Monday, 13 July 2009

Zines currently in stock.

ZINES
Clipperguts #5. Excellent idiosyncratic mix of reviews, rants, and snippets from everyday life. My favourite bits are the kind of beginners' guides to bands people might have missed out on like Young Marble Giants, Johnny Thunders etc. (10 grammes. 16 in stock)

You Can't Say No To Hope#11/Drink the Sunshine#9 splitzine. Excellent match for a split zine, with two zines that avoid the obvious. Drink the Sunshine has the trademark quirks; eavesdroppings in pubs, 'distinctive' drawings, and mild embarrassment recollected in tranquillity. You Can’t Say No to Hope. More from the punk rock Bill Oddie ™ includes a sound rant against the BNP election gains, tips on identifying oak trees and how to make a bird box. (20 grammes. 2 in stock)

Drink the Sunshine #4 Laugh-out-loud funny comes as standard for this off-kilter perzine. This ones about when Gloucestershire got flooded. Renamed for the occasion. (15 grammes. 2 in stock.)

Drink the Sunshine #5 Megabus eavesdroppings, and charity shop misadventures. (11 grammes. 2 in stock.)

Drink the Sunshine #6 Less snippets of daily life and more reminiscence on a lifetime love of music. Still manages to feel more intimate than many perzines. (15 grammes. 1 in stock.)

Drink the Sunshine #7 More adventures in Tesco and one in the post office. And overhearings of cleaners. (10 grammes. 2 in stock.)

Drink the Sunshine #8 Dreams about Blur, snack-buying dilemmas and farting in Somerfields. (10 grammes. 2 in stock.)

Drink the Sunshine #11 Another break from the norm which mixes Jeffrey Lewis lyrics and cut and pasted pics from the paper. Music zines never make me want to hear the artist, but this does. (10 grammes. 2 in stock.)

Drink the Sunshine #12 Christmas with the folks and a trip to Edinburgh for the Fringe. (10 grammes. 2 in stock.)

R.E.P.E.A.T #31 As you'd expect from a Manics inspired zine, this is passionate and literate. Poetry, listings, and live and CD reviews including Slipknot and Reel Big Fish. (11 grammes. 2 in stock.)

R.E.P.E.A.T #32 The usual high standard, Reviews of among others, the Horrors. Also,sad news about Steven Wells. (11 grammes. 9 in stock.)

The Juniper #11 A good substantial read with recipes, advice on composting, coverage of eco issues, notes on a gardening year and Dan's emotional development. Convincing evidence for Dan's assertion, 'a simpler life is a happier life.' (15 grammes. 12 in stock.)

Evil Ed and Nasty Ted; the Geeky Bunch Another entertaining and expertly drawn comic zine from Russ. (10 grammes. 19 in stock.)

Ed of the Dead Evil Ed and Nasty Ted return in this zombie themed comic zine. (10 grammes. 20 in stock.)

Dilettantes and Heartless Manipulators #23 This weekly zine from Australia gives a sense of life as a work in progress. Contemplative without being emo. Here, Lars Von Triers' the Antichrist prompts relfection on a life at the movies.(5 grammes. 4 in stock.)

Dilettantes and Heartless Manipulators #24 Scars remembered in the 17th August edition of this zine from Down Under. (5 grammes. 4 in stock.)

Dilettantes and Heartless Manipulators #25 Textual analysis of a work email prompts some thought on art and artists. (5 grammes. 5 in stock.)

Dilettantes and Heartless Manipulators #26 On the joy of mix CDs. (5 grammes. 5 in stock.)

Poor But Happy #2 A rant on the politics of tipping, a tightwad's guide to Bradford, and some thoughts on milkfloats. (6 grammes. 25 in stock.)

Poor But Happy #3 The waste not want not edition of my zine for the tightfisted. Includes tips on shoemending and updated travel tips. And advice on using the last of the Marmite. (10 grammes. 99 in stock.)

MUSIC
Done e.p - Apologies, I Have None. Five tracks of top-notch shout-along punk from this hard working London two-piece. Excellent lyrics, too. Find out more at their website . (25 grammes. 17 in stock.)