hey, some of you may know me, julie generic. i have done a zine called weird weather in the past and while going through these tribes i realized i really want to put together a book of the Old Days. i live up in ukiah and jayed (feederz) also does, we are going to collaborate on this project.
here are a few of the things it will cover:
this book will be both a requiem and a revival of ALL old school punk stories and art, focus on SF bay area. the idea is to get writing, interviews, art etc., from people, alive and dead, who made this city a mecca of demented artistry during the years that punk thrived. i expect there will be certain cross-overs too, as 'genre' lines were not so finely drawn back then.
we will not be covering rivet, industrial, or any of those current manifestations of popular underground music because...well, it covers itself and i am not a huge fan (i do listen but not with the same passion and sense of connection).
what you can do to contribute:
* ideas for the title.
* art: got old flyers, pictures, photos? collage? anything that relates to the topic.
* RIP page(s): photos, music, art of people who are gone; or just a memorandum for someone you miss.
* writing: stories from your personal experiences on the street, in the clubs, with the bands, being there and what was going on with you in general.
* who's doing what now: bands, people, pets; interviews?
* ideas for issue themes: the farm, the mabuhay, the on broadway, powell punks, skate scene (jaks of course!), the early deathrock scene.
* contact page: who you are and how to get in touch so you can perhaps connect with old friends who are NOT dead yet.
* any other ideas you might have: brainstorm with me!
the topics will be broken down into chapters like, and RIP chapter, a 'where are they now' chapter, etc. and this needs to be NON FICTION. in our case, truth is stranger than fiction.
i always knew i'd put together a book, and this is it. we will be approaching vic vale first for publishing.
here are a few of the things it will cover:
this book will be both a requiem and a revival of ALL old school punk stories and art, focus on SF bay area. the idea is to get writing, interviews, art etc., from people, alive and dead, who made this city a mecca of demented artistry during the years that punk thrived. i expect there will be certain cross-overs too, as 'genre' lines were not so finely drawn back then.
we will not be covering rivet, industrial, or any of those current manifestations of popular underground music because...well, it covers itself and i am not a huge fan (i do listen but not with the same passion and sense of connection).
what you can do to contribute:
* ideas for the title.
* art: got old flyers, pictures, photos? collage? anything that relates to the topic.
* RIP page(s): photos, music, art of people who are gone; or just a memorandum for someone you miss.
* writing: stories from your personal experiences on the street, in the clubs, with the bands, being there and what was going on with you in general.
* who's doing what now: bands, people, pets; interviews?
* ideas for issue themes: the farm, the mabuhay, the on broadway, powell punks, skate scene (jaks of course!), the early deathrock scene.
* contact page: who you are and how to get in touch so you can perhaps connect with old friends who are NOT dead yet.
* any other ideas you might have: brainstorm with me!
the topics will be broken down into chapters like, and RIP chapter, a 'where are they now' chapter, etc. and this needs to be NON FICTION. in our case, truth is stranger than fiction.
i always knew i'd put together a book, and this is it. we will be approaching vic vale first for publishing.
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Re: old school sf/bay book starting
Sat, March 15, 2008 - 1:13 AMsounds good... I will have a few stories to tell... boy howdy!! :) -
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Re: old school sf/bay book starting
Tue, March 25, 2008 - 8:56 AMam coming to the city april 10-13; i am already getting totally booked up for fun stuff to do: nights, thurs: dire's band, razorblade monalisa; fri: anti-nowhere league; sat: shadow puppet theatre with angelique, who will also be helping out with the book and so we have palavering to commence. friday maybe i need to meet up with carey in bernal heights to look at flyers, mike tsongas and rach-o to talk about old times and inspire some stories, then over to the east bay at some point (maybe after ANL, to stay with my friend kiki) then spend the next day with joe %$&#ing judd and anathema device sorting through old fliers and pictures, i also want to meet up with jvmatucha that day for more of the same.
i think saturday will be my east bay day and then back to sf for shadow puppets sat. night, then hopefully i have somewhere to stay in the city that has really good internet connection so i can just roll off the couch and do my show at 10 AM sunday morning. after that, i am certain i will be more than ready to head home and collapse.
if i can fit in a sticker-spree in SF i will do so. we got the awesomeville.us stickers and though i only got 30 i hope to make good use of them, since the flyer campaign really upped our listener stats BIG TIME.
jayed and i will be coming down to the bay area together later in the month or early may to meet up with max wolf and vic vale, and hopefully getting together with bambi of the ex-mudwomen in petaluma on the way back up or down or maybe just another day. that will probably be a one-day thing, unless we figure out places to stay.
that's it for now...at some point i will make it down to one of portia's parties, whenever that is, and i want to hang out with my old friend (ancient) charisse. i'm sure there will be much more on the table in the future, so i want to be sure i get all of this managed so i don't end up not getting to it at all due to being extra busy.
oh also in the mix is possibly some stuff (definitely pics, i am waiting to hear back from kenny and should probably email again, we are old friends) from sally or kenny of the mutants, a piece for the LGBT punk section from ginger coyote, and i am waiting to hear back from john (contact through cinthea) who has a ton of pics and fliers as well. we also want to talk to ron turner (last gasp) who is a friend of jayed and mine, so maybe if we stay 2 days in the bay we can get to that.
*whew*
let me know if you brainstorm anyother things for me to do or people to contact. we need stories and pics from the vats, too.
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