Beercan Fanzine

Jesse from the great Portland pop-punk band The Automatics published this zine which was centered around, well....beer and punk rock. The Automatics once played in my living room in Missoula. It was awesome. They were supposed to play at Jay's Upstairs but Jay's was overbooked. I said fuck it and had it at my house. I shot some drunken video of their set. The funniest part of the video is the fact that my house was so small that the vast majority of the people watching the show were watching through the windows.

It's Alive

Simply put, Fred Hammer is the man. It's Alive Fanzine was my first real lesson in true DIY hardcore. Fred was the master of cut-n-paste zines who took pride in the fact that no computers were ever used in the making of them. I hope he doesn't mind me using my old computer to promote him. Great stuff.

Dream Whip

Oh man, I love this zine. Just looking through the old issues....Bill's take on the places he visited was unique and raw and always made me want to get out and travel. The Moonlight Chronicles, Cometbus, Gogglebox, and Dream Whip were major influences for my zine. Zines like this set the bar pretty high.
Bill still publishes Dream Whip (which I just recently found out...joy!) Pob 53832 Lubbock, TX 79453

The Assassin & the Whiner

Carrie is one of my favorite artists. I'm never dissapointed when the new issues of whatever she does arrive in my mailbox. She documents everything from vibrators and drunken mistakes, to the simple pleasure of a walk in the snow. I have so much stuff from her and I will continue posting highlights. Carrie now writes the comic, -You Don't Get There From Here- which is a chronicle of her day to day struggles and joys. Pob 49403 Los Angeles, CA 90049.

don't write to this address.....or do...but you won't get a back issue anymore.

This flyer is a Missoula classic. Every time Schlong played in Missoula it was a total blowout. I think this was the show that Gavin smashed a Guiness bottle over his head after not being able to tune his guitar, AND, after having gotten into a car wreck an hour before the show.....amazing band.

THE FUMES

My friend Jeff Mason from San Fran sent me this poster. Its a classic for many reasons (Epicenter zone! The fuckin Fumes! Spokane!) Back in the day, Jeff almost always wrote his letters on old show flyers.

The decline and fall of written communication part 1: the Zine years