{"product_id":"punks-around-3-the-minot-north-dakota-punk-scene-1989-2000-9781621063209","title":"Punks Around #3: The Minot, North Dakota Punk Scene 1989-2000","description":"In 2006, Joshua Ploeg and I found ourselves in Minot, North Dakota to put on the inaugural event at the Red Carpet, a brand new DIY venue. I played my films, he served the food, and that night we sold every single piece of merch. Mystified, I talked to the promoter. North Dakota is a flyover state. Don't treat the performers right and they'll never come back. I became fascinated with Minot and spent months researching their scene politics. Minot is a perfect little outpost of creative freedom, but also a cautionary tale of racism, alcoholism, and isolation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBiel, Joe:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Joe Biel is a self-made autistic publisher and filmmaker who draws origins, inspiration, and methods from punk rock. He is the founder and CEO of Microcosm Publishing and co-founder of the Portland Zine Symposium. He has been featured in Time Magazine, Publisher's Weekly, Art of Autism, Utne Reader, Oregonian, Broken Pencil, Punk Planet, Bulletproof Radio, Spectator (Japan), G33K (Korea), and Maximum Rocknroll. He is the author of People's Guide to Publishing: Building a Successful, Sustainable, Meaningful Book Business, Good Trouble: Building a Successful Life \u0026amp; Business on the Spectrum, Manspressions: Decoding Men's Behavior, Make a Zine, The CIA Makes Science Fiction Unexciting, Proud to be Retarded, Bicycle Culture Rising, and more. He is the director of five feature films and hundreds of short films, including Aftermass: Bicycling in a Post-Critical Mass Portland, $100 \u0026amp; A T-Shirt, and the Groundswell film series. The Journal of Adolescent \u0026amp; Adult Literacy described Biel as \"not trained in pedagogy.\" He lives in Portland, Ore and his work can be found at joebiel.net\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHerbert, Alexander:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Alexander Herbert is a research fellow at Brandeis University focusing on the history of the late Soviet Union. He is a devoted father, veteran vegan, self-ascribed environmentalist, occasional musician, opportunistic freelance writer and translator, and fan of beet and pickle pizza. Aside from academic research, Alexander has been a punk rock and hardcore enthusiast since the point of contact and has contributed to such iconic fanzines as Maximum Rocknroll and Razorcake. He thoroughly enjoys connecting strangers and has proudly established lines of communication between musicians, writers, and artists in Russia and the United States since 2014. You can read more of Alexander's editorial work and firsthand stories of punk in Russia in Punks Around, a fanzine he edits that prints tales of contributors' experiences in punk scenes around the world.","brand":"Microcosm Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50474374430994,"sku":"9781621063209","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d3191a12-4085-4a0a-a02d-3c94b3a042d1.jpg?v=1730218450","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/punks-around-3-the-minot-north-dakota-punk-scene-1989-2000-9781621063209","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}