Have a brew and party like it’s 1994!
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Ahhhh, the glorious mid-90s. While we were waiting for the information superhighway to bolster to 8 lanes a side, we were still figuring out what was cool courtesy of zines.
The lovingly compiled, hipper than hip cut and paste missives from the dawn of desktop publishing were a stapled together staple for (I have to say it… gross!) Generation X denizens looking to keep up with wot was worth keeping up with.
Buffalo had a few great ones, one of which was Slack. While hitting the strip for a tandem of Village Green, Apollo Records, Adr-Ian’s Bagels and (insert yer favorite long-gone Elmwood Avenue business) you could pick up a copy of the mostly monthly zine for free.
I was still a year away from the legal age of 21 when Slack published issue #8 all about beer, glorious beer. Boy, can I use it now
Luckily, Slack publisher Mark Wisz – former ne’er do well, now local design maven – has put it online. You can and should check it out here at his blog:
Now that Slack is making its way to online archives, it’s time for Avenue Player. Chris Celeste, are you reading this?
I would also love to dig out the old issues of Sacred Cow and Snot, if I still have them around.
Comment by Donny Kutzbach — April 25, 2008 @ 1:58 pm
No zine archives are up quite yet, but http://www.avenueplayer.com is rolling. Once I get some extra time, I’ll put some stuff up. I need to actually find those back issues first…
Comment by Chris Celeste — May 22, 2008 @ 3:18 am