BARRED FOR LIFE BOOK RELEASE EVENTS
Before I start talking about the upcoming events, I just want to mention that a few weekends ago a thief broke into my car near a very PUBLIC park in Philadelphia, and liberating both my laptop computer and the external hard-drive that had every single piece of BARRED FOR LIFE media saved. Needless to say, that was six years worth of information gathering, stolen. Things happen fast. While sad, forward I move. So...
As many of you now know, BARRED FOR LIFE is on the market. You might have a copy, or you might be waiting until one of the numerous release events so that you might just find some instant gratification by buying a copy from me. Well, whatever you wish, BARRED FOR LIFE will be on the move soon. Yes, the official release date was slated for April 1st, but we were so excited to finally get this epic book into the hands of those who preordered, that the mighty PM Press released it a bit early. By all accounts sales are doing very well, and in no time at all our suppliers in Europe have been getting a steady supply of books to both the UK and continental Europe. All of the necessary information for this, and other events, can be found on our FaceBook Fan Site
NYC BARRED FOR LIFE Book Signing
DATE: Sun June 23
TIME: 2:00pm until 5:00pm
WHERE: Generation Records
BARRED FOR LIFE Release Party! Dez Cadena & Friends w/ Chesty Malone and the Slice 'em Ups and More!
DATE: Sun June 23
TIME: 7:00pm
WHERE: Bowery Electric
PRICE: $8 in adv, $10 at door
Purchase Tickets
Percetage of proceeds will be donated to MusiCares
TIME: 7:00pm
WHERE: Bowery Electric
PRICE: $8 in adv, $10 at door
Purchase Tickets
Percetage of proceeds will be donated to MusiCares
Attention, any intersted party within one million miles of New York City, if you do not make it to Barred For Life's NYC debut then you will have to lie about it when it becomes legendary in the Punk Rock history books. You will have to say, "yeah, I was totally there," yet provide no proof, and then go home and cry because you lied to all your friends.
DO NOT LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU...
Perla Cabral is running the show on this one, and it is a MUST-SEE sort of event. A formal book signing will take place on the afternoon of Sunday, June 23rd at Generation Records between the hours 2-5pm. The author will be bringing hard and soft covers galore to the event to sell and sign, and will be bringing along his friend Dez Cadena.
Yes, I said it... Dez Cadena, third singer for Black Flag, leader of the DC3, part of the Misfits, and currently playing also in FLAG IIII , will be on hand to tell some stories, sign some books, and blow your mind. Reading and discussion will start around 3:30, so get there early if you want both Ebersole and Cadena's full attention.
Immediately following the official reading, signing, and discussion, let the Rock-N-Roll begin. Perla has put together one of the best shows to drop on NYC in decades at Bowery Electric starting at 7:30.
Opening the show is Brooklyn's Chesty Malone and the Slice'em Ups, followed by Dez Cadena & The Superbas doing some original material and covering the entire Black Flag, Louie-Louie ep.
So what could be better than this..? Well, Todd Youth (Murphy's Law, Cro-Mags, Danzig) teams up with Dez, and an all-star line up of Punk Rock royalty to rock out to the rest of the Black Flag catalog. Singing along with Todd and Dez will be: Steve Soto (Adolescents), Randy Shrager (Scissor Sisters), John Joseph (Cro-Mags), Paul Bearer (Sheer Terror), Jimmy Gestapo (Murphy's Law), Rizzo (The Misguided), Drew Stone (Antidote), Mick Stitch (LES Stitches), Jack Ridley III (Threats), Walter Schreifels (Quicksand) Admiral Grey (Cellular Chaos) & more
The whole affair will be hosted by Sirrius Radio's Zena Kooda, host of Liquid Metal, and will cost only a measley 10 dollars (8 if you buy in advance, or if you have The Bars tattooed on you somewhere).
And in case you missed the signing with Ebersole and Dez, copies will be available for purchase and signing. I cannot be positive, but I believe that there will be a good group of people from the book in attendance who will be happy to sign your copy for all to covet.
Seriously, though, don't be that guy/girl who has to lie to their friends about being at this event. Just come out and help celebrate one of the most important books in Punk Rock finally finding its own voice in the world.
RAFFLE: Purchase a book at the signing or at the Book Release party and you are entered to win a FREE Black Flag bars tattoo at NYHC Tattoo ( Courtesy of our sponsors NYHC Tattoo), a limited edition autographed hardcover copy of BARRED FOR LIFE (signed by Dez Cadena, Chuck Dukowski, and Keith Morris) , AND MORE!
GIVEAWAYS: Receive the latest copy of IINKED Magazine with the purchase of a BARRED FOR LIFE book. (Courtesy of our sponsors IINKED Magazine )
Past Events
LIMITED EDITION HARDCOVERS
A lot of you have been pushing me to get the hardcover editions on the market. Well, I am trying. The cover art is finished and everything is in place, except I still haven't found a crew to print the images. So, here is what we have going on. Long time scene artist, Brian Walsby (on the right), has happily contributed awesome image, while Jeremy Dean of House Industries has handed this brilliant image over to us (on the left). The aim is to have these bad-boys completed by May 1st for general sale instead of auction. 
We will also have a limited, limited, limited edition of 10 of these copies that are signed by the members of FLAG, and they will only really be available at the various events as part of a raffle to help pay our expenses.
So, thanks to you, BARRED FOR LIFE is doing very well. I thank you all kindly for your efforts.
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Regards,
Stewart Dean Ebersole
Project Creator and Photographer