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Zine Reviews1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 | 0-9| A| B| C| D| E| F| G| H| I| J| K| L| M | | N| O| P| Q| R| S| T| U| V| W| X| Y| Z| Below are some recently posted reviews.  RSS Feed
SECOND WIND #2
free, 5 ½ by 8 ½, copied, 24 pages
By Guest Contributor
Second Wind, black and white, clean, simple layouts, is a no-bullshit snapshot of the skate scene from Albuquerque, NM. Real lo-fi, done on the cheap but obviously with TLC.
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SCENERY: FIRE AS A METAPHOR, #14
8 ½ x 11, semi-glossy cover, professionally printed, 30 pages
By brian
Fire As a Metaphor is an essay written by Rich Simpson. This zine is a graphic novel-style presentation of this essay, with art by Mike Taylor, publisher of Scenery zine.
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RANCID NEWS, #7
$4, 8 ½ x 11, 116 pages
By brian
Not a Rancid fanzine. The editor tries to explain how she came up with the name, but it doesn’t seem to make any sense.
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PUNK SHOCKER, #11
1.5 British Pounds, 4 ¼ x 5 ½, 70 pgs.
By brian
Andy’s a guy who likes to drink and listen to good punk music, and then he likes to write about it.
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PUNK PLANET, #63
$4.95, 8 x 11, bound, newsprint
By greg
Two things haven’t changed: the publication still has one of the cleanest designs around and the review section still ranks as one of the best in the indie music world.
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PROFANE EXISTENCE, #45
$7, 4 x 6, 100 pgs.
By Guest Contributor
Making punk a threat again, let’s see…YES! For over fifteen years, Profane Existence has been one of the most important zines keeping the black bloc motivated.
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OX, #55
4 Euros, 8 ½ x 11, 162 pages
By brian
There are interviews and features about dozens of different bands, hundreds of photographs, and reviews. If you read German, it’s probably worth picking up.
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NEW SCHEME, THE #10
free, 8 ½ x 11, newsprint, 42 pgs.
By Guest Contributor
Sort of treading the line between rock/punk zine and trendy hipster rag, one gets the impression that The New Scheme is an ambitious publication that began as the former but is aiming for the latter.
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N.I.N.N.Y (NOW I’M IN NEW YORK), #1
$3, 4 x 6, 38 pgs.
By Guest Contributor
This is independent literature, written by a man involved with the punk scene for over twenty years. It’s full of good short stories that remind you we’re all fucking crazy.
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MY FAT IRISH ASS!, Issue No. –6 (the Special Election Issue)
$2, full-sized, photocopied, 32 pgs.
By Guest Contributor
My Fat Irish Ass is the funniest zine around. Like a stuck toilet bowl at a fancy party, it is filled to the brim with pure raunch and you can't help but laugh.
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HEY WHAT’S UP?, #3
$1, 5 ½ x 8 ½, photocopied, 18 pgs.
By amy
I don’t know who the kid is, but Hey What’s Up is so fucking retardedly lo-fi, unassuming, and full of creepy doodles that I can’t help my teen-girl infatuation with its creator.
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GREEN ANARCHY, #17
Summer 2004, $4 US, free to prisoners, 8 x 10 ½, glossy cover, bound, newsprint
By greg
At times, reading GA can be like watching Fox News, where everybody is either for or against you. In times like this it’s best to ask, “What would Tiltwheel do?”
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GO DOWN IN FLAMES W/STYLE – THE WEB WRITINGS OF JIMMY REJECT
free, 8 ½ x 11, photocopied, 17 pages
By brian
There’s some really inspired stuff here about some of Jimmy’s favorite music. The presentation is DIY to the extreme, but the content is top notch.
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GLOBAL OUTLOOK #8
$5.95, newsprint, glossy cover, 56 pgs.
By Guest Contributor
Ultimately, the author of an article like this is guilty of using the same kind of specious reasoning and oversimplifications that he loathes so much from the government.
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GIRLYHEAD #5
$3.95, 8½ x 11, 64 pgs.
By Josh
Smart, yet irreverent, and even thought-provoking. (To be honest, it mostly provokes me to think, “Where could I meet a girl that likes roller derby and listens to the Motards?”)
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GHOSTS OF READY REFERENCE, THE #1
3 stamps or trade, 4½ x 5½, copied, 48 pgs.
By Guest Contributor
In a zine world dominated by music rags, half-baked anarchist invective, and mind-boggling self-obsession, quirky little rags like this are a breath of fresh air.
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FRAN #4
$3.50, 8½ x 11, 70 pgs.
By Josh
Smarmy hipster humor, and loads of it.
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ELK, #2
5 ½ x 8 ½, photocopied, 26 pgs.
By amy
Oh, you crazy art kids with your little esoteric zines filled with pictures, anti-invitation flyers, and a story about hoagies and curses gone awry. Oh, you fucking crazy kids.
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EAVES OF ASS, #3
4 ¼ x 5 ½, $2, photocopied, 28 pages
By brian
There’s also a funny story about how Craven, the writer of the zine, volunteered to participate in a scientific study about the effects of alcohol on safe sex.
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CITY TRASH, #19
4 ¼ x 5 ½, photocopied, 48 pages
By brian
Cool stuff from Germany. Several interesting interviews with European garage rock bands (the Indikation from Norway, The Hara-Kee-Rees from Germany, The Cool Jerks also from Germany), a couple live reviews, and a boatload of record reviews (some in German).
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CITY TRASH, #17
4 ¼ x 5 ½, 52 pgs.
By brian
All in all, a good read for anyone interested in the garage rock scene in Germany and its surrounding countries.
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CHAOS AND FRUIT PUNCH #2
$2, 8 x 11, laser printed and stapled, 18 pgs.
By Guest Contributor
I’m not saying this is necessarily a bad thing, but if someone went to grad school to earn their M.A. in stereotypical personal zine-making, this might be their dissertation.
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CHAIRMEN OF THE BORED, #21
8 ½ x 11, 32 pgs.
By brian
One of [the authors] wrote the majority of his contributions to this issue while in solitary confinement, his punishment for having made what the corrections system deemed to be threats against a guard in a previous issue.
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CHAIRMEN OF THE BORED, #19
$2, 8 ½ x 11, xeroxed, 20 pgs.
By greg
Is there anything better than a zine made by prisoners with attitudes? I think not.
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BROKEN PENCIL, #25
$4.95, 8 ½ x 11, 80 pgs.
By brian
One fascinating piece is a how-to guide to having sex in public, without getting arrested—not without getting caught, just without getting arrested.
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