HIYA.

February is exceedingly busy.

First a few new additions to the distro in the shape of the new issues of Suspect Device and Jerk Store, plus a new split zine from Ripping Thrash and You Can't Say No To Hope! Woah there.

At least they are new additions in theory as we haven't received them yet at Hoojemaflap HQ. Well, we haven't technically paid for them yet. Excitement levels remian high however.

Excitement levels may go into overdrive in two weeks time because it's the frigging Brighton Zine Fest! We've got loads of great stall holders coming and Hoojemaflap will be making an appearance somewhere. If you've got a zine and you want to bring it down then we have an individual zines table where you can drop it (thanks for the idea London!) but just come and have a LOOK at all the PRETTY things that will be there. Saturday 20th Feb, Hanover Community Centre, Brighton. 1.30-5.30pm
www.brightonzinefest.co.uk

There's other stuff going on too, Thursday is the swap shop night at Coachwerks, bring stuff for trading. Friday is our gig at the Cowley Club, Arteries and Social Club are headlining. Saturday evening is a vegan meal and entertainments at the West Hill Hall, then its back to the Cowley for a vegan Sunday roast. get in.

Also, just because we're not busy enough already this month Hoojemaflap will be hauled out to various gigs around Brighton. Probably. It could all go to pot if we get drunk.

Finally, remember to check out the Alternative Press Fair on Saturday 13th Feb at Aloysius Social Club in London. Look out for our comrade Emma flapping BZF flyers at you and try her panda cakes, they are awesome.

southampton fotos

Fashionably late, here's some fotos from the Southampton Zine and Craft Fayre, which was actually awesome. I got completely drenched TWICE in one weekend, met nice new people, drank real ale in real pubs, went to a punk show in a conservatory and managed to pick up some bargains at John Dyas. And we sold some zines. And Unity FM focken rocks!

Emma wrote a report - http://www.facebook.com/notes/emma-jane-falconer/southampton-zine-craft-fair/181613491546

Here's some fotos....

1 The event itself (context is everything so they say):



2 This is the money shot. Trouser rubbing tastic zine action. Oooh just look at all those lovely zines etc etc



3 Ja ja das ist ein funky pattern

4 Emma doing a good job of being completely soaked at an early stage in the proceedings

5 In the pub. That's them Vampire Sushi people on the right. And big Steve Lamond (Southampton's finest) on the left.

6 Ellie being hungover in a broken fonebox. There's probably something metaphorical going on.

7 Apparently they know how to party in Southampton

8 Wahey! I stole this one from Emma's facebook coz it's a classic!

the current plan for brighton zinefest 2010

Thursday 18th February:

Zine and craft trading evening (cash-free), acoustic music, beer, cakes.
Coachwerks art space, 7-11pm, free

Friday 19th February:

Gig! The Arteries, Social Club, Rooftops, This Business Is Closed, Sauna Youth. Putting the fun in fundraiser.
Cowley Club, 12 London Road. £5/donations. 7.30pm till late

Saturday 20th February:

Zine Fayre, workshops, talks, snacks.
Hanover Community Centre.1.30-5.30pm, free

Vegan dinner and a show. BYOB. Westhill Community Hall 7.30-11pm

Sunday 21st February:

Vegan Sunday roast and film showings.
Cowley Club, 12 London Road, 11am onwards

new for 2010

yay new stuff ...

transgender liberation - leslie feinberg - £1
using space four - £1
rolling dumpster - strangers in a tangled wilderness - FREE
the necrosocial - civic life, social death and the university of california - FREE
why she doesn't give a fuck about your insurrection- FREE

plus lots of other good stuff still in stock

ellie reckons we should do mail order, what do you think?

The Brighton Zine Fest lot got invited down to the Penthouse (bar above the Freebutt) last SUnday to join the Felt-Up craft club kids for an afternoon of knitting, reading, drawing and tea. Emma from the zine fest collective did a little how to makea zine workshop which was nice and we took the distro down for people to havea look through. I fink we sold one thing too but can't remember what it is. Anyway Rachael from Felt-Up was lovely and I recommend you check out the felt-up things. I think they might be changing it to Tuesday evenings.



