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Sign up todayThe Psychic Soviet, and Other Works
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Learn moreA new, expanded collection of both new and previously published essays and articles from one of the mainstays of the Washington, DC underground rock-and-roll scene, The Psychic Soviet is the most complete collection of writings by Ian Svenonius. The selections are written in a scholarly yet engaging style, filled with parody and biting humor that subvert capitalist culture, and cover such topics as the ascent of the DJ as a star, the ācosmic depressionā that followed the defeat of the USSR, and the status of rock and roll as a religion.
Ian F. Svenonius is the author of the underground best sellers Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock ānā Roll Group, The Psychic Soviet, and Censorship Now!! As a musician he has created more than twenty albums and countless singles in various rock and roll combos (Escape-ism, Chain & the Gang, The Make-Up, The Nation of Ulysses, etc.).
Ian F. Svenonius is the author of the underground best sellers Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock ānā Roll Group, The Psychic Soviet, and Censorship Now!! As a musician he has created more than twenty albums and countless singles in various rock and roll combos (Escape-ism, Chain & the Gang, The Make-Up, The Nation of Ulysses, etc.).
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āIn a sense, the book is Mr. Svenoniusās love letter to the good old days of do-it-yourself punk concerts, though itās cleverly disguised as a series of Marxian essays.ā
āTheā¦bookāgiven Svenoniusās communism infatuation, the parallel to Maoās Little Red Book is no mistakeācontains well-thought-out arguments on a variety of subjects, from vampires to the origins of punk rock. Itās often funny, but never in a self-consciously ironic way."
āIan Svenonius has come a long way since Sassy Magazine first dubbed him the āSassiest Boy in Americaā in 1991. The DC singer has never been anything less than political to the extreme.ā
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