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I Heartbreak The Ramones publishes today!
Dive into the heart and soul of punk rock with I 'Heartbreak' the Ramones - The Life and Times of the Speed Kings’. The ideal and...
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Aug 30, 20241 min read
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Hastings here we come!
Earth Island Books are heading to Hastings Book Fair with authors James Domestic and Sam Marsh , and if you’re in the area, or fancy a...
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Aug 30, 20241 min read
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When Personal Punk met Suspect Device
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock in the Australian Outback, you’ll know what happened when Harry Met Sally, when Luke Skywalker...
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Aug 29, 20241 min read
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When words fail you
Gary Hill from Music Street Journal spent some time with Marla Watson's incredible photo-centric journey through the early eighties Los...
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Aug 29, 20241 min read
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What to do on a rainy evening in Mull?...
If you lived up on the Isle of Mull in the West of Scotland and it was a stormy evening you might well wonder what to do with yourself,...
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Aug 24, 20242 min read
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Mass Movement: The Digital Years
A long time ago in a scene far, far away Mass Movement Magazine  used to be a physical and digital magazine, and Earth Island Books have...
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Aug 24, 20241 min read
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The origin story of Dr Strange
You can pre-order a copy of the brand new ' My life song by song: The story of Dr Strange Records ' by Bill ‘Doc’ Plaster, right here in...
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Aug 18, 20241 min read
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discounted trips to the nineties for your summer hols
There's an eleven percent(?!) discount on Alex Boucher's brilliant ' Three and a half minutes of fame ' book at the moment over on...
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Aug 18, 20241 min read
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More than music
Punk was always supposed to be more than just music, and in Compression , the debut novel from veteran Mass Movement editor Tim Cundle ,...
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Aug 16, 20241 min read
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Let's ride the monorail
Monorail Music , one of Glasgow’s must visit record shops and indie hang outs have added Alastair MacDonald Jackson's definitive history...
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Aug 14, 20241 min read
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A Country Fit For Heroes - Volume 2
Forever busy and creative, punk-rock author Ian Glasper is considering starting work on the second volume of his brilliant new book, ' A...
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Aug 14, 20241 min read
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Spot the Milo shirt
Marla finally saw the Descendents this weekend in Portland, after their show scheduled for last year was postponed. They played downtown...
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Aug 14, 20241 min read
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And now, the end is near...
And now, the end is near… At least it is for James Domestic , who has announced, via Thoughts Words Action , that Domesticated Volume 3 ...
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Aug 8, 20242 min read
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Launch of 'Dear Smash Hits'
It was a full house at Good Press in Glasgow for the launch of Alastair MacDonald Jackson’s ‘Dear Smash Hits, We’re From Scotland' book....
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Aug 5, 20241 min read
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Life and how to live it...
There are moments in life that shape and define the course of our individual destinies, and for Jared Foreman, fate came calling when he...
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Aug 2, 20241 min read
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In the scene, no one can hear you scream…
This Halloween, close the curtains, turn down the lights and get ready to embrace the dark side of the underground with Hardcore Horror,...
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Aug 2, 20241 min read
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Dystopian Me
If you’ve ever wondered where the human race is heading and what our inevitable dystopian future might look like, then you should immerse...
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Aug 1, 20241 min read
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Sharing the word
Vive Le Rock's Simon Nott finally decided to step into the ring and go ten rounds with author Paul Wainwright's eighties-centric,...
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Aug 1, 20241 min read
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Something for the weekend...
This Friday, Earth Island Books' resident zine expert, Alastair MacDonald Jackson will be at Good Press in Glasgow to launch and talk...
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Jul 30, 20241 min read
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