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Join Tony Fletcher as he interviews fanzine editors past and present, along with authors, curators and anyone else contributing to the prevalence and preservation of the home-spun DIY press.
Tony Fletcher started Jamming! fanzine as a 13-year old schoolboy in 1977, and went on to publish 36 issues and take Jamming! monthly before folding it in 1986. He has since gone on to write many books about music, including biographies of Keith Moon, The Smiths, R.E.M., Wilson Pickett and others, plus a memoir, a novel and a Jamming! compendium: The Best of Jamming!: Selections and Stories from the Fanzine That Grew Up 1977-86 was published by Omnibus Press in 2021 and comes complete with reproduced interviews, articles, photographs and cartoons, fresh recollections from those who were part of the Jamming! story, and a foreword by Billy Bragg. More information and online purchasing options available at:
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Episode | Date |
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Ep. 24: The Birth of Jamming! and a Fanzines Update
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Apr 04, 2024 |
Ep. 23: Sniffin' Glue with Mark Perry
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Feb 29, 2024 |
Ep. 22: Perzines Are Awesome with Liz Mason & Billy McCall
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Feb 01, 2024 |
Ep. 21: NYC's Ira Robbins (Trouser Press) & Jack Rabid (The Big Takeover)
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Dec 21, 2023 |
Ep. 20: What Was The First Ever Fanzine?
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Nov 22, 2023 |
Ep. 19: Postcard from Post-Punk Scotland with Bobby Bluebell & Alastair McKay
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Oct 18, 2023 |
Ep. 18: Modzines and the Mod Scene with Eddie Piller
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Sep 20, 2023 |
Ep. 17: Confessions of an Ex-Zine Editor
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Aug 23, 2023 |
Ep. 16: James Brown & Mark Hodkinson (Attack On Bzag/Untermensch
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Jul 20, 2023 |
Ep. 15: Miki Berenyi & Clare Wadd (Alphabet Soup/Kvatch)
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Jun 15, 2023 |
Ep. 14: Bloody Revolutions with Toxic Grafity's Mike Diboll
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May 17, 2023 |
Ep. 13: Ripped & Torn with Tony D.
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Mar 16, 2023 |
Ep. 12: Archiving a City's Zine Scene
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Feb 16, 2023 |
Ep. 11: A History of British Zines
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Jan 20, 2023 |
Ep. 10: Series 1 Finale with James Endeacott & Tony Fletcher
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Feb 17, 2022 |
Ep. 9: Jamming! Records with Rudi, Zeitgeist & Apocalypse
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Feb 03, 2022 |
Ep. 8: Tales from the Trenches
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Jan 13, 2022 |
Ep. 7: The Importance of Being Virgin
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Dec 16, 2021 |
Ep. 6: Morrissey, Frankie, Natalie & Bronski
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Dec 02, 2021 |
Ep. 5: The Birth of Creation with Alan McGee
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Nov 18, 2021 |
Ep. 4: The Politics of Fanzines
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Nov 04, 2021 |
Ep. 3: Image as Virus with Joly of Better Badges
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Oct 21, 2021 |
Ep. 2: Mods and Sods with Mark Bedford, Guy Pratt and Buddy Ascott
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Oct 07, 2021 |
Ep. 1: From Classroom To Clubs
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Sep 23, 2021 |
Introducing... The Jamming! Fanzine Podcast
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Sep 15, 2021 |