A Not-So-Concise Chronology of African-Americans in Alternative Music in honor of the 2024 Black History Month theme of African Americans and the Arts, Granny Anarchy wrote this awesome introduction for readers of the UMAmi zine.

In honor of Black History Month:
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Screenshot of e-zines at https://issuu.com/grannyanarchy/stacks/891c8d3a50004dee9543d6f90401a82b Includes monthly issues of UMAmi, Oklahoma's Underground Music Archive zine, breakout longer articles that had to be trimmed due to UMAmi's space concerns, and issues of my newer zine, F3r@L aka Feral, which is less structured than AnGrr!!.

So, uh, I haven't been active on BlueSky since about August. Here's what I have been up to since then:
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Granny Anarchy's photo of Clara Luper Plaza in downtown Oklahoma City, OK https://www.visitokc.com/listing/clara-luper-national-sit-in-plaza/7023/ Read the February 2026 UMAmi for more! https://issuu.com/metrolibrary/docs/umami_no._32_2026-02_

Granny Anarchy's photo of Clara Luper Plaza in downtown Oklahoma City, OK https://www.visitokc.com/listing/clara-luper-national-sit-in-plaza/7023/ Read the February 2026 UMAmi for more! https://issuu.com/metrolibrary/docs/umami_no._32_2026-02_

Granny Anarchy's photo of Clara Luper Plaza in downtown Oklahoma City, OK https://www.visitokc.com/listing/clara-luper-national-sit-in-plaza/7023/ Read the February 2026 UMAmi for more! https://issuu.com/metrolibrary/docs/umami_no._32_2026-02_

More photos of Clara Luper Plaza. (Sorry to the one guy who wandered into my photo.)

Hi! I'm terrible at social media. I submitted about a dozen and a half photos of Clara Luper Plaza for this piece in UMAmi but you can't really see any of them. Here are some:

A desktop/tabletop with several green plants upon it is strewn with several issues of the February 2026 UMAmi, the Oklahoma Underground Music Archive's monthly zine. The zine is available at (Oklahoma County) Metropolitan Library System locations and various alternative establishments such as independent book, music, skate, and vintage stores and coffeehouses around the metro. It always features a monthly music show calendar and several usually music or alt lifestyle articles, as well as occasional community messages. It, and back issues, can also be found online.

In this month's UMAmi, @grannyanarchy.bsky.social wrote abt Clara Luper, organizer of the 1st civil rights sit-in 2 yrs before Greensboro, NC.
In 1958, Clara Luper led her children & students to Katz Drug Store in downtown OKC; part of a lifelong dedication to civil rights.
Print issues out now!

Guess WHUT Earthlings.
Granny is going to have a li'l something for you in the next UMAmi!
Look for it at the end/beginning of the month!

Still on summer hiatus so no Aug AnGrr! but nice to see latest issue of UMAmi in print & online! Ol' Granny should have something in Sept issue too. Then hopefully I can get back to some solo stuff as well.
Also planning AltFest for Oct 11. Battle of Bands, creative corner, Monster Parade!

A small stack of August issue UMAmi alternative music & lifestyle Oklahoma Underground Music Archive zines with one open to display content featuring a photo essay by Granny Anarchy

BTW, kids!
August UMAmi has hit @metrolibrary.bsky.social! Hardcopy at library branches + locales like but not limited to local bookstores such as @thefloatingbookshop.com & @literatipress.bsky.social, coffeeshops, music venues, record stores, & even skate & vintage shops. Also avail online!

Also in this ish:
* Covid Precautions
* Don't Envy My Enby fashion 📸 & disc
* See - OK Contemporary: Honor Song
* Subversive - Who is Rodney Hinton? Did We Do It? Reading List
* Insert Art - Capitalism, Broken Arrow
* Reviews - My Next Breath, Black Angels, Gatchaman
* Zine Scene - Library Out Loud

The July issue was put together in 2 1/2 workdays & I'm a li'l embarrassed abt quality of content & layout.
But I really wanted to get that cover out there, & I think you'll understand if you read the July Happy Holidays that accompany it.

