Showing posts with label zine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label zine. Show all posts

6/1/23

Metal Tapes OUT NOW~!

A hair metal fanzine for everyone... 


Soda Killers Magazine Omnibus, Vol.2: METAL TAPES 

A collection of every hair metal cassette review from the first 30 issues of Soda Killers Magazine. A few thrash and hard rock tape reviews as well. Gently cleaned up and edited to improve the overall flow as a collected works. In addition there are some previously published show reviews and one brand new piece exclusive to this zine: the author's hair metal journal 

Heavy metal discovery, sexual exploration, denim 'n' leather dirtbags, Aqua Net & eyeliner, small town heshers, and more

12/1/22

The Breakfast Nook Omnibus: Talkin' All That Jazz OUT NOW~!

 

A jazz fanzine for everyone...

"The Breakfast Nook" is a layperson's jazz column that runs occasionally in Soda Killers Magazine.

With the exception of issue 30 (which is nearly gone) all of the issues in which "The Breakfast Nook" have previously appeared are out of print. This ominbus collects the four previous installments, plus some all-new material exclusive to this zine:

Danny Noonan wrote about the collaborative performances between Getachew Ekuria & The Ex, and the resulting album Moa Anbessa

Lydian Brambila wrote a reflective piece about their complicated relationship to jazz and made some accompanying drawings

Nathan G. O'Brien interviewed Martyn, host of NTS Live's jazz program Martyn's Darkest Light, and wrote a brand new fifth installment of "The Breakfast Nook"

Record and tape reviews, art, essays, photos, and more


6/1/22

Soda Killers Magazine #30 OUT NOW~!



Your favorite DIY magazine is back to kick off Summer 2022 with our 30th issue! 

Featuring:

The Normie's Guide to Death Metal, Vol.1
Mike Dikk makes his Soda Killers debut, taking on the impossible task of auditing the Corpsegrinder era of Cannibal Corpse and making sense of it

Clell's Comix Kook Sesh
Clell Miller returns with a survey of recent Bat-Fam titles, flexing unique insight and penned in his inimitable style

Turn On, Tune In, and Sell Out
Hardcore Jherri is back with a new perspective and table-turning approach to junkin' in another installment of the "Junkin' With Jherri" saga

Plus:
Editor/publisher Nathan G. O'Brien profiles the various creatures you'll find lurking behind the cash registers at suburban comicbook stores

And, and, and...
A short comic by Carl Alessi, record reviews, and the resurrection of Nathan's jazz column "The Breakfast Nook"

36 pages, half-size, cut 'n' paste, photocopied in black & white

RIYL: punk, hardcore, rap, metal, jazz, graffiti, bikes, college radio, records, zines, and more

12/31/21

Soda Killers Magazine #29 OUT NOW~!

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Your favorite DIY zine back to close out 2021/kick off 2022 with a new issue. Featuring: 

An in-depth conversation with photographer Max Sidman (plus photos)

A heartfelt essay by Hardcore Jherri

Nathan G. O'Brien's record reviews, quips, poems, and people profiles (sometimes all one in the same)

FFO: punk, rap, hardcore, metal, bicycles, pirate radio, malt liquor memories, and more

24 pages, half-size, cut 'n' paste, photocopied in black & white, cover color may vary. Comes w/stickers and other stuff

7/24/21

Soda Killers Magazine #28 OUT NOW~!

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SJC interviews Young Horse

Hardcore Jherri traverses the continued woes of junk collectin' during a pandemic in the latest addition of "Junkin' With Jherri"

Matthew Thompson of Fluke fanzine ruminates upon the positive life force and lasting effects of skateboarding

Nathan G. O'Brien interviews Skateboard (the band), Raw Rodgers (the skateboarder), and Abdominal (the rapper)

Essays, music reviews, book and zine reviews, film reviews, illustration, collage, punk, hardcore, hip-hop, heavy metal, graffiti, skateboarding, camping, and more

36 pages, half-size, cut 'n' paste, photocopied in black & white, cover color may vary. Comes w/stickers and other stuff

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12/11/20

Soda Killers Magazine #27 OUT NOW~!

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Hardcore Jherri resurrects his old Let's Side fanzine column "Junkin' With Jherri" with an introspective look at junkin' during a pandemic

Clell Miller breaks bread with rap tape archivist L-Wood for the latest edition of "Cop Rap Now!", surveying a selection of L-Wood Media releases and other cassette recommendations

SJC strikes through with another weepy banger, as his '90s emo reclamation column "Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner" takes a look at Julia's self-titled 1994 LP

Beer, basketball, and bullshitin': Nathan G. O'Brien chops it up with West Bay hardcore band Hard Foul, who have a new split EP with These Bastards out now on 625 Thrashcore 

Lars The Heathen returns with a tale from their days spent livin' a graff-writing, urban camping, amateur MMA fighting, transitory lifestyle 

Plus all the punk rock, hip-hop, hardcore, records, tapes, CD-Rs, reviews, wacky drawings, and deranged musings you've come to expect from this wholly unique zine

28 pages, half-size, cut ‘n’ paste, photocopied in black & white 

Comes w/ Milk is Chillin' Newsletter no.20 "Mailbag Edition" insert, while supplies last

All orders through Jan 1, 2021 will receive Holiday Bonus Insert: JMaq's Christmas Mix 2020 Newsletter by Jesse Mack 

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8/28/20

Soda Killers Magazine #26 OUT NOW~!

