Dumb Punk Rock for Intellectuals

What can surprise a listener in an audiobook for the third re-issue of a cult autobiography written in the early 2000s?

That it’s not an audiobook at all, but a real, unique AUDIOSERIES!

Dmitry SPirin and the band “Tarakanы” together with the publisher “Bombora” present “Stupid Punk Rock for Intellectuals,” now sounding in a new way.

Within the familiar story, you’ll find:

• a revised version of the original book text for audio,

• a narration from a direct participant in the events,

• themed musical design, original sound design,

• fragments of TV and radio broadcasts, advertising inserts and voices of Russia of the 90s,

• unexpected plot twists and story pauses—“right where it gets most interesting,”

• and of course the music—without which it’s hard to imagine a story about a rock band!

Punk rock and intellectuals—seemingly things that have nothing to do with each other. But the leader of “Tarakanы!” Dmitry SID SPirin masterfully proves the opposite. Behind the ironic title of the book is not just the story of one band, but a slice of life of the informal 90s across all of Russia—both funny and bitter at the same time.

Attention! The audio recording contains profanity.