***HOMELOVIN'***

+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*1999 TO 2009+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+

is my music fanzine.

about the records I’ve been listening to, shows I’ve seen, and the unfinished thoughts about these that spin around my head

I began writing Homelovin’ in 1999 which makes 2009 its tenth anniversary. 

 WHAT THAT MEANS...I DON'T KNOW

after a long, inexcusable gap of three and a bit years, in June 2009 I finally, finally, FINALLY made a new issue!*

it includes writing about 
Kevin Rowland, Bruce Springsteen, the Replacements, the Music Tapes, 
Robert Forster, Freddie Mercury, American Music Club, Josh T. Pearson, an essay by Bunny Poe, 
and a few more words and drawings by me. 

It hasn’t changed much over the years: 
folded sheets, stapled together, a sky blue cover, type-written. 

Though this is the first issue I didn’t make in Lancaster:
I made it in Amsterdam on a different type-writer and instead of photo-copying it it was stencil printed. It looks and feels really nice.

The reason it took so long, I’m not sure, but once I actually told myself – said out loud – “Quit stalling, Paul!” I worked fast and hard and it came happily and easily. (It used to be a bit stressful, gruelling making an issue when I was younger and wiser). And I really like this one a lot. I’m happy I made it. It is something old, something new and all Homelovin’. 

I'm really looking forward to sharing it with readers. If you would like a copy it's €4+postage and you can pay through PayPal or bank transfer. For more details write to me at  homelovinpaul@hotmail.com

 **

the Homelovin' launch at Cafe Pakhuis Wilhemina in Amsterdam on 

18th June 2009 at Pakhuis Wilhemina, Amsterdam, as part of Soiree Poiree #3
(I sold two copies - I was terribly upset, feeling defeated, broken, thinking "Why do I bother?" style thoughts - but it's okay, I'm over that blow to my pride and I have since sold way more than 2

Also available from these shops:

AMSTERDAM
Boekie Woekie (Berenstraat 16)
Galerie Gabriel Rolt (Elandsgracht 34)
Velvet Music (Rozengracht 40)

BERLIN

Motto Berlin ((Skalitzerstraße 68, Berlin, Germany)

LONDON
Donlon Books (210 / Unit 3 Cambridge Heath Road, London E2, UK)
Rough Trade East ('Dray Walk', Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane)

Back issues

9The Night Is Never Still 
January 2006
The Olivia Tremor Control, The Robot Ate Me, Ryan Adams, Go-Betweens, Donovan, Dewanatron, Neil Young, A Hawk and A Hacksaw, Calvin Johnson, Bobby Conn, Vickie Lawrence by Bunny Poe

8Sweetest Memories 
September 2004

Calvin Johnson, Brian Dewan, Bobby Conn, Gerling, The Cribs, Curtis Eller, Ben and Jason, Jesse Malin, Antifolkers, Paddy McAloon, Staring Problems by Bunny Poe

7Rock and Roll I'm Talking To You 
September 2003

Calvin Johnson, Neil Young, Jail Balloon, Paul McCartney, Trail of Dead, Anti-Folk, Guns N' Roses, Winnebago Deal, Boxcar Debutante by Bunny Poe

6The Good Times 
February 2003

5Against the Rock Stanton 
June 2002

4That's My Boy
October 2001

3For Boys
October 2000

2Is Happyness
March 2000 

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