Loading ...Matter Music Magazine – Volume 1 Number 5 (September 1983)
By Evan ~ November 4th, 2008. Filed under: collector scum.
Back in the early ’80s there was a local ‘zine out of Chicago called Matter. These days, it’s mostly known as the rag that featured Steve Albini as a contributor. Seeing as how I was a wee, wee lad (as in, less than a year old) during this era, it would have been hard for me to know anything about the ‘zine. Alas, leave it to fellow blogger (and great friend to Swan Fungus) Old Man Neill to help us all in our quest to uncover what exactly was printed in that ‘zine. A few weeks ago I received an e-mail from Mr. Neill asking me if I wanted a couple of old issues of Matter, and lo-and-behold they showed up at my doorstep just a couple days later! Both issues were in good condition — not bad considering their age. While I was home last week, I scanned the majority of the issues, and I’ll be hosting them forever (or until I’m asked to remove them) so that you can read the articles and interviews and columns and record reviews for yourself.
In this issue, Albini penned an article called “Husker Du? Only Their Hairdresser Knows For Sure”, Jim Cross submitted an almost interview with New Order, Albini interviewed UB40, someone wrote an article called “Johnny Thunders: Not Dead Yet”, and many new (circa 9/83) records were reviewed. Lastly, there’s a good installment of Albini’s “Tired Of Ugly Fat” column.
Please enjoy. And if you have any old copies of Matter collecting dust in your apartment, send ‘em on over and I’ll share them with the people.
November 5th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
i like how it’s looking!
November 13th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
omg! i like, totally remember that zine….(blushes to think just how young she was when that came out!)
December 1st, 2008 at 10:26 pm
[...] Back in the early ’80s there was a local ‘zine out of Chicago called Matter. These days, it’s mostly known as the rag that featured Steve Albini as a contributor. Seeing as how I was a wee, wee lad (as in, less than a year old) during this era, it would have been hard for me to know anything about the ‘zine. Alas, leave it to fellow blogger (and great friend to Swan Fungus) Old Man Neill to help us all out in our quest to uncover what exactly was printed. A few weeks ago I received an e-mail from Mr. Neill asking me if I wanted a couple of old issues of Matter, and lo-and-behold they showed up at my doorstep just a couple days later! Both issues were in good condition — not bad considering their age. While I was home last month, I scanned the majority of the issues, and I’ll be hosting them forever (or until I’m asked to remove them) so that you can read the articles and interviews and columns and record reviews for yourself. I already posted Volume 1 Number 5 from September 1983. [...]
December 14th, 2008 at 2:26 am
Ah! Thank you for putting this up. The “Tired of Ugly Fat” column is just another reason to love Albini. Pretty weird to think of that young pup interviewing UB40 of all people.