Before Amy Fusselman made a name for herself in the world of publishing as the author of books like Savage Park: A Meditation on Play, Space and Risk for Americans Who Are Nervous, Distracted and Afraid to Die (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015), The Pharmacist’s Mate (McSweeney’s, 2013), and 8 (McSweeney’s, 2013), she produced the delightfully […]
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The Untold History of Zines… Amy Fusselman on Bunnyrabbit
Posted in Art and Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized Also tagged 8, Ace of Spades, Amy Fusselman, anonymity, anxiety, Bernard Pivot, Big Black, Brooklyn Public Library, Bunnyrabbit, Butthole Surfers, Charles Foster Kane, Columbus, Connecticut, creative writing, cribs, D. Boon, Daniel Clowes, David Robbins, Detroit, Dishwasher Pete, Doug Biggert, Eightball, fear of rejection, Ford, Frightwig, hearing aid, Idiophone, Inside The Actors Studio, James Lipton, JC Penny, Kitty Kelley, Marlon Bundo, McSweeney's, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Michael Cera, Mike Pence, Mike Watt, Minneapolis, minutemen, Monkey Power Trio, Motörhead, New York City, Nicholas Spice, Nyatiti, Ohio, Ohio Edit, Ohio State, Pat the Bunny, Pete Larson, Pussy Galore, Redd Cross, rejection, resiliency, Rilke, Rosebud, sandpaper, Savage Park, Scrawl, self-publishing, slit gong, Sonic Youth, Stache’s, stuffed animals, The Untold History of Zines, Tower Records, underground press, William Powell, Yaddo, zine friends, 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, magazines, Olivia, Spin, Stereogum, TheSuperficial 5 Comments
The untimely (or timely) death of the Ann Arbor News
You wouldn’t know it if you read the front page of today’s Ann Arbor News, but the 174 year old paper is going out of business. The publisher of the paper, Laurel Champion, informed employees this morning that that local institution would cease publication come July. As I understand it, the paper will stop publishing, […]
Posted in Local Business, Media, Michigan, Observations, Rants Also tagged Advance Publications, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor News, AnnArbor.com, bloggers vs. journalists, Buzz Machine, Craigslist, Forbes magazine, gravitas, investigative reporting, Jeff Jarvis, Laurel Champion, media mogul, newspapers, richest Americans, Rocky Mountain News, S.I. Newhouse, Seattle Post Intelligencer 24 Comments