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The Best of LCD

The new book from WFMU

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The Best of LCD: The Art and Writing of WFMU is a swingin' compilation of the very best pieces that appeared in FMU's program guide over a fifteen year period. In a nutshell, it's the visual equivalent to the Freeform Station of the Nation WFMU. This baby's just lousy with some of the greatest writing and artwork ever seen anywhere! It's published by Princeton Architectural Press and it's available at a bookstore near you.
Here's a brief rundown of the guilty parties (who also happen to be some of the biggest superstars of the cultural underground): Harvey Pekar, Nick Tosches, Chris Ware, Daniel Clowes, Luc Sante, John Marr, Amy Rigby, Daniel Johnston, Richard Sala, Tony Millionaire, Pat Moriarity, Wayno, Mary Fleener, Ken Weiner, Daniel Kirk, Robert Armstrong, Domenic Priore, Gene Sculatti, Rodney Alan Greenblatt, Dennis Worden, JD King, Drew Friedman, Michael Dougan, Carol Lay, Gary Leib, Spain, Jay Lynch, Chip Wass, Bill Griffith, Justin Green, Tony Millionaire, Mark Zingarelli, Ned Sonntag, Lennie Mace, Carol Tyler, Joost Swarte, Stephen Kroninger, Alex Wald, Glenn Head, Jad Fair, Coop, James Kocholka, Josh Alan Friedman, Jim Ryan, Jonathan Rosen, Ken Brown, Charles Burns, Mark Landman, Tuli Kupferberg, Miriam Linna, Jim Jarmusch, Mark Beyer, Peter Kuper, Dick Blackburn, Alison Mork, Keith Bearden, Todd Schorr, Diane Noomin, Chris Ware, Jim Woodring, Peter Bagge, Joe Coleman, R. Sikoryak, Archer Prewitt, Steven Cerio, Elisabeth Vincentelli, Ellery Eskelin, Celia Bullwinkle, Ray Abeyta, Michael Dougan, Jim Flora, Neil Hamburger, Terry LeBan, Mark Moran, Dr. Phrankenshop, Joe Sacco, Don McLean (yes--THAT Don McLean), Gary Panter, Mark Kaufman, Christine Shields, Joe Sienna, Gary Taxali, Lynn Von Schlicting, Sam Henderson, Eileen Fitzgerald Smith, Robert Piersanti, Mike Gorman, Lloyd Dangle, Jim Ryan, Doug Allen, Ivan Brunetti, Joel Haskard, Hank Arakelian, Jim Blanchard, Sean Taggart, Mack White, Rick Altergott, Stephen Kroninger, Paul Barman, Takeshi Tadatsu, Todd Norlander, Bill Graef, Stephen Blickenstaff, Michael McMahon, Danny Hellman, Mark Martin, Ben Katchor, Candi Strecker and LOADS MORE!
The Best of LCD also features contributions from legendary WFMU DJs past and present: Ken Freedman, Bronwyn C, Kaz, Rob Weisberg, Wildgirl, Doug Schulkind, Bart Plantenga, The Hound, Irwin Chusid, Chris T, Rex Doane, Diane Kamikaze, Dennis Diken, Dave the Spazz, John Schnall, Bill Kelly, Dorian Devins, Kenny G, Douglas Wolk, Andy Breckman, Mac, Laurie Es and Tom Scharpling!
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One Last Best of LCD bookstore event!

Please join us for a special event featuring NYC's most eccentric and talented oddballs reading from the new book from WFMU--The Best of LCD: The Art and Writing of WFMU (Princeton Architectural Press...
Posted by The Best of LCD on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:27:00 PST

Another Best of LCD bookstore event!

Please join us for a live broadcast of Bronwyn C's Killing Time radio show at the Community Bookstore Friday December 14th at 6pm. Featuring WFMU personalities Bronwyn C, Kenny G, Ellery Eskelin and B...
Posted by The Best of LCD on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:36:00 PST

Best of LCD review

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Posted by The Best of LCD on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:33:00 PST

OK, another review...

http://jbspins.blogspot.com/2007/11/best-of-lcd-free-form-ra dios-greatest.html
Posted by The Best of LCD on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:57:00 PST

Legendary Radio Visonary Mal Sharpe Checks In

Mal Sharpe and Jim Coyle were freewheeling Man in the Street Radio prankster/visionaries in San Francisco in the early sixties. There's a piece about them in the book by FMU staffer Kenny G and more i...
Posted by The Best of LCD on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:31:00 PST

And the Reviews Just Keep On Comin’...

http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/entertainment/the-best-of-lc d/
Posted by The Best of LCD on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:52:00 PST

More reviews!

http://dustedmagazine.com/features/662 http://printfetish.com/2007/10/the_best_of_lcd_art_and_writi n.html...
Posted by The Best of LCD on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 08:17:00 PST

Best of LCD Bookstore Event!

There'll be a Best of LCD event at McNally Robinson Boostore (52 Prince St., SoHo, NYC) on Tuesday November 13th at 7pm. It'll be hosted by Dave the Spazz and will feature LCD contributers Chris T, Mi...
Posted by The Best of LCD on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:38:00 PST

First Best of LCD review!

From the esteemed industry publication Publisher's Weekly: The aesthetic of 91.1 WFMU, New York's legendary free-form radio station, is defiant eclecticism born of the cultural and musical ideals of t...
Posted by The Best of LCD on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:58:00 PST