"David Goldfarb" wrote:
>
> In the US, it's an informal but not obscene word for any kind of ****.
Bradford's title was also a play on the then-dominant reviewzine for small
press/zines of the era, Factsheet Five,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factsheet_Five
"...Factsheet Five was a periodical consisting almost exclusively of short
reviews of privately produced printed matter along with contact details of
the editors and publishers.
In the 1980s and early 1990s, its comprehensive reviews (literally
thousands
in each issue), made it the most im****tant publication in its field,
heralding the wider spread of what would eventually be called fanzine or
zine culture. Before the adoption of the web & e-mail beginning around
1994,
publications such as Factsheet Five formed a vital directory for
connecting
people of like-mind.
(Compare to the periodical Sound Choice in the cassette culture.)
The magazine was originally published in 1982 by Mike Gunderloy on a
spirit
duplicator in his bedroom while he lived in an Alhambra, California
slanshack. The original focus was science fiction fanzines (the title
comes
from a short story by science fiction author John Brunner). Gunderloy
later
moved to Rensselaer, New York, where he continued to publish. By 1987, he
was running a zine BBS, one of the first associated with an underground
publication.[3] In 1990, Cari Goldberg Janice and (briefly) Jacob
Rabinowitz
joined as co-editors.[4] Gunderloy quit publi****ng Factsheet Five
following
the completion of Issue #44 in 1991.[2] Hudson Luce resumed publi****ng
with
Issue #45, after which R. Seth Friedman published the magazine in San
Francisco until 1998..."
and with "poop" being a slang for obscure "facts", it makes sense in
context:
>"Poop": http://www.answers.com/topic/poop
>
>poop3 (pup)
>n. Slang.
>Inside information: She gave me all the poop on the company party.
>
>[Origin unknown .]
>
>Poop
>A slang term often used to describe people with insider information.
http://www.myspace.com/poopsheet
"...The Poopsheet Shop specializes in mini-comics, art zines and other
self-published items of curiosity. I've been involved in the mini-comics
scene for over 20 years and Poopsheet has been around, in one form or
another, since 1993. Interests: mini-comics, underground comix, art
comics,
newave comix, alternative comics, small press comics, Comix World, Comix
Wave, Dada Gumbo Press, Thru Black Holes Comix, art brut, ugly art, Paper
Rodeo, Fort Thunder, minicomics, minicomix..."
--
"Wobble" by Dockery-Conley (video):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVIF2-qWIUc
"Last Dream Today" by Dockery-Mallard (video):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSpYx8sSFP0
> --
> David Goldfarb |"Given enough time and the right audience,
> goldfarb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
| the darkest of secrets s*** over into
> goldfarb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
| mere curiosities."
> | -- Neil Gaiman, _Sandman_ #53
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