Article 778 of alt.etext: Path: news.cic.net!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!utnut!torn!uunet.ca!uunet.ca!io.org!nobody From: markjr@io.org (Private World) Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk,alt.zines,alt.society.generation-x,alt.punk,alt.etext Subject: BLAST.famy E-Zine vol 1 number FiVe Date: 23 Aug 1994 00:13:33 -0400 Organization: Internex Online (io.org) Data: 416-363-4151 Voice: 416-363-8676 Lines: 457 Message-ID: <33bt1e$8r4@ionews.io.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: nudge.io.org Xref: news.cic.net alt.cyberpunk:37691 alt.zines:5172 alt.society.generation-x:44983 alt.punk:5365 alt.etext:778 BLAST.famy volume 1 ish 5 August 19/1994 !!!! SPECIAL RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE ISSUE !!!! 6666666666 666 66666666666 666 666 666 6 666666666666 66666666666 666 666 666 66 66 66 666 666 666 666 66 66 666 666 666666666 666 666666666666 6666 666 666 666 666 666 666 66666666666 666 666 666 666 666 666 6666 666 666 666 66666666666 666 666 6666 666 666 666666666666 66666666666 666 666 6666666666666 666 F _ A _ M _ Y A Private World E-zine. Publisher = P. W. Casual, C.E.O, PWE; C.O.B, PWC pwcasual@io.org Editor-run-amock = markjr@io.org Snail Mail: Private World Communications 31 Roseneath Gdns Toronto, Ontario M6C 3X5 And Our Sister Company: Private World Entertainment P. O. Box 1165, Station B, London, Ontario, N5W 5K2 ...both of the above being in C eh N eh D eh +-----------------------------------------+ | You will be flogged for being right | | and flogged for being wrong, and it | | hurts both ways -but it doesn't hurt | | as much when you're right. | | -Hunter S. 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Author: aspirinkid@aol.com ( AspirinKid ) Subject: PUNK NATION: A Viable Threat by Example Date: 1 Aug 1994 19:46:06 -0400 I would like to take this opportunity to inject a few somewhat alien ideas into the tired discourse concerning major labels. Since the debate has long-since stagnated within the hallowed pages of MMR's letters section, it may possibly be rescued here; after all, it is an important issue and deserves attention. The following are points in favor of punk bands signing, though albeit put forth more as ideas than beliefs as I remain opposed to corporate America co-opting punk music, etc. Anyway, I offer these as stimualtion: 1. The outrageous money for which a band signs constitutes a redistribution of wealth in the sense that the money previously reserved for the private extravagance of the typical purveyors of so-called "corporate rock" is being channeled into the punk scene. For example, bands like Jawbox and Bad Religion run their own indy labels (de Soto and Epitaph respectively). The excess capital generated by "For Your Own Special Sweetheart" is redirected to put records out by much smaller bands via deSoto. If this does not happen, which I suspect it does, it is a possibility worth investigating. 2. Punk claims to be interested in change. In fact, punk ideology, to the extent that a unified ideology exists within any underground culture, is decidedly political. Therefore, major label distribution, including access to MTV and major radio venues, constitutes an injection of much needed, highly intelligent cultural criticism into public discourse. Again, this does not apply in all cases but is, like the preceeding point, a potential that has in some cases been realized. Of course the influence of lyrics is a contestable notion but nonetheless, I can't help but think that the American consciousness would sooner benefit from the lyrics of bands like Bad Religion or even Green Day than Guns & Roses or the like. Punk is in a position to have real cultural and political influence/power. I'll end this already lengthy post with that second point. But before signing off on it, I would like to make a proposal which I hope will stimulate debate. How about the establishment of a collective whose primary objective would be to pool the tremendous capital from major label punk bands and use it to create a viable alternative in many fields? For example, the grounds for a commune could be purchaced by the collective which would house not only punks but various facilities including all means necessary for the production of vinyl, cds and cassettes, a studio, publishing equipment, a venue for shows, and much more. It could be a greatly expanded Gillman but would not be subject to landlord approval/hassle; it would be OWNED by the collective. So then, the decadent capital generated by punks "selling out" could be used to create a "Punk Nation:" a viable threat by example and a political/cultural force powerful enough to make itself felt in the dominant culture. Just ideas. Comments, etc. are welcome and can be either posted or sent direct. Hopefully this will stimulate a new thread which will transcend the original ideas put forth here and re-invigorate the long-stagnant debate. My address: AspirinKid@aol.com Feel free to use it, replies