Burned twice as bright...
If you really want more: The FringeWare Chronology 1992 -1999
The first FringeWare Store at 51st and Duvall, June 1996
FringeWare on 51st Me and Patrick removing the traces
FringeWare on 51st gone
Ad copy for the old store
Neotribalism in the Global Village
Patrick at the old Store Patrick and Chris Just after opening on Guadalupe in the old europa books Note the bare walls (Didn't last long)
Patrick, Chris and SKC, June '96 the first iteration of "Those Who Worked at the Store"
First Signing Event? I'll be damned if I can remember who she was or what her zine/books was
Patrick and the Cutey at the First Event
Jeff and SKC, June '96
Front of FringeWare on the Drag Note the old europa sign
Wiley and Pandora
The Infamous F.B.I. Note From the old site: In late February, 1997, a nationwide alert was issued to
collect evidence on "freaks", after a gas-station attendant in Dallas
spotted yet another rent-a-truck carrying fertilizer... On that same
day, an FBI special agent named Tony Henschen showed up at the
FringeWare Bookstore, demanding a copy of our "subscriber list". He
left his name and phone number on a Consortium Books notepad, which
featured the Noam Chomsky quote: "I do not believe the State has the
right to dictate the truth, nor punish those who deviate from it..."
Tony signed his name carefully, so as not to obscure the quote. He did
this in front of our life-sized portrait of Josef Stalin. It seemed
that somebody who was listed in a biography on a web page on FringeWare
had been accused of threatening an AOL customer via email. Austin's
special "High Tech Crime Squad" had been called in to handle this
crisis, and they of course passed the buck to the FBI. The FBI's only
lead was to investigate FringeWare.
SRL Tickets, March '97
Charles Whitman Tower This and more SRL images
The One and Only Fearless FringeWare Prime Suspect, PXN
Satan's Cheerleaders Soul Check Given out for the"BOB" Dobbular at "BOB Popular" Devival with Church of the SubGenius
Stephanie and Justin
TV Destruction, March '98
"Well, after the firetrucks have departed..."
Dr. Quasar Hernandez saying, I am certain,
Jenn and PXN, March '98
Paco, Elliott, Wiley and Monte - SXSW '98
Ephemera - Front, March '98
Ephemera - Reverse, March '98
SKC and Lindsey
DJ DMZ, April '98
Ad Copy, featuring Angel, from May '98
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus in Mojo's Lot
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus
Mojo Dollar
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus May '98
Two Angels, May '98
A Typical FringeWare Comment Form
The Ambassador in repose, May '98
William Burroughs Triathalon, May '98
Don and Aleister, June '98
Inoculate Yourself Against Mind Control
Eman, Stephanie, SKC and Stalin
Vincent and Justin, June '98
DJ Arjuna, June '98
Justin and Lone Star, June '98
White Rabbit, Manson Family, '98
Don Webb and Paco, June '98
Found Ephemera - Front
Found Ephemera - Reverse
A Friend and Pandora
Jim and Hunter, June '98
Rebecca Cannon, August '98
Ad Copy, featuring Angel
Ad Copy of FringeWare at its prime (probably mid-1998)
Ad from the Back of FringeWare Review #14 published August '98
My Favorite Ads from FringeWare #14 Two items of particular delight for me: 1. The Book Clerking Ad shows a bunch of guys cutting meat; and 2. You can still see at least one of the many subliminals Monte and I put into the background - "S E X" above the chicks head.
Ticket for Robert Anton Wilson, November '98
Okkervil River, March '99
Image from the Chronicle, June 1999 It's not right that that urgency should coincide with
the equally urgent parting salvos the FringeWare folks have left on the
storefront windows of their now-vacated store. Urgency is supposed to
be absent during our narcotizing summers. "Temporarily closed for
cultural remodeling," one of the FringeWare signs declares. That's a
joke, of course, and so is the list of "FringeWare Things to Get,"
which include "Barnes & Noble applications," "Oprah Book Club
membership cards," and "another new identity." Ah, sigh, the
independent vs. chain issue rears its head again! It never ceases to
strike me as odd that it should be bookstores that galvanize debates
about independent vs. chain stores. - clay smith Men of FringeWare Calender 1999
January - Dr. Quasar Hernandez
February - PXN
March - SKC
April - Daev
May - Barry June - Justin
July - Elliott
August - Eman September - Monte
October - The Ambassador November - Wiley December - Jim and HST |
