The Great Fire of ‘83 by Cheshire Catalyst, recounting a real burglary and attempted arson at editor Tom Edison’s apartment/TAP office, plus a shift to plain-envelope mailing and an ISBN for the newsletter. Read more →

Marking ten years since Al Bell and Abbie Hoffman launched the Youth International Party Line, editor Tom Edison recaps the newsletter’s lineage and editors, alongside a lock-picking column on cylinders fitted with ‘mushroom’ security drivers. Read more →

Editor Tom Edison gives a lengthy, personal account of TAP’s founding and near-collapse after publisher Al Bell’s 1977 departure left the newsletter without proper mailing labels and mounting unpaid bills, describing how TAP recovered by acquiring its own computer system and relocating to a new office. Read more →