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READ covers fiction, fanzines, zines with no fans except for us, websites, blogs, magazines, artist's books and other independent releases. Chances are, if it's been published then we know about it and chances are, if it's not in FourThousand, then we didn't like it. READ is for people who were born with ink in their veins and a fat balding critic on their shoulder. READ has also created more best-sellers than Oprah's Book Club and more wannabe to be writers than Hunter S Thompson.
Mozipedia: The Encyclopaedia of Morrissey and the Smiths
I used to despise Morrissey. I don't know what it was but he really got under my skin. Perhaps it was chin, I don't know, but I couldn't stand the sight of him. Of course, the more I ignored him the closer he got; I was wasting my time. Now I'm one his biggest gayest fans. I even know people who've touched him.
Star: The Life & Wild Times of Warren Beatty
Whether depicting Robert Altman's fondness for whorehouse blowjobs in Easy Riders, Raging Bulls or character assassinating Harvey Weinstein in Down and Dirty Pictures, Peter Biskind has a tendency for getting sued. Now he's readied his lawyers for the release of Star: The Life & Wild Times of Warren Beatty.
Tiny Vices Books
We live in tiny apartments on tiny budgets. We can't afford giant works of art selling for giant sums of money.
What we can afford are small, beautifully crafted books and zines, cataloguing more works of art in a six-inch stretch of bookshelf than we could ever afford in wall space. Though more expensive than a Whopper value meal, as far as luxury goes, these are our "tiny" vices.
Cassette From My Ex: Stories and Soundtracks of Lost Loves
Mixtapes were, without a doubt, the best thing about the 20th Century. The Theory of Relativity, Cornflakes, Penicillin, teabags, sporks, velcro, crayons and the frisbee were all quite impressive inventions, but I'm sure you'll agree there's a clear winner here. Where was the frisbee when you were clumsily trying to hammer your angsty teenage feelings into a shape another person might understand, hmmm? Where was Einstein when your 'soulmate' dumped you for that dude with the hair? Did Penicillin save you when you were so sick with love you sang 'The End of the Road' 17 times on a deserted beach? No.
Other People's Love Letters
With the Hallmark day for love fast approaching it got me thinking, what is it that fills a love letter with the ‘ZaZaZu'? Other People's Love Letters is 150 texts, emails, letters, scrawls on pieces of crumpled paper, post it notes and telegrams all concerned with the complexities of modern relationships.
Weekly zine review #3 - 'YOU'
Nobody writes letters anymore. Except Luke You. This week I picked up the latest issue, sat down with a tea and read for the first time about how he's been plagued with crippling doubt. Unusual, I thought. At some point he realised he would be playing the first gig in a long time as lead guitarist and my anonymous hard working zine hero has appeared to suffer a freak out.
Weekly zine review #2 - Comic of Smallness
For those who know that Less is More, feel that the 50c coin is way oversized and get frustrated with the clunkiness of mobile phones these days, Green Comix presents to you the Comic of Smallness. Nano technology is finally here and it's 32 miniature pages where the only thing oversized is the staple holding it together and the dandy dog character's earplugs.
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