The Psychic Soviet
Description
- Svenonius's two previous books--Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock 'n' Roll Group and Censorship Now!!--are both great, steady, evergreen sellers for Akashic. Supernatural Strategies is in its 4th printing with over 11,000 sales to date.
- Svenonius will be very involved in the promotion. He is truly an icon in the underground rock world with a devoted cult following. The author also tours nonstop, which will help. In addition to his music touring, we will arrange numerous bookstore appearances.
- Akashic is very tied into the punk/indie music world and we have had great success in this area, especially with Svenonius.
- The Psychic Soviet had a limited release by an indie record label, but Akashic's new, expanded edition will have bonus material and proper book distribution that the previous edition didn't have.
- 20 black-and-white illustrations (one at the start of each chapter)
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Person
Ian F. Svenonius is the author of the underground best sellers Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock 'n' Roll Group and Censorship Now!! He was also the host of VBS.tv's Soft Focus, where he interviewed Mark E. Smith, Genesis P. Orridge, Chan Marshall, Ian MacKaye, and others. As a musician he has created more than twenty albums and countless singles in various rock and roll combos (Chain & the Gang, Weird War, The Make-Up, The Nation of Ulysses, etc.). He lives in Washington, DC.
Content
Instructions
The Psychic Soviet
Vampirism & Vampirology
The Bloody Latte
Beatles vs. Stones
Rock 'N' Rolligion
The Responsible Use of Rock 'N' Roll
Eat the Rocument
Time As Money
Seinfeld Syndrome
Rock 'N' Roll As Real Estate
A Warning to Swedish Girls
Scion-tology
Mordor Dearest
Camp Exploitation
The Stilyagi
The Seduction of Paolo Hewitt
The Mix Master Race
You Can't Always Get No Satisfaction
Personal Inscription
Afterword (to the second edition)
Epilogue: The Psychick Psketchbook