Words worth

While packing stuff away, I came across my collection of publications. Months ago, I recycled a lot of it and this is what I decided to keep. It's sort of unfair to put the Search & Destroy set with the rest because I bought a complete set from V. himself at APE years ago. The rest I got off the stands or through mail order. The No Idea came with a Jawbreaker/Samiam split 7" single. See the one on the top right with The Untouchables on the cover? A certain artist read that and named himself after it.


These are from my friend Lance Hahn, leader of the greatest punk band of all time, J Church. I'm not kidding. His zines were great, too, championing and interviewing everyone from crusty punks (The Mob), to riot grrrls (Bikini Kill) to indie rock (Bis). Everyone loved Lance. The one with a color cover was his latest publication, a photo zine. Just behind it is a book of lyrics.


Here are some of the glossier mags that I kept, including the infamous Big Brother (which spawned the Blunt snowboard mag and Jackass TV show) and Answer Me! (which got a newsstand sued for selling obscene material to minors). Also, the "other" GR (which influenced our mag by packing in as much info as possible) and the L.A. punk mag Flipside (which I contributed to).


Finally, Cometbus. Probably the rawest of anything in this blog and the only one standing. (Except MRR, maybe, but I think Aaron Cometbus has contributed to that, too.) Nothing but words and only tangentally about music. There's a new issue out that I still have to get...