Hello to everybody who has a lot to explain on first dates.

It's Beautiful Anonymous, one hour.

On phone call, no names, no holds barred.

I'd rather go one-on-one.

I think it'll be more fun, and I'll get to know you, and you'll get to know me.

Hi, everybody.

If you're somebody who doesn't love an intro, I get it.

Skip about four minutes.

You'll be right towards the beginning of the call.

Thanks so much.

Hi, everybody, Chris Getherd here. And I have to thank everybody who's

been supporting beautiful anonymous. I go to the post office every day and send out copies of fanzines.

And I feel genuinely so good about it. I've been thinking a lot lately about how all art is becoming disposable

and how that fanteen is going to sit next to people's toilets, or maybe on the nightstand

in your guest room, or under a pile of papers on your counter where you forgot you put it.

Either way, it's a thing that exists and you can't just forget about it when the algorithm

moves on.

I'm starting to think that physical media is going to become one of the more important things

that artists can do to stay connected to people who support their work. And if you put in the work to try to make something good and cool,

and that is a thing that can live on and people can touch, and it's a tactile reminder of the fact

that these things exist and build communities, then that's beautiful. And I really love that

little magazine and the color copies are

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