Bi-monthly words n art zine outta Washington DC. Edited by a writer/musician/artist/bum-about-town into DIY, anti-social behavior, veganism, the occult/esoteric, bodily functions, cartoons, Zen, cats, the impending end of civilization, and numerous other obsessions. Wanna know more? Wanna contribute? Distribute? Or just say hi? Hit up wastedpotentialzine@yahoo.com.Tumblr (3.0; @wastedpotentialzine)http://wastedpotentialzine.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cb75abecde555dd0957e5108bf667aad/tumblr_mn5j99xhsv1rkkjboo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/41d1142b8d71ed19531ac39151839d20/tumblr_mn5j99xhsv1rkkjboo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dd2c8305f06edcd07d228b45cc7b66b0/tumblr_mn5j99xhsv1rkkjboo3_250.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/506e17b5742c8851cd6e7fa48ad491ab/tumblr_mn5j99xhsv1rkkjboo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Wasted Potential #3 is out now! All this and more, plus crazy stories about drunken dysfunctional family fun, DIY degeneracy, and the hotly anticipated end of civilization as we know it (it’s closer than you think). Order a copy!</p>http://wastedpotentialzine.tumblr.com/post/50989294399http://wastedpotentialzine.tumblr.com/post/50989294399Tue, 21 May 2013 10:07:57 -0400Wasted Potentialzinewashington dcdiymixed-mediapersonal essaythe decline of western civilizationdrunkdysfunctional familydeathinsanitydegeneracystupidityJames Haitchwaievilnervous breakdownbuy my shitjameshyisdead<p>Hey, ish number 2 of wasted Potential is available! You can order it at storenvy.com/wastedpotentialzine or look for it at record stores in the DC area.</p> <p>next issue comes out May 1st. Send me something in the next 2 weeks!</p>http://wastedpotentialzine.tumblr.com/post/46780713883http://wastedpotentialzine.tumblr.com/post/46780713883Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:36:16 -0400jameshyisdead<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/963a261e4fb1be0ce0b53d6a127adab0/tumblr_miv2idyh0k1rkkjboo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1dfe10c782d429388a1ee7b2af43038e/tumblr_miv2idyh0k1rkkjboo2_500.jpg"/><br/> Ariana Stone's creeper league<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8130aa76130c642013d7f1c5f8d171d9/tumblr_miv2idyh0k1rkkjboo3_500.jpg"/><br/> true story...<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dfefb25145c92a3b38d446032b25d6ff/tumblr_miv2idyh0k1rkkjboo4_500.jpg"/><br/> Actually a true story...<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/282972bd61798f14f64e212f92c3b239/tumblr_miv2idyh0k1rkkjboo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Issue #2 of Wasted Potential drops in a few days! Enjoy this sneak peak!</p>http://wastedpotentialzine.tumblr.com/post/44118532814http://wastedpotentialzine.tumblr.com/post/44118532814Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:15:49 -0500Wasted Potentialzinewashington dcDIYwritingartpoetrylyrixdad-rockjuvenile delinquencysuburbiasad bastardscreepersdogsstuffed animalsukelelesAriana StoneJustyn WithayJames HaitchwaiLane Robbinsstinkeye kcsoyscumbrain damagecollagecolorSinger-Songwriterfuck youDamn that's Fucked upjameshyisdead<p>Hey fartknockers, if you want your stuff featured in Wasted Potential #2, you have until 2/14 to send it to me. Don&#8217;t chump out, show me what ya got!</p> <p>wastedpotentialzine@yahoo.com</p> <p>Spread the word!</p>http://wastedpotentialzine.tumblr.com/post/42598558611http://wastedpotentialzine.tumblr.com/post/42598558611Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:34:00 -0500zineWasted Potentialwashington dcBlack and WhiteMaciej MakalowskiJustyn Withayvalentine's daydiypunknot punkreviewsrecipesadvice columnself-publishingcolorphotographyalways looking for submissionsdrawingpaintingcollagemixed media artartjameshyisdead<p>Attn DC: Wasted Potential is now available at Smash, Crooked Beat, and Som Records. Pick it up!<br/><br/> Attn everyone everywhere: deadline for ish #2 is February 14. Send me whatever the fuck you got stat</p>http://wastedpotentialzine.tumblr.com/post/41805288456http://wastedpotentialzine.tumblr.com/post/41805288456Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:44:00 -0500zineWasted Potentialwashington dcdiynot punkpunksongwritingpoetryartmixed media artcollagepaintingMaciej MakalowskiJustyn WithayChain and the Gangadvice columnDamn that's Fucked upfuck youI'm brokegimme some moneyscumbaginsanityjameshyisdead<a href="http://wastedpotentialzine.storenvy.com/">Wasted Potential #1 is out now!</a>: <p>The debut issue of Wasted Potential is available! Buy it online at wastedpotentialzine.storenvy.com in either hard-copy or PDF format, or if you’re in the DC area, it will soon be available in local stores and at select shows.</p> <p>Hit up wastedpotentialzine@yahoo.com for more info. Thanx!</p>http://wastedpotentialzine.tumblr.com/post/40051903998http://wastedpotentialzine.tumblr.com/post/40051903998Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:38:58 -0500washington dcWasted Potentialzinediydrawingartadvice columnBlack and WhiteChain and the GangCrimecopscover setsDead Kennedy CenterDamn that's Fucked upevilepidemicsFistsforeign substancesgreeceHalloweenJustyn Withayking diamondlsdMaciej Makalowskipunkpoetrypretty brutalsatantour journalThe End of the Worldjameshyisdead<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/30d500a4f006c6c3cf2371ab97df1cb9/tumblr_mfma8pJ0lF1rkkjboo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Maciej Makalowski’s freak show</p>http://wastedpotentialzine.tumblr.com/post/38835412942http://wastedpotentialzine.tumblr.com/post/38835412942Tue, 25 Dec 2012 21:43:36 -0500Wasted PotentialMaciej Makalowskievilzinedrawingartblack and whitejameshyisdead<p><p class="MsoNormal">RE: LSD Enforcement</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Human experience is near its end due to LSD pollution across America. That’s what the scientists are saying. I was completely unaware of this fact until complaints of Reptile disturbance of the peace started hitting our office. Since then, I’ve been a little scared. The attached documents are apparently scientifically supported by deposits of LSD discovered in water supplies across the world.