ACME NOVELTY LIBRARY Spring 2000 (Fantagraphics) comic 12.95
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Oh happy day, another issue of Chris Ware's always-amazing publication is here! This time, the final installment of the Jimmy Corrigan, Smartest Kid On Earth saga: sad, funny, and exquisitely rendered of course.

AMAZEZINE! #5 magazine+7" 8.98
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Canadian zine printed in an edition of 1000 numbered copies. Interviews with Jim O'Rourke, Fly Pan Am, Loren Mazzacane Connors, '60s furntiture designer Verner Panton. Comes with a 7" featuring Loren Mazzacane Connors and Ci Dy.

AMEBIX Arise! (Alternative Tentacles) cd 12.98
Awesome reissue of this seminal crust classic. Heavy and noisy and brilliant. Includes 2 bonus tracks!

ANDREWS, MICHAEL Hand On String (Elgin Park) cd + book 14.98
Wonderful! Hand On String is the solo debut album from this man-of-many-hats who composed the scores for the thinking teen's movie Donnie Darko (yes, he's the one responsible for the cover of Tears For Fears' "Mad World") and Miranda July's acclaimed film Me And You And Everyone We Know as well as music for the beloved (but sadly defunct) TV series Freaks And Geeks. All signs certainly point to a reserved seat in AQ's favorites zone, and after a first spin of his first solo outing, we can say he doesn't disappoint. Although those film/tv soundtracks were definitely rife with 70s/80s/90s pop culture references, Hand On String steers clear of hip fads and ironic touchstones. This is a much more personal and timeless work that not only sets itself apart from Andrews' filmwork but also his other musical pursuits (namely in the Greyboy Allstars). Andrews' achingly sensitive vocal delivery has stirred comparisons to that of Elliott Smith, Robert Wyatt or Pink Floyd. Warm and gentle and slightly on the verge of collapse. Ah yes, very good.
Plus as an added treat, the digipak and accompanying paperback book come festooned with quirky watercolor paintings by Geoff McFetridge.
Psst, if you need more of Andrews' music, we've also just received the soundtrack cd to the abovementioned Miranda July film!
MPEG Stream: "See Me Plain"
MPEG Stream: "Sweeping, Cleaning And Organizing"

ANGBASE #4 magazine 3.00
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New issue of this wonderful little experimental/electronica 'zine out of Texas. Interviews and features this time include: Matmos (yay!), Carl Stone, Plastikman, Matthew Thomas, Thomas Brinkmann, Japan's Zero Gravity label, Germany's Kreisel label, heroin house, and lots more! There's even an essay by Terre Thaemlitz about his new Gary Numan piano interpretation project. A great issue, except maybe for the part where the editor calls AQ-faves The Champs awful crap. Except for that minor lapse in judgement, tho, this rules...

APENEST Volume 1 (Apenest) book 14.98
Art books can be pretty hit or miss. Especially indie underground art books, zines, etc... Which run the risk of being a little too insular, self indulgent, whatever the art version of friend rock is... Granted there are lots of exceptions, but we're sure we don't need to tell you that there is as much bad art as there is bad music. But by the same token, there's just as much good art, you just gotta know where to look. We don't often list books, especially art books, but once in a while, our ass is so kicked by one we feel compelled to share it with everybody. The latest ass kicker is the strangely titled Apenest. A 100+ page perfect bound tome, featuring 23 artists from the North East United States... Not a single artist we had heard of, but almost all of them amazing. The art is all over the map, from photos, to pencil drawings, collages, elaborate oil paintings, bizarre squiggles, abstract, lifelike, pretty, ugly, all fantastic.
The concept behind the book is pretty remarkable as well. It's incredibly difficult for artists to have a book of their work published, so for Apenest, each artist contributed an original piece of artwork, which were all assembled into a single portfolio and sold to a private collector. The money was then used to pay for the book. Simple. And now we all get to see some totally kick ass, and off the beaten path art.
Some of our favorites: James Quigley's grotesque cartoon monster drawings, Cody Hoyt's gorgeous and scary snake/rainbow/skull assemblages, Brandon Nastanski's mysterious numbered and patterned figures, Anabel Vasquez's super abstract color drenched photos, we could go on and on. Gorgeously laid out, and lovingly assembled, bits of text interspersed with the artwork, almost all of which is totally great. And so cheap! You spend so much time catering to the whims of your ears, it's high time your eyes got some serious love! Essential.
116 pages, perfect bound book, comes in a zip lock bag with stickers, an 11" x 17" offset poster and a hand silk-screened bandanna!
LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES.

