Superbowl XLIII Preview: The Cards in Tampa?
Adam Underhill01.29.09
Adam Underhill is waiting till after the Super Bowl to put a lid on 2008 and start singing "Auld Lang Syne." But who will the corks be popping for – Kurt Warner, Larry Fitzgerald and the historically lamentable Cardinals? or will the Steelers be celebrating their 6th title? With a win or not on Sunday, the Cards have shown an atypical full deck this season.
Talk Show 21: with Sven Birkerts, Lisa Gabriele, Yael Goldstein Love & Adrienne Miller
Jaime Clarke01.15.09
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.
The Abysmal Nature of College Football’s Postseason System
Joe Jock01.07.09
In college football, as in hardly any other sport, many teams fight a long season only to be cheated from a chance to prove themselves as number 1. Joe Jock here proposes a solution where everyone wins, even the damn sponsors. Brother Dan draws.
Between The Ritz and the Gutter: Francis Bacon’s Life in London
Amabel Barraclough01.02.09
As a retrospective of Francis Bacon’s work at Tate Britain winds down, Londoner Amabel Barraclough takes a moment to tell a bit of Bacon’s more tasty history in the city the artist would call home for most of his life, while Danny Jock draws Bacon and his circle.
Talk Show 20: with Will Allison, Rebecca Donner, Ron McLarty, & Ben Schrank
Jaime Clarke12.22.08
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.
All Hail Hull City
Pete Hausler11.18.08
How hard can it be to find an English football jersey? Well harder than you think, Pete Hausler finds, especially when you are hunting for the gold and black of the Hull City Tigers, one of the year’s great cinderella stories in all of sports. Art by Danny Jock
Talk Show 19 with David Ebershoff, Sheridan Hay, Amy MacKinnon, Kirsten Menger-Anderson & Roxana Robinson
Jaime Clarke11.05.08
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.
Mid-Atlantic Dreams: Postseason Baseball
Tom Flynn10.03.08
It’s playoffs time again, and frustrated with the way the season ended for two mid-atlantic teams – The Washington Nationals and the Baltimore Orioles (both wound up dead last in their divisions), Tom Flynn looks back to the days when the mid-atlantic region boasted postseason domination, with the Negro League Elite Giants and DC’s Homestead Grays.
Talk Show 18 with Chris Bohjalian, Joshua Henkin, Perrin Ireland, Aryn Kyle, Kelly McMasters
Jaime Clarke09.30.08
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.
Detroit Schlock City
Adam Underhill09.20.08
We still have a ways to go till Thanksgiving. That’s the day the Detroit Lions annually offer up their gullets in ritual sacrifice to another football team for all of America, plump with turkey, to see. But after this year’s awful season beginning, even cheesehead fan Adam Underhill is already saying enough is enough. Will someone please step in and save the Detroit Lions? Is it possible? The Giants came back from 0-2 to win the Superbowl last year. Maybe Fanzine’s rant here will be enough of a psychic prompt to turn the tides for the motor city’s beasts of burden. Uhh…yeah…
