Somewhere between ranting and reporting – one of the subtitles in this zine – aptly describes the overall vibe here. Even the fabulous cut and paste of this is and is not chaos. This issue, the Army is on maneuvers; first there’s a raucous photo collage of Dirty Bird ’96, the queercore festival in San Francisco and then the troops move on to the summer solstice Radical Faerie gathering, but sadly, the diary excerpts here are largely illegible. Other positions are also attacked: “Rave on, Fuckface” debunks the Rave mystic and an even better rant “punk is/punk ain’t” puts the troops in their place. A smattering of erotica and a great article on Church of England priests in hot water over not believing in God round out this a full scale tactical assault on all sorts of preconceived notions.
zine / issue 2, 28 pages / main creator: Scott / $1 / c/o Fierce Little Engine, PO Box 67539, RPO Spadina W., Toronto ON, M5T 3B8