BLACK SUBCULTURES, INTERVIEWS, CONVERSATION, RIOT GRRL, BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY, QUEER HISTORY, HOUSE SHOWS, GIRL BANDS, AUTOBIOGRAPHIES BY BLACK ARTISTS, RECLAMATION OF CULTURE, DECOLONIZATION THROUGH ART
Music
THE YOUNGER LOVERS, THE GORIES, DEATH/ROUGH FRANCIS, HORNET LEG, HEY GIRL!, PURPLE RHINESTONE EAGLE, NEW BLOODS, MAGIC JOHNSON, ESG, BAD BRAINS, VOID (BUBBA DUPREE), NASTYFACTS, BEEFEATER, THE CONTROLLERS (MADDOG KARLA), X-RAY SPEX, EMILY'S SASSY LIME, EGGS ON LEGS, FELA, SUN RA!
Movies
PARIS IS BURNING, DOWNTOWN 81 starring J.M. Basquiat, BAD BRAINS LIVE AT CBGBS, STONEWALL, AFROPUNK, SPACE IS THE PLACE, KONKOMBE: THE NIGERIAN POP MUSIC SCENE, BORN IN FLAMES, CROOKLYN!
Books
LETTIN IT ALL HANG OUT (RUPAUL'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY), CULTURE CLASH: DREAD MEETS PUNK ROCKERS by DON LETTS, SPACE IS THE PLACE (SUN RA'S BIOGRAPHY), THE BOX by TONI MORRISON, BLACK GIRL IN PARIS by Shay Youngblood, CINDERELLA'S BIG SCORE: WOMEN OF THE PUNK AND INDIE UNDERGROUND by MARIA RAHA, BANNED IN DC by C. Conolly and S. Cheslow, EVOLUTION OF A RACE RIOT 1 & 2 zine, ed. MIMI NGUYEN, HOW TO STAGE A COUP zine, ed. HELLEN LUU, FINGER ON THE TRIGGER zine by ADEE LICIOUS, FAG SCHOOL zine by BRONTEZ, ATAXIA zine by AIDAN ABERRANT
Heroes
NKECHI OBI-ATOE, BRONTEZ PURNELL, BELL HOOKS, MARLON RIGGS, VAGINAL CREME DAVIS
Shotgun Seamstress No. 4 should be out sometime in August or September 2009. It's about ART, like mostly the non-music kind.
Shotgun Seamstress No. 3 available now!
HEY THERE, YOU CAN ORDER SHOTGUN SEAMSTRESS DIRECTLY THROUGH ME (SEE BELOW), OR FROM ANY OF THE STORES & DISTROS LISTED IN THE ABOVE BLOG TITLED "HOW TO GET SHOTGUN SEAMSTRESS." AND REMEMBER: PLEASE SUPPORT ZINE DISTROS THAT DISTRIBUTE THE WORK OF FEMINISTS, QUEERS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR. THEY ARE RARE.
SHOTGUN SEAMSTRESS IS A ZINE BY AND FOR BLACK PUNKS,QUEERS, MISFITS, FEMINISTS, ARTISTS/MUSICIANS, WEIRDOS AND THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT THEM.
ISSUE 3: MONEY IS FAKE
THE STANDARD PRICE OF SHOTGUN SEAMSTRESS IS $3. THIS IS THE "NICE PRICE" FOR THE ZINE. THESE DAYS, $3 DOESN'T COVER THE COST OF PRINTING & POSTAGE. I JUST WANT THE ZINE TO BE AFFORDABLE, SO I EAT THE EXTRA COST. IF YOU CAN AFFORD IT, PLEASE CONSIDER PAYING $5 FOR THE ZINE. THIS WILL ALLOW ME TO PRINT FREE COPIES FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD IT OR PEOPLE WHO SHOULD HAVE FREE ACCESS TO IT BECAUSE THEY ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR, QUEER, IN JAIL, ETC. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SET UP A TRADE OR YOU WANT A ZINE BUT DON'T HAVE THE CASH, EMAIL ME AT SHOTGUNSEAMSTRESS@GMAIL.COM AND WE'LL WORK SOMETHING OUT. THANKS!
IN THIS ISSUE:
Interview with MICK COLLINS of the Dirtbombs
Black, queer photographer ALVIN BALTROP
Interview with Kali Boyce of NASTYFACTS
Black punks Traveling FREE
Gravy Train!!!! battle over royalties by BRONTEZ
COMICS by Donovan Vim Crony
& more!
we like...
This is more like what Punk Rock should look like (from New Bloods show in SF):
Who I'd like to meet: SHUG AVERY AND, OF COURSE, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BROWN UNDERGROUND.
i've done only three issues but i've been working on stuff for other people's zines. i'm trying to be the lil wayne of zines except with less kids, feel me? so you want #2 and #3. they're totally yours. you can just make me a cd or something as a trade. your musical taste is AMAZING. i was just looking at your zine the other day and thinking about how well it's put together. i still really love it. i've never read #1. do you have any of #1 left? i'll look on your page to see if your address changed. -lamesha
thanks for the compliments! i hope our paths cross again soon. i love the look you are rockin....tis beautiful. also really enjoyed interview with mr. tuffnstuff xo
We would love to see your friends play this thursday, but will not be able to we have a gig the same day :) However, let us know the next time they play! We hope all is well with you miss.
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