Updated 04/15/10Updated 04/15/10
JOBJUMPER
(394 pages)
By Phil Irwin
(AKA The Whiskey Rebel)
Second edition is revised and expanded. 50 + more pages!!
Jello Biafra: The all time must read for anyone who is sick of their ignoroid boss or just plain hates their job... so that means everyone right?
Ben Hamper (Rivethead): Phil Irwin's Jobjumper should be required text in every high school in America... not to mention every saloon and sanitarium. The world just seems more honest with these words on board. We can only hope for more.
Beth Ramona Allen (San Francisco Bay Guardian): Work, sex drugs, lots of drinking on the job, and a teensy bit of rock and roll- The Whiskey Rebel's off- beat humor makes for one hell of a good read.
Alex Richmond (Philadelphia City Paper): Both smart and smart-assed, this linear narrative spells out hard-won life lessons about working for almost every kind of employer.
Joey Goebel (Torture the Artist): In Jobjumper, The Whiskey Rebel shows us what happens when an intelligent, competent, anti-social man is forced to interact with idiots eight hours a day. His blow-by-blow account of life at work will make you sympathize with the wandering laborer, but you'll also envy him for the wealth of experiences it has obviously brought him.
Iain Levison (A Working Stiff's manifesto): Maniacal! An aggressive in-your face picture in our stalled and uncarring economy. I wished I'd worked with this guy!
V.Vale (Re/Search Newsletter): This proto-situationist 'autobiography' is much more addicting than one might think. There is a kind of dark humor that can be obtained from looking back on atrocious work experiences, including almost freezing to death-literally-on a temp job in Alaska. This book was highly reccomended by Jello Biafra-it is an American saga focusing on the number one problem today: survival, and is finally back in print. The author was in 'Punk' bands too.
Judith Schaechter: Jobjumper is hilarious-and bitter and smart and very, very entertaining- in the best way possible. Phil has suffered though some truly crappy jobs- and suffered all the more because he is never content to unquestioningly survive-but evidently for the higher purpose of some excellent story telling, and scathing commentary on what it means to be a working stiff.
Jeff Clayton (Antiseen) As a professional jobjumper myself, this book proved to be very inspirational and made me feel like I was not alone. It is a big fuck you to crappy jobs and crappy bosses everywhere.
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Phil Irwin
c/o Brilliancy Prize
po box 1781
San Marcos, TX 78666
email: whiskeyrebel@whiskeyrebel.com
updated 04/15/10
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