RPOTS

after doing lots of retarded fanzines such as SPED and LVHC since getting jumped into the scene in 9th grade in '82, raw pogo on the scaffold started in1985 in my bedroom back in Bethlehem, Pa in the Lehigh Valley. it was a manic freakshow of words, cut n pastes and stupid teenage hardcore opinions! it started dieing when i went away to college. then it started back up in 1993 while living high above Walnut St in Philadelphia. mainly because I was blown completely away by THE FIELD TRIP's "take to the streets" 12" and the first 2 CORNERSHOP records. you know, the reason anyone starts fanzines: you hear something so empowering and full of the good vibes you have to to spread the word.

word! these are the front page stories from issues 11 to 14. theyre all completely true stories and were written at various desks in various windows in various pads i was living in all over philly.

these awesome issues are available all togethr for $15 dollars if you want them. and you know you probably do; if even only a little bit.

BUT THE THING IS IS THAT #16 IS GOING TO HAPPEN. FEATURING FURSAXA, SLOOW TAPES LABEL, WHITE DENIM RECORDS, AIR CONDITIONING, MUSCLE BEACH & JAN'S ROOM REVIEWS, JEFF THE PIGEON rip, WE HAVE HEAVEN, PHONIN IT IN,real rock crit by rich gensiak, ORGANIC, FAERIE-INSPIRED GARDENING and even more shiz. plus of course the usual fiction bull. but that fiction is so much more mature and better now.....

#15 was written on the fly while living in tokyo in 1999. reviews of some awesome japanese stuff. these were among a bunch of reviews comissioned by EXILE OSAKA. the ones that mag couldn't use... and a long, excellent and important interview with TONIE JOY that was done in his van outside of eric zimmerman's west philly mansion the night the dealers, the great unravelling and the sickness all played together in 1997. see the flyer here