Culture Zine, #2, 42 pgs, Randy Gatley, $2 or trade, PO Box 21525 1850 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC V5N 4A5, [email protected]
This was one of those awesome but weird zines whose entire focus makes sense internally, but is difficult to relate to those who haven’t read it. What have Eric Von Stroheim, the silent film director whom Hollywood ruined, and old time “race records” got in common? Who knows, but this zine tells a long and detailed history of both, then uses these tales to dissect the term “artifact.” To what purpose, only Randy knows, but the ride he takes us on is amazing and great. (Flick Harrison)