Hull-o and welcome to Fahrenheit C3100, recorded with the marvellous Vanessa Berry the morning after launching a split zine with Luke You, all about chirpy socialist 1980s British indie group The Housemartins. 

As well as discussing why nobody talks about them any more, Vanessa also ruminates upon the ziney bits of her new book Ninety9, the origins of zine serieses like 'I Am A Camera' and 'Laughter & The Sound Of Teacups', and why ballet shoes are a bad choice to wear at zine fairs. 

Features musical interludes from Songrise and The Night Before Tomorrow (http://www.thenightbeforetomorrow.com), plus a zine reading from Luke You's Dad. 

Fahrenheit C3100 #4 with Vanessa Berry

Happy Twenty Fift-zine! Sticky reopens on Wednesday 14th January as we start to gear up for FESTIVAL OF THE PHOTOCOPIER 2015 (Thu 12th - Sun 15th Feb), in the meantime have the latest episode of our podcast which features some high points that happened in the shop during 2014:

- I got to interview zine icon Bastian Fox Phelan (http://bastianfoxphelan.tumblr.com) about magic, journaling, how to start a perzine, the solitary life and playing the recorder;

- we had the launch of Plastic Knife #10 which featured performances of songs from Plastic Knife #11 (http://fulsomeprism.bandcamp.com/album/plastic-knife-11)

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Fahrenheit C3100 #5 - Bastian Fox Phelan + Plastic Knife

Jazz ensemble Tin Pan Alley join Plastic Knife on a live performance of his song 'I Want My Brain Back'.

Recorded in Sticky Institute at the launch of 'Guest Informant #1' zine on 18th September 2015, presented as part of Melbourne Fringe Festival. 

Listen to / download more Plastic Knife here: https://fulsomeprism.bandcamp.com/album/plastic-knife-11

Plastic Knife & Tin Pan Alley - I Want My Brain Back

Sticky Institute presents the launch party for FESTIVAL OF THE PHOTOCOPIER 2016, which takes place on Thursday 11th February at The Tote, with live music from: 

Meaty, beaty, big and bouncy THE BURNT SAUSAGES
https://burntsausages.bandcamp.com/

So-good punks NUN OF THE TONGUE
https://nunofthetongue.bandcamp.com/

High-fiving and new-waving HI-TEC EMOTIONS 
https://soundcloud.com/hi-tec-emotions

Perth's lo-fi heartthrob ERMINE COAT
https://erminecoat.bandcamp.com/

Festival Of The Photocopier is a four-day celebration of zine culture that culminates in a huge zine fair at Melbourne Town Hall on Sunday Feb 14th. For more information visit: www.stickyinstitute.com

#FOTP2016 Launch Party @ The Tote, Thu 11 Feb

Melbourne's free weekly zine 'YOU' and Canberra's free monthly zine 'Pony For Now' created a split zine about which city is better. We held the launch in Melbourne, so maybe it won? Anyway. The event happened in Sticky, it was pirate-themed, there were vegan muffins, and it featured trombone playing from Noah. Here's what it sounded like. www.stickyinstitute.com

Pony For Now / YOU Split Zine Launch (live Recording)

Here's a podcast collecting together a few highlights from White Night Melbourne 2015, where Sticky held a 12-hour all-night non-stop zine reading. 

In this episode you will hear: Dot Kett reciting mini poetry and playing the trumpet for the first time; Bianca Martin reviewing every airport she's been to in Australia and recalling a recurring dream about Moby Dick; Karys McEwen sharing a love letter to her hairy legs and remembering her marriage in a playground at eight years old; Plastic Knife reciting from 'Plastic Knife #1' and singing a song about Take Care Zine Distro.
 
As mentioned, you can also hear performances from the night by The Newport Dolls and Slow Process at their respective Bandcamp sites. 

To keep up with Sticky's events, visit www.stickyinstitute.com

Fahrenheit C3100 #6

Thanks to @3RRRFM <3

Song is 'Valerie Solanas' by Piss Factory 
https://pissfactory.bandcamp.com/track/valerie-solanas