Douche Chills #1

A short newsletter/minizine kinda thing that I handed out at the INHERIT show one month ago. Ignore the stupid grammar mistakes, it was done in a hurry (no, it wasn't...).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBelT-Xi1CY

Listening to: Red Fang - Murder the Mountains

No redemption

Somehow this record arrived at my post box on a Sunday night, so I had to get off the couch and walk the few meters to pick it up. On the way back I felt like I'm doing something illegal. I'm sure that in case the cops would have stopped me to ask about the content of the package they'd have thought they're dealing with some White Power B&H bullshit.

However, the 7” is a total rager and has a high atmospherical match when it comes to the band's hometown, Braddock, PA. On the internets this suburb of Pittsburgh is described as a typical Pennsylvanian steel town which means that it has its golden era of wealth and a booming economy until the whole US steel industry crashed down in the 1970s. You just have to check out the demographical statistics to know that this is no Humbleton. In 1920, Braddock had a population of 20,879 (same density as Brooklyn back then) while now there are only about two thousand people living there. The streets full of boarded-up red-brick houses and the shading facades of the rusting factory chimneys in the background fit perfectly with the band's Oi influenced sound. 

I feel quite comfortable listening to this band since it seems to be a product of its environment. Good to know that they're not wasting their time watching dog fights and fisticuffs but form awesome bands (look it up, they seem to have a small but cool scene going on...).

Braddock's mayor John Fetterman who is trying to fight the city's problems like high unemployment and gang-related criminality.

Listening to: Cause for Alarm - tracks from the split 7" with Warzone & Underdog - s/t 7"

Little note: I've not been to the US yet so maybe I don't describe all this in a very convincing way...

Nerd Cruise

This will hopefully be a creative outlet while I'm not writing on a real paper zine. I'm always WORKING on a zine whether it be collecting ideas or sending out mails with interviews but still, there are a lot of things that wouldn't fit in there or would just leave my head before I could publish them in a proper manner. 

Plus, I really would like to have a constant writing flow so that my use of English will finally get better and I don't have to smirk about every back issue's grammar and vocabulary. I'm still not quite sure about the exact content of this blog but I've got some ideas lined up. 

In Damn Good Coffee #3 (I don't blame you if you don't know this zine, haha) I tried to explain how I perceive a lot of things in my life (like music, books or even whole days) in what I see as atmospheres. I also have this habit that, whenever I get a record from somewhere around the globe I put the address in google maps or look up pictures on the internet and see if the atmosphere I get from those sceneries matches with the sound of the band. 

So, the long and the short of it, I will post pictures of the town/city a specific band comes from and bloviate about it. 

This is just one idea how to use this space.

Listening to: The Templars – Clockwork Orange Horrorshow 7”