Gasoline 23
Gasolin 23 was a German-language alternative literary magazine for contemporary beat , countercultural and cut-up literature, it appeared at irregular intervals from 1973 to 1986. According to Carl Weissner, the name comes from a volume of poetry by Gregory Corso called "Gasolin" and a "Tick." “By WS Burroughs, who noted all the plane crashes that had to do with the number 23.
founding
Towards the end of 1971, No. 1 appeared as an internal edition, edited by Carl Weissner , Jürgen Ploog and Jörg Fauser , consisting of a loose collection of manuscripts, letters, sketches and prose texts. From No. 2 Gasolin 23 appeared as the official magazine. The editors of No. 1 were also the editors of the next issues, No. 2 and No. 3. From No. 4, the magazine was edited by Walter Hartmann, who was also responsible for the cover design and layout, and Jürgen Ploog. J. Fauser and C. Weissner have been permanent employees since then. Gasolin 23 , " A magazine we invented to keep independent, uncensored writing alive ".
Self-image
Numerous examples from the American literary scene with their free and avant-garde content and presentation inspired the editors. An important forerunner was the magazine Klactoveedsesteen , edited by Carl Weissner , named after a play by Charlie Parker ; also, among other things, the San Francisco Earthquake , a magazine with new and experimental literature. One of the main motives for publishing Gasolin 23 was dissatisfaction with the German literary scene and the possibilities for publication. “ Gasolin 23 is not just a literary magazine - it's THE literary magazine ” was the self-confident foreword to No. 3. And: “ Writing is a fundamental demonstration ... it is not true that we don't think about literature, we just like it not what is called literature here ”. Literary role models were the Beat writers Allen Ginsberg, Charles Bukowski, William S. Burroughs, Harold Norse, Jack Kerouac and Claude Pelieu.
Final phase
From the point of view of the editors, a phase of literary adaptation began in the 1980s, in which younger authors appeared to be more oriented towards commercial success. They wanted to publish, but their aesthetic approach often lacked the courage to debate and the impetus to resist. The editors mainly reached texts that seemed arbitrary, the participation of the previous employees had also declined or they had turned away from the independent literary scene. The editorial motive to set other literary accents and to expand the possibilities of aesthetic production and content was either fulfilled or had been exhausted. There were a number of literary magazines that were equal, e.g. B. Big Table (Ed. Reimar Banis); Boa Vista (Hamburg) and Hobo Tongue (Ed. Udo Pasterny).
Authors (selection)
- Roland Adelmann, No. 9
- Mary Beach & Carl Weissner , No. 5
- Udo Breger , No. 7, 8.
- Charles Bukowski , No. 2, 5, 6.
- Jim Burns, No. 6.
- William S. Burroughs , No. 3, 5, 7.
- Michael Buselmeier , No. 6.
- Bernd Cailloux , No. 8
- Raymond Chandler , No. 4.
- Neal Cassady , No. 3, 5.
- Wanda Coleman, No. 6.
- Daniel Dubbe , No. 8, 9.
- Helmut Eisendle , No. 6
- Jörg Fauser, No. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
- Allen Ginsberg , No. 2.
- Brion Gysin , No. 2, 7, 8.
- Walter Hartmann, No. 3, 4, 5, 7.
- Matthyas Jenny , No. 5, 6, 7.
- Jack Kerouac , No. 2, 7, 8.
- Karl Kollmann, No. 3, 5, 7.
- Ango Laina, No. 5, 7, 8, 9.
- Jack Micheline, No. 5, 6.
- Bodo Morshäuser , No. 6.
- Harold Norse , No. 2.
- Claude Pélieu-Washburn, No. 2, 6, 7.
- Jürgen Ploog , No. 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9.
- Charles Plymell , No. 3, 5, 6, 7.
- Pociao , No. 7, 8.
- Sam Shepard , No. 5.
- Ralf Thenior , No. 6.
- Jürgen Theobaldy , No. 6.
- Andy Warhol - Truman Capote (Interview), No. 3.
- Carl Weissner , No. 2, 4, 5 (m. Mary Beach), 7.
- Wolf Wondratschek , No. 2, 6.
Themed issues
Gasolin 23, numbers 2 to 7 published by Nova Press, Frankfurt am Main; Issue 8 at Expanded Media Editions, Bonn. Issue 9 at Trikont in Duisburg.
- No. 4 (May 1976): Raymond Chandler Special
- No. 5 (September 1977): Stories
- No. 6 (October 1978): Poems
- No. 7 (1979): Dreams
- No. 8 (1982): Travel
- No. 9 (1986): Germany Rally
Front pages
Various layouts, graphic compositions from photos and typographies were used for the covers of the magazine Gasolin 23 . Cover design by Walter Hartmann.
Issue 4, Raymond Chandler in front of the gigantic S1 class locomotive of the Pennsylvania Railroad (black and white)
Issue 6, naked woman with saxophone (black / white with red and blue)
Issue 7, man with boxer shorts and sunglasses in front of modern city scenery (black / white with yellow, purple and blue)
Issue 8, Greyhound Fernbus in front of a palm tree (black / white with red)
Reviews
"Gasolin 23 makes you feel like you're in an old Bogart movie or you've lost your way in that Hollywood / LA that Raymond Chandler described in his crime novels."
"Many of these stories have something of the drive of a good rock album."
"Gasolin 23 is one of the most important alternative journals of the literary counterculture (when this expression didn't need quotation marks) in Germany."
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gasolin Connection ( Memento of the original from April 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Read all issues as PDF
- ↑ differently Carl Weissner in Konkret (magazine) 6, 2010, p. 62: “Our first issue came out in April 1972. We called it No. 2 and opened with bogus letters from readers, from Karasek , Schygulla , Handke to No. 1 that didn't exist ”.
- ↑ Udo Pasterny , Jens Gehret (Hrsg.): German-language bibliography of counterculture. Azid Presse publishing house, Amsterdam 1982, ISBN 90-70215-10-1 .
- ↑ Quoting from: Gasolin 23, Editorial, No. 3
- ↑ Gasolin 23, No. 3, September 1974.
Web links
- Official website Gasolin 23
- Gasolin 23 in the archive for alternative culture
- Literaturhaus Basel ( Memento of October 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) with all issues Gasolin 23 and author names