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August 12, 2005
Anyone Remember "Shred Magazine"?
I think I would have remembered!
Back in 1989, right before I hit college, I discovered the coolest magazine ever created. It wasn’t Spin or Rolling Stone or anything like that. It was called “Shred Magazine” and it blew my 17 year old mind apart. Essentially a hi-rent ‘zine, Shred covered not only skateboarding, surfing and other non-mainstream sports, it also had articles about bands I’d never heard of and political views that had just begun to picque my college-ready brain’s interest. The first issue had an article on Alan Moore and Bill Sienkiwicz’s “Brought To Light”, followed immediately by a profile on Charles Burns. There was a blatant pro-environment editorial stance that happened to coincide with my awakening desire to do my part to save the planet. Shred introduced me to the Church of the Subgenius and taught me that clip art wasn’t just for school flyers.
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Posted on August 12, 2005 04:43 PM by surfin341.
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I have the premiere issue of Shred from Aug. of 89 if anyone is interested. I picked it up because it was so new and bold for the time. I couldn't believe someone was that dedicated and had published something so widley.
Posted by: Katrina Salokar at August 12, 2006 12:04 PM
