Street Rat(bag)

Street Rat(bag)

This anarchist magazine was founded by Rita Rodentia, Will Rat for Iraq, & RATical (yours truly, tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE) in 1999E.V.. Will Rat & Rita had discussed creating it & Rita asked RATical if he wanted to be part of it. RATical had had substantial experience with publishing & wasn't really in any hurry to create yet-another project along these lines but Rita convinced him.

Street Rat

1st issue:

- spring (June?), 1999

- 40 printed surfaces; 8&1/2 X 11"; black toner on white paper; black toner on bright green, pink, & white paper covers; + grey shaggy cloth 'rat heads' with 'eyes' on upper left front & grey shaggy cloth 'rat butts' with 'tails' on upper right back; scraps of paper stapled to certain pp; 20 with 1st edition Low Classical Usic CDs, 50 with 2nd edition Low Classical Usic CDs

- English

- an edition of around 300

- consisting of material relevant to:

Street Rats contacts

Street Rat Liberation Front Communiqué

Charlotte Perkins

Genocide in the Americas

Marcos to the Independent Media

Womyn Demand Justice

¡rak n Roll

Pittsburgh: The Grim Reality

Consulta Zapatista Rocks Da Burgh

Encounters With the School of the Americas

Millions for Mumia

Low Classical Usic - written & designed as: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

Jacqueline Smith & Boycotting the National Civil Rights Museum

NATO's High Tech Accomplishments

- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, us@

- edited by: the Street Rat Liberation Front

Street Rat 2

(December 1999)

a. "Kill Normality Before It Kills You",

b. "RAT GUTS",

c. "Subversive Signage & the Urban Myth",

d. "RATical RATio - pRAT 1",

e. "Mumia in Kellywood",

f. "Carlos Irizarry - Honorary Street Rat!",

g. "Pyramid Schematics (pRAT 1 (of 2 pRATs))",

h. "Maze Commentary",

i. "Widémouth Tapes Ad"

- a. silkscreen collaboration between: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE etta cetera;

b. "Dribble of Contents" design by: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE;

c. written as: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE;

d. written as: RATical;

e. written as: Luther Blissett; f. written as: RATical; g. written as: anonymous;

h. written as: RATical;

i. design by: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- published in: Street Rat 2 (December 1999)

- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, us@

- edited by: the Street Rat Liberation Front

stickers

- Street Rat 2 had an envelope in the back with stickers, these stickers also exist outside of the magazine

- the stickers were mostly designed by Rita Rodentia but RATical (tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE) provided text (&, probably layout) for many of them - the below texts are probably all my texts (I'm not sure about 1 or 2 of them):

"No More Punching Bag Clowns"

"Neoism Now! & Then"

"if Clinton wants to protect the American people by bombing terrorists . . he should start by blowing up himself"

"Ship Monica Lewinski to Afghanistan and Sudan as a piece offering"

"Ship Monica's cigar to Castro as a piece offering"

"Attempt to Undermine 'Reality' Maintenance Traps"

"Remember the Good Ole Day when Emotions Didn't Have to be Drugged out of Existence?"

"Support the War on Legal Drugs"

"courts mainly exist to put a veneer of legitimacy over crimes against the poor by the rich"

"WAKE UP! Jails are Slave Labor Camps & Psychiatric Drugs are Mind Control"

"SELL YOURSELF UNTIL YOU CAN AFFORD TO BUY YOURSELF BACK"

"BEFORE YOU DECIDE AGAINST BITING THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU, ASK WHY IT HAS SO MUCH FOOD IN THE FIRST PLACE"

"take off your stereotyping blinders"

Street Rat-Bag 3

(October 2000)

a. front cover,

b. "What's in the RAT-Bag",

c. "RATitorial",

d. "Pyramid Schematics (pRAT 2 (of 2 pRATs))",

e. "Bare Bones - Skeleton of an Unconvention Report",

f. "History Begins Where Life Ends",

g. ad for the N.A.A.M.C.P.,

h. "In Support of Fun & Against Polarizing "Authorities" vs",

i. "Vote 0 Unknown Neoist",

j. "AMEN!: Megaphones: Weapons for Children",

k. "Response to "Anarchist Integralism - A Study in Neoist Falsehood" & False Flag - Again"",

l. "An Awful Title in the Life of a Labor Pool Worker",

m. "Interview w/ John Doe at Scallio's Tavern",

n. "A Report on the 1st Non-Existent International Neoist Apartment Festival",

o. "Street RAT-Bag #3 CD Notes",

p. sticker design for Brainpang & Vanessa credit

- a. collaboration between: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE etta cetera + H.R.Fricker + Babynous; b. Rabble of Contents from: RATical; c. credited to: RATical & Rita Rodentia; d. written as: anonymous; e. written as: RATical; f. written as: David A. Bannister; g. not credited; h. written as: tentatively, a convenience; i. design by: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE etta cetera; j. written as: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE; k. written as: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE; l. written as: Mike; m. as conducted by: Mike; n. written & laid out as: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE; o. written as: RATical; p. uncredited

