Cafe Royal Subscriptions!

Cafe Royal Subscriptions!

via (title unknown) by jimigherkin on 10/5/10

Dear All,

We have re-introduced our subscription service. Last time it was very popular. Numbers are limited [as are the print runs of our titles]. We try to split our print runs fairly evenly between our shop, book fairs, subscriptions and distribution. subscriptions are strictly first-come-first-served.

We offer two types of subscription. One is a zine-only subscription, for 5 or 10 titles. The other is a monetary subscription, so you remain subscribed until the amount you submit has gone. Prices include reduced rate [-20%] publications and priority shipping, also reduced. Subscriptions can be bought as gifts and sent to an alternative address.

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Secret Prison #2

The Zinester's Guide to New York - New Release From Microcosm Publishing!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Whether you're looking for scam-able coffee or a place to grab a Japanese breakfast, art supplies, volunteer opportunities, or a 4-story Korean bathhouse, the Zinester's Guide to New York has it all. Anecdotal and opinionated, the ZG2NYC has listings from over twenty New York-based zine publishers, toiling under the benevolent umbrella of Ayun Halliday (Chief Primatologist of The East Village Inky zine, author of No Touch Monkey!) "The best way to experience the city is to really participate in it," Halliday says. "Why watch the parade when you can march in it? People should know that they can guest bartend, play bike polo in Sara Roosevelt Park, create a public park in a parking space on National Park(ing) Day, and submit the 5-minute movies they shoot on the boardwalk to next year's Coney Island Film Festival." Like our Portland guide, the pocket-size NYC book is divided into illustrated, user friendly sections (Bars! Pizza! Historic buildings! Veggie options! Open mics! Craft supplies! The keys to low-budget NYC romance!) that give up the goods for first-timers and native New Yorkers alike.

Thanks!
Microcosm Publishing

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SOMNAMBULIST #16

from Randy Spaghetti by noreply@blogger.com (Randy Spaghetti)

SOMNAMBULIST #16
$3
POB 14871
Portland, OR 97293
marthagrover@hotmail.com
Another wonderful collection of short stories, poems, essays, and drawings from Martha Grover. The stories, which are set in the Pacific Northwest, are an interesting mix of fact and fiction and it’s up to the reader to decide which is which. I really enjoyed reading about the Columbia River gorge and her historical/conservationist perspective on it. I love that drive, and consider it to be arguably the most scenic stretch of interstate highway in America, which sounds like an oxymoron, until you’ve driven it. This is a pretty bare bones cut & paste zine packed with attitude and a hell of a lot of talent.

Jerk Store #7

from Blackguard

52 pages, digest size, $?, PO Box 284, Maylands WA 6931, AUSTRALIA +++ jerkstorehq(at)gmail.com
Totally bitchin' punk rock zine assembled by Alex (interviews and reviews) and Kelly (design/layout and interviews) who have recently moved from the UK to Perth, WA. (That's good for us, not so good for the UK, ha ha!)
First of all, this is such a cool looking zine, with terrific design and layout.
Second of all, the band interviews are terrific. Alex and Kelly seem to live and breathe punk rock and it shows. It's like they're sitting around with these bands in the back yard shooting the shit over six-packs. They get some great and funny replies too, like this one from Perth band Chilling Winston when asked about the local scene:
Christian: "...I personally think we should have band vs. band sack races to decide who gets support slots. Or maybe a Halo tournament or some shit, I'd school all the noobs in town and before you know it, CHILLING WINSTON will be supporting every punk band."
Other bands interviewed: Rumspringer (US), The Arteries (UK), The Hextalls (Canada) and Grim Fandango (Australia).
Alex writes a pretty cool editorial too along with a couple of rants (or, as he calls 'em, 'Paranoid Chants').
Finally there's eight pages of record reviews. Each one is short and sharp (like the punk tunes they describe), and fun to read. Alex has a wicked sense of humour. Most importantly perhaps, these reviews really worked on me - by the end of 'em I had circled at least five albums to hunt down as soon as possible.
[Alex also sent me Jerk Store #6 which I've just started to read (#7 took me all week! It's really meaty, and I read it cover to cover), it has interviews with XOXO, Underground Railroad to Candyland, Virgins, Off With Their Heads, and The Dopamines.]

