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( e p o s ) issue number one - circa september 1996
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epos (one) editorial by monk
Hello all, welcome to epos electronic magazine issuse one. I can't
begin to express my joy that someone is reading this.
In case you were wondering, epos means 'epic song' in latin. It did
sound nice so it stuck.
After going through a couple hundred issues of various magazines such
as Jonas, rice, dto, pong, cDc and many others I came to a conclusion about
what kind of zine epos should be. 90% of the zines I went through had, one
way or another, some roots in the underground art/warez scene. Which made
me sick to my stomach. However, zines like Jonas and dto were different.
I finally came to the conclusion that zines related to computer stuff
just plain suck and not even I would read them (and i'll read anything :).
So, with that in mind, I decided to pattern epos after the very successful
Jonas, released by Edicus. Now I am not saying that I am copying anything
of his, far from it. I am simply saying that the articles that he puts in
are of great varieties different genres. I decided to do the same. The
same thing being said over and over again by adolescent punks gets boring
after a while, a very short while.
I write because I like to write. Not to please a certain group of
people and not to gain popularity amoung a certain group of people. If
one person reads what I write and enjoys it, and continues reading further
issues, I am overjoyed. I'm not looking to make money, I'm not looking to
be the best, I'm looking to have fun, and to allow an open medium for other
people who enjoy writing like myself to have fun as well. That is what
epos is about, the joy of writing, no matter how good or bad it is.
Oh, umm, everything in here is written by me, maybe someone else will
join the crew, but for now, it's just me.
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( 1.0 | articles )
1.0.1 - I'm seeing things for the first time
1.0.2 - Nothing can stop me now, cause I dont care, Anymore.
( 2.0 | music reviews )
2.0.1 - 311, 311
2.0.2 - MOM (Music For Our Mother Ocean), Various Artists
( 3.0 | other stuff )
3.0.1 - where to send stuff!
3.0.2 - closing and thanks
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1.0.1 - I'm seeing things for the first time
I suppose if life were to be devided up into sections, it would have
to be broken up so a section would equal 5.5 years. A small example of
what I mean.
5.5 : School starts, to young to be immature, innocent.
11 : Beginning to look up to older people (14-16), adolescent path chosen
16.5 : driving, group of friends made, start in more on chosen path
22 : drinking, end or middle of college, making big descisions
I'll stop there, mainly since I don't know many people personally that
are over 22, other than my parents. I'm 16 now, but go to college and have
a lot of skater friends that are older.
I wrote this simply as a means of awareness to others bout my age who
might be wondering what other 14-20 year olds are doing, and what path that
I have chosen.
More and more kids round fourteen to fifteen are getting on the net
these days. Now thats not a problem, but the problem is that a lot of those
stupid punk kids are bringing their stupid elitist additues with them. If
you want an example of what im talking about, go on irc. It seems that
such time is being wasted on pirating software then time spent learning and
doing something constructive. It's not that big of a deal since most of
the kids round this age think computers are for nerds anyway, and wouldn't
go within 20 feet of one. Don't wanna lose popularity. However, I suppose
that kind of immature stupidity is natural, I went through it, so did most
everyone else. Thats not to say there aern't some cool little guys out
there. Just the other day I met up with a thirteen year old skater who's
already talking about his own skate company.
What about us older guys you might ask? Well, I hate to say it, but
some people never grow up. A couple of my old friends from middle school
ran into me yesterday. One of them dropped out to afford his car, pot and
beer, he also grew his hair out another 6 inches :) One of the other guys
whom I used to skate with all the time decided school was to boring for
him and decided to drop out as well, he left home and is living with a
friend in an apartment.
Some things never change.
I personally would love to hear from someone round my age who is doing
ANYTHING worthwile. I'm getting so sick of punks who are going nowhere. I
would like to start my own clothing line actually. I draw quite a bit and
if anyone would like to co-op with me on something I think it'd be cool.
What about you monk? Well, im homeschooled so I don't have many time
limits on what I can and cant do. I'm taking college courses at a local
college and skate every day religously. Like I said, I'm hoping to start
my own clothing line (nothing special, hats/tee's stuff like that) for fun.
