The new issue of Other is officially out. Though I'm running a little late posting this terrific postcard, (the release party took place a couple of weeks ago), we finally had the time to scan a copy.
A contributor (and sometimes contributing editor) to this great, freethinking mag since it was first launched, there's a piece in the current issue by me, about my years editing the late Punk Planet.
For the first time since 2003, when I served up a really loud noise set for a bunch of tranny friends at a local hair salon, I brought my Macbook and MIDI controller to the Other party and played DJ.
Speaking of Punk Planet, Paul M. Davis posted his article on the distribution crisis that triggered PP's collapse to the magazine's website. Click here to read his analysis. It's from the very last edition.
Hah, thanks, Roi. That was hilarious.
BTW, with all of this recent recognition of the Jewish contributions to 'punk', for what its worth, i am increasingly annoyed by how gender specific the attention tends to be.
Take the fact that 2/3rds of Sleater-Kinney, for example, are Jewish. To me, that's much more interesting than yet another recollection of the achievements of Joey Ramone or Richard Hell.
I'm dubious about these kinds of exercises anyway, exactly for reasons like these - they're about canon formation. when you do that, someone always gets left out.
Posted by: Joel | December 12, 2007 at 08:40 AM
Chag Sameach: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLieRUthktM
Posted by: Roi Ben-Yehuda | December 12, 2007 at 01:23 AM