Off the Record Reviewed

Off the Record has had a lovely review in the Courier-Mail and other newspapers around the country.

Space is always tight in street press publications and the result here is a bunch of rock’n'roll yarns and quotable quotes that rattle along with all the 1-2-3-4 energy of a Ramones gig.

Scroll down the page to check it out here.

Digital editions now available

After much technical jiggery-pokery, Off The Record is now available in digital form, including the Kindle store for all you kindlers out there. The book is also coming soon to Apple iBookstore and Google eBooks.

In time it will also be available from all major vendors, including  Baker & Taylor, B&N, Borders, Bowker, Ebooks.com, Ebrary, Follett Digital Resources, Kobo, Lightning Source (Ingram), Netlibrary, Overdrive, Sony, and Tecknoquest.

The ebook for Off the Record will be available to customers worldwide, so if you have had any trouble finding yourself a print copy (you obviously haven’t tried here), now is your chance to pick yourself up copy in fully recyclable pixels.

Launch, Part Two

After much technical jiggery pokey, we’ve been able to upload videos of the launch at Avid Reader in West End. So here they are.

Simon spoke first:

Then Sean:

Then John Wilsteed, academic and Go-Between subjected the editors to fierce Q & A:

Launch, Part One

A big thanks from both Sean and Simon to everyone who attended last night’s launch of Off the Record: 25 Years of Street Press at Avid Reader.

It was heartening to see such a massive turnout crammed into the space available.

Thanks especially to the dear people at Avid Reader who never seem to tire of this stuff and our fabulous publisher UQP, who traded manuscripts for glasses of wine just for us.

Photos and video still to come.

Available Now

Off The Record: 25 Years of Music Street Press is officially released today, available in all good bookstores.

For early adopters, we will post up links to purchase (and add more as they become available):

• Glee Books
• Collins Booksellers
• Booktopia
• Readings

Book Launch 10th November

Sean Sennett and Simon Groth will be officially launching Off the Record: 25 Years of Music Street Press on Wednesday 10th November at Avid Reader in Brisbane.

Joining Sean and Simon will be Go-Between and academic, John Wilsteed.

The launch begins at 6:00pm.

The event is free to attend, but bookings are essential.

Follow this link to book now.

Book Cover

The cover of the book is now official. What do you think?

Who’s in the book?

Off the Record has been compiled from articles originally published in Australian street press from 1986 to 2010. It contains interviews with no less than 95 artists: Australian and international, some at the top of their game, others somewhere else entirely. Many of the articles were published only once on the week of issue and have otherwise remained under dust until now.

So who made the final cut? Who of the thousands of artists interviewed over the years were interesting enough to make it back into print. It’s already our most frequently asked question, although usually in the form of:

‘So is [insert favourite band] in it? Huh?’

We could just post a list of the artists, but that would be boring. Instead we’ll reveal each artist individually and with visual aids.

Starting Wednesday 21st July, a video clip will appear on the blog featuring the first artist. Every day after that we will post another video until the book’s release.