UF16 revised

UrbanFolk

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a sort of leavetaking.

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featuring: OJ All Day 2008... the Wowz... Debe Dalton...Mr. Rogers... JJ Hayes...The Trouble with Boise...Open Mics... Compact Discs...and a farewell address.

Urban Folk

issue 16 - the Final Curtain ~ page 2

Urban Farewell Addresses

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Urban Folk 16: The Final Curtain

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.31Well, this is it: the last independent issue of

Urban Folk

. When Dave Cuomo wanted to start this rag back inAught Nine, I told him it wouldn’t last fifteen issues, and boy, did I prove

me

right...It’s been a couple years now, with lots of text under all of our respective belts, and I would have to say the entireexperience has been rewarding. Oh, not financially. All but a few issues were run at a loss. And not critically,unless by ‘critical,’ you mean ‘received lots of hate mail.’ Not spiritually rewarding either, really. I mean, I kind of doubt anybody involved in fanzine production have souls to begin with, so how could this be good for it? The pointI’m getting at is, I guess, thanks for the contributions, the words, the photos, the poems, the pictures, the CDs,the sexual favors. Thanks for being involved, and most of all, thanks for not buying

Urban Folk

.

Jonathan Berger, former editor

What’s Next?

Urban Folk

is merging with it’s kissin’ cuzine

Boog City

. All acoustic matters will be handled as a regular insert in that monthly Village Arts publication, master-minded by Professor David Kirschenbaum.Ther

Urban Folk

segment of

Boog City

will still focuson AntiFolk, and all that is acoustic in the New YorkCity. The mandate hasn’t changed, just the location.

Urban Folk

will be part of something bigger, better, withmore mature circulation and distribution system. You’llstill find us. Trust me. Have I lied to you?...Well, OK, then. Have I lied to you today?

To (snail) mail the former editor of

Urban Folk

:Jonathan Berger 1119 Longwood AvenueBronx, NY 10474