As I explained in an earlier post, I’m in the process of making my way through the house and separating the wheat from the chaff, determining which items will remain here in our 180 year old home, and which will be jettisoned into the ever-churning gyre of filth and garbage that surrounds us. Well, what […]
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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, […]
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Before I discovered the Stooges, REM or the Violent Femmes, I discovered the Ramones. I remember the very first time I heard them. I was sitting on a folding lawn chair on the back porch of my parent’s house in rural New Jersey, listening to a classic rock station out of New York. I remember […]
