Posts tagged: 80s hardcore

Live at the Safari Club

July 12, 2017, by No comments yet

Happy to say our book is finally out there in the world! It made its first appearance at RevFest 30 in Riverside. Confirmed tour/signing dates below. Thank you to everyone who contributed along the way. Email me if you have questions or would like to interview us:
shawna dot kenney at gmail dot com

August 26th
It’s Not Dead Festival
Art’s Not Dead/Punks Well Read exhibit
Glen Helen Ampitheater
2575 Glen Helen Parkway
San Bernadino, CA
Noon until 10 pm

Tuesday September 5th
Skylight Books
with Mike Gitter & XXX Fanzine
1818 N. Vermont Ave.
Los Angeles, CA
323.660.1175
7:30 pm

Thursday September 14th
DC Public Library
Shaw (Watha T. Daniel) branch
1630 7th St NW
Washington, DC
7 pm

Saturday September 16th
Atomic Books
3620 Falls Road
Baltimore, MD 21211
410.662.4444
7 pm – 9 pm

Monday September 18th
Old Books on Front Street
249 N. Front Street
Wilmington, NC
910.762.6657
7 pm

Safari Club book

February 22, 2017, by No comments yet

This book has been in the works for 6 years. Six years! My husband and I have done over 100 interviews and people have donated tons of never-published photos, flyers and ephemera to make this a truly collective oral and visual history. What took us so long? Well, life… we both work full time, also had both of our computers stolen a few years ago (with only some of our original material backed up), also doing an oral history is a SHIT TON of work (transcribing and transcribing, editing, and tracking people down backstage and in back alleys to get quotes).

We’re thrilled to announce the book has found a home in Rare Bird Books, an indie publisher with a love for music and beautiful products who understood our vision right away when we presented it. We are grateful to them and everyone who has contributed their time and expertise to making this happen. We hope this book will be a treasured document of time and place.

It’s available for pre-order here now. Note there is a collectible version in slipcase cover available, as well. Only 100 of those will be printed, so get on it!

Where The Wild Things Are

October 17, 2009, by No comments yet

Went to see the movie last night, which is based on the Maurice Sendak book–both are great, but being a harDCore kid of the 80s, when I hear the title I can’t help but think of this great Blackout Records compilation. Remember compilations? Do people still do them? One of my students is making a hip hop comp, and asked a classmate if he wanted to be on it, so I guess so. This one brings back memories.

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Adult Crash book is ready!

January 8, 2009, by No comments yet
Safari Club show flyer from back-in-the-day

Safari Club show flyer from back-in-the-day

Anyone who spent time in the harDCore scene of the 80s and 90s (or wishes they did) should be happy to hear that the limited-edition 7-inches that come with my friend Dave Brown’s book, Adult Crash, are finally in, which means the book is ready-to-ship. Get ’em here while they’re hot. See my previous post to learn more about the book.