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| The Pleiades #1, $1.00, 22pgs, 1/4 sized |
| When I first wrote this zine description I said it was Miranda's first zine project. This evening I read a post of hers about "how many zines" she's done and so the first statement would be null and void. ooops. Forget I said anything in this paragraph! "The Pleides" #1 is beautifully written in a free-prose poetic musing sort of style, touchingly personal and dreamy. " I sat on the roof a lot that week, it attached directly to my window. I'd climb out there at night, sit on the dirty cement, and watch the stars, watch the people going by in cars, laughing, being young. Occasionally I'd see someone I knew and attempt a wave. The kept moving not seeing the small dark figure on the roof, eating a fudgesicle and thinking about summer. Weezer was always on my stereo during the day that week, Pavement always during the night. I took down all of my wall decorations but left a picture of each band on my bathroom mirror. They started curling and falling off after a few showers." |
| The Pleiades #2, $1.00, 38 pgs, 1/4 sized |
| This is the spring 2002 issue of Miranda's zine and it's laid out beautifully. Interspersed with random clippings and photography, personal musings, dreams, childhood memories and more and it's more than twice as thick as the first issue. On the inside cover and along with the intro you'll find photobooth pictures of her when she was a little kid and more recently with her beau. Read this in bed listening to yr favorite music while drinking something warm for that optimal "cozy" effect. ""On the way back I put my mittened hand on his heart. He looked at me funny. All that I wanted right then was some color, some order to this, some promise, some warmth, some light. A laundry list of which he didn't know the existence. I cried but the tears fell back into my hat. The October rain sheltered me from his vision. I put more lipgloss on to fight off the grey and laughed at my shallowness. On the car ride home I sneezed at least six times and we listened to Neil Young. |
| The Pleiades #3, $1.00, 39pgs, 1/4 sized |
| This is the June 2002 issue of "The Pleides" and is Miranda's "proclamation of life as Miranda right now". Includes increasingly more personal bits, thoughts, dreams and revelations. This zine is the perfect mix of realism, hope and magic with words. Miranda paints her musings thoughtfully and you will *not* regret reading her zine, I promise you this! Very inspirational. "I usually can't tell whether I'm excited or nervous. Sometimes I'm much too scared to write. I'm terrified of failure. I sometimes can't seem to move beyond the idea of not quite measuring up to everyone's subjective standards (that mythic "someone else"....vague and unspecified but so real to me). But I get such a fulfillment / a warm rush inside of me from just sitting down to write and being disciplined about it. Sometimes I'm even scared to succeed (even though inside I'm so fucking ambitious and have so many dreams and plans). |
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| The Pleiades #4, $2.00, 32 pgs 1/2 sized |
| The first thing about "The Pleides" #4 that will catch your eye will likely be the pretty bright red vellum covers. "The Pleides" #4 is laid out a bit differently than previous issues and has various written vigenettes based on words such as "Fever", "Drown", "Myth", "Movement" and others. The words are stenciled true to the zinester credo and her zine is probably one of the best examples that I can think of off the top of my head as far as the title "perzine" is considered. A very heart-felt and absorbing read. "" I am who I was and who I now am and who I will be, even if they're all sometimes unwritten and not decided yet. All I know is that I am all of the selves possible for me to have wrapped up into me at this moment, and that this moment is rapidly becoming the past, and the future is becoming now". |
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| The Pleiades #5, $1.50, 38 pgs, 1/4 sized |
| This issue is subtitled "Daddy" and is essentially a long good-bye-esq letter to Miranda's father. This issue is a little harder to explain but it is definitely the most revealing and raw as far as "The Pleides" go and although at times it might make you want to cry in the end it seems to be very empowering for Miranda as well as for those people who have had parental experiences like Miranda has had. This zine is very touching and it includes powerful stream-of-consciousness writing about how her father abused her and gave her mental baggage at such a young age and it includes pictures of her (and sometimes her father) at various points in her infant-to-child life. "I was your little whore, your social experiment in domesticity, a little version of my mother, I had your eyes your skin your witchy long fingers your dry wit. I had the messy dark hair, the look of craziness in my eye. Hell, I was crazy by the time I was three. By the time you decided that a daughter's worth was about 20 dollars in stuffed animals every two months. By the time you didn't really want a family anymore. By the time you told us not to follow you to Las Vegas, that we weren't wanted". |
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| Rebel-a-go-go #4, $2.50, 55pgs, full sized ( 8 1/2 by 11), assorted cover pictures |
| This is my pen pal Maggie's zine and it is chock full of amazing show photography (pictures of bands/shows like Limpwrist, Bratmobile, Sleater-Kinney, The Gossip, Spitting Teeth, Cold Sweat, and tons more) and not only will you find amazing band photography you will also find little blurbs about each band, her feelings on feeling like an outsider in the hardcore scene, articles/How-Tos on how to silkscreen, vegan photography developing, making patches using the transfer method, as well as a piece on knocking religion and why it's lame, an interview with Bis, and more more more. Very yummy and chock full of eyecandy, although it sort of made me sad that there just is NO scene where i live and shows are almost unheard of. Each cover has a unique photo glued onto it as an added personal touch. |
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| Placenta #1, $2.00, 32pgs, 1/2 sized |