AQUARIAN, ISIS WITH ELECTRICITY AQUARIAN The Source: The Untold Story Of Father Yod, Ya Ho Wa 13 And The Source Family (Process) book + cd 24.95
An amazing compendium of facts (and some fantasy?) pertaining to the surprisingly under-documented '70s self proclaimed Aquarian tribe The Source Family and their freeflowing psychedelic jam branch Ya Ho Wha 13!
For years our awareness of this group was limited to the obscure recordings of the band (including the extraordinary giant box set God And Hair), and a smattering of vague and sensationalist 'cult' rumors. The members' secret oath and a marked absence of controversy, calamity and crime no doubt kept this group underwraps and off the pages of tabloids. Our fascination grew tenfold a couple of years ago thanks to the compelling dvd documentary "Yahowha 13: Re-visiting Father And The Source Family". It recounts the history of the movement founded by Father Yod (aka Ya Ho Wha, born Jim Baker) through interviews with original members and archive footage. Definitely recommended viewing. Fortunately for those whose interest has been piqued, we now also have this book. Isis Aquarian was one of Father Yod's fourteen 'women' or 'spiritual wives' and the group's appointed record keeper. Hence she was integral to the inner workings of the Source Family and has compiled an enormous archive of photographs, writings, and memorabilia. Her wealth of and deep connection to this knowledge makes for an immensely intimate and informative document. Lively and entertaining too, among other things, the book details living a utopic life in a mansion in the Hollywood Hills and a subsequent move to Hawaii, observing Father's integrated teachings of ancient philosophies and religions (strongly influenced by Yogi Bhajan and the writings of Manly P. Hall), practicing daily pre-dawn meditations and rituals, and eating a strictly vegetarian diet. In fact, the Source Family ran one of the very first and most wildly successful vegetarian / raw health food restaurants which was located on the Sunset Strip (recipes and photos from the restaurant are included!). Nowadays yoga has been mainstreamed into another physical fitness trend -- a glorified stretching if you will, the ancient spiritual teachings lost to the masses -- and terms like 'guru' and 'visionary' are bandied about with abandon, but back in the late '60s and early '70s there was a West Coast consciousness explosion goin' on, and these people lived it!
The bonus cd is a daunting experience unto itself featuring not only a mindblowing Ya Ho Wha 13 live performance at Beverly Hills High in 1974 (obviously not the most pristine recording quality nor anything resembling trained musicianship (we suspect that if any members had any formal schooling, it was tossed to the wind) -- this is a sensory overloaded moment captured in time of opened channels and the cathartic power of music), but also fascinating radio interview segments, enlightening Father Yod lecture snippets, and Source Family chants! Anyone curious about Ya Ho Wha is gonna want the book, we'd think, and this bonus disc pretty much makes it essential, with its several tracks of unreleased Ya Ho Wha jams, freaky stuff to be found nowhere on the infamous God & Hair 13 cd box set...
MPEG Stream: "Beer Recordings (Ya Ho Wha 13)"
MPEG Stream: "KPPC Interview"

AQUARIUS BUTTONS 2 x 1" buttons 1.00
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ARCANA (Granary Books) book 22.00
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Doubtless fascinating (er, haven't had a chance to read it in depth yet) book comprised of musicians and composers writing about their work, their creative processes, their ideas about music. Most of them get crazy detailed about it -- charts, diagrams, scores, photos. Compiled and edited by John Zorn, the book thus features all the usual suspects familiar to fans of the Tzadik and Avant labels, and the New York Knitting Factory scene, including Bill Frisell, John Oswald, Guy Klucsevek, Ikue Mori, David Shea, Mike Patton, Marc Ribot, Miya Masaoka, Fred Frith, Bob Ostertag, Elliot Sharp, Z'ev, Larry Ochs, Eyvind Kang, Anthony Coleman, Chris Brown, and many more.

ARCANE CANDY Issue #2 magazine 2.99
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It's about time we got a second installment of Gary Davis' avant-garde music fanzine Arcane Candy. His Keiji Haino and Tokyo psych obsession continues to be evident, and likeminded souls (us!) will be happy to read the reviews of *EVERY* PSF label release ever (done with help from PSF English language liason Alan Cummings, who is also interviewed, along with PSF label head honcho Hideo Ikeezumi, in lengthy sidebar format beside the cd reviews)!! There's also an update of Gary's overview of Keiji Haino's recorded works, obligatory reviews of other non Keiji/PSF records, and more. The more includes two other major pieces: a Harry Partch feature and an very entertaining in-depth interview with former Germs drummer, record collector extraordinaire and general freakazoid Don Bolles. Good stuff. Japanophiles in particular will find the PSF info fascinating...and anyone who bought the Les Rallize Denudes 2cd that we had in stock here oh so briefly a few weeks back will be happy to learn that at PSF's Modern Music store in Tokyo, the original double cd-r version of that used to be priced at $800!!
Oh, here's some Factsheet Five style 'zine specs: 63 pages on newsprint, full magazine size dimensions.

ASGARD ROOT Inaugural Issue - Spring 2008 magazine 14.98
The world can always use another great metal magazine. Sure we've got Terrorizer, Decibel, Salt and Rock-A-Rolla and definitely a few others, each with their own slant, and specific focus, but heck, there's plenty of amazing metal music happening so we'll always welcome another mag, and being the music nerds we are, we just love reading about bands and of course reading record reviews!
Thus we have Asgard Root, who specialize in "black metal / doom / dark ambient / drone / philosophy / literature / dark art" and indeed their inaugural issue is chock full of all of the above, and the list of the contents practically screams aQ!
Exclusive interviews with Wolves In The Throne Room, Ludicra, Abigor, Orthodox, Elysian Blaze, Forgotten Tomb and new-to-us UK doom outfit The River. Also an interview with Alex Kurtagic, the man who runs Supernal Records, and the mastermind behind weirdo black metal outfit Benighted Leams!
Plus there are tons of record reviews, lots of cool creepy photos, artwork and poetry, so obviously a labor of love, and the fact that they love lots of the same kind of stuff we do, makes this well worth investigating.
The layout is a little strange, but sure it will tighten up in the future, but a very small complaint, considering all the kick ass stuff in this first issue. We're already looking forward to the second...

ASTRONAUTS Issue 4 magazine 5.00
Awesome zine from AQ pal Jon Dale who also just happens to run the equally awesome Rhizome label. Dense and well written and most importantly, fun to read. Features on Bill Wells, Shirley Collins, David Behrman, Future Pilot AKA, Tim Barnes, Hall Of Fame, Tower Recordings and a big ol' chunk of opinionated reviews! Fans of the Wire and Signal To Noise would do well to check this out.