- published in: Street Rat-Bag 3 (October 2000)

- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, us@

- edited by: the Street Rat-Bags

Street RatBag 4

(June 2001)

a. What?! Collective logo silkscreen,

b. "Table of Discontent",

c. "Interview w/ John Doe at Scallio's Tavern - pRAT 2",

d. "Don't be Fooled! Don't be Asinine! - Street RatBag's Anti-Censorship Exposé Centerfold-out",

e. Interview with Amy Kwasnicki of PDAG & the R2K Legal Collective,

f. "{Invisible & Visible Editorializing of} RNC Protesters Speak Out, and are Silenced",

g. "How to become a TERRORIST without really trying" - RATical interviews Dave

h. "Clemente Padin: Uruguayan poet, graphic artist, performer, videomaker, multimedia artist, networker, art critic, & liberated political prisoner",

i. "Stimulants/Depressants (the downside)",

j. "Chemical & Biological Warfare Research",

k. BEFORE AFTER

- a. collaboration between: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE etta cetera + other What?! Collectors;

b. more or less from: RATical & Rita Rodentia;

c. as conducted by: Mike;

d. credited to: RATical; e. as conducted by: RATical;

f. an interaction of sorts mostly between: L.B.Roth & Luther Blissett;

g. as conducted by RATical;

h. a collaboration between: Rita Rodentia & RATical;

i. credited to: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

j. written as: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE; k. uncredited -

- published in: Street RatBag 4 (June 2001)

- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, us@

- edited by: the Street RatBags

zines

(2001)

a. Street Rat-Bag Number 3 cover

b. single page from "Money Schmoney - Alternative Currencies"

- a. collaboration between RATical & Rita Rodentia using work by Babynous & H. R. Fricker

b. collage made by Rita Rodentia using some materials from RATical's archive

- published in a book entitled "zines" edited by Liz Farrelly, deisgn: Mike Dorrian & David Recchia

- published by Booth-Clibborn Editions, 2001 (month unknown so I place it here before the publication of Street Ratbag No5)

Street Ratbag No5

(November 2001)

a. inside front cover rubber-stamping,

b. "You Know Where You Can Go!",

c. "Recommended Reading",

d. "The Mysterious Death of Jeffrey Steinberg",

e. manipulated e-mage for "How You Demolish Cars With A Hammerhead",

f. manipulated e-mage for "De-De-Po-Po",

g. "CircumSubstantial Playing & Blindfolded Tourism",

h. "Foreign Correspondence (or Non-Adventures in Dystopia)",

i. "'Oklahomans for Children and Families' vs the film 'The Tin Drum'",

j. intro to "Russell Means meets the PLiSLooplyR",

k. "Interview w/ Andrew",

l. "War",

m. "CD Notes"

- a. uncredited collaboration between: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE etta cetera;

b. layout & text from: RATical, image from Brainpang;

c. written as: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE;

d. written as: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE;

e. not credited; f. not credited;

g. written as: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE;

h. written as: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE;

i. written as: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE;

j. intro credited to: spRATacus k. credited to: RATical;

l. written as: RATical; m. text from RATical & etta cetera, image from Brainpang;

- published in: Street Rat-Bag 5 (November 2001)

- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, us@

- edited by: the Street Rat-Bags

Street Ratbag 6

(September 2002)

a. color page,

b. inside color page rubber-stamping,

c. "Prison = Opportunity" photo,

d. "Long Live the Garbage Liberation Front!",

e. "Geoff Roach & Dennis Roddy - Dilemma for Democracy",

f. "Clear Message"

- a. collaboration between: unknown, Rita Rodentia, Heather Mull, & tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE;

b. rubber-stamp design: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE based on etta cetera tattoo; c. credited to: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE;

d. a pastiche assembled by RATical using materials from Charles Manson, A.J.Weberman, Picky Poubelle, Dave Dumpsterland & Jason Trashville, Jay Gourley, & Kent Bye;

e. a column by: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE;

f. credited to: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE;

- published in: Street Ratbag 6 (September 2002)

- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, us@

- edited by: the Street Ratbags

Street Ratbag 1/7

(June 2004)

a. "Australian DOLE ARMY Media Hoax",

b. "Interview with the editors of the Street Ratbag",

c. "Ya Never 'Know'",

d. "Pestel As Hyena" photo-collage

- a. uncredited introduction by: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE + Australian friends' flier + Dole Army press release;