REVIEW: Life After Death by Damien Echols
DAMIEN ECHOLS has every right to be bitter – after all, he spent 18 years on Death Row for a crime he says he never committed. The fact that he isn’t twisted and full of hate is an amazing testament to...
View ArticleOVERDUE REVIEW: "Shaf de Pleu" by Big Enjoyers
Shaf de Pleuby Big EnjoyersWhat’s the guts? Power-pop with a quirky Todd Rundgren edge from two guys who know what the hell they're doing and have a lotta fun doing it. .Anything else? It's been 17...
View ArticleReview: Grunted Warning #16
Grunted Warning #16, Oct. 2012: There’s a little less lightheartedness in this new issue, with Stratu’s newspaper clippings focusing on some of the darker issues facing us in 2012. Racism in the armed...
View ArticleFilm review: V/H/S
OKAY. Normally, I'm not compelled to write DVD reviews, but I was greatly anticipating V/H/S, so when the DVD screener landed on my desk at work last week, I was very excited. And after watching it, my...
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The Life Of Rodney…Year 64 #1: More reviews (mainly books and zines...and beans) and slice-of-life anecdotes in rural Canada from this literate lumberjack. Send him some interesting stuff and he’ll...
View ArticleSome overdue zine and book reviews
ZINESGrunted Warning #16, Oct. 2012: There’s a little less lightheartedness in this new issue, with Stratu’s newspaper clippings focusing on some of the darker issues facing us in 2012. Racism in the...
View ArticleThis is very sad news that I'm reposting here:
After much consideration I have decided to stop publishing Zine World. I announced in November my intent to step down ad publisher and head editor of ZW. At that time I had hoped to create a new...
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I'll continue to post my zine reviews on this blog.If you have a zine you'd like an HONEST review on, please post it to me at:Dann Lennard,PO Box A1412,Sydney South, NSW, 1235,AUSTRALIACheers!
View ArticleYou want some zine reviews? I'll give you some effin' zine review!!!
I AM a fucking slow writer at the best of times, but when the late, lamented Zine World sadly closed down earlier this year, my enthusiasm for writing zine reviews plummeted. Thankfully, I’ve finally...
View ArticleREVIEW: Grunted Warning #18
Grunted Warning #18: A dramatic pic from the new Australian sex'n'violence-filled drama series Wentworth (a modern reworking of the 80s classic Prisoner) sets a great tone for the new issue. Inside,...
View ArticleREVIEW: Beerbox Haiku by Raven Mack
#257Hungover, scrapinglead paint in hundred-degreehumidity, madI'VE never been a fan of poetry unless it's being screamed at me from a stage by aggressive drunks. Normally, I find poetry too feeble,...
View ArticleDVD review: "The Barrens"
Early thoughts on THE BARRENS (starring some prick from True Blood): 1. If a dead deer with his intestines hanging out and horns removed jumped in front of my car, I would immediately turn it around...
View ArticleA new zine? I don't fucking believe it!
After 18 long months, I've finally published a new zine about six-word novels. It's only six pages long, but I'm just happy to finally get the damn thing finished.Email me at danhelen@idx.com.au if...
View ArticleWhy, it's Amanda Fuckin' Palmer!!
She's coming (and so am I!)....http://www.facebook.com/amandapalmer?v=app_2344061033#!/events/285515474912092/
View ArticleOh Suzanne......
THE main reason I watch Expo (the home shopping channel) is for this woman. Seriously, if I wasn't married, I would totally hook up with British-born NZ-based Expo host Suzanne Paul.In a perfect world,...
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NORMALLY, I don't wildly sing the praises of zinesters, but TAMARA LAZAROFF is worth the effort. For some time now she's been sending me her exquisitely written, hauntingly beautiful self-published...
View ArticleBUNNY MEN AND NUTS
IT’S no secret that I’m a huge fan of Tamara Lazaroff…and more than a little bit jealous This talented writer creates some of the most achingly beautiful prose I’ve read in a long time. In a perfect...
View ArticleSix feathers...a zine review
RAVEN MACK makes me jealous. Jealous and angry.Jealous of his tremendous talent and his prodigious output when it comes to writing. Angry because he makes me feel bad for not getting off my arse and...
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