_ _ __ | | | | / __| | |_| | | <_ | ___ | \__ \ | | | | __> | |_| |_|elter |___/ kelter 4$ (digital) "The young are the only ones who bring anything into the world, and they are not young for long." -William S. Burroughs. TAKE ACTION!!!!! ################################################################## ############ Editor's note: Well, I've finally become confident enough in my competence and dedication to start to offer subscriptions to this fine piece of trash. $5 for 6 issues is how it's looking now. Anyway, Here's the story of my life for the past week. It all started about a week ago when my politics class was assigned a 4-5 page paper on Karl Marx due on Tues.(today). I'm president of a school group that raises money for a school in Haiti, and we had a show this weekend (that my band played in) and so I was going to do that on Sat. Fugazi played Sun. night, and that was on my list too. So I don't get out all weekend except to play this show (quick tangent: after the show I went down to Georgetown to eat with some friends, and when we park we find out that one of our tires is popped, and we spend the next few hours getting it fixed by some towing guy who was drunk and had a hell of a lisp, but I won't go into that), and to see fugazi Sunday (which was amazing, I'll review it in this issue). It wasn't that bad (I could have used a little more time than 5 days for a 4 page paper, and this was the worst weekend it could happen in, but...), but yesterday I had 4 wisdom teeth out. I go in there and I have to sign something promising that if i died I wouldn't sue them. (Other risks: brain damage, a hole in my sinuses, and complete lack of feeling in my face for the rest of my life.) So I sign my life away and they take me to the dentist's chair. After rinsing my mouth out they tie up my arm, have me clutch a towel, and shoot me up with a mixture of valium and some other narcotics. I remember being able to tell that they were doing something, but closing my eyes and not being able to close my mouth, and that everything seemed really, really funny. I also thought the whole thing lasted about 5 minutes (It really lasted about half an hour.) Long story short--> I go home with blood gushing out of my mouth (it's still bleeding a bit as I type (and it's a day later)), giddy as a schoolgirl from whatever they shot into me. Right now I'm souped up (I love that term, souped up) on some codeine-like painkillers, and today of all days the computer picks to fuck up and delete my 2 pages of zine reviews that I did. But that's ok. I have strong fingers and a quick mind. By the time you read this, I'll have the reviews done and in your hands. What a doll I am. More stuff: If you like zines (which you probably do since you're reading one and all) and you have a modem, call my BBS. It's called the Omniverse (dumb name, I may change it soon) and the # is 301-718-0225. It's got lots of zine info, a few editors, and lots of stuff on the punk scene in general. What else....Oh, yeah, If you ever hear that The Eddie Blue Knees Band is playing, come and watch us. I play bass. Introduce yourself to me. If you get ahold of this before January 20th, 1995, come see us play at NCS, near the Washington Cathedral. All proceeds from that show will go to benefit that school in Haiti. Ok, I guess I'll wrap this up and leave space for some art at the bottom.. The address for submissions, subscriptions, trades, stuff to be reviewed, is: Derek Teslik/Helter Skelter 3519 Woodbine St. Chevy Chase, MD 20815 E-Mail: derek.teslik@sbaonline.gov OK, here are the "policies": I love to trade zines, it helps a lot if you indicate "TRADE" somewhere on yours/in yours (on the address label maybe?) I will review anything sent my way:zines, music, books, videos, etc., etc., etc...let me into a show for free and I'll promise to review that too. Submit ANY type of writing, I'll probably print it. I'll send you a few copies of the issue you're printed in. Same with art, photos are cool, but the best thing to send is pen-drawn art. (pencil is not as well picked up by the xerox, but it'll do....) Free ads, free classifieds, etc. If you send it, I'll print it. ################################################################## Hello. First report from the other side. I arrived here shortly after departure, to a storm of red and blue spitting down paint. It is comfortable here, a bit jarring here {I believe because of Jet lag of the type} at first, but