fanzine * webzine * Fat Wreck Chords * The Causey Way * The Gossip * Selby Tigers * Smogtown * Youth Brigade From the editors: You're probably wondering who the hell we are, right? Basically, a bunch of us used to write for a punk magazine called B-sides or something like that. Maybe Flipside? It was actually the longest continuously publishing punk rock magazine in America. It may still be. I can't say for sure. All I know PO Box 42124 from my personal experience is that I did an interview with Against All Authority sometime during the summer of 1999, and that interview is set to Los Angeles, CA 90042 run in the next issue. So if it does still come out, at least we know it's timely. www.razorcake.com Anyway, if you want to know more about Flipside and its possible demise, check out Todd's column. And now on to the things I do know about. I know Todd left Flipside and wanted to start a new magazine, so first he Email went to Tucson to meet with Skinny Dan and Katy. Together, the three of Sean <[email protected]> them came up with the name and the beginnings of a web zine. Shortly after Todd<[email protected]> that, Todd took a vacation to Florida to hang out with me and drink away his Rich Mackin <[email protected]> woes. While he was there, we started talking about the web zine and I said Nardwuar <[email protected]> something like, "What about poor fuckers like me who can only use the inter- Designated Dale<[email protected]> net in half hour intervals at the library?" Todd said something like, "You're Everyone else can be reached c/o Razorcake. fucked, then, aren't you?" Then I said, "Yeah, but most punks are in the same boat as me. You should really go to print, too." And Todd, always being one to turn responsibility back to the critics, told me that, if I really wanted a print Contributions version of Razorcake, I should get off my ass and do it with him. I thought We’re fucking stoked with our columnists right now, about it, and I had all the right qualifications: I was unemployed, not really but if you’d like to submit an interview or are interested doing anything with my life, and I like punk rock. Also, I have an incredibly in doing record reviews, feel free to drop us a line. It’s patient and understanding fiancé who told me, "Fine, go to California to put probably a better idea to contact us and see if we’re out that zine. It'd be nice to get your broke ass out of my hair." Or something interested before you do any actual work. We’ll keep an like that. Thus, Razorcake was born (in less than a third of the time it's gonna open mind towards most things, but Razorcake absolute- ly refuses to run any interviews with Thomas Pynchon. take for that AAA interview to run). The rest is basically logistics. I came out to Cali, we set up shop, hit up a bunch of record labels for ads and stuff to review, did some interviews, gath- AD DEADLINE FOR ISSUE #2 ered up some columnists, got drunk in Vegas, and worked on this zine. April 15, 2001 Meanwhile, Skinny Dan and Katy are still rocking along with the web zine, and the web and print serve as nice compliments to each other. So that's how AD SIZES this zine ended up in your ink-stained fingers. I hope you enjoy it as much as Full page, 7.5 inches wide, 10 inches tall. I do. Half page, 7.5 inches wide, 5 inches tall. -Sean Carswell Quarter page, 3.75 inches wide, 5 inches tall. Sixth page, 2.5 inches wide, 5 inches tall. *Covers are already taken in perpetuity (forever), but if you put in a request, we'll put you on the list. *Please make all checks out to Razorcake. ADVERTISING STIPULATIONS *All ads are black and white. There are no immediate plans for color insides. *Make ads the right size and orientation. If ads are the wrong size, they won't run or we'll chop 'em up with scissors to fit. *We will not accept electronic ad files. Hard copy only. *Send good laser prints for the ads. Use solely black ink on all art. Do not output your ad on a bubble jet printer even if it looks black and white. It will repro- duce like complete shit when it goes to an offset printer. Congratulations Matt Average and Erin *Only for full-page ads, we'll accept film. Positive on their new son, Henry. stats, RRED (right-reading, emulsion side down) only. *All photos must be halftoned using a 85 LPI (85 line THANK YOU BOX: (in no particular order) Roger Moser, Jr., Davey Tiltwheel, screen). Money, Harmonee, Nardwuar, Designated Dale, Jimmy Alvarado, Rhythm Chicken, *If you feel the need for us to invoice you, understand Rich Mackin, and Gary Hornberger for their columns; Kat Jetson for her pictures and that your ad won't run until we have the cash on hand, interview with the Gossip; Julia Smut for all she did with Smogtown; Vanessa from so make those arrangements before the ad deadline. Fat for hooking us up with the first ever Fat Mike and Erin interview; Donofthedead, *If any of this is fuzzy, don't hesitate to contact us. RumbleStripper, Jimmy Alvarado, Roger Moser, Jr., Harmonee, Liz O., Bob Cantu, We'll explain it. and Pete Hucklebuck for record reviews. And last but not least, Felizon Vidad and Sara Isett for their patience and understanding. Issue #1 Cutting. Tasty. www.razorcake.com and PO Box 42129, Los Angeles, CA 90042 Visit www.razorcake.com for exclusive live reviews, exclusive interviews, news, gossip, and contributor information. Table of Contents COLUMNS Roger Moser, Jr. .......... Drunk and Demented in Texxxas ................ pg. 6 Money ................. Pog Mo Thon ................................. pg. 8 Davey Tiltwheel........ Hair-Brained Scheme Addict .................. pg. 10 Harmonee ...................... Meow Mix ................................. pg. 12 Retodd ...... Complete, Utter ReToddNation ........... pg. 14 Nardwuar The Human Serviette ........ Who Are You? ............ pg. 16 Designated Dale ............. I’m Against It ................... pg. 20 Jimmy Alvarado ......... I’m a Little Airplane ....................... pg. 22 The Rhythm Chicken .......... The Dinghole Reports ......................... pg. 24 Rich Mackin ............ The Twisted Ballon ................... pg. 26 Sean Carswell ........... A Monkey to Ride the Dog ..................... pg. 30 Gary Hornberger........ Squeeze My Horn .................. pg. 34 INTERVIEWS Selby Tigers ....... Interview by Todd .............. pg. 38 Smogtown ........................... Interview by Julia Smut ....... pg. 42 The Causey Way ......... Interview by Todd ............... pg. 46 The Gossip ......... Interview by Kat Jetson ................................. pg. 52 Youth Brigade .................... Interview by Sean ............. pg. 56 Fat Mike and Erin.............. Interview by Sean and Todd .............. pg. 60 REVIEWS Record Reviews ................................................................. pg. 66 Book Reviews..................................................... pg. 78 Zine Reviews............................................................. pg. 76 Razorcake is put together by Skinny Dan, Sean Carswell, Katy Spining, and Todd Taylor. Special thanks go out to Julia Smut for doing the Smogtown layout and Dave Guthrie for making the logos. Razorcake is bi-monthly. Issues are $3.00 ppd. in the U.S. Yearly subscriptions (six issues) are $15.00. Plus you get some free shit. Drunk and Demented in Texxxas Them snaggle-toothed Skoal-lipped good ol' boys are as quick to pull their guns as they are to vigorously pull their puds... yippy-tie-yie-yay, indeed! Texas has undeniably had its fair time itself; vast endless expanses of BBQ beef more tangy and tastier becomes mush, where guns are the share of media attention lately with grassy plains stretch as far as the than the most succulent of all true measure of a man's worthiness the villainous devil-may-care eye can see and effortlessly blend exquisite and exotic cuisine ever in society (if ya don't own an arse- escapades of seven escaped con- with the eternal openness of the placed on a platter, and rowdy nal of firearms in these here parts, victs who effortlessly slipped out of celestial western sky; the Gulf unruly honkytonks where insur- son, you're un-American; a gawd- a southwest Texas penitentiary vir- Coast shores glisten with efferves- mountable intoxication and loud damn yellow-bellied lily-livered tually undetected (of course, they've cence, excitement and exoticism blaring ditties inspire many a cou- communist. Smith & Wesson since been recaptured, rounded up, like a paradisical swirling dervish ple to frenziedly shuffle their feet should open several outlet malls in and returned to state-sponsored cap- of wickedly divine hedonism; lush and kick up the dust into the wee Texas 'cause they'd make a killin' tivity), and the even more villainous forests of evergreen pine thickly wild-eyed hours of the morning. here, pardon the pun! Yup, them underhanded political poopooing of cover rolling hills that seem to Yeeeeehaw, indeed! snaggle-toothed Skoal-lipped good a certain son-of-a-Bush character never have been touched by the foot But there are lifelessly colorless ol' boys are as quick to pull their (yep, let's all give a hearty round of of man... pure, pristine, and regions of Texas severely lacking guns as they are to vigorously pull sarcasm-laced applause to the cor- unscathed. And whooooodoggy, creative musical and artistic expres- their puds... yippy-tie-yie-yay, rupt politically-biased government Texas is musically as resplendantly sion, awe-inspiring cultural diversi- indeed!). of Florida, specifically Jackass Jeb disparate as it is culturally: blues, ty, liberally-inclined openminded- I unfortunately live and dwell in and Contemptuous Kathy..