BAD ACID Tab 6 dvd / cd-r / magazine 29.00
Okay drug rock freeks, space rock explorers, doomlords, sludge demons, prog obsessives, metal maniacs, stoner dudes, noise nerds, and basically most of the other folks who read this here aQ list, Bad Acid is the magazine for you. And calling Bad Acid a magazine is a bit of a misnomer. It's more of a multimedia spacemetaldoomprogsludgenoise experience. You think we're exaggerating? A seventy minute dvd, an ELEVEN HOUR mp3 audio disc, a nearly two hour long label sampler, AND a 60 page booklet/magazine packed with liner notes, articles and interviews.
Packed with SO many aQ favorites, but just as many new bands we'd never heard, a bunch who could very well turn into new favorites. We've barely scratched the surface, since if we spent 14 hours on each review, the list would be, oh, about 5 items long. But from what we've heard / seen / watched so far, this latest issue of Bad Acid is pretty essential.
The dvd first, a series of music videos, film excerpts and slide shows, we were mostly excited about the scenes from an Antonius Rex movie, Antonius Rex being the dude from JACULA!! Tripped out and satanic and appropriately what-the-fuck. Some killer live footage of doom mongers Ogre, a killer art gallery slide show from the Malleus artist collective, featuring an awesome soundtrack from Morkobot, a Northwinds video, and then some more obscure stuff, Manatees tour video, Wicked Minds video, King Suffy Generator video, Lento live footage and tons more. All woven together by some super creepy animated menus.
Then there's the cd-r, featuring 11 hours of mp3's from Moss, Danava, White Hills, Barbara, Hey Colossus, Orange Sunshine, Capricorns, Khlyst, Acid King, Heresi, Raw Radar War, Fire Witch, Taint, Orange Goblin, Shinjuku Thief, Litmus and those are just the bands we know and already dig. 57 bands total, 102 tracks, tons of new bands to check out and discover. Also included is a label sampler focusing on the Bone Structure cd-r label, whose releases run the gamut from raw black metal, to buzzing industrial noise, to black ambient to grinding industrial weirdness. We actually have some BS stuff on the way, to be reviewed on the list soon, but this is a killer way to check out tons of stuff on the label.
And then there's the actual magazine component, with notes on each of the bands on the cd-r, a feature on each of the bands on the dvd, tons of info about Bone Structure and the bands on the label, as well as interviews with Fire Witch, Taint, Orange Goblin, and probably most exciting of all Alan Dubin, formerly of Khanate, talking about his new band Gnaw, which features folks from Burning Witch, Thorr's Hammer, Atavist, Enos Slaughter and Ike Yard(!). Man, we can't wait to hear that.
All of the above packaged in a standard dvd style case, with killer cover art from the Malleus Rock Art Lab. A bit pricey due to the weak dollar and the expensive overseas shipping, but pretty well worth it.

BADABOOM GRAMAPHONE issue #4 magazine + cd 5.00
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Huge (176 page) book-like zine. This issue's theme: folk music. Thus, reviews of weird & wonderful "folk" albums from around the world. Plus, Jim O'Rourke interviewing the Royal Trux, an essay on Nico, an interview with The Ex, a talk with Samoth of black metallers Emperor (!) and lots of other weirdness. The free cd compilation it comes with includes exclusive tracks from Pearls Before Swine, Six Organs of Admittance, Simon Joyner, Spires of Oxford, Cannanes, Richard Davies, and many more. Wow! Highly recommended, as always.

BANANAFISH #11 magazine+cd 7.98
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BANANAFISH #13 (Tedium House) magazine + cd 9.98
At long last, another issue of one of the most confusing and dear to our hearts 'zines around. A fat 154 pages of obfuscatory commentary and difficult interviews pertaining to some of the more obscure artists you can or can't think of, including William Winant, Nigel Bunn, Ilhan Mimaroglu, Witcyst, irr.app.(ext.), AZ, Angst Hase Pfeffer Nase, Solid Eye, Diesel Guitar, Universal Indians, and more. Plus the bonus compilation cd, with tracks by many of the same artists.

BANANAFISH #15 magazine+cd 10.98
Yay, another issue of Bananafish, repository for the weird, wonderful and noisy. We like.
"All tracks on CD are exclusive (or virtually so) and directly related to the content of the magazine: Christine Shields (interview with this issue's cover artist, the author behind surreal, dreamlike Blue Hole comic book, and banjo-player for Appalachia-influenced Grouse Mountain Skyride). Mal Sharpe (Interview with author, jazz musician, and Man-on-the-Street interviewer most well known as half of '60s prankster duo Coyle and Sharpe, whose legendary put-ons have been released on CD by the 21361 and Thirsty Ear labels). Ana-Maria Avram (translation of an interview by Costin Cazaban with Romanian acousmatic composer and Editions Modern recording artist whose uncompromising, demanding music gives heavyweights like Dumitrescu and Fernando Grillo a run for the money). Volcano the Bear (interview by Neil Campbell with this mind-expanding UK surrealist quartet whose music straddles 'a strange, ambiguous line between comforting and terrifying') mad-cow.org (interview with Dr. Thomas Pringle, webmaster of the Sperling Biomedical Foundation's site containing almost 8,000 articles on mad cow and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, prions, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, scrapie, and numerous other crimes against nature)."

BANANAFISH Issue #16 (Tedium House) magazine 10.98
Latest issue of beloved confusional music magazine Bananfish, that more often that not, is the only magazine that covers mostly folks we've never heard (of). This time is no different:
Robert Dayton - Canadian extrovert comic, Halim El-Dabh - selected exerpts from Denise Seachrist's upcoming biography, Paul Winstanley- New Zealand electroacoustic improvisor, AQ fave, Swedish electroacoustician Leif Elggren, fiction by Roger Pinnell, and tons of art/reviews. As well as a cd with exclusive tracks from Leif Elggren, Lateral Agriculture Order, Repeat, July Fourth Toilet, JDP Trio, Oren Ambarchi, Canned Hamm, Rosy Parlane, Dion Workman and Halim El-Dabh/Mike Hovancsek.

BANANAFISH issue #17 (Tedium House) mag + cd 10.98
Omigod is it THAT time again? When Bananafish rears its ugly head and starts barking nonsense, fascinating nonsense about musicians you quite possibly never heard of before? Yes it is. #17 is upon us, a glorious production: 130 pages plus compact disc. In the magazine, you'll find "information" about, among others, Jazzkammer, Lara Allen, Astro, Towne Dandies, Jason McLean, and Fake Party! (see what we mean?) and lots of stuff "reviewed". On the cd, there's "music" from the All-Star Schnauzer Band, Jazzkammer, Astro, Ragtime Germs, Paul Dutton with Jaap Blonk, Koichi Makigami, Phil Minton and David Moss, and more, including two video clips! Whoo-hoo! Either you're a Bananafish addict and have to have this, or you're gonna buy it 'cause the voices in your head want something to read and listen to. Go for it.

