Zine Fifteen
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Canadian zines are filling me with good feelings these days, namley, zines hailing from this address on Rue Sainte Marie. Not a day after I returned home to a package full of Broke Ass one, two, and three I was greeted to a plastic bag carrying this little fucker dangling from Julia Booz’s fence ( where she left it for me to pick up while she was at work) both bearing the same sender address. It’s a stark pile of pulp, full of high contrast photos, scribbles, and textures with type-written text pasted over. This issue seems to largely muse on the gratifying trails of punk migration. It features an endearing column by (the aforementioned) Broke ass’ own Steve Dejected that mentions a dubious pair of “subhumans jammies”. Is this real? Please make it so and then send me some. Te yam eating author muses on what drives them to keep on keeping on with this print format. It’s graceful and poignant with a dollop of inspiring cheese. I like this shit.
-MRR Dec 2011
In this perzine, Hari reflects on his involvement in punk and it’s ever-present influence on his life and ideals. Writings on moving from the West Coast to MontrĂ©al, and which of his ideas of big cities were proven true, while others were of course false. Also included is a contribution from Steve (of Broke Ass) on growing up in Newfoundland and pining for something more. I’m really into musings on small towns versus big cities, and the concept of home, which is why this zine is right up my alley. “So much of punk seems to have lost most threat or is available on a silver platter. Crass doing reunion tours, Bad Brains on shoes, and all the rest that everyone already complains about. It just seems boring if it is all cleaned up and ready for anyone to purchase – and thus unavailable to those who can’t. So maybe that’s why I still like zines. No waiting for everyone to show up for practice, barely any tools required, and no limit to content.”
Fight Boredom - http://fight-boredom.com
tiny, trashy xeroxed A6 zine from canada. pretty personal stuff about punk, zines, travelling, cities, growing, bikes etc. actually way better than the list of mentioned things might let u assume. and yes, nr. 15.
Hyster Mailorder - Finland.
-MRR Dec 2011
In this perzine, Hari reflects on his involvement in punk and it’s ever-present influence on his life and ideals. Writings on moving from the West Coast to MontrĂ©al, and which of his ideas of big cities were proven true, while others were of course false. Also included is a contribution from Steve (of Broke Ass) on growing up in Newfoundland and pining for something more. I’m really into musings on small towns versus big cities, and the concept of home, which is why this zine is right up my alley. “So much of punk seems to have lost most threat or is available on a silver platter. Crass doing reunion tours, Bad Brains on shoes, and all the rest that everyone already complains about. It just seems boring if it is all cleaned up and ready for anyone to purchase – and thus unavailable to those who can’t. So maybe that’s why I still like zines. No waiting for everyone to show up for practice, barely any tools required, and no limit to content.”
Fight Boredom - http://fight-boredom.com
tiny, trashy xeroxed A6 zine from canada. pretty personal stuff about punk, zines, travelling, cities, growing, bikes etc. actually way better than the list of mentioned things might let u assume. and yes, nr. 15.
Hyster Mailorder - Finland.
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