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March 2010 Blog Posts (68)

TZL does double duty this weekend!

its been a while since we posted. the tzl spent most of the winter hibernating and catching up on cataloguing. it seems that spring has finally sprung and to celebrate, folks from the toronto zine library will not be at one, but TWO zine events this coming weekend!

saturday march 13th

the 5th annual London (ontario) Indie Media Fair

@ the london central public library

12:00pm - 4:00pm

FREE!…

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Added by The Toronto Zine Library on March 11, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Issue Number One

TALLULAH! Issue One is a zine by writer Laura Jane Williams, of mynameislaurajanewilliams.blogspot.com. Issue One is a whopping twenty-four pages of sarcasm and misanthropy, with features including:

- Introduction to a Narcissist

- A Very Important Question

- "Sometimes Everything Is Just Shit": A Totally Fictional Story

- An Open Letter to Stephanie Meyer,… Continue

Added by Laura Jane Williams on March 10, 2010 at 10:15pm — No Comments

NPR Musical Challenge - Zinesters add your voice.

Music lover Please Send this E-mail to the addresses listed.

I am challenging NPR to a music challenge, "Trendy versus Indy", my Big LIst of 200 songs versus ANY 200 songs from them. This is the biggest music challenge in history!!! Help support this fun music…

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Added by Tom Hendricks on March 10, 2010 at 9:35pm — No Comments

New issue of darlene rock-n-roll fanzine

This is the first new issue in quite a while. Its got a few stories about being a hermit living in North Idaho and trying to stay connected to the very urban world of punk rock as well as a few short interviews with some musicians I dig. I love and welcome trades, otherwise send me a buck, or a nice letter, or creative email.

Randy Spaghetti

POB 3331

Hayden, ID

83835…

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Added by Randy Spaghetti on March 10, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Where Does the Staple Go: A Gudie on Making Zines

Hello all! I've written a new Examiner article! This time I dive into the how-to world of how to make a zine. Obviously, we all know that there is no right or wrong way to make a zine, but hey, there are lots of people out there who don't think so!…

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Added by Becca Darling on March 10, 2010 at 9:23am — No Comments

Issue #2 of A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Life" is out!

Issue #2 of "Terrible, Horrible..." is out! A biomythology of growing up fat, black, poor, awkward, and awesome.

$3 or a trade!

Added by Kisha on March 9, 2010 at 2:00pm — 3 Comments

Mamaphiles fundraiser

Mamaphiles, the parent zine collaboration, announces issue #4: Raising Hell…

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Added by Kate Haas on March 9, 2010 at 10:48am — No Comments

Potential Mode #1

Potential Mode is a new zine featuring art, stories, and comics. It's 24 pages, b/w, at digest size (5.5"x8.5").…

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Added by Jeremy Scott Nichols on March 9, 2010 at 7:59am — No Comments

The Things That Are & The Things That Will Be by Mae & Cheo!

This is the first zine I've done in about two years and it's a split zine. It is seperated in two parts, my story first and then Cheo's. I write about my own existence and my conflicts with it. The writing isn't very definitive, everything is open ended and reaches to a conclusion of trying to be more capable and carry out existence.

excerpt: "I want a change to happen within the minute. Why do I lack this patience? Is that immense… Continue

Added by Mae Undead on March 9, 2010 at 3:30am — No Comments

Frothy 3 / Undestructable 1/2 review!

I'm a couple days late on this, but Persephone Pomegranate reviewed my zine on her lovely blog! http://reclusivereviews.wordpress.com/2010/03/05/frothy-3-and-undestructable-12/

Added by Hannah / Frothy Press on March 8, 2010 at 8:20pm — No Comments

Pruit's Oscar Wrap Up (musea E-mail Club #503

Here is Musea’s annual Oscar wrap up from Melanie Pruit. (It is long so after the "intermission' click on the link for the rest.)