The Penthouse has got really nice now too and their ciders is WELL cheap its like £2.40 or something which meant I could have 2 pints instead or my intended one. Megan who put on the Southampton Zine and Craft Fair knows the people who do the Penthouse now and they're lovely. We were thinking bout having a zine social night. Shebang zine do some kind of music night there too.

inventory of the other half

a rift? never! it will be beautiful to be reunited at the weekend anyways. i might weep. in southampton of all places..

in my half of the distro, i currently have lots of random and anarchist zines (plus a few random anarchist zines, but, weirdly enuff, no anarchist random ones) which are on sale for "just" one pound sterling.

i also stock (for £1 unless mentioned):

- the drift book (£5)
- holidarity - the printers said " taking time out from ‘normal’ life to spend time in a beautiful location while engaging in politically useful activity with a community in struggle. Holidarity Zine is a really gorgeous, 140 cm2 booklet. Back to basics, the graphics were done by hand, and the designer scanned in fabrics to create wonderfully different background textures, which came out beautifully on the riso"
- jane - documents from chicago's underground abortion service 1968-1973
- going to places that scare me - chris crass (50p)
- postscript on societies of control - deleuze (50p)
- cellphones suck (50p)
- perform-a-zine - maggie
- visions of utopia - mujinga
- freedom machine
- claptraps 2,3 and 4 - bradford crew
- activist security
- transgender liberation - feinberg

plus lots of nice free stuff!

and using space 4 coming soon(ish)

Inventory Schmentory

Well at least for my half of the distro.
A rift has come between us.


Loserdom #17 & #18 - £3 & £1.50 respectively
Mujinga #9 #10 #11 - £1 each
WWHRD (What Would Henry Rollins Do?) #3 - £1.50
Mild Peril #14 & #15 - £1 each
I Am on a Mission But, - 50p
The New Wave of Cut and Paste #4 & #5 - £1 each
If I Had a Hammer...Decommissioning the War Machine (Smash EDO zine) - £1.50
Twisted Wrongs and Crooked Rights #3 & #4 - £2 & £2.50 respectively
Artcore #26 - £4
I Live in a Fukt Up Society #3 - 50p
Squatters Handbook (13th Edition) - £1.50
The State by Randolph Bourne - 50p
Radical Routes 2009 Directory of Member Co-ops - £1
Intellectuals & Power - 50p
Everlong #10 & #11 - £1 each
Gadgie #24 - £1
Itchy Feet - £1 (I think)
Imaginary Uncles #1 - ??? probably 50p or £1
Rum Lad #4 - £1

There we go, that's what happens when you get a computer in your room, you spend half an hour typing out this crap. I'm going to watch the Wire.

Distro at actual gig shock!

After a rather long break from taking zines to shows I finally overcame the laziness last night to go to Social Circkle at the Greenhouse Effect in Hove. It was actually a really good show, I'd never been to the venue before but it was a nice dingy little basement affair with reasonably good sound, the only downside was the utterly ridiculouse bar prices, £3.30 for a pint of Strongbow! Social Circkle were pretty awesome and I would have liked to get a record but had spent all my money on a No Hope For The Kids record before said awesomeness was established. The support bands were Nowhere Fast, The Hard Way and the Teen Sheikhs who were all really good. I'm going to have to track down the Nowhere Fast 7" online I think.

The zine distro went ok, I was sharing a table with the Nowhere Fast guys but had enough room to spread out some zines and put the box on a stool for people to browse. Had a good few people flick through zines but only sold 3 inclusing the last copy of Ploppypants #8. Also sold one of our new additions, the Squatters Handbook 13th edition:




I'm feeling kind of motivated to take the distro to more gigs now. The next thing we've got lined up though (I think) is the Southampton zine fair 21st/22nd November:

october zine social

Well the October zine social went quite well yesterday - we cooked a roast and all got real stuffed. It featured Emma's cake-like yorkshire puddings, Mujinga's home-grown potatoes and some not quite cooked carrots. The peas were good. And gravy actually! That was grand.

I gave Ellie a rocket plant which we planted. I don't hold out much hope for it though coz instead of watering it, she sprinkled it liberally with lamp oil....

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We will most likely be reprazenting at dis .. yo yo yo .. etcetera ...

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Thurs November 12

Alternative Press are hosting another awesome evening of Zines, comix, book arts and poetry at our second Zine Friendly event at the foundry, in order to promote our new project, the Zine Friendly Blog! A resource for Self Publishers far and wide, we will be listing venues, promoters, stockists and events that are all “Zine Friendly”!

To celebrate this we are inviting small pressers everywhere to come down and promote their own work. For free! All we are asking is that people donate what they can, even a zine or two, to help Alternative Press to keep promoting the scene.

There will be communal tables with lots of space for self publishers to sell their work. Also, printmakers or those with large work are encouraged to use the walls as a spontaneous temporary free arts space where you can stick up your work DIY style! BYOB (Bring Your Own Blu-tak!) Also, we are inviting some zine distributors to represent as much of what is going on in the scene as we can.

We’ll be having a cake sale with free tea, Knitting circle, CD compilation lucky dip (just bring a cd of your own favourite music and take your pick!), free blank zines for you to use and a poetry workshop followed by some performances and a short open mic…

Things will kick off at 7pm until around 11pm.

Look forward to seeing you all there!

86 Great Eastern Street, London, EC2A 3JL

http://zinefriendly.wordpress.com