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$pread Magazine

$PREAD'S MISSION STATEMENT IN THEIR OWN WORDS:

We believe that all sex workers have a right to self-determination; to choose how we make a living and what we do with our bodies. We aim to build community and destigmatize sex work by providing a forum for the diverse voices of individuals working in the sex industry.

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Anton Perich

Croatian born Perich was a member of the Letterist group (the collective which later begat the Situationist International) in Paris before arriving in New York City in 1970. Although an accomplished painter, filmmaker, and poet, Perich is best known to New Yorkers for his cable access show Anton Perich Presents (1973), which featured movers, shakers, and players from the downtown scene. The antics portrayed spurred censorship and then subsequent liberation from broadcast regulators, opening the door for artists & scenesters on TV long before Glenn O'Brien's TV Party.

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Bloody Beautiful

In the second issue of Bloody Beautiful, Doran Wittelsbach leads us on another journey into the rarified realm of the glories of yesteryear, and showcases those who will not let these orthodoxies remain past. With its silver-embossed cover and included vinyl disc of songs by superb crooner Al Bowlly, as well as tasty numbers by Lillian Harvery & Willie Fritsch, Sophie Tucker, and Fred Douglas singing “Let’s All Be Fairies,” there is plenty to intrigue and edify.

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Contact List for Electronic Musicians

In the early 80’s, avant-garde radio moguls Peter Moser and Alex Douglas (of Co-Op Radio’s famed Alien Soundtracks program) published a semi-regular zine titled CLEM: Canadian List of Electronic Music. The list operated as a catalog of recent electronic, synth, experimental, and “music of intelligence and feeling” from around the world. For many it was the go-to guide for left-field music at a time when information was not widely available.
 

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David Bienenstock

As the Senior Editor of High Times Magazine, David Bienenstock has traveled the world writing about marijuana. He has interviewed everyone from growers to dealers to prisoners to politicians, which means he knows just about everything there is to know about pot.

High Times Editor & Pot Expert

Intersection | Best Car Magazine

Intersection looks at how our most personal, treasured machines move us, capturing the spirit of life’s journey: on the road, at sea & in the air. The definitive seasonal guide to style in motion, it’s where experiences are shared, styles are formed, and ideas accelerated.

Recommended by Josh Hadar

Juxtapoz Magazine

Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine (pronounced Jucks-tah-pozz) is a magazine created in 1994 by a group of artists and collectors including Robert Williams, C.R. Stecyk, Greg Escalante and others to both help define and celebrate urban contemporary art. It is published by High Speed Productions, the same company who publishes Thrasher Skateboard magazine in San Francisco, California.

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Leg Show

For over 25 years LEG SHOW Magazine has celebrated the power and mystery of the female form, depicting its women in classic pinup style -- wearing girdles and corsets, nylon pantyhose or full fashioned stockings and garter belts, and always the highest high heels.

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The East Village Eye

From its inception in May of 1979 until its final issue in January of 1987, East Village Eye magazine exerted a profound influence on the neighborhood and city it called home, and through it, the popular, avant-garde and youth cultures of the nation – an influence that reached in some ways across the entire world.

Recommended by Peter McGough

Vinyl Magazine

In a 2nd hand shop I found an issue of the Dutch Music Magazine Vinyl Year 6, # 1, published January 1986 (ISSN 0169 – 6130).

This issue contains an article by Stan Rijven. The title of the article is Stadsgezichten (translation: Town Views). It covers the music scene of the following towns: Leningrad, Johannesburg, Warschau, Reykjavik, Shanghai, Toronto & Winschoten (Oost-Groningen) in the year 1985. The publication about Reykjavik contains interviews with Einar Örn Benediktsson (aka EÖB), Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson (aka HÖH), Ásmundur Jónsson & Friðrik Þór Friðriksson (aka FTF). Here is the translation I made today for all of you who don't understand Dutch (I've corrected the obvious/expected mistakes in Icelandic names):

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