Life is a Rip Off

Olson, John

ISBN 10: 0996401601 / ISBN 13: 9780996401609

Published by Third Man Books, 2016

About this Item

375p. Stated first edition. Interior is unmarked with b/w photos. Wraps are bright with bumped corners, a few dog-eared pages and a hard diagonal crease on front panel. Binding is tight, hinges are secure. Spine is uncreased with two small horizontal perforations.

Seller Inventory # 104859

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Life is a Rip Off
• Publisher: Third Man Books
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0996401601
• ISBN 13: 9780996401609
• Binding: 4to Softcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • MUSIC
  • POPULAR CULTURE

About this title

Synopsis

LIFE IS A RIP OFF: THE COMPLETE BOOK is 404 pages and 12 months of record reviews―one record a day, every day, for one year. Yes, John “Inzane" Olson aka Inzane Johnny of Wolf Eyes aka American Tapes did that. And he reviewed everything from death metal demo cassettes to the Staples Singers' gospel. Enter into the OLZONE and find out about music you've never known, bands from places that you've never heard, and then read his review of classic rock cornerstones such as KANSAS. Reading LRIP will make you re-realize why blues is relevant, why every punk band in America matters, why jazz is good for the heart, and metal will always ride by your side.

"To write music op-ed this good, you have to tap the primordial sap sack, to butterfly stroke the ancient ooze of tune begatment, cave dwell with the knuckle draggers, scratch symbols into the dirt with the freaks and make it rain. He do and it did."―Henry Rollins

"[Life is a Rip Off] is the best way [John Olson] can add another cubist layer to the sound and visuality he’s already presented for the last twenty or so years. He’s sharing something the people who don’t know him personally don’t get enough of―his textual, syntactical brain, stained as it is with dollar-store spray paint."― Ben Hell Hall, Detroit artist.

"When John agreed to write a record review a day, back in 20xx, I wasn’t too keen on the idea. Not because I didn’t think he could do it - but that I knew he would do it, even if it became a years-long all-encompassing obsessive task."―Tovah Olson, The Dead Machines.

"[John Olson] didn’t just introduce me to different worlds, the man introduced me to entire universes."―Bryan Ramirez, Killertrees Records

About the Author

John Olson joined the seminal noise, trip-metal band Wolf Eyes in 2000. Wolf Eyes has toured and/or worked with musicians such as Sonic Youth and Anthony Braxton. In 2015, Wolf Eyes released the full length I AM A PROBLEM: MIND IN PIECES on Third Man Records. Life is a Rip Off: The Complete Book is Olson's first book.