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K Kodwo Eshun Knightrider issue11 Kults Kenny JULY/AUGUST Kooking Kristians Kourgettes plus all your favourite krusty regulars edi… …orial is. Of course, they conflate the whiter-than-white, mediocrity thirty-something success of shoutie rappers—the and props Beastie Boys—with the underground. edited by About a month ago I went to what was supposed Sydney hip hop is more accurately represented by to be the grand finalé of the Urban Xpressions the collective output of Blaze & Phibes’ Parallax View dale and yellow peril festival. Blackalicious were appearing ‘live’ (if you label and Elefant Traks—two labels that get more airplay from non-hip hop radio shows than by the real designed by can count one MC rhyming over some under- dale produced dubplates accompanied by a backing hip hop shows. In Elefant Traks’ case they don’t even get respect from the real hip hop underground—no vocalist live). And all around The Metro everyone cyclic website doubt because they don’t have the street credentials was giving each other massive props. Most of all flux & richard to the sponsors of the event, without whom and smalltown paranoia of those keepin’ it real. Also, Sydney hip hop wouldn’t be where it was today. Parallax view and Elefant Traks are labels that get little assistance from any industry—music or fashion. written by Excuse me while I vomit. yellow peril Financed by record companies and jeans manu- Anyway, we’re here at issue 11 of Cyclic Defrost and dale facturers trying to capture lost markets, Sydney we don’t have to rely on adverts to stay alive, which flux hip hop, as it was portrayed that night, seemed is good because if we did we’d be fucked. wasabi like a small bunch of inward-looking naïve fools. In this issue there are all the reviews that should degrassi Boxed in by stylistic demands to keep it real and have been in last month’s issue, plus lineups right up the collective inability to represent the diverse until early August including our 3rd birthday special copying, folding, geography of this city, Sydney hip hop barely on August 1st and several international guests. stapling and stuffing registers as more than a corporate blip on the the cryo crew with the long surface of the youth market. The real money Also, by the time Cyclic #12 is out, two more in our suffering monkeyboy at the series of limited edition 3 CDs will have been lies, apparently, in the R&B market, with its helm size matters… designer sportswear fetishes and multicultural released, so keep an eye on the discography section conspicuous consumption. The big joke is that by at www.snarl.org to stay informed. thanks to Limited edition 3” cds are here. Released every month and only financing an underground hip hop scene, the big available through the Snarl Heavy Industries website Yellow Peril Ozi Battla for keeping it real (www.snarl.org) or from Frigid itself. Each $10 gets split amongst companies think Sydney hip hop is bigger than it even in his absence, dave for the artists and goes back into pumping out the next one. Hand made packaging (and hand made recording), each individually numbered. the handshake and words of Collect the whole set… encouragement, r & s, kerrii This issue of Cyclic Defrost If you move, or want to frost brought to you by the fact contribute, comment or for folding covers so wonder- frozen blueberries out soon that Sydney council are fully, seb for putting up with advertise, please contact employing people to stand in rambling conversations at 2am free Sydney because of the the editors: and to matty mat mat for film giveaway: GO supposed danger of falling 1 rubble, and yet we can have hanging on. It’s about time we had another giveaway, the streets blocked off to [email protected] DDL this time courtesy of the Verona. Inside this welcome home 15 sledging or Advertising issue you’ll find a pass to a preview on bigots (with at least two inquiries can be directed to Tooth Wednesday, July 14, 1999. Below is a bit cheats) for winning a sporting [email protected] Jonny Phive of a blurb about the fillum… competition. Nostradamus the editors (see below) or to predicted the end of the jordan spence at uBin From the director of Swingers, Doug Liman, world…I predict the end of or, if you must Go is a smart and hilarious black comedy taste and dignity come [email protected] Sub Bass Snarl, which takes a fresh look at lives spent september 2000. WEBSITE getting cashed up, getting evicted, getting PO Box A2073 2 on it, getting out and getting going, starring FUCK THE OLYMPICS Snarl Heavy Industries vtek Sarah Polley, Katie Holmes, Scott Wolf, Jay cover: Sydney South, 1235 www.snarl.org. Lookout for the new Mohr, Desmond Askew, Timothy Olyphant, is