A collection of James Campion's columns, essays, letters, e-mails, and in-depth magazine and newspaper pieces from the late-nineties; Fear No Art swerves, ducks, and lays heavy punches with every page. No one is spared from the damaged arenas of politics and celebrity. In the tradition of his heroes and inspiration; Lenny Bruce, H.L. Mencken, Hunter Thompson, George Carlin, and other contemporary satirists, jc uses wit and cruel visions to strip the hypocrisy of our world bare. Yet, this is more a collection of entertaining revelry than a dirge of preaching. Campion burns the eyes and touches the heart, and at times, does it simultaneously.
Fear No Art is the perfect final epitaph for the American Century; chronicling the fallout of the O.J. Simpson trial, race bating, civil rights protest, children killers, pop culture, terrorism, censorship, and a president crumbling, only to be born again. A fast and wild read, hilariously funny, and bitterly true; Fear No Art is rock n' roll journalism at it's very best. James Campion has created an instant underground classic and the perfect follow-up to the passionate intensity of his first effort, the now fringe classic, Deep Tank Jersey.