BANANAFISH issue 14 magazine+cd 10.98
Reynols (yay!), Vote Robot, Jazzfinger, Panicsville, Polar Goldie Cats, Octavian Nemescu, Margaret Murray, and many other even more obscure artists/musicians are featured either in the pages of, and/or on the bonus cd that comes with with, this latest installment of one of 'zinedoms most eccentric institutions. Paradoxically, Bananafish has always been both an enlightening and confusing read, and these new 164 pages maintain that reputation.

BANANAFISH MAGAZINE issue #18 (Tedium House) magazine + cd 10.98
Sadly, the last ever ish (so we're told) of this long-running avantgarde music n' art magazine... And it remains entertainingly dense with confusion to the last. Obscure isn't obscure until it's been celebrated (and futher obscured) in the pages of Bananafish. This final issue leaves us with info and interviews with Jim Leftwich ("experimental writer, visual poet..."), Burning Star Core ("violin/electronics/voice iconoclast"), Nelson Gastaldi ("Argentinean psych-spatial composer"), Montract ("group of beach-blanket acidheads"), and Joe Colley ("ex-Crawl Unit noise mumbler"). There's also "surreal, interdisiplinary" comics from Mecca Normal guitarist David Lester and of course pages and pages of reviews of all kinds of noisy, fucked up music -- reviews that quite often are more interesting than the music itself, we sometimes suspect. Plus the requisite bonus cd that comes with the magazine, with stuff from all the above mentioned artists, including lots of excerpts from cassettes found by Joe Colley. Ah Bananfish, we'll miss ya.

BBGUN MAGAZINE (BB Gun) magazine 6.00
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Bob Bert (ex-Sonic Youth, Pussy Galore, Chrome Cranks, and most recently the Knoxville Girls) and his partner in crime Linda Wolfe continue the transformation of their zine into a full on magazine - this issue features a full color section. Truly a labor of love, BB Gun has annually served as a historical rock document as well as a who's who of current NY hotpants. Within the pages of the mag, the content runs the gamut, but always with a balance of the old and the new. There are a few things you can always count on though: a dose of Rowland S. Howard, Jon Spencer, Lydia Lunch and Richard Kern, as well as some gems from Bob's seemingly bottomless treasure chest of stories from "back in the day". In this issue, we also get Vincent Gallo (the cover story), Yoko Ono, Michael Gira, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the White Stripes along for the ride. And why don't they throw in a few interviews / conversations between Christian Marclay and Lee Ranaldo, Lee Hazlewood and Dean Wareham, Jim O'Rourke and Thurston Moore? Heck, how 'bout some contributions from the likes of Marcellus Hall (Railroad Jerk), Mike Alway, Bleddyn Butcher, Ian Svenonius (The Make-Up), Byron Coley, Everett True, Clem Snide, Jack Sargeant, Ali Smith and Matt Verta-Ray too? And maybe some coverage of James Chance, Smokey & Miho, Mick Collins, Death By Chocolate, Mick Farren, Chris Buck, Peter Missing, Milo Jones? You betcha! Top it all off with a mountain of photos and reviews to serve as much more than the whipped cream and cherry. Always a fun read!

BELIEVER Issue #37 (McSweeney's) magazine 8.00
We get the distinct feeling that some of you are STILL not reading The Believer. Why the hell not? It's smart, funny, well researched, amazingly well written, nicely laid out, features on plenty of familiar favorites, as well as introductions to an incredible array of lesser knowns. Politics. Music. Literature. It's high brow, but not snooty, it's funny and irreverent, but not IRONIC. Ferchrissakes get it together and start digging into one of the best magazine out there. Did we mention cover art every issue from the godlike Charles Burns (don't believe us? Go buy a copy of Black Hole and then come talk to us)
This month: The Games Issue! First up, a massive article on Dungeons And Dragons! A monthly column from Nick Hornby about books he's read or bought. How many did he read this time? None. But he still manages THREE whole pages! A piece on war and how it figures into games, playtime and the like. Sara Crosby vs. Jonathan Franzen. Georges Perec on crossword puzzles! The incredible racist advertising puzzles of Sam Lloyd. A full color chart of the 2006 World Cup Meta-Headbutt. The masters of Oulipo described employing the linguistic restraints for which they are famous. Digital artist Mark Allen. Author Padgett Powell. A whole bunch of book reviews. Comedienne Wanda Sykes. Advice from the guys behind Wonder Showzen and a few other articles we can't quite figure out how to describe in just one sentence. QUITE POSSIBLY THE BEST MAGAZINE THERE IS!

BELIEVER Thirty-Fourth Issue:Junk Of Pork (May 06) (McSweeney's) magazine 8.00
Yet another awesome issue of our favorite new magazine. Politics, music, science, lifestyle. Brilliantly researched and written, with plenty of humor to boot. And as always killer cover art by one of our favorite artists Charles Burns! (Andee even has a Charles Burns tattoo!) This month:
'80s Teen Sex Comedies, REPO MAN: Reliving Alex Cox's punk-rock-sci-fi-action-comedy in an L.A. scavenget hunt, Queer Punk Taxidermy: Undercover In Sioux Falls, South Dakota, The Great Wrong Place: Los Angeles' Reputation For Filthy Sprawl Makes It The Ideal Place To Write About Nature as well as a cavalcade of cookbook-blurb puns and hyperbole, Amy Sedaris' advice column, this week taken care of by former Trenchmouth punk rocker, current Saturday Night Live superstar Fred Armisen, totally incompetent cartoons, Stuff I've Been Reading by Nick Hornby and more more more!

