Fanzines were a huge part of punk music culture in the '90s. I was involved with quite a few of them doing artwork and writing reviews. Occasionally a package would show up in the mail and I'd get giddy with excitement: cds and 7"s to listen to! I was already a pretty huge #jawbreaker fan so you can imagine my delight when this cd appeared with the mail in 1994! I loved the band's first two albums (the second one "bivouac" moving into darker territory with much more tempo variety). This, their third, still feels like their masterpiece to me. Anthemic, self depreciating and so well produced. I wrote a glowing wordy review for the 'zine which I believe earned me more packages (it seemed 'zine contributors leaned towards proto - hipster in their love of slanderous reviews) when these fanzines would correspond and want me to continue contributing it gave validation to my musical obsession (and free cds!) A long running one that is still going as an online page is Jim Testa's "jersey beat", you should really Google the site. Great stuff.
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