Yes, I will read your pamphlet. Actually, I've been contemplating a zine myself for a little while now, but I really don't know if I have the energy OR the time. bah.
Bleeding all over the place is far less painful then I ever thought it would be. Maybe I was so stoked because I just saw The Rita (HNW MOSH)? Maybe I was stoked because I could pretend for one night that I was in ECW?
Plus the old dude in Warlock Moon was all drunk the second night at Trauma Tone Fest and told me in great detail about how "badass" I was. Go figure.
Back when I could still bring myself to be involved with a group of people who's collective identity was defined by a particular political affiliation, I went to a conference on popular education. I retained a bit from it, but the strongest memory is of accidentally upsetting someone by asking a question about patriarchy... and no, I wasn't intentionally being dick. Its funny how in these supposedly safe situations for discussions I tend to fumble around feel more like an outsider than usual. Anyway, I'll see if I can recognize the pop education elements in the pamphlet.
Regardless, I'm interested in seeing what you were doing with this. I've been thinking along similar lines lately.
I also noticed that the first band you mention being in started the year I was born. damn.
Excellent guide, there's a lot of practical stuff there I hadn't thought of. Also, I know that it was intended as a zine/pamphlet, but I got the impression that there was a lot more to it, and that it could be expanded. I guess what I'm saying is that if that was a book, I would keep it on the floor by my bed and thumb through it until it fell apart.
I guess in summary, thanks for writing something about being in a band that isn't idiotic and actually takes into account that the reader is probably in the scene you're writing about. This blog is a great resource.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading that and - as you usually come across as a fairly grumpy fellow in correspondence - I'm happy to report I laughed a few times, mostly at drunk people/vomit references. Yes I'm that shallow, that sort of stuff makes me laugh. The introspective final section feels a bit like it belongs to a different text, being in contrast with the mostly practical, to the point guide but that's not really a flaw I guess.
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Yes, I will read your pamphlet. Actually, I've been contemplating a zine myself for a little while now, but I really don't know if I have the energy OR the time. bah.
Re: Microphone to my head.
Bleeding all over the place is far less painful then I ever thought it would be. Maybe I was so stoked because I just saw The Rita (HNW MOSH)? Maybe I was stoked because I could pretend for one night that I was in ECW?
Plus the old dude in Warlock Moon was all drunk the second night at Trauma Tone Fest and told me in great detail about how "badass" I was. Go figure.
Good zine Andy.
Back when I could still bring myself to be involved with a group of people who's collective identity was defined by a particular political affiliation, I went to a conference on popular education. I retained a bit from it, but the strongest memory is of accidentally upsetting someone by asking a question about patriarchy... and no, I wasn't intentionally being dick. Its funny how in these supposedly safe situations for discussions I tend to fumble around feel more like an outsider than usual. Anyway, I'll see if I can recognize the pop education elements in the pamphlet.
Regardless, I'm interested in seeing what you were doing with this. I've been thinking along similar lines lately.
I also noticed that the first band you mention being in started the year I was born. damn.
Excellent guide, there's a lot of practical stuff there I hadn't thought of. Also, I know that it was intended as a zine/pamphlet, but I got the impression that there was a lot more to it, and that it could be expanded. I guess what I'm saying is that if that was a book, I would keep it on the floor by my bed and thumb through it until it fell apart.
I guess in summary, thanks for writing something about being in a band that isn't idiotic and actually takes into account that the reader is probably in the scene you're writing about. This blog is a great resource.
Do you ever actually give out any prizes?
only if you find the hidden agenda
First dibs on the HNW zine.
And you get bonus points for the Poison Idea reference.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading that and - as you usually come across as a fairly grumpy fellow in correspondence - I'm happy to report I laughed a few times, mostly at drunk people/vomit references. Yes I'm that shallow, that sort of stuff makes me laugh.
The introspective final section feels a bit like it belongs to a different text, being in contrast with the mostly practical, to the point guide but that's not really a flaw I guess.
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