BELIEVER #35 2006 Music Issue (McSweeney's) magazine + cd 10.00
With this latest issue of our favorite new magazine, The Believer, we're wondering, is it a music magazine? Or is it the hipster Harper's? Or is it somewhere in between? Regardless, it's a great read, and this one IS their music issue which is always amazing, and always sells out quick, so don't dawdle. Juana Molina is the cover star, rendered lounging in her bedroom listening to music, surrounded by posters of Elvis, Sinatra, and Stephen O'Malley (!) drawn by the brilliant Charles Burns. As always, the music issue comes with a cd, this time featuring Juana Molina, Neung Phak, Calexico, Six Organs Of Admittance, Destroyer, Feist, Marissa Nadler, Blood On The Wall, and ATTENTION SUNN 0))) NERDS, an exclusive Stephen O'Malley track!!! And a bunch more. Inside the magazine you'll find a bizarre analysis of Paul Anka's "My Way" incorporating Sinatra, Elvis, Sid Vicious and more, a piece about the Eurovision Song Contest (the most watched television show everywhere but in the US, and recently won by Finnish heavy metal monsters Lordi), Interpretations of various breakup duets: the Pogues' "Fairytale Of New York", the Human League's " Don't You Want Me?", the Jesus & Mary Chain's "Sometimes Always" and a handful of others, Nick Hornby's favorite recent reads, Hornby on Lurie and the Lounge Lizards and the best show he's ever seen, saxophonist David S. Ware, Douglas Wolk writes about an online musical phenomenon, a handful of book reviews, a conversation between the Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne and Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard, Argentinean singer songwriter Juana Molina, a brief history of rock music, Southern rapper Bun B from UGK, this months advice column featuring NPR mainstay Sarah Vowell, a conversation between novelist Don DeLillo and rock critic Greil Marcus, and finally an interview with one half of the SUNNO))) drone metal duo, Stephen O'Malley.
As always the whole thing beautifully laid out and eminently readable!

BELIEVER MAGAZINE Thirty-Sixth Issue: Lambkinette (McSweeney's) magazine 8.00
We just can't get enough of the Believer. If we had nothing to do but read, we'd fantasize about the Believer becoming a daily, but as it is, we're usually still digging the last issue when it's time for a new one. A dense, informative, smart and funny collection of fiction and interviews, art and humor, music and politics. This month: novelist Aniruddha Bahal, the most feared writer in India, Toni Schlesinger's novelistic real-estate writing (?), How writing about animals can help you enjoy irony-free sex, rats in literature, America's preeminent Jack London impersonator, an interview with Steven Soderbergh, Nick Hornby on books he's been reading, a handful of book reviews, graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi, a conversation with Oscar Villalon, publisher of the San Francisco Chronicle, writer Jennifer Egan, and the return of Amy Sedaris' advice column, with special guest advisor Jerri Blank! And as always, killer cover art by Charles Burns.

BELIEVER, THE December 2005 / January 2006 (Vol. 3 No. 10) - The Visual Issue (McSweeney's) magazine 10.00
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The Believer never lets us down. What a totally and completely amazing magazine. Music, politics, lifestyle, most mags can barely get a grasp on one of those, but somehow the Believer manages to wrap them all up together into a totally readable, smart and funny, gorgeously laid out package. This month it's "The Visual Issue" which comes with a DVD. Hard to explain what some of the articles are about in just a few words, so we'll just reprint what's on the cover: hacking old Nintendos, tattoo fiction, John Barth on old beginnings, the Malaysian new wave cinema, a lush art insert curated by Eric Fischl, milk addiction and the birth of modernity, life masks of the famous and the dead and loads more. Also in keeping with the theme, there is also a dvd that features films by or about: Spike Jonze, Selma Blair, Miranda July, David O, Russell, Patton Oswalt, Hovercrafts and more. Plus killer Charles Burns cover art!!!

BELIEVER, THE Issue # 55: The 2008 Music Issue - July / August 08 (McSweeney's) magazine 10.00
Easily one of our favorite magazines, published by McSweeney's of course, super esoteric, funny, clever, well researched, beautifully written, always with cover art by Charles Burns(!), covering music, art, politics, culture and anything else that strikes their fancy. As much as we love and try to read every issue, we look forward to the special music issue every year the most, but this time maybe more than usual.
That's 'cause this time around, there's lots of black metal. First, an essay on American black metal from aQ pal and Pitchfork contributor Brandon Stosuy, maybe to eventually be expanded into a book. And then an oral history of US black metal featuring folks from Krieg, Inquisition, Vrolok, Cult Of Daath, Nachtmystium, Wrath Of The Weak, Brown Jenkins, Negative Plane, Velvet Cacoon, Averse Sefira and loads of others, as well as our very own Andee, whose answers are much longer, funnier, and less grim than his blackened brethren (heck he even admits to still loving the first Cradle Of Filth record!). Later on there's an epic and exhaustive piece on the mysterious and mercurial Souled American, their history, and their long in the works new album. As if that weren't already enough, there's three essays on jazz from author Haruki Murakumi, Rick Moody on spending two weeks at music camp, an interview with Alan Bishop (of Sublime Frequencies/Sun City Girls fame), an interview with Ian MacKaye, an interview with Irma Thomas, a defense of '70s progsters Gentle Giant, and an advice column featuring guidance from your favorite Canadian superstars: the Weakerthans, Final Fantasy, The New Pornographers, Hot Hot Heat, Barenaked Ladies, Tegan And Sara. Phew. But that's not all. This issue also comes with a cd, featuring tracks from Animal Collective, Dirty Projectors, Madlib, Gang Gang Dance, Aceyalone, Lucky Dragons and more. As well as the various musics from around the world that influenced their music. And finally a cool creepy diecut cover, with Irma Thomas' mouth cut out, her teeth printed on the cd, showing through the hole in the cover. Wow. We love the Believer.

