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, Deadwood, 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, 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
The Ullage Group Film Festival in Brooklyn on August 19
Later this month, my friend Doug Skinner will be screening “brief, rare, and unusual” films at a theater in Brooklyn. The event, entitled The Ullage Group Film Festival, Volume One, will take place the afternoon of Sunday, August 19, and will feature, among other things, seldom-seen animated shorts by the late Fortean researcher John Keel, […]
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