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kdviations organized and edited by Stella Isaacs edited by Martina Mackinlay
Kdviations started as a quartlery guide to inform KDVS listeners of the radio programming they could tune into. It’s changed over the years, becoming a collabortive mix of reviews, interviews, art, poetry, games, and much more. Most pages are worked on during weekly Kdviations meetings, and some are community submissions. If you want to find out when the next meeting is, or send in a submission, email publicity@kdvs.org!
The very rough theme for this issue was garden, though we don’t always stick to it. We can’t wait for you to read our zine!
-Stella <3
contents:
• corestaff page by Heidi Tejeda Mata
• photography by Louie Rua
• untitled by Ani Bagmanian
• teacher’s music recs by Wren Tran & Samuel Cervantes
• relief print by Paola Vazquez Hernandez
• intaglio print by Paola Vazquez Hernandez
• cortex by Michael Yoo, @probioticmichael
• interview with kunikos by Izzy Barney
• t4t bert and ernie gardening coloring page by Savannah Burger
• kpmn 90.3 by Aisyah Suripto & Naima Montecinos
• farmer’s favorite albums by Gael Garcia
• meet your neighbors by Corntown
• spring 2024 programming guide by Stella Isaacs
• first quarter dj interviews by Lucero Castaneda
• the garden of split attention by Phia Lea & Charlie Rosenberg
• what lies in the labyrinth art by Carmen Jimenez poems by Jenna Gage
• digital collage by Sara Vasquez
• soiled by Maya Anderson
• pick a trinket, get a song by Nehal Pathak
• pixie music quiz by Maya Kornyeyeva
• from an ant’s perspective by Emily C. Tran
• caught on campus by Cinthia Majano
• evil garden gnomes by Jazmine Campos
• spiritual properties of plants by Cheyenne Xiong
• become a vegetable by Aditya H. Hingne
• untitled by Martina Mackinlay
• quemando by Heidi Tejeda Mata
• flower power by Logan Robinson and Raymond Tang
• untitled by Brendan Donohue and Henry Htut
• photography by Louie Rua
• untitled by Mars
• ormf xxiv flyer by Stella Isaacs
• ormf photography by Avery Mcpherson, @0naveryisland
*content does not reflect KDVS as a whole or the University of California
“BecomeaVegetable”ByAdityaH.Hingne
Afriendonceaskedme
WhatIthinkmypurposeis
Anoverwhelmingquestion
Myyoungminddismissed
Ineverrealized
Howmuchitwouldhaunt
WhatdoIwanttobe?
Awildvegetable
Iwanttoshedmyflesh
Iwanttodisappearintotheblack
Thatgiveslife
Astablecyclewithnotacrack
Escapetotheserenity
Ofthewildjungles
Therootsfrommylimbsintotheearth’score
Absorbingmymuscles
Soakinthesunlight
Balanced
Humanityislonelinessandheartbreak
As ociallifecyclethatispureconjecture
I wantsomethingthatmakessense
Butahumanlivingasavegetable
Isaninhumanesight
SoImustcontinuetopondermyfriend’squestion
Asanotherdayextendstothenight
Iusedtobesomanythings.IusedtolovetheBeatlesandspin myselfaroundaroomtillIgotdizzy.Iusedtocollectseashells andgototheparkwithmymom.IrememberIwantedtogrowupandbe anastronaut,ascientist,ateacher-arockstar.Iusedtolock myselfinmyparentsclosetinthedarkwithaprojectorandacd player.Ontheceilingimagesofthecosmoswouldappear,itwasmy ownpersonaltriptospace.Imightnevertrulymakeittospacebut atleastIknowIusedtodreamIcould.I’mmanyways,Istillhave deeploveandcareforthesethings.Butit’snotthesameanymore.I don’tspinasfast,thesongsdon’tsoundthesameandthesedreams feelsofaraway.
