{"product_id":"s-o-b-s-dont-be-swindle-hardcover","title":"S.O.B.'s Don't Be Swindle - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMahon Murphy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNoriko Manabe\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRan Zwigenberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book chronicles the Kyoto\/Kansai 1980s hardcore punk scene through the album \u003ci\u003eDon't Be Swindle\u003c\/i\u003e by S.O.B., with a focus on Kyoto's main venues and the networks they created.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Apart from being the center of Japan's cultural heritage, Kyoto is home to one of Japan's leading avant-garde art and music scenes. The Kyoto University-affiliated venue Seibu Kodo has historically been the focus of this scene, creating an ethos and organizational core which hosted major international acts such as Frank Zappa and Talking Heads while pushing more local experimental and political acts. The hardcore punks in Kyoto, most of whom were high-school dropouts, borrowed the organizational structure and interacted with Seibu Kodo and its committees to create their own scene. By focusing on the seminal hardcore album \u003ci\u003eDon't Be Swindle\u003c\/i\u003e by S.O.B. and using rich archival material, this book explains the connections and entanglements of space and scene in 1980s punk.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMahon Murphy \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Law at Kyoto University, Japan, working mainly on the history of the First World War. He also teaches a history of Japanese Popular Culture.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ran Zwigenberg\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor at the Department of Asian Studies at Pennsylvania State University, USA. His research focuses on modern Japanese and European history, with a specialization in memory and cultural history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 06, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52635584823603,"sku":"9798765108956","price":151.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/X9-r0c1VS09798765108956.webp?v=1762260783","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/s-o-b-s-dont-be-swindle-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}