This episode features our good friend Mitchell Szczepanczyk of Chicago Media Action reading two pieces originally published on Flow TV about HDTV and the digital divide. Hosted by Aaron Cynic, music by Anti-Flag.

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This week's podcast features Gabriel Darling of the Crappie Indie Music Blog reading a piece about time pieces. Also included are instructions on how to submit your very own zinester podcast by phone. Hosted by Aaron Cynic. Music by Minus the Bear and The Wanderers.

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New year, new format! This week's podcast is the first with our new format. Aaron Cynic introduces the format and reads from a zine called I, Objector. Music by Ultracool.

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Our first zinester podcast of 2008! This week's podcast features Jeff Disler, author of Time All At Once, Pink Port Please, and a few other zines reading a piece called "Lock." Jeff also composed all of the background music.

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This week's podcast features a split reading from two different nights at the Around The Coyote Winter Arts Festival. First up we have Amy Krause Rosenthal, author of An Ordinary Life and host of Chicago Public Radio's "Writer's Block Party." Secondly, we have Jonathan Messinger of ThisIsGrand and author of the upcoming book Hiding Out. Unfortunately, Jonathan's reading got cut off before the end, but you'll be able to read the rest of the story in October, when the book is released.

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Fall of Autumn presents another installment of our Live at Around the Coyote Podcast Series. This time we feature Josh Dumas of Tense forms, reading a story about a woman named Jessica.

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Fall of Autumn presents Pups of Black Carrot zine reading "A Message to my Hardcore Fans" and "35th Street Bakery".

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Fall of Autumn presents Jeb Gleason-Allured recorded live at the Around The Coyote 2007 Winter Arts Festival.

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Fall of Autumn presents Billy Roberts of Proof I Exist, telling us a story about his adventures in France with a brand new friend. Recorded live at the Around The Coyote 2007 Winter Arts Festival.

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Fall of Autumn presents Andrew Mall of Living Proof zine, reading a piece called "I Belive."

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Fall of Autumn presents Emerson Dameron reading to us about flags, World War II, nazi's, and his love for Hogan's Heroes. Recorded live at Chicago's Around The Coyote 2007 Winter Arts Festival.

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Fall of Autumn presents Brent Kado of AvantChicago, reading Malachi Ritscher's Mission Statement. Malachi Ritscher committed self-immolation on the side of the Kennedy Expressway during morning rush hour on Friday November 3, 2006, as a protest against the Iraq war.

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Fall of Autumn presents Al Burian, editor of Burn Collector zine and Things Are Meaning Less, recorded live at Dulcenea as part of the Around The Coyote Winter Arts Festival readings we hosted.

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Fall of Autumn presents a very special podcast, recorded live at Dulcenea as part of the Around The Coyote Winter Arts Festival.

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Fall of Autumn presents a very special podcast, recorded live at Dulcenea as part of the Around The Coyote Winter Arts Festival.

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Fall of Autumn presents Pups (formally Puppy Dave), editor of Black Carrot zine, reading a piece called "Man To Man." Pups vents his frustration over "straight acting" in queer personal ads, calling for everyone to just act like themselves.

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Fall of Autumn presents Sean Carswell, contributing editor for Razorcake Magazine and Gorsky Press, reading "Framing Invasion" from his collection of shorts, Barney's Crew. Carswell is also the author of the novel Drinks for the Little Guy and the book of stories, Glue and Ink Rebellion.

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Fall of Autumn presents a special double feature podcast featuring Hazel Pine and Neely Bat Chestnut. Hazel Pine writes the zine "Cursive Bomb?. Neely Bat has written the zines "Mend My Dress" and "Dear Stepdad". This March, Neely and Hazel will be embarking on a Zine Tour.

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Fall of Autumn presents Brandon Wetherbee (Foul zine, The Machine Media) reading a piece entitled "The Ultimate Warrior was the Catalyst for the September 11th Attacks."

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Fall of Autumn presents Todd Taylor of Razorcake Magazine and Gorsky Press, Inc. reading the complete first chapter from his latest book, Shirley Wins. Shirley Wins is a novel of not giving up and not giving in. It?s a story about punching the world back in the arm.

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Aaron Cynic and Grant Schreiber take on what lies in store for us in 2007.

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Fall of Autumn.com presents Rose White reading from "Old Weird America #2: Postcards From The City." Rose finds herself in New York for this piece instead of last year's Detroit.

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Fall of Autumn.com presents Chicago zinester, radio personality, DJ, Eric Lab Rat reading a piece entitled "I'm Writing This From Work" which was originally published in Foul zine. Features music from As Mercenarias.

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Fall of Autumn.com presents Cristy Road reading a selection from her book Indestructible. Cristy writes the perzine Green Zine, Indestructible is her first book, a coming-of-age collection of stories that give voice to every frustrated 15 year old girl under fire from her peers for being queer or butch or punk.

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Fall of Autumn.com presents Chicago-area zinester, Andrew Mall reading ?Peter Gabriel? from his zine ?Living Proof.? Andrew takes us back to a simpler era, with uncomplicated movie plots and less stressful social circles.

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Fall of Autumn.com presents Dave Roche, fresh off the Thinkin' Stinkin' Rarely Drinkin' Tour, reading from his zine On Subbing. Dave describes his experiences as a sub in Portland's school system's special education classrooms.

