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Ms Valerie Park Distro's Blog – July 2009 Archive (4)

Portland Zine Symposium starts tomorrow!

Hey, just in case you're in the northwest area and you're not aware, PZS starts tomorrow at 2:30. We're driving down in the morning and will be there all three days. We've managed to gather manymany great things that are not on the distro: new isssues of Funwater Awesome, issues of Mend My Dress, a new Olympia zine about DIY culture and building community, the olympia punk paper Nuts, a bunch of buttons, a zine/paper that's all interviews with Swedish punk/hardcore bands and comes with a cd and… Continue

Added by Ms Valerie Park Distro on July 24, 2009 at 1:02am — No Comments

Karl Blau audio recording zine!

After a weekend up in Anacortes, Wa for What the Heck Fest, we come back bearing gifts. One of them being a really cool zine about the art of home recording from our friend and musical experimenter, Karl Blau. Check it out!
Conceptualizing Confluence: The Absolute Basics of Audio Recording ($2)

Added by Ms Valerie Park Distro on July 20, 2009 at 1:15pm — 2 Comments

New for July!

This month's distro update is up- with new things, restocks, mp3's, video links and plenty of news. Though, to avoid adding in its many links again, I will just direct you to our myspace, where all links are already properly in place. Check it here!

You could also just join our mailing list and we'd simply send it to you every month. Let us know if that interests you:… Continue

Added by Ms Valerie Park Distro on July 16, 2009 at 2:17am — No Comments

Captain Heather Comics!

We just started carrying Captian Heather Comics, which is totally wonderful zine that you should check out.

Five dollars.

More along the lines of a graphic novel than a comic zine, Captain Heather Comics is stories from the life of Ms. Heather Dunn. All stories within are completely charming and written with the grace and wit that not many zinesters have just yet. Wonderful… Continue

Added by Ms Valerie Park Distro on July 9, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments