Trapped in This World

ABOUT THE BOOK

From the murder of Bobby Fuller to the ascent of Soul Asylum, A. J. Payler covered the most interesting corners of the music world during a time of unprecedented upheaval and change in the music industry. Ferreting out little-exposed corners of pop culture with the tenacity of a devotee, Trapped in This World: Pop Culture on the Edge-The Omnibus of Pop Culture Writing by A. J. Payler (writing as Aaron Poehler) is the most expansive collection available, including pieces that originally appeared in Flipside, Tail Spins, Eye Magazine, Razorcake, BC Magazine and many other publications, including interviews, profiles, and over five hundred music reviews found nowhere else.

Now expanded by over 350 pages-over a hundred thousand words of articles and reviews previously unseen for decades!

Featuring:

Dave Pirner of Soul Asylum

The Strange Case of Bobby Fuller

Back to Monk Time with The Monks

Making Time for the Creation

In the Eyes of St. Nic of Detroit

Behind the Curtain of the Record Industry with Moses Avalon

The Saga of Iggy Pop and the Stooges

Bill Hicks: Preaching Comedy's Dark Side

Del Close and Wasteland-Interview with John Ostrander

"I Want to Last"-Interview with Kevin Shima of Homunculus

Ativin

Jimi Hendrix

Joy Division

Slim Moon (KIll Rock Stars)

Spacemen 3

Les Sexareenos

Electric Frankenstein

My Dad is Dead

Sunset Sessions

Columns for Razorcake

Plus over five hundred reviews, including:

The Leaving Trains

Slingshot Episode

Iggy Pop and the Stooges

Captain Beefheart

David Bowie

The Avengers

Joy Division

The Brian Jonestown Massacre

Swans

Three Mile Pilot

The Black Heart Procession

Spiritualized

The Wedding Present

Can

The Panics

The Walking Ruins

The Cramps

The Dead Kennedys

Richard Buckner

Eddi Reader

The Flaming Lips

Boy Genius

Dinosaur Jr.

The Replacements/Paul Westerberg

Tugboat Annie

Transfer

Melvins

Scrawl

Unwritten Law

Greg Ginn

The Jesus and Mary Chain

Guided by Voices

Four Letter Word

AWOLNATION

Hawkwind

The Church

DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid

Massive Attack

Manu Chao

Flight of the Conchords

Mojo Nixon

Rocket From the Tombs

Roger Miller

Bob Mould

GIVERS

Ramones

The Residents

Peter Perrett

MC5

Warren Zevon

Faith No More

Pulp

Guns 'N' Roses

...and hundreds more!