| Placenta is a well-written and informative punk rock/vegan parenting zine written by a lovely grrrl named Rosa-Maria. It is contributor based although Rosa-Maria also writes a lot for it as well. Inside issue #1 you will find: Eva's homebirth (Rosa-Maria and David's little girl) written from Rosa-maria's perspective as well as from David's perspective, post-partum herb bath, early breastfeeding chronicles, an article called "Thrifty mama" about things you'll supposedly "need" to have for your baby (and how to get around some of these supposed "needs" which are just traps for consumeristic American parents-to-be), an ongoing feature called "Rocker mom vs. Soccer mom", which will discuss why the writer considers themselves punk and how they raise their kids "punk rock style", top 5 albums to listen to with little humans, as well as a recipe for vegan chilli "for the masses" as well as vegetable soup "for the masses" and finally, a punk parent resource guide! Whew! Even if you're not punk or a parent you'll find this to be an interesting read, if nothing else for the different perspective. And if you're a punk rockin' parent you can *even* contribute to this zine so check it out for sure! :) |
| Pick Your Poison #1, $1.00, 44pgs, 1/2 sized |
| Pick Your Poison #2, $1.00, 48 pages, 1/2 sized |
| The continuation of the Rick Denton saga. Read as Nate and Rick get kicked out of school , try to rob a mall, get busted shoplifting. Gasp as Rick runs away across the country, escapes from rehab, and contiues to battle with his weary parents. Plus other stuff about cops, smoking dope, stupid jobs, going to jail, and so on and so forth. All in good fucked up nostalgic fun and laughs. You will find yourself laughing out loud through this whole zine, I assure you. Sarcasm! Junior High Mayhem! Suburban mentality and more! |
| The Pleiades #6, $2.00, 40 pgs, 1/2 sized |
| The Pleiades #7, $2.00 CDN/$1.50 US, 80pgs, 1/4 sized |
| My very very silly computer won't let me upload pictures right now for some reason, but as soon as I am able to scan and upload pictures I promise I will. The Pleiades #6 is subtitled, "Seduction Theory", Miranda's tale is seperated into acts and the layout is very creative. Pictures of her adorning various masks go along with themes like identity, depression, seduction, pretense, dreams, a letter to Anne Sexton, and so much more, really. Miranda's zines just keep on coming and they just keep getting better, tighter, more personal and diverse and yet focused. I am very happy to be able to distro Miranda's zines. "i selectively remember the past. i know all the pain and the hurt and the anger and the sadness are there, yet I push them as far away as possible, choosing instead to remember that one night of happiness, or the brilliantly sunny Seattle day when we drove to the beach for a picnic near the water. it's lying to myself in so many ways, but so many parts of me understand that other parts of me need this, need to be able to pretend, to create ruses, to put forward theories, to be selective in what I remember and what I reveal. parts of me sit here inside myself and stare at the other parts, look at them with a skeptical eye, but also understand that the more vulnerable, insecure, sad, scared parts have to create stories, use masks, remember only certain things at certain times, and share only what I can at the moment". |
| This issue of The Pleiades is subtitled, "Growing up Catholic", and Miranda delves into just that, being immersed in Catholicism from a very young age. How it affected her mind and her thoughts, the anxiety from trying to be the best good little catholic girl she could be. "Growing up catholic" also talks about Miranda's schooling in detail since she *did* in fact go to catholic school from kindergarten to grade twelve. This is a good zine to read if religion has been a part of your life and you're just now making a break from it and compiling your own beliefs. PLus it's a good zine to read just to learn more about the rituals and such involved within catholicism; mass, confession, confirmation, etc. A very informative and captivating read but y'know, all of Miranda's zines have these two elements. |
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| Placenta #2, $2.00, 32pgs, 1/2 sized |
| Placenta #2 is here and boy am I glad because I was really anticipating the 2nd issue of this zine! Issue #2 includes: "our daughter is so punk rocK" (Eva's first touring experience), why and how Rosa-Maria and David used cloth diapers on the road, DIY healing salve and diaper rash ointmentn recipe, Abby's homebirth story (from both parents' perspective), To vaccinate or not to vaccinate, family planning, books to read with vegan kids, Rocker mom vs. Soccer mom: Punks and parenting, recipes for potato garlic soup, tofu grilled cheese sandwiches, peanut butter cookies, and post season soy nog, as well as the usual back page being devoted to punk parenting resources. I don't want to sound stupid but reading this zine almost makes me want to have a baby. I guess to explain myself better it makes me hopeful for if i ever have a baby knowing that there are people who ''do it differently'', so to speak. |
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| This zine (and the whole Pick Yr Poison collection) is what i would call the epitome of generally perceived teenaged 'irresponsibility' and mayhem. This includes the first of many stories about this guy that Nate (the editor and author of this zine) knew named Rick Denton and his all out rebellion as well as stories about growing up, drinking, shoplifting, watching people change around you, cops killing dogs, New Orleans on New Year's eve, robberies, fake coke and cough syrup, getting fucked up on paint thinner and "other bullshit" as Nate describes it himself. Nate writes in a quite intelligent and witty way considering some of the stories and how the average person might perceive them or him initially. Not recommended if you're a self-righteous straight-edger but recommended if you did "stupid shit" when you were in junior high because you'll probably be able to relate to a lot of these stories. Hilarious and more than worth the cover price. "As the last few hours of the millenium ticked away, I found myself at a dive motel in New Orleans, feverish, beer in hand, watching German pornography: "Das is gut! Das is gut"! My attention drifted: I tried to imagine, had I been born a hundred years earlier, what I would have done on New Year's eve of 1899. Probably a triple shift in a mine or something, I decided, returning my attention to the fucking germans. We had made it , finally, arriving at the big easy the day before, after driving 20 hrs straight. I started to get sick somewhere near Kentucky, was unable to sleep for the entire ride, and was a high fever, snot running mess when we made it in. It was so typical. Here it was: New Years of the millenium, the party to end all parties, something you'd reminisce about years down the line, and here I was: coughing up phlegm in the bathroom to the grunting sounds of motel room porn". |
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| Pick Your Poison #3, $2.00, 64 pgs, 1/2 sized |
| Description coming soon..... |