First World Youth Culture Problems To Be Addressed Volume 5

from Blackguard

[28 pages, digest size, $2.00, Nick Burns, firstworldyouthproblems (at) gmail.com ]
During one of the few times at the zine fair last Sunday when I took a break from Blackguard *power selling* and walked around checking out other zines, I walked past this wild-looking guy's table, so I had to stop and say hello and find out what he was up to, zine-wise. His table was pretty wild too, totally covered with zines. That was one of the things I said to him, "Holy shit, it looks like you've got half a million zines here!" He said, "Nope! Just seven zines, but they're all folded out to different pages so people can check 'em out better!" Then he started telling me about his zine (since I asked about it) but it was hard to follow since he was talking so fast. He was manic. I liked him immediately. I told him I wrote zine reviews so he gave me a whole bunch, in fact the first five issues of his zine, First World Youth Culture Problems To Be Addressed.
I only had to read this zine for ten seconds before I knew what this zine was: 100% BITCHIN' AWESOME. Articles like 'How 2 Make A Zine' and 'Things You Can Do On The Internet' are funny and informative at the same time. 'How The World Works' offers a penetrating insight into not only our modern world, but the author's complex worldview.
There's no question that The Youth are more powerful and influential than at any time in history (except maybe for the Ancient Egyptians and Romans, who could rule the world as early as age 10), so this excellent zine is perfect for us consigned-to-the-archives, washed-up, burnt-out, over-the-hill has-beens (that is, anybody over 25).
[More reviews of FWYCPTBA soon.]

Interview: Vanessa Davis Pt. 1

Race Revolt 5

Boarding All Rows (No. 1) - A Travel Photography Zine

Jumbly Junkery #9

Future

MACARONS ARE NOT MACAROONS

Les Carnets de Rastapoulos #7

Les Carnets de Rastapoulos #7
8 1/2" x 7", 16 pages, free
A true computer-free, cut-n-paste zine by a self-proclaimed "old school zine maker" from Canada. Inside you'll find two short bios: one about William Topaz McGonagall, the unabashed worst poet ever, which was quite entertaining to read, and the other about Pope Alexander VI, which was quite disturbing to read. Also included is a feature on the Faroe Islands, which apparently is part of an ongoing series about obscure islands. The people of the Faroe Islands are subject to the Danish goverment, but this essay tells a compelling story about how participation in competitive soccer allows these islands to express their nationhood and gives the islanders something to cheer for. This is a fun zine with a classic look, and best of all it's educational. Robert says that "anyone who writes for a copy will get one," so write!
Robert, 7 Larch St. Suite 2, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1R 6W4

LES CARNETS DE RASTOPOPOULOS #7

from Randy Spaghetti by noreply@blogger.com (Randy Spaghetti)
LES CARNETS DE RASTOPOPOULOS #7
2-7 Larch Street
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
KIR6W4
Rarely have I encountered a zine-intro wherein the author doesn’t make excuses for why it took so long for that particular issue to come out, myself definitely included. This author, however, has by far the most legit excuse I’ve seen yet, and pictures to prove it. Someone drove a mini-van through his living room, thus rendering him homeless for six months. Now that he’s back in action he’s put out Les Carnets De Rastapopoulos #7. This zine is composed almost entirely of mini history essays. He doesn’t give much lead-in and jumps immediately into the subject matter. Subjects covered, William Topaz McGonagall-the world’s worst poet, Pope Alexander VI-an unrepentant murderous swashbuckler, and the history of the Faroe Islands struggle to gain independence from Denmark through the use of World Cup Soccer. I really enjoyed the articles and found a lot of useful information throughout. My only personal critique of the Faroe Island essay would be the failure to mention the brutal annual slaughter of pilot whales by the Faroese which, in my opinion, renders their sovereignty plee worthless until it stops. But that’s just me being really pissed off about it. The zine, however, is great.

Sex Is Weird

from Blackguard

[12 pages, digest size, $?, Philip Dearest, wowphilip (at) gmail.com +++ www.boobookittyfuck.deviantart.com ]
Filth! Disgusting! That's what somebody might shout if you showed 'em this crude little zine, but not me. I never get tired of looking at drawings of pee pees and wee wees, especially when they're connected to such bizarro drawings as these. Naked house-wearing people having sex; scared-looking penis and vagina people; a girl covered in breasts, penises and vaginas; a tree growing out of a woman's anus; and other drawings I won't even try to describe. What does it all mean? Who cares? It sure is some kind of perverse nirvana.

LC Zine Library

From Zines to Blogs and Beyond: Eco-Activist Mark Hand Stays Above the Fray (Interview)

Blackguard #3: the Crime Issue

Half the volume of the previous issue, and still more zine that you usually get for $5. I thought this issue was weaker than the last, (but the previous “Father” issue would be a hard act to follow in any case.) Two things I love about this publication are the variety of interpretations of the subject matter, and the personal stories, which give it depth beyond the typical collection of sick/weird comics. At half the size, this issue was expediently less.

$5.00AUSD (within Aust) or $5.00US (World)
PayPal OK to sstratu (at) gmail.com.
(Trades OK too.)

Stuart Stratu
Blackguard
PO Box 93
Paddington NSW 2021
AUSTRALIA