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No-Fi

Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey.

About Me

I am a local music and entertainment "magazine" created in 1995 and first published in March 1996 by editor/creator/ writer Chris Beyond as a means of promoting all the cool bands in the Silverlake/Los Angeles/Southbay area that were getting little to no airplay. Since then we have expanded our reach all over the world with the web version of the magazine and our most popular section of the site; No-Fi "Radio" - a weekly internet "radio" show where we actually play the music that we write about. We've interviewed celebrities (Mr. T, Bruce Campbell, & more) and bigger bands (Devo, Fishbone, & more), but our focus will always be on nice people in up-and- coming independent bands.
We also book shows in the L.A./ Silverlake area every once in a while so come to ..em and introduce yourself! You can check out our websites at: No-Fi "Magazine": http://www.nofimagazine.com and No-Fi "Radio": http://www.nofiradio.com . And don't forget to e-mail No-Fi "Radio" with requests and/or to introduces us to yourself or your band. You never know when we might ask you to be our guest on the show whether you're in a band or not.
Bored in Los Angeles?
Check out our current No-Fi "Magazine" Concert Calendar to see who is playing where!
Want to be on one of our covers or model in the magazine?
We have created a Myspace group just for models who would like to work with us. It has been a great way to keep in contact with people who would like to grace our covers or be photographed by Chris Beyond for your own site or portfolio. E-mail us to let us know that you're interested and we'll send you an invite!

My Interests

independent bands, independent musicians, artists, independent writers, photography, retro design, burlesque, silverlake, weird movies, boobs, retro magazine covers, yo momma jokes, 70s headphones, turntables, japan, independent venues, local bands, disneyland, haunted mansion, comedy, 70s porn, fading celebrities, weirdos, people watching, independent filmmakers, riot nrrrds, nerdy girls, and all sorts of stuff

I'd like to meet:

If you're in a band and you want us to hear your new (or old) CD, Demo, etc... Just send them to the addresses below:

Send Tapes, CDs, DVDs or Demos to:
No-Fi "Magazine"
attn: Reviews
1316 El Paso Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90065

Send any Vinyl (or any combination of the above) to:
No-Fi "Radio"
attn: Quin
1209 Ynez Avenue
Redondo Beach, CA 90277

Our review policy can be found in the music review areas at www.nofimagazine.com

Music:

independent, kaito, dios, pine martin, silversun pickups, panty lions, centimeters, 400 blows, gravy train, young people, beat happening, girlscouts on a swing, deerhoof, ramones, pixies, smiths, grandaddy, tenacious d, six volt sunbeam, VLA, pavement, sixteens, blonde redhead, postal service, insted, trilambs, dead kennedys, blur, germs, zoobombs, elliot smith, kxlu, ark spurting blood, wfmu, erase errata, fishbone, le tigre, dead milkmen, quin95, joy division, ear beyond, devo, bikini kill, a.c., mates of state, run dmc, sharp ease, belle and sebastian, black flag, patsy, slick rick, longstocking, bauhaus, the gossip, popular girl, ballboy, OMD, nirvana, morrissey, beastie boys, n.w.a., shonen knife, sonic youth, nora keyes, arm of roger, sarcastic bitch, black box recorder, shaggs, superchunk, grown-ups, shlumpf, beck, new collapse, huggy bear, mahjonng, p.j. harvey, halo benders, free kitten, public enemy, don knotts overdrive, germs, sukia, becky stark, clinic, the 99th fuck you, team dresch, sleater-kinney, oingo boingo, kiddie records, outsider music, incorrect music, crispin hellion glover, 70s porn soundtracks, 60s sci-fi soundtracks, garage bands, lo-fi, no-fi, and many many many many many many more...

