PO Box 42129, Los Angeles, CA 90042 #13 www.razorcake.com orty dollars. That’s what I cleared last year, after taxes, recycling mailing materials, watching where every dollar goes so when each roll of film, computer repairs, rent, and toner you have to spend less time making money, just to spend it. FF cartridges were counted against the money we get from On the way to finishing this mag, I realized that I feel a lot less subscriptions, distributors, and advertisers. Forty dollars. alone than I ever have. You see, Razorcake’s not about who or Curiously, that was also the exact amount I spent on clothing for what’s going to be the next big thing. It’s about what record’s the entire year. going to be on our turntables the longest, the books that will charge Under all this, you may say, “You’ve got a fancy cover. You’re through and stain our brains, the friends – newfound and longtime doing fine. You’re exaggerating.” Annette, our super-nice – who will sleep on our floors. accountant who specializes with musicians and artists, clicked the Under all that, something’s growing. It’s loose but it’s tangible. buttons on her desk calculator. Her fingers quickly tapped. The A community – based around music and the ideas that fuel that LED green numbers did not lie. “Forty bucks, Todd.” I glanced at music – but it’s much deeper than that. I can’t tell you how rad it is the red thread holding together some ratty pants that had survived a for twenty of our contributors to come together, bowl, and just get scooter crash from four or five years back, then I smiled and to chill out and let loose in Vegas. If a good part of a hotel room’s thought, “That’s the best forty bucks I’ve ever earned.” incidentals gets thrown through a window and one of us is wearing Can it be? Instead of going to work nine to five, five days a an 18-pack beer carton with a Suicidal brim flipped up, all the week, slaving for someone to make more money off of me, I lived better. an entire year – seeing the Jewws and The Epoxies rock the fuck Dude, there is no safety net. You gotta take advantage of shit out of almost empty clubs, and Toys That Kill more than any other before it slips away. Isn’t it just a little bit cruel that your mind and band, then travelling to Maine to spend more time with my special body are always for sale to someone else? lady friend’s family and trying my hand at candle pin bowling – As this issue came to a close, I also realized how many new and I didn’t have to suck any corporate cock or do any job I didn’t people were involved in getting this together. This full-color feel dirty after doing? Poor, tired, and struggling? Sure. Alive? cover’s a huge thank you to Chris Francis, a guy I got to know More so. better while skating a ditch. He just happened to be an amazing Kooky and ironic, I know, but a little bit of capitalism – $3 for stencil artist. Whodathunkit? At first, I just thought he did some this mag, $10 for an LP of your new favorite band, $5 for a nice wheel-screeching laybacks. basement or backyard show – can be the flu-like antidote to the Let go of the stupid stuff you don’t think you can live without. larger ills that surround us. Expect nothing. Make something yourself. Bring your friends. You know what? It’s almost more about working not to spend If you do it right, it won’t cost that much money, but you’ll still money – changing your oil yourself, finding the cheapest long have your own life... and maybe forty bucks at the end of it. distance, not buying stupid shit that’ll break or rust too easily, -Todd AD DEADLINE FOR ISSUE #14 ADVERTISING STIPULATIONS April 1st, 2003 • All ads are black and white. AD DEADLINE FOR ISSUE #15 • Make ads the right size and orientation. 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(Super Chinchilla Rescue Misison in Japan) Razorcake and razorcake.com are restrained and handcuffed and into place by: Thank you list: CMYK thanks to Julia Smut for the Sean Carswell, Todd Taylor, Felizon Vidad, Megan Pants, ktspin, and Skinny Dan. eyeballs to make sure the cover’ll print like it’s supposed Cover stencil by Chris Francis • See more of his work:<www.workhorsevisuals.com> to; chicken gizzards thanks to Bradley Williams for both or email him <[email protected]> the Velvet Hammer and 400 Blows pieces; black-gloved Cover photo by Dan Monick • See more of his photos at <www.dmonick.com> thanks to Katie Rinaldi and John Southern for their 400 Blows photos; homemade theramin thanks to Zteven for the Pilot Scott Tracy pics; pasties thanks