{"product_id":"censorship-now-9781617754098","title":"Censorship Now!!","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"While putting a copy of this book on your nightstand would be a sign of good taste, who cares about good taste? Are you willing to be seen reading a book titled \u003cem\u003eCensorship Now!!\u003c\/em\u003e in public? If so, your skin might burn with funny glances from squares, scolds and looky-loos. But on the inside, you'll feel your brain throbbing as it swells to accommodate some hilarious, absurd, and radical new strategies on how to live in our ridiculous world.\" --\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Svenonius' new book is \u003cem\u003eCensorship Now!!\u003c\/em\u003e, and the title alone shows just how provocative the author can be. A collection of essays previously published by \u003cem\u003eVice, Jacobin\u003c\/em\u003e, and others, it sets up numerous enemies--both real and straw--for Svenonius to knock down. . . . It's all couched in a style that's part anarchist tirade, part postmodern critique, and part punk-rock snottiness--yet it's addictively ridiculous.\" --\u003cem\u003eNPR\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIan F. Svenonius's new collection of sixteen essays and stories, titled \u003cem\u003eCensorship Now!!\u003c\/em\u003e, is reorganizing people's ideas about censorship, Ikea, documentary filmmaking, the Berlin Wall, the film \u003cem\u003eHeathers\u003c\/em\u003e, the twist, the frug, the mashed potato, shaving one's body, Apple, Inc., Nordic functionalism, the supposed benevolence of \u003cem\u003eWikipedia\u003c\/em\u003e, hoarding, college rock, the origins of the internet, and more. It's an underground smash which has been met with a horrified gasp in all respectable quarters and gog-eyed enthusiasm in artist garrets the world over.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan F. Svenonius\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the underground best sellers \u003ci\u003eSupernatural Strategies for Making a Rock 'n' Roll Group\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Psychic Soviet\u003c\/i\u003e. He was also the host of VBS.tv's \u003ci\u003eSoft Focus\u003c\/i\u003e, a different breed of chat show, where he interviewed Mark E. Smith, Genesis P. Orridge, Chan Marshall, Ian MacKaye, and others. As a musician he has created twenty-one albums and countless singles in various rock 'n' roll combos (Chain \u0026amp; the Gang, Weird War, The Make-Up, The Nation of Ulysses, etc.). He lives in Washington, DC.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50557084533010,"sku":"9781617754098","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7865c6d4-bd78-4445-bdc7-d52c8ab2dab6.jpg?v=1731770709","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/censorship-now-9781617754098","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}