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86'd Stories: Interview with bouncer Frankie Clinton
Jennifer Blowdryer
01.27.10
George Orwell recounts his experience of being shot while fighting in the Spanish Civil War: "Roughly speaking it was the sensation of being at the center of an explosion. There seemed to be a loud bang and a blinding flash of light all round me, and I felt a tremendous shock––no pain, only a violent shock, such as you get from an electric terminal; with it a sense of utter weakness, a feeling of being stricken and shriveled up to nothing." Here Frankie Clinton describes what it was like to be stabbed while working as a bouncer outside a Manhattan night club. His advice on human interaction is essential reading for any potential bouncers out there and for fans of workplace tourism. Learn more about Jennifer Blowdryer's 86'd project here.
86'd Stories: Rob Shapiro
Jennifer Blowdryer
12.13.09
Jennifer Blowdryer, editor of Good Advice for Young Trendy People of All Ages (Manic D), brings us this interview with Rob Shapiro, twin brother of comedian Rick Shapiro, in which he discusses purse snatching, sexiest life guard competitions, ass-less hospital gowns, the heyday of Studio 54, making out covered in blood and betrayal by trusted service workers. At least three bodily fluids make cameo appearances. Also, in a previous installment of 86'd Stories, Sammy Reid and Jeff Dickinson discuss hustling, speed and Bellevue. Art by Danny Jock.
86'd Stories: Sammy Reid and Jeff Dickinson
Jennifer Blowdryer
10.17.09
Over the last several years, Jennifer Blowdryer has been conducting an oral history project of friends and acquaintances who have been 86'd -- kicked out and never allowed to return -- from various places: restaurants, bars, apartments, houses of celebrities, computer hardware stores and others. In this first of three installments Sammy Reid talks about one of his many evictions and Jeff Dickinson tells a tale of lost shoes, stolen gas masks and the Bellevue psychiatric ward.
Riding the Hoboken Ferry
Pete Hausler
09.03.09
When the world you live in is a world that's constantly shifting (i.e. New York City) it's good to have an anchoring voice that grounds you back in the ways that things once were before the hipsters started taking over and changing the landscape. Pete Hausler waxes a nostalgia of sorts, riding the Hoboken Ferry from the city back to the Mile Square City, home of The Feelies and Maxwell's, remembers times when he was just a young'un picking up girls and feeling a little Kerouacian on his lunch break from work. Hausler meanders between Kerouac and Blaise Cendrars in the piece, melding his own writing style with theirs while conjuring up some terrific scenery of times past, and wraps it all into a seemingly innocuous and everyday break from his day job. Art by Danny Jock.
Talk Show 28 with Thomas Beller, Joshua Furst, Elizabeth Graver, Dave King, and Binnie Kirshenbaum
Jaime Clarke
07.29.09
Long buried in a trash heap in Georgia are most of the presidential physical fitness awards I won as a kid during the Reagan administration. Learned back then while trying to run the mile part of the test that I had asthma; still I managed to eek it out for the Gipper. When older and "punk", and a bit smashed, I took some of these and other trophies and hit them with a baseball bat over the backyard fence into the rear lot of the A & P grocery store. Ah... awards. Well in this episode of Talk Show, # 28, host Jaime Clarke talks to authors Thomas Beller, Joshua Furst, Elizabeth Graver, Dave King, and Binnie Kirshenbaum about their memories of awards, more specifically blue ribbons. Art by Danny Jock. -CM
Talk Show 27 with Daphne Beal, Charles Bock, Emily Chenoweth, John McNally, Irina Reyn and Peter Trachtenberg
Jaime Clarke
07.02.09
Jaime Clarke talks to authors Daphne Beal, Charles Bock, Emily Chenoweth, John McNally, Irina Reyn and Peter Trachtenberg about things from the past they might like to see return to the present (in some form or fashion) and why - from manual typewriters, to wooly mammoths, to classic Woody Allen dinner parties, to something akin to the workers movement known as The Wobblies...the answers in this episode are as varied as anyone might be expected to produce. Art By Danny Jock.
