Miscarriage. The Abortive Attempt. Nos. 13 (1977) – 14; 16 – 19; 20; 22 – 30; 30 (bis) – 36 (March 1978) (dated per the postal cancellation). [Title and subtitle vary.] Collection of 23 weekly issues (ca. 2-6 leaves each). Boston / Jamaica Plain, MA (10 Priesing Street) 1977-1978. (47328)
Like most cities in the United States, Boston can lay claim to a punk-era history all its own. The venerable Boston Groupie News, the Subway News, and later, Forced Exposure are among the better-known chronicles of such indigenous noise and youthful exuberance that flourished along the banks of the Charles River between the mid 1970s and the late 80s. Now we can add Miscarriage to the list of essential Boston underground fanzines.
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Tagged as:
'zine,
1977,
Ann Prin,
Boston,
Cantone's,
Carmen Monoxide,
Fanzine,
Justa Jane,
Kronichk,
Loretta Baretta,
Miscarriage,
Punk,
Rat
Artists’ postcards from the collection of Ulises Carrión, comprised of approximately 900 individual items in 108 small edition sets (most 50-500 copies) by Günter Brus, Stempelplaats, Nickolaus Urban, and Gabor Toth, among others, many signed by the artists and addressed to Carrión. [44030]
Brus, Gunter "O Wunder, Wunderschone Sonne," suite of four postcard prints, N.p., 1978. Signed and dated by Brus with dedication to Carrión on verso of first card.
Without so much as an envelope to keep their contents private, postcards may be our most casual yet intimate mode of personal correspondence. We send them to our friends and colleagues to boast of our visits to exotic locales, natural wonders and art museums. The gesture implies fondness and familiarity with the addressee—“wish you were here,” etc. And though they sometimes depict works of art, we seldom think of them as substantial works of art unto themselves.
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Correspondence Art,
Mail Art,
Other Books and So,
Postcards,
Ulises Carrión
Teruhiko Yumura, et al.-. Shinjuku Playmap. Nos. 1 (July 1969) through 30 (December 1971) (all published in the first series). 8vo. Wrpps., covers illustrated by Teruhiko Yumura (also known as King Terry and Terry Johnson). Tokyo 1969-1971. [46471]
What power is this, indeed?
The global tidal wave of youth culture rebellion and experimentation of the late 1960s and early 1970s did not bypass Tokyo. Shinjuku ward—home to the city’s municipal government and its busiest commuter rail center—was the local substation through which powerful new currents in music, fashion and visual art flowed in and out of Japan.
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Graphic design,
Heikichi Harata,
Illustration,
Japan,
King Terry,
Say! Young,
Shinjuku Playmap,
Shinobu Ishimaru,
Tokyo,
Underground
