Headpress 28
The Gospel According to Unpopular Culture

Editor: John Sinclair
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Size: 7.5 x 9.5
Page Count: 144
ISBN-13: 9781900486644
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“THIS EDITION OF HEADPRESS HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED BY THE HEADPRESS PANTHERS!”

The legendary John Sinclair, 1960s cultural revolutionary, Detroit poet, political prisoner, MC5 manager, and chairman of the White Panthers, was an early victim of the War on Drugs, facing a sentence of twenty years to life in prison for giving two joints to an undercover narcotics officer. Sinclair served 29 months before his legal victory on appeal changed the law for good. The long campaign came under the international spotlight when John Lennon wrote a song for him, “John Sinclair,” and performed at a benefit in 1971, with Yoko Ono, Stevie Wonder, Bob Seger, Phil Ochs, Allen Ginsberg, and many others.

Edited by John Sinclair, HEADPRESS 28 marks the fortieth anniversary of the original White Panthers movement and heralds the launch of the “HEADPRESS PANTHERS,” which celebrates the union with historical counterculture figure, social reformer and living legend, John Sinclair, to spread “THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO UNPOPULAR CULTURE,” thus promoting free speech through independent writing and art without boundaries.

 

• An Appointment with John Sinclair in the city of Amsterdam by David Kerekes
• An American Poet by Dylan Harding
• 75 Klicks above the Do Lung Bridge by Stefan Jaworzyn
• Advertisements by Dan White & Joe Scott Wilson
• Mardi Gras 2008: Go Get your Big Chief by John Sinclair
• Mardi Gras 2008: Eye-Witness Report by John Sinclair
• A review of Charlie White’s book Monsters by David Kerekes
• Mozic and the Revolution Revisted by Rich Deakin
• Brotherhood by Joe Ambrose
• The future now! MC5-DKT by Caleb Selah
• “Dr Gröss, we meet at last.” Bad crema in Guanajuato, Mexico by David Kerekes
• Black Dog by Antonio Ghura & David Kerekes
• “I don’t care where we are, you’re barred!” The story of Focus North by David Kerekes
• Queen of the Damned. An interview with Diamanda Galás by Stephen Portlock
• Bangkok Blowjob Bars by Peter Sideway
• Target of Horror by Mark Farrelly
• Interview with Nuns by David Kerekes
• “It’s the Silliest Party of the Year… and You’re All Invited!” by Scott Stine
• Panther Burns and Howls by Joe Ambrose
• A guide to Unpopular Culture by various
• News that’s fit to print by Caleb Selah
• The Great Fire of Dalston by David Kerekes

• Colour Section by Hannah Bennison & various

“Particularly bizarre, disturbing and sometimes delightful” Time Out

“The ultimate expression of the transgressive ethic” Speak Magazine

“Pushing the right buttons on the wrong people” Dazed and Confused