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| [ He quickly set sail. And the moon sailed along with him. ] |
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+---------------------------------------------------------------+
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First off, I lied. Yes. L-I-E-D. Lied! The first
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issue of the Slambook was tagged as "SPRING 1994" since -
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- at the time -- I was iffy about even doing this 'zine
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on any sort of regular basis. But my attitude changed
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when I received loads of positive feedback from people on
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and off the 'net. Thanks to each and every one of you!
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This sucker is going monthly! It just goes to prove
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something that I and loads of other do-it-yourself types
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have been saying all along. Feedback _is_ the key. Even
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if you think writing a short note on a postcard and
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mailing it off is no big deal, it is. It tells others
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that someone out there actually gives a damn about their
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work. And _that's_ a big deal. So don't be shy. Let
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other's know how you feel; even if it's just to say "Hi".
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And this is for all those who are seemingly hopelessly
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tied to the wonderful world of the 'net. Yes, electronic
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communication is the wave of the future. Yes, it would
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be a lot easier if everyone who's anyone were "jacked-
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into" the 'net, but sadly many people aren't. So instead
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of moping around your keyboard, why not just send them
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some plain old-fashioned regular mail? You know, the
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kind you have to lick stamps to mail. Would that be so
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terrible?
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Hasta chimichanga!
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Your ichiban e-zine pal,
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| [ E-MAIL ] [ STANDARD MAIL ] |
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| jis@panix.com P.O. Box 242 |
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| Village Station |
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| New York, NY 10014 |
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TITLE: Hate #15 (COMIC)
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ARTIST: Peter Bagge
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ADDRESS: Fantagraphics Books (7563 Lake City Way North East,
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Seattle, WA 98115)
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PRICE: I paid $2.50.
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All of the ghosts from Buddy's past come back to haunt him in this
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issue. George, Valerie and Leonard decide to move into Buddy's
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place. I don't buy it for a second. Please man, the whole issue's
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story wreaks so badly of a hackneyed sitcom plot that I half
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expected to see Mr. Roper from _Three's Company_ come up to Buddy's
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place to fix the toilet or something. But Pete is forgiven since
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he explain's everything in his editorial.
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He's getting "older", so it's mid-life crisis time boys and girls!
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He's confused about what he's doing and what he want's to do. He's
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obviously confused about success and the ideological paradox it has
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brought about, which he explains all too vividly in _Return to Hate
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Island_. *sigh* I should be more understanding since I know how
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messed up the creative process can be, but man, I want to be
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entertained! Damn it!
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TITLE: Columbian Supreme (DRINK)
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ARTIST: Maxwell House
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ADDRESS: General Foods Corporation (Box 183C, White Plains, NY
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10625)
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PRICE: I paid $4.99.
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Coffee is integral to my being. It's almost unthinkable now that
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there was actually was a point in my life when I never touched the
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stuff. But now, I'm a certifiable caffeine freak! Instant coffee
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usually stinks on ice, but Maxwell House is a decent enough for me.
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So when I decided to "broaden" my instant coffee horizons, I
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thought that this Maxwell House product would be just as tasty and
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delicious as the good ol' plain stuff. I was wrong in a big way.
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Man does this stuff suck! Columbian? No way! This tastes like it
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was made out of the scum of reconstituted coffee grinds with some
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chicory thrown in for added for that extra sucky "zing" of
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flavorlessness! Ugggh! At one point, I thought that the worst
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coffee I ever had was the free stuff I find at my nine to five
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slave job. Man was I wrong! Hell can exist anywhere. Even in my
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cupboard.
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TITLE: Action Girl Newsletter (ZINE)
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ARTIST: Sarah Dyer
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ADDRESS: Action Girl HQ (543 Van Duzer Street, Staten Island, NY
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10304)
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PRICE: Send two stamps or IRC's for the latest issue.
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Wow! This thing is just bursting with sooo much positive do-it-
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yourself energy that it is mindblowing! Sarah describes Action
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Girl as "...a newsletter dedicated to developing a girl power
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network. Each edition contains all new reviews of available
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zines/comix, created by girls, grrrls or women -- for women or for
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everybody." And that she does, but what's really cool about Action
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Girl, in my opinion, is that it doesn't focus exclusively on the
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underground. Addresses and phone numbers of "real world" resources
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-- such as _Women's Legal Defense Fund_ and the _National Women's
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Health Network_ -- are also included in Action Girl. But that
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doesn't mean that this thing is dry or dull. It's very well put
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together and easy to read. A highly recommended source of
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information for girls who want to know and boys who _need_ to know.
