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Jack Boy Big Get Present

Open publication - Free publishing - More birthday

These Things Are Hip: 2011, a book of drawings I made for Jack Ramunni's 22nd birthday, is above.

Other News:

* Columbus Street Style's Tatyana Kagamas frees a season's greetings viral video from the confines of Secular Village.
* Black Cloud posted soon-to-be iconic Slave Labia photos from their recent 15th House show.
* Alex Ross has an artist's site now; it includes photo documentation of Max Caldwell's recent Blitz Minded/Blitzed Mind show at CCAD.
* Aaron Lake Smith published an essay in the Utne Reader; it's illustrated with an Edward Gorey envelope.
* Some site, "The Hot 17," wrote about Carabar, the black hole at the center of my social universe. 

Black Cloud: Monster House Artifacts

This month-old post about the Monster House on Black Cloud is hilarious, to me at least. Apparently if you want something to stick around for four years you should write it in chalk - and/or on a novelty check. 

Another blogger speaks re: "No encores in punk rock." I hope it becomes the new "No second-acts in American life." 

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Razorcake Article on Columbus DIY in Which my House is Mentioned

Razorcake just published this article by Bret who writes "Black Cloud." It just about sums it up, besides our relative wealth of zinesters and our roster of punk entrepreneurs. Also, with the 15th House being around for so long (2003? 2004?), Skylab existing equally as long, and with the Monster House being in its third year - the venues of the house show scene are more institutionalized then the year-by-year sentiment in the article (which was more true a couple of years ago: Hunter House, Screamer House, Stink House, House of Rice, Scoliosis House, Sheridan House, Villa Vietcong, 24/7 House, etc). Maybe now more people will spend a year being confused in a place they thought was cool (which I am all about).

Razorcake Article on CSBYS by Bret

Buddyhead Article on Columbus by Brian Carnahan

CSBYS Message Board

On a slightly related note, Aaron Lake Smith of Big Hands zine gets Plan-It-X records move to Cairo, Illinois ("punk town") in Time Magazine. Listen to an interview with Aaron about the story on Chicago Public Radio, here.

Two New Columbus Zines.

Two new zines are out in Columbus - "Black Cloud" and "Candygram." Full blogger disclosure: I am indirectly involved with both. Bret's "The Black Cloud #3" is a community affair that has a pretty classic Brian Deller story, a State of the Neighborhood address from present and future politico Miles Curtiss and contributions from Nick Crane and Meg O'Malley. Ana from Painkiller provides a sweet illustration reproduced below. There is also a reprint of my "When the Students Are Away..." poster.

More on Candygram, buttons, a bad story and something about editions after "the Jump."

November CSBYS Monthly

This is the second month of editor Deller's adventure into the world of alt-mags. Among its contents you will find can collecting stories, comics, "Kristina's sister," and plenty of leftist chit-chat.

MUSIC DUMPZ

Here are pictures of some recent shows bands I am in played: (Btw: I never explained this but this blog is just to keep track of things I'm doing.... Its utility to the public is most likely nil.)

Amelia @ Bernie's August 19th, photographs courtesy of Dana Curran:






































Lose The Tude @ The 15th House August 22nd, photographs courtesy of Bret:


























Lose The Tude, younger with more pajamas:




Other joke hardcore band I was in, Dorm Life Sucks.... playing in the basement of the OSU dorms:


Bands I'm not in that I like right now:






And this Kanye Video.

AUSSI:
This god awful article about Envelope.