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The Untold History of Zines… Amy Fusselman on Bunnyrabbit

By Mark | October 8, 2017

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 […]

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, publishing, Pussy Galore, Redd Cross, rejection, resiliency, Rilke, Rosebud, sandpaper, Savage Park, Scrawl, self-publishing, slit gong, Sonic Youth, Stache’s, stuffed animals, Tower Records, underground press, William Powell, Yaddo, zine friends, zines | 4 Comments

The Untold History of Zines… John Marr on Murder Can Be Fun

By Mark | September 14, 2017

In an attempt to better understand the sharp, rusty sliver of the American underground that worked its way into my cold and slowly-beating heart about a quarter century ago, I’ve given myself the task of tracking down and interviewing all of my heros in the world of zines. Today’s interview is with John Marr, the […]

Posted in Art and Culture, History, Special Projects, Uncategorized | Also tagged accidents, Al Hoff, Alfred Hitchcock, Annalee Newitz, BART, Berkeley, Billy Graham, black humor, Bluebeard, books, Boston Molasses Flood, Brooklyn Bridge, Brothers Grimm, California, Charles “Junior” Jackson, Charlie Anders, childhood memories, Chuck Sperry, Cometbus, creeps, cribs, Crimewave USA, Daryl King, disasters, Disneyland, Doggie Diner, douches, Edgar Rice Burroughs, eight inches, Erin Smith, Factsheet Five, fanzines, Flipper, Fredric Brown, gentrification, ghosts, hamburgers, Hans Christian Anderson, Hardy Boys, Heinrich Hoffman, Holmes Book Company, homicide, Ira Lunan Ferguson, Jack Boulware, Jeffrey Dahmer, Jim Thompson, John Coffin, John Marr, John Waters, John Wayne Gacy, Kwik Way, Lynn Peril, Mabuhay Gardens, Maximum Rock’n’Roll, Maxwell Malice, Mike Gunderloy, Mormon, mufti, murder, Murder Can Be Fun, murder junkies, murder suicide, natural disasters, Oakland, Paul Lukas, personalized license plates, Phillip Hughes, Phoebe Gloeckner, podcasts, Pogo the Clown, punk rock, rashes, reading, research, Roman Mars, SALT, San Francisco, Search and Destroy, self-publishing, serial killers, Sex Bomb, sex tips, shit work, Shock Value, Slovenly Peter, Sound Choice, Space Burgers, Spot the Hooker, Sylvia Likens, Tarzan, The Brooklyn Bridge Bulletin, The Nose, Thrift Score, Tim Yohannan, true crime, used books, V. Vale, zines, zodiac killer, zoo deaths | 10 Comments

The Untold History of Zines… Eric Nakamura on Giant Robot

By Mark | February 1, 2016

In an attempt to better document the sharp, rusty sliver of the American underground that worked its way through the protective coating of my cold, slowly-beating heart 20-some years ago, I’ve given myself the task of tracking down and interviewing all of my heros in the world of zines. Today’s interview is with Eric Nakamura, […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized | Also tagged action figures, Adrian Tomine, anonymous publishing, art galleries, Asian American, Asian pop culture, Barack Obama, Big Top Distribution, Black Flag, Buddhism, Chris Ashford, dead magazines, Desert Moon Distribution, distribution, Doug Biggert, entrepreneurism, entrepreneurship, Eric Nakamura, Factsheet Five, famous people who published zines, Fender's, Fine Print, Fishbone, Flipside, food entrepreneurship, George Takei, Giant Robot, Giant Robot Biennale, Giant Robots, Gidra, Go-Ranger, Godzilla, Greg Narvas, Hawaii, I Was a Teenage Filipino Skinhead, Independent Press Association, Japanese American National Museum, Japanese pop culture, Japanese products, Japanese restaurants, Japanese school, Japantown, Jon Moritsugu, Kikaida, Kikaida Day, Larry Flynt, Little Osaka, Los Angeles, Los Angles, magazine distribution, magazines, Martin Wong, Michelle Obama, Power Rangers, Punk Planet, punk rock, Raideen, Ramones, Retail, robots, Ruckas, Sawtelle, Sentai, Seth Friedman, skinheads, Slash, Soundgarden, Sumo wrestling, The Boredoms, Tower Mag Hell, Tower Records, toys, Transformers, Ultraman, Violent Femmes, Yellow Power movement, Yumi Sakugawa, Zine Guide, zines | 15 Comments

The Untold History of Zines…. Jeff “Keffo” Kelly on TempSlave!

