Public Collectors is founded upon the concern that there are many types of cultural artifacts that public libraries, museums and other institutions and archives either do not collect or do not make freely accessible. Public Collectors asks individuals that have had the luxury to amass, organize, and inventory these materials to help reverse this lack by making their collections public.
This page consists of sample findings and excerpts. It is also an account of the contents of my home and digital files from my camera. If you have suggestions, have a collection you want to share, or are in Chicago and would like to see something in person, please contact me. This blog is intended as a casual, more personal supplement to the main Public Collectors website.
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Flipside No. 73, July/Aug. 1991. When was the last time you walked past a newsstand and saw a magazine with an image like this photo of Shannon from the Cows on the cover? Hell, when was the last time you even walked past a newsstand?! From my collection of ‘zines and magazines devoted to underground culture of the 1980s and 90s. Many more cover scans here.
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mightyflynn said:
I think you mean Shannon, not Shane. He tends bar now at my favorite local tavern in Northeast Minneapolis. Good guy, great band.
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