The Fanzine Podcast
Music Podcasts
Join Tony Fletcher as he interviews fanzine editors past and present, along with authors, curators and anyone else contributing to the prevalence and preservation of the home-spun DIY press.
Tony Fletcher started Jamming! fanzine as a 13-year old schoolboy in 1977, and went on to publish 36 issues and take Jamming! monthly before folding it in 1986. He has since gone on to write many books about music, including biographies of Keith Moon, The Smiths, R.E.M., Wilson Pickett and others, plus a memoir, a novel and a Jamming! compendium: The Best of Jamming!: Selections and Stories from the Fanzine That Grew Up 1977-86 was published by Omnibus Press in 2021 and comes complete with reproduced interviews, articles, photographs and cartoons, fresh recollections from those who were part of the Jamming! story, and a foreword by Billy Bragg. More information and online purchasing options available at:
Omnibus Press
TonyFletcher.net
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The Best of Jamming! book cover was designed by Martin Stiff
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Music Podcasts
Description:
Join Tony Fletcher as he interviews fanzine editors past and present, along with authors, curators and anyone else contributing to the prevalence and preservation of the home-spun DIY press. Tony Fletcher started Jamming! fanzine as a 13-year old schoolboy in 1977, and went on to publish 36 issues and take Jamming! monthly before folding it in 1986. He has since gone on to write many books about music, including biographies of Keith Moon, The Smiths, R.E.M., Wilson Pickett and others, plus a memoir, a novel and a Jamming! compendium: The Best of Jamming!: Selections and Stories from the Fanzine That Grew Up 1977-86 was published by Omnibus Press in 2021 and comes complete with reproduced interviews, articles, photographs and cartoons, fresh recollections from those who were part of the Jamming! story, and a foreword by Billy Bragg. More information and online purchasing options available at: Omnibus Press TonyFletcher.net Signed copies direct from the author, ideal for readers based in the USA, are available from https://tonyfletcherauthor.bandcamp.com/merch Sign up for free at tonyfletcher.substack.com for weekly updates on this podcast, other fanzine news, music, reading and writing recommendations, and for a free long-read weekend article by Tony. 'The Jamming! Fanzine Podcast Theme' is by Noel Fletcher. Copyright reserved. The Jamming! Fanzine Podcast logo was designed by Greg Morton. The Best of Jamming! book cover was designed by Martin Stiff Tony Fletcher Socials: Facebook Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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@tonyfletcher
Language:
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Ep. 24: The Birth of Jamming! and a Fanzines Update
Duration:01:10:22
Ep. 23: Sniffin' Glue with Mark Perry
Duration:01:37:58
Ep. 22: Perzines Are Awesome with Liz Mason & Billy McCall
Duration:01:14:04
Ep. 22: Perzines Are Awesome with Liz Mason & Billy McCall
Duration:01:14:04
Ep. 21: NYC's Ira Robbins (Trouser Press) & Jack Rabid (The Big Takeover)
Duration:01:11:42
Ep. 21: NYC's Ira Robbins (Trouser Press) & Jack Rabid (The Big Takeover)
Duration:01:11:42
Ep. 21: NYC's Ira Robbins (Trouser Press) & Jack Rabid (The Big Takeover)
Duration:01:11:42
Ep. 20: What Was The First Ever Fanzine?
Duration:01:00:11
Ep. 19: Postcard from Post-Punk Scotland with Bobby Bluebell & Alastair McKay
Duration:01:10:32
Ep. 18: Modzines and the Mod Scene with Eddie Piller
Duration:01:08:16
Ep. 17: Confessions of an Ex-Zine Editor
Duration:00:57:49
Ep. 16: James Brown & Mark Hodkinson (Attack On Bzag/Untermensch
Duration:01:32:09
Ep. 15: Miki Berenyi & Clare Wadd (Alphabet Soup/Kvatch)
Duration:01:27:14
Ep. 14: Bloody Revolutions with Toxic Grafity's Mike Diboll
Duration:00:59:21
Ep. 13: Ripped & Torn with Tony D.
Duration:01:20:18
Ep. 12: Archiving a City's Zine Scene
Duration:00:57:50
Ep. 11: A History of British Zines
Duration:00:58:47
Ep. 10: Series 1 Finale with James Endeacott & Tony Fletcher
Duration:00:59:44
Ep. 9: Jamming! Records with Rudi, Zeitgeist & Apocalypse
Duration:01:05:02
Ep. 8: Tales from the Trenches
Duration:01:05:27