Book Your Own Fucking Life
Maximum Rock-N-Roll and the Amoeba Collective present the ultimate DIY resource guide, coming straight at ya from East Palo Alto, CA. Truly useful and fun to read, imagine that! There’s155 pages of listings and descriptions from across the globe, of course it is pretty US-heavy, but not obnoxiously so… The listings are broken down geographically, and each region contains the sections: indie bands, labels, record & book stores, distributors, radio, promoters, venues, zines, and miscellaneous. It’s the miscellaneous section that I loved the most, which includes punk crash pads (read: free places to stay) across the world, punk e-mail lists, Anti-Racist Actions, websites, restaurants, and other organizations. For 3 bux US, you can’t go wrong. Even if you don’t buy it, you should copy down their address and send ’em some more info for their database of listings. This is a great travel guide for zinesters and other people who don’t want to be spoon-fed the tourist attractions in regular travel books. (EPW)