Organization:      LOGISTICS INFORMATION CENTER (IC-LOG)
Motto:          FIRST LINE TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Telephone:                 768-8074/8180
FAX:                   768-7106
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Date:         Sat, 9 Jan 1993 13:53:34 KST
From:         DMetcalf%IC-LOG@WALKER-LTT.ARMY.MIL
Subject: [DMetcalf%IC-LOG: I.N. #7]

After all the 'phunky' nominations fer' ZZAJ, I mulled over the
latest issue of my 'zine, 'IMPROVIJAZZATION NATION', & decided
I'd make a 'gift' of it to all the netfolk!  Such generosity is
BOUND to happen only once in a bloomoon... actually, I wanted
y'all to see wotz shakin' in the paper side of the networkin'
world, & figgered this'd be a fine way to do it!  I'd already
posted some excerpts before, but this (less graphics, of course)
will give you the COMPLETE phunk, eh?  For anyone who is in to
it, my contact address is at the bottom, & I'm interested in
most anything YOU'VE made - tapes, records, CD's - even to
include short poems, essays on music, etc.  The next issue is
being prepped now & shoulde ready for sale around the first
or second week of February '93.  Hope ye' enjoy it & MAKE some
NEW contacts from it - after all, THAT'S what it's ABOUT!


ROTCOD ZZAJ



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Date:     Sat, 9 Jan 93 13:48:05 KST
From:     DMetcalf%IC-LOG@Walker-LTT.Army.Mil
To:       grosser@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
cc:       dmetcalf@Walker-LTT.Army.Mil
Subject:  I.N. #7
Organization:      LOGISTICS INFORMATION CENTER (IC-LOG)
Motto       :          FIRST LINE TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Telephone   :                 768-8074/8180
FAX         :                   768-7106


Geri, thought you might get a kick out of my last ish of th' 'zine,
in it's entirety!  If this is overload traffic, just tell me & I'll
not send such large files any more!  Easier 'n mailing it, tho'.
If you like it, or think someone else might, let 'em see it!  Of
course it doesn't have the graphics, but they're not that important
anyway!  At enny rate, let me know what you think!


Frustraging?



I keep hearin' from folks about subscriptions; oh, no, that
NASTY word again... VERY resistant to all the hassle associated
with keepin' trak of ?hundreds? of folks mail-ins, dates, etc.,
etc., ad nauseam!  Ergo, let's do this the civilized way... I'll
publish a list of anticipated deadline dates for submission &
release dates... you send me yer' stuph for review prior to the
deadlines & yer' cash (or 5 $.29 STAMPS) for the issue you want
to purchase about a week before the scheduled release date...
less hassle for all concerned, & (after this issue) it'll allow
me to save postage for the mailout announcements!  O.K?  Not
O.K? TELL me wot' ya' think, or else I won't know & I'll just
rush madly on with my plan!!





Here is the (current & very tentative) set of dates:



ISSUE        CUTOFF             RELEASE
  8             1 Feb 93              1-10 Mar 93

   9              1 May 93             1-10 Jun 93





I won't estimate beyond those time-frames for now, as my
contract is up for rebid in September '93, so I may be moving
when the fall issue is supposed to come out.  As it stands right
now, I should be able to stick with that schedule quite
closely... & ALL who've been with me for a while now know that I
make EVERY effort to get this rag out ON TIME!





I wuz down on orders for #6, so I'll also solicit yer'
assistance (once again) in spreading the word about 'I.N.' &
it's value (as YOU see it) in the networking scene!



Apologies!



I owe a most SINCERE apology to C. Mulrooney.  In issue #6, I
posted one of C's poems, titled  "In The Studio 8"; line 5
should have read:

     and there are otters

Sorry, INDEED!  These things DO happen, & I don't like 'em any
more than the poet does!

It's another RED-HOT time for improv tapes... I got ALL kinds of
new tapes this go-round; also got many poems & not a few
'zines/flyers/promos!  Several folks wrote reviews & forwarded
'em to me via E-mail and/or netmail!



DMETCALF%IC-LOG@

WALKER-LTT.ARMY.MIL



Don't HESITATE to get in contact by e-mail; it REALLY speeds
things up & is just SO much more gratifying... less jabber, mo'
reviews, RIGHT?  So, HERE we go!!!

Audio Alchemy:  THE CASSETTE MYTHOS - This is a compilation tape
started WAY back by Robin James, who has been 'round the indie
audio scene since the daze of OP 'zine; he started putting this
together in '85, "as an experiment with the legacy of OP
magazine" (from the booklet liner notes)... There are names on
here that MANY of you who've been round this scene will
recognize  right away!  Fredrick Lonberg-Holm, Costes, Minoy &
Triptic of A Pastel Fern, just to name a FEW!  The sound quality
is just the BEST, & the variety & DRIVE  of the selections is
ALL you could ask for as an intro/history of independent
releases.  I very rarely enjoy comp tapes , because the
recording is usually under par, & the toonz just don't seem to
MESH!  NOT in THIS case, friends!  & the BEAUTY of the whole
thing is that the audio experience is only a PART of the whole
project!  There is a whole BOOK that is a part of the deal
(reviewed LATER) & rounds out the experience for a total
viewpoint on where we've been &, to some degree, where we're
HEADED in this whole indie/networking THANG!  Both this tape &
the CASSETTE MYTHOS book are an absolute MUST-HAVE for the
serious networker!  You can order from Robin at CASSETTE MYTHOS,
PO BX 238, Olympia, WA 98507 (USA), or from the agent,
Nonsequitur Foundation, The Aerial/?What Next?, PO BX 2638,
Santa Fe, NM 87506 (USA)





Oool & Rotton Kidz: PLANET OF FREEDOM - From the greatnorth
comes 'nother great tape... this time 'round the focus is Oool's
'brand' of music... full-bodied orchestral rock soundz, most of
the material was actually put to tape in Bangkok 'twixt 1988 &
1990... you could call this a 'solo' album, as Oool sez on the
liners... & some "sweet" songs there are... Oool's vocals remind
me, for some reason, of late-sixties influences, but that's not
a drawback atoll!  The oriental influences are much more visible
on this tape, perhaps because it IS a solo effort... this is a
challenging (yet relaxing and most enjoyable) set, & seems to
possess more body/texture than some other 'Kidz' tapes I've
listened to... HIGHLY recommended!  Better, in some ways, than
an actual TRIP to Thailand!  Contact Ix-ax-ox Music, 2924
Mccarthy Rd, Ottawa, Canada for more info!



