ChinMusic! 1997–2004

Between 1997 and 2004, Kevin Chanel published ChinMusic!, devoted to a crossover of punk rock and baseball. To the people who did not believe in the connection between these two topics, Chanel cited, on the editorial of the first issue, the case of Scott Radisnky, ex-singer for Scared Straight and Ten Foot Pole, who signed a 1.2 million contract with the Dodgers. And on issue 5, Chanel interviewed “Black” Jack McDowell, an ex-Yankee and rock star-in-waiting. Characterized by “hard-hitting, smash-mouth journalism”, ChinMusic! was also distinguished by a direct style that emerged from baseball and punk rock as non-artsy forms. Kevin Chanel has his own indie press, which has published a wide range of quirky and eclectic topics in the last 20 years.