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Jonathan Vance, lyricist madman of the legendary MOSS ICON, penned this bunch of words in his infamous Rabelais-like style (and drew this bunch of art) for all the ex-emoheads who've been waiting like forever for a book of his writing to appear.

if you ever heard MOSS ICON or had the extreme fortune to have seen them, then you know that jon wrote the coolest, oddest, weirdest & most poetic lyrics back then (especially considering how dire and ridiculous most of the hardcore scene was post 1987).

we are extremely chuffed to put this out. 70+ pages of words and cabalistic illustrations, by a guy who's survived since then and is still kicking now, as mysterioso as ever. so just like back then, readers will be left thinking 'what is up with this guy?'

...let this get you stoked: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsOb7J6ZNsk

AMERICAN TYPEWRITER 020

"I know it's kind of weird/frowned upon/unexpected for me to blog about a book, especially since I've unknowingly and rather unintentionally become primarily concerned with blogging about rap music, but I have to help get word out about this. I posted about the band Moss Icon about 2 weeks ago and that rekindled the wonderment my 15-year-old self felt for them, back when I was ransacking screamo blogspots for complete discographies of poorly-recorded obscurity. Moss Icon always stood out to me because of their vocalist Jonathan Vance's unique style of orating. Five years later I found myself remembering all the weird little phrases and stops and starts as I listened to them again.
I did some Google research and found out that a book of poetry, prose and illustrations by Vance had been released by Amer. Typewriter, an independent publisher that I don't really know too much about. The book was $13, it came in like 3 days, and is everything I expected and more. Words are built into trembling phrases that both combust and wither, illustrations that more resemble carvings serve as punctuation, and all of it carries strong personality and strange, meandering purpose. Different from Vance's days in Moss Icon because it does not require accompaniment; it becomes its own music. If you like emo, if you miss Moss Icon, if you love poetry, if you're weird, if you're incredibly boring and normal, if you have 13 dollars to your name, please consider purchasing this book. It's dope. I wouldn't lie to you, blood."
~http://mywhiteboypain.blogspot.com/2011/12/tulip-has-room-by-jonathan-vance.html