Zines thing on BBC Radio 4 (1 Viewer)

[jimbobjones]

Zine Scene (30 min)
Broadcast on Radio 4 Tue 15 Jan - 11:30
Jarvis Cocker explores the history of fanzines, small publications designed and produced by devotees of popular phenomena.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/zinescene/pip/wy578/

 

[Lolo]

I thought it was a bit dry and over-serious, but pretty interesting all the same. Had no idea the whole fanzine malarley started with sci-fi fans.

Radio 4 archive clip was hilarious - plummy voiced old-style R4 presenter interviewing spotty punk oik. Yes, you could actually hear his spots.

 

[jimbobjones]

second part on today. listening to it now, its got something about Morgenmuffel on it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/zinescene/pip/fcoo1/
Jarvis Cocker looks at contemporary DIY publications, including a comic strip diary from Brighton called Morgenmuffel and the regional-based zines Mercy and Go! Zinemakers and historians, including Dave Haslam, Liz Naylor, Roger Sabin and Teal Triggs, explain the survival of paper-based fanzines in the age of the internet.