SKULL VS ROCK # 2...
Last week, several copies of Skull Vs Rock # 2 arrived in our mail box courtesy of the purveyor of this fine 'zine, one T-bone. 'Twas very kind of him to send us some, seeing as the last thing I said to the big loud galoot was something along the lines of "shut up and piss off" for waking me up in the small hours of the morning.
The first Skull Vs Rock almost had me pissing myself, especially the scathing "Down With The Wholesome Punks", an article hilariously denouncing self-righteous vegan scene bores and other such similar unbearably po-faced fun police. Sophomore efforts tend to be difficult, especially if they are following an impressive debut, so I'm happy to say that this second issue does not fail to deliver.
Inside, we learn among other things that T-bone has formed the Booze Liberation Front.
From the BLF manifesto:
"Much booze is kept in cramped conditions under harsh artificial lighting, even in cages & behind counters in pubs. BOOZE DOES NOT DESERVE THIS CRUEL TREATMENT. LIBERATE ALL BOOZE!"
He goes on to encourage readers to form autonomous chapters of the BLF in their own cities or towns.
Among other highlights are Cool Shit and Stink Shit about climbing mountains, and Mythbusters: Lowbrow, which involves chucking various dangerous objects into bonfires in a highly scientific fashion.
"An angry curmudgeon of a neighbour, instead of ringing talkback like he should've been at that hour on a friday night, leaned over the fence & said, 'If you don't bloody cut that out right now I'm calling the police!' then probably went back to whinge to Leighton Smith about the terrorists over his fence."
I'm hoping T-bone gets his shit together for Skull Vs Rock #3 sometime soon.
If anybody wants a copy, I can flick T-bone an e-mail.