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CURRENT ISSUE: ... Scram number 22, the beatnik/banker issue (which are YOU?). Cover by Derek Yaniger. Features a fascinating chat with folk songstress Vashti Bunyan, Neutral Milk Hotel interviews not printed in editrix Kim's 33 1/3 book about the band, a candid (and then some!) interview with bluesman Nick Gravenites, Phil Ochs' collaborator Lincoln Mayorga and many more wild surprises.Scram number 21 is the swamp issue. Cover by Lark Pien. Features Blag Dahlia of the Dwarves, Gene Sculatti on when MOR went hip, the Phanton Surfers' Mike Lucas interviewing Blowfly, Skywald Horror-Mood comics, baroque popsters The New Society, mysterious Kenneth Anger soundtrack artist Andy Arthur, Deke Dickerson on hillbilly eefing records & a High Llamas interview.Scram number 20 featuring Andrice Arp's aquatic cover art, schoolyard fun with Johnny Thunders and Gene Simmons, a chat with Sloan's Jay Ferguson, all about Absolute Grey, Devendra Banhart meets his heroine Linda Perhacs, bubblegum songwriter Elliot Chiprut, P.F. Sloan live pics, Lost in the Grooves sneak peak and more.... Scram number 19: Bart Johnson's cover, a leisurely chat with the Zombies' Colin Blunstone and Paul Atkinson (RIP), part two of the P.F. Sloan interview covers the Grassroots, Byrds, Dylan and Jim Webb, the Lee Hazlewood interview Hustler didn't want you to see, John Trubee's campfire tales, Denny Eichhorn shares another comic Wild Man Fischer adventure plus the first interview ever with psychedelic siren Linda Perhacs!... Scram number 18: cover art by Tom Neely, Emitt Rhodes, Marty Thau on bubblegum, NY Dolls, Suicide & more, the great lost Ramones interview, preteen popettes Smoosh, Johnny Sea.... Scram number 17: Dan Clowes cover, Steve Earle, Plush, Russ Forster on the 8-track underground, proto-punk LA zine "Back Door Man," John Trubee talking with Byrds/Zappa dancer Carl Franzoni, bubblegum awards (including Turtle Howard Kaylan's acceptance speech).... Scram number 16: Robert Crumb / Aleksandar Zograf, Rezillos, Radio Birdman reunion, Every Mother's Son, Steve Wynn, Van Morrison's contract-busting Bang! sessions, Gene Sculatti on right wing radio, the Turtles and Strawberry Shortcake, Neil Hamburger, Canned Hamm. Mike Longdo memorial. Cover by Steven "Ribs" Weissman.... Scram number 15: Langley Schools Music Project, Daniel Clowes on "Ghost World," rock and roll board games, Mike Lucas on Brute Force, unpublished 1971 interview with Gary Usher, Tease-o-rama, Scramarama wrap up. Cover design by Gene "Catalog of Cool" Sculatti, who has long maintained a secret career as an outsider artist.... Scram number 14: Doug Allen cover, Go-Betweens, Radio Birdman, Nikki Corvette, the Dictators (with contributions from R. Meltzer), Liz Damon's Orient Express, Sajid Khan, Rod McKuen live, failed amusement parks, prison lit, Walker Texas Ranger.... Scram number 13: The cover cutie's Janet Klein, and she leads a naughty old timey ensemble called The Parlor Boys. Plus Hub Kapp & the Wheels, Mooney Suzuki, guys who sing like girls, The Frantics, Mark Farner, Red Planet, Gene Sculatti on the Top 10 "next Dylans," the final days of the Kahiki tiki restaurant, Shocking Blue, Neil Hamburger live.... Scram number 12: Floyd and Jerry, Toni Basil, Experience Music Project, Harvey Sid Fisher, fake Merseybeat, Crown Records, Pretty Things, Deniz Tek, M.D. writes about one unforgettable night in the E.R., plus chimps on TV, retro-styled burlesque.... Scram number 11: Johnny Ramone, Chamber Strings, Greg Shaw and Gene Sculatti on the early days of rock zines, "My boss, Kim Fowley," Jack Stevenson on industrial parks and the fake future.... Scram number 10: Cover art by Andrice Arp of Hi-Horse comics, and featuring Dead Moon, Peter Laughner, Arthur Lee & Love, Peter Bagge's bubblegum frenzy, Wayne Newton, the cult of Technicolor, black velvet paintings and record store freaks.... Scram number 9: Chad and Jeremy on L.S.D., ham acting, Burning Man, Girl Group Battle Royale: The Shangri-Las vs. The Goodees, Drinkin' with the Jacobites, bad television, Scott Miller's favorite embarrassing records, how to be a badass, Dusty Springfield R.I.P.... Scram number 8: Apples in Stereo, Archies, Jackie DeShannon, United States of America, Jeff "Mothers of Invention" Simmons, Apartment Follies, Snaxpo 98, human lab rats.... Scram number 7: Edd "Kookie" Byrnes, Nightcrawlers, Rob Younger, The Upper Crust's Lord Bendover's etiquette tips, Tony Bruno, Stiv Bators, Russian prophets in East L.A.?, ham radio idiocy, atomic weapons in the home.... Scram number 6: Dion, Fortune and Maltese, Mensclub, Neil Hamburger, beatniks and Rod McKuen, Loons, The Naked Sax Player, Heavy Metal Parking Lot.... Scram number 5: Peter Bagge, Rodent Rock, Zombies, the sex and bubblegum article that was the basis for The Bubblegum Book, The Pebbles, Disney's planned community, mortuary cosmetics, Spy Jazz, Divine Comedy (early Neil Hannon interview).Having a Rave Up with Scram Magazine: massive special issue compiling most historical music articles from our first eight issues, with a hilarious full color Peter Bagge cartoon cover spoofing the Yardbirds and tons of wild tales!... Scram number 4:Boyce and Hart, Go-Nuts, Tiny Tim in one of his last interviews, ZOG conspiracies, Mary Lou Lord, Lisa Carver, Townes Van Zandt, thrifting tips, vinyl record care.... Scram number 3: The Poppy Family, Jackie and the Cedrics, Disneyland, Brute Force, psychedelic Wizard of Oz concept records, Nancy and Lee and Sonny and Cher, Burt Reynolds' LP, teenage vandalism, early Bee Gees.more info at http://www.scrammagazine.com/backissues.html
