Welcome to the TMQ Zine Archive!
Welcome to the Trademark Of Quality Zine Archive! I'm your humble archivist, the one-and-only "Reverend of Rock & Roll," the Rev. Keith A. Gordon. You may know me from such blogs as our Trademark Of Quality audioblog, The Other Side Of Nashville project blog, or even our music business blog, Ryan Adams Sucks. Altogether, our various publications enjoy a cult audience of half-dozen or so regular readers!
There seems to be a lot of interest in zines these days. In this modern era of blogs, podcasts, webzines and other "user-created" media, the print zine is a quaint relic of yesteryear. But a lot of people, myself included, remain fond of those small print underground publications, especially those zines from the wild and wacky '80s. As a former zine publisher (Anthem, Radical Pizza) who earned his share of positive reviews from Factsheet Five, I had the opportunity to swap zines with other publishers all over the world. I've still got a lot of them, too, and I'm willing to share some of the magic of these publications with other enthusiasts.
Each post on this blog will include a scan of the zine's cover and a brief listing of the issue's contents. By doing individual posts for each issue, we can create an extensive virtual archive of these colorful and influential publications. Keep in mind that the opinions expressed here are strictly my own, and my memory ain't what it used to be. Statements of fact are true only as far as I remember them to be. Use the handy email link to your right to contact me if I've made a mistake in my recollections, or if I'm just plain damn wrong about something I've said.
If you used to publish a zine and would like to see your publication included here, feel free to send us a copy (address at right) and we'll include it here in the Trademark Of Quality Zine Archive!
There seems to be a lot of interest in zines these days. In this modern era of blogs, podcasts, webzines and other "user-created" media, the print zine is a quaint relic of yesteryear. But a lot of people, myself included, remain fond of those small print underground publications, especially those zines from the wild and wacky '80s. As a former zine publisher (Anthem, Radical Pizza) who earned his share of positive reviews from Factsheet Five, I had the opportunity to swap zines with other publishers all over the world. I've still got a lot of them, too, and I'm willing to share some of the magic of these publications with other enthusiasts.
Each post on this blog will include a scan of the zine's cover and a brief listing of the issue's contents. By doing individual posts for each issue, we can create an extensive virtual archive of these colorful and influential publications. Keep in mind that the opinions expressed here are strictly my own, and my memory ain't what it used to be. Statements of fact are true only as far as I remember them to be. Use the handy email link to your right to contact me if I've made a mistake in my recollections, or if I'm just plain damn wrong about something I've said.
If you used to publish a zine and would like to see your publication included here, feel free to send us a copy (address at right) and we'll include it here in the Trademark Of Quality Zine Archive!
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