i foresee a long and ingenuating stay. I see a majestic courtyard of magnetic yellow and blue faded as if it were under ice. I am being pricked and jabbed by a repressed memory, fearful of discovery. Discovery's the goal, right, so I return to the courtyard. It is located in a faded tan castle whose walls are covered by gripping Ivy. At this point it promptly disappears into a rave, with disco ball, dark otherwise. It appears to be in some sort of cave, filled with stalagmite columns painted into swirls toward the ceiling by luminescent paint. Cut-out silhouettes of happy 50's couples together against visual effects. Hole in scene reveals a happy Caucasian couple on the beach. Neighborhood watch sign. Abraham Lincoln on the beach with a mohawk. Clean cut Beaver cleaver type, smile as big as Texas, on a Poster. There's something I want to say, but I find myself running between two close, tall curved mirrors. I fade out, and will continue the report when the sun is up again. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Sleeping, holding midnight pattern, I saw the girl across the row Her eyes were blonde, her hair was blue She gently sucked upon her toe I floated over, misty eyed, Wandering wrecked upon the train One billion purplish bubbly fizzes Burnt like acid in my brain Then you ripped your hair away Your scalp now shiny dented dome My wrists drip blood upon your tongue (And smiling, asks me for a comb). -Michael A Price ################################################################## some stuff by Lester Oliver We've moved from The Federal Poverty Level all the way to "Economically Disadvantaged". Now we're headed back down. The economy seems to be a disaster everywhere. Did you hear that Manpower is now the largest employer in the US? Commentators talk about how people have a "sense of foreboding", and what they can do to get over it. Good grief. Anybody who doesn't have a sense of foreboding is either brain dead or watches FAR too much television (or is that the same thing?) A recent AP story reported that Haiti is in such terrible economic shape because "1% of the population controls 50% of the wealth" Well dust ma' broom. Last I heard, here in the US, 1% of the population controls between 72% and 84% of the wealth. Let's face it: Amerika is a 'third world country'. Twenty-five years ago, I expected a revolution. Now that I'm older well, now, at any rate, I expect the bloodiest, most brutal Civil War that the world has ever seen. "The end of history", as the Russians call it. -Look at Waco and The Branch Davidians (The Government lied) -Militias are forming on the left and right. -Federal Detention Centers = A (clean) Auschwitz? I think that Bosnia / Hertz-a-ga-inna-gadda-davida (whatever) provides a glimpse of our own future. And there will be lots of foreign support for any war against "The Great Satan". Remember Bruce Coburn's song "If I Had a Rocket Launcher"? "How I hate the Generals, And their bloody torture state. If I had a rocket launcher, I would not hesitate." Well, some folks do have rocket launchers. Unfortunately, I'm not one of them. People can extract ortho-phosphate nerve agents in their garage (handy household hint: start with Shell NO-PEST Strips, or Blackleaf 40). Or purify ricin. (Start with Castor Beans, extract with isopropyl alcohol, concentrate.) SKS rifles are still available for around $75. (Please see enclosed) Enfields and Moison-Nagents run from $35 to $55. Gewrer 1888 Commission Mausers (8 mm) are as cheap as $25, and are considered a 'Curio/Relic' and aren't subject to *ANY* gun control laws!!! You just have to keep the pressures down in the loads for the 1888's. Even so, they're accurate to around 500 yards, and effective at 1500. "It's the time of the assassins, It's the season of the Bitch." Don't vote! It only encourages them! Read Johann Most. My IWW/anarchist Grandfather used to read Most to me as bedtime stories. He's more relevant now than he was 100 years ago. "Anarchists! Arise! Opress Tyrants! Steal from thieves! Kill murderers! And vote with your trigger fingers!" Just think kids... what if they gave a drug war and NOBODY came? \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ The man Of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys: Power, like a desolating pestilence, Pollutes whate'er it touches, and obedience Bane of all genius, virtue, freedom, truth, Makes slaves of men, and, of the human frame, A mechanized