Charting the rise of sleazy pulp fiction — and questionable nonfiction — from the 1940s onward, Hip Pocket Sleaze examines the erotic and enduringly shocking works of an era when print was king and kinky.
Propels the reader into the British indie music scene of the late 1980s, rock and roll excess, the last gasp of independent record labels and the burgeoning techno/sample craze via two seminal bands of the era.
Think you know British cinema? Think again.
The Watergate scandal was a horror show. What better way to satirize it than with a horror movie? A fascinating minute-by-minute exploration of many uncanny connections between The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Watergate.
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If you’ve ever seen the original Mad Max movie you might recall the scene where a mechanic is tuning the vehicle that the titular Max will soon be driving. “Last of the V8s,” the mechanic purrs. Well, Headpress is not unlike that engine in a world gone mad. It’s independent, ravaged by landscape, but it motors on, one of a kind, like the last of the V8s. With Headpress you are on that journey. Now read on…
VIDEOS OF hEADPRESS EVENTS
Author Martin Harris reads from his book, Leatherface vs Tricky Dick
Author Clint Carrick reads from his book, Small Town Skateparks
Rich Deakin reads from his book, GREBO! Plus special guests!
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We are Headpress
Headpress is an independent book publisher established in 1991. This is our shop and blog.
We are Headpress
Headpress is an independent book publisher established in 1991. This is our shop and blog.
Original true-life stories and memoir.
