03/07 @ 8:00pm - Littoral: Mark Andersen + Travis Morrison
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Mark Andersen
Washington, D.C.’s creative, politically insurgent punk scene is studied for the first time by local activist Mark Andersen and arts writer Mark Jenkins. The nation’s capital gave birth to the most influential punk underground of the ’80s and ’90s. Dance of Days recounts the rise of trailblazing artists such as Bad Brains, Henry Rollins, Minor Threat, Rites of Spring, Fugazi, and Bikini Kill, while examining the roots of PMA, straight edge, Dischord Records, Revolution Summer, Positive Force, and Riot Grrrl. This book provides a window on the hidden history of a grassroots rock revolution that burst into the mainstream in the early ’90s following the success of Nirvana and its groundbreaking album, Nevermind.
Mark Andersen has done outreach, advocacy, and organizing in inner-city D.C. since the mid-1980s. The author of All The Power: Revolution Without Illusion, and a contributor to We Owe You Nothing, Punk Planet: The Collected Interviews, he cofounded the punk activist collective Positive Force D.C. in 1985, the senior outreach network We Are Family in 2004, as well as the Arthur S. Flemming Community Center in 2003. He remains active with those groups in addition to his work with the Justice & Service Committee of St. Aloysius Catholic Church and the board of directors of the grassroots community organization Northwest One Council. He lives with his beloved Tulin Ozdeger and their two cats, Demo and Spaatz, in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
“A truly compelling narrative . . . a powerful piece of cultural reporting.”
–Washington Post
“For anyone interested in the power of independent music, this is an overdue insight into a vibrant, homegrown scene.”
–Mojo
“A best buy for those seeking to educate themselves on the legacy created by Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Fugazi, Bratmobile, and on and on.”
–XLR8R
Travis Morrison
Travis Morrison remains best known for his decade-long stint fronting the influential dance-punk quartet the Dismemberment Plan. Born in 1972, Morrison spent his adolescence in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Fairfax, VA, learning guitar and fronting a series of short-lived high school bands. After three years at the College of William and Mary, he dropped out to pursue music full-time, and in 1993 formed the Dismemberment Plan with fellow Lake Braddock Secondary School alums Eric Axelson (bass) and Steve Cummings (drums). Rooted equally in the local Dischord Records art punk sound, R&B, and hip-hop, the Dismemberment Plan built a rabid cult audience via early LPs like 1995′s ! and 1997′s The Dismemberment Plan Is Terrified, eventually signing to major label Interscope in 1998. The company nevertheless dropped the band upon completion of its 1999 effort Emergency & I, which proved its commercial and critical breakthrough upon release through indie imprint DeSoto. After supporting Pearl Jam on its 2000 European tour, the Dismemberment Plan completed 2001′s Change, mounting a co-headlining U.S. tour with Death Cab for Cutie. At the peak of its fame the band nevertheless announced its intention to dissolve, playing a farewell show at D.C.’s famed 9:30 Club on September 1, 2003. He claims to be officially retired from music..
ISSUE’s Littoral Series is supported, in part, by The Casement Fund and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
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