WELCOME to the first issue of HULLABALLOO, a 'zine pieced together by the hands of Beth Robinson and Kristin D'Agostino. Be aware that this is one big EXPERIMENT (perhaps we should have named this monster, "Frankenstein!"), a petrie dish brimming with explosive ideas ... so continue at your own risk. Don't hurt yourself by reading too fast. You might miss a good part (there's a nude scene in here somewhere).

Savor the artwork, drink in the words and please, when you're through, instead of just tossing this aside - email us and tell us what you think:
pooodles@geocities.com
We mad scientists need all the sane advice we can get.

Before you proceed, introductions must be made. Meet the makers:

KRISTIN ON: BETH ROBINSON She's a 23 year old artist who derives an almost sexual thrill off the smell of wet oil paint on canvas (OOOH BABY!). Her apartment appears to be a live - in gallery with rows of bright paintings overtaking the wide, white walls. When I first walked in I expected her to charge $5 admission at the front door.

When she's not splattering paint around, Beth's hanging out with her husband Jim. Read on to learn more about Jim (peruse his poetry on the "Wordplay" page) Note: he has not posed nude for her yet. This blows my theory that she just married him to have a stunning figure study on hand. Read more about the dynamic of Beth's marriage in "The Beauty of Life's Graveyard."

To give you the real dirt on Beth I decided to dig to the bottom of her purse to find her true identity. A woman's greatest mysteries lay, covered in lint, at the bottom of her purse. Here's what I found in Beth's purse:
"The Dark Angel Trilogy," a book by Meredith Ann Pierce,
one pack of Basic Lights,
*a hard cover journal,
one chocolate colored lipstick

*sorry, didn't read it. That'll be next issue, heh. heh.

There you have Beth in a nutshell.

BETH ON: KRISTIN D'AGOSTINO (this section was heavily censored by Kristin as you would see in the real issue; the elipses represent the blacked out sections)....uh .... hem ... She's a twenty - something journalist who ..... Kristin in a nutshell? Impossible. Kristin is many nuts with many different shells. She's a kinda converse wearin' - swing dancin' - skinny girl in big clothes - kinda gal. She's your kinda sensitive, bespeckled, poetry reading, moonlit walks kinda gal. Y'know, your realistic/romantic sort. Kristin will be the one to do what everyone else dreams of doing because, ultimately, she expects nothing less of herself. She's the only person that has never forced me to read their poetry (and it figures ... hers is actually good). And I have never.......
And if you are curious about her serious kinda writing (which is what this zine promises NOT to provide) just read the VOX insert in Vermont Times and look for articles with her name on it.

There you have Kristin in a nutcracker.

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