Movies:

Directors:
ed wood, russ meyer, david lynch, doris wishman, david cronenberg, dario argento, h.g. lewis, radley metzger, j.m. mccarthy, clive barker, christopher guest, wes anderson, john carpenter, tim burton, richard elfman, and many more
Films:
orgy of the dead, death race 2000, evil dead, battle royale, cabin fever, billy jack, dolemite, star wars, blood freak, willard, eraserhead, twin peaks fire walk with me, blue velvet, forbidden zone, up!, bowling for columbine, edward penishands, circle of iron, good morning and goodbye, beyond the valley of the dolls, kill bill, mondo topless, sore losers, teenage tupelo, audition, versus, night of the living dead, dawn of the dead, dead alive, the ghost and mr. chicken, munsters go home, sweet pun'kin, batman returns, nightmare before christmas, and wayyyy too many more
Actors/Actresses:
jack nance, david carradine, rudy ray moore, annie sprinkle, crispin glover, johnny depp, christopher walken, patricia arquette, david cross, bob odenkirk, sarah silverman, vincent price, don knotts, c.j. laing, bill murray, monty python,

Television:

strangers with candy, mr. show, carnivale, three geniuses, wonder showzen, colin's sleazy friends, south park, monty python's flying circus, twin peaks, she's the sherriff, jennifer slept here, differn't strokes, that's incredible, so graham norton, police squad, the hulk, request video, star wars holiday special, electric blue, three's company, saturday night live, friday's, SCTV, nesty's tree house, that's cat, droids, tom hattan's popeye show, spider-man (the public access cable version), spider-man (the 70s tv show), the ropers, wonder-woman, movie macabre, dark shadows, soap, going places with chris and tony, the young ones, daily show, tv nation, the awful truth, mystery science theatre 3000 ( aka mst3k ), robotech, happy days, mork and mindy, laverne & shirley, square pegs, small wonder, what's happening, what's happening now, and more...

Books:

h.p. lovecraft, giant robot, fangoria, william s. burroughs, psychotronic film guide, nightmare of ecstacy, wigfield: the can do town that just may not, coffee tea or me, immoral tales, incredibly strange films, songs in the key of z, ben is dead, flipside, book your own fucking life, frog and toad are friends, hobbit / lord of the rings, l.a. bizarro, s.f. bizarro, vixens of vinyl, and so many more

Heroes:

Michael O'Donaghue, Edwad D. Wood Jr., Russ Meyer, Steve Martin, My Grandmas...

My Blog

"Where have you been?!?"

That’s the question we’ve been asked over the last couple months.Well, as some of you may know, I was very sick for over a month and a half. In fact you can read about just how bad it was ...
Posted by No-Fi on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:31:00 PST

THE NO-FI "MAGAZINE" WINTER RECITAL - Live on Monday, December 10th in Echo Park!!!

Hey everyone!We are very excited about the first NO-FI "MAGAZINE" show in years and as we just lost ANAVAN to a scheduling conflict, we were lucky enough to get "the new underground supergroup" NO RES...
Posted by No-Fi on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:05:00 PST

No-Fi "Magazine" seeking "sexy monster movies" to review in January Issue!

No-Fi "Magazine" seeking "sexy monster movie" submissions to review for our specially themed January Issue!!! Contact us for more info!~ Chris Beyondeditor, no-fi "magazine"http://www.nofimagazine.com...
Posted by No-Fi on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:52:00 PST

LEARN COMPLICATED DRUMMING!!! (featuring Fred Armisen)

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Posted by No-Fi on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:22:00 PST

Steve Martin was a Cowboy and Has Held a Monkey!

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Posted by No-Fi on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:52:00 PST

"What does it mean to be SUPERBAD"?

Edgar Wright (Director of Shaun Of The Dead) meets the stars of SUPERBAD...
Posted by No-Fi on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:59:00 PST

Submitting stories to No-Fi "Magazine"

Hey no-fi pals,A LOT of people ask about submitting articles to No-Fi "Magazine" and I've been very bad about writing a good submission policy, choosing to mostly run stories by people I know personal...
Posted by No-Fi on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 04:27:00 PST

Chris Beyond's Trailer And Exploitation Film Video Show: TUFF BROADS!

Chris Beyond'sTrailer And Exploitation Film Show:TUFF BROADS!Please put your speaker in the window. Some films and trailers may contains scenes of violence, nudity, and PMS. Thank you and enjoy the s...
Posted by No-Fi on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 02:45:00 PST

And THAT'S One To Grow on!

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Posted by No-Fi on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:59:00 PST

Sean Carnage of IL CORRAL has been shot!

From Sean's Myspace bulletin:Seriously. i was walking down the street near wilshire/vermont and got shot in the back of the arm.i dunno whether it was a bullet or a high-powered air rifle... in any ca...
Posted by No-Fi on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:48:00 PST