Brian Dean's "Anxiety Culture" is packed with witty and perceptive reflections on our anxiety-rich, work-obsessed culture. It includes such features as the real crime statistics for the UK - much, much lower than the media would have us believe, - party political broadcasts from The Hedonist Party, spoof adverts and reassuring sermons from the likes of Reverend Jim. Each copy comes with subversive stickers to leave in provocative places. Currently available in hard copy only, but coming to the internet soon. See below for excerpts and how to order.

Issue 1

"Anxiety Culture is an occasional publication which hopes to supply a wealth of gimmicks and ideas, both verbal and visual, for the anxiously inclined. The subject-matter of our frenzied worrying consists, logically enough, of the anxieties encoded in the building blocks of mainstream culture."
-- Brian Dean, Editor

Issue 2

"As we move towards the 21st century with a work ethic that's been obsolete for a very long time, could laziness be the wild card that propels us to come up with less restrained and more imaginative solutions to the problem of work?"
-- Brian Dean, Editor

"ANXIEY CULTURE #2, Summer '96. Brian Dean explores the concept of modern work and how it's so detrimental to the human spirit. Quite disturbing is his analysis of recent employment trend, finding that people are working longer hours than ever before. After exploring that, he then goes on to explore people's anxiety over crime, comparing the public's perception vs. the real statistical picture. Each issue comes with a collection of nicely printed stickers offering such suggestions as 'Motivated by Fear' and 'Warning - Acute Employment Anxiety.'"
-- QUIRKY

Issue 3

"The traditional way to create prosperity is to be hard-working, tough, and unnaturally fetishistic in your approval of terms like "challenge" and "competition." ...there are less depressing ways than this to create wealth. In fact, the tough, competitive approach is probably more suited to taking wealth than creating it."
-- Brian Dean, Editor

"Topics for Issue 3; Moral Anxieties, Business Subliminals, Coercion with a Smile, Stress Contagion, Public Morals, Motivation Theory, Belief Manipulation, How to Avoid Responsibilities, Information Anxiety and plenty more. Topical and consistently excellent, this was a certified best seller at the 1997 Fortean Times Unconvention! Recommended."
-- DISINFOTAINMENT

Currently available in 3 issues: A5 20 pages plus stickers. Single issues £2.00 (inc. P+P).* Subscription for 4 issues £7.50. Cheques/Postal Orders payable to B. Dean. Anxiety Culture, PO Box 1332, Chester, CH4 7WF, UK ; URL: http://www.anxietyculture.com/

*For overseas orders send 5 US dollar bills per issue (inc. P+P) or contact Brian Dean by e-mail

Extracts from ANXIETY CULTURE zines:

Riches Undreamed Of - Issue 1

Laziness Taboo - Issue 2

The Hedonist Party - Issues 2 & 3