that an Argentinian Bible cyclic defrost website up soon overcast Taye Diggs, Breckin Meyer and Nathan study pamphlet or an ad for (probably this issue given any luck) tele cafe? Look out for the lookout for questionnaire/ courtesy of the two richards. No more spinwarp Bexton. special anniversary edition next month… subscription forms next issue downloading hefty PDFs (although brothelowner Go releases nationally on August 19, 1999. they’ll still be available...) be on your must-see list… oh my god, they http://www.capalert.com/capreports/southpar little blocks of sweetness k.htm ICY crucified kenny… And check this plot summary— “Satan is portrayed as the homosexual lover of …you christians Saddam Hussein and is portrayed as a sensitive, loving and caring being. Hussein waves his POLES disembodied male member around. And it was SOUTH PARK—THE MOVIE not a cardboard drawing like most other images of the movie — it was of photographic “Morality and God are completely vilified and dismissed resolution. The most foul of the foul words was in SOUTH PARK. Evil is extolled. The movie takes literally clearly spoken *by the children* at least 131 Marxist Professor Herbert Marcuse’s statement that times and many other times in a muffled or language is a weapon of the revolution, and the goal of garbled way. The three/four letter word culture vocabulary was used at least 119 times. God’s the revolution is to tear down any semblance of morality, i.e., Christianity and the Bible. As Marx said, name in vain was used 11 times without the four or prostitutes are better than wives (whom he ridicules), letter expletive and 6 times with it. And many ? families are bad and religion is the opiate of the people. times the child characters were saying things The phrase “the truth is stranger SOUTH PARK captures all of Marx’s lame-brained, like “What’s the big deal” (about the foul than fiction” applies no stronger cult language). “Suck my —”, “Let’s ([homosexual by Flux immoral ideas on one piece of celluloid. Boycotting this than to the Aum Supreme Truth movie might give it more of an audience, but the intercourse)”, and repeated questions about a (Aum Shrinrikyo). The cult believed by sixteen days followed by riots and rational thing to do is to stay away from any theater female private organ were but a very few of the responsible for the Sarin gas attack accusations that they had stolen sixteen playing it. Regrettably, curious children will see it and be vulgar expressions used by the kids. in Japanese subways four years days of people lives. After all it’s 2000 AD corrupted. The future of our society looks very dim after ago are in the midst of a in the Christian calender. Angels were portrayed as females—nude, very thinking what those children will do and how they will resurgence. Their Phoenix-like rise nude. God was called many vulgar and hateful Unbeknownst to many, George Lucas col- behave after this powerful entertainment virus corrupts from the ashes has been made names. Satan was glorified. Jesus was equated laborated with Joseph Campbell (a their hearts and minds.” with sexual anatomy. A child was graphically possible through discount computer Theologian) for the development of the sales. Approaching what they Yep, its not often that Cyclic would mention a incinerated by igniting his anal wind, then Star Wars screenplay, drawing on the another kid tried to beat out the flames with a believe to be a big event (sometime mythology of many cultures. Lucas has mainstream Hollywood release, but after being directed around October this year) they are to read a web review of the film by the American stick and was concerned about the stick consistently been at the forefront of the catching fire. Body parts dripping with blood one of many modern cults (such as techno-evangelist movement ever since his Fundamentalist Christian Childcare Action Project, I Scientology, the Raeliens, and can’t resist. Here’s the review reprinted direct from the were ripped from a child by a surgeon who dystopian film THX1138 which explored expressed shallow concern. The dead child was Heaven’s Gate) that take their lead social control through interactive media. website. Make up your own mind whether this film must from science fiction. Based on then seen with an exploded chest. The dead His THX sound systems, Industrial Light child, after being rejected from Heaven (by nude Isaac Asimov’s Foundation trilogy and Magic, and Lucas Arts computer they believe they will form a holy, female angels) and cast into Hell, was then games were joined in the mid 80’s by his presented as a ghost trying to influence the pure group of technicians that will development of a graphical multi-user rebuild civilization after the other kids.