BELIEVER, THE Issue #32 - March '06 (McSweeney's) magazine 8.00
Another awesome issue of our favorite new magazine. Politics, music, science, lifestyle. Brilliantly researched and written, with plenty of humor to boot. This month: 'Genetic Screening And Medical Narrative', 'Genre Is A Minimum Secutriy Prison: Lyric Essays And The Artistic Hunger For Reality', 'Fat Fiction - Why Are Obese Characters - From Falstaff To Ignatius Reilly - Painted In Such Broad Strokes?', 'Literary Nothingness And Kafka's Life', as well as interviews with Alice Quinn (poetry editor of the New Yorker), Harold Ramis (Ghostbusters!), Robyn Hitchcock, painter Ed Ruscha, as well as an article by Nick Hornby, a review of a 1949 Partisan Review, author Colin Macinnes, a Sarah Silverman (filling in for Amy Sedaris) advice column, the 2006 Beleiver Book Award and more more more!

BELIEVER, THE November 2005 (McSweeney's) magazine 8.00
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BELIEVER, THE October 2005 (McSweeney's) magazine 8.00
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Latest issue of what is quickly becoming one of our favorite magazines (for all things political, musical and all the other stuff we like to read about). This time around: the eerie similarities between the '20's horror masterpiece Nosferatu and the Bush administration, Mamet examines three unlikely geneologies of bastard idioms, some popular 'meat writing', the story of John T. Smith's legendary biography and his quest for vengeance, interviews with Bob Mould, David Sedaris, Peter Fitzpatrick, Lorrie Moore, Nick Hornby reads Voltaire, how to build a golem and so much more!

BELIEVER, THE The June/July 2005 Music Issue (McSweeney's) magazine + CD 8.00
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The Believer is always a good read, but you won't want to miss the 2005 Music issue. Plenty of good reading this time around as well: articles about Beck, the Danielson Famile, Carrie Brownstein of Sleater Kinney interviews Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, a discussion between comedian Patton Oswalt and musician Aimee Mann, an interview with teenage rock combo Smoosh, an article about singing drummers and much much more. But you also get a cd jam packed with Aquarius faves, covering -other- Aquarius faves: the Decemberists cover Joanna Newsom, Spoon covers Yo La Tengo, the Constantines cover Elevator To Hell, the Espers cover Fursaxa, the Mountain Goats cover the Silver Jews, Coco Rosie cover Damien Jurado, The Shins cover Postal Service, San Serac cover Ida, Josephine Foster covers the Cherry Blossoms, Cynthia G. Mason covers Richard Buckner, and Jim Guthrie covers the Constantines. Wow!

BIG TAKEOVER MAGAZINE Issue No. 59 magazine 5.99
Another giant issue of Jack Rabid's wonderful magazine that's been covering an incredibly wide range of music for years and years. This time out The Decemberists grace the cover and inside nestled amidst 228 pages there are interviews with and features on Sonic Youth, Fiery Furnaces, Jello Biafra, Hidden Cameras and lots more!

BIXOBAL Number 1 October 2007 (Ri Be Xibalba) magazine 2.00
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Basically, if you're into the more experimental, droney, improv-y, internationally adventurous, whatever side of the stuff we feature here at AQ, and you like to read which of course you do, and you've got a lousy two bucks, you should pick this up!! Edited by Eric Lanzillotta (of Anomalous records fame), this new 'zine is devoted to all sorts of interestin' music n' stuff, this debut issue featuring Robert Millis waxing nostalgic about his favorite Korean 78 rpm record, an interview with ESP-Disk experimentalist Alan Sondheim, an article about the books of number one Fug Tuli Kupferberg, an Indian travelogue from Sun City Girl Sir Richard Bishop, and a no-holds-barred interview with Dave Nuss of the No Neck Blues Band (which gets into some interesting, open-minded discussion about what might be bullshit or not about NNCK's music!!). A great read. Plus there's a plethora of reviews and other 'zine-ish goodness. 56 pages, digest-sized. Looking forward to issue 2!

BIXOBAL Number 2 January 2008 (Ri Be Xibalba) magazine 2.00
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Seems that our pal Eric Lanzillotta (former proprietor of Anomalous Records) is serious about this 'zine publishing venture. Issue one of Bixobal appeared just three or four short months ago, now here's the equally interestin' issue number two, again a bargain at two bucks. It's a digest-sized black and white 55 page xeroxed affair, crammed with cool things to read if you're into stuff along the lines of experimental drone, free improv, and international exotica. Based in the Pacific Northwest, Bixobal's got various folks from Sun City Girls/Climax Golden Twins axis on board as contributors. Contents this ish include among other things Part II of Sir Richard Bishop's Indian travelogue, interviews with avant vocalist Phil Minton and electronic musician Robert Haigh, an article about the whys and wherefores of collecting "bad records" with advice about doing so, a Rob Millis essay about the wondrous "talking machine", and a hilarious rant from cranky old Uncle Jim taking music journalism to task for the overuse of certain words, like "jangly" and "soundscape" (good thing we're careful never ever to use such terms, ha!). Plus then there's 24 densely packed pages of music reviews, from Angelblood to Zashiki Warashi. Plenty of readin' here to entertain and inform the average AQ customer for sure!

