zine, #14, 23 pgs, $2, J. Anxiety-Stewart, Anxiety Press, 6 Haig St., St. Catharines, ON, L2R 6K5
We’re gonna play a little game, my answer to J. Anxiety’s claim that this issue is without theme. The game is appropriately called “Name That Theme,” and all you have to do is read a series of article topics and figure out what they all have in common. Ready? Here we go: “Old and Rare Record Reviews,” “The Black Walls: Video Store Oldies Review,” “Remembered Yet Unknowned: Jackie Earle Haley and Keith Gordon,” “Ten of the Biggest Failures in Home Electronics” (laserdiscs, AM Stereos, LP walkmans) and “A Case of Mistaken Identity: 70s Tunes Embraced by the Wrong Decade.” If the picture isn’t coloured in yet, I’ll throw in the clincher, which is that Anxiety even brings in his childhood friend as a guest-writer. This reelingly-retro zine is fun to read, like faking sick and watching reruns all day long. (Heather Ball)