Team Static Zine got to cover NXNE 2014! Check out what our team members got up to during the festival. First off, we have Jessica’s experience.
THURSDAY:
Weaves, Tobacco and tUnE-yArDs at Massey Hall
FRIDAY
St. Vincent at Yonge & Dundas Square, Courtney Barnett at Silver Dollar
SATURDAY Luisa Omelian & Simon Amstell at the Great Hall, Courtney Barnett at the Silver Dollar
With each issue, Static Zine puts out a free mixtape download.
Here’s the latest, yummy ear worms curated by Aviva.
<<DOWNLOAD THE NINTH ISSUE MIXTAPE – FOOD>>
1. Dead Shrimp Blues – Robert Johnson
2. The Original Jelly Roll Blues – JollyRoll Morton
3. Spoonful – Etta James
4. Tater Pie – Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
5. Salt Creek – Bill Monroe
6. Feed Me, Jesus – Sister Rosetta Tharpe
7. Trombone Butter – Dinah Washington
8. Jambalaya – Hank Williams
9. Hold Tight: Want Some Seafood Mama – The Andrews Sisters
10. Hot Burrito #2 – Flying Burrito Brothers
11. I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl - Nina Simone
12. Potato Head Blues – Louis Armstrong
13. Salt Peanuts – Dizzy Gillespie
14. You’re Not The Only Oyster In The Stew – Fats Waller
15. Tacos, Enchiladas And Beans – Doris Day
//What is Static Cloud?//
Static Cloud is our new umbrella name that incorporates a fabulous new Etsy webstore, fair presence and distro.
Static Cloud is a baby cloud still and we’re looking forward to making it explode. So far, the distro (both on webstore and at fairs) includes our editors’ solo zines, but we are getting ready to develop it! It will include zines by Static contributors and international friends, with the goal of getting their zines out to Toronto and Canada (and, webwise, at a bit of cheaper postal rates!)
Please take a peek at the store and support! (And share the link!) Costs of Static Zines themselves (just $2) are considered donation towards printing of the next issue. Have you got issue 8 yet? We can mail it to you, packaged up real nice!
We’re thrilled to announce that our mental health issue is out now!
We’re so proud of this one – not only is it our biggest issue yet, but our contributors from all over North America have created such heart-felt pieces. With writing and illustrations, we’ve got pieces on medication, herbal remedies, bi-polar disorder, traumas, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, overdoses, suicidal thoughts, drugs, OCD and more. It just goes to show how everyone has something that they’re dealing with in every day life. It’s an inspiring collection (if I do say so myself) that strives to be shared, to get the word out there on dealing with mental health.
We’re currently in the process of distro’ing around Toronto, but if you would like to order one to be mailed to you, we’ll get on it right away. A $2 cost is considered as donation towards printing issue 9.
Thank you to all of the contributors and everyone who helped out with this issue – including our amazing launch party at Encore Studios with Programm, Most People and Fresh Snow! It was a blast. <3
art by Greer Brabazon
In celebration of the release of our 8th issue, the Mental Health issue, managing editor Aviva Cohen has curated the joining mixtape: You got the spirit, don’t lose the feeling.
<<DOWNLOAD THE EIGTH ISSUE MIXTAPE – FEELINGS>>
1. Jens Lekman – Opposite Of Hallelujah
2. Sufjan Stevens – Borderline
3. Elliot Smith – Bottle Up & Explode
4. Microphones – The Glow Pt 2
5. Songs: Ohia – Hold On Magnolia
6. Wilco – True Love Will Find You In The End
7. Neko Case – Dirty Knife
8. Whiskeytown – Sit And Listen To The Rain
9. Rilo Kiley – A Better Son/Daughter
10. Leonard Cohen – Avalanche
11. The National – Sorrow
12. The Magnetic Fields – All The Umbrellas In London
13. Morrissey – Everyday Is Like Sunday
14. Joy Division – Disorder
15. Dirty Projectors – Depression
16. Radiohead – Let Down
17. Belle & Sebastian – Ease Your Feet In The Sea
18. Xiu Xiu – Asleep