Joe Carducci invades NYC and WFMU

Best known as the author of Rock and The Pop Narcotic, Friend of the blog, Joe Carducci, will be in New York next week for some readings as well as an appearance on John Allen's WFMU show. Besides his books, he is also known for his tireless work at SST during its peak years in the 1980's. He's one interesting dude.

Here are all of the details:

Reading & book signing:
Book Thug Nation
http://bookthugnation.com/pages/about
100 N. 3rd St., Brooklyn
on Friday, October 12, 7:30pm


He'll be reading from (the links go to Joe's very own book dealing/publishing website - order direct!):

LIFE AGAINST DEMENTIA - Essays, Reviews, Interviews 1975-2011
"The learning is profound, the critique is total." - James Parker

ENTER NAOMI - SST, L.A. and All That...
"I was totally consumed by it to the point that I was one of those douchebags that reads whilst walking along." - Layla Gibbon

WYOMING STORIES - Yeung Girl, The Winter Hand, Homo Vampyrus
"I like how you write." - Budd Boetticher

ROCK AND THE POP NARCOTIC - Testament for the Electric Church
"#1 atop the Stolen-by-a-supposed-friend chart twenty-years running!" - Rentrak

On October 10, he'll be a guest on John Allen's WFMU show from 6:00AM to 9:00AM. Here's the 2008 2-parter John & Joe did that's the only audio chronology of L.A. Punk extant in cyberspace:
http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/29352
http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/29667