Name: John Mayer - Paradise Valley
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The Story Of A Post-Punk Popzine 1984-1994

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Especially For Record Store Day 2013: A limited edition of 500 books, signed by the author, hand-numbered, stickered with RSD logo, and with a free gift in the form of a sheet of errata including a long-lost letter from Thurston Moore (providing the concluding piece of the SY controversy!)What they said about Ablaze!: "There are other people to condemn, Karren - aren't there?" - Morrissey. "I forgive and hope for Karren A" - Thurston Moore. "Fuck off!" - Ian Brown.And when you read the section of the book entitled Record Shop Skulkers, you'll know why The City Is Ablaze! And Record Store Day are a perfect match.Ablaze! fanzine was published in Manchester and Leeds in the late eighties and early nineties by Karren Ablaze! The best bits of this notorious and outspokenly passionately zine are now available in book format, to be published on 5th November 2012. Alongside hundreds of zine pages, The City Is Ablaze! features new writings by Karren and other members of the Ablaze! team, as well as interviews with fanzine writers John Robb (Rox), Dave Haslam (Debris) and Richard Johnson (Grim Humour), essays by DIY cultural commentators Lucy Cage and Deborah Withers, a re-examination of the Riot Grrrl movement, and an epilogue by Gary Jarman. This 320-page A4 book also covers other zines that Karren produced in Manchester and Leeds between 1984 and 1994, capturing an era where DIY was de rigueur and indie actually meant something. You'll be able to read original interviews with the following bands (in chronological order). Eyeless In Gaza The Membranes The Stone Roses The Inca Babies Tools You Can Trust The Bodines Inspiral Carpets The Pastels The Janitors Happy Mondays King of the Slums The Dust Devils The Shamen Cud Sonic Youth Dinosaur Jr The Pixies Throwing Muses The Sundays Thrilled Skinny Rapeman UT Dog Faced Hermans Edsel Auctioneer Mudhoney AC Temple fIREHOSE Band of Susans Henry Rollins Live Skull Kilgore Trout The Sun and The Moon The Breeder...

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