{"id":67,"date":"2003-04-23T17:08:04","date_gmt":"2003-04-23T17:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/?p=67"},"modified":"2012-11-19T15:48:06","modified_gmt":"2012-11-19T15:48:06","slug":"frenzy-of-the-text","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/2003\/04\/frenzy-of-the-text\/","title":{"rendered":"frenzy of the text"},"content":{"rendered":"

“What harm can a book do that costs a hundred crowns? Twenty volumes of anything will never make a revolution – it is the little pocket pamphlets that they should fear.”<\/em> – Voltaire (1694 – 1778)<\/p>\n

After the mass destruction of zine culture in favour of the morass of online information, some hardcore paper fetishists remain:<\/p>\n

Uncle Louis, his Fruits and Vegetables: A Proletarian Critique of the Nation of Islam <\/em>is number 6 in the series of pamphlets from the Melancholic Troglodytes.<\/p>\n

2 quid from Centreprise in Dalston, or from:
\nMelancholic Troglodytes
\nBox 44
\n136-138 Kingsland High Street
\nLondon
\nE8 2NS<\/p>\n

(Send cash or cheque with blank payee, allow extra for p&p – it’s A4, 60 pages)<\/p>\n

They’ve also translated On The Poverty of Student Life <\/em>into Farsi. Back issues available, you can email them at meltrogs1 at hotmail dot com.<\/p>\n

I’ve previously plugged Why Not Show Off About The Best Things?<\/a> by the Wu-Ming Foundation, and this forms part of one of the Infopool pamphlets, which are available from Housmans in Kings Cross for 3 quid, or direct (see link).<\/p>\n

Back issues on Danish Situationism, political conceptual art, more. Contributors include Stewart Home and Howard Slater (of Break\/Flow).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“What harm can a book do that costs a hundred crowns? Twenty volumes of anything will never make a revolution – it is the little pocket pamphlets that they should fear.” – Voltaire (1694 – 1778) After the mass destruction of zine culture in favour of the morass of online information, some hardcore paper fetishists …<\/p>\n

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