DIY Guide II & The Walls are Alive
by CrimethInc
This third printing combines the previously separate DIY Guide #2 with The Walls are Alive into one sturdy 72-page zine.
DIY Guide #2: This rugged little urban pirate handbook includes practical information and tips on tons of different projects, tasks and adventures: dismantling capitalism, action direct, forearm guards, shoplifting tips, software piracy, diy spelling and grammar, travelling on trains, backpacking, evasion communiqué #2.25, herbal gynecology, how to abort, sewing, diy oil change, quarter pipe, records, cd's and zines, book publishing contacts, postal jubilation, food not bombs, cook it yourself, wheat flour egg noodles, intro to plaster, black and white photography, safety pin tattoos.
The Walls Are Alive: A concise and masterfully conceived introduction to doing your own graffiti. It consists of practical and thorough advice on every step of getting your graffiti skills primed: preparation, how to make a stencil, mapping it out, strategy, escape, post-action regrouping, and also a whole section about wheat-pasting. Valuable also for its forty photographs of great real-world graffiti to ignite ideas and provide examples.
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awesome! covers such a wide range of things, and its a nice pairing of the diy guide with the walls are alive. the first half teaches ways to construct positive alternatives, the second half has some excellent tips to stay safe during some night time resistance/fun..
VERY good. I keep it in my pocket or my bag wherever I go. I'm thinking about ordering a box and handing them out and leaving them around. =]
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What more could you ask for for 50 cents? This is a great little zine that goes well with "making stuff and doing things" (from microcosm) and gives good info on some things that might be considered a little more offensive.
Thanks loads for getting it again, my brother got me a copy for Christmas. :)
Any chance of a restock? This sounds like a zine I'd like.
Handy,well written, relevant, inspiring and motivational this is what zines are supposed to be. It is easy to relate to the writers and their techniques for subversion (mmm...subversion) and then turn around and apply their ideas to your own life. Although most of us probably could have figured some of this out on our own (forearm guards? you mean those things we've been making for years?)or we already do them our own way (wheatpating, street writing) but it still makes for a handy reference and great propaganda. I photocopied off like a zillion copies of the walls are alive and pass them out at shows, on street corners, our anarchist coalition, unsuspecting poor kids, etc. Not a bad little zine, check this one out.