Talk Show 26 with Aimee Bender, David Leavitt, Dennis Lehane, Sam Lipsyte, Peter Rock, Dana Spiotta, A.J. Verdelle
Jaime Clarke
06.16.09
Long before buying a record myself, there were a couple of LPs I took on as my own (besides Urban Chipmunk, Tom T. Hall and yes, Peter Rock, the K-Tel stuff); 1) the first Kiss LP I convinced my dad to buy around the time their solo albums were coming out, and 2) Funkadelic's One Nation Under A Groove (that was the one that folded out with the naked lady on the inside right?). Well I was obsessed with the art, the nakedness, the makeup (in Kiss's case) as much as the music, and while not always a good rule of thumb (think Insane Clown Posse) often if the art or makeup is wild, then the music (your ass) follows. Here in Talk Show 26, host Jaime Clarke chats with authors Aimee Bender, David Leavitt, Dennis Lehane, Sam Lipsyte, Peter Rock, Dana Spiotta, and A.J. Verdelle about their first favorite albums. Art by Danny Jock. -CM
Talk Show 25 with Brian Evenson, Lev Grossman, Elizabeth McCracken, Karen Shepard, & Gary Shteyngart
Jaime Clarke
05.20.09
A treat and a milestone, TS#25 came in on my birthday, May Day, but is just now going up as we're a little ahead of ourselves in the Talk Show arena. Danny's gone bat shit prolific with the drawings and Jaime's ever surprising with the authors he brings in, like Brian Evenson, a fave, and the amazing rest, including Lev Grossman, Elizabeth McCracken, Karen Shepard, and Absurdistan author Gary Shteyngart. The focus of the chat is a blast too, a sort of Rorschach sans the drippy subterfuge - Clarke simply asks: what's the big "irrational fear?" So get prepped to laugh, relate or cringe along. Woody Allen's sold the spiel that all writers are neurotic as hell, so see for yourself with this Whitman Sampler...
Talk Show 24 with Leah Hager Cohen, Joshua Ferris, Alice Mattison, and Ann Packer
Jaime Clarke
04.30.09
Hate to set these blurbs up with the personal (CM here), but when I think of first apartments not sure whether to count the one at the New School I dropped out of after the first semester (four of us in the dorm, each with their own addiction- booze, coke, pot and heroin, made for nice company, nobody messing with each others stuff really, except the booze...and the pot, oh and sometimes the...). Or the next in LA that I paid $200 a month for with a murphy bed, splitting the space with a friend sleeping next to me on the floor on a futon, a couch separating. Writing table in the closet was a good hideout for when the other had a date. Ah the good old days! Anyway, host Jaime Clarke talks here in TS24 to authors Leah Hager Cohen, Joshua Ferris, Alice Mattison, and Ann Packer about their first apartments. Enjoy. Art by Danny Jock
Talk Show 23: with Jenna Blum, Julia Glass, Nellie Hermann and Matthew Pearl
Jaime Clarke
04.04.09
In Talk Show 23, that magical number, host Jaime Clarke gives authors Jenna Blum, Julia Glass, Nellie Hermann and Matthew Pearl a forum to bitch a little about something that they think is overrated currently, be it oh...what's the big buzz these days? Twittering? Or how about good old fashioned Facebook? or maybe it's the still hottest Eastern fitness trend (hmm what could that be?) that makes a certain writer's skin crawl. And what about text messaging? Isn't that some rotten thing we've all gotten snookered into? Then there's iThis and iThat... Answers, complaints and suggestions are all filed here. Art by Danny Jock.
