Punk Rock Saved My Ass is the name of a great new book from Medusa’s Muse press. It’s got some surprisingly great writing and true storytelling in it, and the first article is by me. (They also printed a sweet ass picture of me with a scary black rifle, which should unnerve some leftie punx who will probably read the book.) You can get the book on Amazon here for only ten bucks, and a buck from each one sold goes to Gilman Street Project. The book is a better “slice of life” of the punk “movement” than a lot of books and films that have much better known people in it.
The writers include musician and libertarian Michael W. Dean, UK poets Tony Walsh and Annie Mcgann; Boston musicians Chestnut Growler and Squallie Greenthumb; performer Jennifer Blowdryer; writers Ryan Cooper, Mic Schenk, Jim Munroe, Matthue Roth, and Heather Seggel; musician Paul Richards of the band Heavy Load; and many more. Also included are several never before published photographs of punks and punk bands taken by Nicole Lucas and Richard Wismar. Punk Rock Saved My Ass, distributed by Ingram, is $10.00 and will be available from Amazon.com, Powell’s Books, BarnesandNoble.com, and your local bookstore.
–Michael W. Dean
Thanks for the honest review and the plug. Glad to have your essay in the book.
Of course!
Thank you for doing the book! It’s great!
MWD
Just got it from Amazon – looking forward to reading it! Ah the old days.
excellent! lemme know what you think of it. I really dug it.
MWD