BIXOBAL Number 3 April 2008 (Ri Be Xibalba) magazine 2.00
Already up to issue number 3! Issues #1 and #2 are already sold out, but it looks like we can look forward to the regular appearance of many future issues. Editor Eric "Anomalous" Lanzillotta (with the able assistance of Patrick Marley, Rob Millis, Allan MacInnis and others) has really got a 'zine on his hands.
He explains that the main purpose of Bixobal is to be "delving deeper into the worlds of the musicians behind the music" in the form of articles and interviews. The music, in Bixobal's case, being that of the more experimental, psychedelic, folky, obscure international, or otherwise usual variety. Thus, this ish we find an extensive interview with Peter Stampfel of legendary NYC hippie folk outfit the Holy Modal Rounders (his ex-wife, Antonia Stampfel, is also interviewed separately). Whether discussing his theory of the importance of 1957 in the history of rock n' roll, or the effect of recorded sound on musicians' use of vibrato, or the unfortunate inter-band personality conflicts that apparently plagued the Rounders, it's pretty interesting even for those not already Rounders fans. There's another, briefer interview this issue as well, with Gerd Kraus of '70s cosmic krautrockers Limbus 3 (and 4). It's interesting as well.
And then there's the usual 'zine things like reviews and ads. Oh, and Rob Millis has another "Talking Machine" column wherein he tells of searching for rare shellac (78rpm records) over in India... yet he doesn't find exactly what you'd think he'd find, his "Victrola favorite" this issue is by the Beatles... or is it?

BLOCKS OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE UNBROKEN CONTINUUM s/t (Sound 323) book+dvd 90.00
We here at Aquarius Records can be proud that we have an audience who is just as passionate and devoted as we are to a broad spectrum of musics. As much as we would like to, we just can't completely cover every amazing genre, sub-genre, regional dialect, and radical enclave of the world's musical community. We definitely try our best, but just imagine if we did somehow manage, those biweekly email lists would easily triple in size with our fingers spread even further than they already are. While it would be nice to expand our little aesthetic fiefdom, we have to admit that there are plenty of shops around the globe that fill in the gaps. One of those is London's Sound 323, whose niche market emphasizes all things dealing with academic composition, free improv, electro-acoustics, and in particular the pristine aspects of what has been dubbed the "New London Silence." In fact, one of chief protagonists of this London circle of Feldman-esque composers is Sound 323's proprietor Mark Wastell. He along with The Wire's scribe Brian Marley are the editors of a brick of a book published by Sound 323, handsomely designed as an art edition monograph and filled with articles by David Toop, Clive Bell, Brian Marley, Dan Warburton, Andy Hamilton and Will Montgomery as well as texts expounding upon the eroding distinction between improvisation and composition from the likes of Otomo Yoshihide, Bernhard Gunter, Phil Durrant, Steve Roden, Jerome Noetinger, Mattin, and many many other. The book also features a DVD of concert footage from the likes of Keith Rowe, Evan Parker, John Tilbury, Tetuzi Akiyama, Eddie Prevost, John Butcher, and more. Hmm, curious that all of the latest members of AMM make appearances, but no footage from the ensemble that pretty much started the whole push toward the decentered notion of what is composed beforehand and what is created in the moment.
With sound art becoming more and more of a cultural force in the art world (perhaps that should be art with a capital 'A'), Blocks Of Consciousness And The Unbroken Continuum is bound to be one of those historically important documents, detailing one particular cultural phenomenon as it happens by those who are making it happen. At 350+ pages bound in a hefty hardcover book, this is no easy tome to digest; but is well the effort you'll put into it.

BLUSH, STEVEN American Hardcore: A Tribal History (Feral House) book 19.95
A book chronicling the American hardcore scene, mainly 1980-86. Written in an engaging oral history collage style (a la Please Kill Me -- the book about the NYC '70s punk scene), this covers everything from the straight edge scene to Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, Bad Brains, the LA punk scene, DC harDCore, etc. Not as gossipy and sexy as Please Kill Me, though, it's more about what was and was not ok to do in the pit and stuff. There's essential info here, and the narrative is clear.

BRANDON LABELLE & STEVE RODEN Site of Sound (Errant Bodies Press) book & cd 18.98
Edited by West Coast sound artists Brandon LaBelle and Steve Roden, "Site of Sound" is a compendium of theoretical discourses within conceptually based sound art. Along with the rather dense and at times poetic texts, the book also features a cd of work by the authors. Featured both on cd and in print are Achim Wollscheid, Christina Kubisch, RLW, John Hudak, Toshiya Tsonuda, Christof Migone, Steve Peters, m/s, and others. Text only contributers include Loren Chasse, Giancarlo Toniuitti, CM von Hausswolff, Leif Elgrenn, David Dunn, etc.

BROKEN FACE issue #16 magazine 4.98
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It's rare when an underground music "zine" becomes so regular (and good!) that you can really look forward to an issue every few months, but that's the case with this international journal of psychedelic/drone/pop/folk/cosmic/etc. sounds. We mean it, it's always a pleasure to spend some time with the latest issue of Broken Face. As usual, editor Mats Gustafsson and his international cast of contributors seem to be pretty much on our musical wavelength, selecting quite a few Aquarius faves to feature in this ish, from Avarus to Steffen Basho Junghans to Sunburned Hand Of The Man to Mikami Kan (not an interview, but still an interesting article). There's even an in-depth interview with Djin Aquarian of the legendary band/commune Yahowah 13!! Wow. The Time Lag and Idea record labels get profiled as well, and of course there's also lotsa reviews, and more! Pretty much an essential read/resource if any of the above names rock your world (and a great way to get acquainted with any that may be unfamiliar, as long as that you're into that psychedelic/drone/pop/folk/cosmic/etc. realm).

BROKEN FACE, THE issue #14 magazine 4.50
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Editor Mats Gustafsson (no, not the improvising saxophone player, although THAT Mats gets interviewed by BF's Mats in this ish!) comes through with yet another issue of his psychedelic indie folk pop journal, packed full of reviews and interviews as usual. There's talks with Piano Magic, Six Organs of Admittance, Double Leopards, Rafael Toral, New Zealand's Metonymic label, and others, quite a few AQ-fave artists among 'em. The Broken Face has always had a bit of the Ptolemaic Terrascope about it (they have many contributors and readers in common) but BF tends to focus more on the current scene rather than delving into the psychedelic past, although this issue does include a rare treat -- an interview with Bill Holt, the mastermind behind one of our favorite early 70s psych pop records, The Dreamies album! (You'll be interested to learn that Mr. Holt is running for Congress now...). The zillions of reviews, of everything from Kemialliset Ystavat to Kilowatt Hours, from Acid Mothers Temple to Simon Wickham-Smith, will allow you to while away many pleasant hours. There's a rating system but since everything seems to get between 3 and a half and four and a half stars, I'm not sure why they bother. A good source, though, to find out about a bunch of obscure releases, especially those on specialized cd-r labels like Last Visible Dog and Jewelled Antler!
Another fine installment of what's on its way to becoming an institution, and, as we said, definitely one for Terrascope fans.

