{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/613f6abff5e01d00136472e4/648a79189bdbb900116c30c0?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep. 15: Miki Berenyi & Clare Wadd (Alphabet Soup/Kvatch)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/613f6abff5e01d00136472e4/1686825840470-fd88c6424485949b316e393bf875d492.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In the mid-1980s, before she became known for fronting the band <strong>Lush</strong>, <strong>Miki Berenyi</strong> put out five issues of <strong><em>Alphabet Soup</em></strong> fanzine (“It may be crap but it’s only 5p”) alongside her then-bestie and future band-mate, <strong><em>Emma Anderson</em></strong>. Meantime, before she started <strong>Sarah Records</strong>, <strong>Clare Wadd</strong> put out multiple issues of <strong><em>Kvatch</em></strong> fanzine. This podcast, hosted by former <strong><em>Jamming!</em></strong> editor <strong>Tony Fletcher</strong>, marks the first time ANY of the three have ever had a conversation with each other. Over the course of an hour-plus chat the three of them discuss:</p><ul><li>Why Miki had a photo of Tony on hand should he randomly e-mail her introducing himself.</li><li>Clare’s upbringing in Harrogate, Yorkshire, and starting a fanzine as a way in to the “independent” music world.</li><li>Miki’s school years in Central London, following Culture Club and Haircut 100, and starting a fanzine as a way to combat shyness.</li><li>The lack of girls producing fanzines in the early-mid-1980s.</li><li>Miki’s “nuts” upbringing, how it created a “seize the day” element in her, and how that resulted in her and Emma doing Alphabet Soup.</li><li>Being sexually harassed as a teenage girl selling fanzines.</li><li>Alphabet Soup being “silly &amp; smutty” vs Kvatch being “worthy.”</li><li>The lack of competitiveness among fanzines. The network the editors created instead.</li><li>Interviewing 1980s indie icons like Half Man Half Biscuit, The Housemartins, Xmal Deutschland, and asking The Wedding Present about apartheid because it feels like the right thing to do.</li><li>Neglecting to press record on an interview and making it up instead.</li><li>Sarah Records’ dedicated fanzine “releases” and&nbsp;how Clare’s contributions were more like the modern “perzine.”</li><li>The sexism Clare encountered running Sarah</li><li>The gender expectations/tokenism/sexism Miki encountered in a band and that Clare encountered running Sarah… and whether that has changed.</li><li>Defending The Alarm.</li><li>Other important ‘zines of the era: Attack On Bzag, Moving, Rouska, Jamming!, Viz Comics, Vague, Scared To Get Happy,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Alphabet Soup’s fake Diary of a Fanzine Writer (the Bride Assistants).</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Miki Berenyi is @berenyi_miki on Twitter and IG, and is also at <a href=\"https://linktr.ee/mikiberenyi\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://linktr.ee/mikiberenyi</a> Her memoir is <em>Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success</em>.</p><p>Various Alphabet Soup bits are at <a href=\"https://standupandspit.wordpress.com/2014/07/12/alphabet-soup/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://standupandspit.wordpress.com/2014/07/12/alphabet-soup/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Clare Wadd is @Sarah_Records on Twitter and <a href=\"http://sarahrecords.org.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">sarahrecords.org.uk</a>. The Sarah Records special zine releases are at http://sarahrecords.org.uk/texts/fanzines/</p><p>Kvatch 5 is at <a href=\"https://stillunusual.tumblr.com/post/43093052386/kvatch-fanzine\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://stillunusual.tumblr.com/post/43093052386/kvatch-fanzine</a></p><p><br></p><p>Support this show via the One Step Beyond supporter page:</p><p><a href=\"https://supporter.acast.com/onestepbeyond\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://supporter.acast.com/onestepbeyond</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Tony Fletcher</strong> is <a href=\"https://tonyfletcher.net/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://tonyfletcher.net/</a></p><p>and <a href=\"https://linktr.ee/TonyFletcher\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://linktr.ee/TonyFletcher</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"Tony Fletcher"}