More Flipside Issues Posted

I’m working on a possible deal to get all of the first 10 issues of Flipside posted to the Punk Zine Archive, but it’s still a work in process. I’ll be posting more information as it becomes available.

There will be 7 new Flipside issues posted to the site over the next few hours: #8, #12, #16, #18, #20, #22, and #23. The early Flipside issues had layouts that were very chaotic, which made them more interesting to the eye in my opinion, but that also makes them more difficult to separate into different sections for the site.

Enjoy searching through the zines:

http://www.operationphoenixrecords.com/archivespage.html

Ripper zine?

I tracked down Tim Tonooka, who published Ripper fanzine. He was on MySpace of all places. I had a few requests to post issues of Ripper to the Punk Zine Archive, and if I remember correctly, I think Aaron Cometbus cited the zine as one of his old favorites.

Anyway, Tim didn't respond to my email, so it looks like Ripper won't be posted to the site. In the past, I've tried to follow up with zine publishers who don't reply just to make sure my initial email wasn't accidentally deleted, but it has never changed the outcome.

Today's playlist: The Middle Class - Out of Voge 7"

MRR #0

Maximumrocknroll issue #0 was posted today. It's basically a lyric booklet, but people have been contacting me to see if it will be posted or if I have it in my collection (of course I do). Done and done.

http://www.operationphoenixrecords.com/archivespage.html

I've been thinking about starting a blog to track the changes of the Punk Zine Archive, as they occur. The "Latest News" section gets updated all of twice a year, so I'm not sure that is of much use. Fair warning: there's a 50/50 chance that I will only post about 3 times to this blog before getting bored and never coming back. Eh, I guess we'll see.