ZINES! ZINES! ZINES!
What happens when a life-long “Zappa Freak” decides to “Freak Out”? Huh? And what if said “Zappa Freak” was both a writer, a micro-press publisher, and had access to a state-of-the-art computer as well as desktop publishing software? And what if said “Zappa Freak” had procreated, and his son not only shared his love of all things Zappa, yet was a micro-publisher, too? I think the answers to these questions, and more, are to be found inside the following zines:
Splurge #2 — to download a free pdf copy click
Urban Graffiti X — to download a free pdf copy click
(please remember, folks, you’re linking to large .pdf files — some people don’t like clicking on something that causes them to download something).
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October 31st, 2008 at 10:29 am »
Let me be the first to say: thank you! Great looking zines!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:24 pm »
You lost me at “Zappa freak had procreated”…
October 31st, 2008 at 4:25 pm »
A quote from Clark Gwent:
It does happen…
October 31st, 2008 at 6:03 pm »
…here!
October 31st, 2008 at 8:02 pm »
Nice!
Those are some pretty large ‘zines you’re packin’, fellas. It must run in the family.
In the semiotext(e) sci-fi issue, the “Beer Mystic” author’s name is spelled “Plantenga”. I am ready to accept that “Plagenta”, either 1.) semiotext(e) misspelled it, 2.) I haven’t had a chance to read it yet, and they are two totally unrelated works by unrelated writers, or 3.) “Plagenta” is a name or a “metawriter” who wrote “Beer Mystic” in the same way that Pierre Menard is the author of Don Quixote. The last option is my favorite, and I hope to hear that it is the case here.
November 1st, 2008 at 2:10 am »
A quote from Birdman!:
You’re absolutely right, Birdman! The correct spelling of the author’s name in question is bart plantenga (at least we got the spelling correct on the Notes on Contributor’s page — the zine had already gone to the printer before we discovered the unfortunate typo). bart is a fantastic writer. This is the second excerpt from his novel that I have published in Urban Graffiti. His fiction never ceases to amaze me, frankly. It’s really quite a same that semiotext(e) published so few copies of the novel initially. It really deserves to be reprinted by a major publisher in numbers more deserving of this writer’s obvious talent.