This was the first zine in a very long time. Over a year in the making (or three years, if you count from when it was first spoken about), then rapidly compiled in the 24 hours leading up to the TINA zine fair in October 2008 in Newcastle, this zine is all about mix-tapes. Not CDRs, nor MP3 playlists, but TAPES - that wonderful dying medium whose nobility is also, it seems, fading away. Managed to get in the zine top 10 in Maximum Rock n roll #313, despite the fact that the reviewer hated the creator's music taste.

24 pages, 21 cm x 15 cm

spurzine@gmail.com

PO Box 41 Flinders Lane VIC 8009

The first time I ever went on RSVP and realised I needed a profile heading, I decided to write 'desperate' because, after all, I was. Surprisingly, I received many responses. Responses by a whole population of insipid, unattractive, uninspired men. I realised that in dismissing them outright, I wasn't actually desperate at all. I amended my profile to read 'superficial'. And I received different kinds of propositions.

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XX pages, XX cm x XX cm.

Dear Princess Toadstool, Are you a real princess? I mean, I know you've got that floofy pink dress and bimbo blonde hair and crown but is that really enough?...

24 pages, 22 cm x 8 cm

PO Box 41 Flinders Lane VIC  8009

These are deer who do not want to be eaten. This one is called Rufus. The one over there is Ainsley. They look almost the same. Brown eyes that seem all pupil. Light brown fur that becomes matted easily. Rufus has large antlers that get in the way all the time. Ainsley has made her own antlers out of a cardboard box and a lot of duct tape...

8 cm x 21 cm, 32 pages

Anyone who's stood still long enough on a Melbourne street corner will know: This town has a lively music scene. Being for the most part a small town scene, most subgenres tend to get along just fine, sharing venues, bookers and the city night. However recently a rift has begun to emerge - a genre has become shunned...

14 cm x 10 cm, 20 pages.

www.maudefarrugia.blogspot.com

Usually at this time I would be squished into a peak hour train going north. By the time I get on, the only seats left are the ones in the middle of the three, so I have to slot in between two others. They are either asleep or playing games on their iphones...

11 cm x 15 cm, 16 pages including fold out thought map!

Spiffy, shaggy, jumble-headed, shiney-eyed, tall-tale-telling and true

katebree@gmail.com

16 pages, 10.5 cm x 8 cm