Front cover of AnGrr! (a Made in China [or Taiwan]) American Flag which the photographer found in the trash) in front of an EXIT sign

Front cover of AnGrr! (a Made in China [or Taiwan]) American Flag which the photographer found in the trash) by a bowl of cauliflower puffs

Finally got the time to print one (1) of these bad li'l babies out. Available online! issuu.com/metrolibrary...
All of Granny's writing for Metro Library as well as the AnGrr! perzines here: issuu.com/grannyanarch...

Angrr! Vol. 1, No. 3 The third issue of Granny Anarchy's Angrr! zine.

Sorry everybody, Granny's been under the weather. (NOAA + NWS's funding has been cut & staff let go, so challenging place to be!)
I've been informed the latest AnGrr! is avail online
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Apologies - super rush job, I'd love to change some stuff, but glad it's out 4 u 2 c!

Angrr! Vol. 1, No. 2 The second issue of Angrr!, by Granny Anarchy.

2x-sized mega-zine also has
more June days: Writers' Rights, Juneteenth
AI & Enviro
Lib of Congress & IMLS
📷 OKC Fest of Arts
Orig Poem: Piñon
Reviews: bk/cd/dvd/zine
lots o' orig 📷 & snarky commentary

Hours of effort, free print copies, avail online - all you lose is time (& brain cells, maybe.)

Screenshot of AnGrr! V1I2 article "Happy Holidays: A Pocket-Sized History of Pride"

...(Vol 1 Iss 2)
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take a look at "Happy Holidays: A Pocket-Sized History of Pride" and, perhaps today's explanation of American Indian Citizenship Day.

Angrr! Vol. 1, No. 2 The second issue of Angrr!, by Granny Anarchy.

Why is Granny telling you about all of these odd June days, weeks, & month-long observances?
Because in 2025, it seems somewhat ironic that they're on crazy calendars.

Granny doesn't have time, money, or other resources to educate you about 'em all, but in the June issue of AnGrr!...

Cataract Awareness Month
Nat'l Cancer From the Sun Month
Nat'l Migraine & Headache Awareness Month
Pharmacists Declare War on Alcoholism Month

as well as food months. Examples:
Nat'l Dairy Month
Nat'l Fresh Fruit & Vegetables Month

plus it's
Celibacy Awareness Month

AND
Black Lives Matter Month

Today, June 2, is (among other things)
American Indian Citizenship Day
International Sex Workers Day
Nat'l Gun Violence Awareness Day

it's part of
America The Beautiful Week
End Mountain Top Removal Week
Shavuot

& a BUNCH of health months. Examples:
Alzheimer's & Brain Awareness

WNAAD We SEE You, We HEAR You, We BELIEVE You!

Happy June 🌃🍓
Happy Pride! 🌈🏳️‍🌈
Granny had a tough weekend; I'm a bit behind.
Yesterday was World Narcissistic Abuse Awareness Day
wnaad.com
Granny does not take this lightly, but does think that it's important A LOT OF US understand what this is - please check out the link if you can.

AnGrr! Zine pages sneak peak spread artfully on a table

AnGrr! Zine and other Granny Anarchy zines on a green background

Pronoun buttons he she they

Happy Pride! @grannyanarchy.bsky.social would be EVER So Happy to share AnGrr! Vol1 Iss2 with you. It features, among other things, a short essay on the Stonewall Riots and how Pride Began. 🏳️‍🌈💛💜🖤🩶🤍

Zines scattered on a green background

Zines in black and white

Zines scattered across a green background

Zines on a desktop

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All my back copies & IDEA 4 Metro Zinefest next mo; test zine format UMAmi articles
* Zines: Quick .. Chronology
* African-Americans in Alt 🎶
* From Stigma to Singalongs: Mental Health in Alt 🎶
TO ADD TO
* Punk is Protest
* A Zine About Censored 🎶

*AnGrr! 1
*AnGrr! 2

A2 is 16 full (32 readable) pages.

