The New York Times is reporting that the two surviving members of the Beastie Boys have signed a deal with Random House imprint Spiegel & Grau to write a book about their three decades together. The book is expected in 2015, and journalist Sacha Jenkins will be editing. Michael Diamond (Mike D) and Adam Horovitz [...]
Matt Furie has released his Dungeon Family Zine via Mt St Mtn. Furie’s drawings come from a mix of child-like enchantment and momentary adult situations. His self-proclaimed “children’s book illustrations for adults” combines traditional and modern mark-making for his ripe, cartoon-inspired characters. Last year he was awarded best Visual Artist by the San Francisco Bay [...]
Though metal has traditionally been a rigidly white and male dominated universe, it spoke loudly to a young Laina Dawes. In her groundbreaking heavy metal memoir, “WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? A Black Woman’s Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal,” Dawes chronicles the good, bad and ugly sides of being a black woman navigating [...]
NYC orchestral punk-cabaret gangsters The World/Inferno Friendship Society and punk-rock cartoonist Mitch Clem proudly present Turnstile Comix #2, a fusing of music, art and storytelling with a brand new 7” vinyl EP accompanied by a 40-page comic book depicting some of the group’s craziest road stories, embellishments and all. The EP represents World/Inferno’s first proper [...]
AFI frontman Davey Havok has announced that his first novel will be released on April 2, 2013. The book is titled Pop Kids, it is described as “Inspired by pop stars, fashion models, celebrities, Internet porn, social networking, reality TV, sex, drugs and vegan banana bread, the Pop Kids shine an arc light on modern [...]
Amy Poehler, of “Parks and Recreation” and “Saturday Night Live” fame, is writing book. In doing so, she hopes to replicate the success of fellow SNL alumna Tina Fey, whose “Bossypants” became a publishing success. The book will be published by It Books, a HarperCollins imprint, in 2014. The news was reported by the Associated [...]
Ian Svenonius is getting ready to release a book titled, Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock ‘n’ Roll Group: a How-To Guide. It arrives through publishing house Akashic Books sometime in January (Amazon lists January 1, while some other online retailers say January 15). Svenonius will also be heading out on the road to do some [...]
Click through the link below to read the first three chapters of THE ROAD TO WOODBURY, the second novel based on The Walking Dead. The Walking Dead: The Road to Woodbury Preview (Chapters 1-3) – Paste Magazine www.pastemagazine.com
Mainstream artists often shy away from topics regarding the spiritual, however Doug Van Pelt, editor and founder of HM Magazine, has a history of opening up the conversation with even the most skeptical of artists. Now Van Pelt has published his third book – Rock Stars on God, Volume Two (HM Press, 2012) to continues [...]
More details have been revealed, including a release date, for WE GOT POWER!: Hardcore Punk Scenes from 1980s Southern California, the book we first talked about last week. The book and photos were assembled by David Markey and Jordan Schwartz, who published the eponymous ‘zine back in the 1980s. It’s set for release on October [...]