Z i n e - R e v i e w s Doris #15 This is Cindy's DIY
anti-depression guide. There is a lot of great advice in this. I
think it's also her first all cartoon issue, but I have to research
that. Great stories on drinking too much coffee in High School and
going a little crazy in the cafeteria, advice on free medical care,
lots of DIY medical/mental health stuff, masturbation, being an
assassin for the revolution, and a lot more. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Flying Lessons #3 Ali from the
Sissies does this pocket size zine. Full of great writing on a lot
of nostalgic issues for Ali, like moving from town to town, disillusionment
with Portland and Bloomington, and a great story about her mom's
band when she was a kid. Very well written. Ali's a poet too. If
you see her, ask her about her hand stabbing poem. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My Views Change Over Time #? I
found this zine when I was in Gainsville and have fallen in love
with it. I think Rob's views are so right on. It's very refreshing
to see a zine that mixes politics with "the personal"
without sounding too emo or prophetic. He also did a short pamphlet
on Anarchism that was very inspirational. This should be read. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cometbus #46 Aaorn did something
a little different with this issue by interviewing a collective
like coffee shop called the Dead End. He interviewed several people
and put short excerpts from each interview to paint a chronological
study of the coffee shop and the difficulties of working together
towards a common goal, even when that goal gets obscured. There
are a lot of parallels to my own life right now that made this issue
especially interesting to me. I'm really glad he is documenting
a lot of the day to day lives of our community. This is very important.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Smell Of Dead Fish #? This is
Skott's "whine" issue. Talks of leaving Pensacola and
starting a new life in San Francisco, working, leaving friends,
and more. This issue is mostly Skott's writing which I prefer to
a lot of his contributors (including the stuff I contribute occasionally).
SODF is like a letter, the way I read it. I hope working all the
time in San Francisco won't slow this down. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCAM #4 There is so much stuff
in this issue. I have had it for a few months and I still keep coming
back to it all the time. Gulf War protests, Starbucks scam stories
that are hilarious, this awesome hithcinking through Mexico story,
illegal art, homeless coalitions in San Francisco, inteview with
William Upski Wilmsatt and more. Awesome. Get this. He's so funny.
Super thick issue, too. Well worth the money. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sound Out the Day in Monkey Wails #?This
is a small pocket size story that Shari did about when she lived
in Washington state. The whole thing is done as journal entries
in a poetic verse style of writing. I can't tell you how much I
liked this. She documents the end of a relationship so well you
can feel the heartbreak cast against the rainy Northwest. Shari
is one of my favorite writers. This is in a super small print run,
so if you see any of these laying around you should pick it quick.
Fucking amazing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For Crying Out Loud #4 Rex talks
about having to work shit jobs here in town, a great story on selling
zines and all the rejection that comes with it, some point of view
style opinion pieces, and an odd story on Rex's love for the mentally
retarded. I saw a review in MRR where they went off on him for this
story. Rex isn't really that PC and can pull a few strings at times
to get you going if you don't know him. I can see how someone would
find offense, but that wasn't Rex's intention. He just goes about
not trying to offend people in an interesting way sometimes. Agree
or not, it's usually read cover to cover. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PTBH #8 This is the Rex's other
zine and this issue is his farewell to Pensacola. I remember Rex
and I talking about the Golden age of Zines here in Pensacola and
how that time has come and gone. Now there are a few stalwarts hanging
on. In fact, he is the main reason that this issue of Mylxine is
even out now. It sucks that Rex left, but I can see his reasons
and why he felt a little disillusioned with this town. Penscola
is weird and he writes of the contradictions he found here. He also
writes of some of his friends he's leaving behind and what he hopes
for his immediate future. Well written a personal. I hope he likes
Seattle. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vexed #1 This is an amazing first
issue. Rebecca tells the most disturbing story that I've ever read
in a zine ever about being sexually abused at the hand of a friend.
I had trouble telling her in person how good I thought her zine
was because it was so intense and personal a story. The ray of light
in this is that she is finally getting a lot of these demons out
of her system and this zine is part of the process. Once you start,
you won't put it down.
Judas Goat Quarterly #? This is
Grant's moving to Chicago issue. Talks about Pensacola, lots of
politics, especially Ralph Nader stuff. While I agree with a lot
of where Grant is coming from, I don't necessarily agree with the
civic minded slant to his writing. I don't think voting hurts like
most Anarchist doctrine goes, but I don't think that voting will
solve all the problems. At least as long as the media is corporate
controlled. What do you do though? I don't know either. I think
both arguments for and against voting are equally valid and it's
not as simple as "Make a change- Go Vote!" It's gonna
take a lot more to bring about a real change. His articles are well
done though and thought provoking and I agree with him on more things
than I do 95% of the people I meet (politically speaking that is).
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