#Razorcake

[luckynakazawa]

I contributed an illustration for @sean.carswell ‘s column which included a reference to the band @monstertreasureupyours in the latest issue of @razorcake_zine as well as a few illos in the reviews section. I will be taking part of a panel discussion on RC137 on Friday Jan 12 at @thepophop info below

IMPORTANT – PLEASE NOTE THE VENUE CHANGE.

Just a reminder of this event happening this Friday, Dec. 12!

An Exploration of Razorcake #137 at The POP-HOP

Panel + Discussion + Q and A

Featuring: Melissa Cody, Kiyoshi Nakazawa, Jim Ruland

Hosted by Razorcake co-founder Todd Taylor

Free!

Fri., Jan. 12, 2024

7PM

The POP-HOP

5002 York Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90042

Melissa Cody is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation. She was born 1983 in No Water Mesa, Arizona, is a fourth-generation weaver, and a dyed-in-the-wool punk rocker.

Kiyoshi Lucky Nakazawa is a L.A.-based artist in the fields of animation, illustration, comics, and story boards. He graduated from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena with a BFA in Fine Arts. He is a regular comics column contributor to Razorcake magazine.

Jim Ruland is the author of the award-winning novel Make It Stop. He is the author of Corporate Rock Sucks, The Rise and Fall of SST Records. He is also the co-author of Do What You Want: The Story of Bad Religion and My Damage with Keith Morris.

[wamnak]

Support non-profit independent media! Razorcake.org

[voodoorhythmrecords]

[not-of-this-earth]

Updated version of the guitar tutorial by Jason Willis that I just posted yesterday. This one was for Razorcake fanzine.

[thislovintime]

Spotlight on: Minus 5 - “Song for Peter Tork”

Mike Faloon: “[O]ne song that comes to mind is ‘Song for Peter Tork.’ That chorus really resonates: ‘You just work, and it works, to keep on working.’ It would have been easy to mock his fall from grace. Instead, you chose to focus on his work ethic after the Monkees broke up.” Scott McCaughey: “Yeah, Chuck [Carroll] and I were living in Sonoma County, and we were coming back from seeing somebody at Berkeley Community Theatre or something, maybe the Kinks. I don’t know. [laughs] But we saw this sign in the town he lives in, ‘Tonight Peter Tork.’ And we’re thinking, ‘No way, you’ve got to be kidding me.’ We pull in and it was literally like two in the morning. They’re putting the chairs on the table and Peter was there just winding up his guitar cables, packing up. I was thinking about that when I wrote the Peter Tork song, just about the keep on working thing. There’s something to be said about it.” - Razorcake 091, April-May 2016

[multimediadisorder]

[oleandrsstudio]

This week’s #zine #review is of “Behind the Zines #13: A Zine About Zines” put together by Billy McCall!

I love this series as a kind of journalism focused on the zine community. In this issue, we’ve got comics about food and zines, an interview with minizinester Mer (creator of the Catholic shrine minizines you might remember from March!), backstory about Razorcake, and more! I was especially interested in the pieces about Patreon. (I’m considering opening a Patreon of my own — keep an eye out for that!) Anna Jo Beck talks about the practicalities of setting one up, likes and dislikes, all the interesting parts. I enjoyed reading this zine and I’m looking forward to the next one!

[mild-pain-comics]

My 2020/2021 book, Sid & the Sickos, got its first official review in Razorcake!

[independentartistbuzz]

June Body Goes the Distance with Latest Single “Take Our Time Back”

Swaying between the punchiness of modern rock and the nostalgic tones of '90s alternative, June Body's rawness and forthright lyrical delivery throws back to the likes of Death Cab for Cutie and The Weakerthans. 

“Take Our Time Back” is the latest single from the trio's third album, Last Everythings (June 7, 2024); a snow globe of the scenes before, during, and after a breakup. It is a venture into the subtle, heartbreaking domestic details of an ending.

“I ended a year-long relationship that I realized I wasn’t ready to be in from the start,” lead vocalist/guitarist Connor James elaborates about the new track. “I fell in love with a great person, but a voice in the back of my mind kept telling me it wasn’t meant to be. ‘Take Our Time Back’ is about the guilt of having to break their heart, and wondering if they’re wishing they could take back the time we had together.”

Recently, they performed sold-out shows including an opening slot for The Beaches. “They are poetry backed by insane stage action.” -Razorcake

[idawg]

Guy Picciotto, Razorcake interview

#fugazi

[handstandrecords]

Listening to @warhoneyband is "an almost transcendent experience" according to @razorcake_zine and I’m inclined to agree. ✨ I just renewed my subscription and encourage everyone to support these purveyors of fine punk rock print mags! . . . #warhoney #slowcore #indierock #dreampop #shoegaze #recordreview #razorcake #transcendent #ethereal #haunting #beautiful https://www.instagram.com/p/CgHf_jNLbK1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[itsmerickv]

A comic about CD's that upset some snobby audiophiles.

[xshrutix]

S.X.R: Feelings of Expiration: 7”

Nov 27, 2012

I really wanted to like this one because I’ve been through Redding, CA, where these guys are from—and know how much it sucks—but they play some pretty boring straight edge hardcore with dopey lyrics and lots of E chords and slow parts and breakdowns and blast beats. They do have a song called “Macho,” which refutes macho bullshit attitudes. I’ll commend them for that.

–Craven (Mind Melt, mindmelt.com)

[otherpplnation]

840. Jim Ruland

Jim Ruland is the author of the novel Make It Stop, available from Rare Bird Books.

Ruland is the co-author of Do What You Want with Bad Religion, and My Damage with Keith Morris, the founding vocalist of Black Flag, Circle Jerks, and OFF! Ruland has been writing for punk zines such as Flipside and Razorcake for more than twenty-five years and his work has received awards from Reader's Digest and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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[tannerballengee]

A flattering, ego boosting, glowing review of my book written by Kurt Morris in Razorcake Magazine. Probably the most spot on, nail-on-the-head analysis of my writing that I've ever received. 

But hey, don't take his word for it. Purchase a copy yourself!

[templepriest-motherfucker]