I love this book: 'The Best of Punk Magazine'

Most fans of punk music have read Please Kill Me, Legs McNeil's excellent oral history of the genre. Back in the '70s, McNeil made a name for himself as the co-founder of Punk magazine, a publication that profiled dozens of punk acts before they became superstars.

Over the holidays I got my hands on the recently published Best of Punk Magazine (It Books, $30). I wasn't sure what to expect from...