This is the latest
issue of my favorite 8.5 by 11 inches cut and paste, black and white, monthly
zine (six pages long this time around). The cover star of this issue Chan
Marshall herself i.e. Cat Power. Let`s begin with poetry and
`the certainty of sickness and sleep `. Top notch poems, favorite
ones are:
Reasons to
kill
Sometimes it`s
Everything they
do:
The way they
talk,
The way they
move,
The way they
shovel snacks
Into their little
faces,
All reasons to
kill.
And
The teenage
me
The teenage me
would be disgusted
That I have coffee
in McDonald`s
Most
mornings.
The teenage me
would scoff
At my new-found
hatred of drugs.
The teenage me
would not recognize
The person I have
become;
Bloated, bored and
adrift.
But who I
was
Is not who I
am
And the teenage
me
Was a bit of a
twat.
Damned, I can
relate to that. The teenage me would go out every weekend the get laid and / or
wasted in no particular order. The old age me likes to stay home and work on
various art related projects and enjoy a cold one (actually more than one, hey.
It`s a figure of speech). Gary Simmons provides us with `1.5
years on probation `a monthly installment about life in jail. Gary
has a unique writing style kinda like a mix between Charles Bukowski and
E M Cioran (for his nihilist imagery). There`s a couple of music, DVD and
zine reviews as well. Next in line we have `a rainbow for me mum ` (a
threesome texting collaboration with Mark Ritchie, Gary Simmons
and Wayne) and `guide to sex, love and relationships part 2 ` (Simon
Morris). Mark ends this zine with `work `. A short story about being
stuck with a job you hate and remotely trying to deal with it. At least it pays
the B + B (da bills and da booze). Alleluia brothers and sisters, testify.
Contact:
Mark Ritchie
94 Main Street
Forth
Lanark
ML11 8AB
UK
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