We handed over the reins to the DS interview ship to our pal Dan McCool (Warn The Duke, Ruin The Nite) for a fun quick-hitter with James Spooner. For the uninitiated, the multi-talented Spooner is a graphic novelist and tattoo artist and film director (Afro-Punk). Later this month, Spooner will release a brand new book called Black Punk Now, and he’s also curated an exhibit of the same name at the one-and-only Punk Rock Museum in Las Vegas.
Here’s what the PRM folks said about the exhibit:
The exhibition, Black Punk Now – After Afro-Punk, Beyond Bad Brains, also puts a spotlight on today’s generation of Black punks. Disillusioned by consumer culture, underground BIPOC punk festivals realize the promise of the Afro-Punk documentary. Over twenty photographers contributed hundreds of images to prove once and for all that Black punk has continued, after Afro-Punk and beyond Bad Brains.
Spooner will be on hand in Vegas for the October 20th exhibit opening. The Black Punk Now book is due out October 31st (Halloween!!) on Soft Skull Press and it’s still available for pre-order. Check out the interview below!
