Beard #3 Unleashed! (a shameless zine plug)

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Yr favourite EMAP award shortlisted music, arts and facial hair zine returns on Monday Feb 21.

Featuring exclusive interviews with noiseniks Park Attack, tutu-wearing digi-punks Motormark and Glasgow dreamers The Sky At Night. A focus on new label Asking For Trouble and a live extravaganza featuring Jandek, Acid Mothers Temple, Multiplies, My Latest Novel, Part Chimp and various weird folkies. Lucky Luke and British Sea Power albums reviewed. Our regular columns Witness the Shitness and Avant a Laugh. Raymond Chandler, British horror movies, the top ten political beards and family fun with our beardy board game. Oh, and the best Sonic Youth gig review you'll ever read - in cartoon form.

Available from Monorail, Missing and Avalanche (Glasgow), Analogue (Edinburgh) or mail order from beardmag@yahoo.co.uk
Hoping to get some copies down to Rough Trade by the end of next week. And I'll be taking a few copies along to ATP.

Check out the cover at beardmag.blogspot.com

― stew, Saturday, 19 February 2005 16:02 (twenty years ago)

the student mag I edited last year is Emap award shortlisted too!!

― The Lex (The Lex), Saturday, 19 February 2005 16:06 (twenty years ago)

Nice one. Is that the Notting Hill Super thing? Or something in the student mag category?
You going to the ceremony next week?

― stew, Saturday, 19 February 2005 17:13 (twenty years ago)

Quench, in the student mag category. and yes I think so; you?

― The Lex (The Lex), Saturday, 19 February 2005 17:35 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I'm going. At the very least, it's posh nibbles and a free bar. We can have a mini-FAP. I must warn you though, I don't have a beard. :(

― stew, Saturday, 19 February 2005 17:42 (twenty years ago)

A mini-FAP sounds good: I have to meet up with my successor, who's coming up from the provinces, at some point, and don't finish work til 6 anyway though. I think these things nominally start at 7, hmm. Email to arrange closer to the time? (email address below works, does yours?)

― The Lex (The Lex), Saturday, 19 February 2005 17:54 (twenty years ago)

Got the invite today and it starts at seven with the awards towards the start of the night. The email works - should really update it to my gmail account though, which is the same username.
What with ATP, next week will be FAP-tastic!

― stew, Saturday, 19 February 2005 21:52 (twenty years ago)

WE WON!!!

Yes, Beard was crowned Best Music Zine at the EMAP fanzine awards on Tuesday evening. Pictures from the event will be going online later today.

Did you go along Alex?

― stew, Thursday, 3 March 2005 10:17 (twenty years ago)

well done Stew! We won as well, apparently. Unfortunately I was at home, in bed, with a sore throat and mild fever. Bah to inconvenient illnesses :(

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 3 March 2005 12:23 (twenty years ago)

Congrats on the award. Too bad you were struck down. I woke up the morning after the awards with a bit of a cold, which didn't make the flight home too much fun, but I'm feeling much better today.

― stew, Thursday, 3 March 2005 12:28 (twenty years ago)

nice one stew! top work. shame i didn't get to catch up with you at camber, but hopefully we'll meet up soon.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 3 March 2005 12:53 (twenty years ago)

Aw, thanks guys.

Here's the emap award site: http://www.emapfanzineawards.co.uk/winners_2005.html
I love the made-up quote they've attributed to me. Hilarious!

And look - we've got a indie celebrity reader!
http://www.conn75.com/beard/murdoch.jpg

― stew, Friday, 4 March 2005 00:01 (twenty years ago)

Woo hoo! We're in the Herald and Independent today.

http://news.independent.co.uk/media/story.jsp?story=617469

Apparently I resemble a young Paul Gambaccini. Hmmm...
http://www.geocities.com/thehotw/R1Gambo.jpg

― stew, Monday, 7 March 2005 19:12 (twenty years ago)

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