Wasted Quarter. Published Occasionally by the only people that matter.
For 6 long years now Wasted Quarter has been the ultimate source of information about one thing. Aaron Wallace. Aaron has shared many things over the course of history via Wasted Quarter. From his banal everyday life to the incredible struggles of trying to find his niche in the world, Wasted Quarter was there, telling you everything you wanted to know (and many things you didnıt). From its humble begininngs as a simple piece of photocopied notebook paper which was sold for 25 cents to friends, Wasted has become an institution. Now in print form WQ resembles more of a professional compendium to Aaronıs life. Numbering from 40-80 pages, and painstakingly produced. It is a labor of love for Aaron, and to all who read it.
Wasted Quarter #1 was written in about 20 minutes late one night on the graveyard shift at a local gas station in October 1993. On his way home from work, he printed 10 copies which he sold to his freinds for 25 cents a piece (hence the title). A nieghbor, Child Porn Star, bought the first copy which was autographed for him. After that issue was sold out, pressure was mounting to make a second. So another 20 minutes later, issue two was born, and distibuted much the same way. Issue 3 was made (and increased to 3 pages) in about 2 hours, no longer just using a pen and notebook paper, but an old typewriter, and scissors and scotch tape. He was putting some crude layout skills to use! Issue 4 was the first appearance of "Bob the Duck with Probelm Flatulence", an idea that came to Aaron while he was taking a shower.
Issues were subsiquently produced at a psuedo monthly rate. It became the unofficial reading material of the cast of local cable access hit "201 Proof Television". Wasted Qaurter continued to grow and trive as long as 201 Proof Television stayed on the air, it gave Aaron numerous topics to write about, not to mention excellent free advertising. There was an idea tossed around in late 1994 to spawn off a 201 Proof Newsletter, that actually had nothing to do with show, but more experimental writing than WQ was seeing at the time. The idea never got off the ground. As much as Aaron had dreamed, when longtime hero Jeff Innis signed with the Minnesota Twins in February 1994, he never got to meet him. the Twins released him from AAA in April. The very first WQ interview was conducted with high school buddy Jake Hopkins AKA Michael Jenks in February of 1995, upon his retunr from fighting in Haiti. The audio of this can be heard on Wasted Audio One. WQ #13 was never made since 13 is an unlucky number. Every so often Aaron will start a rumour that the issue does exist and that no one has ever seen it, but the truth is it has never come out.
Wasted Quarter 17 is known as Aaron's favorite issue (up until #33 was printed in December 1997). This issue contained three of the all time greatest articles ever to appear in a WQ; The Meaning Of Life, The Honkass Life Flowchart, and The Wide World of Honkass Crossword Puzzle. 18 and 19 were never made because Aaron wanted to make 20 really bad. The cover of issue 20 was origionally inteded for issue 14 (the gross issue) but it took several months for Dr. John to photocopy his ass for me. Aaron skipped classes at Anoka Ramsey for a whole week to sell WQ 21 in the hallway. Not too many were sold, but it was a good time nontheless. This brought an interesting advertising technique, Silly Putty letters plastered on the windows. The first digest issue was 25, after months of debate of wether or not to go digest. It was the right move as WQ looks oh so much better that way, even though layout is a real problem. Wasted Quarter 25 has an eerie quote in it. Aaron was talking about how his freinds were all moving on from being what they were, to what they'd become. "...there are rumblings about several of my freinds leaving soon also, who knows, maybe I'm next." Nothing much was thought of this at the time, but 6 months later, Aaron left Minnesota for good. Issue 27 was written in Minnesota in the days before he moved to Denver, but there wasn't time to print it all out. It ended up being combined with 28 (written after the move) as a bi-state double issue. Unfortunatly, the printer messed up the order and ruined what was possibly the best WQ ever.
WQ 29 was the shortest print run of any issue of Wasted Quarter. Only about 10 copies were ever printed, and 9 sold. 1 was kept by me. It was also the start of the WQ short story trirlogy of issues. WQ 30 and 31 continued on with more short stories, and a few were actually noteworthy! WQ 33 (3 Subject Noteboobs) was some 3+ years in the making. It was origionally a collaboration with Dr. John, but he never got to see the finished product. WQ 34 and 35 were distributed viw e-mail only. This has been the only time that an issue of WQ was not actually and issue at all. WQ 37 was a 40 page long journal of my vyage to Minnesota for good freinds of mine Jen and Travis Klersyıs wedding. I was the best man. WQ 38 summed up the history of my 5 years of writing WQ in a very biographical 80 page book. It is without a doubt my best issue ever. WQ 39 and 40 never made it to print. They were completed and subsiquently shelved due to my hatred for the issues. WQ 41 bore the tribute to wrestler Owen Hart who died tragically before a match. One of my toughest articles ever, it was pretty personal.
Aaron Wallace was born at 7:35 a.m. on March 22nd of 1975. He has two loving parents that for some inexplicable reason continue to support him in all of his lame brained ideas. in Coon Rapids Minnesota. He hated it there for much of his entire life. The name Honkass (as he is known to most all of his freinds) was given back in high school, and has had sevral incarnations. Captain Honkass, Bacon Honkass, and Liquid Honkass are just a few.
Aaron lived in Minnesota for over 21 years before the endless pursuit of life, love, and a better way whisked him off to Denver, Colorado in October of 1996. She is no longer in the picture. There he was Gas Station Boy, here he is Pizza Boy. None of this matters really because it's not what he wants to do. The dream of Aaron is to get paid to draw cartoons, and possibly the irritating writings about nothing in particular. Support him will ya!
Much of Aaron's free time is spent watching cartoons, writing stuff that no one really cares about, listening to music that no one likes, Aaron lists among his hobbies (that is besides this lame zine) Collecting old toys that he broke as a child, trading bootleg recordings of his favorite bands and spending more money than he has on basball cards. Aaron's roomate is General Hafaaz Supacat. For some reason the dumbass forgot to scan in a picture of the cat so you can't see him, but he's grey and fuzzy if that helps.
Ordering information if youıd like to purchase issues of Wasted Quarter.
I am willing to take off your hands and old Transformers toys and memoribillia.
Lists of bands heıs currently trading: They Might Be Giants, Brian Dewan, Mono Puff, Cranes, The Cure, The Dead Milkmen, Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Secret Chiefs 3, Ween, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Burn Witch Burn, and Touch Me Zoo.
ESPECIALLY interested in trading tapes and anything related to Dr. Demento.
Send an e-mail to contact me about anything of the sort.
Click on link to send e-mail to Aaron for any reason. h0nkass@aol.com is where that goes!