under
world
issue #8
june 2009
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20 ways to have a disco romance
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disco inferno
Explore.
Experience.
Evolve.
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Sweetheart, this is a I am so very impressed with your online magazine. The
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magazine. too),
The issue looks really
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direct address
When I was working through the Next issue’s theme, is “things
idea for disco underworld in July the world should know more
last year, I had plenty of these about.”
nights!
Drop me a line if you have
disco underworld, june 2009 It has been quite interesting anything to contribute:
hearing other people’s stacey@discounderworld.com
experiences with “the night
hours”. Reader and
contributor to disco underworld
Amanda Gray, also wrote in Cover
Me and my new suggesting that it would be image
friend Larry the cat cool to see material from by
on our way to an readers around the world, Zenrico.
80s party. showcasing their towns, offices Read
and studios, either as a photo his
You can read Larry’s or a movie. She so kindly put story
story on page 24. together a movie showcase of on
He’s also got her town, Hamilton, New page
something for you to Zealand, which you can watch 10.
win... on page 21 of this issue.
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reader submission:
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“I want to capture
as much as possible
with the least
possible strokes in
just a few seconds.”
disco romance
out more
(without the need for any embarrassing dancing). Next issue’s theme is Things the world
should know more about.
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Early Morning, Penn Avenue I was lucky enough to have the
Pittsburgh, PA USA owners of Zerrer's Antiques
give me free reign of the room
“Last weekend I got up very above their store.”
early in the morning to take
some photos in a neighborhood Lisa Tobaz
of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
called the Strip District. It is www.lisatoboz.wordpress.com
primarily a warehouse and www.flickr.com/photos/lisatoboz
market district, but there are a
few residences there.
“The cat
drawings
are done by
my wife.”
So how did the Larry the Cat
idea come to The Man?
Need help
NAME YOUR PRICE
with:
branching into the
employment sector. “People Larry the Cat
who are looking for work can
Writing?
drawing! Check out
YOUR donate a prize, bake a cake or
whatever, and Larry will put the
word out there about that
the current issue of
Designing?
person and their CV.” www.happyaslarry.co.nz
Creating?
ideas, and Larry the Cat is just original signed Larry
we can help you with the beginning of the Cat drawing,
digital
adventure. He quotes the end
anything from a of Vanilla Sky, “See you in the amongst other
simple website for next life, when we are both things.
publishing?
cats.”
your business, to P.S I am really really sorry, but
Last question: Do you like being this prize is only for those of
writing advice,
marketing?
called The Man? you lucky enough to live in
New Zealand. I’ll make it up
professional “Ha, you are really funny! Yes, to the rest of you one day I
marketing collateral sure, I like being called The
Man.”
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Mike’s
Space:
Dark
Nights I
used to be a night owl.
Years of collegiate cram
sessions fueled by Red Vine
licorice and Mountain Dew
found their ultimate
words and images by culmination in a yearlong stint
Mike Woodruff in South Korea. That year, I
sometimes took jaunts through
Seoul as it slept; taking long
exposure shots of bridges,
responding in Spanish to
Koreans addressing me in
English, and sitting on a
riverside bench to watch the
sunrise while listening to the
Braveheart sound track.
Mike Woodruff lives in Los
Angeles. When not writing, I enjoyed all those late nights
he enjoys playing basketball immensely, especially when
and eating Flamin’ Hot everyone seemed to enjoy it
Cheetos. You can find him on with me. Korea was cool like
the internet at that. Seoul was an
www.mutinouswombats.blogspot.com. overwhelmingly safe place to
explore at night, Los Angeles
Read last month’s Mike’s does not offer the same
Space here. comforting luxury.
www.discounderworld.com. mike’s space. page 45
1. Go home.
2. If you don’t have a home,
go to a shelter.
www.discounderworld.com. mike’s space. page 47
“My memories of
those nighttime
jaunts are a very
particular tint of
rose.”
As I can’t really explore Los I met a friend in Dongdaemun
Angeles the way I explored for some twilight shopping. Of
Seoul, my memories of those all the ridiculous things I saw
nighttime jaunts are a very in Korea, this was the pinnacle.
particular tint of rose. The best Who buys orange neckties and
of these memories seem to bootleg adidas sweaters at one
glow with a meaning that packs in the morning?
months and months, maybe
even years, of experiences into Answer: approximately half the
moments. population of Seoul.
Garret Clarke
www.discounderworld.com. garret clarke. page 53
G
arret Clarke lives for
experience. Brought
up in a small mountain town
in Southern California, he then
went on to roam the
beautiful streets of Madrid for
a few years. He is now an MBA
student living in Taiwan.
Released and
delivered
worldwide in
time for
Christmas 2009.
“T
he night hours
are the perfect
time to dream, imagine and
create. Everything stops
The US comic book artist was
surprised by Blackbird’s
immediate success and
critical acclaim upon its release
moving and is quiet, allowing in May 2007. Independently
your brain to think differently produced and published, it was
than it would during the day.” initially a three-part mini-series.
Due to the unexpected hype,
The night hours are also when he subsequently revamped the
Blackbird, a teenage vigilante whole concept into a graphic
crime fighter with a comic novel trilogy. Parts 1 and 2 of
series of the same name, is the first story entitled Growing
on the loose, thanks to Charlie Pains have already been
‘Fab’ Goubile’s imagination. released.
www.discounderworld.com. charlie ‘fab’ goubile. page 69
Quick-fire Questions
What is your favourite place in
the whole wide world?
julie
broberg