CLAMOR MAGAZINE Kate Wood Post Office Box 1225 49 Panic Rules Bowling Green OH 43^02 Casey Boland CLAMORMAGAZ I NE@HOTMAI L
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A LOUD AND CONTINUOirS UPROAR OF HUNDREDS .OF HUMANiVOICES April/may 2000 US $4. 00 / T6. 00 CAN Drrors CASEY BOLAND Paris for the broke and romantic JENN SOLHEIM John Zerzan PETER WERBE JASON KUCSMA JEN ANGEL AND Women in Hip Hop travel stories graffiti writers punk abolitionists extremist groups poetry zines ' COMMENTARY • CULTURAL CRITICISM • PHOTOGRAPHY • INTERVIEWS • POLITICS "t ' zj Koufax "self titled" CDep/n" $6.00 Doghouse Records Spread The Disease "Sheer Force of Inertia" CD $10.00 Eulogy Records Ted Leo "Rx. / Pharmacist (s)" CD/LP $9.00/$6.50 Gern Blandsten Records Botch "We Are The Romans" CD/2xLP $9.00/$10.00 Hvdra Head Records Pressure "Hardcore Roots" CD $10.00 Uprising Communications Poison the Well "The Opposite of December" fumberjack CD $10.00 Trustkill Records P.O. Box 434 Toledo Ohio 43697 tel: 419.726.3930 Walls of Jericho fax: 419.726.3935 "The Bound Feed the Gagged" CD $10.00 online ordering: www. lumberjack-online Trustkill Records I Radar Mercury- radar mercury "Thank You, Goodnight' CDep/7" $7.00/$.V50 i Doghouse Records The Following Items Are Not Covered By Your HMO: politick The Plight Of The Patient In The US Healthcare Labyrinth Casey Boland 12 Elements of Refusal An Interview with John Zerzan Peter Werbe 14 Saving The World For Free: Volunteensm ISSUE TWO • APRIL/MAY 200'0 Mark Restall 16 Saving The World For Free: Non Profit Groups Vincent Romano 18 A Holiday For Everyone: May Day 2000 Joshua Rumschlag 19 May Days: Resistance And Rebellion EDITORS Jen Angel Peter Tsolkas Jason Kucsma 20 Of Statesmen And Klansmen: For And Against Extremist Groups Rich Opalsky PROOFREADERS 22 Of Grots And Labyrinthines: Chris Dodge, Edward Gore. A Revolutionary Rethinking Of How We Teach Kids To Write Kristen Schmidt, Mike Wendling Mandy Miller 23 Paris: A Brief Cultural And Travel Guide For The Broke And Romantic LAYOUT & DESIGN Jenn Solheim Jen Angel 27 Gaybashed In Portland Jason Kucsma George Sweetman 28 Coney Island, The Cyclone, And Mom ADVERTISING Eric Weiss rates and deadlines available upon 31 On The Road In Search Of... An Immorality Play REQUEST, please CALL 419-353-9266 Mike White This Aint No B-Boy: Women In Hip Hop cultur#^ PRINTING: Kamilla Wynne consultation/service facilitation by 35 Reclaiming Space: Part 2 Of A Discussion With Columbus, Ohio Graffiti Writers Chris Geib at: Lee Pasado Fast Company 38 Not Just Posing For The Postcard: A Discussion Of Punk And The New Abolition 525 Ridge Street Amanda Luker Bowling Green, OH 43'402 41 Defining... The Violence. 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Michael Basinski BACK ISSUES; 60 Male Sexuality: The Things They Never Taught You In Heath Class (Or On TV) back issues are available for Mike Albers $4 ppd to the address below. 62 Maybe We Should See Other People: Alternatives To Monogamy Jason Kucsma and Jen Angel DISTRIBUTION: 65 "Free Love" In 19th Century America Clamor is distributed Shawn Wilbur to stores and distributors by 68 Oh Baby! The Third Trimester Big Top Newsstand Services Jessica Mills 1990 Lombard St. Suite 100 peopE 72 In Search Of Love: A Man. A Motorcycle, And The infinite Kindness Of Strangers San Francisco, CA 91123 Ben Fogelson info(&igtoppubs.coh ^l5-|\H7-^28l^ 75 It Was A Cloudy Day Sprout 35 Mos Def rBVlBWS CLAMOR MAGAZINE Kate Wood Post Office Box 1225 49 Panic Rules Bowling Green OH 43^02 Casey Boland CLAMORMAGAZ I NE@HOTMAI L . COM 54 Sopranos The 419-353-9266 / 419-353-7035 Robyn Marasco 61 Hooked On Love Jill Fowler Copyright ©2000 Become The Media FROMTP.EEDiTORS Welcome to the second issue of clamor magazine. Based on the feedbaci< from the first issue, it seems like we got ofTon the right foot. A lot of people ha\e been telling us they are glad to see a magazine like clamor representing such a diverse range of experiences and ideas. We think that is a good thing, so we'll do our best to keep up the momentum. We didn't have a chance to do much introducing during the first issue, so we'd like to take the rest of this letter to let you know a little more about us and this magazine you hold