Now that Stacy has passed her 26th birthday, she discussed what it means to feel old (or at least *older* than she did at 20). She came up with a unique theory about measuring age that kinda makes sense to me. She proposes that the first 18 years of life aren't really your own, they're kinda like a "warm-up to the real thing." Once that is established, you can subtract 18 from your chronilogical age to compute your adult age. So Stacy, who is 26 (computed to 8 adult years) is *twice* as old as someone clocking in at 22 years old. Continuing the topic of age, she listed things that don't interest her any more (like dyeing her hair green or getting stinking drunk) and things that are starting to interest her now (like *real* furniture and lacy underwear). Perfect for that adult trasitory experience, it's time for a big move. After eight years and 13 different address changes she finally found an apartment she can call home. While the new apartment is all set up, the "quest for a real, career-typ, non-dead-end job continues." Along the way we get to hear about two more enjoyable little temp jobs she's had. What zine could be complete without a road trip story? Stacy and her friends took off on a *Thelma-and-Louise*-type adventure to Biloxi, Louisiana in search of gambling and good times. They spent most of thier time in the French Quarter, eating lots of food and looking for Anne Rice's house.

Stacy writes about what's on her mind and takes care in organizing her thoughts into intellegent and enjoyable essays.

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As time goes on *Fucktooth* becomes more and more personal, focusing more on what Jen is doing and less on punkrock. That's just fine by me cuz I love reading her pattented "rants" and everthing that she's been up to lately. She described this issue as the "reader issue," primarily becasue of all the letters and input she's recieved. In reading it though, it seems more like the "sex issue" with a variety of personal writing exploring Jen's attitudes about sex.

If you're interested in Jen carrying your zine, send her a sample. Be forewarned that she only carries zines that the really loves and wants to support. Checks payable to Jen Engle please.

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Flipping through the issue, you'll most likely first stop at the brutal photos illustrating "Tim's True Tales of Horror and Gore." When Dave Pringle was 14 year old, he and his father suffered a bone-crushin motorcycle accident that left 'em close to death. A dozen doctors working sixteen hours came close to putting dave back together again, only to have his leg amputated three days later. Send you own tales of horror and gore to Tim. He's anxous to print 'em. Going off in a completely different direction, Don Frew told us about growing up as an avid Bigfoot hunter in Northern California. His shining moment was to appear (only briefly) with Leonard Nimoy on *In Search Of*. But what's a zine without a music section. Jeff Miner explores the life and music Charles Mingus, complete with an extensive biography and opinionated discography. Ya can't have an Editors' Choice pick without at least *some* social relevance. How about a history of the Black Panthers. They compiled the most comprehensive history of the BPP I've ever read in a zine. Fourteen pages which includes a detail history of their rise and fall, the Black Panther Mandates, their 10-point party platform, a map of Oakland BPP historical locations, an interview with party member Terry Cotton, and plenty of rare photos of all that was happening at the time.

Mexican wrestlers, B-movies, violent comix, and reviews of the trashiest culture around.

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The cover story here is about 80's glam rock, a.k.a. cock rock, haircut bands, whatever. It's the stuff that perfectly reflected the Reagan 80's with bands like Motley Crue, Poison, or Guns N'  Roses. Instead of one person just rattling off how much they miss the good old days, four people got together and they each presented their feeling about that much-misunderstood musical genre. Matt Worley presented a historical overview, Dan Ronrath told us of his days in L.A., Chuck Klosterman explained how growing up on a rural farm infuenced his impression of rock stars, and Mike Sheffner described his diverse musical tastes. A mainstay in zines is the obligatory Lallapalooza concert review, but Matt goes behind the scenes, scaming press passes and hangin' out back stage. I enjoyed the shorter pieces just as much -- the defense of impolite bodily functions, the 15 reasons to kill Hootie & the Blowfish, and memories of seeing the Dead back in 1967. Short stories from Stepan Chapman, Matthew Worley, and Dennis Frazier round it all out. Even the record reviews are unique, breaking it all down into a simple grid -- Artist, title, looks like (a reproduciton of the album cover), sounds like (a short description of the music), cool mix tape song, and cool line from thier lyrics.

