|
|
Sold Out
Book Categories |
On the Lower Frequencies is at once a manual, memoir, and history of creative resistance in a world awash with war and poverty. An icon on the 1990s zine scene, Iggy Scam traces not only the evolution of cities, but of his own thinking, from his early focus on more outré forms of resistance through more contemplative times as he becomes preoccupied with the need for a more affirmative vision of the future. In one of the book's key pieces, Scam celebrates the history and passing of Hunt's Donuts in San Francisco's Mission District. On one level an epitaph for a beloved hangout and on another a metaphor for the effects of gentrification, it's the untold history of an entire neighborhood in a single retail establishment. Whether handing out fake Starbucks coupons or dreaming of a future with more public art and punk holidays, Scam gives the reader inspiration for living defiantly.
| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $99.99 | Digital |
| WonderClub |
Paul Lopez
reviewed On the Lower Frequencies: The Secret History of the City on June 25, 2008
On the Lower Frequencies
This book is worth the cover price just for the perfect double-sided 1/2 sheet flyer that can be made from the "Scam Punks vs.Starbucks" report on p.31 (full disclosure: I took this out of the SF library... though I will likely buy it after photocopying). Which would be a good tribute, as much of this writing started out in the photocopied zines Scam and The Turd-Filled Donut. Though never exactly competing with the Examiner or Chronicle, the TFD was (and hopefully will continue to be)a labor of gutter punk love in solidarity with the homeless and downtrodden but often extremely funny denizens of south of market and mission SF folk.
I remember many an illegal "generator show" where I came down to the 16th St BART station from my where I was working to catch various loud, ragged, and energetic punks playing without permits in the epicenter of SF's heroin supermarket known as 16th and Mission. The battles young Erick ably documents with the gentrifiers that threatened to drive anyone making less than $100,000 from San Francisco during the great dot com plague of the late 90s continue, perhaps soon abated by the subprime crisis and various other late stage capitalist crises. Lucky for me and other readers Mr. Lyle will be around to chronicle said battles, along with struggles against the US war machine's "global war on terror" and domestic variations thereof. He and his many friends and sometimes nefarious but never boring associates continue to work to make a better future for the hapless babies coming in to this fucked up world.
More power to them (Mr.Lyle and his friends and the babies too).
Login|Complaints|Blog|Games|Digital Media|Souls|Obituary|Contact Us|FAQ
CAN'T FIND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? CLICK HERE!!! X
You must be logged in to add to WishlistX
This item is in your Wish List
X
This item is in your Collection
On the Lower Frequencies: The Secret History of the City
X
This Item is in Your Inventory
On the Lower Frequencies: The Secret History of the City
X
You must be logged in to review the productsX
X
X
Add On the Lower Frequencies: The Secret History of the City, On the Lower Frequencies is at once a manual, memoir, and history of creative resistance in a world awash with war and poverty. An icon on the 1990s zine scene, Iggy Scam traces not only the evolution of cities, but of his own thinking, from his ea, On the Lower Frequencies: The Secret History of the City to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
X
Add On the Lower Frequencies: The Secret History of the City, On the Lower Frequencies is at once a manual, memoir, and history of creative resistance in a world awash with war and poverty. An icon on the 1990s zine scene, Iggy Scam traces not only the evolution of cities, but of his own thinking, from his ea, On the Lower Frequencies: The Secret History of the City to your collection on WonderClub |