We already have about 8 full (16 readable) pages for A3 (Whee3!)
BUT due to lack of support & 0 funds (each full page cost us $1 to print. We give it to you free) we may shutter or transition to online only for $ & mental health reasons.

Get - or stay - AnGryy 👩🏼‍🎤

In case you missed it
AnGrr! VI I2(Woo!)
Is online for viewing
* Happy Holidays - a history of Pride (& info on other interesting dates)
* AI & the Environment
* Looking out for the Library of Congress
* SEE: Fest of the Arts
* REVIEWS
* MORE!!!
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Anyway 70.00 got me
1 Punk is Protest
3 Censored Music (had xtra oops)
5 AnGrr! 1
4 AnGrr! 2
X97 pgs mistakes

Still have to print more
Punk is Protest
A2

AND
resurrection of ¹Zine History, ²African Amer, ³Mental Health zines for Fest on June 14.

Help.

After wasting HOURS and 💵 I didn't really have on only a few zines (no mini issue 2, need lots of Punk - very popular!) thought I'd set up Paypal? Patreon? A way to get tips? Can't sustain.
My sekrit name addy won't let me sign up for shit. (Secure/spam.) Don't wanna use other email. AUGH!

A lot of frustration today despite some success.
Tried to Be Ethical & copyshop print my perzines (so expensive!) Cheapest I could do was $0.50/page @ library. Each side = 1 page. Made mistakes, cost a lot in ACK BAD PRINT JOB & CRAP BAD PAGINATION.

Out 70.00. Not many zines for Fest in June.

Angrr! Vol. 1, No. 2 The second issue of Angrr!, by Granny Anarchy.

Y'ALL HAVE NO IDEA
NO IDEA
Thank you UMAmi team for helping me & @angrrychair.bsky.social w/ this ish!
🙌👊👩‍🎤🎵📚📰🧷🌈🏳️‍🌈

Assorted zines and stickers in an ARTFULLY ARRANGED scattering on a table. The zines are small folded titles such as "Make a Zine" though there is one special performance zine from No Moore. There is a sticker from Oklahoma Music Archive and there are some fun DVD movie spine labels such as "this movie is terrible" with a confounded raccoon on it.

Some of the other zines (and stickers) at Library Out Loud last nite 🎶📰✨🗣️🎧🌈🌟🎶

I am completely out of "Punk is Protest" & will have to (personally) print more. Very popular!

I also only (personally) printed 10 copies of AnGrr! so hellooo copy shop by my fave cafe.

And I noticed AFTER I shook hands w everybody that MY FLY WAS 1/2 DOWN. GRANNY IS ALWAYS SUAVE & ELEGANT! 👩🏼‍🎤🩲🎶

Poster for Library Out Loud via the Oklahoma Underground Music Archive Featuring EXMAXHINA + No Moore May 15 7pm FREE 4th floor downtown OKC library

Counter of zines, buttons, and stickers

No Moore performing at Library Out Loud (ooops my phone had a filter but looks cool)

EXMAXHINA performing at Library Out Loud

Just got home from Library Out Loud at @metrolibrary.bsky.social
Met some cool musicians & zinesters - passed out some copies of my work, incl V1I1 of AnGrr, my new perzine. Even met a fan! (Hi, C!)
Super enjoyed expanding my horizons. Would definitely do it again.

Paper in front of a computer screen. Both read "Your Heart Is a Muscle: A History of Folk and Punk."

Sneak peek into my writing process!
I've been wrestling with an article for UMAmi for a while. Printed out a rough draft, messed with it a bit, finally submitted a cohesive piece today. It will be in the next ish (June 2025) & I think there will be more collaborative work to go with it!