Dishwasher

[gordonzola]

I was so excited by the release of Dishwasher: One Man's Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States that not only did I pre-order it, I read half of it last night. Go buy it! It's awesome.

Dishwasher Pete was one of the great zinesters of the great '80s/'90s zine era. I'm pretty sure that, like Cometbus, Dishwasher Pete somehow managed to scam a ciculation of 10,000 readers per issue by the time he stopped publishing. I know we couldn't keep in on the shelves at Epicenter, it was one of our best sellers, right up there with Cometbus, Doris, i'm so fucking beautiful, and Pathetic Life.

The general theme was working class kid attracted to dishwashing because of the opportunities for free food, slacking, travel, and quitting on a moment's notice, decides that his quest should be to wash dishes in every state. It's a class-conscious and funny memoir/travelogue. Lots of drinking, dish-breaking, leftover eating and finding better things to do than work. Go get it!

Comments

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

yeah, I really wish he had put it out in book form. I have many, but not all of them.

Where he is now is a secret. and I don't know it. Haven't seen him since he left SF.

[lovelikeyeast.livejournal.com]

You know, I have Pathetic Life #18-23, and would be really into swapping with you (on loan, of course) for other issues at some point. Since I'm packing books away for a move to pdx, it's not a good time for me to receive anything, but I could send these your way if you promise to return these and (hopefully) lend others out later in the year! Or you may already have these same issues.

If you want me to mail them out, just drop a line & send me your addy to lovelikeyeast at gmail dot com.

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

ha. those are pretty much exactly the issues I have. oh well

[lovelikeyeast.livejournal.com]

Eh, wouldn't you know it. Somewhere out there is a treasure trove of 19 or so more issues. Argh!