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such An uncool opnion, but i fucking love Jfranz

I’ve read most of his books twice since, yeah, total misanthrope and I’m sure we’d have nothing to talk about other than birds. But the man knows how to tell a story, and wow he does a number on dysfunctional families. It’s not great but Purity was quite fun at parts and for a deep cut, his second novel Strong Motion was very entertaining to me since it takes place in 90s Somerville where I used to live (not in the 90s).

@tortitude

Mar 2, 2024

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cannibals and christians by Norman mailer

It’s a collection of essays, short stories, poems, reviews of other books….. and stuff. At points irritatingly pretentious, at others awe-striking and wise. He was a rude and violent person as well as a sexist who for some reason believed himself not to be, but I’ll stand by his writing, particularly this book, being some of the best ever. His style is so markedly his and absolutely brilliant. I’m not selling it well but it’s kind of impossible to say nice things about the man, as much as I adore (most of) his writing.

@archibald

Feb 2, 2025

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Gunter wallraff - the undesirable journalist

I would recommend his work to anyone interested in counter culture journalism / Foucault-esque intellectualism / Soviet era Europe ! I’m having an absolute ball of a time reading about all the shit this man got up to in the 60s and 70s

@agnesfarta

Mar 19, 2024

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When your new book is finally available for preorder ❤️

Hey tyler hopefully this doesn’t violate some PI.FYI golden rule But after nearly two years of writing, editing and arguing, my book about the EP is coming out in May and can be preordered here: https://hozacrecords.com/product/aifl/ The book is about the origins, history and cultural impact of the EP since these little objects first started coming out in the 50s. Over 50 of my music biz friends then helped me shape the list and review the top 200 ever released, according to us (ha). For those of you who are into this kind of geekery/snobbery, I can’t wait to hear what you think. A labor of love, as all books are! ❤️

@coreydubrowa

Mar 27, 2024

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The cure announcing their first album in 16 years by PUTTING up a single poster outside the pub in crawley UK where they played their first gig

“Songs Of a Lost World” coming to a goth listening station near you Nov 1 🖤 The fr FW Me Friday the 13th the world was looking for

@coreydubrowa

Sep 14, 2024

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Unwound

I will fail to explain just how much this band meant to me in the 90s. So I will borrow from AV Club who did a fine job of distilling it: “Unwound is the best band of the ’90s. Not just because of how prolific, consistent, and uncompromising it was, but because of how perfectly Unwound nested in a unique space between some of the most vital forms of music that decade: punk, post-rock, indie rock, post-hardcore, slow-core, and experimental noise. That jumble of subgenres doesn’t say much; in fact, it falls far short of what Unwound truly synthesized and stood for. Unwound stood for Unwound. But in a decade where most bands were either stridently earnest or stridently ironic, Unwound wasn’t stridently anything. It was only itself. In one sense Unwound was the quietest band of the ’90s, skulking around like a nerdy terror cell. In another sense it was the loudest, sculpting raw noise into contorted visions of inner turmoil and frustration.” R.I.P. Vern Rumsey. This is their finest song, from their finest album. I really can’t say enough about the sheer bloody minded genius of this group. 🖤

@coreydubrowa

Mar 23, 2024

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