{"product_id":"now-is-the-time-to-invent-9781891241673","title":"Now Is the Time to Invent!","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNow Is the Time to Invent\u003c\/i\u003e offers a definitive portrait of the vibrant indie-rock scene that flourished in the mid-1980s and reached its creative peak in the 1990s. More than 60 profiles and interviews, taken from the pages of the acclaimed independent music magazine \u003ci\u003ePuncture\u003c\/i\u003e and illustrated with many rare photographs, cover all the major contributors to a lastingly influential musical movement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e It's impossible to determine a single starting point for indie rock, but here it is found in the scintillating psychodramas Kristin Hersch conjured up for Throwing Muses and the deadpan, genre-busting, proto-slacker anthems of Camper Van Beethoven, and followed through to the critical triumphs of Sleater-Kinney and Neutral Milk Hotel more than a decade later. Along the way, it takes in such pioneering artists as P.J. Harvey, Sonic Youth, the Pixies, Bikini Kill, Nick Cave, Beck, Cat Power, Fugazi, Mekons, Pavement, Belle \u0026amp; Sebastian, Meat Puppets, My Bloody Valentine, Sebadoh, the Breeders, Jeff Buckley, Guided by Voices, Will Oldham, Hole, Flaming Lips, the Magnetic Fields, and many more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatherine Spielmann\u003c\/b\u003e founded \u003ci\u003ePuncture\u003c\/i\u003e in 1982, together with Patty Stirling, and she was the magazine's editor and publisher during its 18-year history. \u003cb\u003eSteve Connell\u003c\/b\u003e was the managing editor of \u003ci\u003ePuncture\u003c\/i\u003e from 1984 to 2000. Musician and writer \u003cb\u003eJ Neo Marvin\u003c\/b\u003e was \u003ci\u003ePuncture's\u003c\/i\u003e most consistent contributor throughout its history. \u003cb\u003eJay Ruttenberg\u003c\/b\u003e was a frequent contributor to \u003ci\u003ePuncture\u003c\/i\u003e for many years and was the magazine's music editor from 1997 to 2000.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Verse Chorus Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50858822926610,"sku":"9781891241673","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_655f38eb-f441-4415-b372-425c012d054a.jpg?v=1737545850","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/now-is-the-time-to-invent-9781891241673","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}