{"id":19591,"date":"2023-06-07T15:15:35","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T22:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/?p=19591"},"modified":"2023-06-07T15:23:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T22:23:58","slug":"letters-postcards-money-in-the-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2023\/06\/07\/letters-postcards-money-in-the-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters, Postcards, & Money in The Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Correspondence]<\/p>\n

Analog Mail, 1999<\/h1>\n

I’ve been diving into the Reviewer archives of late and in one box of manilla envelopes I seem to have struck a vein of pre-millennial postcards and other mail. It’s people’s forgotten PR notices, tour schedules, payments for small ads, and other things like interview requests and general fluff mail.
\nInteresting to reminisce about.<\/p>\n

\"1999\"
Phantom Blue 1999<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"1999\"
Phantom Blue 1999<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"1999\"
Napalm Ape 1999<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Napalm Ape 1999<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"1999\"
A.K. Skurgis 1999<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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A.K. Skurgis 1999<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"1999\"
Scared Of Chaka 1999<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Scared Of Chaka 1999<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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[Correspondence] Analog Mail, 1999 I’ve been diving into the Reviewer archives of late and in one box of manilla envelopes I seem to have struck a vein of pre-millennial postcards and other mail. It’s people’s forgotten PR notices, tour schedules, payments for small ads, and other things like interview requests and general fluff mail. Interesting to reminisce about.     […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":453,"featured_media":19607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[1955,1954],"class_list":["post-19591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive","tag-1955","tag-analog-mail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sq20230605_144114-sq-copy1000.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15620,"url":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2018\/11\/10\/15620\/","url_meta":{"origin":19591,"position":0},"title":"Book for sale: SUCKDOG — A RUCKUS, by Lisa Carver, signed","author":"Reviewer Rob","date":"November 10, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"[Bookcabal] punk rock history \u00a0 Book for sale: Lisa Cerver's SUCKDOG -- A RUCKUS, signed and in like new condition, $15.99 plus postage and handling Brand new, shiny, unread and signed copies of SUCKDOG -- A RUCKUS by Lisa Carber are for sale here. 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