In an attempt to better document the American underground press, or at least the sharp, tiny sliver of it that I find most interesting, I’ve given myself the task of reaching out to all of those former and current zine publishers that I know, and asking them about their motivations and experiences. Today’s interview is […]
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The Untold History of Zines…. Jeff Kay on the West Virginia Surf Report
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Special Projects, Uncategorized Also tagged 4AD, alt.zines, Bill Bryson, blogs, Cheap Trick, comedy, Crossroads Road, Crum, DIY, Dream Police, Drudge Report, Earl T. Grey, Factsheet Five, fast food, fat jokes, fuck, getting laid, Howard Stern, Jeff Kay, John Hughes, Kinko's, Kix, Los Angeles, Mad magazine, Marc Maron, memoirs, Michael O’Donoghue, National Lampoon, Ninjalicious, Phyllis Diller, Queen, Quimby's, Roger Ebert, Rush Limbaugh, small town America, The Offense Newsletter, The Untold History of Zines, The West Virginia Surf Report, Tower Records, Trout Fishing in America, tuberculosis, underground press, viral posts, West Virginia Surf Report, zine friends, zine pioneers, zines 18 Comments
Jeff Kay’s first novel, Crossroads Road
Over the years, I’ve mentioned my friend Jeff Kay here a few times. He and I got to know one another, trading our zines through the mail in the mid-90’s, and, then, at some point later in the decade, we met up in LA and became friends. He was married, with two kids, and working […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Crimewave USA, Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged agents, Billy White Eggs, California, crease-cleaning monkey, Crossroads Road, Dukes of Clairmont, eaten by dogs, Edgar Allan Poe, Evil Twin, friends who do cooler stuff that I do, friends with books, indie publishing, Jeff Kay, Jovis McIntire, Los Angeles, lottery, Marie Prevost, Nathaniel Hawthorne, NBC, novels, obesity, Party of Five, Pennsylvania, Revenge of Print, Scranton, self-publishing, Sunshine, things that I hope I don't cry and convulse through, yurts, zine friends 10 Comments