Category: Zine-o-File

From the pages of Giant Robot ¥ Number 8 (PO Box 2053, Los Angeles, CA 90064; $4) Excerpts from: Love, Life, and Sumo The largest athlete in the world, Emanuel Yarbrough takes on all comers. If you have a problem, a question, or need some advice, Emanuel is the fix-it man. He’s appeared in strongman […]

From the pages of Devil’s Elbow, the Magazine That’s Salty, Crusty, and Tough as a Boot ¥ Number 6 (119 Chestnut Street, Oxford, MS 38655; $7 for 4 issues) Excerpts from: Richard Nixon’s Boyhood Home: Pilgrimage to the Belly of the Beast By Lori Robbins The path to the birthplace takes you past the Pat […]

From the pages of The Realist ¥ Number 137, Autumn 1997 (P.O. Box 1230, Venice, CA 90294; $2) Excerpts from: Timothy McVeigh: American Hero The following is reprinted from an anonymous leaflet: It’s true! Timothy McVeigh is a Great American and a Hero to many pro-American patriots. Wes Cross, in the newsletter of South Carolina’s […]

From the pages of Cop Porn (1573 N. Milwaukee #481, Chicago, IL 60611; $5) On Eating One’s Dog: A Researched Rumination By Dan Kelly The Chinese have demonstrated remarkable creativity in the preparation of dog meat dishes, going so far as to develop a breed of dog for the sole purpose of consumption: the Chow […]

From the pages of Buffalo Speedway ¥ Numero Seis (P.O. Box 112, Chicago 60657; $2 per issue) Impress Your Friends! Play “Brush With Fame”! By Amy Carlton It all starts like this: Someone says, “Guess who I saw buying condoms and half-price Easter candy at the Jewel yesterday?!” Dramatic pause. “Oprah.” And then the madness […]

From the pages of Spleen, The Angry Little Humor Zine ¥ Number 6 (P.O. Box 8122, Las Vegas, NV 89119; $1 per issue) You Say Congo, I Say Zaire By David Guhlow These two countries in central Africa have gone through more name changes than Liz Taylor. If you’re keeping score at home, here’s the […]

Anthems By Angela Bowman For weeks I had struggled under the weight of my foreignness. Now we were all foreigners, and I had the advantage of being more foreign than anyone. In twenty minutes I achieved celebrity as translator, American, and party girl. I learned the Ukrainian word for pretty; someone wanted to pay me […]

From the pages of Crank Number 6 P.O. Box 633, Prince Street Station, New York, NY 10012; $3 per issue; checks payable to Jeff Koyen How About That Anti-Semitism in Star Trek? By Don Frew I began wondering what happened to the Jews in Gene Roddenberry’s vision of the future. First, I dismissed the question–after […]

From the pages of MYSTERY DATE, One Gal’s Guide to Good Stuff. Number 5, January 1997 (P.O. Box 641592, San Francisco, CA 94164; $1.50)

From the pages of .inquisitor. media, culture, tech Volume 1, Issue 4 (P.O. Box 132, New York, NY 10024) NEW YORK DIARY: TRAUMA IN REAL LIFE By Daniel Drennan So in the last issue we left off where I was thrown into jail for jumping a subway turnstile because I was late for work and […]

From the pages of .Blue Harvest. A Star Wars fanzine Episode Ten, Autumn 1996 (549 Hinman #H1, Evanston, IL 60202, $14 per year) THE STAR WARS/SIMPSONS CONNECTION By Mary Jo Fox Since 1990, audiences have followed the adventures of America’s favorite dysfunctional family, the Simpsons. Anyone who is as fanatical about the show as I […]

From the pages of Chip’s Closet Cleaner Issue Thirteen (P.O. Box 11967, Chicago, IL 60611; $3 per issue)Famous Names By Chip Rowe I got ahold of this newfangled CD-ROM phone directory and began to wonder what would happen if some loner guy named Chip Rowe was caught robbing liquor stores in his boxers. My name […]

From the pages of áScience Geeká Issue Two (P.O. Box 8641, Trenton, NJ 08650; $3 per issue) SECRETS OF THE MOON By Doug Larkin Sometimes I get asked questions that I think I know the answer to, and then I turn out to be very wrong. Such is the case with the moon. Everyone knows […]

From the pages of Thrift Score The Zine About Thrifting Issue 8, Party Like It’s 1976! Bicentennial 20th Anniversary Special! (P.O. Box 90282, Pittsburgh, PA 15224; $5 for five issues, cash or checks made out to Al Hoff) TIE ME UP…TIE ME DOWN MAKING ART WITH STRING AND OTHER “NATURAL” THINGS In the summertime, people’s […]