By Mark | March 23, 2014

In an attempt to better document the sharp, rusty sliver of the American undrground press that worked its way through the protective coating of my heart 20-some years ago, I’ve given myself the task of interviewing all of the zine folks that I knew and loved back in the day. Today’s interview is with Jeff […]

Posted in A2Awesome, Mark's Life, Special Projects | Also tagged Al Hoff, Alexis Buss, anarchists, anti-consumerism, arms trading, Bob Helms, Charlie Sheen, consumerism, Coplay, Corporate Crime, CPAC, cubicles, dairy, disappointment, Dishwasher Pete, exploitation, Factsheet Five, G.K. Darby, global climate change, Global Warming, Guinea Pig Zero, interviews, Iran-Contra, IWW, Jeff Kelly, Jen Angel, Jim Goad, Joyce Kornbluth, juvenile delinquent, Keffo, kitten blood, Madison, Moe Bowstern, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, political organizing, probiotics, Processed World, protesting, rebellion, Robert Helms, Ronald Reagan, Russ Forster, Scott Walker, Seth Friedman, slave labor, social media, Temp Slave, temping, temporary employees, temps, TempSlave!, the growing gap between rich and poor, tiger blood, underground press, V. Vale, Wall Street, Wisconsin, Wobblies, Wooden Shoe Bookstore, work, yogurt, zines | 10 Comments

The Untold History of Zines…. Robert Helms on Guinea Pig Zero

By Mark | February 23, 2014

In an attempt to better document the American underground press, or at least the sharp, rusty sliver of it that infected me 20-some years ago, I’ve given myself the task of interviewing all of the zine folks that I respected back in the day, during the period which many of us still consider to be […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized | Also tagged Abbott Labs, abortion, Agent 355, alcoholism, Alexis Buss, Alexis St. Martin, Alison Lewis, Ameoterone, American revolution, Anarchism and the Black Revolution, anarchists, anarchy, atheist, Auschwitz, Betsy Ross, Big Cheese, bioethics, bossicide, Brew Squat, Bruce Orr, cats, Centereach, cheese, cheese money, chocolate, clinical trials, death penalty, digestion, Dishwasher, documentary film, Donald McCabe, Donno Layton, drug development, Edgar Allan Poe, Eva Mozes Kor, experiments, France, Free Voice, freethinker, fuck, gene therapy, Guinea Pig Zero, Harper’s, health care, Hershey’s Kisses, human guinea pig, human test subjects, Indianapolis, International Workers of the World, IWW, James Bond, Jeff Kelly, Jesse Gelsinger, Johnson Space Center, Jonestown, Josef Mengele, Keffo, Kenosha, Kinko's, labor law, Lehigh Valley, liver, Long Island, lying, Mackinac Island, medical experimentation, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Nazis, Neptune, New Jersey, New York Times Magazine, Off Label, ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency, patient zero, Paul Gelsinger, Pennsylvania, Pete Jordan, pharmacokinetics, Phil Buchanan, Philadelphia, placebos, printing, Prozac, psych drugs, Randall Phillip, Ritalin, Robert Helms, scams, secret agents, sleep deprivation, SmithKline Beecham, squats, stomach, syphilis, Temp Slave, The Age of Reason, This American Life, Thomas Paine, Tuskegee syphilis experiment, twins, underground press, union organizing, unions, University of Pennsylvania, vasovagal syncope, William Beaumont, Wisconsin, Wobblies, Wooden Shoe Books, workplace violence, Wyeth-Ayerst, zines | 13 Comments

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The Untold History of Zines… Amy Fusselman on Bunnyrabbit

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