Sunday, November 7, 2010

Issue 13

Playing with the beast that is inde music PR sees me interview myself and give an old skool account of how to promote your band. Autumn 2003.

Issue 12

Possibly got a bit too comfortable with the idea of writing inane stream-of-consciousness with this one... yeah... dunno...
January 2003.

Issue 11

I decided to write about DJing by becoming a DJ. Read about the misadventures of my alter-egos: DJ Good Music and DJ $1 Record. December 2002.

Issue 10

Having noticed the proliferation of lifestyle magazines about I had a go at my own with the requisite picture of a steaming hot babe on the front. A bit of fashion, a bit of food, a bit of music, a bit of film, a bit international, a lot insipid. A noice pisstake of the genre (or lack of genre). November 2002.

Issue 9

By this stage my zine was well into its life as a Masters of Fine Arts project. Then, during critique, a lecturer asked, "Where's the art?" and I lost it. Where's the art does not mean, "This isn't art!" apparently, but I did not know that. So this issue became an ego-limping survey of a bunch of crap ideas. I lost my zine mojo, and wrote about it. October 2002. 

Issue 8

The second exquisite corpse issue responds to the comic strip. Each of the six comic strips within starts with the same frame then departs wildly as a cast of thousands draw and write respondent frames. Only the frame immediately previous was seen by any contributor, meaning the narratives career all over. It's surreal! September 2002.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Issue 7

Issue 7 plays exquisite corpse (the Surrealist game of chance) with questions and answers resulting in poetic pairings like:
Q. Why does a cactus have prickles?
A. Because girls are very different from boys.
Such pairings are illustrated by a cast of local artists, designers and illustrators. August 2002.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Issue 6

Features reprints of 'Bandmate Wanted' notices taken from The Rock Shop notice-board, Manners Mall, Wellington, New Zealand. July 2002.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Issue 5

Guest editor Vile Cummings takes the title literally in this bumper issue. The result: grubby Oats cartoons, true stories of blind-date frotting, Steve Dean's celebrity STD's, regurgitated Stranglers' lyrics and more. June 2002.

Monday, February 15, 2010

Issue 4

Issue 4 (2002) looks at the (then) emerging Wellington stencil graffiti phenomenon with three covert interviews: (Groups) The Now Romantics, 44 Red Door, and (individual) K. None of these people known to me at time of seeking them out through the undergrounds of artistic vandalism. Hey, I've been friends with The Doll (not her real name) ever since. May 2002.

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Issue 3

To secure a probationary position as an Art & Design Studies Lecturer I enrolled in a Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) degree at the same institution. This issue was my first attempt to have my cake and eat it to. My first attempt at a zine with its own discrete pop concept as opposed to being an informational experience. Drummers - are they oversexed and stupid? interviews six local drummers about their libedos and reading habits. April 2002.

Issue 2

Issue 2 is comprised of three articles about local short film-makers: Mike Heynes, Campbell Walker (by Steve & Uther Dean), and Michael Brown. March 2002.

Issue 1

The inaugural issue of Incredibly Hot Sex with Hideous People was catalysed by a lack of coverage from the media for a CD I'd released. The album was called Instant Pudding by Mr Pudding (one of my performance pseudonyms). I shamelessly asked a fan/ex music journo to write a vanity piece about my music. This was accompanied with articles on a couple of favourite local bands: The Timeless Sounds, and Marineville (by Steve Dean). Feb 2002.