automaton. Percy Bysshe Shelley ################################################################## ClassifiedsClassifiedsClassifiedsClassifiedsClassifiedsClassifiedsClassifieds: -------- Lots of poor zine publishers bust their asses everyday publishing their puny insignificant zines, slaving over pages of clipart and rubber cement, and for nothing. I know, I'm one of them. But surely, somewhere out there there's somebody who gives a shit about what they're doing, and NoXiT is dedicated to finding those people, and getting zines out into this decaying society so people realize, "Hey, I'm not as alone as I thought." Because for those poor souls, one must realize, now that they've tasted what it's like to lay down their lives on paper for the public, felt what its like to really lay bare everything they think and feel, there is no escape from it. Once you've done it once, you will always do it again, with no chance of rest, no chance of resolve. For them, there is no exit. A catalog with pictures and other info is available for a mere 29 cent stamp NoXiT Mailorder/P.O. Box 7371/Lake Charles, LA 70606------Internet: jgarland@nyx.cs.du.edu -------- VAJ Magazine. Dedicated to the underground scene. All bands welcome. Includes reviews, interviews, show reviews, free classifieds, and an underground address listing. Everything from Entombed to Sarah Macglaughlin. For more info Contact: VaJ Magazine c/o MDP Promotions/156 Emmerson St./Moncton, NB, Canada/E1C 6T4 Internet----klemm@nbnet.nb.ca --------- Rug Burn Rage. It is a publication about some of my summer travels around the western United States (driving, hitchhiking, greyhounding, urban camping, meeting a man named Jimmy), stories about home (Lincoln, Nebraska), fasting, and all things Not drugs, sex, or rock & roll. 28 pages with nice bright cover, $1.50 or a bunch of stamps or a trade. P.O. Box 83962, Lincoln, NE 68501 ------ ################################################################## The DC Punk Scene (Not Music) Living in DC we have a lot of great ways to help ourselves and our community. Here's a list of some things we DC kids can get involved in, etc.: @narchist Black Cross-DC> A small anti-authoritarian collective. They organized a series of videos and speakers about prison issues during October/November. Get in touch with them to see what they're doing now. Mail: PO Box 77432 Washington DC 20013 Beehive Autonomous Collective-A collectively run infoshop and free space in the Shaw-cardozo neighborhood. About a year old. There's free food & clothing for those in need, concerts, readings, video screenings, and other cultural/political events. The infoshop is open friday-sunday 12pm-8pm. Vegetarian food is served from 5-8 PM Fridays. Food Not Bombs-DC is also located here. Collective meetings are open to the public the last Tuesday of every month at 7:30 PM. The Beehive is located directly across from U St./Cardozo Metro. 925 U St. NW Washington DC 20001. Phone:(202)667-2524 or (202)797-0239 Positive Force-DC-- I don't know all that much about PF, but I know they've been doing shows for a few years, they do the annual Womyns festival, and lots of other shows. (703)276-9768 WDIY -- WDIY is an effort to get a youth-run (12-25 year olds) radio station in DC. "Imagine a unified DC youth culture. Imagine a public radio station, run by people aged 12-25, playing local rap, punk, rock, go-go, techno, jazz, and classical music, and reading poetry news comedy and drama......After politics, D.C. youth music culture is the only truly indigenous culture that still thrives here"(from a WDIY flyer). WDIY need $$$$ to buy the station. Also, videotapes of any performances should be sent in for the WDIY Public Access cable show. Call before sending anything (301)589-5036. WDIY/PO Box 73384/ Washington, DC 20056 *** ################################################################## TWINKIE FAILURE TESTING by Terry In an effort to clarify questions about the purported durability and unusual physical characteristics of Twinkies, we subjected the Hostess snack logs to the following experiments: EXPOSURE: A Twinkie was left on a window ledge for four days, during which time an inch and a half of rain fell. Many flies were observed crawling across the Twinkie's surface, but contrary to hypothesis, birds -- even pigeons -- avoided this potential source of sustenance. Despite the rain and prolonged exposure to the sun, the Twinkie retained its original color and