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Adam Parfrey

Adam Parfrey (April 12, 1957 – May 10, 2018) was an American journalist, editor, and the publisher of Feral House books,[1] whose work in all three capacities frequently centered on unusual, extreme, or "forbidden" areas of knowledge. A 2010 Seattle Weekly profile stated that "what Parfrey does is publish books that explore the marginal aspects of culture. And in many cases—at least back when his interests were almost exclusively transgressive—he sheds light on subjects that society prefers to leave unexplored, carving a niche catering to those of us with an unseemly obsession with life's darkest, most depraved sides."[2]

Adam Parfrey
Born(1957-04-12)April 12, 1957
DiedMay 10, 2018(2018-05-10) (aged 61)
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • editor
  • publisher
Years active1982–2018
Spouse
(m. 2006; div. 2011)
ParentWoodrow Parfrey (father)

Early life edit

Parfrey was born in New York City, but during childhood moved to Los Angeles with his parents, actor Woodrow Parfrey and Rosa Ellovich, a stage director of Jewish descent. After graduating high school, he attended the University of California, Santa Cruz,[3] and UCLA, before dropping out[2] to move to San Francisco, where he began a short-lived experimental magazine, IDEA.[2] That publication folded after two issues. In 1983 he wrote and performed in a play, The Wickedest Man in the World, about Gilles de Rais, a 15th-century French serial killer of children.[citation needed]

That year, Parfrey moved east to Hoboken, New Jersey, and began working at New York City's Strand Bookstore. In 1984, with Kim Seltzer and Strand co-worker George Petros, Parfrey launched EXIT magazine; he collaborated on three of the six published issues before leaving the publication in 1987.[citation needed]

Career edit

Amok Press edit

In 1987, Parfrey and Kenneth Swezey co-founded Amok Press in New York. (Amok Books, an unrelated imprint, was founded by Swezey's brother Stuart later that year.) Amok Press's first title was an English translation by Joachim Neugroschel of the Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels's novel Michael (1929). This was followed by Parfrey's Apocalypse Culture, a collection of articles, interviews, and documents that explore various marginal aspects of culture. In total, Amok Press published eight books, including You Can't Win, by Jack Black, The Grand Guignol: Theatre of Fear and Terror, by Mel Gordon,[4] and Boxcar Bertha: An Autobiography, As Told to Dr. Ben L. Reitman.[5]

Feral House edit

Parfrey moved back to the west coast and while living in Portland, Oregon, founded another imprint, Feral House, in 1989.[6] Over the years, Feral House published titles by Steven Blush, Joseph P. Farrell, Phillip Thomas Tucker, John Zerzan, Alain Saury, Jennifer Robin, John Sinclair, Anton LaVey, Michael Moynihan, Didrik Søderlind and others, as well as many titles Parfrey himself wrote or edited.[7]

In 2000, Apocalypse Culture II, a sequel to the 1987 book, was published. In 2005, Parfrey co-founded the publishing company Process Media with Jodi Wille of Dilettante Press.[8]

Vice Magazine called Feral House a forerunner to 4chan and Reddit.[9]

Personal life edit

Parfrey left Portland and lived in Los Angeles for a time before decamping permanently to Port Townsend, Washington, where he resided for the remainder of his life.[citation needed]

Death edit

He died in Seattle on May 10, 2018, following complications from a series of strokes.[10][11]

Awards edit

  • Winner: Independent Publisher Awards Best History Book of 2012 Silver Medal: Ritual America: Secret Brotherhoods and Their Influence on America Society, by Adam Parfrey and Craig Heimbichner.[12]

