Max Easton is a writer from Sydney with work appearing in publications including Mess+Noise , Sydney Review of Books , Meanjin, Science for the People , VICE and The Lifted Brow. He is the creator and host of the underground music podcast and zine series Barely Human , and has played in Sydney punk bands BB & the Blips , The Baby , Basic Human and Romance . His first novel The Magpie Wing was published by Giramondo Books , and was longlisted for the 2022 Miles Franklin Literary Award. His second novel is due for publication in 2023. contact: email | twitter Major Projects Barely Human Projects (2020 Podcast and Ongoing Zine Series) Barely Human is an underground music anti-history focusing on the evolution of the independent, DIY ethic from sixties counterculture to contemporary subculture. Beginning as a zine series in 2016 (issues on Randy Newman, Butthole Surfers, Country Teasers and Low Life), it was adapted into a documentary style podcast in 2020, e