Talk Show 22: Allison Amend, Ryan Boudinot, Francie Lin, Ed Park, Heidi Pitlor & Nathaniel Rich
Jaime Clarke
02.25.09
Cartoons, let's see: Droopy, Huckleberry hound, Smurfs, Battlestar Galactica...too many to name. Could always get my own bowl of Fruit Loops at the crack of dawn to get cracked up on, but just as cornbread and iced tea took the place of pills and 90 proof for old Bocephus, I'm more soy milk and granola these days, and regretfully couldn't say what's on the tube Saturday mornings. Anyway, let's see what these authors remember about their favorite toons as our host Jaime Clarke talks to Allison Amend, Ryan Boudinot, Francie Lin, Ed Park, Heidi Pitlor and Nathaniel Rich. Art by Danny Jock.
Talk Show 21: with Sven Birkerts, Lisa Gabriele, Yael Goldstein Love & Adrienne Miller
Jaime Clarke
01.15.09
Venturing backwards in time might be a thrill if you have a certain neoclassical fetishism, a thing for late 19th century mining towns, a penchant for playing "scullery maid" and so on, but damn those fleas and lack of modern dental floss! In TS 21 host Jaime Clarke talks with authors Sven Birkerts, Lisa Gabriele, Yael Goldstein Love & Adrienne Miller about where and when on the dial they'd set their reverse-only time machines to if given the chance. Art by Danny Jock.
Talk Show 20: with Will Allison, Rebecca Donner, Ron McLarty, & Ben Schrank
Jaime Clarke
12.22.08
Well here's a stocking stuffer for everyone, Talk Show 20, a nice round milestone for us here at Fanzine. In this episode host Jaime Clarke get authors Will Allison, Rebecca Donner, Ron McLarty, & Ben Schrank to spill the beans on their most embarrasing moments. The truths uncovered aren't just pissing in the wind. Art by Danny Jock.
Talk Show 19 with David Ebershoff, Sheridan Hay, Amy MacKinnon, Kirsten Menger-Anderson & Roxana Robinson
Jaime Clarke
11.05.08
In this episode of Talk Show host Jaime Clarke talks to authors David Ebershoff, Sheridan Hay, Amy MacKinnon, Kirsten Menger-Anderson and Roxana Robinson on the subject of subjects - doubt - whether the printed book is “dead,” whether there’s an afterlife? a God? the validity of the effectiveness of disinfectant wipes and other would be illusions looming on the horizon. Art by Danny Jock.
Talk Show 18 with Chris Bohjalian, Joshua Henkin, Perrin Ireland, Aryn Kyle, Kelly McMasters
Jaime Clarke
09.30.08
First dates can range from the love-kindling I-just-met-my-future-spouse variety to the more common awkard, sweaty-palmed anticlimaxes of angsty teendom (or older). Some had their first dates in elementary school and some in college, but these writers all remember the blood, sweat and tears of their first dates very well. Host Jaime Clarke does the questioning, while Danny Jock serves up the art.
Talk Show 17 with Jennifer Haigh, Margot Livesey, Mark Jude Poirier, Stacey Richter, Daniel Wallace
Jaime Clarke
09.10.08
Winnebagos and chickens, Jesus and Disneyland, beach people selling VCRs, fearing and loathing (or trying anyway), and picking blackberries for Tom Robbins (he's another roadside attraction), these are just some of the images revealed in Talk Show 17 as host Jaime Clarke talks to authors Jennifer Haigh, Margot Livesey, Mark Jude Poirier, Stacey Richter, and Daniel Wallace about their most memorable road trips. Art by Danny Jock.
Talk Show #16 with Elizabeth Crane, Michael Dahlie, Tony D' Souza, and Salvatore Scibona
Jaime Clarke
08.12.08
In this gadget edition of Talk Show, host Jaime Clarke asks his participants about the technology that changed their lives—pens, toilets, sewing machines, and televisions—for better or for worse. Art by Danny Jock.
