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FILE Megazine Vol. 3, #4 (Toronto: Art Officiel, Inc., Fall 1977).
Folio. Wrps., 80pp. Edited by General Idea (AA Bronson, Felix Partz and Jorge Zontal). Contributing editors Diego Cortez, Jimmy De Sana, Genesis P-Orridge, and Anya Phillips. Colour front cover of Debbie Harry by Jimmy de Sana.
The “Punk ‘Til You Puke” special issue, exploring the art/music interface: “In Toronto and New York they fiddled with performance and fled to punk. Art/Rrock ‘n’ Rroll crossover was the original theme of this issue: Throbbing Gristle at the ICA; the Poles at the McLaughlin Gallery; the Dishes and the Talking Heads at A Space; the New York Dolls at the Mercer Arts Center; Talking Heads at the Kitchen; CEAC and the Crash & Burn. Now every concert is an event. Alan Suicide is a musician, or is he? Michaele Berman is an artist, or is she? Robin Lee Crutchfield is an ----------, or is he? Patty Smith is a poet, or is she? The sentimentalism of late sixties early seventies essentially surrealistic aesthetic has been replaced by a certain pragmatic anarchy which is now the theme of this issue: It’s cheap… it's easy… go do it!” (extract from the editorial).
Articles include Genesis P-Orridge on Mark Perry and Alternative TV + photos of the Sex Pistols; the Clash; Eater; Chelsea; the Damned; Throbbing Gristle; Richard Hell; Devo; Crime; the Cramps; Patti Smith (by Robert Mapplethorpe); Talking Heads; Television; the Ramones; Soo Catwoman; Teenage Jesus and the Jerks; the Diodes; a 3pp. Seditionaries photo-spread; Yoko Ono; more.
Spine slightly crimped; minor edge-wear; o/w Very Good plus, with highly saturated colour cover.