Vent Magazine Release Party Today Thursday, May 29th at Sudwerks in Davis.

[pkballr]

I don't know if you heard of us or want to hear about us, but me and some friends decided to make a magazine called Vent. It's an Asian AmericanPolitics and Popular Culture magazine. I figure it'd be cool here since we're primarily Norcal based. I hope you guys can all get a chance to checkout, and find out what some Asian American people think about some different issues.

Mission Statement:
Our writing comes from the heart and therefore it uncovers an honest illustration of Asian American identity and politics. Vent is appealingand thought provoking. When you see it lying on your coffee table, you want to read it again or at least store it on your shelf so you can read it later. Ventwants to spearhead our culture into an era where anyone and everyone can have equal access to all sorts of endeavors-not just middle management followed by aglass ceiling. Instead of complaining that there is no American Dream, Vent stands up against the inequality to reclaim what should be accessible to allpeople.

vent-magazine.com

Hopefully you guys will enjoy some of our writing. And plus, you should be happy, I think my "hand" avatar is gone forever.

Edit:
So if you hadn't heard or didn't know, we're having a release party for our third issue. We want people to come out and support us. We'recharging $8 for presales, $10 at the door. Please come out and support your local shoehead and magazine guy. Me. Or support our magazine if you hate me.

Contact me if you're interested in going, and check out our third issue coming out this Thursday!!

 

[donpoppa]

how u go come on nt and not post pics of the girls in the mag j/k keep it up now we know why u havent been on nt as much

 

[pkballr]

I'll edit the title later so it's more appealing... lol.

 

[just some foo]

yeah i heard about this from a friends friend. best of luck to you all on it. question, is the magazine only available through mail right now? or are thereplaces where it can be picked up?

 

[mrboss2you]

yawn.

 

[acidicality]

that's crazy...some of my friends from davis joined a group (facebook) about this and i d/led the first issue. it's decent, interesting for somethingjust put together by students, keep up the good work.

 

[gameovertripleh]

just for my boy pk...i'll check it out.

i know i was invited to the facebook group months ago too...just never checked it out..haha

 

[Fong$tarr]

Kind of reminds me of Yolk from back in the days. Tough topic to keep on, considering there will be more issues in the future.....but I am ignorant to this sothe mag might be an interesting read. But props in doing this mag urban stylee as far as producing it yourself.........

 

[pkballr]

Except for the yawn, thanks for all the nice comments.

Right now, we're just selling the second issue online. Since we don't have a lot of funding for making more copies of the issue available, any"profits" made will be going to produce more issues. Feel free to leave any comments, negative or positive. We're trying our best to talk aboutthe "issues" and stuff like that.

acidicality.... what did you think of the basketball article? lol.

 

[d0njaye]

daryl was telling me about it. the andrew kim article was great lol.

keep it up, if any of you havent checked it out, you should!

btw, what happened to the uc davis thread?!

 

[acidicality]

the article about yi? haha it's not bad, it's fairly informative to someone who doesn't follow bball, and the part about asian ballers beingcompared to Yao is pretty true, overall it's decent although i really feel that some ABC dude will really break the ice and become a star in the NBA in thenear future haha

 

[pkballr]

I don't know. Died in a pit of fire.

If you guys want to, we do have hard copies of the second issue available as well. Check it out!!

 

[bgl2687]

what the hell eric? now youre doing porno mags? nice looking magazine i didntread the articles tho cause you know i hate to read.

 

[b1lly hoyle]

E! Good work on the launch...it looks great!

I'll try and get ahold of the first 2 issues...interested to check it out.

Hit me up if you have any q's on mag stuff too.

 

[boywiththeshoes]

I heard about Vent sounds like a good idea. I work with Berkeley's hardboiled. We should definitely connect and work together on an issue in the future.

 

[pkballr]

I think someone with hardboiled already interviewed our editor. But yeah, that could work in the future. Thanks for the support!

 

[andrew630]

anymore first issues?

 

[b1lly hoyle]

^ You can download the 1st Issue online in PDF format.

 

[andrew630]

thanks b1lly, gotta get the 2nd issue now...i shouldve picked it up at the quad when i had the chance to.

 

[pkballr]

Our third issue is coming out this week. Lookout for it!

 

[fvargas2000]

No NT discount?

 

[pkballr]

Sorry, I wish I could. If you wear an NT shirt and you're old enough, I'll buy you a shot.

 

[pkballr]

Come through people!! The more people the better!!!

 

[ricerocket11]

eric,

haha where the hell is the pdf of the first issue? i think i'm looking too hard on the site. anyways, the whole concept of the magazine seems pretty cool.

 

[pkballr]

Just click on the "First Issue" link on the left. After that, you'll see an image under "Our Last One". Just go ahead and click it,that'll load up the First Issue.

http://www.vent-magazine.com/firstissue.pdf

That should be a direct link. the best way to view it is by having the pages go side by side since our layout is a little weirder for our first issue.