Begley................One Year of No Fidelity

One Year of No Fidelity

by Mary Dahlman Begley

This issue marks one year of No Fidelity. I’m pleasantly surprised that this little idea I had a year ago to start a music zine has made it a whole year. I only provided the initial spark; the NoFi staff has not only continued the zine but improved with every issue. Thank you for continuing the legacy of piquant music writing and elbowing your way into Carleton students’ brains. I’m not back in these pages to impart hard-earned wisdom (i have very little) or offer the genesis story of No Fidelity. comps, I had an urge to create something real and unanalyzed. I had spent over a year traveling and interviewing bands, reading up on music history, and It’s Over. I was sick to death of worrying about the love punk rock, sans citations or historical context.

I guessed that like-minded elevated heads would want to share their unfettered opinions about music. In school, we tread carefully and form opinions only based on fact. I was always careful not to make a point in class or discussion without evidence opinions are often less mitigated by self-doubt and can be expressed more purely. The elevated head would think: I know what I like, I don’t necessarily know why I like it, but I’m interested in sharing things I think are cool and learning about other cool things. The fact that No Fidelity is stronger than ever shows that other people in that bizarro land Carleton want to try to explain things they love too. connect with others who love those things, you can create something new and exciting. Having immediate and unlimited access to all the best music and art ever made, it can seem like everything cool has already been done. It’s easy to give up in the face of all that’s come before, when creating something new or interesting seems impossible. But if we might end up creating something new and beautiful in the process.