Indie rock musician BRETT NEWSKI embarks on some of the weirdest DIY tours ever done; playing shows in ramshackle venues across Vietnam, Hong Kong, Thailand, Cambodia, & the Philippines, while recording an album along the way.

*A must-read for fans of Hunter S Thompson, Chuck Klosterman, or Henry Rollins.*

ORDER LINK: https://newskimusic.com/merch/book-piss-in-the-wind-misadventures-of-an-indie-troubadour-vol-1

RELEASE DATE: Nov 15, 2024

ISBN: 979-8-89546-873-9

UPC: 721750074201

ABOUT THE BOOK:

You’d be hard-pressed to find a musician who’s had a weirder career than

B R E T T N E W S K I – a lad who began with ZERO connections in the music business and went on to play over 1500 shows on six continents, eventually performing alongside bands like Violent Femmes, Pixies, Nada Surf, Guster, Gin Blossoms, Better than Ezra, Barenaked Ladies, Japanese Breakfast, Built to Spill, and Courtney Barnett. His band NEWSKI has received praise from Rolling Stone, NPR, American Songwriter, SiriusXM, Boston Globe, NBC, Billboard and SPIN.

In Piss In the Wind, his first volume of tour journals, Brett Newski perfectly captures the crusty adventures of nomad life, eking out a living in a less-than-glorious fashion as he plays DIY concerts across Asia, South Africa, and America. He battles through waning mental health, decrepit infrastructure, shady drifters, corrupt concert promoters, and shameless criminal enterprises along the way. None of the gritty details are left unsaid in these intensely personal, funny, and vulnerable journals.

PRE-ORDER:

Only 900 copies available
Pre-order available to email list subscribers, Patreon & concertgoers for the shows Nov 15 in Milwaukee & 11/16 in Appleton
First 200 pre-orders are signed copies
Any remaining copies will go on sale to the public 11/15

AUTHORS NOTE:

Folks don’t believe me when I tell them my music career started in Saigon, Vietnam. It is not the recommended route by any music industry standards.

Piss in the Wind: Misadventures of an Indie Troubadour is volume one in a series of tour journals from my strangest days on the road. This volume captures my journeys and weirdest shows across Vietnam, Hong Kong, Thailand, Cambodia, and the Philippines, as well as the off-kilter circumstances that led up to me moving to Vietnam for two years.

When you route tours off the beaten track, you’ll find some pretty bizarre stuff can happen, including….

Meeting Kareem Abdul-Jabaar while on mushrooms.
A man trying to sell you a grenade for $35 in Cambodia.
Getting DIY acupuncture from a stranger in a $4/night hostel
Playing a concert in a Vietnamese happy ending massage parlor

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

B R E T T N E W S K I is a touring musician, author, podcaster, & visual artist based in Milwaukee, WI. He has released seven studio albums with alt/rock band NEWSKI, and is the author of It’s Hard to be a Person; Defeating Anxiety, Surviving the World, & Having More Fun.

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COVER DESIGN: Brett Newski

PHOTO: Kevin Winiker

EDITOR: JD Eicher

AUTHOR SITE: www.newskimusic.com

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Black Taxi Car - Single #1 from Hi-Fi D.I.Y., featuring the singing talents of Nicole Rae (Traveling Suitcase) & guitar work of Eric McFadden (George Clinton/P-Funk). Shares and "thumbs ups" on the videos are neato but by no means obligatory.

Last week we announced the upcoming release of the Hi-Fi D.I.Y. Mini-Album. Today, it's available for pre-order along with our first 7" vinyl, Cigaretiquette. Pre-orders help us raise the funds to get everything printed and packaged and shipped out to you.

Hi-Fi D.I.Y. is an American rock/indie album produced by Violent Femmes co-founder Victor DeLorenzo & will be released 15 October at the Ramones Museum in Berlin, Germany. Cigaretiquette is a split with side B featuring Blessed Feathers–a tremendous band out of Arizona, USA. It's an anti-anxiety song written in a particularly rough patch when the synapses in my brain were firing rapidly and unhealthily. A song about putting a band-aid on head-traffic before finding a more permanent solution. Zen has never been easy for me, but is comes with patience.

It feels right to share these songs with you and I hope they find their way into your headphones, car, gramophone & life in general.