Works edit

Books edit

  • Apocalypse Culture edited by Adam Parfrey (Amok Press, 1988, ISBN 0-941693-02-3)
  • Rants and Incendiary Tracts edited by Bob Black and Adam Parfrey (Amok Press, 1988, ISBN 0-941693-03-1)
  • The Manson File compiled by Adam Parfrey, credited to Nikolas Schreck (Amok Press, 1988, ISBN 0-941693-04-X)
  • Apocalypse Culture: Revised and Expanded edited by Adam Parfrey (Amok Press, 1990, ISBN 0-922915-05-9)
  • Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood, Jr. by Rudolph Grey, edited by Parfrey (Feral House, 1994, ISBN 0-922915-24-5)
  • Cult Rapture: Revelations of the Apocalyptic Mind by Adam Parfrey (Feral House, 1995, ISBN 0-922915-22-9)
  • End Is Near!: Visions of Apocalypse, Millennium and Utopia by Stephen Jay Gould, Roger Manley, Adam Parfrey and Dalai Lama, foreword by Rebecca Hoffberger (Dilettante Press, 1998, paperback ISBN 0-9664272-7-0, 1999, hardcover ISBN 0-9664272-6-2)
  • Muerte!: Death in Mexican Popular Culture by Harvey Stafford, edited by Adam Parfrey, illustrated by J. G. Posada, photographs by the ¡Alarma! Staff (Feral House, 2000, ISBN 0-922915-59-8)
  • Apocalypse Culture II edited by Adam Parfrey (Feral House, 2000, ISBN 0-922915-57-1)
  • Extreme Islam: Anti-American Propaganda of Muslim Fundamentalism edited by Adam Parfrey, introduction by Tamim Ansary (Feral House, 2002, ISBN 0-922915-78-4)
  • Lexicon Devil: The Fast Times and Short Life of Darby Crash and the Germs by Brendan Mullen, Adam Parfrey and Don Bolles (Feral House, 2002, ISBN 0-922915-70-9)
  • It's a Man's World: Men's Adventure Magazines – the Postwar Pulps edited by Adam Parfrey, material by Josh Alan Friedman, Mort Künstler, David Saunders and Bill Devine (Feral House, 2003, ISBN 0-922915-81-4)
  • War Is a Racket: The Anti-War Classic by America's Most Decorated General by Smedley D. Butler, with introduction by Adam Parfrey (reprinted in 2003 by Feral House, ISBN 0-922915-86-5)
  • Two Thousand Formulas, Recipes, and Trade Secrets: The Classic Do-It-Yourself Book of Practical Everyday Chemistry by Harry Bennett and Adam Parfrey (Feral House, 2003, ISBN 0-922915-95-4)
  • Sin-a-Rama: Sleaze Sex Paperbacks of the Sixties by B. Astrid Daley, Adam Parfrey and Lydia Lunch (Feral House, 2004, ISBN 1-932595-05-8)
  • Secret Source: The Law of Attraction and Its Hermetic Influence Throughout the Ages by Maja D'Aoust, Adam Parfrey and Jodi Wille (Feral House, 2007, ISBN 978-1-934170-07-6)
  • Love, Sex, Fear, Death: The Inside Story of the Process Church of Final Judgment by Timothy Wyllie, edited by Adam Parfrey (Feral House, 2009, ISBN 978-1-932595-37-6)
  • Feral Man in a Feral Land: Strange Tales from the Apocalypse Culture by Adam Parfrey (Feral House, 2010, ISBN 978-1-932595-45-1)
  • Ritual America: Secret Brotherhoods and Their Influence on American Society: A Visual Guide by Adam Parfrey and Craig Heinbichner (Feral House, 2012, ISBN 978-1-936239-14-6)
  • Citizen Keane: The Big Lies Behind the Big Eyes by Adam Parfrey and Cletus Nelson (Feral House, 2014, ISBN 978-1-936239-95-5)
  • Propaganda and the Holy Writ of the Process Church of the Final Judgement: Sex Issue, Fear Issue, Death Issue, The Gods on War by Timothy Wyllie and Adam Parfrey (Feral House, 2015, ISBN 978-1-936239-10-8)

