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ONLINE ONLY: Know 70s - Punk to the Future! Revisiting Late 1970's Disruption

Event Type: Adult Program
Age Group(s): Adult
Date: 6/16/2020
Start Time: 6:00 PM
End Time: 6:40 PM
Description:
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An in-depth, lively, vivid discussion of punk history, fashion, rituals, gender bending, music, and art.

David Ensminger is an instructor at Lee College and the author of several books covering both American roots music and punk rock history -- Visual Vitriol: The Street Art and Subcultures of the Punk and Hardcore Generation (Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2011), Mojo Hand: The Life and Music of Lightnin' Hopkins (Univ. of Texas Press, 2013), Left of the Dial: Conversations with Punk Icons (PM Press, 2013), and Mavericks of Sound: Conversations with the Artists Who Shaped Indie and Roots Music (Rowman and Littlefield, 2014). His book The Politics of Punk was published by Rowman and Littlefield in Aug. 2016, while Out of the Basement: Punk in Rockford, IL, 1973-2005 was published in March 2017 by Microcosm Press. They are also republishing his compendium Women in Punk in 2021. His chapter on the film Repo Man (“Looking for a Joke With a Microscope: The Intersection of Punk and Humor in Repo Man”) was featured in the new Routledge Companion to Popular Music and Humor. Both The Boston Globe and The Economist have highlighted his research; meanwhile, he writes for both academic and popular press publications like Art in Print, Razorcake, The Journal of Popular Music Studies, Houston Press, Trust (Germany), Artcore (Britain), and Maximum Rock’n'Roll.

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Library: All Branches
Contact: Liz Goodrich
Contact Number: 541-312-1032
Presenter: David Ensminger
Link: Punk to the Future