Sunny Cuba:  RHUNTA DALIDDA - This tape, labelled a 'promo'
edition, came from Michael Jackson of Xkurzhen Sound.  As there
were no liner notes for players, it's difficult to tell if
Michael is actually on the tape, or just ?who? is on it...
nonetheless, it's quite interesting... leading off with what I
surmise is a 'trip' thru the jungle is Kingkongabullessence,
mostly percussives & rattles... nice transit into guitarz that
counterpoint the ongoing percussion... no pretense or hype here,
just straightforward excursions in sound that wind through a
slow build from sticks&logs to drums&symbols  'CRASHING'!  There
are some dramatic shifts in emotion & balance, but the tape
retains a flavor uniquely it's "own", without disintegrating in
to pure 'noise'!  All in all a very enjoyable tape... get more
information from Xkurzhen, c/o Michael Jackson, 26 Linden Ave.,
Asheville, NC 28801 USA



Pointless Music:  A POINTLESS COMPILATION - Yea, this has been
reviewed before in other 'zines... from our old friend Luigi-bob
Drake, of "Krapps Last Tape" fame (infame?), comes this comp
that seems not at all pointless... a ?history? of the late
eighties & early nineties underground scene?  Is that what we're
to call it?  All the way from 'Bite the Wax Tadpole' to
'DimThingShine' to 'Controlled Bleeding' & back again... from
narrative radio talk-show madness to overt screeches & whistles,
to John Wiggins soothing 'Timbre Map'!  Now, don't get me wrong;
tho' I 'like' it, I still wouldn't play it fer' my ma!  This is
'adult' music, but not for those (normals) over 40 - it'd give
'em heart attacks!  As a sonic document of where the
'underground' has been & where it's bound to 'be' there's not
much more interesting territory to trek through!  Recommended as
a fine introductory excursionary experience!  Contact Pointless
Music, 1228 Fairview Dr., Kent, Ohio 44240 USA

              Your ATTENTION please...

  I mean  NOW!!!

This is a REVIEW brake...

 er, ah REVIEW break... er,

er, a BROKEN review...





WIPINGS



That  fingered swelling's a merely-thought, me'd in the

falter-flow from's stumbling at the altered pelf, er,

burn that left a number flaunting like a jerk jerk,

squeezing the lingers off, like a window sloped in

sleep's tumory essence.  "Ah it grows as I talk my

face", but those jawstrings to's legs run down!

Speaking's convec- er, vulsion's curves 'n splatterings...

"So I sauntered after, spoke in my shifty stride"

(Like's "slef's" strewn up, and a waddy kleenex flies!)



                   c       John M. Bennett  4.22.92



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s he  & the mo (ON) (rni ng)

f i rE  ***  hou Se  #9

hai r cheSTNUT    brown

s he  & the mo (rn ng) (moon)

a breast island wide m OO    n

I  n  ( d  i)  a   N



             c     c.l.  CHAMPION

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EXTRAPOLATION



Excessive cold hands

superfluous nipples of green hedge

desperate transfer of self

past a strange house

in a strange neighborhood

fits in walking alone

rubbing inside prizes

wet thighs of Greek Plays

figuring how a child separates tradgedy

we all carry in our mouths

like bleeding poppies in shafts of light

popped out too cold for re-insertion

no escape from sour dream relationships

a large part of a child dies

when its father leaves early.



One night the music stops in the dark

fragmenting us like words

lists of non-acts on dead paper

eating three-day-old mashed potatoes

in a tiny bed hoping for a place of love

like the little white one

with picket long time ago hot summer

groomed as story with music landscape

Hercules and Agamemnon in future

best forgotten.



                         c         Joan Payne Kincaid



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Bennett\Clark\Culhane:  BAG TALK - Among the latest in the
strange saga of "new" poetry... no need to fear the normal in
these pieces... having played behind John on a couple of tapes,
I can surely say that from an improvisor's vantage point, his
words are an inspiration to those of us who enjoy the random!
BAG TALK'S not for the squeamish; Clark's keyboardz/sampling &
Culhane's antics on clarinet/violin/voice contribute to an
overall tension that, combined with the Bennett penchant for
word combinations murky/clear, bring the listener both comfort
and fear!  Sound strange?  'tis, but you'll never be the same!
Contact John at Luna Bisonte Prods, 137 Leland Ave., Columbus,
OH 43214 or Dave Clark at Music You Can Almost See, 2805 E. 16th
Ave., #5, Denver, CO 80206





& now, wot' MANY of ye' were prob'ly WAITIN' for... new reviews
from other folks...  I'm TELLIN' ya', you otta' send YERS' in,
too... what better way to spread the WORD (in YER' words, at
that) on the tapes/'zines/ect. that YOU think're HOT!  Here are
just a couple from our rocksteady contributor, Henry Schneider
of Houston, Texas...



Amenophis:  AMENOPHIS   (CD - 59:07))

Amenophis, an obscure German progressive band from the early
eighties, was the trio of Stefan Rossmann (drums, keyboards,
synthesizers, acoustic guitar), Michael Rossmann (electric and
acoustic guitars, keyboards), and Wolfgang Vollmuth (bass,
acoustic guitars, keyboards, vocals).  Recorded in France in
1983, Amenophis features energetic and stimulating melodies,
beautiful acoustic and electric guitar work, and elaborate
arrangements.  To test their equipment and the studio, Amenophis
recorded five short "acoustic" tracks (2 to 4 minutes in length)
composed by Stefan about Paris and French culture.  Musea
included these excellent extra tracks as a bonus, as well as the
original cover art work and an extensive 12 page booklet with
band history and lyrics.  Listening to Amenophis' music is like
watching the play of colors in a soap bubble.  The continuous
shifting of moods and tone colors is brilliant, seamless, and a
pleasure to experience.  Kudos are due to Musea for discovering
and bringing this unappreciated and captivating progressive band
to worldwide attention.  Contact Musea, 68 La Tinchotte, 57117
Retonfey, FRANCE.



Klaus Schulze:  2001 (CD, 77:06) - 2001 is a sampling of
Schulze's unique electronic music spanning his career from 1972
to 1990.  It is not a greatest hits album, but a collection of 4
to 7 minute excerpts from 15 classic Schulze works:  Gewitter,
Voices of Syn, Totem, Mindphaser, Blanche, Crystal Lake, Ludwig
II von Bayern, Weird Caravan, Amourage, Silent Running, Pain,
En=Trance, The Beat Planate, Miditerranean Pads, and Percussion
Planate.  This amount of music stretches the CD format to its
limit.  Spanning almost 20 years of music from his earliest
analog efforts to his present digital compositions, Schulze
expertly selected and combined these extracts to produce a CD
that sounds like one long continuous composition.  The only
piece missing is Klaus' explanation of why he chose these
particular passages.  A bit of rationale and historical
perspective would go a long way in making 2001 a perfect
package.  2001 is a great way to experience this music without
suffering through those overlong compositions that have plagued
his recent releases.  While this unique approach to sampling a
musicians work is intended for completists, 2001 is a tasty
appetizer sure to whet the newcomer's Schulze appetite.  Contact
2001, Postbox 61037, 6000 Frankfurt 60, Germany!











Various Artists:  ENCHANTEMENT  (CD, 70:48)  Enchantement is a
CD reissue of Musea's vinyl sampler of 12 French progressive
bands:  Edhels, Raison De Plus, Elohim, Pulsar, Atoll,
Jean-Pascal Boffo, Minimum Vital, Ange, Atmosphere, Anoxie,
Sombre Reptile, and Halloween.  Each band either specifically
composed music for this compilation or included a track from a
current release.  Musea put a lot of effort into this CD
package:  crystal-clear recording and production; beautiful
cover artwork; a picture CD; and a 28 page booklet with band
photos, complete discographies, and extensive histories in both
French and English.  The music is excellent and ranges from
"pop" influenced progressive through Camel to King Crimson.  My
favorite songs are Edhels' Elfin Dance and Anoxie's The Quest.
Enchantement is an excellent introduction to the new crop of
French progressive bands.  Contact Musea at address indicated
earlier.