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In the face of adversity, amidst tumultuous times, the Soda Killers' cast of characters has thrown caution and a collective lack of motivation to the wind, and somehow, reassembled once again. True Till Death

Featuring Sal's VHS Review and new editions of SJC's Nobody Puts Baby in a Corner: An Ongoing Reclamation of '90s Emo Renaissance and Clell Miller's Cop Rap Now! hip-hop review. Plus Nathan's insider interviews (Kylesa, RTJ, Quelle Chris, more), drawings, image manipulations, and musings - punk, hardcore, metal, rap music, surf films, magazines, and more

With contributions from Sal Petersen, SJC, Clell Miller, and Nathan G. O’Brien

28 pages, half-size, cut ‘n’ paste, photocopied in black & white. Comes w/stickers and maybe some other stuff. DIY or die

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12/21/19

Soda Killers Magazine #25 OUT NOW~!

Featuring reader mail, the ultimate oddball holiday mixtape, nostalgia and human connections through music, hip-hop: the gateway to a life of crime, Cop Rap Now! part two: rap tapes & CDs, and the Breakfast Nook part three: bootleg jazz tapes. Plus: revisiting old haunts, remembering when "college rock" became "alternative" and how metalheads reacted, playing fantasy basketball with straightedge kids, reviews of punk, metal, hip-hop, and noise tapes, vinyl, and CD-Rs, and more!

With written contributions from Jesse Mack, Eryn Hiscock, Clell Miller, Lars the Heathen, and Nathan G. O'Brien

28 pgs, half-size, cut 'n' paste, photocopied in black & white on colored paper. Comes w/stickers

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9/23/19

The Atomic Elbow #31 OUT NOW~!

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Featuring a retrospective of Marvel's 1992 WCW comic book run, an interview with Sal Petersen of Sal's Mega Mix VHS pro-wrestling mixtapes, viewing MTV's The Challenge through a wrestling fan's lens, record review selections from the intersection of music and pro-wrestling, and a look back at CZW's Ultraviolent Freedom of Expression

Punk, rap, metal, NWA Wildside, the wild wild west days of tape trading, Slobby's World, the legacies of Johnny Bananas and "Sick" Nick Mondo, and more

With contributions from Scott Cobra Clutch, Wayne McCarty, Scott T. Holland, Ed Blair, and Nathan G. O'Brien

40 pages, half-size, cut 'n' paste, photocopied in black & white

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Robert, who usually does The Atomic Elbow, did the new issue of Soda Killers Magazine. You can pick that up here.

6/21/19

Sod Killers Magazine #23 OUT NOW~!


Featuring author J.H.M. Okthos, another installment of the punk/rap-person-pretending-to-write-about-jazz column “The Breakfast Nook”, a survey of contemporary underground rap tapes, and reviews of punk, hardcore, metal, hip-hop, and noise vinyl, cassettes, and CD-Rs. Plus folk art, anarcho-primitivist bicycling, post-high school creeps that still hang around town, backpacker era memories, McPunks, tape doctoring, format fetishism, and more

With contributions from SJC, Clell Miller, and Nathan G. O’Brien 32 pages, half-size, cut ‘n’ paste, photocopied in black & white. Comes w/stickers and maybe some other stuff

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3/20/19

Soda Killers Magazine #22 OUT NOW~!


Featuring Redwood City rippers These Bastards, the debut of a new jazz column titled The Breakfast Nook, another installment of the The Noodle Report, reviews of rap, punk, hardcore, metal, and noise zines, vinyl, cassettes, and CD-Rs, and more. Presented in classic punk rock wildstyle cut 'n' paste form.

 28 pages, half-size, photocopied in black & white.

 Produced in entirety by Nathan G. O'Brien.

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12/31/18

Soda Killers Magazine #21 OUT NOW~!


Featuring an essay on punk rock in times of uncertainty, a profile of Death By Media Man’s Hank Pattison, a survey of life-changing jazz records, a Cannibal Corpse and Harm’s Way live report, haiku record reviews of Japanese punk, The Noodle Report pt.2, punk, metal, and rap record & tape reviews, poems, collage art, high school lyceums, secret at-work sex, conversation stealers, ‘80s karate-synth movies, learning about levees from Led Zeppelin, and more. 

