had to bump this out of nostalgia. i was re-arranging my bookshelves and happened upon some zines/collections and it really made me miss the days when people were doing zines on a regular basis. not necessarily "hate" zines either, just any fanzines concerning music, scene, art, etc. i remember going to shows in the early 1990s in chicago and there being tables set up of free zines right when you walked in. every show provided at least a few hours of toilet reading.
it may sound hypocritical, but the internet has a lot to do with it. and while there are a decent amount of interesting web-based publications, nothing can replace of having the written word of collection of filth in your hands.
i attended a Jim Goad reading this past fall, and afterwards asked him if he would ever consider releasing something on a zine scale, and his response was quite matter-of-factly "whats the fuckin point when you have the internet?"
as a funny side note, i happened upon the current website (
http://forbiddentruth.8k.com/index.html) upheld by the character known as FULL FORCE FRANK. in one of the sections, he is auctioning off the rights to all of his zine material as FULL FORCE FRANK, and all of his
use.net posts as JOEORBIT1 (seen in the Apocalypse Culture 2 book) for $250,000 US. so i emailed him, just for the sheer wonder if he would actually respond, and he did- in some super crazy response, saying that any adoration from others is irrelevant to him, as he is only interested in conveying "the truth" to the world. That he doesnt believe anything that humans say to him, and he values no motivation from the outside world to urge him to continue spreading "the truth" as he feels it is only his nature to do so. and finally, I owe nothing to anything or anyone, beyond Myself. To Myself I
owe the universe, and I pay Myself back very nicely.
still a weirdo i guess.