Egoband:  TRIP IN THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD  (CD, 59:13) - Trip in
the Light of the World is the debut CD by the Italian
neo-progressive quartet Egoband (how pretentious!):  Alessandro
Accordino (voices & keyboards), Fabio Cioni (drums), Massimo
Fava (guitars), and Alfonso Capasso (bass).  When I first
listened to Trip in the Light of the World I was a tad
surprised.  Egoband is a progressive band, yet the opening two
minutes is pure "New Age electronics".  Don't be fooled, when
the drums roll in, the music kicks into high gear!  What we have
here is high energy progressive rock that almost crosses over to
main stream rock (Van Halen?).  This high energy alternates
between rockers like In the Air and ballads like The Man, The
Rain, The Door.  Accordino's vocals sound like Marillion, but
the English lyrics make little sense.  Unfortunately the CD
booklet is not much help either.  It is full of typos and
misspellings, I guess written by someone unfamiliar with
English.  Musea take note, run a spell checker before the final
printing.  Luckily the lyrics are secondary and Accordino's
voice dovetails smoothly with the music.  Trip in the Light of
the World is sure to please those mainstream listeners that are
afraid to experiment with the more progressive bands.  Contact
Musea!



Tiemko:  PARADE (CD, 41:48) - Parade is the third album by the
superb French trio of Remy Chauvidan (electric guitars,
keyboards, Jean Jaques Toussaint (synthesizers), and Eric
Delaunay (drums, vibraphone, xylophone).  Chauvidan, Toussaint,
and Delaunay each contributed three tracks to Parade.  Tiemko
creates an amalgam of rock, jazz fusion, and progressive music
(e.g., Kimg Crimson, Ptose, Sensations Fixe, and Pat Metheny).
Their music ranges from the excellent pseudo-Mellotron of
Delaunay's Good Bye Mister Prog, through Chauvidan's oriental
piece Taille One, to the breath taking acoustic guitar of
Delaunay's Hymne.  While on this musical journey I encountered
Toussaint's Spirale with a lead guitar line that sounds like the
melody from Sergio Mendez' hit The Look of Love.  Not at all
what I expected from Eric Delaunay's medieval influenced cover
art!  I guess you can't tell a CD by it's cover.  Buy this CD
and join Tiemko on a Parade through their unique blend of music.
 Contact Musea!



Bob Bunce:  SKEW (Distorted Picture) - Bro' Bob & the crews (2
of 'em this time; group of six named "Beyond Riddum Orchestra" &
a smaller group - 3, players - called St. Jospeph's Coolage) are
back at it again - this time LIVE!  The skillful mixture of rock
& blooz lickz that we've come to expect from Bob & his bands is
surely here, but the LIVE aspect kicks it in to HIGH gear
immediately, & ya' feel like ROCKET MAN or sumthin'... just
JAMMIN', man... that's wot' Bob said in his note to me 'bout
this tape!  & 'deed they ARE!  Sections on here that sound a LOT
like an old LP called "Super Session"... Al Kooper, Mike
Bloomfield & Stephen Stills were on that one & it was indeed
SOOPER... just like SKEW is!  Ethan Lyons sax is as bloozy as
any late-night joint player I've ever heard!  Tellin' ya',
folks, if you enjoy gut-level blooz that 'tears it up', you
can't afford ta' miss this one!  Now, on the next live outing,
Bob, I'd SHORE like to see that harp-player jammin' witcha!
But, reader, don't let that lil' minor crit slow ye' down from
gettin' in TOUCH with Beyond Riddum, Bob's label.  Once again,
Bob's scored a HIT, & the machine'll probably EAT the tape as
much as it'll be gettin' played here in Zzajland!  Write Beyond
Riddum Music, PO BX 13792, Rochester, NY 14613!  HIGHLY
recommended!





 The Noisy Room:  THE CHESSBOARD - This CD was fairly long in
comin'; Marco Olivotto, of TNR, first started talkin' with me
about it back in early summer this year; we traded a tape or two
& 'zines as well.  He had some production delays (& those of us
who do prod work on a reg'lar basis know just how frustrating
that is, eh?)  & then, th' sucker FINALLY comes tumblin' outta'
the mail slot... beautifully crafted CD insert sheet with more
info than you could ever shake a stick at... & the music?
SUPERB prog rock, with all the POWER of creativity behind it!
Marco's vocals are, in his words, "from the heart"... mo' like
"from th' GUT", I'd say, but why quibble, right?  I've mentioned
my wife's opinions of summa' th' tapes/CD's I get in here to listen
to before... & I've also mentioned that if Kim asks for it MORE 'n
once, it's HOT!  Marco's SCORCHING vocal on "Last Question",
a song about suicide & thots thereof is mo' like a froggin' volcano,
folks!  It'll not only knockyersockzoff, it'll leave ya' SCREAMIN'
for more!  'I.N.' has been very fortunate in getting so many GOOD players
submitting for review, & T.N.R. is at the TOP o' the heap!  I
can't recommend this CD highly enough... contact Marco or the
rest of the crew at The Noisy Room, 16 Via dell' Abetone, 38068
- Rovereto (TN), Italy.

Those who read 'I.N.' on a reg'lar basis will know that the
spoken word plays a big part in all taped efforts that ZZAJ
Productions does... our friend Bob Grumman, of the Runaway Spoon
Press, sez he enjoyed 'I.N.' #'s 5 and 6, but didn't feel that
#6 had enough text reviews in it... so, he did what I wish more
folks would do!  He sent a BUNCH in... Bob's a prolific author
in his own write, & I'm sure you'll enjoy these snatches of
recently published chapbooks & such...



>From "the soft sighs of if", by Judy Murray





That cart wheel Mama

At every compass point of her be

                              was a hole

North   Ears  Would shut to the

                                 South pole

If we opened the igloo at 10

The west breeze would brush with

                               the soft sighs of if

Turned East

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On the ecology farm the butterflies

wear pennies of water

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I'll not quote any more from that one, suffice it to say that
Judy has much more to say, & it's genuinely exciting for a short
30 page chap!



>From "bend backward for sharper reception", by David Gianatasio





due to the

mysterious properties of

electricity ethel

rosenberg may have been

the greatest genius the

world has ever known

in the final seconds

of her life

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the moon is orange inside my head



my head is shaped like an orange



i'll peel back my face



& reveal the sky

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Oh, 'tis nice to know that there are still folks out there who
capture their visions for us to soak our minds in!  & lastly...



