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March's Distro Update!
NEW
Cow Card (Greeting Card) ($3)- An offset print cow card. Blank inside with fun cow facts on the back.
Fewer Mannequins, Vol. 1 (Zine) ($2)- A personal zine from Andria, long-time editor of the excellent ‘We’ll Never Have Paris’ literary zine.
Field Guide to the Aliens of Star Trek TNG, Season Three (Zine) ($1)- Another handy guide to the aliens of Star Trek TNG, through the lens of a 12 year old boy in 1992.
Galapagos Tortoise Card (Greeting Card) ($3)- An offset print card with Galapagos tortoises. Blank inside with fun Galapagos tortoise facts on the back.
The Greatest (Zine/Comic) ($4)- These are portraits from a summer spent working at a small retirement home in Wisconsin.
Hail Seizures/Blackbird Raum- Split Ep (7") ($5)- Some anarcho-folk-punk anthems from Olympia’s own Hail Seizures and Santa Cruz’s Blackbird Raum.
Last Night at the Casino (Zine) ($2)- In Last Night at the Casino, Billy gives us a glimpse at casino life from the eyes of a newbie dealer.
Mend My Dress: Collected Zines 2005-2007 (Book) ($12.99)- This month's feature! A beautiful collection of the first six (long out of print) issues of
Mend My Dress.Paper Radio #9 (Zine) ($3)- Dj Fred muses on the state of radio in 2012 (and much more).
Pig Card (Greeting Card) ($3)- An offset print card with an old time image of pigs hanging out with a guy reading a book (as they tended to do, in the old days).
RE-NEW
2012 Organizer from Justseeds & Eberhardt Press (Planner) ($8)- By demand. Evidently, we gave in too soon last year.
Awkward Sex (Zine) ($4)Field Guide to the Aliens of Star Trek TNG, Season One (Zine) ($2)
Field Guide to the Aliens of Star Trek TNG, Season Two (Zine) ($1)
Love is Not Constantly Wondering if You're Making the Biggest Mistake of Your Life (Book) ($6)
Make Your Place: Affordable, Sustainable Nesting Skills (Book) ($6)
Mend My Dress #7 (Zine) ($1)
Mend My Dress #8 (Zine) ($2)
Miami, You've Got Style: A Golden Girls Book (Book) ($12)
Poppet- Unitard Galaxy (Doll & Digital Download) ($20)
These Here Are Crazy Times #2 (Zine) ($2)
These Here Are Crazy Times #3 (Zine) ($2)
Truckface #15 (Zine) ($3)
Where You From? #2 (Zine) ($2.50)
NEW(S)!
*Big exciting upcoming thing: Mend My Dress Press, which just released the Mend My Dress collection, is working on releasing an Ilse Content anthology! So cool.
*Speaking of Ilse Content, the Ravenswing blog recently did an awesome (in depth!) review of the last few issues.
*Our dear Mr. Craig Oare was published in the last issue of Works in Progress, with a poem about Olympia political prisoner (and our friend) Sadie- who is due to be released this May Day after 7 years in prison.
*A couple months ago, we helped with the Poppet music video "Lovebot 3000". If you haven't yet checked it out, you really probably should.
*Kendl Winter just released a new album on K Records called "The Mechanics of Hovering Flight" and has been getting great press in the Seattle Weekly and the Weekly Volcano (already the best album of 2012!?!). There's also word is that she might be doing another zine in the near future, after many years off.
*Cindy Crabb (of the unstoppable Doris zine) will be lecturing at Olympia's own Evergreen State College on March 11th, hosted by the Olympia Punk Rock Preservation Society.
*Cindy will also be reading the next night in Seattle at Left Bank Books with Neely Bat Chestnut (of Mend My Dress) and Olympia's own Peregrine Somerville (of Entropy).
*We were in L.A. for the building excitement of last month's very first L.A. Zine Fest and heard that the event was a total success! Zine fest to watch, for sure. We're definitely going to try and make it for next year's.
*In other zine success new, the Denver Zine Library made their fundraising goal (and then some!). So be prepared for much zine awesomeness to come out of Denver.
*The Chicago Zine Fest is happening this weekend and we totally wish we could be there. Big thanks to Mend My Dress Press for bringing MVPD flyers to the fest!
*The Westfield, New Jersey record shop/community space (and friends of friends), Sound Station, recently burned down and are raising money to rebuild. Donations can be made at their Indie Go Go page.
*Our friends in Broken Water are fundraising on Kickstarter to self-release their new album, which sounds amazing and features the incredible Lori Goldston on cello!
*And, lastly, we'd like to say so long to our friend Henry, the Orca Books cat, who passed away a couple weeks ago. We miss you, dude. Donations can be made in his honor to Feline Friends, the best cat rescue and adoption group around.
*And, lastly, we'd like to say so long to our friend Henry, the Orca Books cat, who passed away a couple weeks ago. We miss you, dude. Donations can be made in his honor to Feline Friends, the best cat rescue and adoption group around.
Mend My Dress (the book!)
Mend My Dress: Collected Zines 2005-2007
"A beautiful collection of the first six (long out of print) issues of Mend My Dress- a zine that for years has been constantly impressive in its openness and strength. Seeing it in this form puts into perspective how great it is. It’s also one of the best laid out and cleanest zine collections in book form that I have seen. 'Mend My Dress offers a complex, nuanced, and skillfully constructed picture of multifarious girlhood vulnerability. Althought Chestnut writes in a diary-like, stream of consciousness style, her work should not be misinterpreted as simple autobiography; instead, it offers artistic and literary mediation.' – Alison Piepmeier; author of ‘Girl Zines’. 180 pages, trade paperback."
Big Restock!
