Magazine: Fluke Magazine nbr 22.5

Description

Fluke is a long-running, independent zine founded by Matthew Thompson in 1991. Championing a raw, DIY ethos, it delves deep into subcultures like punk rock, skateboarding, train-hopping, and mail art. The publication serves as an unfiltered, highly curated artifact of underground print culture. The zine is known for being meticulously researched and packed with rich content. Individual issues often focus on deep-dive themes or specific subcultures.

This issue commemorates one of my dearest friends who died a tragic and untimely death two weeks after his 52nd birthday.

A local legend before he hit 20 years of age, Andy Conrad was 17 when his first band the Numbskulz opened for the Romantics in Little Rock, Arkansas. Numbskulz also won several musician showcases, earning them free studio time and a trip to South by Southwest in 1990.

Inside you’ll find Andy’s writing “Boy Scouts” (Numbskulz story) from Fluke 5 (1998) and his interview from Fluke 13 (2016), both long out of print. There are a couple of unpublished pieces, including a writing about his favorite band Trusty and a few excerpts from his European travel journal (1997). There’s even a postcard from me to him in 1997!

This was free to anyone who attended Andy’s memorial in Little Rock on June 28th, 2025.

16 pages, half-size zine