>From "FESTILLIFES", by Virginia V. Hlavsa



How He, Ending with the Article, Ate



The squirrel goes up the pole,

  grabs at the platform, and

       down slams the door

             to the seed,

                and then

                      the

             squirrel goes

            up     the      pole

           grabs at  the  platform

        and   down  slams   the   door

      to    the    seed,    and   then    the

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Don't forget to write Bob for more information on chapbooks,
poetry projects & full-length books...  at the Runaway Spoon
Press, Box 3621, Port Charlotte, FL 33949



N D - Contact Exchange Document  -  Here's the latest issue of
Daniel Plunkett's fine  'zine!  With a heavier emphasis than
many others on interviews/articles/news about the artists on the
scene today, this 'zine has to have a little smaller print - &
fer' my fading eyes, that's a drawback - but DON'T let that stop
ya' from scopin' his work out!  This is, in fact, one o' the
BETTER ones!  #16 had really interesting and thoroughly worthy
interviews/articles by or with the likes of Amy Denio, Roger
Doyle, John Watermann, Crash Worship & many others!  One of the
nicest things about N D is that many of the artists are truly
international, especially in the European arena, & in many
cases, it  appears that Daniel & others actually GO where
the artists ARE!  Who knows, mebbe' one o' these years,
they'll show up at my gate!  There are also nice (tho' quite short)
reviews of audio efforts, vids & new pubs for you to scope out!
I have enjoyed this 'zine for over a coupla' years now & I'm sure
you will TOO!  Contact at N D, PO BX 4144, Austin, TX 78765
HIGHLY recommended!







& now, as promised in #6, here are the rest of the reviews from
our ol' friend Jim Rite (f.k.a. DimThingShine)... let me remind
you again that I'm GLAD to get reviews of

tapes/CD'S/wotever from you ALL... it helps me a lot, & adds a
perspective to the reviews that many appreciate... & if THAT
ain't networking, I don't know wot IS!  So, here goes:



Little Fyodor:  KGNU KABARET  - Little Fyodor Live on KGNU FM
Radio in Boulder Colorado!  Good to know there are still
creative outputs on the airwaves.  Most of side one of this here
tape has L.F. solo... just him ranting with an acoustic
guitar... giving a kind of folkish feel... yet too weird to sing
along with.  He sings about things like how we are all doomed,
wanting an ugly girl, how he can't stand happy people, asking to
be pitied.  Even though he sings about being/feeling like an
outcast with rebellious fervor... he also gives some hope and
searches for strength to fight off the society that wants to
bring him down.  Yeah, he's goofy and a nerd, but he has a
message for all of us.  On the last part of side one and 1st
part of side two there's an improvisational duo called Oriental
Surfer Head... which do non-technical chatter... some of the
percussion at the beginning is ok.  Then L.F. does duos with his
wife (or is it girlfriend?) Babushka.  They do mostly sparse
instrumentals that sound like nursery songs... with added goofy
vocals.  For the grand finale, all artists in studio (including
Dave Clark & Walter Drake) join forces for an improvisational
collage & fun noncommercial radio experience worth checking out.
 Contact Harsh Reality, POB 241661, Memphis, TN 38124-1661



Oool, Zero D and Zed:  GREEN ASIA - This is one of the latest in
a series of cassette recordings in Bangkok performed by Canadian
Rotton Kidz Guru ZAL-NIKOR and 4 Asian Rotton Kidz clansmen.
Side one sounds somewhere between the music of Magma and
freeform Harmelodic rock jazz; but with an Asian style that
makes for some unique and interesting music.  Side two is more
melancholy and very ethnic in approach/composition.  Both sides
are quite different from each other... yet both are enjoyable...
though I prefer side one.  Oool plays the most instruments...
eastern and western and seems the main source of
inspiration/creation for the music on this tape.  Cool stuff...
so check it out!  Contact David G. Bohatyretz, 6397 Glen Knolls
Dr., Orleans Ont K1C 2W9, Canada





Private World:  IN A WORLD OUT OF TUNE -  Dan Stearns is the man
behind Private World, his solo project.  He is a guitar player
and composer.  This is the first thing I've heard of his.  It is
a two song tape.  It's not that each tune is 1 long piece
either; just two short tunes on one side.  First tune has Dan on
assorted guitars, programmed percussion and added musician Jim
Capone on woodwinds.  I really dig this piece.  It's up tempo
with several compositional changes.  Music along the lines of
The Muffins' later work... but a little more rock n roll.  The
second piece is solo guitar with chord backdrop as harmonic
guideline.  Dan gets a super clean feedback tone.  The guitar
solo is reminiscent of Frank Zappa's playing.  Only problem I
have with this is that you are left wanting to hear more.  Would
have been nice if he had made this a C60 worth of surprises.
Contact Minor 2nd Music, POB 701, Rutland, MA 01543



Quartet:  EAT - This is an ASP release that is headed by
percussionist Michael Gendreau, who is also a member of
experimental band Crawling With Tarts.  This band project,
simply called Quartet, has music of free jazz improv.  Side one
shifts in volume.  Bassist C. Yasuhara seems to control
intensity.  When he starts slapping or bowing strings in
barbaric fashion, the group energy increases.  Mr Gendreau's
drumming reminds me of Tony Oxley when he was in his prime...
but more of a heavy attack on the skins.  R. Mehta has a good
tone on the trumpet... even when muted.  After the ballad on
side two, the band starts to pick up the pace.  They do a tune
that the rhythm section has a groove riff to play against...
which is a nice change.  Saxist H. Buhler seems to come to life
on this one... and keeps the fire burning the remainder of the
side.  For that matter, so does the whole band.  All
instrumental music.  This type of improvisational approach has
been done before... but then, Rock And Roll seems to keep fresh
by roots searching.  I know... it's only avante Jazz... but I
like it, like it, yes I do.  Contact ASP, 633 Cleveland St.,
L4, Oakland, CA 94606


Speed The Parting Guest:  LIVE AT THE BERKELY STORE GALLERY -
STPG is a free avante jazz improvising unit.  The group is made
up of:  Michael Gendreau (of Crawling With Tarts) on drums, Eric
Bergkvist on horns and Chris Jonas & Randy McKean on woodwinds.
This live performance has a big hall sound.  The compositions
all sound similar.  If it weren't for the breaks in between
pieces and the audience clapping, you might think this was long
improvisation with minimal compositional injections.  A lot of
single note attacks and dynamics.  The music has its' sparks
when the honks, squeaks and pops build in intensity.  Music can
be compared to old avante-jazz groups such as CCC and Global
Unity.  O, yeah, daddy-o... check out the sounds!  It's reefer
madness!  Contact ASP at address above





Ficus Strangulensis:  TRANSMOG #7 - 's I tol' th' bro', how
'propo that the strangest bendworder in 'zinedom would have his
seventh ish reviewed in 'I.N.' #7, eh?  There wuz an earlier
issue of th' MOG reviewed in a wayback 'I.N.'; & that pointed
out the fact that this is THE 'zine for those who enjoy the
pleasures of wending berds... er, webbing nerds... er, tending
birds... er, ah 'l, better let FICUS tell ya'... "I'm Ficus
Strangulensis shining a light through a morass of text gotten by
unwholy means on the body polytech... "  this issue zooms in on
the efforts of OTHERS... a lil' actual poetry, & for example, a
piece like THIS, by th' great Ficus hisself...





