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The uncensored oral history of punk, which she cowrote with legs mcneil. Living in suburban pennsylvania in the late 1990s, mary rose uses her journal, addressed to dear nobody, to chronicle her daily life. He was the former resident punk at punk magazine, a senior editor at spin, and regularly contributes to vice online. Legs mcneil lives at the schwenksville narrative oral history institute. Thats why legs mcneil and gillian mccain wanted to publish an oral history of the manson family murders and the late sixties. Legs mcneil reads from please kill me at swampspace in miami miami herald. Please kill me 20th anniversary edition announced pitchfork. Punk rock inventor legs mcneil coming to savannah post cbgb. Gillian mccain born january 1, 1966 is a canadian poet, author, and photography collector best known for please kill me. Legs mcneil cofounded punk magazine and is a former editor at spin and editor in chief of nerve. The uncensored oral history of punk as a young teen. Why please kill me is one of the most important rock. Roderick edward legs mcneil born january 27, 1956 in cheshire, connecticut, united states is an american music journalist. The true diary of mary rose, and they are currently at work on a new book about the.
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