ZinesFromOuterSpace! a spark of life returns

Sun Jan 27 16:25:56 UTC 2013

Cool -- I can't make Sundays, but I'm back in town and will make something
happen.

This is slightly off topic but maybe a good place to ask: does anyone here
have experience making hip hop beats?

2013/1/27 gl at mortr@mp <glamortramp at riseup.net>

> 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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> >
>
>
> --
> Glam...or tramp?
>
>
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