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Life is a Rip Off

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  • Product Details

    Author:
    John Olson, Henry Rollins, Ben Hell Hall, Tovah Olson, Bryan Ramirez
    Format:
    Paperback
    Pages:
    404
    Publisher:
    Third Man Books (May 10, 2016)
    Language:
    English
    Audience:
    General/trade
    ISBN-13:
    9780996401609
    ISBN-10:
    0996401601
    Weight:
    31oz
    Dimensions:
    8.25" x 10.5"
    File:
    CONSORTIUM-Metadata_Only_Consortium_Customer_Group_Metadata_20260401130212-20260401.xml
    Folder:
    CONSORTIUM
    List Price:
    $25.00
    Case Pack:
    15
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    $19.25
    Publisher Identifier:
    P-PER
    Discount Code:
    A
    Country of Origin:
    United States
    Imprint:
    Third Man Books
  • Overview

    LIFE IS A RIP OFF: THE COMPLETE BOOK is 404 pages and 12 months of record reviews—one record a day, every day, for one year. Yes, John “Inzane" Olson aka Inzane Johnny of Wolf Eyes aka American Tapes did that. And he reviewed everything from death metal demo cassettes to the Staples Singers' gospel. Enter into the OLZONE and find out about music you've never known, bands from places that you've never heard, and then read his review of classic rock cornerstones such as KANSAS. Reading LRIP will make you re-realize why blues is relevant, why every punk band in America matters, why jazz is good for the heart, and metal will always ride by your side.

    "To write music op-ed this good, you have to tap the primordial sap sack, to butterfly stroke the ancient ooze of tune begatment, cave dwell with the knuckle draggers, scratch symbols into the dirt with the freaks and make it rain. He do and it did."—Henry Rollins

    "[Life is a Rip Off] is the best way [John Olson] can add another cubist layer to the sound and visuality he’s already presented for the last twenty or so years. He’s sharing something the people who don’t know him personally don’t get enough of—his textual, syntactical brain, stained as it is with dollar-store spray paint."— Ben Hell Hall, Detroit artist.

    "When John agreed to write a record review a day, back in 20xx, I wasn’t too keen on the idea. Not because I didn’t think he could do it - but that I knew he would do it, even if it became a years-long all-encompassing obsessive task."—Tovah Olson, The Dead Machines.

    "[John Olson] didn’t just introduce me to different worlds, the man introduced me to entire universes."—Bryan Ramirez, Killertrees Records