Hello, zine friends! It’s a beautiful day, and there are beautiful zines to check out today. A new zine friend and an old zine friend have sent mail, and they are both from Canada! Enjoy the goodness.
As always, thank you for watching.
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Sea Green Zines / PO Box 378 / Murray Bridge, SA 5253 / Australia
*Like what I do here? Please consider checking out my Ko-Fi page where I post links to videos as well as sell my zines: https://ko-fi.com/seagreenzines
@hellomagnoliaprintshop is asking for art and written submissions for Volume 2 of FISH GUTS, a zine all about tinned fish, stuffed with stories, comics, recipes and more! Please be as creative as you like with your interpretation of the theme, write a poem, send an image of your sculpture or painting, or beadwork!
All accepted creatives will receive a complementary copy!
Guidelines: Must be 18+ to submit Subs Open Jan. 14th Subs Close Feb. 1st Join Art Club (for FREE) for full details and link to submit! patreon.com/HelloMagnolia
HEY KARAOKE FANS! Looking for a great holiday gift for the karaoke-lover in your life? Try this combination set of Local Vocals: Your Guide To Kick Ass Karaoke and its sequel, Kick-Ass Karaoke #2!
Are you all about karaoke, or not sure how to try? Either way, get right to it with Local Vocals! Discover why you should sing karaoke, pick up some karaoke tips, learn about the types of karaoke singers, and figure out how to interact with various kinds of audience members. There’s tips to go all-out for your song, and find out how not to be a jerk at karaoke.
In the follow-up (November 2025), sing out loud with Kick-Ass Karaoke #2! Choose songs by your current vibe, go on a karaoke text adventure, and find out why you should bring a date to karaoke! Consider “what is karaoke?”, think about your karaoke history, and learn about karaoke singers in the wild.
Get bold! Get loud! Kick some ass at karaoke with Local Vocals and Kick-Ass Karaoke #2!
Only five dollars for both zines–hit Kari up at SweetMayhemZinery on Instagram for more info, or PayPal $5 with your address to shardsofglassinyoureye@gmail.com!
HEY KARAOKE FANS! Looking for a great holiday gift for the karaoke-lover in your life? Try this combination set of Local Vocals: Your Guide To Kick Ass Karaoke and its sequel, Kick-Ass Karaoke #2!
Are you all about karaoke, or not sure how to try? Either way, get right to it with Local Vocals! Discover why you should sing karaoke, pick up some karaoke tips, learn about the types of karaoke singers, and figure out how to interact with various kinds of audience members. There’s tips to go all-out for your song, and find out how not to be a jerk at karaoke.
In the follow-up (November 2025), sing out loud with Kick-Ass Karaoke #2! Choose songs by your current vibe, go on a karaoke text adventure, and find out why you should bring a date to karaoke! Consider “what is karaoke?”, think about your karaoke history, and learn about karaoke singers in the wild.
Get bold! Get loud! Kick some ass at karaoke with Local Vocals and Kick-Ass Karaoke #2!
Only five dollars for both zines–hit Kari up at SweetMayhemZinery on Instagram for more info, or PayPal $5 with your address to shardsofglassinyoureye@gmail.com!
Do you have a call for zine submissions? Have you launched a new zine? Is there a zine event you’d like to shout out? I share all sorts of zine-related goodness here and at www.seagreenzines.com so be sure to email me at seagreenzines@gmail.com if you’d like a signal boost.
Yeastie Girlz Saved My Life: How Punk Made Me Less Of An Asshole is a ~10.5cm x ~18cm, black and white perzine about how the punk group Yeastie Girlz had a huge impact on Colin’s life and “made a kid from a small, southern Ontario town think deeply about racism, homosexuality, feminism… [and] anthems that have set the tone for the choices I have made since.”
Yeastie Girlz opens with Microcosm Publishing details for learning more about the publisher of this zine. From there, we get into the zine of the zine, and how could we not start with lyrics?
“So you’d better not listen to us if you’re a prude ‘Cause we’re gonna get dirty, and we’re gonna get rude” – Yeastie Girlz, “Talkin’ Shit”
Talk about setting a tone! But where opening with those lyrics definitely caught my attention, Colin then introduces Yeastie Girlz a bit, and I read these three words put together for the first time: vaginacore acapella rap. Three words, and I was beyond intrigued.
