GROW: How to take your DIY project and passion to the next level & quit your job!

review from Anne: GROW: How to take your DIY project and passion to the next level & quit your job!

128 pages, 5.5. x 7, June 2013, $11.95 (no trades, ships via Microcosm)

Eleanor C. Whitney, MPA

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This is a rad little book. The design of it is really cool and visually appealing; I would totally have picked it up just to check it out even if the subject wasn't super interesting (and, honestly, it is -- who doesn't dream of ditching the day job to be your own creative boss?). Organized into smart, clear sections dealing with money and building community as well as marketing and media, Whitney includes points and examples from other DIY small-business owners, like Punk Rope and Brooklyn Soda Works. There's also a really great section about "Building a DIY Life" -- which is something that I think all small business owners struggle with. I own and operate a small business, which in the last year has become a larger project (though not quite yet full time), and these are very important points to think about. How do you make your business not just sustainable, but something that grows? There's also a particularly excellent resource section in the back of the book. Worth checking out, for sure.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Basic Stuff You Should Know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Why I Publish by DJ Frederick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The Death of the Weblog by Joe Biel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Expatriation Daze by Al Burian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
It Means It's Wank by Jeff Somers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Gloomy Sundays by Gianni Simone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Revenge of Print Honor Roll . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 62
Zine Review Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Artist's Statement About The Cover by Bojan . . . . . . 63

THE REVIEWS
Anne Thalheimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-17
D. Blake Werts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-23
Davida Gypsy Breier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23-26
Eric Lyden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26-28
Fred Argoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28-30
Gavin J. Grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30-32
Joe Biel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32-37
Julie Dorn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37-39
Kathy Moseley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39-41
Liz Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41-46
Matt Fagan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46-48
Maynard Welstand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48-49
Stuart Stratu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49-61

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Cover Art by Bojan (Rigor Mortis)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction
Basic Stuff You Should Know
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, It Is Being Published by Davida Gypsy Breier
Defining Ourselves To Death by Dread Sockett
It Means It's Wank by Jeff Somers
Gloomy Sundays by Gianni Simone

THE REVIEWERS
Anne Thalheimer
D. Blake Wert
Davida Gypsy Breier
Eric Lyden
Fred Argoff
Gavin J. Grant
Joe Biel
Julie Dorn
Kris Mininger
Liz Mason
Maynard Welstand
Stuart Stratu

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two reviews from Anne

Bipedal, By Pedal! #2: Confidential Mad Libs 5.5x7", 64 pages, in color, offset, $4 US $?Can/Mex, $?world
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While working on a documentary called “Aftermass” about bike activism and its future in Portland, OR and beyond, Joe Biel received copies of documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act in which he discovered that the police in Portland had for many years engaged in illegal spying on Critical Mass in an effort to disassemble and discredit the organization. “What each person sees in these documents is really in the eye of the beholder. But I think it’s only in the police’s wet dreams that Critical Mass would ever start a riot that would endanger the lives of families and children” states Biel, and this book would be an interesting enough read without the twist in which the documents are transformed into Mad Libs, omitting certain words (they’re all printed on the inside back cover if you’re curious, and you will be) at key points in the various documents and citations. Highly recommended.

BROOKLYN! #70
24 pages, 5.5 x 8.5 $10 for a 4 issue subscription
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Fred Argoff
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Brooklyn NY 11230

Another Brooklyn review! “The name of this zine is BROOKLYN and that's also what the zine is about, Fred's beloved borough of Brooklyn." I actually was recently driving in Brooklyn for the first time in a long while and caught myself thinking about this zine while waiting at a red light. Anyway, #70 includes a quick piece on the English Kills Art Gallery (plus a photo of a ‘guerilla performer’), “Brooklyn Lexicon & Pronounciation Guide #55” (including an interesting entry on “rollercoaster”), a piece about New Lots and some photos of notable locales within the borough, and because it’s just that time of year there’s also a Brooklyn Wintertime Fable on one Joey the Snowman.

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