ZINES

Zipper Full of Scrotum

Zine: Zipper Full of Scrotum
Issue: unknown
Created by: Duncan Scott Davidson
Format: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Where: Fremont, CA
When: 1990

It was always such a pleasure to get a Nor-Cal Swami zine in the mail. Even his one-offs, like this micro zine Zipper Full of Scrotum, were packed with the kind of shit that potentially-college-bound art-school students wished they could come up with. It was counterculture in a way that graffiti and wheat-paste posters and stickers could never be. "A phallic symbol" or "How I met Country Bob at 7-11 one fine morning" hits home for this kid from Emporia, Kansas.

Notes: This was printed on yellow paper. I have additional, Swami micro-zine pages in green and pink paper that were not stapled into this issue... they were loose. I don't remember if they were a separate one-off (Shithump?) from The Swami or if I cut and pasted some things from here and have misplaced the pages. I've included what I have here. Burn Victim and Electrician are fantastic stories.

Marcel Marceau's Speach Therapist

Marcel Marceau's Speach Therapist.

Zine: Marcel Marceau's Speach Therapist
Issue: unknown
Created by: Duncan Scott Davidson
Where: Fremont, CA
When: 1990

Is speech misspelled in this title? Who cares? Marcel Marceau couldn't speak anyway, and The Swami knew that when he created this one-off from his regular zine Gus. It IS kind of an art thing, and you probably wouldn't understand.

Notes: Most people don't know who Marcel Marceau was.

Rip Zine

Rip Zine.

Zine: Rip Zine
Issue: unknown
Created by: Terry Nourse
Format: 8 1/2" x 14"
Where: Oakdale, MN
When: 1989

This one starts with a letters section to Terry, a good zine review piece, and then busts right into a multi-page piece on a street contest at Rampage, an indoor park. There are some great images in here, but that halftone screen makes the photos look like they were shot with a Sony Mavica circa 1981.

Notes: Such weird halftone use in this issue. Sometimes chunkier than others, and sometimes not used at all.

Rip Zine

Rip Zine.

Zine: Rip Zine
Issue: unknown
Created by: Terry Nourse
Format: 8 1/2" x 14"
Where: Oakdale, MN
When: 1990

Canada scene review! Well, actually, it's just about Winnipeg, Manitoba, but a great piece by Ken Paul. There's a weird ad for Cafe Racer Sportswear, available at most local motorcycle shops. Anyone? Super photo heavy ending to this issue, it's a fantastic visual to the end of the 80s and the beginning of the 90s freestyle scene.

Notes: Pretty sure there's one scooter freestyle photo in here.