Colin writes about having the opportunity to interview Yeastie Girlz in 2023, and how that interview lead to this zine:
“I was ready to ask the questions, but when Toloui turned the question around on me, I was taken off guard. I was not satisfied with my answer and so this zine is the reply I wish I had given.”
What a beautiful reason to make a zine.
Colin goes on to write about the impact of punk music and how there is more to it than people often think. (I feel the same about metal.) Colin then gets more firmly into perzine territory by writing about early life in a small, agricultural community always behind in the times. From the eye-opening impact from ‘Ovary Action’ to the seriousness of HIV/AIDS awareness that fed into ‘Put A Lid On It’.
The layering of the lyrics within the perzine is excellent. Everything feels smooth from writing, to lyrics, and back to Colin’s writing again. Yeastie Girlz explores topics of sexuality within relationships as well as self-exploration set against the contrasting backgrounds of punk music and small town religion.
As someone who has also grown up with music that impacted me deeply and songs that act like time machines to certain points in my life, I didn’t need to know the specific songs to enjoy this zine. (If anything, discovering new-to-me music makes it all the more fun.) There’s even a small reference section, which I always appreciate.
All up, Yeastie Girlz Saved My Life: How Punk Made Me Less Of An Asshole was a very interesting read. The fact that I also grew up in a fairly small agricultural place with plenty of churches around made the comparisons and contrasts all the more interesting for me. I almost feel like this zine could be a ‘taster’ and there’s even more to explore.
Hello, happy mail friends, and hello December! What a way to start the month – postcards, and zines, and oracle cards?! Yes please. Check out all the goodness.
As always, thank you for watching.
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My PO Box:
Sea Green Zines / PO Box 378 / Murray Bridge, SA 5253 / Australia
*Like what I do here? Please consider checking out my Ko-Fi page where I post links to videos as well as sell my zines: https://ko-fi.com/seagreenzines
@hellomagnoliaprintshop is asking for art and written submissions for Volume 2 of FISH GUTS, a zine all about tinned fish, stuffed with stories, comics, recipes and more! Please be as creative as you like with your interpretation of the theme, write a poem, send an image of your sculpture or painting, or beadwork!
All accepted creatives will receive a complementary copy!
Guidelines: Must be 18+ to submit Subs Open Jan. 14th Subs Close Feb. 1st Join Art Club (for FREE) for full details and link to submit! patreon.com/HelloMagnolia
HEY KARAOKE FANS! Looking for a great holiday gift for the karaoke-lover in your life? Try this combination set of Local Vocals: Your Guide To Kick Ass Karaoke and its sequel, Kick-Ass Karaoke #2!
Are you all about karaoke, or not sure how to try? Either way, get right to it with Local Vocals! Discover why you should sing karaoke, pick up some karaoke tips, learn about the types of karaoke singers, and figure out how to interact with various kinds of audience members. There’s tips to go all-out for your song, and find out how not to be a jerk at karaoke.
In the follow-up (November 2025), sing out loud with Kick-Ass Karaoke #2! Choose songs by your current vibe, go on a karaoke text adventure, and find out why you should bring a date to karaoke! Consider “what is karaoke?”, think about your karaoke history, and learn about karaoke singers in the wild.
Get bold! Get loud! Kick some ass at karaoke with Local Vocals and Kick-Ass Karaoke #2!
Only five dollars for both zines–hit Kari up at SweetMayhemZinery on Instagram for more info, or PayPal $5 with your address to shardsofglassinyoureye@gmail.com!
@hellomagnoliaprintshop is asking for art and written submissions for Volume 2 of FISH GUTS, a zine all about tinned fish, stuffed with stories, comics, recipes and more! Please be as creative as you like with your interpretation of the theme, write a poem, send an image of your sculpture or painting, or beadwork!
All accepted creatives will receive a complementary copy!
Guidelines: Must be 18+ to submit Subs Open Jan. 14th Subs Close Feb. 1st Join Art Club (for FREE) for full details and link to submit! patreon.com/HelloMagnolia
