Tales of the San Francisco Cacophony Society
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (714 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0867197749 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 300 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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This social movement promoted by Adbusters magazine inspired the "Occupy” culture of recent times. Since 1995, Kevin has worked as an artist in the CGI/computer games industry. Carrie Galbraith picked up a Rough Draft newsletter in a café in San Francisco in 1986. She attended her first event shortly thereafter and immediately subscribed to Rough Draft. She then became involved for ma
lrobhubbard said Yet Another Conflict-of-Interest Review. Full disclosure - I was a very small part of some of the events mentioned in this book, and am a contributor, so I'm obviously a bit biased that said, this tome fills in some of the cultural cracks that have appeared over the last "Yet Another Conflict-of-Interest Review" according to lrobhubbard. Full disclosure - I was a very small part of some of the events mentioned in this book, and am a contributor, so I'm obviously a bit biased that said, this tome fills in some of the cultural cracks that have appeared over the last 20 years or so - Cacophony. 0 years or so - Cacophony. "Reminds me of Mad Magazine children of the 50's thru 70's all grown up" according to William Van Brunt. Massive chronicle of history of the Suicide Club, Cacophony Society including photos, flyers, newsletters, ephemera. I'm only on page 81, and although many of the events are described many times in many ways (no perfect chronological time-line) it is never . The book also goes into exploring a good amount of related groups that worked along side the Jacob If the Cocophony society sounds interesting in the slightest, you should definetly get this book. It contains a wealth of information on the history of the group including info and articles on a ton of the events they held. The book also goes into exploring
"Find out what you are afraid of and go live there" -- Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club"A book every lover of eccentricity and enemy of the status quo should enjoy." -- Margaret Cho
Flash Mobs, Urban Exploration, and Culture Jamming are a few of the pop culture trends that Cacophony helped kick off. Cacophony was that strange. This book will prove to be a template for pranksters, artists, adventurers and anyone interested in rampant creativity, for years to come. Cacophony's heyday was concurrent with the rise of the internet. This book is a large format, full color, hardbound homage to this protean group.Tales of San Francisco Cacophony is replete with original art, never before published photographs, original documents, incredulous news accounts and is beautifully laid out by Carrie Galbraith with color illustrations by Kevin Evans and end plates by noted artist and Cacophonist Winston Smith.. Rising from the ashes of the mysterious and legendary Suicide Club, The Cacophony Society, at its zenith, hosted chapters in over a dozen major cities, and influenced much of what was once called the underground. Information about upcoming pranks, street theater and other events hosted by Cacophony was spread