Thursday 5 September 2013

Hiroshima Yeah! # 102 (august 2013) (zine)



This is the august issue of Hiroshima Yeah!  Reading HY! Is like opening a gift you never know what to expect but you will definitely enjoy this. It`s even a better read if you`re drinking a pint of beer and \ or cider at the same time. Let`s begin with `poetry, suicides and drooping paper flowers` which is editor Mark Ritchie`s  wry, witty life observations. This time around the standout piece is:
Low murmur
The low murmur of the bar
Calms me .
The rest of the world recedes.
This is short and sweet. Need I say more ? Then  there`s Gary Simmons `1.5 years behind bars` ( it`s warped, it`s wild, it`s  weird, it`s life in jail) , there`s a lot of reviews inside. Be it music (cheap pop section: read the Flesh For Frank – computer generated shit noise attack  ,review, it rocks me c***),  concert (The New Mendicants, don`t know this band, but it seems interesting, gotta investigate this), and zines reviews (Media Junky, The Barrel Nut, etc, etc).  There`s a guide to Sam Peckinpah films, two haikus and a short story `bag`( I can actually relate to this one. My two aunts are despicable spinsters. You can choose your friends, but you`re stuck with family, indeed) . Grab a pen, buy a stamp and write Mark a nice letter, it`s worth the effort.
Mark Ritchie 
94 Main Street 
Forth
Lanark
ML11 8AB
UK                   


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