Profane Existence "#46" magazine
[Profane Existence]
Here's the latest in Profane Existence's updated format, once more right at 100 pages of content with high quality paper and binding, plus full color glossy covers... wrapped up in a 7" x 10" format. There's no CD this time out, but the cover price is also a cheaper $5, so that's a nice touch... I don't think I'd mind shelling out a few more bucks for a CD as long as the tracks were largely unfamiliar to me, though. Anyway, the format is the same this time out, featuring easily readable interviews with Witch Hunt, Wolfbrigade, and The Profits. This edition's featured artist is the incredible Rob Middleton, and if you're not familiar with some of this dude's work you should get your face out from uner that rock, because the guy's done everything going on damn near 20 fuckin' years now! His own band Deviated Instinct, fucking Napalm Death, Hellchild, Stampin' Ground, Gruntsplatter... it's impossible to listen to any good form of hardcore/punk and not have seen Mid's work at least five times. It just can't be done. This time around there are a few different twists too, with coverage on the scenes in Nepal and Ireland; and a recap of the C.L.I.T. Fest from several different angles, talking about the bands, the workshops, the organization of the entire ordeal, etc. On the political side, there's a brief page on social cuts in Slovakia, with a pretty significant chunk of coverage devoted to some rapes that occurred at the Pointless Fest in Philadelphia and the way the hardcore/punk scene dealt/is dealing with the aftermath of that insane situation. Prison inmates express themselves once more in "The Injustice System", which is a cool little section, and there are also some vegan recipes, columns, and reviews. The columns and reviews are still secondary for me, but worth a glancing over to see what catches my attention. Political articles and artwork are sort of scattered throughout the center of the zine as well, some of which is actually pretty intriguing both visually and conceptually. Also, something I didn't mention about the last issue is that there are only nine pages of ads in this thing, and one of those pages is devoted to Profane Existence's work. All of the ads are organized at the end of the zine too, which is awesome, so there's no clutter at all, and this isn't one of those slick looking zines that looks slick because every other page is advertisements: It's slick looking and it's almost all content. Good work. Another strong showing... (7/10)
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