The Mega-Zine Museum
July 28, 1997
BLUE RAISAN reckons that if we could smell bands Oasis would be hot dogs and Pulp would be digestive biscuits. Hang on, bands do smell... of stale sweat.
DAYDREAM BELIEVER is tired of pathetic gripes with the Spice Girls. "You've no right to criticise, you're not perfect yourselves." All except WLW, of course.
THE GOTHIC FUTURIST finds people who say they're "unconventional" and "individual" annoying. Yeah, they walk around dressed the same and act just like everyone else. Now that's sad!
DEAR 'ZINE
Hey, isn't summer great? Great concerts, great cricket, great weather. And to to top it all, I've just got myself a great new girlfriend.
On the other hand, in two weeks time I'll be broke, we'll have lost the cricket, everyone will have gone on holiday to Barbados and I'll be two weeks closer to a pile of A level work for a couple of years.
Still, thank God for Quincy and Ready, Steady, Cook on weekdays.
Peter Buck's Funky Plectrum
Oh, the innocence of teen holidays
ALL LOST TO SAD PESSIMISM!
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
I visited a university with some other apparently intelligent students. On the train they asked me what I thought of Shakespeare, and I said Nick Cave is a more superior writer and musician. They just looked at me blankly.
Just 'cos some people are academically intelligent, it doesn't mean they are worth talking to. On the other hand, don't assume all boffs are boring. Some have useful things to say, like Ryan Stiles rules the world!
The BB Man
You really have useful things to say
ON UNI. THAT'S £1,000 PLEASE!
DEAR TEAM 'ZINE
What does cool mean? Does it exist? And is it important? My answers are "sod all", "no" and "sadly, it can be".
When a friend visited my house he said: "Wow, what a cool radiator" and I immediatedly checked to see was it broken.
When he said he thought my heating system was brilliant, I kicked him out of the house and said I didn't want a boring fart who found radiators interesting conversation as a friend.
Flimbo, The Talking Electric Meter
You're pretty cool with your friend
HE DON'T LIKE YOU ANYMORE!
SOME THOUGHTS, 'ZINE
It's now exactly a year since my first letter was printed. But how things have changed on 'Zine. Someone tell me why:
- It's only six pages long now, as opposed to seven or eight?
- It's now updated at various times in the early evening, as opposed to the early morning? I'm sure other 'Ziners liked waking up to a new selection.
- The pages turn too fast (a common complaint)?
The Red Chipolata
A typical 'zinester during the holidays
VERY ANGRY!
DEAR 'ZINE
It's just not fair. Why do my English mates think I'm lucky getting longer holidays up here in Scotland and better weather during summer?
Four days into my holidays we had flooding. Floodwaters came right up the end of my drive. Not only did this leave me house-bound for a few days, I spent many days after tidying up the local community. And to make it worse, if I had still been at school I would have got a day off.
Doh!
The Wondernerd
Beam me up, Scotty
YOU JUST CANNAE WIN!