form. When removed, the Twinkie was found to be substantially dehydrated. Cracked open, it was observed to have taken on the consistency of industrial foam insulation; the filling, however, retained its advertised "creaminess." RADIATION: A Twinkie was placed in a conventional microwave oven, which was set for precisely 4 minutes -- the approximate cooking time of bacon. After 20 seconds, the oven began to emit the Twinkie's rich, characteristic aroma of artificial butter. After 1 minute, this aroma began to resemble the acrid smell of burning rubber. The experiment was aborted after 2 minutes, 10 seconds, when thick, foul smoke began billowing from the top of the oven. A second Twinkie was subjected to the same experiment. This Twinkie leaked molten white filling. When cooled, this now epoxy like filling bonded the Twinkie to its plate, defying gravity; it was removed only upon application of a butter knife. EXTREME FORCE: A Twinkie was dropped from a ninth-floor window, a fall of approximately 120 feet. It landed right side up, then bounced onto its back. The expected "splatter" effect was not observed. Indeed, the only discernible damage to the Twinkie was a narrow fissure on its underside. Otherwise, the Twinkie remained structurally intact. EXTREME COLD: A Twinkie was placed in a conventional freezer for 24 hours. Upon removal, the Twinkie was not found to be frozen solid, but its physical properties had noticeably "slowed": the filling was found to be the approximate consistency of acrylic paint, while exhibiting the mercury like property of not adhering to practically any surface. It was noticed that the Twinkie had generously absorbed freezer odors. EXTREME HEAT: A Twinkie was exposed to a gas flame for 2 minutes. While the Twinkie smoked and blackened and the filling in one of its "cream holes" boiled, the Twinkie did not catch fire. It did, however, produce the same "burning rubber" aroma noticed during the irradiation experiment. IMMERSION: A Twinkie was dropped into a large beaker filled with tap water. The Twinkie floated momentarily, began to list and sink, and viscous yellow tendrils ran off its lower half, possibly consisting of a water-soluble artificial coloring. After 2 hours, the Twinkie had bloated substantially. Its coloring was now a very pale tan -- in contrast to the yellow, urine-like water that surrounded it. The Twinkie bobbed when touched, and had a gelatinous texture. After 72 hours, the Twinkie was found to have bloated to roughly 200 percent of its original size, the water had turned opaque, and a small, fan-shaped spray of filling had leaked from one of the "cream holes." Unfortunately, efforts to remove the Twinkie for further analysis were abandoned when, under light pressure, the Twinkie disintegrated into an amorphous cloud of debris. A distinctly sour odor was noted. SUMMARY OF RESULTS The Twinkie's survival of a 120-foot drop, along with some of the unusual phenomena associated with the "creamy filling" and artificial coloring, should give pause to those observers who would unequivocally categorize the Twinkie as "food." Further clinical inquiry is required before any definite conclusions can be drawn. ################################################################## SPUNK PRESS is an independent anarchist publishing project. Our goal is to collect anarchist, alternative and underground materials in electronic format on computers, and make them available free of charge. The archive is currently located on the Internet (a worldwide network of computers that can be accessed by five million people), but we also want to reach out into the world of bulletin board systems (BBSes), personal computers and to those without access to computers. We want to help editors and writers to convert or produce their works in an electronic format and use the distribution channels of the global networks: text archives on computers, electronic mail address lists, etc. We are seeking contributions of fanzines, pamphlets, books, articles, interviews, reviews, posters, and other material, both in-print and out-of-print, in any language. You can send material either via electronic mail or on computer diskette. If you use a word processor or desktop publishing package, we can publish your material worldwide. It will cost you nothing. SPUNK PRESS is run by an editorial collective with members in Holland, Italy, Sweden, the U.S.A. and the U.K. We use electronic mail to coordinate