Talk Show #15 with Kevin Brockmeier, Sloane Crosley, Sophie Gee, Samantha Hunt, and Melissa Pritchard
Jaime Clarke
07.17.08
Host Jaime Clarke talks to authors Kevin Brockmeier, Sloane Crosley, Sophie Gee, Samantha Hunt, and Melissa Pritchard and asks them, if they could overcome the constraints of time and talk to any person from history, who would it be and why? And under what circumstances? Like if you could teleport back and see Arthur Rimbaud as the Parisian poet wiz kid and then catch him later as the sunburnt 30 something colonialist - ask if he enjoyed any of what he laid out for himself in A Season in Hell... ah but that's neither here nor there, for what's dreamed up here. Listen to what these authors come up with. Art by Danny Jock
The Spot
Larry O'Connor
07.04.08
In France they celebrate Bastille Day, in O.N.A.N. they recognize Interdependence Day, and in America we toast the Fourth of July. For your holiday viewing, Larry O'Connor delivers a wry song of himself and the nation. And Larry's car. Art by Danny Jock.
Talk Show 14 with Elisa Albert, Anita Diamant, Michael Lowenthal & Jim Shepard
Jaime Clarke
06.02.08
What is your generational moment?...That collectively binding experience that those roughly your own age can instantly recall with vivid, almost photgraphic abhorant pain or glee (well generally, as here, these moments tend toward those that produce the former emotion rather than the latter). Host Jaime Clarke moderates the talk around the topic with writers Elisa Albert, Anita Diamant, Michael Lowenthal & Jim Shepard. Art by Danny Jock.
Talk Show 13: with Kiara Brinkman, Bret Anthony Johnston, Fiona Maazel & Margo Rabb
Jaime Clarke
05.13.08
We've all been caught in lies, from big whales of tales to the little white ones, lies of all kinds (of course unless you're some kind of deity and in which case you'd probably scare the b'jesus outta me). So here in lucky topic 13 of Talk Show, host Jaime Clarke talks to authors Kiara Brinkman, Bret Anthony Johnston, Fiona Maazel & Margo Rabb about their recollections of some of lies they've been busted for. Art by Danny Jock.
Talk Show 12: with Quinn Dalton, Owen King, Adam Langer, Nelly Reifler
Jaime Clarke
04.28.08
Andy Warhol has boxes and boxes of stuff in a museum in Pittsburgh, the detria of his daily doings, almost everything he touched that wasn't otherwise sold as "art." Somewhere in space Voyager carries with it a gold record containing the tunes of Chuck Berry and Beethoven. It's rumored that Walt Disney (or at least his brain) is cryogenically stored somewhere, and here, in Talk Show 12, host Jaime Clarke asks writers Quinn Dalton, Owen King, Adam Langer and Nelly Reifler what they would leave behind in a time capsule given a limited choice. Art by Danny Jock.
Talk Show 11: with Jon Clinch, Don Lee, Robert Anthony Siegel, Alix Strauss, & Sean Wilsey
Jaime Clarke
04.13.08
My first car was a '76 Toyota Corolla "Honcho" station wagon, bright orange with faux wood siding. You could start it with a butter knife and when going down hills you could turn it in such a way that it would slide like a good grind on a skateboard. Threw a rod on it, then it sat till the Chatahoochee flooded it... Anyway, this ain't my story... Jaime Clarke talks to writers Jon Clinch, Don Lee, Robert Anthony Siegel, Alix Strauss, and Sean Wilsey about their first automobiles. Art by Danny Jock.
Talk Show 10: with Brock Clarke, Elizabeth Gaffney, Felicia Sullivan, and Jen Trynin
Jaime Clarke
03.26.08
Well we've all had 'em, shitty jobs, and more often than not that's been the case for those illustrious folks self-proclaimed as or who have otherwise earned the title "writer."...because writing, often doesn't pay, well, shit. Or that's this editor's experience anyway. But enough from the blurber, let's hear the shizzle on scheisse jobs from a batch of fine true writers - Brock Clarke, Elizabeth Gaffney, Felicia C. Sullivan, and Jen Trynin, all in conversation with host Jaime Clarke. Art by Danny Jock.
