Tuesday, November 9, 2010

issue three: table of contents

Today we entered the offices in order to complete issue three of le jolie rouge. What we have come out with is what proceeds. The assembly begins. In a few short hours we will have the fourth quarter complete.

le jolie rouge.

“The Kindness” BY KURAGE KOBAYASHI

“The Twelfth Year” BY TYSON F. SLEETE

“On Anarchy Part Three” BY JOHN MARCHIONE

“The Song” BY A.M. WHEELER

“A Comment From the Temporal Observers” BY E.C. COOK

“Daisies” AND “Youth” BY MICHAEL BONDY

“Experience Not by Chance” AND “Gray” BY W. TRUFFAUT

“Pro Tips” BY SUZETTE SMITH

“Weepy River” BY KERRY TRUSEWICZ

“A Dream of Full Consciousness” BY CHRIS RENER

A SELECTION FROM AN UPCOMING NOVEL BY TIMOTHY PROVENZANO

Untitled Submissions BY CHRIS SPICER, MARILU ANDRACKE, LINDSAY FARRIS

THE CHARLATAN LETTER, A SKETCH TEASER FROM TOM CONRAD

Edited by John Marchione and Daniel Davies

Issue three. Fourth Quarter 2010

Friday, October 1, 2010

Issue Three: Announcement


Friends and Comrades,

We would like to reiterate our apologies on the delay in the announcement on this issue.

Fucking pumpkins everywhere. All of sudden the shit got cold. The leaves hightailed it outta here. We’re over here decked out in flannels sipping cider, real nice. In the midst of gentlemen’s conversations in the steam rooms of Northern Michigan, we realized the third season was upon us and with the oranges and reds the time for another issue had arrived.

The Third Quarter issue returns to the open forum of the First. There will be no general theme. That which is of sincere intent and execution-- But really, your influences? Stop it. We want your best shit. No games. No shit that we read on live journal like 10 years ago, Dig? Get real, be inspired. Throw a log on the fire, the time is now to get to work.

We would like to give you a firm “Thank You” for your attention.

le jolie rouge, Editors.

Submission deadline is October 23rd at 3:00pm.

Print date is scheduled for October 29th.

As always, the Submission guidelines can be found here and questions directed to lejolierouge.zine@gmail.com

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Ride a Bike. Read a Book




Inside Issue Two we have added a small LJR tag to be used as a spoke card or bookmark.

All tags feature the cover of Issue One on one side and an illustration from inside that same issue on the other; hyperfine transition of neutral hydrogen.


All tags come pre-laminated inside a plastic sleeve which is perfect for preventing wear and protecting against weather.

For more information on how to obtain a copy of LJR Issue Two please read earlier posts.

As always, send any submissions, questions, addresses, ideas to Lejolierouge.zine@gmail.com

Onward,
Ride or Die.

*Above title stolen from the knuckles of
Jesse Ramsey; musician, cyclist, ex-boxer, and chief rider in a gang named Chapped Taints.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Get down with the cause

With issue two of le jolie rouge, this project is really hitting its stride. Together we've managed to spread the word and demand is up for not only issue two, but the first as well. So far, all printing and shipping costs have come out of our pockets which we are glad to do. However, our limited budgets affects the number of copies available. When we can't commandeer a copy machine, we can be found at the copy shop ponying up to put out the work of this collective. Being only able to print about 10-15 copies at a time, they are normally spoken for as soon as they're off the machine. Therefore, in order to expedite the copies available, we have created a donate button which will reside on this blog.

Let's make something perfectly clear, the zine will always be free. Always. We would never look to profit off the collective creative work we've accomplished. Printing a copy costs a little over $2. Shipping one is around $1.25 . Should we have access to more funds, this process will be sped up significantly. Your donations will be used strictly towards the costs of printing and shipping the zine. We take that policy very seriously. Lunch after the copy shop is not something we would ever attempt to justify using donations for. Copy shop, post office, paper. That's it. Your donation, in any amount, also guarantees that you will be in the first wave of mailings for that quarter's issue. So if you're able to send $1, $2, $5 or any amount we would be eternally grateful. If not, don't sweat it. We will continue to print and mail copies as our budget allows. Thank you for any donations you're able to afford.

Cooley is jewelry,

le jolie rouge.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Issue Two Available Now!