guaranteed. ((((((((((((((((((((((((( A N N O U N C E M E N T S )))))))))))))))))))))))) * + * Well, I was poking my head in the University of Michigan etext archives today, snagging a missed issue of Scream Baby, and the new Journal of American Underground Computing, when lo and behold I notice a directory by this zine's name with the premier ish festering in there all by it's lonesome, so I uploaded the rest. If you're in want of back issues, they can be found at the amazingly-huge etext/zine archives at: etext.archive.umich.edu /pub/Zines/Blastfamy (Note: The latest copy of the aforementioned two zines I was DL'ing can also be found on the Online Shmooze zines page http://www.io.org/~pwcasual ...plug, plug, plug) * + * Without experiencing any fear whatsoever, LANDSLIDE has uploaded sound-bites to the World Wide Web. Seeing as major-labels have to check their undies for shit-stains after mere contemplation of the prospect, the band said: "Here it is, copyright be damned". After all, if you want to spend 40 minutes downloading a 1 minute sound-bite for the purpose of bootlegging, go nuts. I can't see it being all that lucrative. If on the other hand you want to listen to the bites, to glean what LANDSLIDE sounds like, before you as a consumer make a purchasing decision about `Songs in the Key of Disaster', go right ahead, that's what they're there for. You can find it at the Online Shmooze's URL cited in above item. Append "/landslide.html" to it to go straight to LANDSLIDE's page. I tell ya it's all one BIG coNSPirAcy ===================================== This Leaflet is a gift This leaflet is a free gift from the Pilgrims of Saint Michael, of Rougemont, Quebec. Copies of this leaflet have been mailed to millions of homes throughout Canada in order to inform the population of these important issues.... The Beast of the Apocalypse: 666 A gigantic self-programming Computer by Gilberte Cote-Mercier The Beast is a gigantic three story computer located in the administrative building of the headquarters of the Common Market. That monster is a self-programming computer that has more than one hundred sources distributing entries. Experts in programming have perfected a plan that will handle by computer all of the world's trade. This master plan would imply a system of digital enumeration of each human being on earth. Thus the computer would give each inhabitant of the world a number to be used for each purchase or sale, removing the problem of present credit cards. The number would be invisibly tatooed by laser, either on the forehead or on the back of the hand. This would establish a walking credit card system. And the number could be seen only through infrared scanners, installed in special verification counters or in business places. 666 Dr. Eldeman pointed out that by using three entries of six digits each, every inhabitant of the world would be given a distinct credic card number. World Money Other officials of the Common Market believe that present chaos and disorder, due to a mysterious cause, show the need of a world money, of an international print that would possibly put an end to paper money and coins. In their place, credit notes would be exchanged by the means of a world bank's clearing house. No member could buy or sell without first being given such a numbered imprint. The directors of the Common Market are now convinced that world order demands, on the allegiance of peace and politics, a new world system of trade and numbering. A single individual would have, within reach, the number of any inhabitant of the earth. This could be either an instrument of peace or a weapon of dictatorship. When one of the leading heads of the common market was asked what would happen if someone objected to the system and refused to cooperate, he answered rather bluntly: "We would be obliged to have recourse to force to bring him to conform to the new requirements." Henry Spaak, who was the founder of the European Common Market, and General Secretary of NATO, said in one of his speeches: "We don't want another committee, we already have enough of them. What we want is a MAN OF SUCH STATURE that he be capable to gain the allegiance of peace and politics to pull us out of the economic chaos into which we are sinking. Send us this man, and, be he god or demon, we will welcome him." THE FINANCIERS: SUPREME MASTERS Today, through their economic control, the Financiers prepare an absolute world political control. They will rule universally and totally, raised at the top of both civil powers united: politics and economics. Europe's Common Market seems to be the first step towards the world political government, And the electronic computer will be that "man of such stature" that he may command, watch, register, check, censor, punish all the men of all the nations, "each human being of the earth". This computer is really much more than a man, it is a heartless superhuman, with diabolic intelligence.... !*@# !*@# !*@# !*@# !*@# !*@# !*@# !*@# !*@# !*@# !*@# !*@# !*@# !*@# !