Franz Nicolay is a New York musician who has played with myriad acts including the Hold Steady, Against Me!, and the Dresden Dolls and was a founding member of the composer/performer collective Anti-Social music. Dying Scene recently named him #1 of “Punk’s 10 Best Accordion Players.” He teaches at Bard College. The Humorless Ladies of Border Control: Touring the Punk Underground from Belgrade to Ulaanbaatar (The New Press) is his first book.