Whenever a catalog like Essential Media's crosses my desk, I have to chuckle. I'm reminded of an old cartoon in which a convention speaker stands beneath a banner that reads: "The National Nonconformist Society." He's a longhair in a jean jacket; everyone in the audience, his clone.
Nineties counterculture has become similarly formulaic, and Essential Media offers a variety of cultural commodities. Don't get me wrong, though, I still dutifully read my Eightball, quote leather theorists. And read Essential Media.
This catalog lists about 800 zines, books, CDs, and videos. Most cost US$1 to $2 below cover price. It's got the usual titles, along with obscure stuff like Maya Angelou singing calypso (who knew?), a SubGenius clock(!), and the hard-to-find Fritz the Cat video.
If this sounds like your idea of essential media, then you can't go wrong here. Did I mention that it has thrift-store art clocks, too? Oh, the humanity!
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Pix Are for Kids
Free to Disagree
Attorney Privilege
Pen and Think
Familiar Dissonance
Life with Bruno
A Cinematic World Away
Discounterculture
Jargon Watch
Graphics Card with a Charge
Berlin Diaries
Desktop Sound Factory
Shake Your Joystick
Ambient Awakening
ReadMe
The Lizard King
Cold New World
Pocket-Perfect Sound
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