BROKEN FACE, THE issue #15 magazine 4.98
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Mats and Co. are back with another great issue of Broken Face, always a cause for celebration 'round these parts. Issue #15 is packed with all the psych-indie-folk-pop-drone music writing you'd expect, from an international array of contributors (BF is published in Sweden). It's kind of like the venerable Ptolemaic Terrascope magazine -- the audience is more-or-less the same -- but with a bit more of a contemporary and experimental bent. This ish they do delve into the past for an interview with the amazing Swedish psych outfit Parson Sound/Harvester/Trad Gras Och Stenar (we're all huge fans, so that by itself makes this essential). Then there's chats with SF's own Thuja, Japan's Nagisa Ni Te, Philly's Fursaxa, and local faves Tarentel, among others. A pretty fine line-up indeed! Plus there's a report on this past fall's Terrastock 5 festival in Boston, and the ususal plethora of reviews. Oh yeah, you'll also find Top Fifteen lists of the best of 2002 from a bunch of BF regulars in this issue. Yep, one of the music mag must-reads wethinks.

BROKEN FACE, THE issue #17 magazine 4.98
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Into weird psych/folk/drone/indie stuff? Well if you didn't know it already, for you The Broken Face is just about as essential as a magazine could be. From Sweden, with many contributors far far afield, Mats Gustafsson's The Broken Face interview and reviews all your favorite underground artists, whether you know 'em already or not. In this issue: Reynols, Devendra Banhart, Tim Barnes, Birchville Cat Motel, Climax Golden Twins, Sandoz Lab Technicans, Armpit, and more. The reviews section is massive, and will add quite a few cds and cd-rs to your 'want' list for sure. Need we repeat: essential?

BROKEN FACE, THE issue #18 magazine 5.50
We're always happy when a new issue of Mats Gustafsson's excellent fanzine The Broken Face shows up. It's THE place to read about indie/folk/drone/psych stuff, especially if you're into the burgeoning cd-r micro-label scene, i.e. Jewelled Antler, Lal Lal Lal, Celebrate Psi Phenomenon and so forth. But this time around we're a bit sad as well, 'cause Mats says this will be the FINAL issue of BF. He loves doing the 'zine, but just can't manage the time commitment. And he's been real committed, as BF had a frequency of publication that far surpassed most 'zines with which I'm familiar! Oh well. But of course, ish #18 is a fine one, with the usual plethora of reviews, and features this time around on the likes of Jewelled Antler's Steven R. Smith (Hala Strana/Thuja/Mirza/solo), AQ faves The Necks, Crevice, Michael Gira, The Ponys, Simon Wickham-Smith, Rollerball, Lovely Midget and more, including an overview of the Finnish underground from the 1960's to the present, from The Sperm to Bad Vugum to Kemialliset Ystavat. And as well, Mats and co-conspirator Lee Jackson provide a retrospective look at some of their favorite music released over the past six year lifespan of The Broken Face. We've compared this 'zine in the past with The Ptolemaic Terrascope, but by now it has earned its own place in the 'zine pantheon, and certainly will be missed.

BROKEN UMBRELLA magazine 2.99
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I applaud Tony Vadakan and the rest of the folks behind this zine not only for their good taste in Thai noodle houses, but also for their creative ways and attention to detail. The cover of the very well composed and assembled Broken Umbrella comes with a number if things attached: a lovely hazy black and white photo, a fortune cookie fortune, and an envelope annex filled with rainy day arts'n'crafts ideas. Inside there's 56 pages of cool stories, artwork, music reviews and interviews by Tony, his friends and relatives. Oh yes, and there's also a glowing story about the restaurant alluded to above. A very enjoyable read.

BRUNO, FRANKLIN 33 1/3 Series: Armed Forces (Continuum) book 9.95
Nothing Painted Blue frontman and Extra Glenns member Franklin Bruno digs deep into the making of Elvis Costello's classic Armed Forces. You think Bruno's lyrics are dense and wordy, wait until you have a look at his prose!!!

BUST Summer 2002 magazine 4.99
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The summer issue of Bust magazine is dedicated to motherhood. Articles about helping your friends in the delivery room, visiting your mother in jail, being a cool punk mom, how Rufus Wainwright much loves his mommy, when the father of your child is an anonymous donor, and much much more. I happen to have a lot of punk liberal moms around me lately and I kept feeling the desire to buy them a copy of this issue. Bust is always so good, and the hip mom is often under-represented and under-appreciated. (And gals, the one handed read is a juicy one.)

CAVANAGH, JOHN 33 1/3 Series: The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (Continuum) book 9.95
Finally got a new batch of these amazing books, tailor made for us music geeks. Super in depth examinations of some of our favorite records! The cool thing is that they're not just the same old rehashed stories about the bands or artists, and who they slept with and where they grew up (although we like those too!), instead they're about the creation of those specific albums. The writers go really deep into every facet of the creation. The writing is often quite dense and sooo informative. Like a Mojo article expanded a hundred fold! We wanted to give each one an in depth review, but they are all so good and they keep coming fast and furious so we figured we oughta just list 'em. Basically, if you love the record, you're definitely gonna want the book! Also got the Joe Pernice Meat Is Murder book back in stock as well as Andrew Hulktrans's book about Love's masterpiece Forever Changes. And if you're anything like the music geeks here, you're gonna want all of em! Future volumes include My Bloody Valentine's Loveless, Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures, Radiohead's OK Computer, Jethro Tull's Aqualung.