Hey People it's been a long time since a group of friends and I whipped out that pathetic excuse for a zine – The Jaded Review and passed it out at the 2006 emerg-n-see and then posted later. Totally surprising to us its become a bit of a phenomenon being reprinted by friends and the demand for a new issue has been highly requested so I've let it sit on the back burner for over a year as I slowly worked on parts of it. Now at the end of the festival season Ive finally got off my ass and finished it… its like waiting until spring to buy your winter coat – oh well. Issue two was more of a serious endeavor – a 24 page guide to hippie watching in america – the different types with illustrations, blatant generalizations, and all manners of subtle snarkiness. I took a few photos of the progress as I was working on it. If you wish to order it check this page. (coming in a second)
Wook, Baller, & ShirtCocker illustration pre-inking
The Dj & The Hater page spread
The test run – full of incomplete sentences, bad grammar and errors. Now a collectors item like 3 legged buffalo nickels.
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This is PRICELESS! As soon as I get paid I'm buying 20 copies so I can give them away to friends!
I just got home from a friend's house where Amanda whipped this zine out and I said "where'd you get that?" "From Phidelity, I was on a camping trip with him last weekend." So I knew I had to check it out then, but when she started reading from it I was not ready for the snarky genius so perfectly sticking pins in all the lovely specimens from "our scene."
We sat around taking turns reading from this and laughing our asses off, hysterical! Everyone had fun seeing which archetypes they recognized (in the mirror), hated, or "resonated with."
Great work, man, stay snarky!
~ Ev "Feather-hat Taper wish-i-had-some-nicer-hippie-Bling wannabe-DJ"
p.s. – Goddesses are so hot, and they smell good too! But where are the yoga-Goddesses?
I picked up the the Jaded Review while wandering around Symbiosis Gathering and ever since me and my buddy have referred to this manual almost daily. (In the immediate aftermath like every 5 minutes!)
While at Earthdance one week later we spent half the event sitting in lawn chairs categorizing and bagging on fellow hippies both near and far. We forgot how fun it can be to stroke our "inner haters!"
We also discerned many hybridized forms such as the "feral featherhat" and the "wookie baller" as well as documenting other distinct species not yet described in the inaugural issue.
We'd be whispering to each other:
"Duuuuude…high-level wookie enblobment straight ahead. Listen to the burps and snarls. They should just rename Mendocino County Wookwood and leave it at that."
"Psst…on your left—impenetrably twee goddess coven on a mid-afternoon peacocking stroll. There must be at least 20 layers of whimsical adornment meticulously endraped on their preciousness. They seem like mobile window mannequins–not for touching, just for looking at, blemish free. gag-"
Most of the satire in the field guide was full blown hilarious and brilliant. With the exception of some possible overlooked, sloppy age bracketing, all other commentary was very sociologically accurate and spot on. Seems like this user guide has become an instant cult classic and will be referred to years from now as important early 21st century underground archive.
Good to read that there's a second issue and hoping that submissions can be accepted for issue 3!
From your friendly neighborhood Sensitive New Age Galactic Wook!