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Fall of Autumn.com presents Dan Halligan reading a piece from his upcoming book about zining in Seattle in the 90's. It's called ?Courtney Love? and describes a few hilarious encounters with both her and Kurt Cobain.

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Fall of Autumn.com presents Pups (formally Puppy Dave) reading from his zine, Black Carrot, issue four. Punk for the Punks is a look back at half a life involved in punk rock, what Dave's taken, and what Dave's given back.

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Fall of Autumn.com presents Bizarro author Jeremy Robert Johnson with a complete reading of his short, "The Sharp Dressed Man At The End of The Line." The Sharp Dressed Man rises from the ashes of World War III as a truly strange sample of JRJ's Bram Stoker Award and Pushcart Prize nominated work. "The Sharp Dressed Man At The End of The Line" was the inspiration for (and lead-in to) the Bizarro novella, Extinction Journals, which is available at Amazon.com and Jeremy's own Website.

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Fall of Autumn presents Rose White reading from Old Weird America #1: Postcards from a Ghost Town. Old Weird America examines the forgotten corners of Rose's Detroit, from the abandoned houses down the street, to the ghosts in the basements. This recording features three postcards from the first issue.

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Emerson Dameron, ordained street preacher of contemptuous mockery, lays his wit on the table in "Fire." Dare we say 'hot' off the presses; it's available in the brand-new issue of his zine "Wherewithal." Featuring a previously unreleased song from the upcoming album, "Digging Myself Deeper" by Kyle Bravo (Making Stuff and Doing Things).

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Work sucks, Christmas makes people insane, we're all under surveilance by one of the largest conspiracies known to man - and anarchists are coming to break everything and ruin your life. A reading from the fourth installment of Diatribe zine by Fall of Autumn's own Aaron Cynic.

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Fresh off the stage from Music With Meaning 7, here is a new piece by Kate Sandler of Brainiac zine, entitled "Cat Faeries."

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Lauren Eggert-Crowe reading from her zine, Galatea's Pants, with some opinions on why some of her past teachers were memberable and how the current school system is failing our youth.

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Sarah R. reading a piece from the fourth issue of her zine, Tazewell's Favorite Eccentric, about her brother, who died a long time ago, but who is still silently present in her everyday life. The music was chosen by Sarah's mom for her brother's funeral.

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In our new podcast, the Fall of Autumn presents Katie of La La Theory zine, reading one of her found poems from her zine, Word Math. A found poem is a poem made up of phrases which were already written, but not intended to be poems. For this reading, Katie stitches together random sentences from personal ads on Craig's List.

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In our fifteenth podcast, Fall of Autumn presents April reading a hilarious piece from her zine, Cartography For Beginners. With how often April enjoys poking fun at others, this time the tables have turned and she offers up a piece exposing a moment of her own humility.

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Thirty-second promo featuring shout-outs from Nicole Introvert, Andrew Laties, Maytina, Katie, Alex Wrekk, Emerson Dameron, Sarah Arr, Diane and Katin

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The Fall of Autumn presents Jessica Haidon reading from her zine, Broken Records #1: Memoir of a Record Store Clerk. Here Jessica rants about record and CD trading, the joys of Mr. Roboto and the Guide to Modern Day Parenting, as exhibited by lousy customers.

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The Fall of Autumn is very proud to present an exclusive advanced audio reading from Brainscan #21 by Alex Wrekk. For this reading Alex chose half a dozen short pieces from the new issue, including the ?cliche zine intro?, a piece on music and the inside jokes with herself, how she got her pen name and more.

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Ms. Films DIY Guide to Film and Video is a resource for independent filmmakers and aspiring filmmakers. Including tips on getting your film into the fests, to cameraless filmmaking, to even how to's on script writing.

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Rebel Bookseller is an indispensable guide/inspiration tool for anyone who wants to distro or wants to be distroed. In our latest podcast, the author, Andrew Laties, reads one of his "rants" from the book, entitled "He Who Cannot, Teaches".

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In our tenth podCast we have a reading from Jennifer Darling. Her reading comes from the first issue of her zine, Gretchen, which is now out of print. Features "Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division.

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In our eighth podCast, we have a reading from Alan Lastufka. He reads a previously unpublished work which is scheduled to appear in Valiant Death's ZIne Scrapbook Vol. 1 and Alan's own, Pressed Between The Pages #2.

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In our seventh podCast, we have a reading from Fawne DeRosia. Her reading comes from her zine, Four Star Daydream #8.

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In our sixth podCast, we have a reading from Chella Quint (author of Chart Your Cycle). Her reading comes from her zine, Adventures in Menstruating Issue #1.

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In our fifth podCast we have a reading from Emerson Dameron. His reading comes from the first issue of his zine, Wherewithal.

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NOTE: This reading is not work safe and could be triggering. While I don't agree to any forms of censorship, I do believe people should be allowed to choose what they are exposed to. With that said; this reading contains some strong language and sexual content, which some listeners may not find appropriate for them. In our fourth podCast we have a reading from Hannah Neurotica. Her reading comes from the second issue of her zine, Technicolor Polkadot.

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In our third podCast we have a reading from Nicole Introvert. Her reading comes from the fourth issue of her zine, Introvert. Featuring "Somewhere I Don't Belong" by The Influents.

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In our second podCast we have a reading from Sweet Candy Distro's Sage Adderley. Her reading comes from the third issue of her zine, Tattooed Memoirs.

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