BANANAFISH #8 w/EP Masonna RAYMOND SCOTT Wingtip Sloat+

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Bananafish Magazine issue #8 -- Happy Boy Margarine 7"EP

June 1993 -- 96 pages -- 1,500 copies printed, OOP -- comes with 7"EP:

This is the issue that made it into mon’n’pop record stores all across America, and is the first issue of the magazine most people had ever seen.

The cover is a painting by Harvey Bennett Stafford, a combination parody of Naked City’s first album cover (the famous photo by Weegee) and a tribute to Mexican true crime / gore magazine Alarma! Stafford, by the way, went on to edit Muerte! Death in Mexican Popular Culture, a book published by Feral House in 2000.

“Suicide Instructor, First Lesson Free,” letter from the publisher. Mr. Beezer gloats about the Glass’s departure and introduces the new editor to the readers. He also takes time out for a few ill-advised rebuttals to the magazine’s critics.

“The Intro and The Outro,” guest editorials by Debbi Shane (on psychotic indifference) and Raymond Scott (a previously unpublished piece on the future of music, written in 1949).

Interview with Dave Harris of The Raymond Scott Quintette, “Siegfried Has Tasted the Dragon’s Blood.” The tenor sax-player recalls his professional life back in the 1930s.

C.C.C.C., “We Play for Your Erection,” interview with Mayuko Hino by David Hopkins. This Japanese noise artist discusses her career as an actress in adult movies, her training as a Butoh dancer, and Japanese education compared to western education.

Wingtip Sloat, “Trapped Forever in a Huge Gridlock,” interview by Ian Christe. Very Samuel Beckett-like Q- and-A with this Virginia-based indie rock trio.

“God Bless America,” selected photos from Julee-Peezlee’s six years at a photo lab. Highlights include a cop car with “F*ck You” spray-painted on it; two pigs f*cking (real pigs, not policemen); drunk fratboys urinating off the roof of a building; ugly people wearing ugly clothes; and lots of dead animals (pigs mostly).

Harvey Bennett Stafford, “He Is Heavy Paint Machine Victory!” interview by Lisa Carver. Preeminent painter of the maimed and diseased discusses his work, touching on a brief stint in noise band Electrodejellyfishspoon and the dark side of the subconscious.

“The PG Years,” the adolescent diaries of Sandy Behr. Associate editor Alex Behr follows up Anne Eickelberg’s diaries with her own.

Comics by Dame Darcy. Two stories: “Little Red Riding Hood” (which corresponds to the audio rendition on the 7-inch, performed by Darcy and the kids at the pre-school where she taught) and “The Wishing Star” (which is supposed to be flipped over and read upside-down when one gets to the bottom of the page).

Evil Moisture, “Please Palpitate Salt Eel As It Pees,” interview with Andy Bolus by M. Monroe. An Englishman who makes his own noise instruments and defaces comic books so that they’re surreal masterpieces discusses his inventions, his history as a musician, and an assortment of albums originally released as child behavior modification tools (including Raymond Scott’s Soothing Sounds for Babies series).

Squirmbo interview, “Life and Death Are Things You Do When You’re Bored.” Washington, DC-based noisicians discuss their history, aesthetics, comics, jazz and cartoon music. With a sidebar in which Karen Greenlee (aka The Unrepentant Necrophile) reacts to Squirmbo’s A Date With Karen Greenlee single. Masonna, “Amusing Ourselves to Death,” interview by David Hopkins. The development of this master of psychedelic noise. With discography of ridiculously limited releases that no one will ever see or hear.

“Writhing Abroad,” a roundtable discussion moderated by Alex Behr about getting sick while traveling in foreign countries featuring Peg Murray (who crapped through an open window on a moving bus in India) Alexa Carlson, (dengue fever, Thailand) and Gary Held (dysentery, Mexico).

“When You’re Done With The Bacon, There’s Always the Grease,” reviews by Valeria Strompett. The title is something Ms. Strompett’s grandmother used to say.

Happy Boy Margarine seven-inch (Starlight Furniture Co. - BF8), 1,500 copies Cover design by Earl Kuck (stolen product packaging)

EP Tracks:

A1 Wingtip Sloat - I'm On The Wrong Side (World Of Pooh) A2 Raymond Scott - Twilight In Turkey A3 C.C.C.C. - Female Trouble B1 Dame Darcy & Helpless Suckling Whelps, The - Little Red Riding Hood B2 Masonna - Masonanie USA B3 Squirmbo - Pillow Talk B4 Evil Moisture - Excerpt From Yerm Flowers Cassette

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