So history was made last night at the Oscars, not only with the selection of the first ever female winner for Best Director (Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker), but also the first time… Continue

Added by Tom Hendricks on March 8, 2010 at 5:29pm — No Comments

Newsletter for March

Hello and welcome to yet another month of the year. It's an early spring here in the northwest part of the U.S. and things are plugging away as usual here at Ms Valerie Park, plenty of newness and many exciting things on their way. The spring seems so ripe with projects, tours, and travel, that I doubt I'll get a proper night's sleep until the end of June, but I'd like to think I'm ok with that. Hope all you out there are doing just as fine (but hopefully getting more sleep).… Continue

Added by Ms Valerie Park Distro on March 8, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

WMZ art quiz - test your art smarts

The answer to, and winner (if any) for, our last contest question of:

Just about a year ago to the day (give or take less than a week) the world saw an auction of an artists possessions that garnered a little under one half of a BILLION dollars. Yes BILLION with a "B". And this, as you remember was during the year when everyone had lost their money and banks were being bailed out. This was the largest auction of any private individual ever seen. Name the artist. Good…

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Added by Tom Hendricks on March 8, 2010 at 10:23am — No Comments

False Start Distro is having a SALE!

That's right, it's a sale! For every order for the rest of the month, you have the option of getting one zine that is equal to or lesser than the value of the most expensive zine in your order for FREE! For example, if the most expensive zine in your order is $3, you can choose one extra zine that is $3 or less to be included free of charge! To take advantage of this offer, next time you place an order just type into the “notes” field which zine you’d like for free — don’t add it to your… Continue

Added by False Start Distro on March 7, 2010 at 9:26pm — No Comments

Grand Sweep (instrumental release from 5 CD Set

Hunkasaurus and His Pet Dog Guitar in POST BANDS instrumental from 5 CD Set

http://music.hunkasaurus.com/grandsweep.mp3

Added by Tom Hendricks on March 7, 2010 at 7:18pm — No Comments

New additions to the Click Clack catalog!

New zines in the Click Clack Distro catalog - http://www.clickclackdistro.com

Some of the new zines in the Click Clack catalog: No More Coffee #1 & #2, Toothworm #4, Your Pretty Face is Going Straight to Hell #2, #4, #5, #7 & #8, Learning Good Consent, Mental Potential & Sweet Emotions, Sick, When Language Runs Dry #1 & The Worst

Also:…

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Added by NicoleIntrovert on March 7, 2010 at 4:08pm — No Comments

Back in the distro again

Mishap #27, the special book issue, is in at Microcosm distro.

#28 should be there soon.

I'd be interested how many people buy their zines from distros versus direct from the zinester. Somebody with a grant should study that and let me know.

I like how the description of #27 on the distro page says "inauspicious cover", which is another way to say "boring." The simple cover--only words, no pictures--was intentional: the zine was for readers and the cover lets… Continue

Added by Ryan Mishap on March 6, 2010 at 11:40am — 1 Comment

Lovely review on We Love You SO

I got the pleasant surprise of praise and thought I'd share it with the zine community. It comes from We Love You So, a website that seems to have a big readership, since I've already heard a lot of feedback from this, in just a couple days time. If you happen to know these folks, tell them thanks for me.

http://weloveyouso.com/2010/03/zines-we-love-basic-paper-airplane/

"Joshua of … Continue

Added by Joshua/Basic Paper Airplane on March 5, 2010 at 12:30am — No Comments

Fun & Games Activity Book

I have created a small activity book full of fun and games....I will be including this for free with all purchases or trades of Little Grrrl Lost & Found Issue No. 5! This nifty little book is filled with unique word search puzzles created by yours truely...Tic Tac Toe...a maze...a color by number page...and a dot-to-dot page! Who says that games and puzzles are only for kids?

If you would like to purchase this activity book of fun and games you may do so for $1.00 at my…

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Added by riotgrrrlaz on March 4, 2010 at 7:14pm — No Comments