Talk Show 9: with Jami Attenberg, Adam Braver, Nina de Gramont, Ann Hood, and Moon Unit Zappa
Jaime Clarke
03.02.08
Got any spring break plans yet? Well, what about your strikethrough list of places not to visit? Host Jaime Clarke talks with authors Jami Attenberg, Adam Braver, Nina de Gramont, Ann Hood, and Moon Unit Zappa about places they plan never to go to. Art by Danny Jock.
Talk Show 8 with Allison Lynn, Joshua Neuman, Thisbe Nissen, Dan Pope, and Rachel Sherman
Jaime Clarke
01.30.08
In the new Talk Show Jaime Clarke leads the gab with authors Allison Lynn, Joshua Neuman, Thisbe Nissen, Dan Pope, and Rachel Sherman. The theme this time around is "family myths." They say truth is sometimes stranger than fiction, but is your family as disfunctional as the folks on Seinfeld? Or wish they were? Find out about a family who does and more in Talk Show 8. Art by Danny Jock.
An Interview with Stoya
Brandon Stosuy
01.18.08
Brandon Stosuy returns with an interview of another of the bright new pornographers (no not the Canadian band) following his exclusive with Sasha Grey (who just won AVN performer of the year!). This time around we meet 21 year old sex star/entrepreneur Stoya. Stoya makes her own rubber clothes, reads a ton, blogs on social networking sites like God's Girls, and has no patience for bad Metallica covers.
Talk Show 7: Julianna Baggott, Lisa Borders, Maria Flook, Antonya Nelson, Darin Strauss
Jaime Clarke
01.08.08
It's Talk Show time again, and in episode 7 Jaime Clarke talks to authors Julianna Baggot, Lisa Borders, Maria Flook, Antonya Nelson and Darin Strauss about the most monumentally significant pop culture moments in their lives. Art by Danny Jock, who explains in defense of the somewhat baldness of his Tricky Dick spector that "ghosts don't have hair, silly..."
Don't Drink The Creek Water: JT's Southern Hospitality
Nick Sylvester
12.29.07
9 out of 10 Fanziners agree, Justin Timberlake is hands down the most talented ex-Mouskateer of them all! But does that mean the southern bred gentleman has the Midas touch with any ol' thing (like the restaurant business)? Nick Sylvester makes it a few months late to the opening party for Southern Hospitality, Timberlake's co-owned BBQ joint in Manhattan - but Hospitality is taking reservations for a New Years bash, so if you missed their opener too, come on down, but good luck spotting JT. Art by Danny Jock.
Talk Show 6: Susan Cheever, Rachel Kadish, Daphne Kalotay, Mameve Medwed, Hannah Tinti, Vendela Vida
Jaime Clarke
12.17.07
In Talk Show 6, Jaime Clarke asks authors Susan Cheever, Rachel Kadish, Mameve Medwed, Hannah Tinti, and Vendela Vida to conjure memories of their first day of school. Art by Danny Jock.
Talk Show 5: with Maud Casey, Myla Goldberg, Karl Iagnemma, Christopher Sorrentino
Jaime Clarke
11.26.07
In the 5th installment of Talk Show, Fanzine's regular hot seat thing-a-ma-jig for writers, host Jaime Clarke speaks with authors Maud Casey, Myla Goldberg, Karl Iagnemma and Christopher Sorrentino. The conversation is framed by this challenge: "Name an historical event you wish you would've witnessed/participated in and why." Art by Danny Jock.
Megaphone Guy & The Deadly Snark
Nick Sylvester
11.19.07
Genius grant recipient, satirist, and short story writer George Saunders released his first non-fiction essay collection, The Braindead Megaphone, earlier this Fall. In the title essay, Saunders discusses the fatal flaws of mainstream news media and sends it up in the process - not unlike what Gawker Media set out to do with The Gawker Guide To Conquering All Media, the internet company's first foray into print. Nick Sylvester examines both efforts and decides which was more successful. Art by Danny Jock.