We are pleased to announce that issue two is now available! Availability will be expanding throughout the week as our access to copy machines improves. Again, we appreciate everyone that contributed as well as everyone who supported issue one.

le jolie rouge.

featuring:

“Ditch, Bitch and Stitch” AND “Horoscopes” BY KURT D. MONETTE

“Bury White” BY CHRIS SPICER

“David Flynn” BY TYSON F. SLEETE

“On Anarchy Part Two” BY JOHN MARCHIONE

“Strike Anywhere Matches” BY A.M. Wheeler

“The Bells of the Old Mariner’s” BY E.C. COOK

“The Evaluation Group” BY DAVID ALLEN

“Papaver Rhoeas Chapter Two” BY W. TRUFFAUT

Untitled Submission BY JENNIFER PRICE

An anonymous submission argued into publication.

All illustrations by Daniel Davies unless part of a submission.

Edited by John Marchione and Daniel Davies

Issue two. Third Quarter 2010


Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Author Profile: Chris Spicer

It was a crisp fall day in Michigan and I was in my Junior year of High School. It was the night of the Homecoming game and together with my friends Tom and Chuck "The Man", we had just finished an evening of skateboarding at a church in the vicinity of the school. We would get kicked out pretty frequently and come back later but being the good Christians that they were, we would simply get kicked out over and over again without the cops being called. After we were satisfied with our session, it was decided that we would go to the second half of the game. However, paying for a monument to jocks and ego was out of the question. We snuck through a hole in the fence and made our way to the bleachers. Sitting there, his hair and goatee ablaze with fiery red hair, sat Chris Spicer, the man who would become one of my dearest friends:


(Seen here in better times. We were no older than 19 years old in this picture, looking like a couple of jerk-offs from way back)


Tom, Chuck "The Man" and I had been previously discussing making a skate tape at the time and with our limited skills, we spent more time discussing the pranks and sketches we would include on the tape. After Chuck "The Man" told me Chris had an Asian girlfriend, an idea sprung into my head:

"Hey, I'm John. Listen, would you be willing to wear a Devil mask while your Asian girlfriend went down on you? On film?"

We spent the remainder of the evening cracking jokes and eating White Castle hamburgers, which were considered edible to us at the time. This was a decade ago. I still consider Chris a brother despite his dragass-ery every time I try and get him to return to Michigan (seriously people, make with the pressure).

Christian's writing style has always lived as a duality. There are times when he will be extremely cynical and send forth scathing criticisms of the populace which should make the average American rethink their idiosyncrasies. However, he is fully capable of using his curmudgeonly world view to offer hilarious satires and parodies of popular culture. I would be remiss to exclude that despite his bouts of nostalgia or cynicism, Chris has been known to enjoy cuteoverload.com and has a penchant for puppies and kittens.

Chris Spicer's writing can be found in le jolie rouge zine issue one where he offers a rather bleak view for our future.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Bike Polo!


The Detroit Bicycle scene is on the rise. There are more people riding than ever and events like Critical Mass are getting huge! What we would like to add to this blossoming culture is a organized bike polo community. Bike polo mallets are cheap and easy to make and all you need besides that is a street hockey ball and a place to play.

Our plan is to gather like minded individuals to play games, run mallet building workshops and bring our community even closer together. If you'd like to be involved with this project contact:

detroitbikepolo@gmail.com
OR
lejolierouge.zine@gmail.com

More to come.

Monday, May 31, 2010

announcing issue two!


Brothers and Sisters!

We come to you indebted. Issue one of le jolie rouge was beyond what we could have expected. We had hoped to foster a community of writers in an open forum for Michigan and the Midwest. What resulted was the shipping of issues to both coasts and many places in between. The feedback encouraged us even further. It is with great pleasure that we announce issue two.

The weather is warm. The Sun has returned and we all have stirred from our hibernation and shielding the light from our eyes, emerged into the splendor of summer. Here at the offices, we can think of one thing in particular that defines the summer months. The bicycle. Bikes are a huge part of our life. They are our means of transport, our favored pastime. They allow us to fly through the streets and feel the warmth of the Earth as we travel. They are the most efficient form of human transport. Our feet meet the pedals and the turning of gears is a vehicle for catharsis. They can forge together the elements of unforgettable memories, they can sew together a fragile psyche. They can live up to grandiose literary sentiments. Let us celebrate the velocipede!

For issue two, we encourage you to focus on, or involve, the bicycle in your submissions. This is not to imply that submissions completely ignoring this suggestion will be ignored. Quality is quality and we are interested in publishing quality pieces. We continue to support all forms of submissions and only in the instance of size restrictions will bicycle themed pieces be given precedence. However, we hope to accomplish the goal of an issue devoted to such an extraordinary machine.

Submission Guidelines:

The format for submissions is open to you, this meaning all genres of the printed arts are welcome. Submissions should be kept to 4-5 pages at max due to size constraints for the zine. At our deadline, we will decide which submissions are published at our discretion however we are not biased to any form. Submissions can be sent electronically to: lejolierouge.zine@gmail.co
m. If your submission is not electronic, email us and we will make an arrangement.