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TITLE: Kerokerokeropi Chewing Gum (CANDY)
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ARTIST: Sanrio
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For the clueless, Kerokerokeropi is a cute little smiling green
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frog who wears a striped shirt and, sometimes, a little bow tie.
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And he is also yet another ultra-cute character who graces the
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truckloads of kiddie merchandise and miscellany that Japan based
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Sanrio gleefully sells to children (and children at heart) around
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the world. Little did I know that he also has his own brand of
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chewing gum. And let it be known people, that this gum rocks!
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This gum is banana flavored! Need I say more? It is just so
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great. Of all the gums my pal Matt has sent me from the Slambook's
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outpost in Japan, this gum is definitely the yummiest. I only wish
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that this stuff were readily available in the U.S. That way, all
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of us could just go nuts gushing over the greatness that is
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Kerokerokeropi banana flavored chewing gum!
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TITLE: Duplex Planet (BOOK)
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ARTIST: David Greenberger
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ADDRESS: Faber and Faber, Inc. (50 Cross Street, Winchester, MA
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01890)
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PRICE: I paid $7.48. It retails for $14.95.
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I've always had mixed feelings about what David Greenberger does.
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I mean, he is essentially banking a career on the ramblings of the
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institutionalized elderly. On the one hand, it can be seen as
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exploitative; in the sense that Greenberger, and not his subjects,
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is the ultimate benefactor of his little cottage industry. But on
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the other hand, his work is an important peek into a world few of
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us really see or experience, which is very important in my opinion.
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This book contains nothing really new for those of us who have been
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following David's zine, Duplex Planet, for the many years it has
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been put out. It does, however, bring his material to the masses
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in a nice, digestible and marketable form that can easily grace the
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shelf of any bookstore more readily than the zine it is derived
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from. Which is a good thing, because I at least feel that too many
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people are truly oblivious to the humanity, emotion, insight and
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humor that exists in this often neglected segment of the
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population.
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TITLE: Chocoball (CANDY)
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ARTIST: Morinaga
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This is the Japanese equivalent of America's all-time favorite
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chocolate covered snack-food, Goobers. Whenever someone says
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chocolate covered peanuts, I usually say "Yum!" Not in this case.
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Man oh maneschevitz did these Chocoballs suck! Some of the peanuts
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were mushy. Others were like little pieces of cork. Damn. I just
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hate it when a chocolate candy lets me down, because more often
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than not, chocolate always wins in my book. But sadly, Morinaga
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struck out majorly with this stuff. And it's sad. Because
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Chocoball's little mascot, a toucanish looking peanut-like bird, is
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really cute. And who wants to slam anything that has a cute
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mascot? Oh well.
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TITLE: One Nation, Underground (CD)
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ARTIST: Various
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ADDRESS: Monkeyland Records (7510 Sunset Boulevard, Suite 1082,
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Hollywood, CA 90046)
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E-MAIL: tripmonk@delphi.com
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PRICE: It goes for $9.00 post paid.
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One Nation, Underground. Get it? "One nation, under ground..."
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Now let's all groan together because that pun, and this CD, sucks
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huge donkey balls. It's a compilation of various bands on this new
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self described "indie/alternative" label called Monkeyland Records.
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Various bands? Heck, they could have fooled me, because this stuff
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all sounds like it could have been done by just one band.
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Monkeyland describes the bands on this CD as "some of the best punk
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rocking, shoe gazing, grunge banging, pop rolling, new aging music
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the emerging American underground has to offer." I don't think so,
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Mr. Promotional copy-writer. My ears detect the over produced
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aural torture of crappy metal bands like _Sor_, _Little Savage_ and
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_Betty Stress_. I also hear what some frat-boy bubbas would
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eloquently refer to as "dat nu wave stuff" in tracks by groups like
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_Sandrew_ and _The Candy Snatchers_.
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I have no problem with anybody recording whatever they want, but do
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me and the rest of us a big favor. Don't try to hitch your sound
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onto a sound or a scene just because it's "hip with dem thar young
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kids!" Just be honest, admit who you are, and cut all this
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calculated marketing crap. We have x-ray eyes baby. We can see
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right through it.
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TITLE: Woody (CANDY)
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ARTIST: Fujiya
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My correspondent in Japan sent this to me with the ever insightful
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comment "Woody. Hey! I wake up with a woody every morning!" What
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a lovely image I have to work with. Anyway. Back to the candy.
