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FitnessProsBooks.com - .45 Dangerous Minds: The Most Intense Interviews From Seconds Magazine (The Art of the Interview)

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 781.66
EAN: 9781840681246
ISBN: 1840681241
Label: Creation Books (TC)
Manufacturer: Creation Books (TC)
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: 2005-03-28
Publisher: Creation Books (TC)
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Summary: Somtimes fascinating, sometimes boring
Comment: Fascinating, controversial, and simply unique people often have interesting things to say. That was one of the premises behind the founding of the nowadays discontinued magazine Seconds, which started out as a traditional obscure fanzine but matured over the years and in the end became quite influential. Few or any topics were too taboo for this magazine, and the journalists working on it soon built up a reputation for being extremely serious about their work. And it was indeed reflected in their articles.

Over the years, all sorts of strange and weird people were interviewed. Everything from White Power musicians to serial killers, controversial politicians, and bizarre artists and performers were interviewed, and a collection of the best and most interesting interviews eventually ended up in this book.

And it's a motley group of people, to say the least. Anton LaVey, the founder of the Church of Satan, is the only one who appears twice, the first interview from 1994 (by Michael Moynihan) and the second from 1997 (by Boyd Rice). As always LaVey has a lot on his mind, and the interviews are both a great read.

Two other Satanic "icons" appear: Marilyn Manson, in an interview from 1995 and "Count" Varg Quisling Vikernes from 1996. Manson's, Vikernes', and LaVey's sections are in sharp contrast to, for example, Lee "Scratch" Perry's stoned mumbling about pot and extraterrestrials and Charles Manson with his odd personality. Other people who appear are, among others, Glenn Danzig, serial killer Richard Ramirez, poet Allen Ginsburg, porno actor Ron Jeremy, director John Waters, and more.

Not all contributions are equally interesting; some are amazing while some are extremely dull and boring. Several of the interviewees are unknown to the great majority, and some of them fail miserably in catching the reader's interest, even though the quality of the interviews themselves is overall high.

The book ends with a large collection memorable quotes taken from the magazine's history, and all in all the book is worth checking out, because after all, unusual people often have unusual things to say; things you're not likely to read about in traditional mainstream magazines.

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Forty-five key interviews with celebrities from the worlds of rock, art, literature and the counterculture, taken from the 18-year history of New York-based Seconds magazine.

Interviewees include Marilyn Manson, David Bowie, JG Ballard, Henry Rollins, Allen Ginsberg, Anton LaVey, Joe Coleman, Peter Sotos, Joe D'Allesandro, Ron Jeremy, Wayne Kramer, Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, John Waters, Richard Ramirez, Charles Manson, Ed Sanders and Robert Williams.

Contributors include Michael Moynihan, Carlo McCormick, Boyd Rice, David Aaron Clarke, Art Deco and John Aes-Nihil.

Steven Blush is the author of American Hardcore. He lives in New York.