and administer the archive. For more information and a copy of our current catalogue, contact Spunk Press by electronic mail at spunk-list@lysator.liu.se or write to us at one of these addresses: Spunk PRESS c/o ACF/Freedom Bookshop/84B Whitechapel High Street/London E1 7QX/U.K Spunk PRESS c/o Practical Anarchy PO Box 173 84B Whitechapel High Street Madison, WI 53701-0173 U.S.A ################################################################## Deregulating Drug Use: an @narchist perspective The debate about drug use in this country is usually framed in terms of continued criminalization vs. legalization. the positions in this debate mean continued harassment, including arrests, imprisonment, theft of property, and possibly in the near future, execution of drug dealers and users, vs. legal regulation of drug use and sales, similar to that of alcohol and cigarettes, including heavy taxation, and restraints on where, when and to whom drugs can be sold. Both of these positions are based on the same assumption, government has the right to tell individuals what they can and cannot do. While legalization would surely be preferable to continued criminalization, there is a third alternative: decriminalization and deregulation. Decriminalization and deregulation of drugs would mean no laws against drugs, no government regulation of drugs' sales and use, no arrests, no prisons, no taxes. Eliminating drug laws, instead of simply replacing them with different laws, would produce a free market in drugs where people would be free to sell, ingest, or inject whatever they wished, without government interference. Drug use is a voluntary, non-violent activity, and should be an individual decision, the business of no one but the user. Government has taken it upon itself to regulate drug use, just as it regulates alcohol use, restricts abortion, and registers and drafts people, in order to better control them. Criminalization of drugs has produced, just as prohibition of alcohol did, an enormous amount of violent crime. Most of this crime is motivated by the need to obtain money to pay the artificially inflated price of illegal drugs. This drug-associated crime is then used as an excuse for police to indiscriminately harass young black men, stopping and searching, and frequently arresting them on the street, for no reason other than that they live in a "high crime" area. Doing away with drug laws would dramatically lower the cost of drugs and thereby eliminate most street crime, as well as remove the excuse police use to terrorize black people. Decriminalization and deregulation and the resultant competitive market in drugs would produce purer and safer drugs, eliminating much of the death and illness associated with drug use, most of which is caused by contamination of drugs or needles, and unreliable drug strength, not by the nature of the drug itself. Heroin is no more dangerous than aspirin if it is carefully prepared without dangerous additives and injected with a sterile needles. And aspirin overdose can kill as easily as heroin overdose, it just takes longer and feels worse. Decriminalizing needle use would virtually eliminate the transmission of AIDS among IV drug users, as has been the experience in the 38 American states which do not restrict sale of sterile needles. Needle exchange programs are not enough; there need to be more needles available to eliminate needle sharing. Besides abolishing laws against recreational drugs, eliminating government regulation of "therapeutic" drugs would also benefit people. The FDA prevents many drugs from reaching the market, including treatments for AIDS, cancer and other serious illnesses. And those that do eventually become available are delayed for years by FDA rules, while thousands die. The government is currently responsible for restrictions on aerosolized pentamidine, a drug which prevents Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, the most frequent cause of death in people who have AIDS. Just as drug laws lead to deaths associated with street drugs and keep people from obtaining sterile needles to prevent transmission of AIDS, drug laws are killing people with AIDS by denying them effective treatment. Drug laws in this country are also preventing marketing of newly developed abortifacients, drugs which induce abortion early in pregnancy, freeing women from their current reliance on the medical establishment for abortion services. these drugs would put the decision about abortion where it belongs: with the individual. Eliminating drug laws would greatly increase people's options in the areas of pleasure and health. It would also reduce crime, reduce death and illness associated with illegal drug use, and reduce deaths from AIDS and other serious illnesses. Individuals should be free to make their own decisions about drug use, and all other aspects of their lives, without the interference of government or "the community". Boston Anarchist Drinking Brigade (BAD Brigade) PO Box 1323 Cambridge, MA 02238 Internet: bbrigade@world.std.