Articles edit

Recordings edit

References edit

  1. ^ Conklin, Ellis E. (November 23, 2010). . Seattle Weekly. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Conklin, Ellis E., "For Adam Parfrey, Publishing the Unabomber's Book Is All In a Day's Work", November 7, 2017, at the Wayback Machine Seattle Weekly, November 23, 2010
  3. ^ Roberts, Sam, "Adam Parfrey, Publisher of the Provocative, Dies at 61", The New York Times, May 14, 2018
  4. ^ Gordon, Mel (1988). The Grand Guignol: theatre of fear and terror. New York: Amok Press. ISBN 978-0-941693-08-0. OCLC 924820720.
  5. ^ Amok Press on Open Library
  6. ^ "About Us". Feral House. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  7. ^ Feral House catalog at Feralhouse.com
  8. ^ "Process Media – Independent Book Publisher". processmediainc.com.
  9. ^ Gault, Matthew (May 11, 2018). "Adam Parfrey's Feral House Was the Forerunner to Reddit and 4chan". Vice Magazine. Archived from the original on March 25, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  10. ^ Haring, Bruce (May 11, 2018). "Adam Parfrey Dies: Feral House Publisher, Author And Editor Of Forbidden Knowledge Was 61". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
  11. ^ Roberts, Sam (May 14, 2018). "Adam Parfrey, Publisher of the Provocative, Dies at 61". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  12. ^ "Independent Publisher: THE Voice of the Independent Publishing Industry". Independent Publisher – feature.
  13. ^ Rev. Keith A. Gordon. "Deep Inside a Cop's Mind". AllMusic.
  14. ^ Al Campbell. "A Sordid Evening of Sonic Sorrows". AllMusic.
  15. ^ . boydrice.com. Archived from the original on June 25, 2013. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
  16. ^ "The Gods on War". Feral House.

Further reading edit

"Father of Apocalypse Culture: An Interview with Adam Parfrey", in Chad Hensley's (ed.) Esoterra: The Journal of Extreme Culture. Creation Books, 2011, pp. 15–17. The interview is followed by an article by Parfrey entitled "Weird Sex Cults" (pp 18–21).

External links edit

  • at Disinformation
  • Feral House's website
  • Adam Parfrey biography
  • Salon.com profile of Adam Parfrey
  • Adam Parfrey at IMDb

