26 Feb 2010

C Magazine and YYZ present Bill Burns's 'Two Boiler Suits and a Playlist' at the Armory Show

C Magazine and YYZ are pleased to announce the launch of Bill Burns's new book Two Boiler Suits and a Playlist: A Guide for Primates. The book will be launched at the C Magazine booth at the Armory Show in New York on Saturday, March 6, 2010 from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM.

The elegant guide is published in Toronto by YYZ. It describes in words and pictures the chattels of the prisoners at the camps in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. It also provides a playlist of the songs played to prisoners at the camps. Designed by Shannon Griffiths, the 52-page guide includes 18 black and white illustrations and two colour plates.

Two Boiler Suits and a Playlist is the last book of Burns's trilogy. The other two books in the series are Bird Radio, published in 2007 by KW in Berlin, KW|AG in Kitchener and Walther Koenig in Cologne; and The Guide to the Flora and Fauna Information Service 0.800.0FAUNA0FLORA, published in 2008 by the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. Bird Radio describes how to recreate the songs of birds of Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Jordan and Chechnya, while The Guide to the Flora and Fauna Information Service describes how to preserve and protect plants and in the same part of the world.

Bill Burns would like to thank the Leon Levy Foundation in New York for its generous support.

All three books will be available in a limited boxed edition in Fall 2010. Limited edition enquiries are welcome at animalsafety@gmail.com.

The Playlist:
1. 'Shoot to Thrill' by AC/DC
2. 'Gold' by Matchbox Twenty
3. 'Stayin' Alive' by The Bee Gees
4. 'Born in the USA' by Bruce Springsteen
5. 'Dirrty' by Christina Aguilera
6. 'Sesame Street Theme Song' by Joe Raposo
7. 'March of the Pigs' by Nine Inch Nails
8. 'American Pie' by Don McLean
9. 'Die Mf Die' by Dope
10. 'Bodies' by Drowning Pools
11. 'Raspberry Beret' by Prince
12. 'White America' by Eminem
13. 'All Eyes on Me' by Tupac
14. 'Fuck Your God' by Deicide
15. 'Enter Sandman' by Metallica
16. 'America' by Neil Diamond
17. 'We Are the Champions' by Queen
18. 'Killing in the Name' by Rage Against the Machine
19. 'Click Click Boom' by Saliva
20. 'I Love You' by Barney the Purple Dinosaur

Two Boiler Suits and a Playlist: A Guide for Primates
C Magazine booth at the Armory Show, New York
Pier 92 on 55th Street and 12th Avenue
Saturday March 6, 2010, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM