BEN IS DEAD: Ben Is Dead Magazine 30th Anniversary Reunion Weekend! (a mini-festival at multiple locations)

Ben Is Dead Magazine 30th Anniversary Reunion Weekend! (a mini-festival 
at multiple locations)

Friday, November 9 - Darby Romeo's B-Day with Kid Galahad, Pu$$y-Cow, 
SHAVE, Surrogate Brains
Kid Galahad and The Eternals {"cooler then The Saints with their tribute 
to The Saints"} / Pu$$y-Cow {"doing an extended residency during the Ben 
Reunion Weekend, which means they're pulling out all the stops"} / SHAVE 
{"straight outta Signal Hill and we can't wait"} / Surrogate Brains 
{"one of our fave Lookout Records bands, coming to L.A. and playing 
special just for Darby"}
8:30 p.m., Café NELA {"because it's as close to reliving Al's Bar as we 
could get"}, 1906 Cypress Ave., Cypress Park, Los Angeles, 90065. 21 & 
over. $5.
https://www.facebook.com/events/161864854757471/

Saturday, November 10 - The Zine Explosion Archived!
"Before blogs, and barely at the onset of the Internet, the '90s saw the 
"Zine Revolution," with writers, artists and publishers recognized 
globally as the true purveyors of punk / alternative scenes and DIY 
culture. Our keynote speaker - Darby Romeo of Ben Is Dead, one of the 
largest and most popular zines of that era - brings us back in time when 
the best computers had 40mb, the fax machine and telephone hotlines were 
social media, and the photocopy machine was the great liberator of a 
truly free press. She's joined by other old-school zinesters (including 
Johnny Marr from Murder Can Be Fun, Russ Forster from 8 Track Mind, 
(hopefully) Noel Tolentino from Bunnyhop, Larry Harmon of Genetic 
Disorder, Jeff Fox of Barracuda, writers from Flipside, Kevin Chanel of 
Gearhead, Chin Music, and Punk Rock Confidential and others; Adam 
Pfahler from Jawbreaker will do a short talk about the importance of 
zines to indie music in the '90s) telling hilarious "Zine War Stories" 
about what those times were really like. UCLA has one of the most 
comprehensive Zine Archives in America, with many of the best on exhibit."
4 p.m., UCLA Music Library, Schoenberg Music Building, Room #1102, 445 
Charles E. Young Dr. E., Westwood, Los Angeles, 90095, 310 825 4882. 
All ages. Free.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1654685781302064/

Sunday, November 11 - Ben Is Dead 30th Anniversary Reunion Bash + 
Old-School Zine Fest
15 BANDS!
Skatenigs, Savage Republic, Midget Handjob, Popdefect, WACO, Hepa-Titus, 
JFA, 11:11 (ex-Fluorescein), Poppy Jean Crawford, Pu$$y-Cow, Superbean, 
Glen Meadmore and The Kuntry Band, John Trubee, Leyna M. Papach 
(ex-Geraldine Fibbers), "and special surprise guests to be announced on 
November 5."
ZINE FEST
8 Track Mind • Amok / Koma • Barracuda • Ben Is Dead • Caligula • 
Endless Party • Flipside • Genetic Disorder • Murder Can Be Fun • Punk 
Museum
MOVIE
Stuart (Amok Books, "Desolation Center" documentary director) Swezey's 
Sean deLear tribute documentary will screen promptly at 2:30 p.m. – 
please arrive early!
PHOTO EXHIBITION
"Wild Don Lewis was one of the most prolific documentarians of the '90s 
scene in L.A. His Ben Is Dead-related collection of images will be 
exhibited on the outside patio."
2 p.m. The Echoplex, 1154 Glendale Blvd., Echo Park, Los Angeles, 90026, 
213 413 8200. All ages. $48 (proceeds go to raise money for the 
forthcoming publication of the "Best of Ben Compendium").
https://www.facebook.com/events/2131547253838505/

contact: zinefest@benisdead.com