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The contributions flooded in from all over the world, compiling scene reports from as far away as Mexico and Isreal, but the real hightlights are all the personal stories from famous punks about growing up Jewish. Barbara (of *Plotz*) explores the problem of being Jewish during Christmas time; Mykel Board explains how he's not Jewish (or "punkish") but instead just likes to describe himself as a Jew; Aaron Cometbus discussed how Julius Lester turned from Black Power activist to spiritual Jew; and The Gamp (from Bugout Society) revealed how Paul Stanley's (from KISS) dad is Al Eisen, the inventor of 2000 Flushes. Ya gotta love all the all the hilarious Bar Mitzvah stories from nascent punks. Tales of Hebrew school hell, ritualistic party games, and splurging huge sums of money recived. Everyone I show this to cracks up over Matt Gurwitz's "Haikus for Jews." Check out "Circumcised: My foreskin is gone./ I don't remember having one;/ I'm glad -- they look bad." Another fave is "Kosher Night Train: Manischewitz wine;/ it tastes like real old grape juice./ It will get you drunk." There's plenty more, including pictures, interviews, recipes, and a glossary. Absolutely vital to all Jews, punk, and interested bystanders. While it says it's a one-shot, the word on the street is that Scott at Bloodlink is working on a second issue.

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Emily, the totally dorky American, stuck in Japan teaching English, descends into gaijin hell, starting by selling counterfeit phone cards, then hostessing, then prostitution, then back teaching English. All the while snorting all her big money up her nose. Rainbow Sport Dude returns from the dead! But it's for naught. He rejects Emily and she completely snaps. Plus hilarious tshirts and Michael's answer to Baby Sue: Jay the Blind Jaywalker.

Japan *really* is this weird. Michael has a great perspective on it all.

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Page 4 reports on how the U.S. government is resisting pressing to close down its School of the Americas; page 6 features an extensive history of the Clipper Chip; on ages 8 through 13 Noam Chomsky exposes the myths and results of global "free trade"; and page 19 reveals how the U.S. military is developing "Non-Lethal Weapons" for use in controlling civilians (like us). That's just the *short* pieces. There's a 7-page article on how the FBI tried to murder activist Judi Bari with a car bomb. After they bomb *only* seriously wounded her, they jumped right in charged her with *constructing* the bomb that almost killed her. Even more complex is the 10-page investigation investigation into the campaign against alternative medicine. Martin Walker wrote *Dirty Medicine*, an important book that exposes how drug companies systematically discredit natural alternatives. *Open Eye* details how Walker and the book were victims of a smear campaign organized by the drug companies. I don't know what the status of the book is over here, but in England it's now only available by mail order.

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They planned to print an interview with Dan Clowes in this issue but unfortunately their writer flaked out on them. Since many people refer to Dan as "Mr. Eightball" they conducted a short inview with that mystical toy, The Magic Eightball. Most fascinating was the article about Issei Sagawa, Japan's most popular cannibal. It turns out that Mr. Sagawa is a disturbed man who murderded and raped a female friend and then proceded to devour her corpse. Through glitches in the legal system and the power of his wealthy father, Issei served less than four years in prison and is now sweeping the nation with his many TV appearances and books. I particularly enjoyed the guide to thrift store record shopping ("records which feature the words beatnik, ratfink, bubblegum, gremmie, teenage, exotics, lsd-25, rumble, bongo, hot-rod, jungle or Banana Splits anywhere on their jackets must be purchased immediately"). I was also very impressed with Nathan Marsak's comprehensive introduction to the basic theories about the ZOG (Zionist Occupation Government and White Racialist music culture. He did a lot of research for this piece, exploring the new ideology of Christian Identity and included a variety of propoganda illustrations. Also in this issue is Dame Darcy's illustration of Dennis Eichhorn story about growing up with Mormons, a comprehensive guide to ice cream novelty snacks, tips for protecting your presious vinyl record collection, a lengthy overview of Boys and Hart, and interviews with Tiny Tim, Lisa Carver, and Townes Van Zandt.

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