editor picks

Everything I’m Reading Right This Second

04.18.13

I strained my neck but supposedly had fibromyalgia for about three gruesome days (it didn’t take) because hypochondria, and I’m over that now, because who has time for that? Which means I count myself infinitely lucky and here is a summary of everything that happened during that time.

Skin Job: Evan J Peterson

Amy Herschleb

10.18.12

Editor picks at the flesh of Evan J. Peterson’s Skin Job and find what meaty truths are hidden there. Next: a field trip to Chambers of Horror.

The Silent History

Casey McKinney

10.10.12

In which Fanzine talks to Eli Horowitz about his new serial/digital book/app project/thing. Mystery! Suspense! What is this hybrid form? What’s wrong with these fictional children? Casey McKinney investigates.

Psycho Moto Fanzine

Amy Herschleb

07.26.12

A tribute to DIY culture that brought us the zine. Video by Ethan Minsker of Antagovision.

Music Man Murray/Record Store Day

Casey McKinney

04.15.12

Richard Parks is like a young Orson Welles, brimming with talent and well into his cups… sorry I mean his cups are overflowing, myriads of mastery spilling into various fissures, gullets, open wounds. He can pick a bluegrass mandolin till your heart bleeds in harmony or skips a pulse, but that’s beside the point. Sort […]