Punks, Monsters, Smut & Madmen: A Countercultural Cross-Section
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[SCRAPBOOKS]. HOWIE PYRO (Howard Kusten, 1960–2022). Howie Pyro's Scrapbooks. Group of four large scrapbooks containing hundreds of newspaper clippings and photocopies/Xeroxes (in the tradition of zine-making) carefully curated, collaged, and arranged by Howie Pyro. Subjects include exploitation films, horror movies, drive-ins, spook shows, burlesque shows, with themes of murder, drug use, sexual promiscuity, teenagers, rock'n'roll, and more. A few films and figures mentioned include: Evil Dead — Faster, Pussycat, Kill! Kill! — House of Wax— Andy Warhol — Reefer Madness — Charles Manson — John Waters — Jayne Mansfield — and so many others. Two scrapbooks are unfinished, with blank pages and loose clippings. With several folders of hundreds more loose newspaper clippings and photocopies. An impressive archive.
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