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Scene reports, interviews, comics and letters, typed and stapled in somebody’s kitchen and handed out at shows. Every issue is scanned cover to cover.

  • Zine cover: Mill St. Mumble number 2, with a halftone photo of a house with a porch and a hand-drawn map of the town.

    Mill St. Mumble, issue 2

    Zine · 1993

    Show reviews, an interview with Ditch Lilies and a hand-drawn map of every all-ages room in the valley.
  • Zine cover: Mill St. Mumble number 4, with a big halftone close-up of a laughing face and doodled stars.

    Mill St. Mumble, issue 4

    Zine · 1994

    The issue with the review of the Grange show: “212 people and nobody broke anything.”
  • Zine cover: Mill St. Mumble number 7, the letters issue, with a drawing of a mailbox stuffed with envelopes and a few typed lines.

    Mill St. Mumble, issue 7

    Zine · 1996

    The last issue Josie made before she left for college. Half of it is letters from readers.
  • Zine cover: Rural Noise number 1, with a drawing of a cassette tape above a tape deck, framed by stalks of wheat.

    Rural Noise, issue 1

    Zine · 1995

    A zine about recording at home: four-track tips, a chart for dubbing tapes in real time, and a Grain Elevator rehearsal diary.
  • Zine cover: Rural Noise number 3, with a halftone photo of a crowd with raised arms and a stamp announcing the Static Hum Vol. 1 tracklist inside.

    Rural Noise, issue 3

    Zine · 1997

    The full tracklist of Static Hum Vol. 1, with a page of notes on every band.
  • Zine cover: Pull the Weeds, a collage of a garden glove holding a microphone among cut-out weeds and flowers.

    Pull the Weeds

    Zine · 1992

    The band’s own zine, given away at shows: lyrics, collages and a page called “How to start a band in a town with no music store.”
  • Zine cover: Casserole Brigade tour diary, a cartoon of a beat-up van with trombone cases on the roof and a hand-drawn road map.

    Casserole Brigade tour diary

    Zine · 2002

    Nine days, six towns and one broken van, written up by the horn section.

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