(onthelowerfrequencies.com) In this issue Erick Lyle steps out of
his regular zinish format and creates a little book, or monograph to be more
accurate, where he compiles personal, cultural, and narrative histories of
Black Falg’s first full length, “Damaged.” Quite frankly, this is the best ever
issue of an always good zine. Erick does an excellent job combining the roles
of journalist and diarist, and maintaining an appropriate conversational tone.
He also balances correspondence and interviews with Flag members with 2nd
hand available source material about them (and he impressively impresses the
usually tight lipped Gregg Ginn with some good queries). This looks like a
zine, reads like a book, and captures some of the energy of early hardcore.
Plus, it’s the perfect length to read in one intense sitting.
No comments:
Post a Comment