With contributions from Scott Bryan, Michael Francis, Andy LaBar, Wells Tipley, Robert Newsome, and Nathan G. O’Brien. 

 40 pages, half-size, cut 'n' paste, photocopied in full-color. Comes w/extra goodies.

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10/11/18

Soda Killers Magazine #20 OUT NOW~!

Featuring Chicago punks C.H.E.W.; coverage of the inaugural pro-wrestling rock 'n' roll event Let's Hang Out; The Noodle Report: instant ramen & pho; Judas Priest and Deep Purple live; Food Court Face-off: Sam's Club vs. Costco; punk, metal, rap, and hippie records & tapes; noise CD-Rs, overeating, shrimp shaming, throat stinger pizza crust, pushover parents, ninja movies, autobiographical record reviews, and more.

With contributions from Jim Gies, Jesse Mack, Robert Newsome, Sal Petersen, and Nathan G. O'Brien.

40 pages, half-size, cut 'n' paste, photocopied in black & white. Comes w/stickers and trading cards.

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8/1/18

Soda Killers Magazine #19 OUT NOW~!



Featuring mixtape musings, Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men, emo reclamation, Japanese punk & hardcore, drawings, collage, poetry, haikus, short stories, metal and rap cassette tapes, psychedelic rock CD-Rs, essays, anarchy, road trips, reviews, and more.

With contributions from Muscle Palace Eric, Michael Francis, SJC, Wells Tipley, Carl Alessi, Christopher Ashford-Smith, Dale Johnson, Dan Nelson, ed. Blair, and Nathan G. O'Brien.

40 pages, half-size, cut 'n' paste, photocopied in black & white.

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4/11/18

Soda Killers Magazine #18 OUT NOW~!



Featuring found and thrifted clothing; street photography; punk, rap, and metal cassette tapes; noise CD-Rs; '90s emo reclamation; Japanese hardcore 7"s; show and record reviews; book reports; graffiti flicks; non-fiction; poetry; and more.

With contributions from Eryn Hiscock, Nola Poirier, Sal Petersen, Cole Pritchett, Wells Tipley, Nite Fag, SJC, Mustachiosaurus, and Nathan G. O'Brien.

40 pages, half-size, cut 'n' paste, photocopied in black & white w/some color.

FIRST 20 COPIES ARE FULL-COLOR.

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12/13/17

Soda Killers Magazine #17 OUT NOW~!



Featuring Chicago duo Bad Mechanics, dungeon synth artist Erang, pro-wrestling photographer Wayne McCarty, '93 'Til Infinity: a survey '90s pop culture, WrestleMania III, comic books, NBA basketball cards, record stores of yesteryear, action and horror films, punk & hardcore 7''s, rap and metal cassette tapes, noise CD-Rs, non-fiction, poetry, and more.

With contributions from Luke Sick, Brando Hargen, Robert Newsome, Sal Petersen, and Nathan G. O'Brien.

40 pages, half-size, cut 'n' paste, photocopied in black & white w/some color. 

FIRST 20 COPIES ARE FULL-COLOR.

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9/18/17

Soda Killers Magazine #16 OUT NOW~!



Featuring the seedy underbelly of multi-plex movie theaters, the mental compromise of selling out, '90s emo reclamation, White Wolf Games and the World of Darkness, Paul Baloff's reincarnation as an alcoholic gym teacher, ghetto livin', rap and metal cassette tapes, noise CD-Rs, collage, psychedelic art, and more.

With contributions from Sal Petersen, Rory Creedon-Carey, Carl Alessi, Brando Hargen, Muscle Palace Eric, SJC, Michael Francis, Food Fortunata, and Nathan G. O'Brien.

40 pages, half-size, cut 'n' paste, photocopied in black & white w/some color.

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7/11/17

Soda Killers Magazine #15 OUT NOW~!



Featuring mall memories, rap and metal cassette tapes, noise CD-Rs, old comic books, emo reclamation, travel journals, and more.

With contributions from Michael Francis, Jim Gies, SJC, Dan Nelson, Peter Faecke, and Nathan G. O'Brien.

40 pages, half-size, cut 'n' paste, photocopied in black & white.

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5/4/17

Soda Killers Magazine #14 OUT NOW~!




Featuring Chicago black metal hard art bike punks Cracked Vessel, '60s/'70s Cali radicals Pamoja Vencermos, graffiti flicks, Nike sneakers, Olympic lifting, Diana Taurasi vs Lindsay Whalen, NBA tough guys, Sassy Magazine, record & tape reviews, and more. 

With contributions from Luke Sick, Sam Reiss, Muscle Palace Eric, Robert Newsome, Risu Belochka, Knight Harsher Joseph, and Nathan G. O'Brien. 

40 pages, half size, cut 'n' paste, photocopied in black & white. Every order comes with extra stuff. International shipping rates may fluctuate.

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