PUBLIC COLLECTORS

A couple selling copies of the Berkeley Barb and the Berkeley Tribe. From The Free People by the Swedish photographer Anders Holmquist with an introduction by Peter Marin.  Published by Outerbridge & Dienstfrey, 1969. More from this book here.

Hare Krishnas. From The Free People by the Swedish photographer Anders Holmquist with an introduction by Peter Marin.  Published by Outerbridge & Dienstfrey, 1969. More from this book here.

1960s record shopping. From The Free People by the Swedish photographer Anders Holmquist with an introduction by Peter Marin.  Published by Outerbridge & Dienstfrey, 1969. More from this book here.

The Free People is a small format photo book on hippie culture by the Swedish photographer Anders Holmquist with an introduction by Peter Marin. The photos are uncaptioned but were clearly taken at the Woodstock music festival and in Berkeley or San Francisco, California. Published by Outerbridge & Dientstfrey, 1969. More from this book here.

A party invite for Sweatshop II at tantrik, featuring music from Mattboywhite, Manny Muscles, DJ Iggy and Justone, with a performance by Caleb James. Found on the sidewalk in downtown Chicago, May 2013. 

A note about the concept of eminent domain, found on the sidewalk in Chicago’s Avondale neighborhood, May 2013. 

An interesting and obscure poster project for Reagan’s Presidential re-election campaign by Wit McKay, scanned from the magazine Lightworks, issue number 17, Birmingham, Michigan, 1985. 

A page of anti-Reagan graphics scanned from the magazine Lightworks, issue number 17, Birmingham, Michigan, 1985. 

I visited Milwaukee over the weekend which usually means that there’s going to be a stop at Woodland Pattern. Woodland Pattern still has some old copies of High Performance magazine sitting around so I had to buy a couple. I seem to always buy a couple more old issues of High Performance any time I visit. Maybe in ten years I’ll finally deplete their supply? Here’s Anne Bean on the back cover of High Performance #25 (1984) from a work titled “The Fall of Babylon 1932-1937.” photographed by Chris Bishop.

My interview with Jeff Hanneman from September 30, 1988

When I was a teenager and published a metal and hardcore ‘zine called Primary Concern, I interviewed Jeff Hanneman from Slayer over the phone.  Originally I had hoped to interview the band in person at their August 29, 1988 show at Pulsations in the suburbs of Philly but that fell through. Somehow I was able to schedule a phone interview through either Def Jam Records or Slayer’s publicist and they had Jeff call me at the arranged time. I still lived at home with my parents so I implored my mom not to answer the phone, lest I die of embarrassment when Jeff called. At the appointed time, Mr. Slayer gave me a ring and we had a pretty enjoyable conversation about death, abortion, the Holocaust, art, the P.M.R.C., censorship, and other matters of importance. 

Keep in mind that this was done for the second issue of a photocopied ‘zine with a circulation of maybe 250 copies at most. In retrospect it’s pretty amazing that either the record label or Hanneman would give me the time of day, but Jeff was exceptionally nice and if I had more questions, I imagine this could have been a much longer conversation.

This is not a great interview, and my interviewing skills have improved considerably in years since, but here it is:

Primary Concern interview with Jeff Hanneman from September 30, 1988

R.I.P. Jeff Hanneman. Scanned from a Slayer feature in the April 1987 issue of Metal Mania magazine. More Slayer on Public Collectors here.

Slayer destroying a fake P.M.R.C. (Parents Music Resource Center) rock censorship manual on the cover of Rip magazine, June 1987. R.I.P. Jeff Hanneman. More Slayer on Public Collectors here.

Public Collectors will be Slayer focused today in memory of Jeff Hanneman. The number of times I’ve listened to Reign in Blood, since the month it came out, might be over a thousand. Here’s a photo by Ira Rossenson, scanned from the July 1988 issue of Power Metal. More Slayer on Public Collectors here.

A promo photo for the band Violent Playground. Is there anything more disappointing than finding a playground only to discover that it’s violent? Were these guys part of the problem or part of the solution? More promo photos from the late 1980s and early 1990s here.

Mask metal! A promo photo of the band Crimson Glory. More promo photos from the late 1980s and early 1990s here.