adam, parfrey, april, 1957, 2018, american, journalist, editor, publisher, feral, house, books, whose, work, three, capacities, frequently, centered, unusual, extreme, forbidden, areas, knowledge, 2010, seattle, weekly, profile, stated, that, what, parfrey, do. Adam Parfrey April 12 1957 May 10 2018 was an American journalist editor and the publisher of Feral House books 1 whose work in all three capacities frequently centered on unusual extreme or forbidden areas of knowledge A 2010 Seattle Weekly profile stated that what Parfrey does is publish books that explore the marginal aspects of culture And in many cases at least back when his interests were almost exclusively transgressive he sheds light on subjects that society prefers to leave unexplored carving a niche catering to those of us with an unseemly obsession with life s darkest most depraved sides 2 Adam ParfreyBorn 1957 04 12 April 12 1957New York City U S DiedMay 10 2018 2018 05 10 aged 61 Seattle Washington U S OccupationsJournalist editor publisherYears active1982 2018SpouseJodi Wille m 2006 div 2011 wbr ParentWoodrow Parfrey father Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 Amok Press 2 2 Feral House 3 Personal life 3 1 Death 4 Awards 5 Works 5 1 Books 5 2 Articles 6 Recordings 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External linksEarly life editParfrey was born in New York City but during childhood moved to Los Angeles with his parents actor Woodrow Parfrey and Rosa Ellovich a stage director of Jewish descent After graduating high school he attended the University of California Santa Cruz 3 and UCLA before dropping out 2 to move to San Francisco where he began a short lived experimental magazine IDEA 2 That publication folded after two issues In 1983 he wrote and performed in a play The Wickedest Man in the World about Gilles de Rais a 15th century French serial killer of children citation needed That year Parfrey moved east to Hoboken New Jersey and began working at New York City s Strand Bookstore In 1984 with Kim Seltzer and Strand co worker George Petros Parfrey launched EXIT magazine he collaborated on three of the six published issues before leaving the publication in 1987 citation needed Career editAmok Press edit In 1987 Parfrey and Kenneth Swezey co founded Amok Press in New York Amok Books an unrelated imprint was founded by Swezey s brother Stuart later that year Amok Press s first title was an English translation by Joachim Neugroschel of the Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels s novel Michael 1929 This was followed by Parfrey s Apocalypse Culture a collection of articles interviews and documents that explore various marginal aspects of culture In total Amok Press published eight books including You Can t Win by Jack Black The Grand Guignol Theatre of Fear and Terror by Mel Gordon 4 and Boxcar Bertha An Autobiography As Told to Dr Ben L Reitman 5 Feral House edit Parfrey moved back to the west coast and while living in Portland Oregon founded another imprint Feral House in 1989 6 Over the years Feral House published titles by Steven Blush Joseph P Farrell Phillip Thomas Tucker John Zerzan Alain Saury Jennifer Robin John Sinclair Anton LaVey Michael Moynihan Didrik Soderlind and others as well as many titles Parfrey himself wrote or edited 7 In 2000 Apocalypse Culture II a sequel to the 1987 book was published In 2005 Parfrey co founded the publishing company Process Media with Jodi Wille of Dilettante Press 8 Vice Magazine called Feral House a forerunner to 4chan and Reddit 9 Personal life editParfrey left Portland and lived in Los Angeles for a time before decamping permanently to Port Townsend Washington where he resided for the remainder of his life citation needed Death edit He died in Seattle on May 10 2018 following complications from a series of strokes 10 11 Awards editWinner Independent Publisher Awards Best History Book of 2012 Silver Medal Ritual America Secret Brotherhoods and Their Influence on America Society by Adam Parfrey and Craig Heimbichner 12 Works editBooks edit Apocalypse Culture edited by Adam Parfrey Amok Press 1988 ISBN 0 941693 02 3 Rants and Incendiary Tracts edited by Bob Black and Adam Parfrey Amok Press 1988 ISBN 0 941693 03 1 The Manson File compiled by Adam Parfrey credited to Nikolas Schreck Amok Press 1988 ISBN 0 941693 04 X Apocalypse Culture Revised and Expanded edited by Adam Parfrey Amok Press 1990 ISBN 0 922915 05 9 Nightmare of Ecstasy The Life and Art of Edward D Wood Jr by Rudolph Grey edited by Parfrey Feral House 1994 ISBN 0 922915 24 5 Cult Rapture Revelations of the Apocalyptic Mind by Adam Parfrey Feral House 1995 ISBN 0 922915 22 9 End Is Near Visions of Apocalypse Millennium and Utopia by Stephen Jay Gould Roger Manley Adam Parfrey and Dalai Lama foreword by Rebecca Hoffberger Dilettante Press 1998 paperback ISBN 0 9664272 7 0 1999 hardcover ISBN 0 9664272 6 2 Muerte Death in Mexican Popular Culture by Harvey Stafford edited