I'm happy to see one of my musical heroes @mick_collins is on Mastodon. I wrote about his early band #TheGories for the first issue of #ShotgunSeamstress (2006) and then got to interview him for issue 3 while I was on tour with New Bloods a few years later.

My zine kind of died after I stopped touring because that was mainly how I met other #BlackPunks. We met up at a diner or Chinese Restaurant in #Detroit sitting in a booth with a tape recorder between us. Mick had a lady friend with him (spouse, gf?) and I had my bandmate/gf with me who chimed in on the interview a few times and probably made it funnier because she's a natural comedian. I probably still have the tape of the interview around somewhere.

Hey Mick, you still playing music? Post about music more :) #punk #GarageRock #zine #zines #interview #DIY #photocopy

looking at file metadata to try and date older works. 14 Feb, 2023 is the year symbol (bottom) here.

#art #1bit #blackandwhite #oc #photocopy #collage #collageart #artistamps #artepostale #analogcollage #cutandpaste #mailart #artistamp #digitalart #illustration #artist #dada #fluxus #zines #perzine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJbsDpqb2UE

#design #art #mixedmedia #blackandwhite #bnw #xerox #photocopy #vintage #experimental #darkart #aesthetic #grainy #grunge #distorted #distressed #gritty #dark #eerie #moody #horror #atmospheric #gothic #goth

"You can't throw gasoline on a fire and say you tried to put it out."

#design #art #mixedmedia #blackandwhite #monochrome #noir #photocopy #abstract #experimental #aesthetic #grunge #dark #gritty #grainy #gloomy #rough #distorted #distressed #atmospheric #industrial #eerie #horror #gothic #goth

cleaned up my new stapler and made a travel box for my zines

#art #1bit #blackandwhite #oc #photocopy #collage #diy #distribution #physicalmedia #dotchke #dessin #analogcollage #cutandpaste #mailart #artistamp #digitalart #illustration #doodle #sketch #artist #dada #fluxus #zines #perzine #craft

The lyric's from Death Therapy's "Familiar Shadows".

#design #art #mixedmedia #hand #blackandwhite #monochrome #photocopy #xerox #flyer #punk #aesthetic #grunge #dark #gritty #grainy #rough #distorted #distressed #atmospheric #industrial #eerie #horror #gothic #goth

Finally did some dried moss scans. The textures look like small pieces of rope or fabric.

#textures #artassets #design #photocopy #fediart #mastoart

Tarpaulin was originally meant to be in the launch set for Scanned Textures, was passed off for the 6 to 8 update, but it will be in the 9 to 10 update.

#photocopy #artassets #textures #textiles #artassets #assetpack #graphicdesign #gamedev #mastoart #fediart

“Black Weirdos” from the first issue of #ShotgunSeamstress zine (2006) featuring #FlorynceKennedy and #SunRa.

20 years ago it felt necessary to assert our right as Black people to express ourselves freely without our racial identity being called into question. (In other words, other Black people might say you were “acting white” if you exhibited any behaviors outside of what was considered the norm for Black people, including listening to rock music.)

While so many social issues remain the same or have even worsened since then, I’m glad to say that I’ve seen improvement in this area over the last couple of decades. If you dare to call a Black punk rock, book smart, awkward, nerdy anime loving gamer “white” you just look like an ignorant dumbass at this point.

#zines #BlackPunk #BlackLiberation #BlackFedi #DontCallMeWhite #Xerox #photocopy #CutAndPaste