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'Toxic Shock: Assassin of Mediocrity' is memoir of Tucson punk record label & store owner https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/042024_toxic_shock/toxic-shock-assassin-mediocrity-memoir-tucson-punk-record-label-store-owner/
Written as a paean to his late wife Julianna Towns, Bill Sassenberger chronicles their shared love for punk rock — the force that brought their lives together.
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@TucsonSentinel As someone from a very small town who discovered alternative music by word of mouth and then via college radio in the mid-late 80s, visiting Tucson and seeing the sign over the door right by Bobos, setting foot in that store was... deliverance.
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I love Mr Sassenberger and what their presence meant for this town and me. I don't know him, other than having shopped at the store and as a listener of the Gimme Indie Rock show he did on KXCI for several years. Both of these labors of love made Tucson a much greater place than without them.