Title: Repetitious History
Product review: For those readers already familiar with Michael Azzerand's "Our Band Could Be Your Life" (cited in this book) or Kaya Oakes "Slanted or Enchanted" (published later) Amy Spencer's disconnected, narrow history of the DIY culture might appear to simply be retracing limited steps. The Minutemen's "jamming econo" ethos sets the foundation, but fails to incorporate much more beyond a background on the (now-obsolete) art of writing zines and nurturing mail-order punk labels, despite the culture's rich history and significant modern-day presence. (Azzerand's book thoroughly discusses legendary punk label distributors, while Oake's traces independent publishing back to the beat poets).With that said, I would recommend this book only to younger readers (let's say mid to late teens) who are already engaged and inspired by DIY, but not all that familiar with (some of) its roots.
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