{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/613f6abff5e01d00136472e4/6182e4de1f9fb70012ed1e3f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep. 4: The Politics of Fanzines","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/613f6abff5e01d00136472e4/1635967873273-79e8e172f55eaf630899be8135ecaf99.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Tony Fletcher</strong> hosts a conversation with three fellow former fanzine editors and <em>Jamming</em>! contributors, <strong>Tim Kelly </strong>(<em>Revolutionary Suicide/Fanzine of Noise</em>), <strong>Janine Booth </strong>(<em>Blaze</em>) and <strong>Richard Edwards</strong> (<em>Cool Notes</em>). Janine and Richard were also active in the 'Ranting Poetry' scene of the 1980s, while Tim toured with<strong> D.I.R.T.</strong>, and played in <strong>Flux of Pink Indians</strong> and was part of the <strong>One Little Indian </strong>label that emerged from that band.</p><p><br></p><p>Their discussion about 1980s alternative culture, conducted across three continents, covers:</p><ul><li>politics and poetry,</li><li>fanzines and football,</li><li>soul music and sexism,</li><li>animal rights and anarchy,</li><li>rock, racism, reggae and Red Wedge. In other words, very much like the contents of a mid-80s issue of Jamming!</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Some specific highlights:</p><ul><li>Tim Kelly talks about touring Northern Ireland at the height of the 'Troubles' with Crass and D.I.R.T.,</li><li>Janine talks about being one of the few female fanzine editors of the era, the dark side of which she recounts in the poem 'Lighting Rigged',</li><li>Richard Edwards talks about confronting Steel Pulse's anti-gay sentiments in an interview for Jamming!, noting that diversity does not always come with equality.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>And, all four discuss how the values they acquired in the 1980s have stayed throughout their adulthood - and how, despite occasional major setbacks, we have witnessed considerable social progress in our time.</p><p><br></p><p>Janine Booth is at:</p><p><a href=\"http://www.janinebooth.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.janinebooth.com</a></p><p><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/janinebooth\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.youtube.com/janinebooth</a></p><p><br></p><p>Richard Edwards contributes regularly to:</p><p><a href=\"https://www.soul-source.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.soul-source.co.uk/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Tim Kelly is at <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/tim.kelly.7330\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.facebook.com/tim.kelly.7330</a></p><p><br></p><p>Tony Fletcher's <strong>One Step Beyond</strong> podcast on <strong>Equal Playing Field</strong>:</p><p><a href=\"https://shows.acast.com/onestepbeyond/episodes/ep-28-equal-playing-field-first-half\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://shows.acast.com/onestepbeyond/episodes/ep-28-equal-playing-field-first-half</a></p><p><a href=\"https://shows.acast.com/onestepbeyond/episodes/ep-29-equal-playing-field-second-half\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://shows.acast.com/onestepbeyond/episodes/ep-29-equal-playing-field-second-half</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>The Best of Jamming!: Selections and Stories from the Fanzine That Grew Up 1977-86 </em></strong>is published by Omnibus Press and available as of Sep 23 '21 in the UK/EU; Dec 2 in the rest of the world.</p><p><a href=\"https://tonyfletcher.net/book/the-best-of-jamming/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">TonyFletcher.net</a></p><p><a href=\"https://omnibuspress.com/products/the-best-of-jamming-published-on-23rd-september-2021\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">OmnibusPress.com </a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>'The Jamming! Fanzine Podcast Theme'<strong> </strong>is by<strong> Noel Fletcher. </strong></p><p>Editing assistance and art by <strong>Greg Morton</strong>.</p><p><a href=\"https://shows.acast.com/the-jamming-fanzine-podcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://shows.acast.com/the-jamming-fanzine-podcast</a></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Tony Fletcher"}