Hiroshima Yeah! # 100 (june 2013) (zine + The Sound Oh Hiroshima Yeah! (CD-R)

HY is a 8.5 by 11 inches black and white, cut and paste, seven pages zine. HY comes out every month, pretty amazing, eh. This time around it came out with an international compilation CD-R for celebrating it`s 100<sup>th</sup> issue. There`s lots of amazing reading material , starting out with Mark`s unique , raw, in da flesh short poems. My favorite one this time around is:

Hot And Sad

The `hot` girl

Wanting everyone to look at her,

Yet being ignored,

Is one of the saddest things

I have ever seen.

Let me take a swig from me beer so I can hide the small tear coming from me left eye. Next, there`s Gary Simmons `1.5 years behind bars` (I always enjoy is unique writing style),  a lot of music, concert, (the Fall & Julie Doiron),  DVD (Loui`s first season + i`m now the story of Mudhoney), and zine reviews. There`s a short (but weird) story (the brotherhood of the tree) and a small hand written Julie Doiron interview. Next the compilation. I consists of thirteen bands \ artists with different musical styles. There`s some weird experimental noise (Derelict mosquito Spontaneity, Bagman, Cold Boiled Dog), pissed-off garage rock \punk \ blues (Ceramic Hobs), drony \ throbbing ambient noise (Midwich), melancholic but dreamy pop (Paul Doucet, Shy Rights Movement, Valenstar), low-fi minimalism (Breadwinter), strange electronic experimentations (Minimal Frank), rock & roll (John Brown), synth pop \ electro pop i.e. we owe Kraftwerk everything department (Staline Plays Theremin), and a short (22 seconds) untitled spoken word piece.. Feel free to write HY! : 

Mark Ritchie, 

94 Main Street, 

Forth, 

Lanark, 

ML11 8AB, 

UK.   

Hiroshima Yeah! #99 (May 2013) (zine)

Another fine  8.5 by 11 inches black and white, cut and paste, four pager publication. We have on the front page Mark`s amazingly realistic, sarcastic and melancholic  poetry i.e observations of daily life indeed.  Then there`s Gary Simmons ongoing serial about life in jail (1.5 years behind bars…). He should write a book about it too. Yes it`s that good. Next there`s some music, concerts and DVD reviews. Mark seems to enjoy Vic  Chesnutt`s music. I never heard about him before, think I`ll do some serious music investigation here. We close this little zine with `holiday  season `a short story courtesy of Mark Ritchie himself. A kinda weird ditty but then again this is Hiroshima Yeah! Not the New-Yorker. So sit down in your favorite chair, have a cold beer \ cider and enjoy the ride folks!!!                          

Contact here:

Mark Rithchie, 

94 Main Sreet, 

Forth, 

Lanarkshire,

ML11 8AB, 

UK.                          

Hiroshima Yeah! #98 (April 2013) (zine)

HY is a 8.5 by 11 inches black and white, cut and paste, five pages zine. I just can`t believe that Mark Ritchie publishes his zine every month. His poems are short and sweet. My favorite one is `pricks`. I can sorth of relate to that because I worked for nearly two years for a telemarketing company. Here`s what it sounds like:

Pricks

Working in a call centre

Sometimes makes you feel

Like a jaded old prostitute

You just get sick of dealing with

An endless succession of pricks

Beautiful ain`t it? Then we have 1.5 years behind bars (Gary Simmons writes about life in the inside i.e. in jail = wry observations indeed), some concerts & music reviews (including Minimal Frank`s – wrecking havoc CD, and how cool is that). There`s some DVD and also a book review as well. I highly recommend this small lil zine, damn straight brothers and sisters. Contact here:

Mark Rithchie, 

94 Main Sreet, 

Forth, 

Lanarkshire, 

ML11 8AB, 

UK.