Nomy Lamm is a legend. In the 1990’s when I was a fairly successful zine writer, I often became penpals with other zine writers – we seemed approachable to each other, like instant friends, so keeping in touch felt natural. Not so when I read Nomy’s zine “I’m So Fucking Beautiful,” started in 1993. I didn’t feel like I could just send her a letter like “so what are you into?”; I felt like she was eons ahead of me in intelligence and experience, and that I’d do better to learn from her than to try being chummy with her. We were acquaintances when I moved to Olympia in the early 2000’s, and recently she did me the favor of letting me sell some of her zines at a friend’s table at the SF zinefest. I’m quite happy she is letting me interview her In 2003 you recorded the album Effigy, featuring the accordion. What led you to shift your focus from writing to music? Have you played accordion for a long time? I could be wrong but I...