{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/613f6abff5e01d00136472e4/660e7ec27287390017638841?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep. 24: The Birth of Jamming! and a Fanzines Update","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/613f6abff5e01d00136472e4/1712229283443-d250bf43a055b620592431ae4bbffac8.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Please visit (and subscribe to) <a href=\"tonyfletcher.substack.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">tonyfletcher.substack.com</a> for more writings on zines and beyond.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, Tony offers a short update on the Fanzine Podcast's future episodes and some of the activities around the zine scene before using the opportunity of being in the UK for a while to revisit the debut episode of what was then called The Jamming! Fanzine Podcast, \"From Classroom To Clubs.\" The episode was summarised at the time as follows:</p><p><br></p><p>For<strong><em> </em></strong>this debut episode of <strong><em>The Jamming! Fanzine Podcast, </em></strong>Tony Fletcher connects with three old friends who all played an important part in the Jamming! school days, and each of whom wrote an introductory piece for <a href=\"https://tonyfletcher.net/book/the-best-of-jamming/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Best of Jamming!</em></a> book. They are Richard Heard, Jeni de Haart and John Matthews, and over the course of a lively group call, they discuss</p><ul><li>the onset of punk,</li><li>the birth of Jamming and why John Matthews declined a role</li><li>first gigs at The Marquee on Wardour Street</li><li>a shared love of The Jam</li><li>Jamming's eclectic tastes - including The Fall, Scritti Politti, Killing Joke and more</li><li>attending the <em>Setting Sons</em> recording sessions</li><li>Apocalypse</li><li>selling fanzines at gigs</li><li>being taught 'Teenage Kicks' on guitar by The Undertones</li><li>the violence surrounding the tribalism of the late 1970s</li><li>the influence of John Peel</li><li>fave gig memories</li><li>and why those years mattered so much and why they are all still friends</li></ul><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 <a href=\"https://omnibuspress.com/products/the-best-of-jamming-published-on-23rd-september-2021\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Omnibus Press</a> and available from all good book shops.on Sep 23 in the UK/EU, and Dec 2 in the rest of the world.</p><p>More information and online purchasing options available at:</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><br></p><p><br></p><p>Meantime, if you're a former fanzine editor interested in contributing to the Guest Ex-Editor project, \"The concept is to bring various zine scene alumni out of retirement for one or two pages. Contributors might use their&nbsp;page(s) to revisit memories of their old zine, re-evaluate it, resurrect it (maybe with a modern twist to reflect where life has taken them since), or pilot a brand-new zine idea.\" Write to Alison via confessionsofanexzineeditor@gmail.com</p><p><br></p><p>Zerox Machine: Punk, Post-Punk and Fanzines in Britain 1976-88 available now in the UK from Reaktion Books <a href=\"https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/zerox-machine\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/zerox-machine</a></p><p><br></p><p>Matthew Worley's Facebook group <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/267152449995279/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Subcultures, Popular Music and Social Change</a></p><p>https://www.facebook.com/groups/267152449995279</p><p><br></p><p>'The Jamming! Fanzine Podcast Theme'<strong> </strong>is by Noel Fletcher. Copyright reserved.</p><p>The Jamming! Fanzine Podcast logo was designed by Greg Morton, who also assisted with editing.</p><p><em>The Best of Jamming! </em>book cover was designed by Martin Stiff.</p>","author_name":"Tony Fletcher"}