The July 2011 issue of Happiness Pony is out. I’m going to try to get some to the show at Forbes tonight. The most reliable spot to pick up any issue of HP is the lobby of WCCA TV13, 415 Main St, Worcester MA.

We are very happy to welcome PKP to our editorial board this month.

Cha-Cha Connor and Bruce “Snow Ghost” Russell interview an all-star panel about Worcester’s punk scene. Featuring: Cathy Cah, Lauren Cain, Kae Collins, Yukiko Fujii, Joanne Hart, Lysie Nagorski, Toni Ostrow, Annie Paquette, Mariah Pariah, Kelley Parsons, and Erin Riley.

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Choice clips from the 2009 Worcester Mystery Band concert.

Here’s how Jacob Berendes described Mystery Band in 2007:

mystery band is a worcester activity in which everyone who is interested in being in a band submits their name and contact information (and any previous musical experience) to a central organizer, who then organizes the list of people into however many five or six person bands. these bands are given a certain amount of time (usually 2 months) to have a few practices and write between 5 and 20 minutes of original material that is not a waste of everybody’s time. improvisation is prohibited. participants need not have any prior musical experience, just the desire to be in a band and the ability to step up. mystery band culminates in a series of shows for all the bands that pulled it off.

See also: Mystery Band 2008

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From the latest Mothers News “Mothers Top Ten”:

8. HAPPINESS PONY: best new newspaper since this one (sorry, Fuck Yea Gazette). Top headline last ish: How Many Teeth Do Women Have? get this from a kid on the street (kid will have rat tail, homespun poncho)

Both MN and FYG were inspirations for Happiness Pony. Thanks for the good words!

Here’s the first episode of a new collaboration between Bruce “Snow Ghost” Russell and Mike Benedetti: The Silver Mountain.

In this installment, social anarchist Anne Lewenberg and Catholic anarchist Brenna Cussen talk about their controversial political philosophies.

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For June 2011, Happiness Pony presents “news of the uncanny and the macabre.”

Available throughout the city of Worcester.

The People. The Power. The Ponies.

The second issue of Happiness Pony has hit the streets of Worcester.

The California Tech, in PDF form.

The early 90s papers are my favorites of course (January 21, 1994 even had firsthand coverage of the Northridge earthquake). Enjoying the recent ones as well. Still a pretty good college paper after all these years.

I’m very happy to announce that the first issue of Happiness Pony, a monthly newspaper for Worcester and the world, has been printed. It was edited by Asa Needle, Mike Benedetti, and Sarah Assefa.

You can find it in finer shops and dives around town.

I’ll mail you a copy if you’re one of the first 10 people to sign up for our e-mail list. (For Worcesterites in the top 10, we can make your prize ad space or something.)

Yes, it’s a mug. Produced by Bruce “Snow Ghost” Russell.

Bruce says: “It’s a mug so good, you’ll get mugged!”

Want one? E-mail Bruce at thesnowghost@gmail.com. A perfect gift for any occasion.