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RIP THIS PAGE OUT WHO WE ARE... Razorcake exists because of you. Whether you contributed If you wish to donate through the mail, any content that was printed in this issue, placed an ad, or are a reader: without your involvement, this magazine would not exist. We are a please rip this page out and send it to: community that defi es geographical boundaries or easy answers. Much Razorcake/Gorsky Press, Inc. of what you will fi nd here is open to interpretation, and that’s how we PO Box 42129 like it. Los Angeles, CA 90042 In mainstream culture the bottom line is profi t. In DIY punk the NAME: bottom line is a personal decision. We operate in an economy of favors amongst ethical, life-long enthusiasts. And we’re fucking serious about it. Profi tless and proud. ADDRESS: Th ere’s nothing more laughable than the general public’s perception of punk. Endlessly misrepresented and misunderstood. Exploited and patronized. Let the squares worry about “fi tting in.” We know who we are. Within these pages you’ll fi nd unwavering beliefs rooted in a EMAIL: culture that values growth and exploration over tired predictability. Th ere is a rumbling dissonance reverberating within the inner DONATION walls of our collective skull. Th ank you for contributing to it. AMOUNT: Razorcake/Gorsky Press, Inc., a California not-for-profit corporation, is registered as a charitable organization with the State of California’s COMPUTER STUFF: Secretary of State, and has been granted official tax exempt status (section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code) from the United razorcake.org/donate States IRS. Our tax ID number is 05-0599768. razorcake.org/subscriptions Your gift is tax deductible to the full extent provided by law. SUBSCRIBE AND HELP KEEP RAZORCAKE IN PRINT Subscription rates for a one year, six-issue subscription: U.S. – bulk: $17.00 • U.S. – 1st class, in envelope: $23.00 Prisoners: $23.00 • Canada: $25.00 • Mexico: $33.00 Anywhere else: $50.00 (U.S. funds: checks, cash, or money order) We Do Our Part www.razorcake.org Name Email Address City State Zip U.S. subscribers (sorry world, int’l postage sucks) will receive either Arnocorps, The Greatest Band of All Time (Alternative Tentacles) or Ratos de Porão, Seculo Sinistro (Alternative Tentacles). Although it never hurts to circle one, we can’t promise what you’ll get. Return this with your payment to: Razorcake, PO Box 42129, LA, CA 90042 If you want your subscription to start with an issue other than #83, please indicate what number. Sequels, Echoes, and Erasure At Razorcake’s core, we’re all outsiders. Let’s not permanent marker smiles on our faces yet. There is Here’s the checklist to participate with Razorcake: discrimination in Razorcake. We’re not a phone book. We don’t print Ƒ I am not an asshole. everything that’s sent to us. Well-intentioned submissions have failed, Ƒ I do what I say I’m going to do and it is my best effort—not a even if they ticked all the righteous boxes. It’s no fun to say “No,” but “good enough for punk” effort. I believe in grammar for clarity. I believe that the stories in our pages Ƒ What I’m submitting applies to DIY punk. (Check the RC mission capture, challenge, and criticize a large, collective, diverse community statement on razorcake.org if you want our operating definition.) that’s constantly evolving. Submissions must meet enforceable In case it’s not obvious: As Razorcake editor, I’m interested in standards. Feelings get hurt. I’m the one who hurts them. the quality of your writing, your art, and your skills as an interviewer. I understand the world is unfair. It’s often brutal and graceless. There is no discrimination based on the color of your skin, your Exploitative. People in ever-powerful positions are turning the screws gender, or your orientation. I don’t care when or where you were born on the lid. They’ve won the full-scale land war. We’re fucked and or currently live; what schooling you do or do not have; how much that’s okay because, well, it’s nothing new. money you do or do not have; what you look like; how much you Here’s some more discrimination at Razorcake. This one laps our weigh or what you eat; or who your friends are or aren’t. You will not shores more often. No big corporate anything. Fuck them. I used to be asked to exchange sensitive data with us that we will resell. The think that big corporations wanted us dead. Not anymore. They want rule is simple: well-written perspectives from everyone in the DIY to harvest us, re-package us, and then sell, sell, sell. Corporations are punk community. Bring it. Bang! great at sequels and echoes and erasure of sources. Their currency is Here’s a case study. Genesis said “hi” to me at the