The Best Of OBSOLETE!

Highlights from the first six issues of OBSOLETE! Magazine, along with original, never before published material. Essays, fiction, poetry and artwork from the newsprint tabloid published in the tradition of the International Times, OZ, The East Village Other, The Berkely Barb, The Chicago Seed, The Whole Earth Catalog, PUNK! and the other great underground rags of days past....

Contents Include:

Foreword by V. Vale Founder of RE/Search Publications, Welcome to the Premiere Issue of OBSOLETE!

Section 1:Essays and Rants. Why I blame Rush (the Band, not Limbaugh) for the Tea Party.by Rich Dana (Bonus), International Sensational Expose by John Morton, Apocalypse Now? by Fredrica Fray, Candu High (Bonus)by Tim Beckett, Iowa: Nowhere in Particular (Bonus)by Bart Plantenga, Embracing Illness by Rich Dana,

Section 2: Fiction Hard Times at Aces High by Mick Farren, Origin of the Drug Pyramid bt Kelly Shriver, The Golden Pattern by J.J. Anselmi,

Section 3: D.I.Y. Artist Profile: Peter Aschwanden by Rich Dana and Deborah Reade, Dumpster-Diver Gardening by Rich Dana, How To Use $180 And Social Media To Travel The Country For A Year by Amy Bugbee, Riding w/ Sweet Lady Propane by W. Joe Hoppe, The Luddite Cafe by Alex the Card Weaver, Hoodoo: Open Source Religion by Ricardo Feral,

Section 4: Poems Electric Pony Light by Todd Colby, Dragon 66 by Mali Delaney, Not Perfect by Joolz Denby, Monster Poem (Bonus)by W. Joe Hoppe, Packrat Confidential klipshutz, Why People Love Desolate Places by Greta Anderson,

Section 5: Interviews Cory Doctorow: Hacking the New Bohemianism, Vince Gingery: Open Source Hardware, An Interview with Mick Farren (Bonus)

Section 6: Visuals The Mile High City s New Green Economy by Alissa Bader, Two Drawings by Qojak, Greetings ffrom Grand Isle, LA by Gary and Deborah Parky, We Interrupt This Broadcast by Christopher Schipper, The Demolition of Yankee Stadium by Amy Digi