{"product_id":"real-conversations-number-1-paperback","title":"Real Conversations, Number 1 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHenry Rollins\u003c\/b\u003e (As Told by), \u003cb\u003eJello Biafra\u003c\/b\u003e (As Told by), \u003cb\u003eBilly Childish\u003c\/b\u003e (As Told by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReal Conversations No. 1\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of lengthy interviews \u003cbr\u003ewith indie-media luminaries Henry Rollins, Jello Biafra, Billy Childish, \u003cbr\u003e and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. \u003cbr\u003eThese punks and poets extemporize passionately, angrily, hopefully, \u003cbr\u003efearfully, and humorously on how to stay independent in a corporatized \u003cbr\u003eworld\u003c\/b\u003e, covering everything from SUVs, the WTO, and the prison industry \u003cbr\u003eto visual art, punk music, independent presses, and artistic and \u003cbr\u003epolitical protest. Filled with controversial, sometimes conflicting, and\u003cbr\u003e occasionally unexpected commentary born of years of artistic, industry, \u003cbr\u003e and political experience, this book appeals to a broad cross-section of\u003cbr\u003e progressive artists, writers, independent publishers, producers, \u003cbr\u003eskateboarders, intellectuals, and activists. These funny, entertaining, \u003cbr\u003eenlightening, deep discussions about the sources of creativity, \u003cbr\u003ephilosophy, ethics, and the meaning of life are inspiring and \u003cbr\u003eprovocative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do Rollins, Biafra, Ferlinghetti and Childish remail independent in a corporate world? Tales, advice and dark humor from citizens of the eternal underground.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry\u003cbr\u003eRollins\u003c\/b\u003e is the former lead singer for early punk group Black Flag. He's also a\u003cbr\u003epoet, journalist, book publisher, music producer, punk culture archivist, \u003cbr\u003eactor, spoken-word artist, comedian, television show host, radio show host, record\u003cbr\u003ecollector and vocalist fronting his own Rollins band. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn\u003cbr\u003e2.13.61 (also the name of his publishing house), Rollins grew up in Washington, \u003cbr\u003eD.C. At age twelve he attended the Bullis School for Boys. During his early\u003cbr\u003eteens he befriended Ian MacKaye (who would later form Teen Idles, Minor Threat, \u003cbr\u003eand Fugazi); the two were pioneering skateboard activists. In 1980 he joined State\u003cbr\u003eof Alert (SOA) as lead vocalist, and in 1981 joined Black Flag and moved to Los\u003cbr\u003eAngeles. Henry\u003cbr\u003eRollins and his band tour regularly out of their home base in Los Angeles, \u003cbr\u003eCalifornia.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJello Biafra \u003c\/b\u003ewas the lead singer\/songwriter of the early San\u003cbr\u003eFrancisco punk band Dead Kennedys. Unlike most punk musicians, he was one of\u003cbr\u003ethe first to go up against the music industry itself, forming Alternative\u003cbr\u003eTentacles Records over 20 years ago. He remains musically active today in\u003cbr\u003eGuantanamo School of Medicine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1986 his \u003ci\u003eFrankenchrist\u003c\/i\u003e trial (the first\u003cbr\u003erecord in history charged with obscenity) forced him into international\u003cbr\u003elimelight as a gadfly speaking out on censorship and First-Amendment violations.\u003cbr\u003eThus began his career as a spoken-word firebrand. Biafra has a way of\u003cbr\u003epenetrating political and corporate media smokescreens to spotlight the real\u003cbr\u003eissues festering beneath. His radical insights inform a dozen music albums and\u003cbr\u003esix spoken-word albums on the Alternative Tentacles label. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBilly Childish\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eis a British cult hero--a painter, punk\u003cbr\u003erocker, poet, and publisher (Hangman Books) who since 1977 has produced over\u003cbr\u003e150 LPs, CDs, cassettes and 7\" 4s; 40 books; several zines; and thousands of\u003cbr\u003edrawings and paintings. His bands include Thee Milkshakes, Thee Headcoats, Thee\u003cbr\u003eMighty Caesars and The Buff Medways. His books include \u003ci\u003eMy Fault\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNotebooks\u003cbr\u003eof a Naked Youth\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBilly's official website is \u003ci\u003ewww.theebillychildish.com.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSee also \u003ci\u003ewww.stuckism.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003efor information on Stuckism, the first Remodernist art group, which Childish\u003cbr\u003efounded with Charles Thomson, Sexton Ming and other artists. Billy Childish\u003cbr\u003elives in Chatham, Kent, England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLawrence Ferlinghetti\u003c\/b\u003e was the first San Francisco Poet\u003cbr\u003eLaureate. Besides poetry and prose, he has produced hundreds of paintings, \u003cbr\u003edrawings and other works. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1953 he and Peter D. Martin co-founded City Lights Bookstore, \u003cbr\u003ewhich published Allen Ginsberg's seminal poem, \u003ci\u003eHowl\u003c\/i\u003e. His own \u003ci\u003ePictures\u003cbr\u003eof the Gone World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Coney Island of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e became poetry\u003cbr\u003ebest-sellers. Ferlinghetti has spoken out against HUAC, the Vietnam war, and\u003cbr\u003enumerous other political and social violations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUntil the end of his life, he continued to write, give readings, paint, and write a\u003cbr\u003emonthly column for the San Francisco \u003ci\u003eChronicle, \u003c\/i\u003e \"Poetry As News,\"\u003cbr\u003earchived on \u003ci\u003ewww.citylights.com.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis numerous books are listed at the back of this interview. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCurrently there are five biographies in English of Lawrence\u003cbr\u003eFerlinghetti: Neeli Cherkovski's \u003ci\u003eFerlinghetti: A Biography\u003c\/i\u003e (1979;\u003cbr\u003epersonable, not a critical biography); Barry Silesky's \u003ci\u003eFerlinghetti: The\u003cbr\u003eArtist in His Time\u003c\/i\u003e (1990; a more scholarly account); Larry R. Smith's \u003ci\u003ePoet-At-Large\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(1983; not a full-scale biography); Michael Skau's \u003ci\u003eConstantly Risking\u003cbr\u003eAbsurdity\u003c\/i\u003e (1989; Whitson Publishing Co.) and Christopher Felver's \u003ci\u003eFerlinghetti\u003cbr\u003ePortrait, \u003c\/i\u003e an art-photography hardback. Numerous books containing\u003cbr\u003eFerlinghetti biographical data and interviews exist in other languages. He has\u003cbr\u003ealso been documented on videos such as \u003ci\u003eLawrence Ferlinghetti: Rivers of\u003cbr\u003eLight \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAn Evening with Lawrence Ferlinghetti)\u003c\/i\u003e as well as on\u003cbr\u003evarious audio recordings, including some poetry-and-jazz sessions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLawrence Ferlinghetti has two children, several\u003cbr\u003egrand-children, and lives in San Francisco. 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