Subculture Vulture

A Memoir in Six Scenes

Moshe Kasher

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Random House Inc
30 January 2024

Biography: general

A riotous, whirlwind tour through deep American subcultures ranging from Burning Man to Alcoholics Anonymous, by the hilarious stand-up comic Moshe Kasher

NATIONAL BESTSELLER . A ""hilarious"" (Dax Shepard), ""surprisingly emotional trip"" (The Chainsmokers) through deep American subcultures ranging from Burning Man to Alcoholics Anonymous, by the writer and comedian Moshe Kasher

""Part history lesson, part standup set and, often, part love letter . . . Kasher's ability to blend humor with homework works almost too well.""-The New York Times

After bottoming out, being institutionalized, and getting sober all by the tender age of fifteen, Moshe Kasher found himself asking- ""What's next?"" Over the ensuing decades, he discovered the answer- a lot.

There was his time as a boy-king of Alcoholics Anonymous, a kind of pubescent proselytizer for other teens getting and staying sober. He was a rave promoter turned DJ turned sober ecstasy dealer in San Francisco's techno warehouse party scene of the 1990s. For fifteen years he worked as a psychedelic security guard at Burning Man, fishing hippies out of hidden chambers they'd constructed to try to sneak into the event. As a child of deaf parents, Kasher became deeply immersed in deaf culture and sign language interpretation, translating everything from end-of-life care to horny deaf clients' attempts to hire sex workers. He reconnects and tries to make peace with his ultra-Hasidic Jewish upbringing after the death of his father before finally settling into the comedy scene where he now makes his living.

Each of these scenes gets a gonzo historiographical rundown before Kasher enters the narrative and tells the story of the lives he has spent careening from one to the next. A razor-sharp, gut-wrenchingly funny, and surprisingly moving tour of some of the most wildly distinct subcultures a person can experience, Subculture Vulture deftly weaves together memoir and propulsive cultural history. It's a story of finding your people, over and over again, in different settings, and of knowing without a doubt that wherever you are is where you're supposed to be.

By: Moshe Kasher
Imprint: Random House Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 567g
ISBN: 9780593231371
ISBN 10: 0593231376
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 30 January 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Moshe Kasher is a stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. He is the author of Kasher in the Rye. He has written for various TV shows and movies, including HBO's Betty, Comedy Central's roasts and Another Period, Zoolander 2, Wet Hot American Summer, and many more. His Netflix specials include Moshe Kasher- Live in Oakland and The Honeymoon Stand Up Special. He's appeared in Curb Your Enthusiasm, Shameless, The Good Place, and other fun things. He co-hosts The Endless Honeymoon podcast with his wife, Natasha Leggero. Kasher lives in Los Angeles with Leggero and their daughter.

Reviews for Subculture Vulture: A Memoir in Six Scenes

“Subculture Vulture is an electrifying, hilarious, and surprisingly emotional trip through the worlds that Moshe Kasher has inhabited, including the one we share: the world of electronic dance music. He takes us on a trip through the rave scene of the ’90s and you won’t feel like you ‘had to be there,’ because you’ll feel like you are.”—The Chainsmokers