Black Orchid Conspiracy (Does Not Exist)

Kenny, Kenny, Kenny. He’s a boy with a list of things to say, ads to parody, cartoons and letters to slam together, and worlds to change. “See what happens when people don’t work? They see the crystal spark of life as too precious to ever again relinquish.” Kenny’s got a crystal spark, alright, and if he’s not sure whether the Unabomber has the right idea, he’s sure enough about treespiking, free-love advocate Frances Wright (1796-1852), Vancouver Five ex-con Brent Taylor (who contributes a several-page rap poem that’s fun to read aloud until you start feeling a bit too much like an aging hippie yourself (“doncha just thrive on the vibes of truth and beauty…” ??)) and more. Peterborough, land of the free and home of the boho, soldiers on in Mike Harris’s Ontario.

zine / #4, June 1996, 16 pp., / main creator: Kenny / #29, 197 Hunter St. W., Peterborough, ON, K9H 2L1

 

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