ABOUT CARL C. SUNDBERG
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"This is a barbaric yawp, and it will be sounded over the roofs of the world."
-Walt Whitman
How do we navigate the early decades of a relentlessly brutal century that seems to be headed toward complete and utter destruction, chaos and unbridled madness?
I don’t know, but I am going to use this platform to try and figure it out.
We will dive into the deep end and confront the craziest elements and events of our society as they emerge. There are no boundaries to the topics: from the culture wars to music, entertainment to politics. Throughout it all will be personal stories; the lessons and tales from my rock n roll gonzo past. The victories and failures. The moments that changed me. We’ll try to steer clear of dog and dinner pics, but you never know.
It will be messy, ugly and weird at times, funny and heartbreaking, compassionate and furious, and all things in between. But it will be raw, honest and heartfelt. I do not plan to cause harm, but to bring healing, to bring solutions to a frayed, chaotic time. Writing should comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
I’d love for you to join me on this journey.
Why subscribe?
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Paid subscribers get an all-access pass and first read of my debut book, “Headbanger: Essays and Interviews of a Heavy Metal Heathen”, published here, in serial form, as a first draft, which will launch exclusively here in a weekly format.
“Headbanger” is a collection of essays about my lifetime love affair with heavy metal along with thirty interviews of heavy metal icons I was fortunate enough to conduct throughout my career, from Black Sabbath to Lamb of God.
I’m going to use the money from subscriptions to help fund the publication of this debut book, so your hard-earned cash will be going to a good cause.
Paid subscribers will also get full access to some of my more personal, subversive and dare I say “dangerous” writings and work.
You’ll also get access to my archive of older writings that I will populate over time.
You’ll get alerted to personally curated playlists.
Paid subscribers will also have the ability to comment and discuss. I will be in the threads hanging out and commenting.
How much is a paid subscription? $5 a month.
You spend more on a breakfast burrito.
As I mentioned earlier, subscriptions will help fund the publication of my first book.
And instead of supporting some soulless megacorp, you’ll be supporting a living, breathing writer in a real, tangible way that I will be forever grateful for.
If you know you want to read this thing for the long haul, you can also subscribe annually for $50 and save $10 a year.
Founding members will get a free physical and digital copy of “Headbanger” when it’s published. Limited Edition Signed and Numbered.
Last call…
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