to Sye Williams for the Velvet Hammer pics; beer glass rings on a bar thanks to Seth Swaaley for his story; sketching thanks to Tom Wrenn for his illustration in Seth’s story; Rich Mackin’s relatives for the candid holiday shots; throwing up cake thanks to Chris Zeigler and Randy Bunoan for the Sharp Ease interview and pictures; slimy thanks to Randy Iwata for the shot of Nardwuar and Oderus; clear as winter ice thanks to both Eric Rife and Jessica Disobedience for their Joe Strummer remembrances; spooky mic stand thanks to Kat Jetson for her photo page; You came up from San Diego to stuff inserts in magazines? thanks to Cuss Baxter, also for his zine and record reviews; swollen-belly, third world thanks to the Slave Labor Stuffing crew – Donofthedead, Dale, Money, and Kat; in the trenches of reviews thanks to Jessica Disobedience, Cuss Baxter, Donofthedead, Aphid Peewit, Erika, Jimmy Alvarado, and Puckett. Issue #13, April /May 2003 Play It Sticky www.razorcake.com and PO Box 42129, Los Angeles, CA 90042 Table of Contents ***** Sean Carswell ...................... A Monkey to Ride the Dog ............................ pg. 4 Art ..................................... ‘Lil Beez’s Pick-a-nic ........................... pg. 9 Ayn Imperato ........................................ 94103 ............................ pg. 10 Gary Hornberger .......................... Squeeze My Horn .......................... pg. 12 Rich Mackin ................................... The Twisted Balloon ......................... pg. 14 Rev. Nørb ............................. Love, Nørb ............................ pg. 16 Designated Dale ............................... I’m Against It ..........................pg. 22 Nardwuar The Human Serviette ............. Who Are You? ........................ pg. 24 The Rhythm Chicken .................... The Dinghole Reports ................... pg. 26 Seth Swaaley......................Swinging Door Conversations ...................pg. 28 Maddy ..................................... Shiftless When Idle. ............................... pg. 32 Shawn Granton ................... Joe Strummer ............................................ pg. 33 ***** Joe Strummer ..Remembrances by Eric Rife and Jessica Disobedience.. pg. 34 Pilot Scott Tracy ..................... Interview by Todd Taylor ....................... pg. 42 The GC5 ................. Interview by Sean Carswell ............................ pg. 48 The Sharp Ease............. Interview by Chris Ziegler .............................. pg. 56 400 Blows............................... Interview by Bradley Williams .................................. pg. 60 Velvet Hammer .................Article by Bradley Williams .......................... pg. 64 ***** Kat Jetson ......................... Ping Pong, Ladies, Beer ................................... pg. 69 Dan Monick .......................... Make Out Party Tonight ........................ pg. 71 Record Reviews .........More Hair, Fewer Chins, Zero Power Ballads .................... pg. 72 Zine Reviews ............................ Read, Resist, Shred ......................... pg. 96 Video Reviews ....................STL 2K, Very Respectable................................. pg. 99 Book Reviews .........James Carr, Bad Ass Motherfucker ..................... pg. 100 Razorcake is bi-monthly. Issues are $3.00 ppd. in the US. Yearly subscriptions (six issues) are $15.00 bulk rate or $21.00 first class mail. Plus you get some free shit. These prices are only valid for people who live in the US and are not in prison. Issues and subs are more for everyone else (because we have to pay more in postage). Write us and we’ll give you a price. Prisoners may receive free single issues of Razorcake solely via Left Bank Books, 92 Pike St., Seattle, WA 98101, who have a book-for-prisoners program. Want to distribute Razorcake in the United States? The minimum order is five issues. You have to prepay. For $7.50, you’ll receive five copies of the same issue, sent to you when we do our mailout to all of our distros, big and small. Email <[email protected]> for all the details. A Monkey to Ride the Dog Sean Carswell I saw him bang his hand on the podium and say, “We will not become another United States.” And the Canadian parliament erupted in applause. I felt so embarrassed. Wear Down Iraq then forget it.” our freedom of speech. He said that people could I turned on my computer within two minutes I’m not saying one culture is better than the speak recklessly and cause physical harm.