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Viewer Discretion vol. 1 issue 9 november 24:98
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\ \ /_/i e w e r issue 9 vol. 1 november 24/98
\ \/| |i s c r e t i o n ISSN 1481-2266
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In this issue:
WELCOME
QUOTABLE
THE REEF
HORROR - NOT BY MORBUS
BOOKSHITE
WHURL-A-URL
ETC
:: WELCOME ::
Welcome to the "weird assed dream" issue. I had a dream. I know, big
deal, just about everyone has dreams. But mine was weird enough for me
to wake up and shake my head as say to myself "what the fuck was that
all about?". And seeing as how I write down all sort of stuff that
happens in my life I thought I might as well share it with you guys...
So here's the dream. I'm running down this road with a cartoon
character dog running upright on his hind legs right behind me,
and salivating big time to boot. It's a really bright, almost harsh
bright white day but there is no sun in the sky, which again is a pale,
harsh white, only a John Lennonish type charactiture of Howard Stern's
face - and it's talking but I can't hear what he's saying. And as I'm
running down the road in this quasi cartoon reality I'm carrying on a
conversation with my best friend, who's been dead for almost 3 years
now, but I couldn't actually see him anywhere, just hear his voice. We
were talking about my new job and some other opportunities that have
come my way. Then the salivating dog behind me burped and my friend
stopped talking and I woke up. Anyone care to offer me an
interpretation? And no, I'm not using drugs or in any kind of therapy.
Morbus has added (or is about to add on Dec. 1) another new item to
Disobey.com's already impressive line up. It's called NetSlaves. Here's
a blurb from his page that describes it: "If you've worked in the
Technology business, chances are you've been screwed. Here's your
chance to fight back and tell the world what it's like to be a real-
life "Dilbert". Or entertain yourself with the horror of others."
Having had the privilege of reading a preview issue I can tell you that
it is a thoroughly engrossing zine. Go there, subscribe. You'll be glad
you did.
This issue was made without the help of pencils.
:: QUOTABLE ::
"People are stupid. They never stop to question things. They just
accept. Can you imagine a nation who never questions the validity of
cheerleaders and pom-poms?"
-Frank Zappa
"[Ronald] Reagan's face was uniformly perceived as a penile erection."
-J.G.Ballard from The Atrocity Exhibition
:: THE REEF ::
This week we dig into the Religion file and pull item #REL.036 - Battle
Cry Sounding No. 101 from 1991. This is a newspaper published by the
Aggressive Christianity Missions Training Corps out of Klamath Falls,
OR. Basically this rag can be described as religious hate mail.
Extremist Christian viewpoints with heading such as Mingled Seed, which
goes on about the downfall of America because it has chosen "to worship
sodomy...and now bestiality is on the rise...", Revolutionary Action,
Spiritual Warfare, Enemy, Let's Go To War, etc., you get the idea.
Personally I find items like this one amusing and scary. This
"Aggressive Christianity" is no different than skinheads or Nazi's.
Let's all worship hatred of others in the name of [insert belief here].
There are the standard living "under the plague of A.I.D.S." as God's
judgement crap but among the stereotypical drivel is some good criticism
of the church and church goers and the hypocrisies of both nowadays.
That recognition is not enough to excuse the shit this rag spews forth,
but it does make for a more amusing read. Well, to my sense of humour
anyway.
:: HORROR - NOT BY MORBUS ::
Morbus was unable to submit his regular column this week but instead he
gives us a review written by a friend of his, John Treacy. John has a
great music section in Disobey called Zero. Check it out at
http://www.disobey.com/zero/
Leprechaun 2
This movie was a cruel joke. The leprechaun (Warwick Davis) wishes to
marry the daughter of his slave. When the slave prevents this, the
leprechaun (groan) places a thousand year curse on the slave's
bloodline and then kills him. The story fast forwards to present day,
here the leprechaun arrives to make good on the curse with a little
help from the (actual company name) "ultimate" effects group. Ultimate
my ass, laughable is a more fitting name for any effects team
responsible for birthing the "leprecar." A green go-kart with the words,
"I want me gold" spray painted on the side and "teeth" (gums and all)
visibly pasted on the chassis. I could go on and discuss more of the
"horrifying" aspects of this movie but let me end this by saying,
absolute shit, it's down right evil that in this day and age someone
could pass this off for entertainment and get away with it.
:: BOOKSHITE ::
The Atrocity Exhibition (RE/Search edition) by J.G. Ballard. This volume
is incredible. With new commentary and annotations from J.G. himself,
spectacular illustrations and photographs by Phoebe Gloeckner and Ana
Barrardo respectively, and a preface from William S. Burroughs, this
book has enough material to keep the reader satisfied for a good long
time. I have had it in my collection for several years, it was published
in 1990, and I still refer back to it for inspiration fairly often. The
Atrocity Exhibition, which was originally written in the late 60's, was
ordered destroyed by the head of Doubleday when he read a copy of the
newly published book. This edition of the book is one that has to be
experienced as much as read. Not the easiest book to follow, it is a
dark ride through an apocalyptic psycho-sexual-socio-political landscape
that is both foreign and familiar, frightening and entertaining,
arousing and revolting... Ballard is also responsible for the book that
inspired the movie Crash and along the same lines is another beauty by
the name of Highrise. These books should all be mandatory reading. In a
blurb by WSB about The Atrocity Exhibition he says; "this book stirs
sexual depths untouched by the hardest-core illustrated porn." Chapter
14, entitled "Why I want to fuck Ronald Reagan" is fantastic, hilarious
and scary in that Ballard seems to so accurately nail, in 1967 when he
wrote the book, an individual who rose from a 2nd rate actor to down
right scary world leader. Highly recommended book.
:: WHURL-A-URL ::
Once again we revive that original VD game of games...Whurl-A-URL, with
host Bob Eubanks..., uh sorry, wrong show... This week we are playing
for a scanned image of a postcard feature a piece of art created by
Mark Adair (who was featured in an interview in The Annihilation
Fountain issue #1). The piece is entitled Scotch Rocket. So you all know
the rules, first person to contact me telling me which URL is real wins.
So, on your marks, get set, Whurl-A-URL. And remember, it's all fun and
games until somebody loses their internet connection...
www.shit.com
www.popepoop.com
www.shitfaced.com
www.bugger.com
www.eatshit.com
www.poopshute.com
www.dog_breath.com
:: ETC ::
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Next issue December 8/98
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