The Juniper # 15 (summer 2012) & # 16 (spring \ summer 2013) (zines)

Those are twelve pages long, half size, black & white, cut & paste, zines about gardening, going back to mother nature and leaving a simple life. In my backyard, I grow rhubarb and chives. I love chives, they go great with egs salads, soups and potatoes. I`m not a gardening expert though. This is an  interesting, philosophical and educational read. There`s articles about: me and my bicycle (the freedom and joy of riding a bike),  Greenwoman magazine (amazing biography of da peanut guy, George Washington Carver), asparagus with chive blossoms recipe (simply mouth watering), variety trials in your personal garden (basic gardening knowledge for beginners), the human experience as a universal trajectory (nice intellectual article), slowing down (a stunningly beautiful piece of positive energy, a welcome change in the usual nihilistic, dark, bleak, sarcastic, no future, negative literature out there), raised bed gardening (never heard of this concept before), and gardening with a greater purpose (never though of gardening that way). Daniel Murphy is passionate about gardening, zining and punk music. Highly recommended. You can contact him here:

Daniel Murphy, P.O. Box 9862, Boise, ID, 83707, USA

His blog: 

www.juniperbug.blogspot.com

A blog about plant geeks: 

www.ankwardbotany.com

GAR issue # 104

 The other day I received a parcel from Ross Priddle (here's his physical address: #402, 734 - 2nd Ave. NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 0E3, Canada). He gave me a copy of his incredible mail art zine: GAR# 104. I love this small zine so I couldn' t help myself and I decided to scan it so the whole wide world could enjoy this. Here goes, enjoy the show!!!

And look who's on the back cover. Good old me. Kinda nice, eh? Indeed brothers and sisters.

  

 You can also check out his blog here:
http://bentspoon.blogspot.ca/


And, as a trade, I sent Ross one of me little original drawings. Here's what it looks like:

Hiroshima Yeah! issue 97 (march 2013) (zine)

This is a 8.5 by 11 inches black and white, cut and paste, six pages zine. It`s hard to believe that Mark Ritchie publishes HY! On a monthly basis. This zine is full of stuff. Let`s see, there`s the usual short and sweet poetry (highly recommended), 1.5 years behind bars by Gary Simmons (hilarious stuff, not recommended for the politically correct or as I like to point out the hypocritically correct), a shitload of music + concerts + art exhibition + DVD + book and zines reviews and a short story (Margie`s room). There`s an incredible Hiroshima Yeah! Logo \ drawing courtesy of the impressively and highly talented Kapreles. I have one of my drawings on the back cover (cheap pop included here).  This is the perfect read while laying on my couch and drinking a cold beer, chilling out, relaxing, taking it easy `cause nothing else matters. Damn straight. Contact here:

Mark Rithchie,

94 Main Sreet,

Forth,

Lanarkshire,

ML11 8AB,

UK

                           

postcards galore

Here's some scans of some postcards that where lying around my place. Some are rare, some are cool (in a kitsch way you might say) and one' s a favorite of mine featuring one of my best horror movie villains, yes, the amazing, the mighty, the scary, Pinhead himself. Enjoy!

 old school baby

 old school sexiness, with class & attitude

 if I can be serious for a minute 'Leslie Nielsen'

 our long lost brother

 remember this one ?

Now that' s what I'm talking about, testify this baybee !!!

Psionic Plastic Joy # 17 (fall 2012) (zine)

Here`s another fine issue of Jason Rodgers amazing counterculture , anti technology \ internet zine. There`s 32 pages  of  half-size, cut and paste, black and white material. PPJ is one of my favorite zines, along with the R.I.P. old Nightwaves (New Brunswick`s own publication covering electronic music). There`s a good mix of weird ass articles along various collages and artworks. My favorite articles where: `introduction – further notes on technology`( I understand Jaoson`s point of view but I feel that the internet, if used properly is just another  tool for free publicity), and `covert black-ops mission against Reality Impaired Recordings fails – bring the noise` (conspiracy theory anyone ?) and `Neo-Neoist Tenets`( this brought back a lot of old memories from the defunct and Montréal`s own Total Zero recordings, rmemeber Phycys? Vermiform Front? Trondant?). I like his choice of artists \ collagists. Let`s see, there is Malok (a standout piece of abstract psychedelism), Haddock, Lena Samo , Yves Albrechts (from Belgium), Reed Altemus, Thompson, François Marceau (yes that`s me, hey, I`m everywhere) and Stuart Stratu (from Australia). 

And how much does this cost ? It`s simple, 2.00 $ USA or 3.00 $ worldwide. Forget about digital era, let`s get physical:

Jason Rodgers

PO Box 63, 

Lawrence, 

Ma,

01842, 

USA