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'''Thrift SCORE''' was a zine about thrifting by [[Al Hoff]], a woman reporter from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., who loves to thrift.
  
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'''''The Pig Paper''''' was Canada’s very first self-published music [[fanzine]], one of the pioneering, and longest-lasting examples of that country’s vibrant small press pedigree.
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Subtitled, "the zine about the fun of too much thrifting," ''Thrift SCORE'' was the ongoing chronicle of Al Hoff's adventures in thrift stores, which included her experiences with other shoppers, as well as descriptions of popular thrift store items in articles like "Collectible Mania," and tips on second-hand shopping.  
  
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Beginning life in the early Seventies as record-hunting correspondence between founder/publisher Gary Pig Gold and his oldest friend, Doug “Rock Serling” Pelton, the first ''Pig Paper'' to be made available to the public was a mock-concert program sold during a 1975 appearance by The Who in Toronto.  
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Issue 14, the final issue, was published in 1999. In the introduction, Hoff listed several reasons that she was ending the zine, including: "reproducing this has become a major headache," "I'm out of questions and mysteries," and "I hardly even thrift anymore." [[Thrift_Score|Read More...]]'''
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Two years later, ''The Pig Paper'' was covering Canada’s nascent [[punk]] rock scene, publishing some of the first-ever in-depth articles on such bands as Teenage Head, The Viletones, and Simply Saucer as well as early reviews and interviews with The Ramones, Sex Pistols, Talking Heads and many others. Each issue also contained material on vintage acts such as The Beach Boys and Elvis Presley, as well as offering performers such as Half Japanese and Jandek many of their initial appearances in print. '''[[Pig_Paper|Read More...]]'''
 
  
 
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Thrift SCORE #1

Thrift SCORE was a zine about thrifting by Al Hoff, a woman reporter from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., who loves to thrift.

Subtitled, "the zine about the fun of too much thrifting," Thrift SCORE was the ongoing chronicle of Al Hoff's adventures in thrift stores, which included her experiences with other shoppers, as well as descriptions of popular thrift store items in articles like "Collectible Mania," and tips on second-hand shopping.

Issue 14, the final issue, was published in 1999. In the introduction, Hoff listed several reasons that she was ending the zine, including: "reproducing this has become a major headache," "I'm out of questions and mysteries," and "I hardly even thrift anymore." Read More...

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