Keep Your Ear to the Ground: A History of Punk Fanzines in Washington, DC
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The first history of the fanzines that emerged from Washington, DC's highly influential punk community
DIY culture has always been at the heart of DC's thriving punk community. As Washington, DC's punk scene emerged in the mid-1970s, so did the periodicals--"fanzines"--that celebrated it. Before the rise of the internet, fanzines were a potent way for fans to communicate and to revel in the joy of...
John R. Davis, former drummer of Q and Not U, is the Curator of Special Collections in Performing Arts in the University of Maryland's Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library. He co-curated the Visualizing Fugazi exhibit at the Lost Origins Gallery. His articles and commentary appear in the Washington Post, NPR, Notes, The Journal of Popular Culture, Punk, and Post-Punk.
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John R. Davis, Emily Flake (Foreword by), Yancey Strickler (Afterword by)
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