{"product_id":"portland-punk-rock-lyrics-1977-1987","title":"Portland Punk Rock Lyrics 1977-1987 book","description":"\u003cp style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003eAn exciting new book of lyrics by punk bands from the Portland, Oregon music scene in the late ‘70s through the late ‘80s, compiled by one of that scene’s most active members, Patricia Baum. Entitled \u003ci\u003ePortland Punk Lyrics 1977-1987\u003c\/i\u003e, it features 76 songs by 26 bands, including some of the most iconic Portland artists of their day: \u003cb\u003eWipers\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eNeo Boys\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eNapalm Beach\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ePoison Idea\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eSmegma\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Rats\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eJungle Nausea\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003ci\u003ePortland Punk Lyrics \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e1977-1987\u003c\/i\u003e is available as a hand-bound, limited, signed and numbered edition of 250 copies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003ePatricia Baum, who played in several bands during the time span covered by \u003ci\u003ePortland Punk Lyrics\u003c\/i\u003e (including \u003cb\u003eNeo Boys\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eA Rancid Vat\u003c\/b\u003e) explains, “The bands were chosen because: I knew them, one of my bands had played on a bill with them, I'd been their drummer, or had mixed or recorded them either live or in the studio.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003e“I was overjoyed with the initial response from the bands and songwriters; everyone I asked said yes to providing their original song lyrics. The assembly and editing took about a year, and included several drafts, many corrections and some exciting last-minute additions.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003eThe format of \u003ci\u003ePortland Punk Lyrics\u003c\/i\u003e, a 5.5” x 8\" booklet, is borrowed from DIY poetry chapbooks, which were also commonly xeroxed or mimeographed, and stapled. The cover is based on a design for a booklet for the 1979 Anarchist Symposium, Portland, Oregon, by XJ Elliot. The book cover for \u003ci\u003ePortland Punk Lyrics\u003c\/i\u003e was printed by Patricia Baum at the Ceiba Gráfica workshop in La Orduña, Veracruz, Mexico, near where she currently resides; she attended a printmaking and bookbinding workshop there in October 2025.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003ePatricia (Pat) Baum was born in Lansing, Michigan in 1957, where her father taught literature at Michigan State University. In 1962, he accepted a teaching position at Lewis \u0026amp; Clark College in Portland, Oregon. Baum attended Riverdale School, Metropolitan Learning Center and John Adams HS. A classically trained clarinetist, she played in the Riverdale and Fernwood school bands, but had a dream of playing the drums. She realized her musical dream in 1978, when the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eNeo Boys\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e asked her to join the band. After the band broke up in 1982, she played with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRancid Vat\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRedheads\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSmegma\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehe Grip\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnknown Soldiers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e. She eventually pursued a BA in film production at San Francisco State University, and an MEA from University of Guadalajara. In 1995, a surfer friend told her about Todos Santos, and she and two friends spent a month driving down the Baja. The visit inspired her to make a permanent move to Todos Santos in 1996. She inherited a surf shop, and lived in a trailer on Los Cerritos beach for 13 years. In 1999, with 500 books from her father’s library, she founded what is now the Biblioteca Elena Poniatowska. She married Daniel Garcia Sosa; their son, Silvio Carlos Garcia Baum was born in 2000. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003eDuring her 30 years in Todos Santos and Pescadero, BCS, she inspired, facilitated and participated in many community-based social and environmental projects including: spay and neuter clinics and educational outreach, beach and arroyo clean-ups, the first community recycling program, three sea turtle conservation groups, two libraries, a bi-lingual school, four youth-in-video films with the Escuela de Cine Leonard Perel, a ten-year stint with her Future Biologist’s field learning \/ ocean safety program in Pescadero, and numerous collaborations with like-minded environmental educators. She authored The Illustrated Guide to Sea Turtles in Baja California in 2013, which was distributed free-of-charge to Baja Sur middle schools. She is currently writing a novel based in Baja Sur, and spends summers in the cool NW due to global warming.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003eAlso available:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/krecs.com\/collections\/friends-and-neighbors\/products\/neo-boys-art-edition-mississippi-records-lp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0097\/0772\/files\/NeoBoysMississippiRecordsLPFRONT.jpg?v=1785257008\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/krecs.com\/collections\/friends-and-neighbors\/products\/neo-boys-art-edition-mississippi-records-lp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNeo Boys\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNeo Boys Art Edition\u003c\/em\u003e (Mississippi Records) LP\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patricia Baum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43292275867742,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0097\/0772\/files\/PortlandPunkLyricsFRONTBACK.jpg?v=1788897330","url":"https:\/\/krecs.com\/products\/portland-punk-rock-lyrics-1977-1987","provider":"The K Mail Order Department","version":"1.0","type":"link"}