Yo!
So I submitted my thesis, packed up some stuff and left Cambridge, after a decade of hanging out up there. I will be returning to Cambridge at some point in January for a week to finalise my move and pack everything else I left up there, so if you're wanting to confess your true love to me or whatever, you only have that one chance. Crucial 'Zine will be continuing operations in ATHENS. I'm going to try to sort out a P.O. box, so please DON'T send anything to the Cambridge address.
Anyway, the new shirts are almost gone. I've got a few left in black, sizes Medium to XL, so if you want one, get in touch before those disappear. Don't know if I print up any more again because it's a fucking nightmare trying to sell them when most people seem to like the idea of them, don't bother contacting me about their sizes/colours and then expect I will have that shit ready for them.
Also, issue #7 will hopefully be ready by the end of the month, so long as I can get my head around everything and stuff. Unfortunately Panx Romana had to postpone their interview, so that might be in a later issue.
Laters.
Friday, December 24, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
THIS WEEKEND!
Yo! We all know that Jesus was as real as Ronald McDonald, but if celebrating his even-more fictional birthday gets me a few days off to party and eat lots of food, fuck it, why not? Make sure you get your ass down to these two very special shows and support your local bands and promoters:
SATURDAY!
REBELATION are seriously sweet. Hopefully they'll bring down the entire crew and there'll be like a billion trumpets and bongos. Can't argue with any of the other support bands either.
Inter City Crazy Train were totally sweet at the Random Hand show, last time I saw them.
The Sterilisers I'm sure I've seen before when drunk at the Moon and gone 'this is pretty cool'.
Tommy Pirate is always cool to catch before you get mad drunk, because members of the Tagnuts will usually heckle him about being in Edelweiss Pirates.
Everybody who is awesome will be there, so don't miss out.
Then on SUNDAY D.S. from Ababoonsass has sorted out...
HARD SKIN!
ABOVE THEM!
FIVE SHITTY FINGERS!
TWO PEAS IN A POD!
SUNDAY 19th of DECEMBER
PORTLAND ARMS
CAMBRIDGE
£7 IN
Hard Skin are to Oi! what Good Clean Fun are to youth crew. Dust off your boots, braces and cult lower division football team jersey and shave your head!
Above Them I don't really have a clue, but they are probably alright, I trust D.S's judgement.
Five Shitty Fingers is Duncan from Snuff (and a billion other bands) doing some sort of acoustic folk stuff. I saw a video on youtube and everybody on-stage was dressed like pirates.
Two Peas In A Pod are two dudes from Vanilla Pod doing some acoustic stuff. Will they do 'Once Was Home' and will it rock as hard? I'd like to find out.
Brewer is exceptionally happy about Hard Skin, so if you're tall, stand in front of him so he can't see the band. If Hard Skin cover 'Oi! to the world' by the Vandals (which every band should do around Xmas), I will be moshing hard.
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In other exciting news the new CRUCIAL 'ZINE shirts look totally fucking sweet. Pictures will be up as soon as I get batteries for my camera. For anybody who didn't preorder one, I've got a few spares in black and navy blue (sizes S-XL), but get in touch fast, because people are already claiming them. £6 a pop (plus postage). I'm going to Greece early next week for like a month, so don't sleep on this too long.
Also the new issue is coming along nicely. Unfortunately there have been some minor setbacks with the zine and life in general, so issue #7 won't be out until mid/late January. Don't worry though, I will make sure it is EXTRA good, so there will be a higher quota of awesomeness in it than usual, you know, for a change.
Also, there are NEW rates for advertising, should any record label, distro, store, mercenary or super villain wanting to pimp their wares in the upcoming issue. £10 for 1/4 page, £20 for half a page and £30 for a full page. Hell, I'll gladly take money from racist, sexist and homophobic folk, print their ads under the heading 'How to demonstrate your severe retardation at the expense of natural resources' and spend the loot on something cool. Money generated from ads will go towards our War on Boredom but crucially, keeping the 'zine free.
Laters!
SATURDAY!
REBELATION are seriously sweet. Hopefully they'll bring down the entire crew and there'll be like a billion trumpets and bongos. Can't argue with any of the other support bands either.
Inter City Crazy Train were totally sweet at the Random Hand show, last time I saw them.
The Sterilisers I'm sure I've seen before when drunk at the Moon and gone 'this is pretty cool'.
Tommy Pirate is always cool to catch before you get mad drunk, because members of the Tagnuts will usually heckle him about being in Edelweiss Pirates.
Everybody who is awesome will be there, so don't miss out.
Then on SUNDAY D.S. from Ababoonsass has sorted out...
HARD SKIN!
ABOVE THEM!
FIVE SHITTY FINGERS!
TWO PEAS IN A POD!
SUNDAY 19th of DECEMBER
PORTLAND ARMS
CAMBRIDGE
£7 IN
Hard Skin are to Oi! what Good Clean Fun are to youth crew. Dust off your boots, braces and cult lower division football team jersey and shave your head!
