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Gene Sculatti's essential, out of print tomes CATALOG OF COOL and TOO COOL are now on the web, along with some wild NEW DIGS for the proposed third edition.
Editix Kim & her little pal Nathan's true crime blog illustrating the weirdness of turn-of-the-century Los Angeles, with daily crime reports, vintage pix, social history and guided bus tours of the scenes.
A grassroots campaign to protect the endangered gas station signage that brings a smile each Halloween. Help us and designer Ray Pedersen as we petition ConocoPhillips to Save Ray's Balls!
Simple, affordable publicity services for artists who already have a handle on self-promotion, offering press releases and media mailings. It's cheaper than a traditional publicist because interested parties will contact you, not Explosive PR.
For all your indie pop needs.
The ultra-swank stylings of the artiste behind the beatnik/banker cover of Scram 22 .
For film fans, makers and financiers, a new model for production, distribution and finding movies that you'll dig.
Rod McKuen's site includes some spicy unpublished poetry and a chance to grill Rod about his recent activities and past work. Ask him about the Purple Onion!
The Visionary Art of Bartley Johnson
View the work of the artist whose cover graces Scram #19.
Tom Neely knows that there is nothing more dangerous than something very cute. This is why he is Scram's favored illustrator, and also lends his pen to Garage & Beat, Worldly Remains and practically everything Teenacide Records-related.
Everything you wanted to know about Chicago art-punk dollies The Scissor Girls (featuring the nascent Bubblegum Queen!) but were afraid to ask.
Catch up with the weird world of The Cacophony Society's Rev. Al and his little naked friend Abraham the Safety Ape.
The incomparable Stephen Friedland now shares his unique wisdom with the wired.
Alicia Bay Laurel was the darling of the hippie scene when her "Living on the Earth" was called the best book in the "Whole Earth Catalog." She recently toured the US in support of the 30th Anniversary Edition, keeping a delightful photo-illustrated tour diary that will become her next book, a report on bohemia at the end of the century. If you saw this hilarious and inspiring woman tell stories and play songs, you might have found your pic on her website the next day.
Spiffy effort from Scram's only three-time cover artist (#1, #10 and #20) and her pals.
Site hosted by the beloved lowlife cartoonist whose "Rave Up" cover is one of Scram's wildest.
Lynn Peril's online version of her charming and surprising zine dedicated to matters of (mostly) 20th Century feminine culture.
Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village
A remarkable Southern California folk art environment, which has suffered earthquake damage, political intrigue, and the ire of recent arrivals in the neighborhood. Get on the mailing list and go help out on bottle-shifting days!
Krista Garcia has stopped producing her upsetting yet hee-hee-hee-larious minimag of stalking tips since splitting Portland for NYC, but she's now uploading her personal diary to the web, and past readers will be intrigued to see she's still a wee bit obsessive where chain restaurants and social rites are concerned.
Fortune and Maltese and the Phabulous Pallbearers
As featured in Scram #6, Middle America's most accomplished purveyors of the Boyce and Hart aesthetic.
Divine Rites, where Birdmen flew
A comprehensive guide to much of the great music erupting outta Australia over the past few decades, takes as its starting point the stunning Radio Birdman, your friendly editrix' favorite group of all time. Yeah hup!
After years of loving "Steven," Mr. Allen's exquisite comic strip about a surly child whose best friend lives in a box in an alley and who is tormented by alcoholic cactii and a pushy poodle, it was my great delight to have him paint the cover for Scram #14. You should look at his website, which is elegantly animated and fulla cool stuff.
Blair Buscareno's online zine will keep even the most housebound grump excited about the happenings in the current and historic garage music world.
Visit the world of Tony the Tyger and the Hipsters go go club for lots of sixties scene reports and news of West Coast happenings.
Online archives for Mike Appelstein's fine indiepop fanzines Caught in Flux and Writer's Block, among other projects like his band the Poconos. If you want to dig into Scram editrix Kim's seedy California childhood, be sure to check out her entry in the "How I Discovered Music" issue of CiF.
Troublemakers, malcontents, evil clowns, and some of the sweetest strange-smelling people on the planet. Like they say, you may already be a member.
Sheila's effervescent online zine celebrating the distaff side of pop, with more Yeh-Yeh girls than you can shake a mascara wand at.
Lowbrow trash culture and kicks from Holland.
Bringing oldies "radio" to the internet, with plenty of doo-wop and vintage rock and roll.