{"product_id":"pranks-9781889307459","title":"Pranks!","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver forty interviews and essays with leading cultural icons who have unique ways of critiquing \"the system\" with humor and ingenuity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDazzling deceptions and provocative put-ons from some of the most outrageous artists and personalities\u003c\/b\u003e. Spontaneous, improvised craziness from the Underground in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and points in between. From artists, Bruce Conner and Mark Pauline to radical organizer\/writer, Abbie Hoffman, to performance artists Karen Finley and Harry Kipper (and the list goes on) -- the interviewees each have a quirky and distinctive way of commenting on life. Here are an exhaustive number of anecdotes and philosophies, heavily illustrated with photographs and clippings from their travails.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA prank is a trick, a mischievous act, and a ludicrous act. \u003c\/b\u003eAlthough not regarded as poetic or artistic acts, pranks constitute an art form and genre. In \u003ci\u003ePranks!\u003c\/i\u003e, classic pranksters such as Monte Cazazza, Jello Biafra, Joe Coleman, Henry Rollins, John Waters and Henry Rollins challenge the sovereign authority of words, images and behavioral convention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Re\/Search Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781889307459\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260","brand":"V. Vale","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52302261190837,"sku":"9781889307459","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_14a82584-c6c7-4775-852c-b39f31ee7973.jpg?v=1772552633","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/pranks-9781889307459","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}