Finally getting around to restocking some stuff, after getting
cleared out in the holiday/new year rush. Here's a list of some recent
re-arrivals...
2012 Organizer from Justseeds & Eberhardt Press (Planner) ($8)
Awkward Sex (Zine) ($4)
Field Guide to the Aliens of Star Trek TNG, Season One (Zine) ($2)
Field Guide to the Aliens of Star Trek TNG, Season Two (Zine) ($1)
Love is Not Constantly Wondering if You're Making the Biggest Mista...
Make Your Place: Affordable, Sustainable Nesting Skills (Book) ($6)
Mend My Dress #7 (Zine) ($1)
Mend My Dress #8 (Zine) ($2)
Miami, You've Got Style: A Golden Girls Book (Book) ($12)
These Here Are Crazy Times #2 (Zine) ($2)
These Here Are Crazy Times #3 (Zine) ($2)
Truckface #15 (Zine) ($3)
2012 Organizer from Justseeds & Eberhardt Press (Planner) ($8)
Awkward Sex (Zine) ($4)
Field Guide to the Aliens of Star Trek TNG, Season One (Zine) ($2)
Field Guide to the Aliens of Star Trek TNG, Season Two (Zine) ($1)
Love is Not Constantly Wondering if You're Making the Biggest Mista...
Make Your Place: Affordable, Sustainable Nesting Skills (Book) ($6)
Mend My Dress #7 (Zine) ($1)
Mend My Dress #8 (Zine) ($2)
Miami, You've Got Style: A Golden Girls Book (Book) ($12)
These Here Are Crazy Times #2 (Zine) ($2)
These Here Are Crazy Times #3 (Zine) ($2)
Truckface #15 (Zine) ($3)
Lovebot
Should have made it onto this month's newsletter. A must watch. Featuring members of the MVPD family.
Lovebot: 3000 from LLAMAMAMA on Vimeo.
Lovebot: 3000 from LLAMAMAMA on Vimeo.
January Distro Update
NEW!
Erosion #4 (Zine) ($1)- In the tradition of great variety zines, Erosion covers a lot of ground. The kind of zine you don't see around much anymore.
Erosion #5 (Zine) ($1)- Comics, an interview with Gainesville’s Grow Radio, a report from Afghanistan, tons of weird art.
Erosion #6 (Zine) ($1)- AM radio, comics, music formats, art galore, free advice and even a crossword puzzle.
Erosion #5 (Zine) ($1)- Comics, an interview with Gainesville’s Grow Radio, a report from Afghanistan, tons of weird art.
Erosion #6 (Zine) ($1)- AM radio, comics, music formats, art galore, free advice and even a crossword puzzle.
Hoopoe Bird Notepad (Blank Book) ($4)- A rich-colored, offset print, bird notepad. Spiral bound, unlined pages, recycled and reused materials.
I Love Bad Movies #1 (Zine) ($5)- Before the well-played themes of later issues began, they traversed the
cinematic spectrum of Road House to Showgirls, Sleepwalkers to The
Pick-Up Artist, all in one issue.
Imaginary Life #7 (Zine) ($3)- Thoughts on life, losing loved ones, family, and understanding things in a new way with age. Simple, little, and beautiful.
Monarch, No. 1 (Book/Literary Journal) ($10)- The first print publication from the awesome new Seattle literary
collective, The Monarch Review. A mix of short fiction, poetry,
non-fiction essays, interviews, and photography.
Paper Crush #4 (Zine & Postcard) ($4)- A fun zine for mail geeks and fans of postal history, Paper Crush #4 is
about postcards. The history and collecting of postcards, to be exact.
Interesting and informative. Plus every issue comes with a free vintage
postcard.
Pipsqueak- Fowl Hymns (LP) ($12)- Speedy sad politically-conscious love songs.
Primahood (Zine/Graphic Novel) ($6.50)- These wonderfully bizarre comics tell an interesting tale of being a
mother and having a daughter. Raising questions of gender and feminity
along the way.
Resume of Charm Archie Magnets (Magnets) ($4)- A 3-pack of adorable Archie magnets from the always-wonderful Resume of Charm.
Scenes, Music, and People of Electronic Music, Part One (Zine) ($4)- A hilarious insider’s look at electronic music.
Suitcase(s) of Memories, Time After: Revisting the Pacific Northwest (Zine) ($3)- A fun little road trip zine about revisiting the Pacific Northwest.
Xeroxed photos and hand-written notes about the places they visit along
the way.
Tiger Pad 3-Pack (Blank Books) ($8)- A three pack of the flexible 5“x7” ruled notepads from Eberhardt Press.
44 pages a piece, made from recycled and reused materials, beautifully
packaged.
Truckface #15 (Zine) ($3)- LB takes us through another year teaching in the Chicago public school
system. As always, a great mix of humorous tales and getting real about
class and racial injustice in this country.
RESTOCKED!
8-Track Mind (Zine) ($3)
Truckface #12 (Zine) ($3)- last couple copies of 12 and 13 before they go out of print!
MP3'S!
NEWS!
*In a few weeks, a few of us from the MVPD crew will be going on the Letters & Poppet tour
around the west coast, so you should come out and say hi if we're
coming to your town. In addition to sounds and performance antics, we'll
have a table full of interesting things both on and not on the distro
(handmade bags, one-of-a-kind postcards, dolls, magnets, hair clips,
alongside the expected tapes and zines and things). *Our friend Charlie Zaillian (from Chung Antique) recently wrote an article on Pierced Arrows for the Seattle Times!
*Our dear Ms Alexis Wolf had an excerpt from her Hyena in Petticoats zine republished on the Vindication of the Rights of Mary blog.
*One Minute Zine Reviews has been doing a number of write ups and radio spots for various MVPD zines.
(and i think that's all).
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