On Wednesday, January 5th, 2011, join Vol. 1 Brooklyn editors in this discussion with four authors as they talk about the decade that punk broke, sold out and eventually died — but not before changing the faces of music, politics and popular culture. Featuring: Sara Marcus (Author of Girls to the Front: The True Story of Riot Grrrl Revolution), Eric Davidson (New Bomb Turks, Author of We Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988-2001), Norman Brannon (Texas is the Reason, […]
Vol. 1 Brooklyn Reading Series is Back!!! Tomorrow at WORD!!!
After a few months layoff, we’re back and we’re hanging out in the basement of our favorite bookstore, WORD. Featuring Chris Leo, RM O’Brien, Eric Paul and Jillian Weise. Hosted by Jason Diamond of Vol. 1 Brooklyn. No cover, starts at 7:30pm Chris Leo, author of a bunch of books like Feathers Like Leather and White Pigeons, is thee perennially recurring NYC expat. Aside from holding the highest score on the 3 hour NYC Tour Guide Exam and most Vol. […]
Happening: Greatest Three-Minute Rock ‘n’ Roll Story Ever
Thursday, Feb. 11th Vol. 1 Brooklyn and Gigantic Present: Greatest Three-Minute Rock ‘n’ Roll Story Ever You know, Brooklyn is a kind of alright place for music and books. But where can you find the two together? At the Greatest Three-Minute Rock ‘n’ Roll Story Ever, that’s where. Greatest Three-Minute Rock ‘n’ Roll Story Ever is where writers, rockers and raconteurs are united at last, relating three-minute stories of youth, sex, booze, noise and a little thing called rock ‘n’ […]
Vol. 1 Brooklyn Presents: Battle of the New York Nerds
We decided it was high time to settle the war between the North and the South – of Brooklyn. Our two competitors for this inner-borough civil war include staff from the Greenpoint Gazette and Overflow Magazine. The pride of Williamsburg, Bushwick, and Greenpoint are on the line as the Gazetters, representing the northern section of Brooklyn, face off against the southerners of Overflow from the mean streets of Gowanus. These two teams will compete in a no-holds-barred battle of the […]