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The diagram on the side of the box shows us candy eaters a cross
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section of what Woody really is. It looks like a schematic for
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chocolate covered plywood with nuts on top. And yes faithful
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reader, this does indeed taste like chocolate covered plywood with
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nuts on top! Yummy it ain't. It didn't do anything for me. Even
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the chocolate didn't have that nice chocolatey taste. Conclusion:
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It sucked. Gimme a Kit-Kat any day.
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TITLE: Like a Fool (CD)
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ARTIST: Superchunk
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ADDRESS: MERGE Records (P.O. Box 1235, Chapel Hill, NC 27514)
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PRICE: I paid $12.99.
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A kinder and gentler Superchunk? Say it ain't so! But don't fret
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people, because this thing is pretty damn good. This is definitely
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a different flavor of Superchunk's fun "it'll grow on you" sound.
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Songs like _The First Part_, _Like a Fool_, _Kicked In_ and
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_Keeping Track_ really stand out. Mac's lyrics are still as
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lovingly pissed off and jaded as they ever were. Laura's bass,
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unfortunately, is still buried in the damn mix! Shit, man! Could
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it be pumped up even a little bit? It really works well live, and
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it worked out so fabulously on the track Superchunk did for Simple
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Machine's _Inclined Plane_ 7" compilation single. Pump up the
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bass!
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TITLE: Red Rock West (MOVIE)
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ARTIST: I forgot. So sue me.
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PRICE: I paid $7.00. I'm a dork.
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What an intense flick! What a great plot! Man, it's as extreme
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and engrossing as Hitchcock's _Stranger's On a Train_ (one dark and
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spooky flick, mind you). Nicholas Cage plays a drifter who
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basically gets caught in a very, very, very messed up situation.
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Mistaken identity, murder, adultery, back-stabbing you know, all
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the fun things. The film also stars Lara Flynn Boyle of Twin Peaks
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fame and Dennis Hopper as a nutjob hit-man. Definitely worth
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seeing.
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In the midst of writing this, someone pointed out to me that this
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flick is out on video. In fact it was out on video for about a
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month _before_ I saw it on the big screen. *sigh*. So don't be a
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grade A certifiable dork like me and go burn seven bucks to see
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this flick. Be wise and frugal and rent it out for two bucks at
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your local video place.
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TITLE: Manos (CD)
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ARTIST: The Spinanes
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ADDRESS: Sub Pop (1932 First Avenue, Suite 1103, Seattle, WA 98101)
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E-MAIL: info@subpop.com
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PRICE: I paid $14.00. It goes for $13.00 post paid. I'm a double
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dork.
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With all the digitized, sanitized, multi-filtered, over-produced
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and just plain miserable crap that's being passed off as music
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today, simplicity is a good thing. The Spinanes _Jad Fair Drives
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Women Wild_ from the International Pop Underground LP (on K records
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for those who need to know) is one of my fave tracks because of its
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cool, catchy and simple sound. This full length release is just as
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great for the same just as great reasons.
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Rebecca and Scott, the two and only members of The Spinanes, really
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know how to create a layered and textured sound out of seemingly
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nothing. Tracks like _Uneasy_ and _Manos_ wreak of minimalist
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poppy genius. So is the screaming-to-be-a-single-because-it-kicks,
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_Noel, Jonah and Me_. The only track I could live without is _I
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(heart) that Party with the Monkey Kitty_ because it's just too
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goofy a title for even my goofy sensibilities to bear, let alone
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say. Sort of like the way I feel goofy when I say "May I have a
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cafe au lait." But I'll forgive them...
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TITLE: Snoopy and His Friends Candy Drops (CANDY)
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ARTIST: Sanrio
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Sanrio made such great candy with that Kerokerokeropi gum, that I
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half expected this stuff to be as good, or even better. Sadly,
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Sanrio has managed to suck majorly on this sugar product.
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The flavor is bland, and the taste the fleeting. Heck, I didn't
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even get a decent sugar buzz when I downed the whole pack in hopes
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of getting some payoff from eating this stuff. Oh well. I won't
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say any more since I deeply respect all of Charles Schulz's Peanuts
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creations. Too bad Sanrio didn't have enough respect to give them
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a decent candy product.
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TITLE: Deep Girl (COMIC)
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ARTIST: Ariel Bordeaux
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ADDRESS: Ariel Bordeaux (573 Scott Street, Apartment "L", San
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PRICE: It goes for $1.50 post paid.
