ExpKind Tristan Clark did a second volume covering 1990-1999 that they were promoting when the first volume came out. For some reason it doesn't show up on the PM Press site.

the '90s edition ended up being self-published, i think it was initally conceived as one comprehensive edition, but PM Press couldn't print the whole thing so tristan split it in two -- '90s version here >> https://www.orstralia.com/product/orstralia-a-punk-history-1990-1999

i picked up the '90s copy cos i'm writing part of a novel set in 2002 so figured it'd be useful research, but it was a really good read on its own. as a way of looking at the era through the lens of punkers/ex-punkers lookin back on their youths it's pretty fascinating. we've come a long way! haha

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      Allez Al Just read Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman,

      Just started this yesterday after your tip. I've just finished Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte. Got me thinking that none of you are who you claim to be, but the thought passed.

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        I just finished the Redd Kross book and loved every bit of it! Today I started re-reading "Lexicon Devil". Gonna re-read "We Got The Neutron Bomb" next. Classics both. Working my way through a big stack of books on Dada and the Bauhaus at work.

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          [https://books.google.com/books/about/Jelly_Roll_Blues.html?id=3SfQEAAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description](https://)

          just finished this. really interesting. at times it is throwing so much info I had to put down to digest. basic focus is how folk/blues is collected through an already biased filter, regardless of good intentions. Alos, a cool little history of filthy blues and folk using Jelly Roll Morton's Library of Congress recordings with Lomax as a central focal point

          Hozac's An Ideal For Living book about ep's is next. I have a backlog of Hozac books i need to get through so starting there

            Henry Cow book on Duke University Press is good.

            Clif

            "Jelly Roll Blues" was my favorite music book last year. Great, nuisanced stuff.

              I Live Inside: Memoirs of a Babe in Toyland by Michelle Leon
              Great read. One of those you can finish in a day if you have uninterrupted time. Liked it because it covered the early years and the band years but didn't get into "redemption arc" chapters at the end (Mark Lanegan, Jack Grisham and others' books).

              A Julian Cope twofer edition of Head-On + Repossessed is probably up next.

              The Ned Hayden book is another enjoyable "read in an evening" one.

              11th hour stubble Read the excerpt in Maggot Brain then ordered the book. Haven't read it of course.


                A friend gave me his extra copy of this while I was in Nashville. Almost half way through it and finding it really enjoyable. I used to get the Toxic Shock catalogs in the early 90’s and they were the first mail order I ever purchased from. When taking my maiden voyage across the states in the late 90s I stopped by the Toxic Ranch store in Tucson and Bill was very kind and helpful.

                Toxic Ranch closed in the 2000s due to his wife’s medical problems. Every chapter begins with a journal entry from that time period, documenting their struggles during her hospitalization and rehabilitation. Then flashes back to the story of his life, their business, and his relationship with punk. It’s very sweet and inspiring with some great stories about the early punk scene.

                  Randall read this too. good book, quick read. lot of interesting early days history of the store/label

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                    Anybody familiar with Bernardo Zannoni? I'm reading My stupid intentions, a dark fable about a beech marten. It's reallt great. The vibe reminds me of Agota Kristof's Twins Trilogy which I read a long time ago, but loved back then. Apparently Zannoni's book will be turned into a movie, which will either be amazing or horrible.
                    I recently finished a book by Olga Grjasnowa, a novel about the Arab Spring in Syria. I did not like how it was written, but perhaps the translation didn't do the story any favors. Whether it has been translated into Engish I do not know. The title would translate to 'God is not timid'. Anybody read that one? I'd be interested to read someone else's take on it.

                    Read 'Never Understood' by Jim and William Reid yesterday. History of the Jesus and Mary Chain from the brothers themselves. Read it in one day. Was good; covered a lot of ground. Nothing earth shattering but recommended if you're a fan. The small photo section is pretty nice, mostly unseen personal photos.

                    The problem (I guess) with being around when certain bands were current is that you're already aware of a lot of what is written about. Noticed this in certain 33 1/3 books too. You're reading and "I knew that anecdote" etc. That said, a lot of insight into the band/brother dynamics and how eventually things fell apart. The rise, the fall, the redemption.

                    I just finished CHERRY by Nico Walker. It’s pretty smoothed over by some editors to make the lead more likable, but the idea that he typed the whole thing out in prison without a computer over the course of many years inspires.

                    halfway through Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum and surprised to be super into it... felt like reading a big nerdy ass book and then kinda seeing now that it's a (loving) parody of the conspiracy thriller which has been really funny to see the whole Knights Templar conspiracy shit turned over in this way.. really tearing through it after limping through some stuff lately.

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                        BARELY HUMAN That's funny that I just grabbed The Name of the Rose out of a free book box. Actually looking forward to getting to it this summer.

                        I also got Frank Herbert's The White Plague in that same free book hual. it is more interesting than I thought it would be. a lone molecular biologist unleashes a plague on England and Ireland that only kills women because an IRA bomb killed his family in Dublin. of course it spreads world wide. First half is interesting how a lone madman could basically change the course of the world. Herbert's libertarianism and psuedo sexism come through the second half, which gets a bit pedantic. overall a more enjoyable read than i was thinking it would be. I am sending it to one of my really smart science friends so he can pick apart the DNA research sections. sharing seems the proper thing to do with a book of this type.