last L.A. Zine currency. Nothing more. Fest. She was interested in helping out. Razorcake’s been in the same We, as a DIY culture, face another slip of the ultra-capitalism neighborhood for over fourteen years. When we were operating out of noose. Many musicians and artists believe large corporations are the a tiny apartment, Genesis was a student at the middle school less than only option to support a culture that relies heavily on the music it two blocks away. Fast forward a decade. Genesis was rolled up on by produces. Look at these musicians’ actions. Follow the money. (They a cop on her way to RCHQ to volunteer. The smart officer thought she did.) They burned bridges and then suffered lawyer-and-manager- was a sixth-grade truant skipping classes. She showed the dingdong and-label amnesia. To date, there has been no significant reinvestment her ID. She’d graduated from college. Genesis has come in for months by these musicians and artists in the underground community that and has been a big help around HQ, proofreading, web programming, helped nurture them. They’re called predators. That’s why Razorcake transcribing. She illustrated Kari’s column in this issue. She’s also just discriminates against them. rad and very talented. To me, that’s community. That’s meritocracy: If that makes me sound self-righteous, then I’m guilty as charged. an open door in a hidden-in-plain-sight organization. –Todd Taylor Razorcake Cover design by Todd Taylor and PO Box 42129, LA, CA 90042 Daryl Gussin, photo by Shanty Cheryl THANK YOU: We Bear All thanks to Shanty Cheryl for her cover photo razorcake.org of Baby J; Yeti! It’s alive! With a girlfriend! thanks to Brad Beshaw gorskypress.com for his illo. in Sean’s column; Exploding bee butt, it sorta looks like a facebook.com/razorcake “Violence does Bill Murray in Caddyshack thanks to Jackie Rusted for her illo. in Jim’s twitter.com/razorcakegorsky not always take column; Doomed format? Like carpet on the ceiling of a van? thanks to youtube.com/RazorcakeGorsky Steve Thueson for his illo. in Cassie’s column; So iconic you’ll know razorcake.tumblr.com visible form, and them by their silhouettes thanks to Alex Barrett and Kiyoshi Nakazawa razorcake-records.bandcamp.com for their Ramones illos. in Nørb and Dale’s columns; When travesty gorskypress.bandcamp.com not all wounds becomes tribute thanks to Evan Wolff for his illo. in the Chicken’s instagram.com/razorcakegorsky column; You won’t be coming in next Friday. You’re now in Japan gush blood.” thanks to Genesis Bautista for her illo. in Kari’s guest column; Doggone ADVERTISING / CONTRIBUTOR DEADLINE –Haruki Murakami, 1Q84 man-dog amniotic sac lit-tra-cha! thanks to MP Johnson, Marcos Siref, ISSUE #83 st and Becky Bennett for the One Punk’s Guide to Bizarro Fiction article, October 1 , 2014 Razorcake/ Gorsky, Inc. Board of Directors: Visit razorcake.org/advertising Todd Taylor, Sean Carswell, Daryl Gussin, illos., and layout; For a band about nothing, they’re not at a loss for Ad rates start at $40. Dan Clarke, Katy Spining, Leo Emil Tober III, words thanks to Rene Navarro, Janeth Galaviz, and Victor Sanchez for and Catherine Casada Hornberger. This issue is dedicated to Tommy Ramone the DFMK interview, transcription, and photos; Where Eagles Scouts Dare thanks to Sean Arenas, Shelby Fujioka, Yui Fukunaga, and Eric Baskauskas for the Hard Girls interview, photos, and layout; No claws on San Pedro lobsters. Fact. Thanks to Simon Sotelo, Bianca Barragan, and Shanty Cheryl for the Baby J interview and photos; The law won and now is the time for musical redemption thanks to Jeff Proctor, El Diablo, Matt Average, and Matt Dwyer for the Wayne Kramer interview, photos, and layout. #82’s rotation of music, zines, books, and video reviewers—physical items sent postal mail, regarded by human beings: Simon Sotelo, Alanna Why, Sean Arenas, Kurt Morris, Keith Rosson, Sal Lucci, Michael T. Fournier, Bianca Barragan, John Mule, Ashley Ravelo, Chris Terry, Matt Werts, Ryan Nichols, The Lord Kveldulfr, Jimmy Alvarado, MP Johnson, Bryan Static, Garrett Barnwell, Jim Joyce, Kayla Greet, Jackie Rusted, Steve Adamyk, Lisa Weiss, Indiana Laub, Mark Twistworthy, Matt Seward, Matt Average, Camylle Reynolds, Vincent Battilana, Nørb, Chad Williams, Ty Stranglehold, Juan Espinosa, Art Ettinger, Billups Allen, Jeff Proctor, Tim Brooks, Kristen K., Genevieve Armstrong, Kevin Grace, behind the Dunn, Ollie Mikse, Aphid Peewit, Rich Cocksedge, and Ryan Leach. Hollywood Hate merch booth. If you’re a woman who is knowledgeable about DIY punk, are good with deadlines, and are open to the editorial process, Photo by this is an open invitation to drop us a line about doing reviews, Designated Dale interviews, articles, or a webcolumn for Razorcake.