The Humorless Ladies of Border Control

In 2009, musician Franz Nicolay left his job in the Hold Steady, aka “the world’s greatest bar band.” Over the next five years, he crossed the world with a guitar in one hand, a banjo in the other, and an accordion on his back, playing the anarcho-leftist squats and DIY spaces of the punk rock diaspora. He meets Polish artists nostalgic for their revolutionary days, Mongolian neo-Nazis in full SS regalia, and a gay expat in Ulaanbaatar who needs an armed escort between his home and his job.

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Humorless Ladies of Border Control, The: Touring the Punk Underground from Belgrade to Ulaanbaatar By Franz Nicolay, 359 pgs. - Razorcake

Barnes and Noble The Humorless Ladies of Border Control: Touring Punk Underground from Belgrade to Ulaanbaatar

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The story and adventures of musician Franz Nicolay's leaving his band to journey around the world, meeting artists, neo-nazis, and punk rockers

The Humorless Ladies of Border Control: Touring the Punk Underground from Belgrade to Ulaanbaatar

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