Book Your Own Fuckin' Life 1, 1992
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I . A Over the last decade and a half the world has witnessed the blossoming of one AND NOW FEW WORDS FROM TOD TYPED IN OF of the largest underground countercultural movements in history. Born out of youth WHO 90% anger (and probably just boredom), which created the original *77 punk explosion, this THESE LISTINGS self-motivated and self-created movement has spread throughout tne furthest reaches Before you complain to of industrial society. People grown tired of pre-packaged consumer entertainment and us.... I’ve been spending hours and everywhere punk has spread rts "Do-It-Yourself” attitude. Punk is a new folk music, hours in front of this stupid fucking where anyone can take part who has the desire for expression and freedom. screen, typing in listing after listing Communication and interaction on a personal level is the foremost goal, with after listing and it gets me in a really production, packaging and marketing coming secondary. The DIY movement is vibrant shit piss mood. Half the time I began and as more people, ideas, thoughts and actions interconnect all the various aspects to wonder who the fuck I was doing making it an ever-changing and growing movement. this for, why the fuck I was doing this, Over these past years the DIY movement has grown at an unprecedented rate, and why the fuck am I not asleep at in some cases fueled by profit-making trends, but for the most part on a real grass-roots 4 am. I guess those who know why level. The national ana international communication within the DIY movement is what are the ones who it’s for, those who has kept it strong over the years. Through the efforts of certain individual and fanzines, live it, breathe it, sleep it. I thought people have been able to make concrete connections between people of similar that’s who would be listed inside of interests and have created an entire underground economy based on the spreading here too, and they are, the response of our own living culture and ideal. Bands have been able to promote themselves, book was great (at the deadline), but I can tours, put out records without bowing down to the corporate music industry. That is iust tee! thousands of assholes in the essence of DIY. People helping other people without an eye for profit, only for nere, folks who are just out to make creating a better world and having some fun. Networking has played a major role in a buck off of you, folks who smelled making all this happen. That is why we present "Book Your Own Fucking Life” for just money and dove in, folks who will take this tool. away your last piece of bread after We hope this magazine will help us make a giant step forward towards they gave horse shit for the show you international solidarity for DIY people and organizations. This is the first attempt at such played, MEGAzines with glossy an interactive listing in recent years where people have been given equal and free pages riddled with corporate opportunity to take part. We realize that there are a few restrictions that have made endorsement, etfuckingcetera. So this listing in many ways incomplete. We regret that we had less time to spread the word what I’m saying isdon’ttrustthis, ask of this project to mere people but the desire to get it out before summer prevented this. around about people in here, some of well, As we realize that not everyone involved in the DIY movement does not necessarily the fuckers stand out like day-glo read MRR or FYofane Existence or perhaps doesn’t speak English! If for whatever Coors hats at a Crucifix gig, some reason you did not know of this project before publication and therefore are not listed, are sly and have learned howto blend are sorry. we in so be careful, use your head, trust We hope this magazine will be at least a yearly event in order to maintain a your instincts, don’t get fucked. DIY current networking tool. For this issue the assembly of these listings mostly done was is about taking back control of our by members of the Profane Existence Collective. Hundreds of hours were spent typing everyday lives, and just like every in these listings and in one sense we feel elated that it’s near completion, and on the other aspect of daily life there’s other hand are exhausted. not if will we We do know we take charge of assembling this gonna be some wretched fuck again next year. If any group or individual would be interested in stepping forward for waiting around the corner to push the next issue we would strongly encourage such an undertaking. There is no reason your face into the ground and take that this project could not be rotated among different people each issue. whatever you have. Be careful. Do It As for how we feel this project connects with the Profane Existence Collective. Yourself. For those who do not know, we are a group of anarchists who have put together our collective energies into numerous projects; a bi-monthly magazine/newspaper, a distribution, a record label, T-shirt shop, etc. By pooling our skills and knowledge we have been able to produce our efforts into reality. However, we would not be able to do anything with our projects except sell them through the usual capitalist (rip-off) means if it weren’t for our sisters and brothers around the world. We feel that by breaking free from the established capitalist system we are creating freedom in our own lives. We need the kind of global interconnections that this magazine presents the possibilities of creating. When we take control of our immediate interests this will set an example for creating a better world. We hope that the people who use this magazine will realize that DIY goes furtherthan just a music "scene ana directly translates into the liberation of everyday life. The idea for this magazine comes directly from need as well as inspiration from the others who have compiled similar resources in the past; namely Pete from Reaching Out Distribution, Julia From Warzone, Nabate, MaximumRocknroll, etc. We thank MRR for their part in this project and especially for patience when we lost ours. For all those involved in the DIY movement full-neartedly, past present and future, this maqazine is dedicated to you. PROFANE EXISTENCE • APRIL 20, 1 992 The neanderthal P£ SHIT- comes through in WORKERS: Tod, Joel, Joel Troll,Kerry,Crito, Troll keeping up on Justine, glamor tips from Donovan, Ya- hoo!, Kristi, Is Ben Dead "Glam- Adin, A-Ron our" issue I was really excited when Joel and Dan from Profane Existence first approached us with the idea of this joint project. I want to thank them for doing all the complilation (glamourous word for typing, yuck!) of the listinqs, and having the dedication to follow this through to the end. T envision this being a magazine that people can pick up and from it get a good idea of how to start getting in contact with people from all over the world, either for setting up shows at clubs, or finding a label to put your record out, or, for traveling punks, the lowdown on record stores and the cool places to eat. Obviously, that’s just a few ways that this magazine can be utilized, and I’m sure you’ll think up your own creative schemes. What makes a project like this so inspiring is that it’s like a bi g "Fuck you!" to the commodization of punk by major labels and the record industry", something that flys in the face of recent trends. I’m always amazed at the organization our “scene" can pull off if we set our minds to it. The sheer number of listings we’ve received for only first our issue is pretty heartening. I see this as putting us one step closer to the self-reliance we are striving for. Okay, so here’s a start as to what’s out there, now it’s up to you to get invovled and make your own ideas happen. Hope to see your listing in here next year. Suzanne April 1992 DIY (or Do It Yourself), has become in my mind a state of being which can be applied not only to music, but to all facets of your life. Doing It Yourself is not supporting major labels, and not supporting the economic war machine. DIY is finding alternatives to frequently overpriced and occasionally substandard medical care, irradiated food products picked by under paid and abused laborers, it’s finding ways around pay to play big name rock n’ roll bullshit. Doing ItYourself means taking control of your life by being independent of any corporation, political/social power or group of , outside what little old you can accomplish with your own two hands and what lies between your ears. In an era of deli trays, major label contracts, and exhorbitant guarantees, this is our (MRR and Profane Existence - not to mention the great folks who sent in the listings) way of giving the finger to corporate rock and roll. This is just a smidgen of the bands, zines, venues, alternative clinics/food stores, etc. out there, (Those of you too lazy to in listings, send shame on you.) but the huge number of listings gives me great hope that not all is lost for the underground. I’d like to think that this project this will be enough of a success that it will warrant putting one of these together MRR Shit- every year, and that next year even more people will respond increasing the amount of information out (here .