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Gnash Rambler Eclectic zine published in Australia since 1970 originally called "The Can Opener" with an annual selection of articles called the "Can Opened". Publishes articles of a humourous, satircial, polemic, artistic, philosophic or literary nature including poetry, stories, thoughts, photography, social cartoons, drawing and painting. It seeks the path less trodden. Each edition carries work from over a dozen contributors which is unusual for a zine which tends to be the work of one person.

A Brief History.

"The Can Opener" derived its name from the founding publisher's meglomaniac belief that it was revealling to its readship the inner workings of society shown to be a can of worms. Less successful than Jean Jacques Rousseau in revealling the enslaving nature of civilization, the law and property rights all known existant copies including a copy of every edition was lost in a house fire in 2006, an event that passed unnoticed and mourned by no-one.

The Gnash Rambler was born shortly after. The "Rambler" in the name was inspired by Samuel Johnson's "The Rambler" though on any view the similiarity must end there as Dr Johnson's "Rambler" is unarguably the superior publication in every way a fact readily acknowledged by the publishers. Indeed to even contemplate comparing the two would be unjustly elevate the "Gnash Rambler" to a level it clearly neither aspires to or deserves. The "Gnash" part of the name is an extension of the verb "to gnash" as in the grinding of teeth. The "Gnash Rambler" encourages contributions that may be described as a rant against the petty injustices and frustrations of modern day living so a "gnash" or to "have a gnash" is to contribute a ranting article of this nature that is not unlike the powerless modern-day citizen pointlessly gnashing their teeth and feeling much better as a result of the process. When combined in the title "The Gnash Rambler" an intention pun (while this is an oxymoron because is a "pun" was not intentional it wouldn't be a pun but more in the nature of a faux pais or co-incidence the effect was intention) on that rather unlovely and poorly performed but much loved by some for reasons that can never be made understandable to the sensible American automobile of the 1950s and 60s, the Nash Rambler. Emylou Harris had a band called the Nash Ramblers which was unkown to the founding publishers at all relevant times.