ZinesFromOuterSpace! a spark of life returns

[gl@mortr@mp]

Lucy et. al,

Combing through my recent mail I realized I got this & never responded. I
will try to do so later today for sure. FYI we're going to start having
regular meetings at Noisebridge again, maybe we'll even aim for one this
week. We used to hold ZFOS/ZiP meetings Thursday at Noisebridge 8 or 9pm
start time. WOuld that work for you or you'd prefer another time? (You
mentioned Sunday I believe...)

I was @ NB all yesterday for Aaron Swartz' hackathon/memorial. Lots of
people. Lots of energy. I'm helping organize a big fundraiser to take
place in March or April to raise money for the space (NB is hard up
$$-wise.) And my friend STan is going to help me start an offset
press/free printshop. So it's all starting to come together....

TTYS (in person I hope)


Glam/TOny

On Mon, January 21, 2013 6:25 pm, Lucy (diN0bot) Mendel wrote:
> I finished the attached piece today -- feedback welcome.
> So far my creations are personal not political or noisebridgial. Working
> with new ideas and people can't help but broaden. Hopefully the upcoming
> Saturday at NB works for a creative rendezvous. 5pm? 7pm?
>
>
> 2013/1/21 lucy <a.downy.hint at gmail.com>
>
>> GT-
>>
>> Cool.
>>
>> I'm out of town this week but look forward to next weekend and beyond.
>> If
>> you are looking for TATTERDEMALION  contribution let me know because I
>> am
>> so in.
>>
>> I've been to NB a handful of times, more for German Chats than
>> electromechanical projects, though I'm a maker by trade and spirit.
>> Definitely new to writing and zining, but loving the possibilities and
>> challenges.
>>
>> Later
>> -l.
>>
>> Am 21.01.2013 um 03:20 schrieb "gl at mortr@mp" <glamortramp at riseup.net>:
>>
>> > On Fri, January 18, 2013 11:01 am, Lucy (diN0bot) Mendel wrote:
>> >> Hi Tony and everyone -
>> >>
>> >> I'd like to get involved (haven't been involved before). Is anyone up
>> for
>> >> some kind of collaborating / brainstorming /working session at
>> NoiseBridge
>> >> this Sunday or next weekend? I'm not sure where we are in the
>> upcoming
>> ZIP
>> >> process: (a) I'd love to learn more about how to make zine's with
>> more
>> >> than
>> >> a typewriter, pens and a copier, and (b) I'd love to contribute, so
>> maybe
>> >> a
>> >> bit of a community-finding and then writing session could be fun.
>> >>
>> >> Lucy.
>> >
>> >
>> > Hey Lucy,
>> >
>> >
>> > Please forgive my belated response. I sent you a brief response
>> off-list
>> a
>> > few days ago promising to follow up. Whatever that flu was that's been
>> > going around, I got it, & it was not a pretty sight. I've been kind of
>> a
>> > wreck for the past week or 2 on account of that + my own special blend
>> of
>> > delightful problems, which is why I've been so totally off the ball
>> with
>> > this.
>> >
>> > This Sunday is today, & it's doubtful I can successfully take on a new
>> > engagement for what "remains of today" (wasn't that a movie starring
>> > Anthony Hopkins?) although as it happens I may be coming to NBridge
>> this
>> > evening on some business. I assume you've been to the space before?
>> You
>> > said you haven't been involved....with Noisebridge you mean? It sounds
>> > like you have some zine-making experience, at least at the beginner
>> level.
>> > I haven't been to NB myself for a week or 2, ever since I got sick &
>> > flaked on the screenprinting workshop I organized....I'm afraid I
>> > alienated some people with that, & it's making me wonder how much
>> > commitment I can realistically take on at this point. ZiP03, the third
>> > issue of the Noisebridge-y "Zine in Progress" that I do (with
>> > contributions from other NBridgers), is pretty much done & my
>> immediate
>> > goal is to get the rest of it up on the website. Then I need to figure
>> out
>> > how I'm going to print some copies of it - free ones for the
>> contributors,
>> > & hopefully some extra ones to sell to anyone who wants one.
>> >
>> > Then I want to take a break from ZiP for awhile & do a new zine,
>> something
>> > different, a low-fi, black & white, easy-to-mass-produce zine in the
>> > classic style (ZiP is more of a zine-magazine hybrid, higher
>> production
>> > values, which is why I call it a MegaZine). I think it's going to be a
>> > zine devoted to alternative housing situations & the various ways that
>> > people in SF & elsewhere live Off the Grid, i.e. without paying rent
>> or
>> > buying a home & all the other things that go along with that
>> prepackaged
>> > stereotypical mainstream existence. This is a subject on which I have
>> > experience to share & quit ea lot to say, so it should be fun. I have
>> the
>> > perfect title, too, one I've been sitting on for a long time now:
>> > TATTERDEMALION.
>> >
>> > I'm also working on a sizable data collection project that involves
>> > converting a series of Excel spreadsheets into a database with a user
>> > interface that I can host on a secure website. I don't know how to do
>> any
>> > of that, but I've found a gent named Stan who seems knowledgeable &
>> has
>> > offered to help. I believe we've made a date to meet & work at NB this
>> > Wednesday, & I'll be around other nights as well.
>> >
>> > UPDATE: I fell asleep in the midst of typing this letter & just woke
>> up
>> > from a nap at 3am. So Sunday is definitely out :-) Let's meet soon!
>> Can
>> > you help me find other zinesters & build a coalition? A loose
>> confederacy?
>> > A consensual reality subdivision? A Mandatory Enjoyment Commission?
>> What
>> > are you working on right now? Tell me now in writing or we'll talk in
>> > person soon.
>> >
>> > +11+
>> >
>> > I guess I'm gonna send this to the zine list in hopes it may come
>> alive
>> > again....wake up wake up it's time to work!
>> >
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