WHAT THE FUCK?

Okay. Lets talk about SourGrapes for a little bit, huh?

1. I want to rant about how I hear a lot of people in the scene go on about how the zine world is dead, that there's not enough support and no one is interested in contributing. But I can tell you, we've gotten so MUCH support for the zine its unbelievable! Don't give up on your zine community! People out there really do care about what happens to our self-published literature and are willing and ready to support your projects.

If you are wanting to start a zine, DO IT (for you, for your community, for the betterment of those who read it) because not only are you helping out to continue a great movement but you're putting your ideas out there and changing shit.

2. We had a lot of trouble recently with printing. For awhile there it seemed like we would never be able to have the money or the access to print this awesome zine. But now that all our lives are getting back on track and (by the help of our friends) we've found some other great options for cheap printing. We can now get back on track and be able to print Sourgrapes.

3. I want to stress that Sourgrapes (no matter how fucking hard it seems sometimes- and anyone who has printed a widespread zine knows it can be difficult at times- SG is not going to die and will never die. As long as there are people our that who need SG as their zine, we will be there to bring your voice to the surface. This has not only been one of the BEST things I've been able to be apart of- but its one of fucking funnest. (even if funnest is not a word)

Lastly, I want to thank everyone whose been apart of creating this zine, by donations, word of mouth, or a simple letter that you've written to us telling us how you support our cause.

Now, onto the big shit.

SG is going under a revamp before this issue is released. We'll try our best to print out as many as possible (as our paychecks come and go) and try to keep the zine relatively free (50 cents at the most) As for those who have submitted:

We're separating the last zine into two. One of the reasons it was so hard to print was because there was TOO FUCKING MUCH tooo print. With the launch of our site and the great people we've met through this one- we've had LOADS more submissions sent our way (and because we're big in the heart department) we can hardly send them away. Yet, if you've donated- please don't be pissed off if your shit isn't in the zine. There's a lot of stuff we just DONT have room to print. We will try our best to print everything within our limit. But either way, we thank you loads and loads for submitting.

Once again, if you've emailed us over the course of the last couple of months- please realize our mail box has been overloaded with letters and emails everyday. I'm still sorting through them all and I'll try my best to get back to you as soon as possible.

The changes we plan to make are going to kick ass, no doubt. And we couldn't even be able to create this zine if it wasn't for the fucking awesome zine community and support you guys have shown us.

Thanks so much

SG ZINETEAM

(questions, bitches, comments? write us at sourgrapeszine@gmail.com and I promise to get back to you as soon as I can)