Any group called the ‘Enablers’ is alright with me

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Radio Silence documents the ignored space between the Ramones and Nirvana through the words and images of the pre-Internet era where this community built on do-it-yourself ethics thrived. Authors Nathan Nedorostek and Anthony Pappalardo have cataloged private collections of unseen images, personal letters, original artwork, and various ephemera from the hardcore scene circa 1978-1993. Unseen photos lay next to hand-made t-shirts and original artwork brought to life by the words of their creators and fans. Radio Silence includes over 500 images of unseen photographs, illustrations, rare records, t-shirts, and fanzines presented in a manner that abandons the aesthetic clichés normally employed to depict the genre and lets the subject matter speak for itself. Contributions by Jeff Nelson, Dave Smalley, Walter Schreifels, Cynthia Connolly, Pat Dubar, Gus Peña, Rusty Moore, and Gavin Ogelsby with an essay by Mark Owens.

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Sporty Thievz, Cheapskate, 1998

Silver Jews were founded by David Berman along with Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich. Berman is now the only remaining founding member.  The music is awesome and slightly reminiscent of Club Dread’s Coconut Pete.  The cover of the latest album Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea has Babar references, nice.