Staid GreyFace



Grakow flower blackens

bonesaw weep sap-grit

spunflow aluminacious

cheap-jack lock



Klagwass flakracious

shiwavary gloonry

I rush, thing sap

woolly fornicate



KillFaceRockWest

satis Kali fry

Shichismafecal

snow-violet



       c           FICUS STRANGULENSIS



This is an integral part of the Ficus we all know & luv... words
fer' FUN!  Unless yer' not interested at ALL in the
possibilities that twisting the language can offer, you'll ENJOY
this playful little 'zine... contact at Ficus Strangulensis, c/o
Strangulensis Research Labs, Rt 6, Box 138, Charleston, WV 25319





Greg Stomberg:  UNDERGROUND BEATLE SONGS -  From Greg's Space
Ocean studios label comes another lil' gem!  The sound quality
on his tapes is getting better as it goes... as promised, this a
collection of Beatles toonz from folks all over the place... for
those of us WEANED on these songs, this is IT!  The really NICE
part of most of the songs on here is that they lend new energy
to the originals!  Goes without saying that some folks never got
off on th' Fab Four... & when some of their better songs've been
relegated to elevator moo-sic, 'tis no wonder!  For those who DO
dig 'em, however, this will be a MOST enjoyable experience!  The
'sample' copy I got is a C-60, & I assume that's wot' the final
will be... folks like Dave Schall, David D., & many others will
help ye' 'member John, George, Paul & Ringo in a most pleasant
reworking of their greats!  It is recommended as a fun
experience...  contact Greg at 303 S. 5th St., Oregon, IL 61061
for more information on this & many other fine tapes!



John M. Bennett, Tom Furgas, Dave Clark & Walter Drake:  POD
KING - Here's our favorite nouveau poet AGAIN!  This time out,
John's somewhat strange (i.o.w., new & refreshing)
wordweaves/poetry are shared with the music of the
aforementioned in a most enchanting weave... Furgas'
keyboardz/percussion on the "Pod King" side certainly remind me
of some of the free-ranging improv sessions betwixt earlier
incarnations of ZZAJ in the majickland of Olywa, when he were
'Captain Cappucinno' - & that's 'nother story, way too long to
be told here - but Tom's got a style unique unto himself!  John
also puts his sax to good use in very random interplay with
Tom's backing!  This is most certainly not what you'd hear on
yer' AM/FM top-pop station, tho' mayhaps it SHOULD be!  Side 2
has 'Uttered Thought' & 'Climatolology'... some sections on here
remind me of my own excursions backing John's energetic
wordplay; lots of bending, twisting & turning... slow synthweave
under 'Uttered' escorts you on a sort of newage magical mystery
tour to the far-far reaches of their 'maginations... folks who
are only interested in form & pattern will drop this like a HOT
potato... doubt seriously that many who read 'I.N.' will have a
problem with THAT, tho'!  This is turning out to be one of my
FAVORITE Bennett tapes... for those into the joys of random,
this tape comes HIGHLY recommended by ZZAJ!  For information on
this one & MANY other interesting spoken-word tapes, contact
John at Luna Bisonte Prods, 137 Leland Avenue, Columbus, OH
43214 USA

Nettin' It...



I've mentioned my recent explorations on the electronic mailnets
before... & I prob'ly won't STOP mentioning 'em for awhile... if
you're REALLY a networker, & you want to broaden your contact
base, there's NO better or quicker way that I can think of!  The
ALLMUSIC net that I spoke of in 'I.N.' #6 is alive & POPPIN'...
all kinds of music is discussed, & on occasion, the fur is
FLYIN'... while it's true that MUCH junk comes thru yer modem
when yer on the nets, it's only a matter of the DELETE key, or a
coupla' mouse clicks, & it's dispensed with forever... there is
DEFINITELY a correlation with the pot-o-gold pictured above, at
least for those of us who wanna' REACH out & touch more'n just
the other souls in Mugwump...  'tis not limited to ALLMUSIC, by
any means, either (ALLMUSIC%AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU@VM1.NODAK.EDU)...
with just a little bit of searching, you'll find hundreds of
other nets to zoom in on!  Almost all of my NEW contactz this
last summer came from the nets... & the really SUPER thing about
it is that they're not LIMITED to one region... folks frum
England, Italy, Germany, even the C.I.S. are on here (unless
that wuz a C.I.A. plant - hmmmmm....); there are always direct
E-mail messages to individuals as a possibility, too.  So,
you're not limited to the mass traffic on the particular net
yer' signed on for, either!  SO... hook UP!  Get with tomorrow,
TODAY!  Here are just a coupla' 'ddresses ye' might be
interested in:



SCHNEIDER@MDCGWY.MDC.COM



SKOVITZ@MAGNUS.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU





KRAPP'S LAST TAPE - If yer' one o' those weird brain-fried
'spoken-word' artists (much 'long th' lines of a John M.
Bennett, ZZAJ, or a Ficus Strangulensis), yer' ALWAYS lookin'
for new ways to get yer' word heard, eh?  Try Luigi-Bob Drake's
show... in L-BOB'S own words... "3 hrs/week of improv/spoken
word/noize... ...Wednesday, 10-1, WCSB, 89.3 FM, RT 956,
Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44115... ...clevo, by
the way, is the alternative radio capitol ov the WORLD - 6
strong college stations, plus an NPR outlet - we practically
fight each other to play the weirdest & wildest, and a good home
for tapes!"  That MUST be true, too, as the station schedule he
sent along with the tapes had about 8 shows for all tastes!  TRY
it, I'm sure you'll like it!  I just sent him a humongous box o'
ZZAJ tapes for play... I'll let ya' know if the playlists get
back with lotza my toonz on them!



Cassette Mythos:  THE BOOK - & wotta' book it is!  This is the
most COMPREHENSIVE tome I've ever seen on where the cassette
networking phenomenon came from (how many of yew remember OP?),
where it's been lately & where it may be going... MANY of the
legendary figures of cassettedom are written about, write or
contribute in some other fashion... the audio compilation,
reviewed earlier in this issue, was fantastic enough in
itself... but if ever a publication should serve as a GUIDE
(you'll notice I didn't violate enny rules by saying somethin'
like bible), this is IT!  From front to back, it's just JAMMED
with heavy & insightful viewpoints on ALL aspects of the
cassette as an artform, thoughts on recording & other VALUABLE
information about the cassette underground!  & it's NOT crammed
with advertisements - I'm not exactly sure how THAT was managed,
as it's OVER 200 full pages long - to interrupt your chain of
thought!  Robin James & compatriots have put together a LANDMARK
historical perspective here that will serve as a reference point
for the AGES!  If you're at ALL serious about discovering the
joys of cassettes and networking, you MUST have this book!  See
the "Audio Alchemy" review at the front of this issue for
contact addresses!  GET IT.... GET IT.... GET IT!!!!!!



