Really, it's only because the specimens laid before me are very impressive. Mod is no exception. Taking an approach I have yet to be introduced to, Mod delves not only into the world of eclectic, punk, and electronic music but also into design and architecture. Spending the first eight pages with thumbnails and descriptions of buildings and houses must have taken some serious research seeing that the author knows most of the architects names, the year they were built, and a good amount of history of each building. The photos being in black and white newsprint are a little small and hard to make out but nonetheless interesting.
Record reviews top it off.
Really, I am not making this out to be as good as it is. TNS is very well done, readable, and above all interesting. The writing is coherent and the questions asked are intelligent. The variety and the quality of this zine make me wonder why so many counter-culture bandwagoneers have declared zine culture dead. It is certainly alive in these pages.