anticon was a time, a team, a blip on a screen, a group, a label, a stable of men.anticon was a movement, a moment, an underground scene, a business, a base, a stance against the status quo.anticon was a voice, a mic, a 4-track backing track, a collective, a corrective, a fix for the pre-millennium… Continue reading Joseph Rathgeber: anticon and Beyond
Each time we move to a new city, we make memories as the city slowly takes shape in our minds. Every new place we locate (e.g., the closest grocery store, the post office, rendezvous points with friends, etc.) is a new point on the map. Wayfinding a new city is an experience you can never… Continue reading Metropolis of Memories
When I started doing zines as a teenager, interviews were an easy way to get something no one else had. I could get in touch with a band, ask them questions, and write up an original piece of content. It was fun and it lead me to magazine writing. When I moved the operation online,… Continue reading Views and Interviews from a Few New Zines
I started all of this writing stuff making zines in junior high school. It would be difficult to overstate how much that experienced shaped who I have become. While the means of production and the channels of distribution have changed since my days at the copy shop, there are still some zines circulating. Here are… Continue reading What Means These ‘Zines?
From an early age it was instilled in me that people judge you by how you look, how you dress, how you wear your hair, how you carry yourself. My dad won’t leave the house to do business or see someone without styling and dressing appropriately. We communicate something through every stylistic choice we make.… Continue reading B-Side Wins Again: Punk Aesthetics
