Magazines were officially Over after the Jessica Rabbit issue of Tatler. They went out on a high note.

I have the sudden urge to don my yaga cap.

Wow. 'zines. I don't even think I've heard that term since I last heard the term riotgrrrls.

hey i used to put out one of them!

I used to volunteer for this Dave Eggers-inspired 826 Valencia-esque youth literacy center, and the kids there made the coolest zines. They "sold" them for a dollar on a rack we had. I think I was basically the market.

@flathead: Me too. At least I think I did; I was on drugs.

Mine was called "Clem." What it lacked in popularity, it made up for in lack of qaulity.

@Sarcastro: See what I mean, I can't even spell quality.

So where exactly can I find these on the internet, again?

I used to have one, too! I still have friends that I first met when trading zines. There was a lot of overlap with the APAs (amateur press associations) and sci fi fandom crowds. And the punk music scene and the anarchists. And guys in prison and mail artists... It WAS like having a blog but took a lot more effort stapling-wise.

@flathead: I always wanted to, but the kids at my high school who did got swirlies on a regular basis... so I just tried to lay low as well as possible until undergrad.

Okay...anyone remember SOHOZAT???

My friend and I had a 'zine in high school. It was called "Hey Baby, Do You Cyber?" We only made one issue.

COMETBUS.

@sheila: i'm a big microcosm fan too. anyone who publishes nate powell is okay in my book!

Two other 'zine centers are preserving the medium:

Baltimore Public Library Zine Collection (warning: informational video starts up)

Richard Hugo House 'Zine Archive in Seattle. Totally offline, you have to visit but it's worth the trip.

Is this where the cool people live? I live a couple towns over on Dorkwad Way. We've never read a zine there.

am i crazy, or doesn't abc no rio have a huge zine library?

Isn't there a small bookstore/record shop on e.7th b/w 1st & 2nd that always has a great 'zine inventory?

I also just saw an ad for the 'zine yearbook in some 'zine at either Vox Pop in Flatbush (oh yeah, they totally have 'zines there) or at Trackstar on Eldridge.

I mostly miss Dishwasher 'zine. It was done by this guy who would travel to out of the way parts of our big ol' USA, work for a short while as a Dishwasher anyplace he went & then he would write about it. I felt a bond with him. As far as the jobs I've had in my life, the ones that I enjoyed the most were being a dish washer at a greasy spoon in Vermont and being a bike messenger. I made very little money, but it was enough for weed and booze and maybe a burger and a movie date with an art school girl.

@Carol Gardens: It's still there. It's called "Bomb the System" or something and has become nothing but a Graffiti oriented store. It's a great place to buy fat caps and wide-tipped markers if you're looking to have your picture taken by The Vandal Squad.

@mitchel_stevens: that reminds me of reconstruction records which used to be on e.6th off of cooper square. it was a lot of the same squatters who were ABC volunteers. Oh, yeah ABC totally has a big zine library.
le sigh.

@riskybusiness: I think you're thinking of See/Hear Music? Used to have a lot of music 'zines.

I had a 'zine, too. Mine wasn't even one of those cut-and-paste jobbies. It was all professional and shit, with ads. I wasn't pretty.

My 'zine was called Seizure, had no discernable theme, lasted five issues, and snagged me a gig at SPIN.

I sometimes wonder if a Kinko-fied issue is still hanging around somewhere in someone's Big Box o' Nineties.

@riskybusiness:
i remember that place. i sort of wondered if they were the same people or if i was just seeing things.

I want to go skateboarding now.

@CodePink: Hey! I think I live down the street from you in Dorkwad Way! Yeah! I'm on Loser Lane!

Don't blame the internet, blame the fact that it is so much harder to rip off photocopies now than it usedto be.

I used to submit my writing to my friend's two zines Incognito and Apple Sauce. We rocked the late nineties with our witty movie and concert reviews. I just found this review on the Village Voice website.

@BadUncle: Yes! That's the one. I rarely spend time in the east village these days, so it's been some time since i've passed there. is it still open?
@mitchel_stevens: best record shop ever. I still bump into some of them from time to time. A lot of them seem to have grown up, or, at least started to bathe regularly.

I totally remember SohoZat, and See Hear.

I werk in a liberry, and we had this nimrod who was always trying to get 'zines for his Doctoral Research, and we said dammit go buy some of the local junkies a beer and they'll give you all the info you need, dammit. Most of the 'zines were locked in a vault at Getty, anyway.

Zines rule! Almost as much as 7-inch 45's. (Coolest of all: the 10-inch ep). I'm pretty sure people/bands still put those out, right? Everyone should have a single at some point in their life, I think.

Gah. Now I feel like a loser. Never zined. No LPs left. And I can't afford to pay for sex. Damn it. I'm lame.

Hey, I just found out what happened to the Sohozat guys! They run a holistic healing center: [www.shortnorth.com] And I see Ted of See/Hear around but I haven't talked to him. He's in a ukulele band: [sonicuke.com]

Best thing about zines: When 15 year old girls pronounce the word so that it rhymes with "signs".