When I interview people for this series, I invariably ask them how they came to know about the existence of the underground press — how they came to discover that there were actually brilliant, obsessed people out there in the world who weren’t waiting to get professional writing jobs, but instead just doing it themselves, […]
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The Untold History of Zines… Christopher Becker: The Man Who Killed Factsheet Five
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Taking on the New York literary establishment with Michael Jackman, celebrating Fathers Day with Jim Roll, and making life better for our most vulnerable neighbors with Keta Cowan… on episode 20 of The Saturday Six Pack
I enjoyed the hell out of last Saturday night’s episode, and I’d like to thank everyone who had a hand in it. If you missed the live broadcast, and you’d like to check it out, you can either download the podcast by way of iTunes or stream it on Soundcloud. Or, if you want, you […]
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The Untold History of Zines… Doug Biggert on Tower Mag Hell
Many of us attribute the so-called golden age of zines to the rise of Kinko’s, and their notoriously lax oversight of night shift employees, who could always be counted on to fire up a copier and look the other way in exchange for a beer. Perhaps just as importantly, though, Tower Records was entering an […]
Posted in Crimewave USA, Mark's Life, Special Projects, Uncategorized Also tagged Adrian Tomine, Answer Me, Beautiful America, Boiled Angel, Bud Martin, California, Chloe Colpé, Cometbus, Deftones, Desert Moon, Dishwasher, Don Junk, Doug Biggert, ESS, George Horton, hitchhiking, Japan, Maximum Rock’n’Roll, Pete Jordan, Peter Principle, photography, propaganda, pubic hair, Russ Solomon, Sacramento, sandals, Tim Yohannon, Tony Valerio, Tower Mag Hell, Tower Records, Ulysses, Vancouver, Xavier Carcelle, Zasshi Jigoku, zines 29 Comments