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All photos courtesy of Exitstencil Press
AT LAST! After thirty years (on and off) of collecting, categorizing, captioning, editing, and countless hours of sleuth work, Gee Vaucher has completed work on
“The Bullshit Crass book”
“which is not perfect and will undoubtedly contain numerous mistakes”
On the One Little Independent Records website, the official title of the book is now:
CRASS—a Pictorial History 621984 - 4022024
All photos courtesy of Exitstencil Press
The publication will be celebrated on Thursday 11th April at the Horse Hospital in London with a book launch and Q&A with Gee Vaucher, Steve Ignorant, and Penny Rimbaud. The event is sold out, but there will be another launch the following night before the screening, plus a series of other events during the three-week exhibition of original Crass Art, which runs from 12th - 27th April.
SCREENING: 12th April. SemiDetached, a series of films by Gee Vaucher made to accompany all CRASS gig events (1978-1984).
SCREENING: 14th April. Four Films by Mick Duffield. Made from 1971-78 featuring Penny Rimbaud, Gee Vaucher, and Steve Ignorant.
SCREENING: 17th April. Of A Time and Place and HOW featuring Penny Rimbaud and Kate Shortt, two films by Mick Duffield.
PERFORMANCE: 20th April. Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue. A selection of songs sung by Eve Libertine accompanied by Eva Leblanc on electronics.
SCREENING: 21st April. A film by Mick Duffield and Gee Vaucher featuring Penny Rimbaud and Kate Shortt.
PERFORMANCE: 26th April. Penny Rimbaud accompanied by Louise Elliott on saxophone and flute will perform The Jazz of Poetry & The Poetry of Jazz.
These Historic events are priced to sell out as you “pay no more than” 11 pounds with fees. Click the links on the posters below,
“So what” is in the book“?
All photos courtesy of Exitstencil press
Three hundred and sixty four full colour pages of photos, handouts, posters, news clippings, handwritten lyrics, artwork, and much more.
Gee was gracious enough to answer a few questions
DS. What will you be wearing to the events?
GEE. CLOTHES.
DS. Too bad, More importantly, what will Penn be wearing?
GEE. NOT MY CLOTHES.
DS. Too bad, The book is 364 pages long, which is one page short of a page to look at every day for a year. Why not just add one more page and make a calendar? Way to almost get it done.
GEE. BOOK PAGES COME IN PAIRS
DS. Excuses, excuses. Was the missing last page the never-before-seen photo I took of you mowing the lawn at Dial House and you decided against it?
GEE. Too personal.
DS. Yeah it is, Are you looking forward to everyone arguing about the book, the photos, the binding, and the way it smells on the internet?
GEE. NOTHING TO DO WITH ME. I JUST WORK HERE.
DS. Do you have a favorite photo in the book?
GEE. NO!
DS. Oh, I guess I am not in it then. What member of Crass aged most gracefully?
GEE. NONE OF US!
DS. Are there any photos of Dial House Cats in the book?
GEE. YES.
DS. How many books will be printed?
GEE. 2000.
DS. Will you break even financially on this Book endeavor?
GEE. HOPE SO.
DS. If you make any money selling books will you get rid of your Nokia phone?
GEE. WHY WOULD I DO THAT?
DS. How is your CAR running and will you be using it to deliver books?
GEE. Well and NO.
DS. If I gave you a GPS for your car would you use it instead of a mapbook?
GEE. NO.
DS. You saved everything all the time as much as you could. Did you foresee that in the future CRASS would continue to grow?
GEE. NO, WE GAVE IT ALL AWAY, HENCE THIRTY YEARS TRACKING IT DOWN AGAIN.
DS. Will you sign other items besides books at these events? Like my CRASS beach towel and spittoon?
GEE. NO!
DS. How many nude photos of Penny are in the book?
GEE. 32.
DS. Is John Travolta in the book?
GEE. YES.
DS. Will there be an audiobook for the visually impaired?
GEE. NO.
DS. Do you realize it would’ve been easier to just post them on Instagram?
GEE. INSTAGRAM IS NOT A BOOK AND LACKS ALL THE JOYS OF ONE.
Gee and everyone involved would like to thank all of you who contributed, dug deep, and found all the bits you could find from the day: they are now given back to you in this book. Sadly over the 30 years, the names of so many of you have been lost, but your contribution and generosity have not.
thank you
You can get tickets for London at thehorsehospital.com and order books from olirecords.com
On Thursday 12th September there will be a book launch and Q&A with Gee Vaucher and Penny Rimbaud at White Columns Gallery in NYC.
The exhibition of original Crass artwork that accompanies the launch will also feature some of Gee Vaucher’s more recent work and will run from
13th September - 26th October.
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