Nothing sets the time period in which this book was...

Nothing sets the time period in which this book was written more clearly than this:

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The book is talking about a zine directory called Factsheet Five.

I'd never heard of F5 before, but it appears to have been very influential in the early days.

I wonder if it (or a decedent) is still around?

1 Oct 2022 at 13:40 | Open on retro.social

Sounds like I need to find some more info on this Lancaster guy.

We fought hard to learn how to bind books ourselves. Lots of trial and error.

I wish I had a tutorial from a 90s Zinester when I started down that road. Maybe there's still things I can learn.

1 Oct 2022 at 13:49 | Open on retro.social

(I was supposed to stop reading a while ago, but I keep going because I'm fascinated. I guess that's the mark of a good book.)

1 Oct 2022 at 13:50 | Open on retro.social

Now they're talking about a self published book called Cigarette Boy.

I found some photos in this Adafruit blog review (even though I've soured on adafruit themselves, I appreciate the review)

It looks Beautiful, and I hope to encounter a copy (or a reprint or a scan) at some point in the near future.

1 Oct 2022 at 13:54 | Open on retro.social

Now they're talking about the Tape Beatles

Their works make extensive use of materials appropriated from various sources through a process they call "Plagiarism®".

Apparently their logo was the AT&T globe with mickey mouse ears.

I can't find it online, go figure.

1 Oct 2022 at 14:02 | Open on retro.social