Sclavunos Jim (9 results)

Hardback. Condition: Good. Ex lib.

W H Allen, 1989. Hardback, d/j, 8vo, [ix],198pp, illust. D/j slightly bumped and faded. A fair copy. 0491032196.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First UK edition. A Very Good+ clean and unmarked copy which has a touch of foxing / dust marking to closed top edge with VG+ complete dustjacket. The first biography of the Hollywood actor and his legendary family who whilst noted as an actor also co-produced One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. 15 photographs. A1E Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Edition Stated. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Cloth DW (rpd) prelims + 198pp + 8pp pl.nr Fine.

Softcover, staple-bound, 28 pages; very good condition; light wear to covers; no internal marks.

Softcover, staple-bound, 26 pages; very good condition; light diagonal crease to rear cover; no internal marks.

First edition. The second issue of the New York fanzine credited with giving the No Wave movement its name. Not to be confused with the LA magazine of the same name. [28] pp. Stapled wraps. 8.5 x 11". Fine, a little age-toned but in beautiful shape. NYU student Jim Sclavunos started this fanzine covering the burgeoning No Wave movement, which he himself contributed to mightily in Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, Red Transistor, Information, The Gynecologists, Devil Dogs, and 8 Eyed Spy. A brief stint in Sonic Youth preceded his joining Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and eventually releasing a solo album. This issue features Mars (arguably the quintessential No Wave band), Sclavunos's own The Gynecologists, The Cars (still a Boston New Wave band then, pronounced "cahs" as the author notes), Akron's now-forgotten Rubber City Rebels, and The Suicide Commandos. No Wave was primarily a film and music movement that adopted a more "difficult" approach to punk or new wave culture, feeling, as Lydia Lunch once put it, most punk was just "Chuck Berry on speed." Like Rock in Opposition but contemptuous of traditional musical artistry and trying too hard, No Wave fizzled out in the early '80s, some of its fire being bogarted and carried aloft by Sonic Youth.…

Printed manilla envelope contains 2 stapled booklets Drummers and Donovon Reconsidered; James Chance interview; flexi disc with No Group and NNB; and 24 other xeroxes, postcards and other printed ephemera; very good condition except the envelope has tears to opening flap and edges; internally fine; no internal marks. …