I’ve read lots of good zines lately. So, while I listen to the Raincoats through the tiny, tinny speakers of my new portable computer (I feel just like Penny in Inspector Gadget! I’m from the future!) let me show you some of them. I don’t want to write too much, so just believe me when I say that they’re all great and you should write to their creators immediately to obtain copies.
Fergus #15, P O Box 132, Bentley WA 6982. FREE – but send a stamp or something.
Fergus’ alphabetised zine mostly concerns her home suburb of East Victoria Park in Perth. It’s small but wordy and features at least one swear word or reference to teenage recalcitrance per page, which I approve of.
Ampersand after Ampersand, tiny paper hearts
Tiny Paper Hearts are zine making machines and this one by Amanda is very pretty, contains more home town musings and references Curly Wurlys on the first page, which I approve of.
Your Pretty Face is Going Straight to Hell #2, available from Paper Trail Distro
I’ve read three issues of this zine now, but this is still my favourite, about Tukru’s extended job and house search. Also features Moomins, which, you guessed it, I approve of.
D90 #2, email spurzine at gmail dot com for address
Excellent. I got this today, along with issue one. This zine is about mix tapes and has a fluorescent pink cover featuring a photocopy of a tape, which fulfils all of the criteria for an excellent zine, in my opinion. It’s a great read as well.
So, thanks everyone who’s traded zines and stuff with me over the last few weeks. My letter box has been very busy. Please keep sending me stuff and make my walk up the hill to Enmore Rd something other than an excuse to buy coffee.
February 24, 2009 at 3:56 am |
I was looking through the Bluestockings zine rack tonight, such a paltry and out of date zine selection. Sigh. Surely somewhere in New York has zines? At least I’ve got Fergus though, thanks to you. I want the cassette tape one! Now!
March 5, 2009 at 6:58 am |
Hello there!
I don’t believe you know me but I bought a copy of your Fairytales in the Supermarket zine today (my very first one!) and thoroughly enjoyed reading it on the long train journey home from uni. I embarrassingly and actually laughed out loud at the description of the faux-ceramic pig under the heading ‘U is for useless junk’. So, thank you!