Camden Joy
Late 90s indie-rock rantster — perpetrated a successful series of NYC poster pranks — got a book deal, became author, wrote many — now over and gone.
Early coverage in Salon (1997); eventually Gale Research made a bio. See also “Camden Joy’s pop obsession” by Jennifer Pryzybylski (1999)
Aquarius records exhibit (defunct)
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Books
Lost Joy [excerpt] [interview] [review]
Camden Joy, self-titled box set (Highwater Books)
The lost manifestoes of Camden Joy
New York Post Modern, various artists, spoken word audio CD (Hits Post Modern Syndrome)
The Last Rock Star Book: Or Liz Phair, a Rant [excerpt]
Articles
“The Way the Cracker Crumbles,” Village Voice (March 28, 2000)
“town/">Ghost Town," Village Voice (March 7, 2000)
"total-systems-failure/1">Total Systems Failure," Village Voice (January 18, 2000)
For further reading
If this is all too rock-n-roll, there’s also the 2006 memoir of Joy Camden, an English ballerina.