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Tortured and funny autobiographical comics from one way-cool
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person. The art has a Julie Doucet-like rawness, and the stories
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are really, really, really, really, really great. Ariel has such
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a whacked-out, yet endearingly unique perspective on things. I
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totally loved stories like _Jeff: The Boy I was Infatuated With_
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("Close together eyes. Oblong head. Big nose. One eyebrow.
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Trumpet ears. Cute!") or a tale I have true empathy with, _Lezbo
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Hellhole_ ("We don't mind if you're straight... Yeah, as long as
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you do the chores..."). Unlike many other "big name"
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autobiographical comic artists, I laugh _with_ her, not _at_ her.
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Buy this thing, NOW!
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TITLE: Some Old Bullshit (CD)
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ARTIST: The Beastie Boys
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ADDRESS: Grand Royal (P.O. Box 26689, Los Angeles, CA 90026)
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PRICE: I paid $7.99. It goes for $11.00 post paid.
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The title says it all. If the Beasties could actually play decent
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hardcore and punk, they'd still be doing it today. The fact is
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they can't, and this CD is a painful document of their early
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attempts at doing lo-fi, angst ridden noise.
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I do have to admit that it took a lot of guts for the Grand Royal
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crew to release this thing. It does stand as yet another example
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that no matter how good you are now, you still probably have some
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nasty skeletons hiding in the closet. The only saving grace in
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this collection are the various remixes of _Cookie Puss_; their
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funky ballad to everyone's favorite Carvel Ice Cream Cake. I love
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Cookie Puss to death. It has a good beat and you can dance to it!
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But the thing is that if you didn't grow up in New York City in the
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early eighties, the whole in-joke of Cookie Puss will just go over
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your head. Cest la vie.
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TITLE: Harold and the Purple Crayon (BOOK)
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ARTIST: Crockett Johnson
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ADDRESS: HarperTrophy, a Division of HarperCollins (Any children's
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section in any bookstore should have it, although it is one of
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those non-standard size children's books that often is hard to
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shelf, and subsequently, hard to find)
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PRICE: I paid $3.95 for the softcover version.
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This little picture book has taught me more about the power of
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imagination and the ability to transform imagination into reality
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than anything I have ever read. Harold is a free spirit, who with
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purple crayon in hand, manages to create a fun and scary world for
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him to explore. The story flows in a dreamlike and organic way
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that is very simple, yet very real and very endearing. I
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especially like the episode where Harold gives away left over pie
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to "a very hungry moose and a deserving porcupine." I still don't
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know why the porcupine is so deserving. What the hell did he ever
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do? If you have any clue as to why, please let me know, okay?
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TITLE: Put the Creep On (CD)
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ARTIST: Mount Shasta
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ADDRESS: Skin Graft Records (P.O. Box 257546, Chicago, IL 60625 or
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P.O. Box 59, London, England N22 1AR)
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PRICE: I paid $1.00 from a CD store that doesn't have a clue. I
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know it retails anywhere between $13.00 to $16.00.
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More big balled, testosterone induced punk noise from the Chicago
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scene. Although nowadays I'm tending to lean towards the more
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melodic, poppy "la la la" stuff that's out there, music along the
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lines of the stuff that spews out of Mount Shasta is great if
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you're in the right head for it. Period. If you still don't get
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what they sound like, the liner notes say that this 25 minute epic
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was "Recorded 10/25/93 3:30 A.M. to 5:15 A.M." Get it now? No.
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Well how about imagining screeching guitar, strained vocals and a
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coherent beat and put through some truly lo-fi production. You
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_still_ don't get it? Well blow off brother and set your VCRs for
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the next Garth Brooks special. Sources tell me that he'll be
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squeezing a huge monkey out of the sebaceous cyst that he hides
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under his big black poseur cowboy hat... Gross image huh? Well,
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_that's_ what Mount Shasta sounds like to me, buddy!
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| This was SUPER STUPID SLAMBOOK #2 (MAY 1994) |
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| All contents (c) 1994 Jack Szwergold, all rights reserved. |
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| And after saying all that, I realize that this is an elec- |
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| tronic zine, which by the nature of it's medium, allows it to |
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| be duplicated with little or no effort. So this is to let |
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| to as many people and places as you want. But the content is |
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| mine, and plagiarism is just not a nice thing. Which is the |
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| only reason why I stuck a copyright statement on this thing. |
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| So be nice, and don't claim authorship to things you didn't |
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| write. Okay? |
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