{"title":"Books by Ian F Svenonius","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781617757662","title":"The Psychic Soviet","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Everything author-slash-punk-icon Ian Svenonius says is interesting, and this book of satirical essays—originally published in 2006, now back in print—proves it . . . You’ll laugh until you cry.” —\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA new, expanded collection of essays and articles from one of the mainstays of the Washington, DC, underground rock and roll scene, \u003cem\u003eThe Psychic Soviet\u003c\/em\u003e is Ian F. Svenonius’s groundbreaking first book of writings. The selections are written in a lettered yet engaging style, filled with parody and biting humor that subvert capitalist culture, and cover such topics as the ascent of the DJ as a star, the “cosmic depression” that followed the defeat of the USSR, how \u003cem\u003eSeinfeld\u003c\/em\u003e caused the bankruptcy of modern pop culture, and the status of rock and roll as a religion. The pocket-sized book is bound with a durable bright-pink plastic cover, recalling the aesthetics of Mao’s \u003cem\u003eLittle Red Book\u003c\/em\u003e, and perfect for carrying into the fray of street battle, classroom, or lunch-counter argument.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56302066958709,"sku":"9781617757662","price":15.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781617757662_f7008a63-cc4f-463b-a00e-d14c19ccefe4.jpg?v=1786023390"},{"product_id":"9781617757006","title":"Keep Your Eyes Open","description":"Fugazi, one of music's most revolutionary and gloriously indefinable bands, played their first concert on September 3, 1987. KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN presents the best of Friedman's unparalleled photographic documentation of Fugazi's members in almost 200 colour and black-and-white images captured onstage and off between 1986 and Fugazi's last US concert in 2002. Fugazi evolved from Washington, DC's, hardcore punk scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s. While it would be impossible to fully capture Fugazi in any one medium, Friedman's book effectively complements the band's Dischord Records catalog, which includes seven studio albums, one soundtrack, three EPs, and hundreds of live concert CDs produced from Fugazi's own soundboard recordings.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56312665506165,"sku":"9781617757006","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781617757006_38c8cb89-5db0-4ec8-bda8-fafa937915cb.jpg?v=1786023388"},{"product_id":"supernatural-strategies-for-making-a-rock-n-roll-group-2nd-edition","title":"Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock 'n' Roll Group (2nd Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Like its author, \u003cem\u003eSupernatural Strategies\u003c\/em\u003e is part tongue-in-cheek, part deadly serious—a satire of rock’s consumerist origins but also a thoughtful treatise on what it means to devote yourself to a collective . . . Drawing from the wisdom of rock ’n’ roll’s most famous ghosts, Svenonius’s advice ranges from hilarious to cryptic to surprisingly useful.\" —\u003cem\u003ePitchfork\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003eSvenonius hasn’t written a basic 'How to Make It in the Music Business' book. Rather, the writer, online talk show host and, most important, singer in a series of breathtaking rock 'n' roll bands (the Nation of Ulysses, the Make-Up, Chain \u0026amp; the Gang), is drawing a line in the sand and doing so with what he hopes will finally define the undefinable.\" —\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIAN SVENONIUS’S EXPERIENCE AS AN ICONIC UNDERGROUND ROCK MUSICIAN\u003c\/strong\u003e—playing in such highly influential and revolutionary outfits as the Make-Up and Nation of Ulysses—gives him special insight on techniques for not only starting but also surviving a rock 'n' roll group. 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