Eaves of Ass: Promise & Theft
US: $3 or trade
36 pp.
Craven Rock
10511 Phinney Ave N.
Seattle, WA 98133
eavesofass@yahoo.com
An aspiring writer struggles to maintain a semi-vagrant, alcohol-laden lifestyle, whilst writing and driving a cab. The collection of food stamps is an ironic bonus. I wish I had the guts to live this way, but I insist on a life of quiet desperation. Worth a read, especially if you are a struggling artist, desperate to generate creative output in an environment that has multiple drags on creativity.
The Baltimore Bicycling Manual, Issue #1, December 2009
Free
Stephen B. Thomas
www.let-off.com
User-friendly guide to riding a bike for commuting or recreation. Offers pragmatic, frugal-minded advice on gear, tools, bikes, and attitude, for biking is a mind-over-matter activity.
Also gives a summary of some state law requirements in Maryland, with some tongue-in-cheek commentary.
Has advice on selecting both new and used bikes with insight into appropriate bike style and price ranges. Includes info on bike shops and venues for used bikes in and around Baltimore.
rum-muffel
£1/€1.50/$2 incl postage, free to prisoners
18 pp.
PO Box 74
Brighton
BN1 4ZQ
UK
morningmuffel@yahoo.co.uk
www.morgenmuffel.co.uk
www.stevelarder.co.uk
A collaborative zine comic with pages drawn by alternating members of a 2 person, woman/man team, that chronicles a trip to Cairngorms National Park and other parts of Scotland.
A joyous chronicle of hiking, cafes (including a vegan co-operative cafe), train travel, Edinburgh, and meeting up with friends along the way.
Exuberant, simple, cheap, fun travel with friends: life doesn't get any better than that.
The Famous Hairdos of Popular Music, Volume Three - Morrissey, Fall 2009
Ethan Krause, ed.
$3 US only; maybe trade
34 pp ; 16 images
PO Box 11872
Milwaukee, WI 53211
februaryness@gmail.com
thefamoushairdosofpopularmusic.blogspot.com
Start with “a single, Xeroxed image of Morrissey's famous hair”; add whatever primitive line-art the muse suggests; and Voila! - an amusing, purely visual zine. Includes blank postcards for the reader to add their artistic flourishes to add to the hair image and mail back to the zine editor for future zines devoted to Prince, Barry Gibb, David Bowie, Aretha Franklin.
Keywords: art, parlor games, Rorschach test, culturejacking
The Silk City Series, Issue #1, (May 2009) and Issue #2 (June 2009)
Eric Nelson
$2.50 US; trades ok
9 pp.
160 South 3rd Street, Apt 3
Brooklyn, NY 11211
ericnelson83@gmail.com
Short narratives that give glimpses into some rather painful lives. The dialogue is especially effective in showing, with remarkable clarity how drugs and alcohol infiltrate life, in a moment-by-moment way. The second issue is particularly powerful as it shows mostly through dialogue how people who love each other are forced to lie to each other in a don't-ask-don't-tell way because of their relationship to drugs. It also gives a non-user great insight into what life is like for those who are involved in being a dealer and user. The thing that is so alarming is the casual, business-as-usual tone that Nelson gives to these brief stories.
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Sunday, June 1, 2008
Librarian666 chimes in with June reviews
Oh brave new world. Here is my first online post. In most other areas of technology, I am all for that thar Internet. Somehow, I feel rather attached to the paper world of zines and have some trepidation over what a world without them will be. My fears aside, I hope that you find this online format pleasing and that these reviews help guide you in your entertainment pursuits.
Read responsibly.
-- Librarian666
The Juniper #9: the meager words of a gentleman farmer.
Winter 2007/2008
Free or stamp by mail
Dan Murphy
P.O. Box 3154
Moscow, ID 83843
Juniperjournal@hotmail.com
If Thomas Jefferson ever had a vision of what he hoped the future of America would have been, it would have been summed up in Dan Murphy – Dan is a self-described dabbler and worker of the Earth. He is curious, willing to experiment and to examine how closely his actions match his values. The founding fathers would have been pleased with him, and sad that the rest of us are WalMart shopping, master consumers. Dan’s passion for “local economies, seasonal consumption, decentralized government, personal responsibility, community involvement, debunked materialism, DIY” are Jeffersonian ideals in a nutshell.
This zine is a breath of fresh air, and a good read for the non-committal gardener, biker and tinkerer. It’s inspiring because it is a gentle reminder of what “ordinary” folks are doing to connect to the Earth and her inhabitants by simply digging in the dirt and letting nature take its course.
Watch the Closing Doors, #40, ca 24 pp.
Subscribe: $10 for 4 quarterly issues
Payment in cash only to:
Fred Argoff
Penthouse L
1170 Ocean Pkwy
Brooklyn, NY 11230-4060
As an enthusiastic traveler, this zine appeals as a travelogue and as an amusing expose on mass transit all over the world. I enjoy it now as much as the first time I had the honor of reviewing it.
Train hairies will love it as there are pics of subway cars from all over the globe. Take a gander at the Singapore ones and you’ll see how far behind the US is in terms of mass transit.
Writing and layout are clear and easy reading. Text examines the quirks of systems and their users with humor and interest.
Optunia 64.1 B, Jan. 2008 (Book Reviews), 16 pp.
$3 if cash (for US readers), or trade or trade for letter of comment
Dale Speirs
Box 6830
Calgary
Alberta, Canada T2P 2E7
Always an interesting and revelatory read, Dale’s interest is focused on the esoteric details of history that are intensely personal and have profound impacts on society at large.
