Friday, 25 November 2016
Hiroshima Yeah! # 140 – October 2016 (zine)
On the front cover
there`s a picture of David Crosby (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young,
need I say more). Then we`re greeted with poetry and `the disappearing
dreams of yesterday `. My favorite pieces of the moment are:
Others
There are others
Like me.
I see them
In the pubs,
Sitting alone,
Shunning contact,
Serious expressions
On their faces,
Poisoned
By the laughter.
And
The smaller
The more people you
know,
The smaller a place becomes.
Which is not always a
good thing.
Man I love this stuff
good old Bukowski would be proud. Next in line we`re treated with `13.billion
years of hell `. Gary Simmons writes his own music reviews. Kudos to
Sonic Youth – spinhead sessions` LP (good stuff). There`s also some
book, music and DVD reviews. Mark Ritchie writes `steak and chips
` (a nicely warped short story). We conclude things with a nice selection of
black & white sketchbook drawings. You want some come get some just about
here: donbirnam@hotmail.com
Hiroshima Yeah! # 139 – September 2016 (zine)
I got sick during my yearly three-
week vacation. I was out for five weeks and just came back home recently. I`m
terribly late in my mail and email. I found in my mailbox a parcel from Mark
Ritchie. Hiroshima Yeah! Is one of my favorites black &
white, cut & paste, photocopied monthly five pager zines out there. Along
with Node Pajomo that`s why I keep doing this. They both inspire me. Now
we begin with the cover star Robert Morley (a British actor 1908-1992).
Then we have poetry `a barman who always understands`. Standout
poems this time around are:
Customer service
She throws me my ticket and change,
Doesn`t smile or look at me,
Continues talking to her workmate,
The whole time.
And I wonder, is this the
Excellent customer service skills`
You hear so much about
In the job ads?
And
Simpler, better
The libraries are so much quieter
When the computers don`t work,
Reminding me of a simpler,
Better world.
Simply amazing. There`s some music
and book reviews. We have a couple of contributions from the likes of Gary
Simmons (a monthly, schizophrenic, out there column) and Doctor Thornaby
(a strange monthly epic serial). We end this zine with a short story `Numbers`,
from Mark Ritchie. Contact: donbirnam@hotmail.com
Sunday, 13 November 2016
Brutal Pasture – acupuncture (CD)
I got this one as a trade. There`s no email, no contact address,
no website, no information. Nada. I do a little research. Turns out this is one
of the numerous projects from Dylan Hauser (Hell Garbage). The
album consists of one long untitled track (34.27 minutes). It`s an evolving
piece of lo-fi experimental noise with some nice grinding / grating going on
(noise drones anyone?). This track is relaxing (for me) and has some meditative
qualities. Good background noise music. I`m lucky to own this. Check it out; http://www.ishitnoise.com/wiki/index.php?title=HELL_GARBAGE
Lustmord – the monstrous soul (CD)
This is Lustmord`s fifth album, it came out on side
effect in 1992. I got this CD as a gift. Which is a good thing because this
album`s sold-out. There`s five tracks in here (53.54 minutes). I recommend
hearing this with headphones on and with the volume full blast. It is a scary,
bumpy ride, but well worth the effort. Recommended for fans of the late and
great H P Lovecraft (if you`re into movies such as The Exorcist
and Rosemary`s baby you will dig this). Here`s a brief rundown.
1 – Ixaxaar (5.07) = a voice sample `it is the night
of the demon` keeps repeating itself while something sonically dark lurks
in the background, it approaches slowly, getting closer, even closer, when it`s
about to materialize, the track ends.
2 – Primordial atom (25.23) = lo-fi drones + dark
atmospherics = something ominous and sinister is feeling my heart and soul. An
unholy but epic joyride and we`re not done yet.
3 – Protoplasmic reversion (5.55) = looped incantation / chants + processed gong sound bytes + minimal drones + found sounds + the demon is coming, ahhhhhhhhh = scary as hell.
3 – Protoplasmic reversion (5.55) = looped incantation / chants + processed gong sound bytes + minimal drones + found sounds + the demon is coming, ahhhhhhhhh = scary as hell.
4 – The daathian doorway (6.38) = rhythmic noise + dark
drones + ambient noise / ambient darkwave = a nightmarish vision of the soul.
5 – The fourth and final key (11.05) = lo-fi rhythmic
noise + highly processed Gregorian chants + industrial and ambient darkwave =
defines the word creepy. An amazing album, recommended if you find it.
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