Making Stuff & Doing Things (4th Edition): DIY Guides to Just About Everything

(Paperback, Revised, Updated)

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Making Stuff and Doing Things is probably the most useful book on the planet. It's been called more important than the Bible. It's an indispensable handbook full of basic life skills for the young punk or activist, or for anyone else who's just trying to get stuff done - without having to have loads of money. The book started as a '90s zine with dozens of contributors setting down the most important skills they knew in concise, often hand-written pages. If you want to do it all yourself or do it together, this book has it all. Honestly, you'll never be bored again.

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More important than the Bible. --Heartattack

Full of amazing information without being too heavy handed or too general. This book should be a staple in every punk house! --Ray Suburbia

It's like the Time-Life series for punks all in one volume, for one low-low price! --Hanging Like a Hex

From making clothes, to making out, from taking care of your pet, to dealing with the problem of fruit flies, from binding a book to brewing some beer, this book has got everything covered. ... The DIY solution to almost any problem you might have is contained within this book. --Last Hours

You probably need this book. Dozens of underground zinesters compile their essays, diagrams, and comix about how to do things and how things work that will explain how to compost, fix a toilet, make toothpaste, clothes, and root beer, take care of sick animals, understand how your penis works, organize your day, or create your own buttplug. Plus about a thousand more hints Heloise never gave out. --Rocktober

Author Bio

Kyle Bravo is an artist and musician who lives and works in the upper 9th Ward of New Orleans. He teaches art to pay the bills then makes art and plays music every other possible spare moment. He is a founding member of the artist-run gallery The Front and also co-founder of Hot Iron Press, both hand-in-hand with his wife, artist Jenny LeBlanc. Kyles most recent musical projects include fiddling with his 4-track in his garage and his bands Kay Swiss and the Keddz and Koozie Basket.