All Blacked Out & Nowhere to Go (Paperback)

~ Bucky Sinister (Author)

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Product Description

Bucky Sinister recounts his life through the sound of punk rock in this loud, fast, poetic memior. His love affair with punk comes full circle as he learns to hate it and then learns to love it again. The pieces in this book take us from his Southern roots, his brief stay in St. Louis, and his journey to California on a quest for punk bliss. Sinister finds himself in Oakland, where he gets exactly what he wanted, but it may just kill him. From recounts of specific shows to metaphorical dreams of Abraham Lincoln to the tragic stories of circus elephants, All Blacked Out & Nowhere to Go mixes tragedy and comedy into a book that's louder and faster than any book of its kind.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Gorsky Press; First Edition edition (May 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0975396463
• ISBN-13: 978-0975396469
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #552,862 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sherman Alexie for the Punk Set, March 25, 2008

By	C. O. Aptowicz (NYC, NY) - See all my reviews

This book was described to me as "like Sherman Alexie, but instead of the Indians, he's writing about punks." And I have to admit: the description is pretty darn spot-on.

Bucky Sinister shines a flickering spotlight on his time among the gutter punks, nodding junkies and heartbroken drunks of SF, LA, Minneapolis and beyond. The result is a work which is stunningly honest and surprisingly tender.

In Sinister's world, mosh pits, donut shops and busted Oakland houses all pulse with the same human urgency. The friends, strangers and musicians who populate this world are not tragic victims or strung out caricatures, but are as real & dumb & hopeful & hopeless as anyone else.

I particularly love the book's surrealistic elements -- Abe Lincoln fronting a punk band, a unpopular toy robot turkey from Japan "Who Needs Lots of Hugs / And Whose Feathers Are Made From / Jagged Bits of Metal" -- and the smart balance Sinister's innate humor gives the book.

Sinister is a well-known performer in a number of circles -- poetry, comedy, etc... -- a fact that makes me appreciate even more how strongly this poetry works on the page. It's just a wonderful collection.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bucky Sinister speaks for all older punks, June 15, 2007

By	410Media (Springfield, IL USA) - See all my reviews

If you are over 30 and still in the punk rock scene you are treated like an old man or woman. Bucky Sinister gets this and gives a voice to it.

I love punk rock and always have, but I have also gone through the same love/hate relationship with the subculture that I love dearly.

Bucky Sinister speaks of his struggle with alcoholism with a relevance even to those who have never struggled with addiction. He is a new everyman poet. You will see your life in his words.