Boom Chicago’s wizard of the tech booth and founder of Quimby’s bookstore in Chicago, Steven Svymbersky, joins Rob in the Shiny for a 2-part interview. This week: Steven tells us the story behind Quimby’s, describes the Boson zine scene back in the ‘80s, and rails against record companies (while throwing in a shameless plug for the new Boom show.) Less

Boom Chicago’s wizard of the tech booth and founder of Quimby’s bookstore in Chicago, Steven Svymbersky, joins Rob in the Shiny for a 2-part interview. This week: celebrating 10 years at Boom Chicago and working his way from promoter and demolition man to head technician. Less

GETV paid a visit to the annual San Francisco Zine Fest, where passionate zinesters, illustrators, artists and cross stichers of all stripes gather. Here's a sampling of the festivities from this year's event. Episode links: SF Zine Fest, François Vigneault, Julia Wertz, Mary Van Note, Brandon Hanvey, Pod Post, Kate Eisenberg, Dana Steffe, King Cat Less

On TVoF Podcast #16: The Corflu Silver Con Report Special. TVoF host Bill Mills describes his experiences at the World Convention of Fanzine Fandom. Includes audio clips recorded during the con such as the Opening Ceremony, a story about Tsohg and Damon Knight from Art Widner, Bill performs “Goin’ To Corflu Blues” and duets with Teresa Cochran, Nic Farey sings “Werewolves of Fandom”, 90 year old Art Widner singing the first filk song ever written, excerpts from a play by Andy Hooper, a panel disucssion about fandom and More! (Time: 59:59) An Audio Feature of The Voices of Fandom – http://TVoF.info Web Sites Mentioned In This Program: Las Vegrants The Filk Archive Corflu.org Corflu Silver Virtual Con Suite The Virtual Fan Lounge eFANZINES.com Bill’s Corflu Silver Photos TVoF.info – The Voices Of Fandom web site Email Bill/TVoF ARCHIVE OF ALL PREVIOUS TVoF PODCASTS Do You Have a Microphone Attached To Your Computer? LEAVE US A VOICE MESSAGE USING THE NEW TVoF COMMENT RECORDER (from MyChingo) CLICK HERE! (*Note: recorder will open in a new window!) Less