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Punk and Zen
"Long before I was a Zen monk, I was a punk rock bass player." So begins Brad Warner's latest book, Sit Down and Shut Up, a collection of essays on sex, death, God, sin, and more. Warner, a former member of the Akron, Ohio, hardcore band Zero Defects, uses a 13th-century work of Zen literature, Shobogenzo, to explore the punk ethos and Zen philosophy in plain language. We talk with the author about his unusual path to enlightenment.
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Sit Down and Shut Up on Amazon.com
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Let me tell you how happy I am to turn on NPR and hear Minor Threat. I'm always excited for people to talk about hardcore seriously and though I was on the run and couldn't catch everything today, I was thrilled to hear what I heard (AND to hear "Screaming at a Wall"). Punk and Hardcore have a rich philosophy and very interesting socio-religious aspects that I'd love to hear more shows on!
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