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Ben Arnold
11.07.07
In Arnold's new top 10 (top 8 sometimes, I don't know...is that number copyrighted by Letterman?) column, he gets a tad lazy and simply lists from a crazy spam email he received promising free stuff stuff that you can get online that is way better than the new Radiohead album "In Rainbows". Art by Danny Jock.
Talk Show 4 with T Cooper, Lisa Selin Davis, Ellen Litman, Elissa Schappell, and Amanda Eyre Ward
Jaime Clarke
11.01.07
Talk Show 4 theme? - childhood hero. It's surprising and I guess telling who some writers' heroes of youth were and why. I mean T-Cooper? Everyone who's read this seems to ask wait, what about Radar, or that guy in drag? In any case, M*A*S*H* to most of my generation was in general a stay up late re-run privelege that tended to bleed into the burdensome when older fanatics hogged control of the remote, in a post prime time herb and Cheetohs induced existential coma. But it's a great unexpected off the waller (the young sly Alda) and there's a good variety of heoric fanfare from a fine selection of writers this month. Hosted by Jaime Clarke and with art as usual by Danny Jock.
TALK SHOW 3: with Mike Albo, David Hollander, Molly Jong-Fast, Lewis Robinson, and Wesley Stace
Jaime Clarke
10.02.07
In the third installment of Talk Show, the game show where contestants...I mean the forum where writers are asked about everything else but writing, host Jaime Clarke leads a discussion around the topic - "first kiss." Art by Danny Jock.
Be Your Own Boss: A Retrospective on Kurbside Kitchens
Nick Sylvester
09.30.07
In Nick Sylvester's latest food column, he digs up memories of working for his father's food service business, Kurbside Kitchen, relating the misery of sweeping warehouse floors, spotting his first bearded lady, his father's painful illness and shiftless workers in his employ—one with a startling secret.
Talk Show 2: with Steve Almond, Emily Franklin, Lydia Millet, and Neal Pollack
Jaime Clarke
09.06.07
In the second episode of Talk Show, the monthly Fanzine feature where writers talk about anything except for writing, our guests discuss movies they would like to remake. Illustrations by Danny Jock.
No Pomp Just Circumstance: Notes on Two Weeks of Croatian Dining
Nick Sylvester
08.28.07
Nick Sylvester travels to Croatia, wines and dines on squid (complete with ink), pasta and fresh sea bass - what the locals call branzin, and ultimately makes all our stomachs growl with envy.
Letter from London
Scott Bradfield
08.12.07
Like Henry James, another American novelist who never felt at home in the New World, Scott Bradfield decided to move to London. After three decades there, he can tell you exactly what he loves and doesn't love about his adopted city. We're honored to welcome one of our greatest living writers to Fanzine—a national treasure even if he doesn't want us.
Talk Show 1: with Tod Goldberg, Pagan Kennedy, Rick Moody, and Elizabeth Searle
Jaime Clarke
08.01.07
When you'd like to know what model typewriter your favorite author prefers or in which room of her split-level country estate she line edits, the Paris Review's legendary interviews are your first-stop resource. But where do you go when you want to find out what writers think about, well, everything else besides writing? Welcome to Talk Show, a new monthly feature moderated by novelist Jaime Clarke, where writers chat like everyday people. In our inaugural episode, Tod Goldberg, Pagan Kennedy, Rick Moody, and Elizabeth Searle share memories of their first concert experiences. Illustrations by Danny Jock.
Copycat's Cradle: Milon Vs. Panna II and General Impressions of Curry Row
Nick Sylvester
07.02.07
In Nick Sylvester's second food column for Fanzine, he wonders aloud the possibilities that the two fixtures of Curry Row share the same kitchen, while at the same time, dismantles seat cushions at a neighboring restaurant, gets gregarious with the barkers outside the dueling Milon and Panna II, and enjoys a Hindi birthday party or two or three.