*@# E X C L A I M M A G A Z I N E R E V I E W S !*@# !*@# !*@# !*@# !*@# !*@# !*@# !*@# !*@# !*@# !*@# !*@# !*@# !*@# !*@# More from the bottomless-pit of indie product reviewed monthly in !*@# (email exclaim@io.org). Only short one's this month. I'm entering these manually `cause I inadvertently deleted this month's review file. I feel too stupid about it to bug Ian to e-mail another... (yeah, I was stoned) PROPHECY OF THE HATED (GOTH INDUSTRY, PO BOX 913, GLENDALE, AZ 85311) Four tracks of cool goth/industrial music by Alain Haris' one-man project. I can hear traces of Christian Death, Sisters of Mercy and Remission-era Skinny Puppy on this release. A very professionally done demo with excellent production and packaging. Worth keeping an eye on. -Josh Dixon SUN JAM HOUSE WAH (CARGO) Formed in 1990, German exports Sun manage a full body assault with their debut release, Jam House Wah. This three piece power house create a maelstrom with precision and mind- numbing intensity. Sun's simple and forceful, at times coming across like Pearl Jam in a blender. The harder moments are even more intensified when considered in light of the acoustic track "Plastic Roses", which exposes Sun's contrasts and melodic diversity. These guys rock so hard and heavy, they almost defy description. If the description so far intrigues you, go and check this CD out and see for yourself, you won't be disappointed. -R. D. Collins TEN WINGS WISHING WELL (C'EST LA MORT) "There is no greatness...in safeness." So say Ten Wings on the sleeve of Wishing Well. But alas, verily doth this be one extremely bad excuse for a record which purports to be in the vanguard of a brave new pop experience. Okay. I'll cut the crap. This sucks in ways that aren't even worth wasting time discussing. Nice strings, nice guitars - and it's a stretch coming up with such flattery. Ten Wings are Roxette, except not as polished. There is no greatness in safeness. Quite. -Erin Hawkins ================================================ Oh my Yod Ve Hod Ve! Throw `em to Lions by markjr@io.org ================================================ Ok, right off the bat I'll state for the record that I'm not serious about the eradication of all god-fearing folk. That was just to get your attention. It's a mechanism called "journalistic sensationalism", and 90% of the media industry couldn't exist without it. In a nutshell this is a rant inspired by the recent UN mouth-fart session on world population. Down to business. I've had it up to here with religious freaks causing more damage than anything else to the world at large. Words cannot convey the extent to which my blood boils in response to the Papacy's opposition to birth control in the Third World (or in any world for that matter). In this day and age that is not only manipulative, puritan and authoritarian, it's dangerous and harmful. Let's spell it out for the Cathaholics in nice, simple, easy-to-understand terms: THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE ON THIS PLANET. In lieu of birth control, other forms of population control will occur, whether the Vatican says it's ok or not. Warfare, mass starvation, disease, ecological collapse, whatever. One way or another the number of humans alive WILL BE CUT DOWN TO A MANAGEABLE NUMBER. It's up to us to decide if that number will be a positive integer. Which would you prefer? I say we go with whatever causes the least amount of property damage. My suggestion is that the Catholic Church should be indicted at the World Court of the Hague, on charges of criminal negligence causing widespread misery and death. Furthermore, regardless of how the case comes out, I think the Catholic church should have their tax-exempt status REVOKED in all the nations of the earth. A significant portion of funds derived going to third-world aid, and some as compensation to families of abortion clinic staffers who get whacked by brainless right-to-life zealots. 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Editor(s): Karl Trunk Craig Jolley Format: ASCII text ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Scream Baby "What do I want? Besides world peace, a sexy Mexican maid, and someone to use their fucking brains around here, I want a really good all-encompassing-sub-culture zine. Music, literature, art, television, film, weird space-time kinks, events, information, news, humor, interviews, and re:views of 'Stuff I Think Is Cool.' Not all at once, of course. Each issue of Scream Baby will come out whenever I can scrape together 25-30 kilobytes of really good stuff." Editor(s): Blade X Format: ASCII text Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu: Zines/ScreamBaby gopher.well.sf.ca.us: Publications FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu: /pub/Zines/ScreamBaby/ Other: WWIVNet: 46@5285 Tejas BBS (+1 512 467-0663) (16.8 HST modem) (this one gets my nod of approval. In fact it was about 2:00 am one night a few months ago when I was exposed to this. 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