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Never Get Tired: The Bomb the Music Industry! Story

Just love the ethos they had: release all their music for free, play all ages shows for cheap, handling the business of things on their own.

New Directions Publishing

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foofaraw

Not stuffy though, fun, creative, wild, chaotic, kooky

There are types of things out there that when you see them or experience them and connect with their vibe, you start to dig into the culture and the backcatalogs you want to bask in it and breathe that air.

Expansive; immersive

Instills goodwill

The kind of thing you hope never ends

Something that you want to immerse yourself in

So, like, the opposite of Netflix.

This is not to say I want foofaraw to become a “brand” — but is this inspiring nature when you have a singular focus/taste while bringing a creativity and consistency that people know what they are getting and come to rely on it for what it provides them and trust that the quality will be there.

New print format every issue-doing wild things with it, while also publishing satire online and The Believer magazine.

One guy publishing tons of poetry chapbooks every year himself.

McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

They’ve built up this reputation of what an A24 movie is. Smaller, indie, lower budget, but award contenders and meaninful.

above/ground press

Small press—consistent styling—based around one persons taste—willing to publish what bigger publishers won’t