This Is Simple

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content 02 notes 03 inside 04 the broom factory 11 sopa/pipa protest 13 austin redman 15 3001; lunar odissey 21 fmly fest ny 23 i wont be home for christmas 31 julie lindsey 32 shirley rivas 33 dit la 35 buffalo electric 37 simran johnston 41 julie lindsay 50 this is a drink suggestion

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notes This is, a zine that is based off of a single word. This issue is based off the word simple, the word simple was chosen for this issue because i find that all things in life are at one point simple and that is something that should not be overlooked. simplicity is something that is of an essence that can be somewhat easy to obtain but once lost, exceptionally difficult to retrieve. throughout the issue of simple i will show you some of the more simplistic things in life and how they add up to the complexity of life itself. this is simple.

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inside the broom factory - a collection of photographs from within the south los angeles art collective

mikey uphoff -graphic designer, preview of his most recent publication 3001: lunar odissey

i wont be home for christmas the story of a simple holiday getaway by jeff fribourg

buffalo electric - one of the great psychadellic blues bands of los angeles and their song oil opperator blues

simran johnston - twig pant sclupture at sarah lawrence college.

Juli lindsey - cement, photography, and scans from her journal.


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the broom factory is an art collective in south los angeles on the border of inglewood where men and women alike come to create, sleep, eat, and avoid their landlord. there are six spaces on the lot where about fifteen people stay. most without privacy or order. 0 5


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MIKEY UPHOFF

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i wont be home for christmas photos& text by: jeff fribourg for the past few years i have wanted to take the amtrak from la to austin and camp out somewhere and be nomadic as a big “fuck you� to the holiday we call christmas. that didnt happen though, i took the easy way out and hoped in my car with a burnt out clutch headed for the grand canyon with no where to stay and $200 for food and gas. i was hoping to hit isolation to clear my mind but apparently people come from around the world to go try to catch a glimpse of the colorado river at the bottom of a huge crevasse on christmas. long story short i went to the grand canyon slept in my car, drove the ridge, went to flag staff which sucked (i would not suggest going there unless you know someone who lives there). after spending two hours in flagstaff looking for coffee i started the journey back to los angeles. these are some pictures from the two day journey into the state of arizona.

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buffalo electric oil operator blues

to the right is a cd with the track, “oil operator blues,” from buffalo electric’s self titled album. im not going to tell you what to think about their music because the songs speak for them selves. enjoy.

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simran johnston

has anyone ever told you that your legs look like twigs? in these pants it would be literal. simran johnston made a pair of pants from twigs and sticks that were a part of the sculpture instalation in the heimbold gallery at sarah lawrence college. the idea behind these pants is very simple, sticks + slacks. when all said and done the repetition of the simple combination makes for nice and easy complexity. simran is in her third year of sculpture and women’s studies at sarah lawrence college in new york.

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atastefor simplicity cannotendure forlong eugene delacroix

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simple drinks

after reading this zine you probably need to knock a few back. here is a tip for having yourself a simple drink. 5 0


created by jeff fribourg


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