An example, in this issue (which is focused on book reviews, other issues vary in content) Dale has chosen the book, Postal Age: the Emergence of Modern Communications in Nineteenth Century America. Sounds like a snoozer, right? Look deeper. In it is an explanation of how high postal rates after the Revolution affected letter-writers and communication in general. Rates were so high that folks sent newspapers to distant relatives and friends as a way of keeping in touch. The postal rates had a profound impact on how people communicated with each other. It is mind-blowing to think about and how dependent we are on cheap communications nowadays. Although it makes one wonder on the depth of thought we give to what we say to each other since it doesn’t cost us much.
Dale has a marvelous eye and ability to discover the crucial detail and how it affects us all.
Maximum Rock n Roll #295, Dec 2007, over 100 pages?
$4 per issue, 6 issues for $24, 12 issues for $38. Californians and outside US, see website.
Maximumrocknroll.com
415-923-9814
This zine takes me back to my youth! Substantial, newsprint format, look and feel of a City Paper, but 8.5 X 11 size. Contains music reviews, letters to editor, personal and interesting essays, zine reviews, ads and all sorts of info on bands in US and around the world. Put together by a huge number of contributors, this mag hangs together well, is well organized, but still has a free-for-all spirit. So worth the money if you want to re-connect to the music scene or are looking for more info in general about rock-n-roll.
Eaves of Ass, #6: the music issue, ca. 38 pp.
$3 or trade
Craven Rock
1627 16th St
Oakland, CA 94607
Eavesofass@yahoo.com
Kick-ass collection of essays and anecdotes on friendship, the state of our society, and personal connections to all kinds of rock and roll. Makes me think about how deep the connection is between music (which is today’s version of poetry) and memories of youth and things past.
Includes great quotes from lyrics that support the text. Makes you want to read more of Eaves of Ass, call a friend and listen to CCR again.
Read responsibly.
-- Librarian666
The Juniper #9: the meager words of a gentleman farmer.
Winter 2007/2008
Free or stamp by mail
Dan Murphy
P.O. Box 3154
Moscow, ID 83843
Juniperjournal@hotmail.com
If Thomas Jefferson ever had a vision of what he hoped the future of America would have been, it would have been summed up in Dan Murphy – Dan is a self-described dabbler and worker of the Earth. He is curious, willing to experiment and to examine how closely his actions match his values. The founding fathers would have been pleased with him, and sad that the rest of us are WalMart shopping, master consumers. Dan’s passion for “local economies, seasonal consumption, decentralized government, personal responsibility, community involvement, debunked materialism, DIY” are Jeffersonian ideals in a nutshell.
This zine is a breath of fresh air, and a good read for the non-committal gardener, biker and tinkerer. It’s inspiring because it is a gentle reminder of what “ordinary” folks are doing to connect to the Earth and her inhabitants by simply digging in the dirt and letting nature take its course.
Watch the Closing Doors, #40, ca 24 pp.
Subscribe: $10 for 4 quarterly issues
Payment in cash only to:
Fred Argoff
Penthouse L
1170 Ocean Pkwy
Brooklyn, NY 11230-4060
As an enthusiastic traveler, this zine appeals as a travelogue and as an amusing expose on mass transit all over the world. I enjoy it now as much as the first time I had the honor of reviewing it.
Train hairies will love it as there are pics of subway cars from all over the globe. Take a gander at the Singapore ones and you’ll see how far behind the US is in terms of mass transit.
Writing and layout are clear and easy reading. Text examines the quirks of systems and their users with humor and interest.
Optunia 64.1 B, Jan. 2008 (Book Reviews), 16 pp.
$3 if cash (for US readers), or trade or trade for letter of comment
Dale Speirs
Box 6830
Calgary
Alberta, Canada T2P 2E7
Always an interesting and revelatory read, Dale’s interest is focused on the esoteric details of history that are intensely personal and have profound impacts on society at large.
An example, in this issue (which is focused on book reviews, other issues vary in content) Dale has chosen the book, Postal Age: the Emergence of Modern Communications in Nineteenth Century America. Sounds like a snoozer, right? Look deeper. In it is an explanation of how high postal rates after the Revolution affected letter-writers and communication in general. Rates were so high that folks sent newspapers to distant relatives and friends as a way of keeping in touch. The postal rates had a profound impact on how people communicated with each other. It is mind-blowing to think about and how dependent we are on cheap communications nowadays. Although it makes one wonder on the depth of thought we give to what we say to each other since it doesn’t cost us much.
Dale has a marvelous eye and ability to discover the crucial detail and how it affects us all.
Maximum Rock n Roll #295, Dec 2007, over 100 pages?
$4 per issue, 6 issues for $24, 12 issues for $38. Californians and outside US, see website.
Maximumrocknroll.com
415-923-9814
This zine takes me back to my youth! Substantial, newsprint format, look and feel of a City Paper, but 8.5 X 11 size. Contains music reviews, letters to editor, personal and interesting essays, zine reviews, ads and all sorts of info on bands in US and around the world. Put together by a huge number of contributors, this mag hangs together well, is well organized, but still has a free-for-all spirit. So worth the money if you want to re-connect to the music scene or are looking for more info in general about rock-n-roll.
Eaves of Ass, #6: the music issue, ca. 38 pp.
$3 or trade
Craven Rock
1627 16th St
Oakland, CA 94607
Eavesofass@yahoo.com
Kick-ass collection of essays and anecdotes on friendship, the state of our society, and personal connections to all kinds of rock and roll. Makes me think about how deep the connection is between music (which is today’s version of poetry) and memories of youth and things past.
Includes great quotes from lyrics that support the text. Makes you want to read more of Eaves of Ass, call a friend and listen to CCR again.
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