A Pint and a Molotov Cocktail: An Interview With George Berger
The Crass output became self-conscious and ‘preachy’ once they got an audience – I felt sorry for the people who were perhaps young and encountering Crass and punk for the first time at this juncture and so bought into an opinion as though it was a reality. The map is not the territory.
Andrew Gallix interviews George Berger about Crass and the anarcho-punk movement.
Japanamerica: Who is an Otaku?
The spread of Japan’s popular culture in the West is predicated upon such misreadings. During my book tour in the United States, I was constantly barraged by young Americans who insisted that they were “otaku,” as if the very term conferred upon them a sense of cool, cutting edge, irrefutable intelligence. Meanwhile, in Japan, I am reminded that no self-respecting citizen of the country self-identifies as an otaku. This dissonance has complicated roots, the beginnings of which I’ll try to trace here.
Roland Kelts probes the underbelly of Japanese society following a trip to London for his latest 3:AM column.
The Offbeats in New York
New York’s KGB Bar is putting on an Offbeat night tomorrow entitled The In Sound From Way Out: 3 of NYC’s leading underground authors come together for one night only to read selections from their work. Feted by the likes of Dennis Cooper, Miranda July and Dan Fante, Donari Braxton (pictured), Tao Lin and Tony […]