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READ covers fiction, fanzines, zines with no fans except for us, websites, blogs, magazines, artist's books and other independent releases. Chances are, if it's been published then we know about it and chances are, if it's not in FourThousand, then we didn't like it. READ is for people who were born with ink in their veins and a fat balding critic on their shoulder. READ has also created more best-sellers than Oprah's Book Club and more wannabe to be writers than Hunter S Thompson.
Weekly zine review #5 - Word Attack
You may think that hardcore music is only for cool-looking cocksure punk guys from broken homes, and you would probably be right. But what about the zines of these elusive nocturnal angry young men? Well there are a lot of punk fanzines around at the moment, but one of the best is Word Attack (if it doesn't have some connotation of violence
in the title, it's just not hc).
Will Happiness Find Me?
Conceptual art. You old dog, you. Fischli and Weiss. You young masters, you. They've been in the game for a while, but Fischli and Weiss never fail to intrigue. Their to-do lists have included making an airport tarmac seem exciting, scaling the Alps in rat and bear suits, and creating their own version of the game Mousetrap using household objects.
Reflections Of A Solitary Hamster
For me, some French picture books form the "Triumvirate of Utilité". They are charming, fable-like, ostensibly for kids (a niece perhaps) and can double as 'uplifting gift for pal in break-up hell', or triple as a 'de facto love letter to your new crush'. I used to keep a mint copy of Saint-Exupéry's Le Petit Prince for said purpose/s.
The New Order magazine issue 03
The first two issues of NZ based street culture mag The New Order were wildly ambitious affairs, squeezing every hip name imaginable from Ian Astbury to VisVim. The results were overwhelming and a little boring, akin to skim-reading a google search for 'cool'.
The third issue is different. Weighing in at 300+pages, it's a hefty tome, but its content is focussed and considered.
The Sheets Are Immaculate
I like this blog for a few reasons. First, one of its creators is Cry Bloxsome who is amazing. Secondly, while they encourage contributions, they're not afraid to be picky, which keeps things tight, and they draw the line at poetry, which keeps things enjoyable. Thirdly, they have a manifesto that reads like they wrote it when they were drunk and angry and overwhelmed with ego, then tidied it up a bit the next morning.
The Internetwork
It's true, producing a city guide has a lot of perks. Complimentary tickets, free CDs, drugs, R.S.I., drugs for R.S.I.. But undeniably the best perk of the job is the amazing people we get to meet. People who don't view the world in terms of ‘life' or ‘work' but simply continue to create because they love what they do.
Haunt
My best friend Neil and I went to see Spawn at Greater Union when I was a kid. He took LSD. I couldn't understand a word he said. I'm not sure what happened to Neil but one thing's for certain, that movie was a big deal for Todd McFarlane and that Mexican actor who played Luigi in the Super Mario Brothers movie.
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