{"id":350,"date":"2009-04-08T17:21:39","date_gmt":"2009-04-08T17:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/zombielapdance\/2009\/04\/08\/zines-other-people-still-do-them\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:24:09","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:24:09","slug":"zines-other-people-still-do-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/zombielapdance\/2009\/04\/08\/zines-other-people-still-do-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Zines, other people still do them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve had several pleasant zine experiences lately. <\/p>\n<p>At <a href=\"http:\/\/www.staple-austin.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">STAPLE!<\/a> I picked up a zine from what I presume were a couple of brothers over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torcpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">TorC Press<\/a>. It&#8217;s called <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Death Nouveau<\/span>, and it seems to be about a cybernetic-zombie-demon in a hell dimension who is also a private eye. Or something like that.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/5\/22986299649dcd5819ab81.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nThe graphics seem to be entirely in ballpoint pen, but the primary selling point (when I accidentally made eye contact while passing by their booth) is the CD that comes with the comic. It was described to me as death-metal-jazzy, and each track on the CD corresponds to a page of the comic. So I listened to this comic while the stereo blasted cookie-monster shouting, and you know, the two mediums really went well together. Now I have to find someone to pass this on to who will properly appreciate it.<\/p>\n<p>I visited <a href=\"http:\/\/www.domystore.com\/austin\/atx_index.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Domy books<\/a> down there on Cesar Chavez for the first time this week. It reminded me a lot of the Giant Robot Store in Portland, lots of very pretty coffeetable books and pretty, over-designed collectible toys. Now, I can&#8217;t afford a coffeetable, let alone a $40 photojournalist collection of hot IDF chicks (sporting curly hair, freckles, and light machine guns), but I felt that I owed Domy a pity purchase (because Austin isn&#8217;t a reading town, they should have realized that before opening the store). <\/p>\n<p>So I bought a zine that consisted of several color-printed sheets of letter-sized paper (classy zines use only legal-size) and photos of public performance art.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/5\/188733677749dcd58b2276c.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nThe photos inside are charming, but it ends with an asinine instruction manual for doing guerrilla art. Listen, kids, there&#8217;s no point in doing guerrilla art if it&#8217;s someone else&#8217;s idea.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday I was pleased to find in my mailbox a zine from my cousin Kelly. I won&#8217;t say that Kelly is my favorite cousin, but it&#8217;s fair to say that of all the cousins, we have the most elements of taste in common. It&#8217;s called &quot;Blarg!&quot; She refers to it as a paper-blog, and I think it&#8217;s fair to say that you will probably never get a chance to see this.<\/p>\n<p>She has a number of interesting articles, including a rundown of her &quot;Best Summer Ever (TM) 2008&quot;, and photo profiles of local karaoke singers.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/5\/126460776949dcd5943608a.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nThere&#8217;s also an essay that perfectly encapsulates the feel of a lazy summer in Minneapolis, a city large enough to provide a steady stream of new experiences, but small enough to seem like one&#8217;s personal playground. I&#8217;m quite jealous. I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ll ever have that level of comfort in Austin. I&#8217;ve had similar feelings about Madison, but it was always just a little too young and a little too small to be truly entertaining.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve had several pleasant zine experiences lately. At STAPLE! I picked up a zine from what I presume were a couple of brothers over at TorC Press. 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