Who knows, maybe someone will wanna do the same. I play the guitar and
sing and wanna find a band someday. Oh well, im mumbling, I'll just end it
at this. My grungie generation of gangsters and punks is really brining me
down. PLEASE write to me if you feel the same :)
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1.0.2 - Nothing can stop me now, cause I dont care, Anymore.
Over the past 4 years I have avoided doing a lot of things that I would
have really liked to do. One of them was to finally work on my zine.
Why did you do that?
Fact is, I cared more about what people would think about me then what
I really wanted to do. It wasn't exactly a gradual thing, my transformation
from the paranoid hermit to who I am now.
I would have to say the song 'piggy' by nine inch nails really turned me
around. Changed my life even. I've had my share of embarassments in the
past, but not many, to avoid embarassment I would dissapear.
No more hiding.
I still am a reserved individual, don't talk much, keep to myself.
However, in the past, typing my feelings for others to hear would have been
unheard of.
Until I stoped caring.
It's not worth pondering over one fools stupid comment. Get on with
what you love, the rewards of one constructive comment for a hard work
overpower the comments of fools 1000 times.
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2.0.1 - 311, 311
Well, I have to admit I haven't ever listened to any of the previous
311 albums before this one, I dont even like rap/jazz/funk. This cd has
totally changed all that.
The first thing I noticed about the entire sound of 311 is the aditude
of the album. 60% of my cd collection consists of cd's that complain and
wine about everything, so depressing. 311 really changed my whole outlook
on music, its uplifting, strong, very well composed and all the songs don't
sound the same.
Songs like 'All Mixed Up', 'Don't Stay Home' and 'Jackolantern's
Weather' really stand out.
If you don't wanna get it cause you didn't like the song 'down' which
video is played all the time (I actually think it's a cool video), get it
anyway. I'll bet you'll find something else on the cd you'll like.
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2.0.2 - MOM (Music For Our Mother Ocean), Various Artists
MOM is a benefit album for the Surfrider Foundation based in California.
It's a group dedicated to protecting and preserving the world's oceans,
waves and beaches through conservation, activism, research and education.
If you want to contact them give a ring to (800)743-SURF.
Anyway, on to the review. First thing that caught my eye was the cool
cd case/cover, really nice cover/back art. A lot of big groups such as
Pearl Jam, The Ramones, Pennywise, Soundgarden and Everclear just to name
a few contributed to the cd. Pearl Jam, The Ramones, Silverchair, Gary
Hoey and Pennywise did their own versions of old Beach Boys and other
old beach songs which all turned out pretty nice. I especially liked the
Brian Setzer's Orchestra version of 'Honky Tonk'. A lot of the time when
albums containing a lot of diffrent groups is released it ends up coming
out pretty bad sounding. Not MOM, every single song on it rocks, on my
top 10 list of my favorite cd's ever.
I can't really pick out any songs that I especially liked since I liked
them all equally :) However I would have to say that 7mary3's 'blackwing'
was really well composed and having not heard much of their stuff before,
got me to go out and buy 'American Standard' their hit cd.
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3.0.1 - where to send stuff!
So, you want to send our ever so humble magazine something for the not
so mass masses to read? Well, there is as of now only one way that can be
accomplished. Through the wonderous invention of email you can send us the
article in seconds, woohoo! Just email the submission along with any other
information (images/binaries/whatever) to oceans@gate.net and it will most
likely be put in. Any comments/suggestions/responses to or about any of
the articles in epos should be sent to the same address.
I don't have a shell account anymore so I can't put up an epos page as
of now, anyone got any space?
If you want to subscribe to the epos mailing list just email the same
address with the text "subscribe epos" in the message body, if you want
to unsubscribe just mail me and say so. Easy eh?
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3.0.2 - closing and thanks
Well, thats all for the first issue of epos. I hope you enjoyed at
least one part of it. I would like to thank everyone who wrote for us for
this first issue and you the reader for any support you might give us in
the future. Later.
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All articles are copyright 1996 monk, cause I said so.
Please do not distribute this if it has been changed in any way.
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