WCSB-FM:  CASSETTE-

FEST '88 - Luigi-bob sent this comp of the sort of 'best ovs'
from their local "Son-o-Cassettefest"... folks like Plastic Eye
Miracle, Germ Free Adolescents, Mark Schaff & Tim Gilbride were
culled from over 450 entries  & 120 artists to put this
together... ALL strange toonz, not a reg'lar in the bunch, the
music weaves back&forth from poppy ta' rant ta' noize ta' cute
little riffy things that'll give you exposure but not take ya'
off in any one direction!  Sound quality is pretty good
(better'n fair, ennyway) & you won't be bored... even got a NEAT
little blooz tune on here called 'Suzi' by John Hanson - & o'
'course, ZZAJ liked THAT - & a coupla' nice rockerz that'll
liven things up!  A fun outing, not xactly the pick o' th'
litter, but it'll play more'n ONCE!  The KEY is in the VARIETY,
& that's wot' sellz it fer ZZAJ!  Contact Burning Press at POB
585, Lakewood, OH 44107



Backyard Mechaniks:  HEADS/TALES - Spoken word fer' th' fanatic
amung us... Kristen Ban Tepper & Luigi-bob join forces ta' take
us - somewhere... I'm still not sure that it's where I
wannabe... bass strumming under some weird story 'bout
sax/violence isn't xactly my idea of an enjoyable listen...
true, the sound quality is great; & I'm sure there's a point in
that first cut, but I lost it afore i found it... the rest of
side one is more interesting for backgroundz...  side 2's
'attack of the evil empire' is well put together, tho' the title
kind of makes it a ringer... I'll skip this for something ELSE!
Not XACTLY bad, as the sound quality is way better'n average,
but even with some of the good underlays musicwise, there's just
not a helluva lot in the spoken word things that MOVES me...
fer' those that just wanna' hear SOMETHIN', go on & GET it from
Burning Press



Burning Press:  TAPROOT 19/20 - "A quarterly journal of
experimental language-centered art" from the liner notes sez it
all... SUPER sound quality, romps through the imaginary with
language as the reference point - sort of!  This is a GOOD tape,
if you enjoy music/language mixed together for your
entertainment... no sense in naming all the artists that appear
on here; suffice it to say that they're all EXCELLENT at what
they do!  This is NOT a 'comp' tape, per se... I say that 'coz
SO many of the tapes that fall in that genre are scratchy and
ill-conceived thingies that just rant on&on&on... this tape is
WELL put together, and flows!  TAPROOT is also coming out now as
a 'zine/newsletter, but it can't TOUCH this in visual format...
these sounds will CARRY you on a journey - for those who believe
in the separation of words and music, or only like it when it's
a set of lyrics, you WON'T enjoy this!  For those who like their
music to take a new direction or who want a word adventure, this
tape comes HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommended!  One of the BEST of its'
kind!  I was really IMPRESSED, & with this kind of a tape, that
AIN'T easy!  Contact Burning Press



Here are yet MORE 'home-spun reviews from the PEOPLE!!! In this
case, the 'people' is one Sonia Kovitz, poetic enchantress of
the ALLMUSIC net, & friend of ZZAJ... after checking out her
most unique reviewing style, I suspect you'll be craving for
more!!!!

Amy Denio:  NEVER TOO OLD TO POP A HOLE - After getting sucked
straight into the wondrous vortex of Amy Denio's "Never Too Old
To Pop A Hole" (1988 - Spoot Music), I was brutally ejected when
the cassette mechanism gave out before I could hear Side Two
(tape damaged during transit half-way 'round the globe).  As
someone completely new to the music of Amy Denio, I want to say
that this oh-so-brief taste left me thirsting for more.  All by
her lonesome, Amy sings and plays an entire armada (fretless and
fretted bass, 12-string guitar, electric guitar, sax, drum head,
organ, large tin receptacle, and many many more--"guaranteed no
digital effects or click tracks"), and she lays 'em all down in
a spirit of unadulterated FRESH AIR.  This is spontaneous and
moving stuff, a multi-layered performance by multiple selves.
There is a cool, controlled purity to Amy's voice, but out of
that bemused detachment comes intimacy, honesty, and a full
emotional range: innocence, wisdom, silliness, black humor, sex,
anger, childlike delight.  Having heard Side One only _once_,
alas, I am left with a penetrating memory of music that engaged
me with its strongly rooted, resilient, firm, glowing bass-line.
 This pleased me no end since I have always thought that the
bass is the earth out of which really good music grows.  Amy
Denio's music has the fresh smell of digging around fearlessly
in the good, honest earth--it's the REAL McCOY, folks--dig it!



Unsensored Musics:  VISION OF MONAD, VOL 2 - Featuring Jacky
Ligon, Gil Fray, Andy Wall, Greg Forrester, Duke Andrews,
Dariush Shafagh, Carla Phillips and Katie Shaw, this abounds in
mythic suggestiveness.  It's as if I have not just heard but
seen this music: "Ancient Moderns" rides on a jungle rhythm that
is also industrial throb, laying out a subterranean vista where
giant gears turn and immense machinery dwarfs tiny figures lost
in vacant avenues of cosmic transit.  Are things being made?
Are things being torn apart?  Shreds of human voices enact a
drama taking place just beyond our ability to understand it.
Mysterious organic and inorganic processes beyond our control
pulsate hypnotically on a monstrous scale, echoing in barren
space.  In "Nature", as in the other pieces, there is a constant
dizzying shift of scale within immense,vaguely sinister vistas
whether sub-microscopic or cosmic.  Vision of Monad is best
heard a piece or two at a time; otherwise (at least to my ears)
the family resemblance among all the pieces starts to dominate
and their distinctiveness is lost.  My favorite is "Indians," in
which the human voice [or some electronic equivalent thereof]
comes to the foreground.  In these eloquent, muffled, twisted
sounds you hear a double truth: the howls of feared and despised
"bestial savages" and the poignant drowning cries of all too human
pain.  Powerful stuff that socks you in the solar plexus.



What is on the following page will be a 'special' treat for
those of you who have asked for more in the way of 'words'!  It
also will give you an introduction to the POWER of Sonia Kovitz
visions thru language... there really is not enough I can say
about some of the discourses she and I have had about the
'natural' relationship between the improvisor and the poet...

Aleph

(for Elva)



       You have to be carbonized and mineralized in order to
work upwards from the last

        common denominator of the self. - Henry Miller



I'm standing here on nothing

get your foot on that knuckle

and make the move panic is rising

shake-leg crack-down breathing

absolutely alone



       I realized in fact that I felt really good for the first
time in my life.  Not just a flash

       of good feeling like twenty minutes of good feeling but a
sustained feeling that I had

       nothing, and having nothing I had nothing to lose, and
having nothing to lose I could

       be anything. -Ted Rosenthal



a drafty shack on the edge of a dump a fragile pile

of boards on the outermost limit of a wasteland a poor

excuse for a life skeletons or phantasms drifting

with no protection or connection worthless ragged

unformed failure pathetic hopeless paltry small ugly mean



       Delight is to him, whom all the waves of the billows of
the seas of the boisterous

       mob can never shake from this sure Keel of the Ages.
-Herman Melville



dread uneasiness doom dangerous painful

shameful crazy all week long it rises up

disappears in a split second embarrassed and humiliated

unable to speak



       out of the lack I made my song. -Henry Miller



easier to curse yourself and give up

Ivan Karamazov's atheist lay down across the road in Paradise



       But when it rains,

       Dear God,

       It will rain!

