Hey everyone!! Hope you’re all doing ok and surviving
through lockdown! It has finally given
me some time to produce my second ‘zine and I’m really excited about all the
things I have to share with you! Just
have a look at the front cover, for starters!!
So what’s new? For
this ‘zine I won’t be getting it printed out, at least not for a while! I’m including printing instructions on how to
make it an A5 booklet or you can just enjoy it on your pdf viewer. With that in mind, I’ve made everything but
the front cover black and white so that it doesn’t eat all your expensive
coloured ink! You’re welcome!!
I’ve also
gone a bit mad and have almost doubled the number of pages since the last zine, now at 40 pages and there’s loads of stuff on here that hasn’t been published anywhere else and
this will remain the only place you can read it, for example, the interviews
with Big Joanie and Deux Furieuses and also the article on the effects of
gentrification on the Birmingham music scene.
I'm so excited to be able to feature so many
amazing musicians, artists, labels, producers and gigs. Like I said, we've got interviews from Big
Joanie and Deux Furieuses, but also Gig Reviews of Sleater-Kinney and Bikini
Kill. I've spent quite a bit of time in
Birmingham this year at Supersonic Festival and at Die Das Der's Yr Welcome 5th
Birthday Party and have included a big section on Birmingham's Music (and Art)
scene. I look at other zines Vinyl Dyke
and I Wanna Be Yr Girl and review some books and records. There's also info on new releases to be found
on bandcamp and some news from my Spanish friends in the sun!
Also, with it
being print at home or viewable on a pdf reader, I've made it a bit
cheaper. Just £1.75 and if you order
both #001 and #002, you can have them for £2.25! Less than a coffee at Costas! So please, please, please support me by
buying it. I don't get any money for
doing this from anywhere else - I do it because I want to give all of the
amazing musicians, artists, labels, etc some exposure! Hope you enjoy it. Let me know what you think.
I’ll be doing a Launch Party Live Steam over on Facebooktonight, so drop by at 6 and see me chat about the ‘zine and maybe sing a song
or two! (I’ve never done a live stream
before so it could be interesting!! )
You can buy the 'zine here
Take Care and Stay Safe.
Stephanie xxxx