Doris #27
by Cindy Crabb
Doris #27 is the end of the alphabet series, and covers the letters uvwxy and z. U is for Under It All, about teenage Cindy moving to Portland and attempting to attend Reed College. She ends up confronting some of her fears while participating in Food Not Bombs. V is for Vamoose, all about Cindy's tour with her band Snarla. W concerns Writing, what it means to be a "real" writer, and why she writes. XYZ is the epilogue, the newest part of Cindy's life. She and her sister have settled down in rural Ohio, and they're buying a house. Cindy reminds us that no matter what, we need a community of weirdos and friends, to help us out, and allow us to help them in return.
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“I have been randomly picking up Doris at shows and record of zine stores for over then years at this point, I am sure. It’s reassuring that it still exists, but I don’t always grab the new issue. Sometimes it does just hit the spot. As the years have progressed Cinday has gotten a lot more reflective, and this issue contains a few ruminations on discovering punk and the culture of people who aim to exist outside the constraints of job, TV, then bedtime … There’s a piece on a tour her band did, with a big shout out to the Pittsburgh punks who are making their own culture in the ruins of a former industrial city. Another’s about buying a house with her sister, which has a rad part about shouting to each other from their respective bedrooms, the eternal sibling communication method.”