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July 2009 Blog Posts (84)

hot and spicey grasshopper cigarettes now .85 cents

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Added by jean-michel parka on July 2, 2009 at 2:52pm — No Comments

Bitches, Bimbos and Ballbreakers

Okay so I noticed that the university bookstore was having a bargain sale, and me, being the ever impulsive buyer have decided to wander around... it was lucky though that even though this means im a few bucks poorer, I found something that's actually quite interesting, the book: Bitches, Bimbos and Ballbreakers by the Guerilla Girls, which is quite an old book but nevertheless interesting. I've only browsed through the pages, but will probably post a review as soon as I finish going through… Continue

Added by Saling Pusa Distro/closed on July 1, 2009 at 2:15pm — 1 Comment

Helen Mirren review + the new dumb/SULK trigg-er microzine

I wrote another review last week for the Big Issue (a British newspaper sold by homeless vendors, with them keeping 80p of the £1.50 cover price).

It was for a live High Definition broadcast at our local cinema of a National Theatre production of 'Phedre', starring Helen Mirren (who played the Queen) and some dood out of that 'Mamma Mia!' movie:

http://www.bigissuescotland.com/reviews/view/11

I'm getting paid again for this, which helps a lot in these times of… Continue

Added by rogerSIMIAN on July 1, 2009 at 11:28am — No Comments

Musea E-mail club #477 Major New Publication on Puccini by Fellow Zinester

Readers,

Fellow zinester Iris J. Arnesen, editor of "The Opera Glass" has just announced the release of a new major work on Puccini's operas titled "The Romantic World of Puccini: A New Critical Appraisal of the Operas" ($45 from publisher McFarland & Company).

It's always a treat for me, when zinesters I know and trade with, get published. Iris's book is now available for pre order at Amazon Books and I'm sure it'll be widely available soon.

You can see the… Continue

Added by Tom Hendricks on July 1, 2009 at 10:15am — No Comments