SKA House and the Caper of the Disappearing Window
Written by Alexis Stewart (Rhododendron Reader) on June 14, 2007
SKA House was all geared up to go to the local mall and see Super Colon* until we discovered that Tracey’s passenger side window had been smashed out the night before. More accurately, Sluggy discovered the window; the first thing I saw was the half-full sandwich bag of pot.
This made the second time someone stupid had broken into one of Tracey’s cars. When she still had the old convertible, someone sliced through the drop-top to steal half a 24-pack of bottle water. We theorize that it was a dehydrated and desperate band of wandering ravers stuck in a K hole. This crime made even less sense, however, since not only had the perpetrator stolen only a fist-full of laundry quarters, but he also left a sizable amount of pot in the front seat.
Written by Jamina Lin (Oh My Stars) on June 12, 2007
My mother is one of the most ethical people I know. She will not download music, she will not accept mix CDs from other people because of copyright infringement, and (most irritating of all) she will not drive one mile past the speed limit. This has led to us being honked at several times on every trip down the highway. My mother is cheerfully unaware of the dirty looks she receives from every motorist that passes her by.
Growing up, our different views on what “legal” meant led to many heated discussions. For her, a rule is a rule is a rule is a rule. For me—well, I didn’t break the rules exactly; I just didn’t have a problem with bending them slightly.
Freewheel, our awesome webcomic written by New York artist/zinester Liz Baillie, has wrapped up its first chapter. Updates will continue again every Wednesday after the 2007 MoCCA Art Festival (June 23 - 24).
This is the second filmstrip in a series Alan hopes to complete on the various printing techniques in use today. Blending education with ideology, the filmstrip presents a run down of the different parts and processes of setting your type and printing via the letterpress.
This installment is hosted by Philip Cheaney at the Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC) and features music by Fugazi (I actually got a chance to talk to Ian MacKaye to get permission!!), the ever-lovely imadethismistake and Geoff Shilling.
(38 pages, b&w, quarter size) Review by Aaron Cynic
Chandler has a special affinity for mason jars. His love and devotion to this particular container opens Start By Walking, Chandler's foray into perzines. He makes a pretty good sell on these, and though I've never given much thought to running out to buy a case of Ball wide mouth jars, I just might now. Also included in this neat 38 page quarter sized zine are stories about Chandler's time in Alaska, a longing for an old pirate radio show, and a nice tutorial on DIY bread baking. Peppered throughout Start By Walking are some nice sketches and Polaroid photos, along with a short news clipping on Erno Rubik, inventor of the Rubix Cube. All and all, a pretty good read.
I would probably choose Steven J Gould over Elliot Gould as a spiritual guide, but I'm not Suzy Greenberg. In the first issue of Solid Gould - Suzy lets us all in on herself. She's Jewish by choice, doesn't particularly like cable television, has credit problems, a true love named Oren, and vegan. Actually, she cries vegan - but is doing a pretty good job of getting there. Solid Gould is an amalgam of confessions, lists, photos, and lessons on the tao of Suzy Greenberg. Overall, not a bad perzine. Solid Gould touts a much loftier goal for a zine well worth mentioning. The zine's issues are to be divided according to language - specifically verb conjugations. Translation: issue one is all about Suzy. Logic dictates that issue two should be all about you - or me, or someone at least. Seems to me like future issues will be pretty entertaining. Pick it up at Northwest Zine Works.
Brilliant little comic zine all about a star named Beta Ursus 9. Beta Ursus 9's light just began reaching Earth, so Beta got a job working at a miracle working agency. The stars at the agency work to grant wishes - but thanks to a bloated bureaucratic environment, often get nothing done. Beta Ursus 9 makes an offhand suggestion at the local bar after work one night that earns him the respect of his boss and a promotion, but climbing his way up the ladder might've been more than Beta Ursus 9 bargained for. Beta really has the best of intentions, and does the best a star can to work things out.
The drawing in Good Intentions consists mainly of stick figures, which I think of as a bonus, considering I can barely draw a stick figure to save my life. Definitely down to Earth. The writing and dialog is solid, and the story unfolds in a way that gives closure and leaves us wanting a second issue.
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Fall of Autumn presents another installment of our Live at Around the Coyote Podcast Series. This time we feature Josh Dumas of Tense forms, reading a story about a woman named Jessica.
It had been almost four months since Bailey had been in my zipcode. I’d pretty much come to grips with the fact that the relationship was over. The entire time he was gone, I’d gotten two drunken phone calls, and the only thing I could make out of the garbled slurred speech is that he was dreading coming back to Huntington. Thus in February when I suddenly received a knock at the door, I fully expected my friend Lenny the Loud to be there with a guitar ready to hack out some Who covers. The absolute last thing I expected was a cleaned-up sober Bailey.