       Dyin's Easy!

       But never like burning bras

         or screaming at your guitar teacher.

       It demands attention. -Ted Rosenthal


the knotted ragged creature very very old

keeps returning doomed to practice the piano

the dead weight motionless zombie listens

to the fear and pain so much larger than

tears

a very small valve



       But what am I telling you this for anyway? You won't
change. You refuse to grow.

       You want to get by with the least effort, the least
trouble, the least pain.  Everyone

       does. It's wonderful to hear tell about the masters, but
as for becoming a master,

       shit! Listen, I was reading a book the other day... to be
honest, I've been reading

       it for a year or more. Don't ask me the title, because
I'm not giving it to you. But

       here's what I read, and no master could have put it
better. "The sole meaning,

       purpose, intention, and secret of Christ, my dears, is
not to understand Life, or mold

       it, or change it, or even to love it, but to drink of
it's undying essence." - Henry Miller



sitting tremendous upright

bottomless supply of light

locked away underground

returns again to lassitude



France doesn't want you anymore

Papillon in prison in Guyana

he goes and he's caught he goes and he's caught

solitary old white-haired man set loose



to die in a shack staring at the wide wide water

goes off the edge "Hey you bastards here I am"



       Don't beg. Don't ask with the begging spirit. Command.
Everything will come.

       The whole world is your home. -Sri Swami Sivananda



Waking is the worst rising

to the surface half-way across

the stronger the more terror the pockets

of pure terror each real each wise each total each irrelevant



       Out from the centre of the sea, poor Pip turned his
crisp, curling, black head to the

      sun, another lonely castaway... The intense concentration
of self in the middle of

      such a heartless immensity, my God! who can tell it?
-Herman Melville



Dostoevsky had a recurring dread

of going into an epileptic fit and appearing dead,

being buried and waking up, fighting his way out of the grave

unable to get out, banging on the coffin lid

the locomotive heading straight for me

terror stronger than rage but what would the scream say?



       And it isn't until you discover that you're going to die
that you realize that whatever

       it is you have, you've already got. And it doesn't matter
if you die then or a million

       years from now... Man; first man; last man; all man. -Ted
Rosenthal



Each Man For Himself and God Against All

I saw Casper Hauser in the mirror this morning

solitude monster need

Did you ever see what you feel?

I WON'T I WON'T I WON'T



       He fought as a man condemned to death fights in the hands
of the executioner...

       And every moment he felt that he was drawing nearer and
nearer to what terrified

        him. -Leo Tolstoy



I am visiting a man in prison, poor, shiftless,

pathetic, weak, childish, nice, in prison his whole life

every time he's about to be released he does something

wrong or stupid or desperate, he can't be trusted

(he's violent and dangerous) finally another chance to be free

he's excited and happy at the last minute he does something

uncontrollable

this time he is sentenced to die

so I go to visit him again

strangely the fact that he is going to die

seems like freedom to him

he looks me straight in the eye

the only thing that bothers him is that he is condemned to die

along with another guy that he hates

they're going to the chair together

how is he going to be strong and not shame himself

by hating the other guy and losing his control again

or maybe even trying to kill the other guy?

I tell him it's OK to cry

when he starts to cry I see his face up close

his unshaven skin his face so ugly and weak

his face twists as he cries

that he never deserved to get out



       Even in the Nethermost Pit you can try to come closer to
God. -Rabbi Nachman



long empty corridor with nothing to fill it

unthinkable task to fill the emptiness

beyond sainthood to die in every moment

hour to hour day to day we still circle

the same dangerous center still willing

another day's journey



the doom is sprinkled with tiny moments of clarity

when I suddenly grasp what I am suffering about

if I were held in an absolutely firm grasp

utterly immovable like a rock or the earth

for eternity is all I ask of life

a rhythm I have no control over

in all four direction I try the telephone book, help, can you
help me? the way you would

call and say your house is on fire as if a perfect stranger
could help you in time of need,

as in wars, floods and general disasters the last person on
earth wanders among the

wreckage

behind Munch's screaming figure a couple walks serenely

transformation into pure essence

I sound like I'm drunk but I'm cold sober

I don't want to die!



Keep moving

every step matters

and is a blessing

like getting wet in a fog



Even the dust motes terrify

I can't bear to walk into a room with myself

it's so hard to begin where I am

the monstrous birth in Alien

the grotesque lunacy of The (remake) Thing

dripping slimy dog-head growths out of control

multiply at sickening speed I've been cheating

covering a hollowness at the core

Anna Karenina with no head

hollow pipe for a neck

she wasn't worshipped enough

so she took herself apart

under the train



       Why was I so obsessed about truth?

       And the answer came clear and clean. Because there is
only the truth and nothing

                but the truth.

       But a wee small voice objected, saying: "Literature is
something else again."

        Then to hell with literature! The book of life, that's
what I would write.

        And whose name will you sign to it?

        The Creator's.

        That seemed to settle the matter. -Henry Miller





c     Sonia Kovitz

Guess it's time for us all to wake up & face the music... SO
many changes in just the last few months... election schmalz
(for those few who are even interested ennymore) made for pretty
good humor, but surely nothing truly newsworthy!  All God's
chillun do have rhythm & if they would concentrate (in even the
smallest fashion) on it, we COULD start a movement, from our
MUSICAL thoughts ALONE, that would SOUND the alarm!  The
salvation, if there IS such, is to be found

within... the NETWORKS are only th' medium... but if we don't
USE 'em, they'll SOON be TAKEN!  WAKE UP, ye'
TomSawyerzHuckFinnz o' th' world!!!  MAKE yer' voice heard thru
sheer strength of NUMBERZ... THEY know they can't stand up
against the weight o' that!  & just a few final shots for those
who DO make their wishes/desires/voices HEARD!!!!!



Jacky Ligon/Duke Andrews/Andy Wall:  THE SYMBOL OF RETURNING -
This is really a sort of 'solo' forum for the absolutely
beautiful guitar-based musics of Jacky; true, it's with most of
the rest of the Unsensored Musics reg'lar crew, of SNAZZ fame...
those who are regular readers here will know that SNAZZ tapes
are much fun & extremely above-average in the artistry
department.  There seems to almost always appear a tape or two
from these guys!  THIS, however, is a brand-new side... Ligon
just reaches right out & KICKZ BUTT with his fingers... if I
were aspiring to be a guitar player, THIS is certainly one of
the directions I'd head in!  For some reason I wanna' say
there's an equation with some of the early Jeff Beck things my
(slightly warped) roots were nurtured in... but that wouldn't be
totally fair to Jacky, either... 'coz the POWER of the
independent musical mind is MUCH more evident in this tape than
ANY Beck outings I've ever heard!  Even shades of early Santana
& th' exzitement of Zappa's 'Black Napkins'... no cover, it's an
original toon (whose name I didn't bother to catalog) that
shakes th' froggin' ROOTS!  This is a SUPERB tape, strong
supporting drums & bass punch lines that LEND themselves to the
listening experience... long, flowing and (sometimes) manic
original guitar passages that'll let ya' TAP th' universal mind
in only seconds!  ROAD music, fer' SURE!  This experience will
TRAVEL with me, & it comes MOST HIGHLY recommended from ZZAJ for
sheer listening enJOYment!  Contact th' boyz&men at Unsensored
Musics today, for this & many other fine tapes... 209 Williford
Court, High Point, NC 27260



