S01 E42 Considering the fact that Beat Motel is a zine podcast, we don't talk about zines enough. This episode fixes that with aplomb; not only do we spend most of the episode talking about zines, our guest publishes one of the finest zines to come out of a town that people think is in America, but that is actually in Lincolnshire. Our guest for this episode is the … [Read more...] about Marv Gadgie – Ferocious thrashing punk rock, zines and childhood larks
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Gadgie #50 & Network of friends #5 (zine reviews)
S01 E37 What was meant to be a simple review of a couple of zines ended up being a bit of a love letter to punk zines as a whole. We started the Beat Motel zine podcast as an idea to carry on the vibe of paper zines, albeit in a different format, but in this episode of the podcast we've gone deep on why actual paper zines are such an essential emotive contact … [Read more...] about Gadgie #50 & Network of friends #5 (zine reviews)
Beat Motel issue 6 letters page
Sometimes in Beat Motel zine I used to take great pleasure in publishing some of the letters and emails that I received. This looks so snotty with the gift of retrospect, but it is what it is. At the time (2006?) there were a lot of bands who treated the world of zines as a stepping stone onto what they considered greatness. Reading my replies may give you an idea of how I … [Read more...] about Beat Motel issue 6 letters page
The Ballistics – Beat Motel Zine interview – 2005
Originally published in Beat Motel issue 2. This lot of Ipswich punksters have been skanking up a storm up and down the country over the last couple of years and now they have an album out to show for their troubles. Jo hit them with a few questions…Glenn answered them… Ok first of all, lets have your names, and please introduce yourselves as a band, how you formed … [Read more...] about The Ballistics – Beat Motel Zine interview – 2005
Zines and the importance of poo
For many years I bought up zines whenever I saw them in my local independent record shops (hey, remember that concept?). I loved them, but to my mind at the time they seemed to portray a world I would never be able to either fully understand or be a part of; I read (and squinted at, for the print was shite) pages and pages of in-jokes, personal digs at folk I’d never met … [Read more...] about Zines and the importance of poo
