Mike and "Driver 8" magazine - Hot off the Press! Photo by Ian Robertson
I’ve been involved with publishing and DIY enterprise for a long time— almost two decades! A colleague recently scanned some negatives and I thought I’d share a cool photo with you.
This was my first apartment in Toronto, circa 1990, and a group of Ajax friends had convened a weekly artists group that discussed art and politics, and one of the products of our meetings was the idea to create a magazine.
“Driver 8″ was photocopied at Kinko’s and mostly distributed via friends and contributors. It was my first effort at a literary zine, after spending my teenage years doing punk-oriented zines (and interviewing legends like Henry Rollins, Ian Mackaye / Fugazi / All / Dougboys and many more).
Many thanks to main collaborator and photographer Ian Robertson!
