Friday 16 May 2014

Hiroshima Yeah! # 111 (May 2014) (zine)


A  monthly 8.5 by 11 inches black and white, cut and paste, five pager,a mighty impressive zine if you ask me. There`s  a beautiful logo cover drawing by virtually unknown Montreal artist: François Marceau. Let`s begin with poetry to read as  `the dreams malfunction`. I admire Mark`s poems. Here`s a couple which caught my attention:
Hypocrites
Most of us are hypocrites
In one way or another:
The leather wearing vegetarian
The homophobic homosexual
The intolerant liberal.
Nothing is as simple
As it may appear.
And our contradictions
Make us human.
And
Easy trap
It`s an easy trap to fall into:
Torturing yourself
By replaying awkward moments
Instead of pleasant ones.
But try to remember this:
Most of the time,
Other people are too wrapped up
In their own lives
To give a flying fuck
About you.
Regarding the poem `hypocrites`I could also add the following:
The pervert preaching about abstinence
Intolerant people giving lessons in tolerance
Disrespectful assholes demanding respect
Corrupt politicians giving honesty lessons
Liars hating …liars
The world is so full of various hypocrites, look around man. Next there`s  Gary Simmons insane monthly ramblings about `1.5 years on probation`. After reading this I almost feel normal here. We have a plethora of music, concert (Withered Hand – CCA, Glasgow, 18-04-2014), book and zine reviews. Kudos for the `Minimal Frank – imaginary soundtracks`CD review. 



We finish reading the zine with some short stories from: Rob Hayler`s `Leeds zine fair – Wharf Chambers, Leeds, 16-03-2014` (wish I was there), Gary Simmon`s `last 48 hours of Kurt Cobain` (what the hell is this stuff department) and Mark Ritchie`s `driving away`(drink + sleep and drive after getting sober i.e good idea). Contact address: 
Mark Ritchie
94 Main Street
Forth
Lanark
ML11 8AB
UK

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