by Adam Parfrey illustrated by J G Posada photographs by the Alarma Staff Feral House 2000 ISBN 0 922915 59 8 Apocalypse Culture II edited by Adam Parfrey Feral House 2000 ISBN 0 922915 57 1 Extreme Islam Anti American Propaganda of Muslim Fundamentalism edited by Adam Parfrey introduction by Tamim Ansary Feral House 2002 ISBN 0 922915 78 4 Lexicon Devil The Fast Times and Short Life of Darby Crash and the Germs by Brendan Mullen Adam Parfrey and Don Bolles Feral House 2002 ISBN 0 922915 70 9 It s a Man s World Men s Adventure Magazines the Postwar Pulps edited by Adam Parfrey material by Josh Alan Friedman Mort Kunstler David Saunders and Bill Devine Feral House 2003 ISBN 0 922915 81 4 War Is a Racket The Anti War Classic by America s Most Decorated General by Smedley D Butler with introduction by Adam Parfrey reprinted in 2003 by Feral House ISBN 0 922915 86 5 Two Thousand Formulas Recipes and Trade Secrets The Classic Do It Yourself Book of Practical Everyday Chemistry by Harry Bennett and Adam Parfrey Feral House 2003 ISBN 0 922915 95 4 Sin a Rama Sleaze Sex Paperbacks of the Sixties by B Astrid Daley Adam Parfrey and Lydia Lunch Feral House 2004 ISBN 1 932595 05 8 Secret Source The Law of Attraction and Its Hermetic Influence Throughout the Ages by Maja D Aoust Adam Parfrey and Jodi Wille Feral House 2007 ISBN 978 1 934170 07 6 Love Sex Fear Death The Inside Story of the Process Church of Final Judgment by Timothy Wyllie edited by Adam Parfrey Feral House 2009 ISBN 978 1 932595 37 6 Feral Man in a Feral Land Strange Tales from the Apocalypse Culture by Adam Parfrey Feral House 2010 ISBN 978 1 932595 45 1 Ritual America Secret Brotherhoods and Their Influence on American Society A Visual Guide by Adam Parfrey and Craig Heinbichner Feral House 2012 ISBN 978 1 936239 14 6 Citizen Keane The Big Lies Behind the Big Eyes by Adam Parfrey and Cletus Nelson Feral House 2014 ISBN 978 1 936239 95 5 Propaganda and the Holy Writ of the Process Church of the Final Judgement Sex Issue Fear Issue Death Issue The Gods on War by Timothy Wyllie and Adam Parfrey Feral House 2015 ISBN 978 1 936239 10 8 Articles edit Parfrey wrote cover stories and feature articles for the Village Voice San Diego Reader Penthouse and Hustler magazines Between 1990 and 1994 Parfrey wrote the weekly column HelL A for the San Diego Reader Recordings editS W A T Deep Inside a Cop s Mind The Soundtrack for the Next Police State Audio CD 1994 Label Amphetamine Reptile Records 13 A Sordid Evening of Sonic Sorrows Audio CD 1997 Man s Ruin Records MR 066 14 He has also collaborated with Boyd Rice on his album Hatesville 15 Plays the voice of Lord Jehova in the reading of The Gods on War with Genesis Breyer P Orridge The Lord Lucifer Lydia Lunch The Lord Satan and Timothy Wyllie Transcendence 16 References edit Conklin Ellis E November 23 2010 For Adam Parfrey Publishing the Unabomber s Book Is All In a Day s Work Seattle Weekly Archived from the original on November 7 2017 Retrieved October 31 2017 a b c Conklin Ellis E For Adam Parfrey Publishing the Unabomber s Book Is All In a Day s Work Archived November 7 2017 at the Wayback Machine Seattle Weekly November 23 2010 Roberts Sam Adam Parfrey Publisher of the Provocative Dies at 61 The New York Times May 14 2018 Gordon Mel 1988 The Grand Guignol theatre of fear and terror New York Amok Press ISBN 978 0 941693 08 0 OCLC 924820720 Amok Press on Open Library About Us Feral House Retrieved May 23 2021 Feral House catalog at Feralhouse com Process Media Independent Book Publisher processmediainc com Gault Matthew May 11 2018 Adam Parfrey s Feral House Was the Forerunner to Reddit and 4chan Vice Magazine Archived from the original on March 25 2020 Retrieved March 25 2020 Haring Bruce May 11 2018 Adam Parfrey Dies Feral House Publisher Author And Editor Of Forbidden Knowledge Was 61 Deadline Hollywood Retrieved May 11 2018 Roberts Sam May 14 2018 Adam Parfrey Publisher of the Provocative Dies at 61 The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved May 23 2021 Independent Publisher THE Voice of the Independent Publishing Industry Independent Publisher feature Rev Keith A Gordon Deep Inside a Cop s Mind AllMusic Al Campbell A Sordid Evening of Sonic Sorrows AllMusic Boyd Rice boydrice com Archived from the original on June 25 2013 Retrieved May 14 2013 The Gods on War Feral House Further reading edit Father of Apocalypse Culture An Interview with Adam Parfrey in Chad Hensley s ed Esoterra The Journal of Extreme Culture Creation Books 2011 pp 15 17 The interview is followed by an article by Parfrey entitled Weird Sex Cults pp 18 21 External links edit nbsp Biography portal adam parfrey at Disinformation Feral House s website Adam Parfrey biography Salon com profile of Adam Parfrey Adam Parfrey at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Adam Parfrey amp oldid 1214863969, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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