In an attempt to better document the little sliver of the American underground press that worked its way into my heart in the early ’90s, I’ve given myself the task of reaching out to all of those former zine publishers that I know, and asking them about their motivations and experiences. Today’s interview is with […]
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The Untold History of Zines…. Julee Peezlee on McJob
Posted in Art and Culture, Crimewave USA, Special Projects, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1990, anger, anonymity, art school, Boulder, Colorado, creative control, Douglas Coupland, Dyslexic, exorcising demons, Factsheet Five, Farm Pulp, fuck you, Generation X, Greg Hischak, Jeff Kelly, Julee Peezlee, Kinko's, mail art, Mark Brooks, McJob, Mongo Boy, moving back in with your parents, No Poetry, photocopying, publishing, self-publishing, shitty jobs, Temp Slave, The Untold History of Zines, underground press, venting, zine friends, zine pioneers, zines | 6 Comments
The Untold History of Zines…. Gregory Hischak on Farm Pulp
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 […]
Posted in Crimewave USA, Special Projects | Also tagged 1990, Agatha Cristie, Atomic Books, aviation, Bertolt Brecht, Big Geology Cabaret, Big Squirrel Lick National Park, Birthplace of Aviation, Cape Cod, Cape Cod Writers Center, Cincinnati, collaboration, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Dada, David Mamet, Dayton, Edward Gorey, Edward Lear, Elliot Bay Books, Etch-A-Sketch, Eugene Baskerville, experimental theater, Factsheet Five, fake tourist attractions, famous people who published zines, Farm Hussy, Farm Pulp, folding paper, fonts, found objects, Gang of Four, Golden Girls, graphic design, Greg Hischak, Gregory Hischak, Humana Festival, insecurity, James Thurber, John Cage, Left Bank Books, Lewis Carroll, Mad magazine, Max Ernst, Michael J. Rosen, Mirth of a Nation, National Geographic, Ohio, Petticoat Junction, playwrights, Portland Stage Company, Powell's, publishing, pulp, punk, Reading Frenzy, red dresses, Rene Magritte, Samuel Beckett, Seattle, Seattle Fringe Festival, See Hear, sexless, sibling rivalry, slam poets, small press, stamps, surrealism, The New Yorker, The Untold History of Zines, theater, This American Life, Thomas S. Hischak, toasters, underground press, Woody Allen, wooing girls, Wright Brothers, Xena, Yarmouth, Yoko Ono, young thugs, zines | 18 Comments