Nancy Kangas moved from Columbus to San Francisco in the early 1980s. By 1983, she’d launched “Nancy’s Magazine.” Over the course of the next 13 years, she’d put out 13 issues, cementing her place in the history of the American underground press. [above: Nancy Kangas in her San Francisco apartment, circa 1984.] MARK: I’m not […]
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The Untold History of Zines… Nancy Kangas on Nancy’s Magazine
Posted in Art and Culture, History, Uncategorized Also tagged alternative press, Amy Fusselman, archives, Chip Rowe, CIty Lights, clothing, Columbus, Doug Biggert, Doug Holland, dresses, fanzines, fashion, Greg Bonnell, interviews, John Hricko, librarians, magazines, Mark Eitzel, muses, Nancy Kangas, Nancy's Magazine, Ohio, Ohio State, Olga Hill, Pathetic Life, polyester, punk, punk bands, punk shopping mall, reviews, San Francisco, Stache’s, The Naked Skinnies, The Untold History of Zines, Tower Records, Zine Book, zines 3 Comments
Local Transition Town visioning session scheduled for February 1
I’ve written quite a bit here over the last few years on the Transition Town movement. For those not familiar with the initiative, it involves the preparation and certification of towns attempting to address the duel challenges of climate change and peak oil proactively. It basically involves analyzing local food production, energy use, etc, and […]
Posted in Agriculture, Alternative Energy, Ann Arbor, energy, Food, Sustainability, Ypsilanti Also tagged bee keeping, canning and preserving, Climate Change, composting, darning, Depletion and Abundance, fixing & re-use, gardening, Lisa Bashert, native landscaping, peak oil, permaculture, re-localization, salves, sewing, Transition Town, Transition Town Handbook, urban chickens 4 Comments