I picked up this book at Skylight Books in my neighborhood because I liked the punk movie “Suburbia” in the 80’s and I was curious. It’s an awesome book with stories about everything that mattered to me growing up. Kiss, Skateboarding, punk rock, hip hop, and graffiti are all talked about and illustrated with scrapbook style photos. I even found a shot of me in there from late ’95 or early ’96 in front of one of my first OBEY posters. I love the stories because they remind me of how excited I was by the process of discovering things. Road trios to skate spots, trading tapes of new music, making home-made tee shirts, ‘zines,  and stickers with friends. If any of that mattered to you, you should check out Live Suburbia.
Speaking of all that stuff, my friend Al who I used to skate with in R.I. just sent me a photo of me printing in the RISD screen print studio in the fall of ’89. Check out the paper cut stencil Johnny Rotten tee I made the same summer ’89 period when I made to original Andre sticker. I’m not sure what I was thinking with that hippie bracelet, except that it was rude to turn down a gift from a lady friend. Ohhh… the things we do for love.
-Shepard Fairey