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Interview by John Wisniewski The Mudd Club was a nightclub in the TriBeCa area of New York City, USA, that operated from 1978 to 1983 as a venue for underground music and counterculture events. It was located at 77 White Street in downtown Manhattan and was opened by Steve Mass, art curator Diego Cortez and

JOHN WISNIEWSKI: WHEN DID YOU BEGIN WRITING? Gomery Kimber: I was 11 when I spent the summer holidays writing a 20,000 word science fiction story. I still have it somewhere, though I'm not sure I'd want anyone to read it. I missed a lot of school because of ill health. I collected comics, war stories

Interview by John Wisniewski John Wisniewski: Can we speak about the collection of essays called "Punk Is Modernity"? When did punk really begin? Richard Cabut: "Punk is Dead: Modernity Killed Every Night is an anthology published by Zer0 Books, with contributions from some of punk’s most important commentators and participants including Jon Savage, Penny Rimbaud, Judy

John Wisniewski: When did you begin writing, Gila? Why did you wish to become a writer? Gila Green Gila Green: As soon as I could read, I wanted to write. I filled notebooks with poems in high school and went on to four years of write-on-demand in journalism school. Anything I've ever wanted to be

Interview by John Wisniewski John Wisniewski: When did you begin writing, Duke? What was your first screenplay about? Duke Haney: Writing is something that, starting in the fourth or fifth grade, I did often and naturally, with no sense that I would ever attempt a career at it. I demonstrated a flair for visual art

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John Wisniewski: When did you begin writing, Joshua? Joshua Chaplinsky: Writing interested me from a young age, because I loved reading so much, but I was a lazy child, and most story ideas didn't get further than the inside of my skull. A few escaped to the page during high school and college, but I

Interview by John Wisniewski John Wisniewski:  When did your career in art begin,  Ben? Ben Schot: I wanted to go to art school when I was in the final years of secondary school. My art teacher was Ad Braat, a local sculptor who liked my drawings and advised me to enroll in art school. Once

88 year-old John Jarrett has written for Boxing News for 60 years, and held the position of Northern Area Secretary of the British Boxing Board of Control for 40 years until his retirement last year.  Boxing News is a British weekly magazine and the longest running Boxing magazine (dating back to 1909) in the world. He talks

Interview by John Wisniewski John Wisniewski: What interested you about the story of the butthole surfers, Aaron.? Aaron Tanner: I’ve always loved music. But after hearing the Butthole Surfers for the first time, it permanently altered my perception of what music could be, and changed the course I took to pursue new bands ever since.