The second and final part of Jarvis Cocker’s radio series on fanzines aired today. There was no more mention of science fiction, though there was a brief mention of Slash, which we learned is written primarily by women in their 50s and 60s. Cocker also managed to trot out the tired old line about “real” fanzines having to be on paper, not online. Apparently it is properly anti-Capitalist to charge money for a paper fanzine that you sell through shops, but you are a tool of Capitalism if you give your writing away free online. And you are more in touch with your readers if you send them something through the mail than if you interact directly with them via email or blog comments. I’m glad we’ve been put straight on all that.

As usual, the program can be heard for the next week via the Listen Again service.