The Annual - Vol. 1 (2023)

New publication from Frans de Waard (who brought us the excellent Dutch punk book last year), which they describe as a regular yearbook with ‘everything you never knew you were interested in’. And based on what I’ve dug into so far, I think they succeeded. A real deep divers dream with a glimpse in a fascinating plethora of topics from different authors leading to a wildly diverse selection. I truly hope this becomes a yearly publication. In this first issue you have the history of turntablism, a 1985 interview with Roger and Brian Eno, a report on the Groningen punk scene in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Truus de Groot about her formative years, Kubus Kasssettes, vinyl hunting in Trinidad, the Perversita festival in 1989, concerts that ended in riots, Willem de Ridder’s Radiola Improvisation Salon, Ultra in Eindhoven, Gary Scott meeting Florian Fricke, Killing Joke/Joy Division, The Slits, contributions by GW Sok and Harold Schellinx and more. Illustrations by Miss.Printed, short interludes by Freek Kinkelaar and Frits Jonker, plus a comic strip by Bertin. Highly recommended.