![]() ![]() This was the darker side of the seedy underbelly that I was looking for in zines, but presented in a manner befitting a book. Apocalypse Culture just dunks you into this pool of insanity & I couldn’t help but read the whole thing in one sitting - I didn’t LIKE it - but I HAD to read it. I was having a hard time & was teetering between my natural desire to be a strong man experiencing all of the wonders & weirdness of the world & my actual psychological state of feeling incredibly vulnerable & weak. Anyhow - the first Feral House book that came onto my radar was Apocalypse Culture which freaked me out. I preferred to buy books from Moe’s or Shakespeare down the street. Looking back at it - it’s pretty amazing that they’d let weirdos like me just hang out in the bookstore for hours every other day reading the books & rarely buying anything. Cody’s had a large section of alternative books & underground comix that I would go read in the store when I was hanging out on the Ave as a teenage Chaos Punk. ![]() He will be remembered for his work in circulating his "unvarnished view of the world".įeral House & Adam Parfrey first appeared in my life at Cody’s Books in Berkeley on Telegraph Ave. Adam Parfrey passed away on May 10th 2018. The following is my interview with Adam Parfrey from PORK magazine #21. ![]()
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