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Anti/Matters (A/M) is a monthly zine that has covered the songwriting and Antifolk scenes in the East Village since 1996. This scene has contributed many of the most significant voices to the modern songwriter world; Beck, Michelle Shocked, Hamell On Trial, Cindy Lee Berryhill, Brenda Kahn, Roger Manning, Dan Emery and Chris Barron (from the Spin Doctors) have all spent no small amount of time in this scene, and all of them got some early coverage in the pages of A/M. I took over the editorship of AntiMatters from Jon Berger (who had edited and largely wrote most issues in almost their entirety, under various pen names, for the better part of the last three years) in the summer of 2000. As I code and format the past issues of AntiMatters, I'll be archiving them here. I don't know if I'll be able to go too far back into the archives, but I'll be putting the issues from then to now on this site at least. PS - Don't expect coding miracles - my initial goal is just to get everything up and online. At a certain point, I'll start screwing with the look of these pages, but until I do, you can at least link to them if you'd like (they're not moving from their locations now that I've got them up) or just read about this great scene we've got going on here or whatever. PPS - Damnfine.org may still have some online archives of Antimatters / A/M. And they're good people anyways. PPPS - For other writing by Chico Bangs or Tony Hightower, visit The Evil Twin Theory. |
July 2000 - Bionic Finger, Ish Marquez, Steve Espinola's Ass Game August 2000 - The Meeting: A special tribute to Hamell on Trial / New York Summer Antifolk Festival Program September 2000 - Prewar Yardsale, Andy Morris Remembered October 2000 - Testosterone Kills, Grey Revell, Lach protects his scene November 2000 - Patsy Grace, Moldy Peaches, Boss Blood, Erica Smith December 2000 - Huge Issue! Interviews with Billy Kelly & Earl Pickens, Jeff Lightning Lewis's Senior Thesis on Prewar Yardsale, Fragile Male Ego, Patsy Grace, Bionic Finger in Washington State, plus Lauren Barrett Porter, Randi Russo and tons more January/February 2001 - Lach Appreciation Issue! Interviews with Sylvia Mann & Brer Brian, cartoons from Patsy Grace and Don Becker, Peter Missing, Jordan Corbin, The Voyces, CD Reviews of Balloon Heaven, Randi Russo and Atoosa, and lots more March/April 2001 - Our (temporary) Farewell Issue! Diane Cluck, Melissa Zajk on the Oscars, Brer Brian's CD Release, Mike iLL, Joie DBG's Birthday, The Overdevelopment of Scott, The Last Dodo, and more (including pics and features simply too hot for the print version!) |