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Blurt! #5: Cosmic Shit 100pgs,1/4size (3 oz) $2.00

Sentence fragment structure embellished by the same spot-on graphic design and quality we've come to expect from Lew Houston. A good window into Lew's view of the rock and roll lifestyle. There's a lot of drinking and touring involved, but also heartbreak and wandering. He's a romantic. He walks around aimlessly, hangs out in diners, knows people wherever he goes, and explores the neglected parts of town. Lew knows how to throw a few good literary devices into each paragraph and make the most mundane and painful experiences into stories worth telling. The gut wrenching moments of this issue are accidentally decapitating a bird as a small child, running out of beer at his going away party, and discovering that discount herbals can't help you remember forgotten memories. This is some microcosmic shit!

 
This cool little zine is written in a clipped, abbreviated style (sample: “we rode silent. Still shaking inspired. Punk blasting from rattled speakers to gut.”), and covers some familiar territory: high school, early college, first punk show, being punk in a small town, going on tour, having crushes and making out. The writing style gives it an urgent, concentrated feel, and reading it is like eating the spice pack without the Ramen, or drinking orange juice concentrate. Yum! Then, in the watery crevices of your brain, these stories rehydrate and bloom, and even a crotchety ol’ coot like me begins to think going on tour in a crappy van sounds like fun. quimby's review
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