{"product_id":"real-punks-dont-wear-black-paperback","title":"Real Punks Don't Wear Black - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrank Kogan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith relentless analysis and reckless screaming, Frank Kogan has made a career of asking infuriating questions about popular music. A key figure among music critics for his contentious, perceptive writings, Kogan has been contributing to the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e and underground music publications since the early 1970s. The first book-length collection of his writing on music and culture, \u003ci\u003eReal Punks Don't Wear Black\u003c\/i\u003e samples the best of thirty-plus years of essays, reviews, and rants, and also includes new bits written specifically for this edition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf you're after no more than backstage dish or a judgment on whether some song is \"good\" or \"bad,\" then look elsewhere. From the Rolling Stones to the New York Dolls, from Mariah Carey to the Ying Yang Twins, through hip-hop, Europop, disco, and metal, Kogan insists on the hard questions: Our popular music is born in flight, chased by fear, and heading toward unattainable glory, he says. Why is this so? What fears, contagions, divisions are we ignoring that our music cannot? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRemember, says Kogan, this is about you, too. Keep your mind alive, your hairstyle in flux, and your tongue sharpened. Whether you're a gutterpunk or a cultstud geek, you're a bigger part of the story than you realize. It's your ideas that you're hearing on the radio, it's your song that gets sung.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrank Kogan is the publisher and editor of the fanzine \"Why Music Sucks.\" His work has also appeared in the \"Village Voice,\" \"Spin,\" \"Radio On,\" \"Cometbus,\" and ilXor.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.16 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e IndieFab awards (2006)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757857866016,"sku":"9780820327549","price":33.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c30a0e04b482a7f7d5cbcfa4ecba1b40.webp?v=1780113321","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/real-punks-dont-wear-black-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}