Punk 'Zine Archive
As you may have noticed, I haven't been terribly inspired to post much lately. Seems like there's less and less fresh and interesting content out there on the Internets these days. An awful lot of good bloggers appear to have abandoned their sites in favor of tweeting, which I, quite frankly, have no interest in following (or doing).
However, I still stumble across the occasional gem, and the Punk Zine Archive weblog is a 24-carat lump of Cubic Zirconium mounted on an Iron Pyrite safety pin. It's just what it says it is, a huge collection of scanned punk 'zines from the Seventies and Eighties. Fascinating and addictive, you can easily waste a couple of hours here drooling over the fab guerilla artwork, amateur gig photography, and sophmoric, yet enthusiastic writing. I was both happy and sad to be reminded of a brief period in which a lot of people actually gave a shit about music, and wanted it to be something more than just the platform for vapid, Paula Abdul-blessed, cookie-cutter nitwits it's become today.
[Link: The Punk Zine Archive]
Comments
Just ran across your your blog. I read that you were in the Midwest. I have a South Seas style restaurant in Northern Indiana and I am looking for a web designer with a certain tiki flair. They are few and far between in Indiana. I didn't know what your profession was or if you could steer our ship in a South Seas direction.
Thanks,
Scott
Posted by: Scott Woods | January 23, 2010 8:51 AM
Scott, I can unhesitatingly recommend the web-design work of Michelle (Humuhumu) Whiting. She's designed a number of fantastic websites for various tiki bars in the Bay Area.
Great to hear that there's some Tiki/South Seas-style action happening in Indiana!
Posted by: MrBaliHai | January 23, 2010 9:05 AM
the girl on the cover of 'suburban relapse' may still be available if the restaurant work requires any demolition...
Posted by: johnny dollar | January 23, 2010 1:01 PM
Not a fan of the indie rock scene, are you? Too whiny/mellow/abstruse?
Posted by: rone | January 23, 2010 1:02 PM
@J$: I've seen a few waitresses in Minneapolis who look like her.
@rone: Hell, I'm pretty whiny/mellow/abstruse! I'd probably dig 'em.
Posted by: MrBaliHai | January 23, 2010 1:49 PM