Above Them I don't really have a clue, but they are probably alright, I trust D.S's judgement.
Five Shitty Fingers is Duncan from Snuff (and a billion other bands) doing some sort of acoustic folk stuff. I saw a video on youtube and everybody on-stage was dressed like pirates.
Two Peas In A Pod are two dudes from Vanilla Pod doing some acoustic stuff. Will they do 'Once Was Home' and will it rock as hard? I'd like to find out.
Brewer is exceptionally happy about Hard Skin, so if you're tall, stand in front of him so he can't see the band. If Hard Skin cover 'Oi! to the world' by the Vandals (which every band should do around Xmas), I will be moshing hard.
-------------
In other exciting news the new CRUCIAL 'ZINE shirts look totally fucking sweet. Pictures will be up as soon as I get batteries for my camera. For anybody who didn't preorder one, I've got a few spares in black and navy blue (sizes S-XL), but get in touch fast, because people are already claiming them. £6 a pop (plus postage). I'm going to Greece early next week for like a month, so don't sleep on this too long.
Also the new issue is coming along nicely. Unfortunately there have been some minor setbacks with the zine and life in general, so issue #7 won't be out until mid/late January. Don't worry though, I will make sure it is EXTRA good, so there will be a higher quota of awesomeness in it than usual, you know, for a change.
Also, there are NEW rates for advertising, should any record label, distro, store, mercenary or super villain wanting to pimp their wares in the upcoming issue. £10 for 1/4 page, £20 for half a page and £30 for a full page. Hell, I'll gladly take money from racist, sexist and homophobic folk, print their ads under the heading 'How to demonstrate your severe retardation at the expense of natural resources' and spend the loot on something cool. Money generated from ads will go towards our War on Boredom but crucially, keeping the 'zine free.
Laters!
Friday, December 3, 2010
NEWS UPDATE
Yo! How's tricks? Here's the latest bits of news:
- CRUCIAL 'ZINE #7 is coming together nicely. It will be the final issue based in Cambridge, as I'll be moving back to Greece in January/February. Hopefully it will be out in time for the Hard Skin gig at the Portland Arms on the 17th of December. There should be some pretty sweet covers (yes, that's plural) and wicked interviews. Can't really let anything out of the bag just yet, but it will be sweet.
- Shirts have been ordered. Thanks to everyone who expressed an interest, I'll get in touch with you as soon as I get them. For anyone else who might want one, I have ordered a few extras in Black and Navy Blue. Speaking of random merch, I've also got a few patches printed up by the cool people at Ska Mutiny Records. I've given a few out, will probably stick the rest up for sale. £1 sounds alright, yeah?
- NASA astrobiologists have discovered a bacterium which uses arsenic instead of phosphorus as its building blocks. I aksed Crucial 'Zine's resident organic chemist about what this actually means:
"Thats the equivalent of the theoretical silicon based life form. Like carbon and silicon; arsenic has the same valency as phosphorus so can bond in the same way but is much 'larger' by which I mean its valence electrons are much further from its positively charged nucleus so any bonds it forms would be significantly weaker (I think. Fuck. I'm losing it), but that is besides the point. That's pretty immense. I'm assuming they believe it has simply adapted from an existing phosphorus utilising lifeform due to a constraining environment? If it just adapted for a laugh...that would be taking the piss. "
More news soon!
- CRUCIAL 'ZINE #7 is coming together nicely. It will be the final issue based in Cambridge, as I'll be moving back to Greece in January/February. Hopefully it will be out in time for the Hard Skin gig at the Portland Arms on the 17th of December. There should be some pretty sweet covers (yes, that's plural) and wicked interviews. Can't really let anything out of the bag just yet, but it will be sweet.
- Shirts have been ordered. Thanks to everyone who expressed an interest, I'll get in touch with you as soon as I get them. For anyone else who might want one, I have ordered a few extras in Black and Navy Blue. Speaking of random merch, I've also got a few patches printed up by the cool people at Ska Mutiny Records. I've given a few out, will probably stick the rest up for sale. £1 sounds alright, yeah?
- NASA astrobiologists have discovered a bacterium which uses arsenic instead of phosphorus as its building blocks. I aksed Crucial 'Zine's resident organic chemist about what this actually means:
"Thats the equivalent of the theoretical silicon based life form. Like carbon and silicon; arsenic has the same valency as phosphorus so can bond in the same way but is much 'larger' by which I mean its valence electrons are much further from its positively charged nucleus so any bonds it forms would be significantly weaker (I think. Fuck. I'm losing it), but that is besides the point. That's pretty immense. I'm assuming they believe it has simply adapted from an existing phosphorus utilising lifeform due to a constraining environment? If it just adapted for a laugh...that would be taking the piss. "
More news soon!
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