Falafel Stars of the Village
Nick Sylvester
05.10.07
As rents rise, affordable eats can still be found in New York's East Village, and the most abundant and delicious deal of the hood is the falafel sandwich. Nick Sylvester indulges himself and us with a wrapup on these wraps (with special props to OFS maestro Mohamed, pictured in the title shot).
Bill O'Reilly's Great Fast Forward
Michael Louie
10.17.06
I feel one attempt at my own preemption is validated in the face of all the bad news in the world about North Korea testing nuclear bombs and an impotent U.N. standing by with sanctions they cannot hope to enforce. Speaking of preemption, with mid-term elections three weeks away, Republicans are already refining various conspiracy theories in the event they lose the House and Senate. Bill O'Reilly says it's North Korea's fault. -MKL
Sasha Grey: Dawn of Porn Star (interview)
Brandon Stosuy
09.22.06
Brandon Stosuy debuts his porn column with a revealing interview with one of the industry's brightest (and youngest) stars - Sasha Grey, an uninhibited entrepreneur who plays left-handed guitar, appreciates a fine single malt, and experimental fiction from Burroughs to Mark Danielewski. (Note: some links not suitable for those under 18... if you are under 18 don't click further.)
10 Places Gone From Old New York
Lorenzo de Los Angeles
04.16.06
As New York rapidly changes, artists Lorenzo de Los Angeles and Adam Putnam lament the passing of a few of their favorite places. Text by Los Angeles, photos by Putnam.
The Chopstick Diet
Simona Schneider
03.28.06
Try eating a pint of Chunky Monkey with a couple of wooden sticks. Think about it.
7 People Who Should Die in 2006
Ben Arnold
01.05.06
Okay, so this is satire. Fanzine does not want to get sued and die itself in 2006 before it goes BIG TIME commercial. All pics grabbed from Google Images. So sue them, they have more money. WE LOVE ALL OF HUMANITY...
The War on Christmas: A Report from the Trenches
Tim Kabara
12.14.05
Maybe this is beating a dead horse, after all that has been said about the issue by journalists like Bill O'Reilly and Stephen Colbert, but after sitting on this piece long enough Fanzine has decided to let one of its more conservative thinkers give his three cents. Seems these days liberals have Santa on the run, and he's running by every means necessary (even by skateboard). It's a dirty shame.
Santa Suits: McCormack's Holiday Fashion Column
Derek McCormack
12.13.05
It's that time of year again. When traditions are reinforced. Ever wonder how Santa Claus came to be a one outfit kind of guy? Like Tom Wolfe? Mark Twain? Wayne Coyne? Well, McCormack charts Santa's suit history down to its current static iteration. This is from McCormack's new book, Christmas Days on Anansi Press.
ST. CATHERINE'S DAY
Derek McCormack
11.07.05
Derek's November fashion column is tailor maid for the month. A look at France's traditional St. Catherine's Day. As the country has burned this week, it is interesting to note some of its history's more peaceable protests.
Spangle is a Synonym for Sequin
Derek McCormack
09.11.05
Derek McCormack continues his fashion column with an exploration of the tortuous history of sequins
Intr. Dodie Bellamy's Pink Steam: The Column
Dodie Bellamy
07.21.05
Author Dodie Bellamy takes Martha Stewart to task as Fanzine's representative hearth warming "seeker," looking for good food, exercise and all the other trimmings. The column's title is from her novel, Pink Steam. Her first piece: "What Are We Fighting For? Yoga and the Raw Foods Restaurant with Tariq Alvi"
Vera West
Derek McCormack
07.21.05
Author Derek McCormack begins his fashion column with a piece on a tragic costume designer from Hollywood's past, Vera Miles.