Punk Rock Saved My Ass 8/1/10 NYC
Date: August 1, 2010, 7pm
Place: Bluestockings Books
Worker-Owned Bookstore, Fair-Trade Café, Activist Center
172 Allen St. New York, NY
www.bluestockings.com
212 777 6028
Punk Rock Saved My Ass
with Jennifer Blowdryer, Matthue Roth and guests
A reading to support the book: http://www.amazon.com/Punk-Rock-Saved-My-Ass/dp/0979715261
PRSMA is an anthology of true transformative punk rock tales published by
Medusa’s Muse, edited by Terena Scott and Jane MacKay. Its a world wide
collaboration of authors influenced by the cultural storm called ‘punk
rock’. For some it was a shelter from youthful angst, an artistic outlet, or
a way to rage, but all agree that it changed their lives forever. The
writers are libertarians, socialits, bakers, computer geeks, nures, writers,
musicians, teachers, and parents, from the US and Europe. One dollar of
every book will support the 924 Gilman Street Project in Berkeley,
California.
“I wanted to create a book that would show the positive side of punk,” says
Termena Scott, editor and publisher “I was tired of all the sensational,
self destructive stories about punks. Punk is a passionate, creative,
outrageous energy and if you channel it you can create and achieve amazing
things. I knew there had to be people out there whose lives had been
positively changed by the punk movement and I wanted to talk to them.” It’s
not just a romantic manifesto. “There’s definitely a dark side. People get
hurt, and there’s a lot of durg use. But that isn’t the whole storys, and i
wanted to show the bigger picture.”
Performer Bio:
Jennifer Blowdryer sang in a punk band called The Blowdryers in San
Francisco, in 1979. She wrote the title essay, Punk Rock Saved My Ass, and
was frustrated by outsiders documenting something that was a good, jarring,
screamy and funny time for her. She put together a slang dictionary, Modern
English, in 1984 to try and make up for the gap created by humor-free
documentation of kick ass punk rock and life among the down, out, and
addled. Her most recent books are “Good Advice for Young Trendy People of
all Ages”, “The Laziest Secretary in the World”, and White Trash Debutante.
She co-publishes the East Village Comix Sampler, a zine, with Sarah Perry-
Stout, and supplies Blue Stockings with about 4 copies at a time. She’s
currently working on The 86ed Project, footage of those who’ve been
unceremonisously kicked out on their ass (see blog.jenniferblowdryer.com,
86ed stories), and The Bitches Guide to the Lower East Side”, a primer she
hopes to preform at Theater 80 during the Howl Fest in September.
Organizer contact info: Jennifer Blowdryer, 646 331 9263,
blowdryer.media@gmail.com.