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "All men are equal and free: society by nature, and destination, is therefore autonomous and ungovernable. If the sphere of activity of each citizen is determined by the natural division of work and by the choice he makes of a profession, if the social functions are combined in such a way as to produce a harmonious effect, order results from the free activity of all men; there is no government. Whoever puts a hand on me to govern me is an usurper and a tyrant; I declare him my enemy." Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, from 'Les Confessions d'un Revolutionnaire", 1849 ################################################################## ZINE REVIEWS Gunboy #3 - 1/2 sized, 36 pages, send some stamps. This is a very original zine out of Boise. A long thing where the editor talks about his life, and some anti-christian stuff (Christ at a Kegger, etc.), a bodily functions Qwik Qwiz, etc. Very well done, well written. The Apparatus/P.O. Box 7771/Boise, ID 83707-1771 Uprise #11 - Fill sized, 28 Pages, probably $2. There's some cool stuff in here, although this baby lacks focus. It's like a box of chocolates -you never know what you're going to get. This guy (Ray) basically unloads every unimportant detail of his life on to you. Fun at times. uprise/p.o. box 1420/sykesville, md /2184 My World #2- half size, 20 pages, free (send a stamp). I slammed issue 1 for being about the silly little things that keep Tony's life running smoothly (atari/red dwarf/etc.). In this one he talks about his life itself, his friends, his family. He's a great writer, and when it's about people, not things, this zine works well. My world/4242 Slater Ave/Baltimore, MD 21236 Pondering Hedgehog #3 -half size, 16 pages, $.50. A little personal zine thrown together during summer school. Little tidbits from the life of Chicken Dancer, Superphreak, and Little Bird. PO Box 358/Glen Echo, MD/20812 NOT YOUR BITCH #2 - half size, 12 pages, free(send Stamps). Great Punk as fuck riot girl zine. Feminist poetry, boys in the scene, band interviews. It's things like this that make me wish that boys were being oppressed by the capitalist Matriarchy, but, well, this is stuff only girls can write about. Christine does it really well. Christine Johnston/P.O. Box 2984/ Denver, CO/80201 The Ugly Review #1 - Digest, 12 pages, free (send stamps). This is a great poetry zine. Good poetry is hard to come by, but TUR has found a lot of it. I love this one. Ugly Publications/P.O. Box 4853/ Richmond VA, 23220 Claustrophobia vol.3 #10 - Full size, 12 Pages, 12 issues/$10. This is a libertarian newsletter out of Ohio. Not bad, not great. Environmental stuff, Blockades, buying a gun. Claustrophobia/400 N. High St. #137 /Columbus, OH 43215 Vy-Zine #1 "A pseudo-revolutionary, quasi-punk zine"- half size, 36 pages + board game, send some stamps or $2. This is worth it just for the cover art. Wow. There's some stuff on pot legalization, band interviews, DIY, a punk board game, more art, etc. These guys don't stop, and this is only #1. Definitely try and get your hands on one of these, and look for later issues. Vy-Zine c/o Mike or Jay/510 Ridge St./Bowling Green, OH/43402 RUG BURN RAGE #1 -1/2 Size, 28 Pages, $1. Pretty cool travel zine about this guys trips in the west over the summer. Also a week of fasting, poetry, etc. See classified earlier in this issue. Rug Burn/ P.O. Box 83962/Lincoln, NE 68501-3962 CLAUSTROPHOBIA #3 - 1/2 size, 16 pages, send stamps. This is a different zine than the one above. This is the newsletter of the Anarchist Black Cross-DC. Lots of really radical issues, most of which deal with prisoner's rights. Lots of specific cases, etc. Very cool, worth your support. Claustrophobia c/o @bc-dc/P.O. Box 77432/Washington, DC 20013 ------------------End-Helter-Skelter-Digital-#4----------------