ZQ#4: THE FARMER'S WEATHER (WEATHER/BIRDS/COSMOS/BUGS)

Zine + CDR compilation + two interview inserts + plastic bug, in a shiny cellophane bag.

24 pages, A5, staple-bound.

Limited to 45 copies only.

***UPDATE (2/6/17)***

The Farmer's Weather now comes with two additional inserts containing interviews with Martin Newell of 80s pop heroes "The Cleaners From Venus" and Nebraskan underground hero "Superstar & Star"!

Here's another, even more good zine and CDR compilation made via post by the hands of Tom & George. "THE FARMER'S WEATHER" explores the themes of the weather, birds, the cosmos, and bugs. It takes as its main source material a redundant meteorological guidebook for farmers issued by the Met Office in the late 50s. George thinks it very funny. Tom thinks it very moving.

In addition to a vastly more delicately curated zine (printed on boutique-y paper, no less), the accompanying compilation brings together over an hour's worth of fascinating sonic contributions including entries by 80s DIY heroes 'The Cleaners From Venus', left-field brummy poet-beatnik-maverick Paul Lester, psychobeat pioneer hamburgers "the 39 clocks", and many more to boot.

Each copy also comes with a plastic bug, for yor plastic bug zoo.

£5 all told, including p+p. The slight price increase is due to the better paper and printing methods, plus the fact that paypal nicks a portion of every sale (which we didn't factor in last time).

You can now also SUBSCRIBE to the next three Zero Qualms releases as you buy this one (below). This way they'll land in your lap without you having to do anything.

You can also now purchase the digital proofs and mp3s for the first issue of this series ("HOW TO COOK PERFECTLY WITH ELECTRICITY") for the price of a Dairy Milk bar, below.

CDR Tracklist for "THE FARMER'S WEATHER":

1. Layering the Egg // & Next We Will Be Whistling in Outer Space
2. The Cleaners From Venus // This Rainy Decade
3. The Phantom Payn // It's Raining Money
4. Lester & The Brew // Be Kind to Worms Week
5. Superstar & Star // Beautiful Girl
6. Death Rays // Ostrich Rider
7. Cluffy Floud // Fluffy Cloud
8. Michael Yonkers // Lonely Fog
9. Nico // Frozen Warnings
10. Paul Lester // The Privatisation of Air
11. The 39 Clocks // Rainy Night Insanities
12. Golden Ratio Syrup // A Screaming Comes Across the Sky
13. Death Rays // The Shape of The Night
14. Irma Thomas // It's Raining
15. Superstar & Star // I can Tell you Love Me
16. The Slugs // I don't Like Slugs
17. The Cleaners from Venus // Drowning Butterflies

(by the by, though there are some great women on this comp, in future we have decided to aim for a 50/50 gender spread - pat pat on the back for us)

Contributors send your addresses to: tom.oliver.graham@gmail.com for your free copy!

I think that's everything. Enjoy!

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Digital Proofs and MP3s from
"HOW TO COOK PERFECTLY WITH ELECTRICITY" (ZQ#1) 69p