in your hand right now. So who are we? Jason is a twentysomething graduate student w ho is in the process of finishing his master's thesis on the culture of underground publish- ing, liis days are brightened by inspirational friends and the unconditional lo\e of and for his australian cattle dog. La Raza. Jason also teaches a cultural diver- sity course at Bow ling Green State University and is using his free time to orga- nize the 2nd annual Underground Publishing Conference that will be held in Bowling Green on the weekend of June 10-11, 2000. Jen is only slightly younger than Jason, but just as busy. During the day she works at Lumberjack Distribution, a punk record distribution that distributes independent records, zincs, and CDs to stores. Jen also publishes the Zine Year- hook, an annual collection of e.xcerpts from the small press, and occasionally publishes her zinc, Fiicktooth. She relieves stress by mothering her houseplants and longmg for a big garden-though maybe she should spend all of her spare time getting caught up on her mail, instead.. Now that you know a little bit about who we are. we also wanted to take this opportunity to let you know what you can expect from clamor magazine. Since we first started talking about clamor, we knew that we wanted to start a magazine that broke the trend of top-down media. The kind of media where all the stories, information, news, and entertainment that we hear, read and see comes from corporations that are more concerned w ith selling products than present- ing useful media that has some connection to the everyday world that we all live in. We think one of the best ways to do this is to create a magazine that is essentially by and for people like you. We know that we all have some amazing experiences to share with each other. We know that we have all developed intricate theories about why the world works the v\ay it does. Most of all, we know that you are not fooled by the lack of substance in so much of the media that are out there today. You know that magazines could be so much more if they would only spend half as much time trying to sell you products. So you can expect clamor \o continuously provide interesting, insightful stories. essa\s, art and reviews. Sounds great, right' In order for us to make good on our promises, there are a few things that we expect from you, the readers, clamor would not exist without the contributions of people like you. Lvery month we are greeted with more eager ideas from people that they would like to contribute to clamor We say "Keep "em coming!" There are more than enough pages in this magazine to incorporate your essays, stories, art or review s, so we encourage you to get in touch w ith us about any contribution you would like to make. Keep in mind that * we are interested in working with \(>u to get your ideas into print. I'ven if you ^^L^t -^ ^^^^1 don't fancy yoursell a writer, that doesn't mean \i>u tloii'l have what il takes to participate in this thing calk\l clamor. Send us your stufi and we'll work from there. y j.^ -SM ^ ^f- mm . amor contributor Mike Alters (p. 60) can be reached at PO Box 1 1 703, Eugene, OR 97440 close discretion. He likes to spend good times with snuggly Robyn and [email protected] the cuddly cats. He likes to read, make music, and write essays like a Robert Aiigman (p. 50) is a volunteer and coordinator of the Civic Media mighty ideologue. He studies philosophy at the New School in NYC for Center, a non-profit reading room and library of the non-corporate press the MA and Ph.D. He also seeks to use his hands, legs, and mouth to in Gainesville. FL. He also publishes the zine My Views Change Over make noises that draw attention to social, political and economic inequi- Time and the pamphlet Anarchy: The Way I See It. You can write him at: ties... He is a pretty skilled wordsmith. and considers his mouth a w eapon... PO Box 2671. Gamesville. FL 32602-2671 He tries not to shut it, but sometimes he'll. Direct all love letters and David Barsamian (p. 45 ) operates Alternative Radio, a weekly one-hour hate mail to [email protected] public affairs program that is offered free to all public radio stations in Lee Pasado (p. 35) wants to learn how to do everything himself.