The deadline for submissions is Sunday, July 4th

Issue No. 2 of Le Jolie Rouge will be made public on July 16th.

Yours,

the editors.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Transmissions




Le Jolie Rouge Transmissions

We have a new way for you to submit your thoughts and ideas to us, the telephone. Just call 313-718-1064 and leave a voicemail submission. Be comfortable knowing that we will not be picking up the line. You can also rerecord to your satisfaction if needed.
These submissions can consist of ANY original material that is able to be transcribed. We will continuously review the collected audio and print our favorites into Issue Two.

Consider adding information about yourself if you would like to be credited. All submissions without this info will be credited to Anonymous.
LJR will not be calling you back or saving your phone number. If you would like to keep in contact then visit us here or email lejolierouge.zine@gmail.com


Save the number and start calling today.
313-718-1064

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Author Profile: Tyson F. Sleete

With the launch of the first issue, we wanted to give readers some insight into the contributors. Tyson Sleete, now in Brooklyn, was a staple of the Detroit scene in the years preceding his Michigan exodus. He can always be counted on for a late night drink and ramble as well as any ridiculous debauchery one can conjure up. Meet Mr. Sleete, as described by the notorious Geoffrey Baszczuk:


Tyson F. Sleete dabbles in business throughout his days, before returning to his castle each evening to extrapolate theological axioms, matters of high finance, the Rococo era, and whether hand sanitizers negatively affect one's immunity to certain viruses. Tyson was born and raised outside Detroit, MI He currently resides in Brooklyn, NY with his wife and pet turtle. His writing is, admittedly, a verified byproduct of 4 parts vodka, 3 parts nicotine.

Read Tyson's "Eleven and One Quarter Blocks" and "Raincoats" in issue one of le jolie rouge.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

How I Spent My Winter

We're celebrating the first zine sneak peek and the launch of the blog with a preview of one of the submissions. Anthony Cholag came by our offices one evening with a request. Reminiscing about grade school and the writing sessions we used to do, Anthony presenting the following idea:

Just write for 30 minutes. About anything. Try and not think too much.

It was a fun time. Anthony insisted on writing with a pencil. We scanned it, printed it and photocopied it. The final printed page came out pretty faded despite our attempts at copy machine black magic. We decided that we would post the original scan here so that you may all properly enjoy it. With much nostalgia to our knee-high years, we present "How I Spent My Winter."


Issue One



Issue one has been edited, formatted and assembled! There is literally no way this project could have ever happened without your support and we are so proud to have participated in the first issue coming to fruition. This weekend we will be hitting the streets for distribution. The Facebook and Twitter page will be your source of where to pick up your issue. We will update them whenever we make a drop off. Without further ado, here is the Table of Contents for issue one, straight from our master template:



le jolie rouge.

table of contents:

Michael Bondy……………………………………………4

“On Anarchy Part One”
John Marchione……………………………………….7

“The Universals in the Specifics”
W. Truffaut………………………………………..….13

“Eleven and One Quarter Blocks”
Tyson F. Sleete……………..………………….15

“The Gather’s Guide to the Mushrooms of Northern Florida”
Eli C. Cooke…………………………………………….23

“Irony”
Kurt Monette…………………………………….………31

“How I Spent My Winter”
Anthony Cholag……………………………………….32

“Outer Forcer the Inner Forces the Outer”
Colloid Khrysos…………………………………….33

“Papaver rhoeas”
W. Truffaut……………………………………………..35

Chris Spicer………………………………………………42

“Fish”
Lindsay Farris…………………………………………45

“Raincoats”
Tyson F. Sleete…………………………………….48

All illustrations by Daniel Davies
Edited by John Marchione and Daniel Davies.










Issue one. Second Quarter 2010

To The People:

Our state of affairs is dire. Print media, long the realm of romantics, cynics, propagandists and poets is being marginalized out of existence by an increasing dependence on technological advancements and Orwellian Newspeak communications.

Under the spreading chestnut tree, I sold you and you sold me.
There lie they, and here lie we,
Under the spreading chestnut tree


To revive what small sense of print community we have and ease the distance formed by technology, we are asking for your participation to bring this zine into being. Quarterly, we will publish the media we have gathered and disseminate it back to the people.

Submission Guidelines:

The format for submissions is open to you, this meaning all genres of the printed arts are welcome. Submissions should be kept to 4-5 pages at max due to size constraints for the zine. At our deadline, we will decide which submissions are published at our discretion however we are not biased to any form. Submissions can be sent electronically to: lejolierouge.zine@gmail.com. If your submission is not electronic, email us and we will make an arrangement.