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slim jenkins

slim jenkins

El Hombre Invisible
Right...I seem to recall TT...but that was probably a review that escaped my attention, you know, it was all word of mouth back then.

As yet, national TV remians oblivious to the significance of this year in the anals of 'zine production...'spect I'll get a call soon...
 
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DannyL

Wild Horses
hey there R****!

I think we only met once but it was through "Ego" 'cos I wrote to you after buying it in Rough Trade. You sent me a nice letter in an envelope made of wallpaper if I recall correctly, full of all kinds of odd things. I cam and met you after corresponding for a while. We met up and a bloke who used to draw cartoons (I think) was there - he slagged off TOPY a lot I seem to recall. It might've been me who inspired an article you wrote after I commented on how few records you had (not in a snide way, I was just surprised). Am wondering if I still have the magazines at home now. Possible got one or two issues still....

Anyway, how strange and nice to reconnect after all this time!
 
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DannyL

Wild Horses
vimothy said:
Joel Biroco actually did another copy of Kaos a couple of years back. Alan Moore wrote an article on Kenneth Grant for it.

Zines fucking rule.
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Yes they fucking do!

The Kaos thing is online as is Joel's blog.

Zines were really important to me. I am really wishing I'd kept every bloody one of them right now. i was interested in them because I was interested in ideas from the margins as I had in my addled teenage brain the idea that these would be more interesting. I guess in a way I was right, because fanzines exposed me to ideas I'm still into. Did anyone ever see US based zine directory Factsheet 5? Kind of like the Yellow Pages of the zine world - several thousand reviews of zines per issue, all with addresses and contact details. Totally amazing labour of love, but it gave you an idea of the strength and diversity of the zine scene back then.
 
slim jenkins

slim jenkins

El Hombre Invisible
DannyL said:
hey there R****!

I think we only met once but it was through "Ego" 'cos I wrote to you after buying it in Rough Trade. You sent me a nice letter in an envelope made of wallpaper if I recall correctly, full of all kinds of odd things. I cam and met you after corresponding for a while. We met up and a bloke who used to draw cartoons (I think) was there - he slagged off TOPY a lot I seem to recall. It might've been me who inspired an article you wrote after I commented on how few records you had (not in a snide way, I was just surprised). Am wondering if I still have the magazines at home now. Possible got one or two issues still....

Anyway, how strange and nice to reconnect after all this time!
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Sorry Danny...met a lot of people in all my years. Perhaps if I dig out the correspondence my failing memory will be sparked into life. So many faces and places in London past...
All the best
 
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polystyle

Well-known member
Scream City 5

Reading Scream City 5 last night as things cooled down to a boil ,
really thought it was a good read, informative, funny ( recounting early interview with Larry from Section 25 ) and just the best thing I've read in quite a while.
For ppl into Factory stuff ...
Hats off to John Cooper.

Comes with a nice CDR too !

" Scream City, the Factory Records fanzine from the people who brought you Cerysmatic Factory plus special guest contributors, is back (finally) with its fifth (and biggest ever) issue. Scream City is still an old school fanzine and is made from paper, ink and staples.

Scream City 5 (60 pages in colour and black & white) is priced 3.00 GBP + Worldwide postage and packing via eBay (Buy it Now with Paypal only).

http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/cerysmatic

Scream City 5 contents:

- A Factory Trip Around The World - the art of international collecting by Andrew James
- An interview with FAC 51 The Hacienda's (and Smack The Pony's) Fiona Allen
- The Distractions by David Quantick
- An exclusive extract from James Nice's new book about Factory Records 'Shadowplayers' plus a Q&A with Mr Nice
- Closer, Karamazov and K550 by Ian McCartney
- Looking From A Hilltop... at Lytham St Annes (or "When Interviews Go Wrong") - a salutary lesson about the dark art of the interview and a touching tribute to Larry Cassidy by David Nolan
- An interview with Shark Vegas man and remixer extraordinaire Mark Reeder
- Matthew Robertson talks to Factory Australasia man Andrew Penhallow
- Factory Over America - Scream City talks to the US wing of Factory Records with new interviews with Michael H Shamberg and Ike Yard's Stuart Argabright and Michael Diekmann

Initial copies come with a free 10-track compilation CDR featuring live / rare / unreleased material by Section 25, Ike Yard, Thick Pigeon, The Names, The Wake, The Durutti Column, The Distractions, Biting Tongues, Shark Vegas and Fidelity Kastrow & Spartak (produced & remixed by Mark Reeder).

The tracks by Section 25, The Wake and Biting Tongues were recorded live at Plan K in December 2010.

The CDR is a strictly limited edition of 160 copies available on a first come first served basis. '
 
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polystyle

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might well be the case ... and they only went on sale recently.
I will ask John about your situ right now tho'
fingers crossed.
 
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polystyle

Well-known member
Scream City 5

john eden said:
I like Scream City - they've spent proper time on it, but haven't lost their sense of humour. :cool:
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Yes, the end result is pretty good isn't it ?
Only one who seems to have at least temporarily lost that sense of humor was the first part of the interview with Section 25 right ?
RIP Larry , guess it wasn't a good moment to launch into an interview ...
 
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