Rotton Kidz:  NUCLEAR FIMBLE-

WINTER - Yea, yea, yea & hearken unto th' zoundz from the
blistery north... last in this issue, but in no way least, come
the (sometimes) strange musical meanderings of th' Kidz... this
is BRAND NEW, circa '91, produced by Ooool, Zalnikor & Vlaask
for yer' enjoyment!  Less rock-oriented than many of those
recorded in Bangkok, these pieces sort of wander about thru a
rather dense forest of guitarz, recorders, whistles & on
occasion a smattering of heavier instrumentation & vocalization
that's SURE to please those of inclined to improv... the
oriental influences are still there, & there are places where I
could see myself riding on one o' those Burmese elephant trainz
carryin' th' opi-popi down south ta' port!  Itz FUN, but if yer'
strictly into AM FORMAT, yer' rockz'll stay unpreturbed!
High-quality tape with Dolby B... Ooool cutzlooze wi' some FINE
pianozzaj  on a toon he callz 'Piano Meltdown' - I REALLY enjoy
his playing & many of ye' will too!   As usual, it took a
coupla' listens to really GET IN to it... but then, that's a
crit I often get on MY tapes as well & those who're truly
improv-oriented (probably) wouldn't have it any OTHER way, eh?
Order from The Outdoor Planet, 6397 Glen Knolls Drive, Orleans,
Ontario Canada  You'll be GLAD ya' did!





Well, thatz about IT for this issue... little more news, I
suppose...



Haven't heard 'ardly ANYTHING from Gajoob lately... thot by now
we'd have another issue of that fine tapezine.  Have enny of YOU
heard any news, or caught an issue that I missed?



Nothin' lately from Factsheet Five, tho' I did hear a rumor that
it's gone electric & is going to be published somewhere on one
of the netz!  Once again, if YOU'VE heard something WE haven't,
please pass the WORD!



Couple of brand-new & TOTALLY !hot!  ZZAJ tapes in circulation
now... I won't go in to detail here, as I try VERY hard not to
make this 'zine a palace of hype (tho' there have been SOME
who've accused me of such); if you're interested in hearin'
MORE, send me two $.29 stamps for a ZZAJ catalog!



OHM, of TNR (reviewed earlier in this issue) has a FINE little
'zine, with news of MANY musicians/groups, etc., published in
both English & Italian language versions... this is WELL worth
the cost of a coupla' stamps!  I can't recommend this HIGHLY
enough!  These folks are a GREAT contact in the European arena!
Write today!!!



Late-night conversations with my ol' music pal, Bret Hart,
indicate that there are a LOT of new Hart projectz; art shows,
new tapes (Blind Pineapple Phillips, who some of you MAY
remember from an early ish of 'I.N.') & many others too numerous
to mention here!  Look for reviews of his material in future
issues of 'I.N.'



As ALWAYS, I'll remind you that I'm VERY much interested in
receiving material for review, OR reviews that YOU'VE written of
other folks material!  Poems, short essays on improv/the arts &
other well-written material will be considered for publication
in 'I.N.', too!  Help me spread the word in any way you can, eh?
 This 'zine is for ALL of us, not just for the select few... in
fact, in MY way of looking at things, the only ones who DON'T
get reviewed are those who DON'T send material!  So, WHAT ARE
YE' WAITIN' FOR?  Pack it up & SEND it, o.k?  There are OTHERS
who want to HEAR about wot' yer' doing!





Last Review



I just couldn't resist the urge... this tape came in AFTER I'd
wrapped up... one I'd been waitin' for e'er since th' LAST
one... so, here are me' 'mpressions...



Chris Wind:  PACER 5 - Intricate & poignant sounds to run to...
this is from Chris's self-proclaimed 'Pacer Series - music to
run to'; nothing overly glam, & even tho' I gave up (I mean,
TOTALLY) on runnin' about 6 years ago (right after I got out of
the military - I mean, 24 years of havin' to run every darn day
wuz ENUFF), I find myself (almost) ready to partake of the pain
AGAIN!  Compositionally neat & crisp, but with enough
improvisational lines to make me float down th' hardtack...
horn/synth lines very subtly compliment the rear wash of waves &
the pluckstring harp sounds in the front... VERY inspriring &
the talent SHINES!  I'm only a recent fan of her pretty visions,
& you will be TOO!  Don't even think once about waiting to
write... I mean run... to GET it!  It's beautiful... contact
Chris at rr #1, Sundridge, Ontario, Canada pOa 1z0!



ZZAJrant



I guess the best part of puttin' together a lil' 'zine is that I
get to SPOUT OFF every now & then!  My inclination this time is
towards wondering if we're ever gonna' GET anywhere in this
world if we just keep SITTIN' there lettin' ourselves be
screwed!!!



Sat & watched Stone's JFK last night... (yeah, I KNOW you've
seen it already; but here in the land o' th' kerosene CD player,
ya' know...)  & I just CAN'T help thinkin' about how HORRIBLY
true it is...  oh, I don't mean all the IMPACTS of the
guv'mint's offscene antics, I think we've all known 'bout 'em
long enough to become in some way desensitized... but, I don't
always think (when we're sittin' at the postbox waitin' for
somethin' to just COME IN) we realize the impact of HANGIN' IN
with the networks!



For those in that military/industrial ?complex? (b.s., it's
actually quite simple; peashooters - on a GLOBAL scale - or
plowshares) who were a PART of whatever overt actions were
included in the whole JFK scenario (before AND after), the idea
of a whole world that begins to ignore their URGENT efforts to
CONTROL the media must be an absolute nightmare!  "Why, my god,
it would mean BUTTER 'stead o' GUNS!  How would our economy (the
world's, I mean) ever survive?"   "All those wierdos out there
just doin' what they want to"!  "Why, they don't even buy our
music anymore; they just make their own!"



It's more realistic than you might THINK, dear reader!  There a
whole HOST of folks out there who don't WANT your creativity...
you might put THEM outta' WORK!  SO... even tho' I'm sure John
F. didn't really have networking in mind when he spoke his
famous words... "ask not what your country can do for you... ask
what you can do for your country"... I'm quite sure he (AND
Bobby) would've approved of the spirit!  Send those tapes, CD's,
art, written & spoken pieces, wotever!  Not just to 'I.N.' (tho'
we DO appreciate 'em), but to each other!  That's what this
'zine & so many like it are all ABOUT!  USE the nets, electronic
& elsewise to spread YOUR vision... WRITE to some of the folks
reviewed herein... STOP the tyranny of biggov by REFUSING to
TUNE IN to their propaganda machines... make a (commercial)
Radio Free WORLD by SPREADING your music and artistic visions to
EVERYONE you can contact!  Turn that TV OFF!!!  Let JFK & his
spiritual partners in that great whereevertheymaybe ROCK&ROLL to
yer' energies!  They'll LUV ya' for it!  & so will we ALL!!!!!



Mo' next ish.....



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