Inspired by the Linda Lindas’ viral performance of a song called “Racist, Sexist Boy” at the LA Public Library last week, today former host Karma Chávez returns to the WORT airwaves to talk about punk and DIY culture with Mimi Thi Nguyen. They spend an engaging hour discussing BIPOC women in punk, the community-creating power […]
The Once and Future Print and Resist Fest
Even in the digital age, the art of creating physical DIY magazines, known as zines, continues to flourish around the country. Here in Madison, the seventh annual Print and Resist Zine Fest recently fell victim to the Coronavirus Pandemic ban on large assembly events, but hopes to have a new life later this year. In […]
Looking Back at “Slander”
Before blogs, Facebook pages, memes and fake news, there were zines. Using now-archaic technology and self-distributed to cafes and lobbies, zines provided avenues for those without access to printing presses or airwaves a venue to inform, vent and rant. Tone Madison editor Scott Gordon recently took a fond look at one satirical Madison music zine […]
A Print And Resist haul
Madison’s Print & Resist festival returned to the Central Library on Saturday, April 13, which means Tone Madison editor Scott Gordon went and spent too much money on zines, stickers, books, and other fun works of print media. We sat down this week to talk about the haul. The goods include Lauden Nute‘s official Print […]