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">LSD impurities have leaked into water supplies tentatively associated with outbreaks of Reptile People sightings.<span>  </span>Upon further research, interviews have shown that people exposed to the substance experience an intense desire to instate a completely hierarchical society. Each step on the ladder has a specific relation to the others and shares character traits that influence their behavior. I am afraid that our town will soon turn into a chess board of the infected. In my town the reptilians have been blamed for everything from rape to petty theft. The suicide rates have shot up dramatically. Even my gun has a magical attraction to it, as if the forces of the world had taken form and my own profession is a danger to me.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">There have been happy times, but they will not be recorded here because happiness does not factor into the law. I only have just enough time in the day to enjoy pleasures and record problems in the hopes of figuring them out. As a cop, that is the range of my experience, even in a world of polluted psychological channels. For example, my own position in society is polluted by an inability to share pleasures with the world.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>I feel somehow corrupted by these Zombies. But maybe it’s the Reptiles who have ruined relations between cops and the general public. It’s even possible the changes going on have nothing to do with LSD. Before I was a cop, I did my share of drugs during the sixties. That time is just a blip now. Some people spend the rest of their life concerned with the trials of youth, but for me I have enough trouble keeping it together day to day.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I love America. But my love remains hidden to both Liberals and Conservatives as they each cast me in an equally inaccurate way, refusing to comprehend the true intellectual status of the police. They misunderstand the true state of vigilance. It’s the last thing preventing mutant hierarchies from destroying the last of human civilization. Soon, I’m guessing we’ll be joined by synthetic beings whose problems will overtake the public consciousness. We’re tired of the old American problems of race and violence. It may seem strange for a policeman to say this, but we yearn to be haunted by the mutant dawn of a new era.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_GoBack" id="_GoBack"></a>Please examine the attached documents. It is of utmost importance for Lovettsville’s survival that we remain viable as a law enforcement team.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Sheriff Lloyd Patterson</p></p>http://wastedpotentialzine.tumblr.com/post/38835295536http://wastedpotentialzine.tumblr.com/post/38835295536Tue, 25 Dec 2012 21:42:05 -0500Wasted PotentialForeign Substanceszombieslsdthe end of the worldcopscrimeepidemicseviljameshyisdead<p>I was standing in line at the bodega<br/> I was looking for something that’s easy to see<br/> Clerk was yelling about counterfeit pennies<br/> Until the counter guy couldn’t take it anymore<br/> Scene went on as I was walking out of the door<br/> All I heard were some curse words in Spanish<br/> If you don’t know them I guess it sounds pretty brutal<br/> But I swear to god they do this every day</p> <p>I got back up to the apartment<br/> Toothbrush and James were hanging on the couch with the pets<br/> I sat down with them and we tried watching TV<br/> Signal’s broken but you can make it out sometimes<br/> It comes and goes like a transmission volcano<br/> Once it gets good you know it’s that way for a while<br/> I suppose this could be symbolism<br/> I suppose this could be what you want it to be</p>http://wastedpotentialzine.tumblr.com/post/38834452157http://wastedpotentialzine.tumblr.com/post/38834452157Tue, 25 Dec 2012 21:30:20 -0500Wasted PotentialJustyn Withayzinepoetrysongwritingsinger-songwriterpretty brutalWashington DCjameshyisdead<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bc2d424ab137d6a0edfb54e4e32c587c/tumblr_mfm9f6ll651rkkjboo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Katie Alice Greer takes you on a ride through hell in Greece, December 6th, 2012, towards the end of Chain And The Gang’s never-ending tour. Part 1 of 3.</p>http://wastedpotentialzine.tumblr.com/post/38834154994http://wastedpotentialzine.tumblr.com/post/38834154994Tue, 25 Dec 2012 21:25:51 -0500Wasted PotentialChain And The GangGreecetour journalzinejameshyisdead<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/677eb9fa57bb7597bf2b5fa9be9875de/tumblr_mfm96kbT0w1rkkjboo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Yeeeesh!</p>http://wastedpotentialzine.tumblr.com/post/38833779132http://wastedpotentialzine.tumblr.com/post/38833779132Tue, 25 Dec 2012 21:20:43 -0500Wasted Potentialzineadvice columndamn that's fucked upjameshyisdead<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/da9d4ff88d9ed8e37f09498872c93a59/tumblr_mfm8s1YqVe1rkkjboo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Photo by Tyler Osbourne, circa Halloween 2012, Dead Kennedy Center, Washington DC</p>http://wastedpotentialzine.tumblr.com/post/38833155035http://wastedpotentialzine.tumblr.com/post/38833155035Tue, 25 Dec 2012 21:12:01 -0500Wasted PotentialevilThe WipersHalloweencover setsDead Kennedy CenterWashington DCpunkDIYzineblack and whiteKing DiamondbeerfistsSatanjameshyisdead