January 24, 2008

Go read Go, a fanzine that opens the second part of Javis Cocker’s Zine Scene documentary where he looks at the phenomena of regional zines, which raised a smile as it showed every city has the same problems Birmingham does. I particularly liked the bit where Liverpudian zinesters, disgusted that the council had torn down posters for independent gigs and club night the before dignitaries for the City of Culture visited, put up protest posters the night before pointing out that this was the real culture. Unfortunately the latter part has some pretty narrow views on blogs, etc, claiming they don’t have the same level of intimacy, which is bollocks. They’re different but just as valid and if not more empowering. Less focus on MySpace and a bit more on the development of LiveJournal would have shown this. Still, another triumph from Cocker.

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