Let's make this quick, as it's 2am and I've been tip-toeing around a panic attack all day.
I miss seeing AK Press tables at shows. I miss distros and Food Not Bombs and ARA tables and all the non-band-related activity that'd bubble around a hall in the 90s.
John Yates should be a lot more lauded than he is for his graphic design. Even 30 years on, his record covers remain some of my favorite design pieces of all time. Take the below: you can immediately identify that this is going to be some hard left material. His use of imagery and fonts do such a great job of communicating message. If you engage with Instagram, I highly recommend following him; he's been turning out pretty great leftist propaganda this year.
This might have been the first release on Epitaph that I made a point of purchasing. I had a mean hard on about barcodes on records and CDs in those days (thanks, Tim Yo), and most of what came out on Epitaph was more mainstream than I wanted to listen to. But this had a ton of interesting weirdo music on it (Spazz! Tribes of Neurot! Chumbawamba! The Levellers!), so I snagged a copy. Turned me onto a lot I'd otherwise never encounter. No regrets.
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