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, carpentry, Chip Rowe, CIty Lights, clothing, Columbus, Doug Biggert, Doug Holland, dresses, fanzines, fashion, Greg Bonnell, interviews, John Hricko, librarians, 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
Spin subscribers get fucked
When ReadyMade magazine stopped publishing, they sent a letter to Linette, telling her that, for the remainder of her subscription, she’d be receiving the decidedly less hip 1950s journal of the American housewife intent on keeping up with the Joneses, Better Homes and Gardens. I thought that was hilarious, but it’s no where near as […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Pop Culture, Uncategorized Also tagged Better Homes and Gardens, Britney Spears, Buzznet, Car and Driver, Celebuzz, dead magazines, Ford Focus, Kim Kardashian, Olivia, publishing, Spin, Stereogum, TheSuperficial 5 Comments
Sending the wrong message with Instagram
Today, after seeing the doctor about my persistent cough, I want to the drug store, to pick up the inhalers that I’d been prescribed. And, while there, waiting, I strolled around, looking at stuff, and coughing on things. I found two things to be particularly interesting. In front of Better Homes and Garden magazine, I […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Pop Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized Also tagged Ayn Rand, bondage, Christian cocktails, cocktails, Fifty Shades of American Women Who Love the Book and Live the Life, Fifty Shades of Grey, inhalers, Instagram, Libertarianism, lube, Mark's big ideas, pills, rats, sadism, Toddlers and Tiaras, Wal-Mart, Walgreens, Walmarting 15 Comments