interviews, ... it is less a history lesson in the strictest sense than an attempt to document the threads of punk's ideological framework, its common core motivations, and its unspoken philosophies." -Jimmy Alvarado, Razorcake, " Left of the Dial provides a fitting tribute to punk's intellectual and political energy, harnessed to a friendlier, if assaultive, approach that invites in all to play and listen. Better yet, it encourages audiences to become activists, to participate for principled change." --John L. Murphy, popmatters.com
Dewey Decimal
782.42166/092/2
Synopsis
Featuring interviews with leading figures of the punk underground, Left of the Dial probes the legacy of punk. It touches on the movement's politics, DIY traditions, rupture of social norms, trans-generational and transnational appeal and much more. Rather than focus on discographies and rehashed gig memories, the interviews aim to unveil the secret history of punk and hardcore ideologies and values, as understood by the performers. Passionate and far-reaching, these conversations illuminate punk's history with candour and humour., Featuring interviews with leading figures of the punk underground, including Ian MacKaye, from Minor Threat and Fugazi; Jello Biafra, from Dead Kennedys; and Dave Dictor, from MDC, this book probes the legacy of punk's sometimes fuzzy political ideology, its homegrown traditions, and its rupturing of social norms. Passionate, far-reaching, and fresh, these conversations illuminate punk's oral history with candor and humor by focusing on the history of ideologies and values as understood by performers, instead of as represented by discographies or gig memories. The book also features rare photographs shot during the heyday of punk and hardcore, and a massive punk flyer collection that celebrates a visual history of the bands represented., Left of the Dial features interviews by musical journalist, folklorist, educator, and musician David Ensminger with leading figures of the punk underground: Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat/Fugazi), Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys), Dave Dictor (MDC), and many more. Ensminger probes the legacy of punk's sometimes fuzzy political ideology, its ongoing DIY traditions, its rupture of cultural and social norms, its progressive media ecology, its transgenerational and transnational appeal, its pursuit of social justice, its hybrid musical nuances, and its sometimes ambivalent responses to queer identities, race relations, and its own history. Passionate, far-reaching, and fresh, these conversations illuminate punk's oral history with candor and humor. Rather than focus on discographies and rehashed gig memories, the interviews aim to unveil the secret history of punk and hardcore ideologies and values, as understood by the performers. In addition, Ensminger has culled key graphics from his massive punk flyer collection to celebrate the visual history of the bands represented. The book also features rare photographs shot by Houston-based photographer Ben DeSoto during the heyday of punk and hardcore, which capture the movement's raw gusto, gritty physicality, and resilient determination. Interviews include Peter Case (Nerves, Plimsouls), Captain Sensible (The Damned), Tony Kinman (The Dils), El Vez, Charlie Harper (UK Subs), The Deaf Club (an oral history of the landmark San Francisco club), Mike Palm (Agent Orange), Gregg Turner (Angry Samoans), Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat, Fugazi), Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys), Gary Floyd (Dicks, Sister Double Happiness), Mike Watt (Minutemen, fIREHOSE), Shawn Stern (Youth Brigade), Kira Roessler (Black Flag, Dos), Jack Grisham (TSOL), Keith Morris (Circle Jerks, Off!) Fred "Freak" Smith (Beefeater), U-Ron Bondage (Really Red), Vic Bondi (Articles of Faith), Lisa Fancher (Frontier Records), Dave Dictor (MDC), and Thomas Barnett (Strike Anywhere).
LC Classification Number
ML3534
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- m***h (72)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseGreat seller, received before it was expected - tracking said it would arrive on a Tuesday, but received that Saturday before. Purchased as a gift for my son's birthday. He loves collecting vinyl, just like his dad. He was very happy when he opened the package, which was packaged well. Quality and condition were good and it was good value overall. Thanks!Title Fight "Spring Songs" 7" (Vinyl, Revelation) Opague Purple Vinyl (#187059174609)