#ZINES,
REVIEWS OR OPINIONS#
Acid
Logic
I've read probably every
article on this website, and if that isn't recommendation enough, I don't
know what it is! Pop culture, humour. some people with very interesting
names.
 The
Brain Tuba
An embryonic repository
of creative writing; poetry, novels, short stories, scripts.
Vanguard
Online
Reviews, articles. Very
entertaining. They seem to be refusing to give me a link, though, so their
star is withheld.
Infinite
Monkey
Although it's a band site,
this is also a collection of stuff, including fanzines, photos, gig dates
and other undergroundy musical things.
Frog
of Destiny
Another site to get linked
to mostly because of the title. A good fanzine with reviews (live, demos,
cds) of bands I've really never heard of like Lollipop Train, Mogul and
Westlife. No, wait. I think I've heard of them. Aren't they an ambient-noise
four piece out of Missouri?
Let's
Go!
And why not. Slightly trippy
homepage with a focus on Trail of Dead and the Wannadies, as well as a
non-existent band called Sleepel.
The
Other Expressway to yr Skull
This site really freaked
me out when I first saw it; it's nearly exactly the same as this site in
terms of style, content and unnecessary use of the word 'yr'. But I promise
you I have no hand in this, 'tis a work of chance, milud, I never touched
'im.
Addicted
to Noise
An online zine type thing
dedicated to mostly American indie and lots of bands I've never even heard
of. Massive archive with interesting Sonic Youth stuff amongst others.
 Inkblot
Magazine
In my entirely unhumble
opinion the best-written online 'zine. It basically covers anything
good in music.
Rancid
Amoeba
A site about underground
music, mostly punk, with some interesting articles by the likes of Steve
Albini.
deathrockStar
Collections of 'Zine type
sites with increasingly brilliant design.
 End
Bowling
Formerly Sheffield-based
music and film reviews site. Specializes in really obscure B-movies and
foreign film with names like 'Thirteen Backwards Flower'. Actually I made
that up.
 Disktant
A load of great UK fanzines,
and a list of links to other similar sites. Now on a new server.
#ANTI-NEWS
AND SATIRE#
Cookd
and Bombd
Superb Chris Morris site,
with a downloads of his more obscure stuff, a messageboard and all that
Christ.
 Squeal
News Pig
Their news is harder than
your news. Satirical anti-news of excellent quality. We gonna make you
squeal boy, until you give us your news!
Glebe's
Thrift Funnel
Go here if you admire the
work of deeply disturbed but brilliant comedian and media terrorizer Chris
Morris. Otherwise, stay away in fear.
Mr
Spoon
What do you get when you
combine an obsession in Eighties kiddies TV and the style of Chris Morris
and Charlie Brooker? This, in fact. Visit this site and SHOUT VALIDITY
into your words, don't be shy.
Unamerican.com
Originally a maker of unamerican
bumper-stickers (such as 'PRISONS CAUSE CRIME', 'YODA LOVES ME', and mugs
with 'FUCK DECAF' on them). But this is now a website dedicated to the
expression of all forms of American angst.
 The
Onion
These people probably don't
need any more publicity, but this is still a great site, if it's getting
a bit too commercialized these days.
Wobble
like Jelly
And why not? In the same
vein as TV Go Home, Superkaylo and NKT, this site boasts mp3s, religious
instruction/destruction and an unhealthy interest in household pets.
NTK.net
A kind of online news thing,
only not. Very amusing. You Need to Know.
 TV
Go Home
A fake TV listings which
apes the irritating style of the TV Times and their ilk very well. Lots
of swearing. Written by Charlie Brooker, but much indebted to Chris Morris. |
#CREATIVE
STUFF#
Misson
CREEP
A site which is big with
the weird, it has articles written by, like, proper actual well-known writers
as well as painting (by proper actual well-known painters) and poetry by,
you guessed it, poets.
Superkaylo
Charlie Brooker's site.
Crank calls, fictional adverts, cartoons (obviously) and utterly brilliant
writing.
Second
Thought Records
A kind of online record
label collections the work of several varied bands and artists.
Veenvop
A great collection of artwork
and animations by Kirk Millet - he does the 'Nylon Futura' flash toons,
but he also does some amazing oil paintings.
#OTHER#
Sound
Collage - Alternative Music Radio
Here's what they say about
themselves - Playing the influential and experimential in Alternative music.
Featuring artists like Radiohead, P J Harvey, Bjork, Aphex Twin and more.
Our web site also features a new page covering the artists we play and
our own message board so you can speak your mind.
 Plug
In
A great (if kinda grey-looking)
site. "Plug In focuses on unsigned, independent, up and coming, and current
popular bands, mostly in the alternative and indie scenes. The goal is
to get the word out about lesser known bands."
 Taxi.com
A truly independent A&R
company working on the internet, and well worth a visit if you're in band.
World
of Free Games
Lots and lots of old PC
games, as well as new freeware stuff. All of which are free. Which explains
the 'free' part. Includes about a million South Park games.
 Bad-Candy.com
This site is hysterical,
and is probably enough to put you off ever eating food in America.
Andrew
Green Homepage
The homepage of a very good
friend of mine, Mr Green.
Rolling
Stone
Spit! Evil and heavily commercial
music rag. And the site's slow, too.
New
Musical Express
Not nearly as evil, but
the site is a lot more annoying than the actual paper. Really trashy and
tabloidy, while the paper itself does have (or rather had) at least some
intelligent comment. They also plug bands till they're dead from plugging.
BBC
Radio 1
The only good music radio
we get in the UK- and it's
still mostly shite! Listen in on the
live real audio to John Peel, the Breezeblock (Mary-Anne Hobbs), or the
Evening Session with Steve Lamaqc, but avoid anything else except maybe
Mark & Lard (mostly crap music, but good DJs).
Sharky's
Netscape Frames Tutorial
Want to know how I managed
to make frames without knowing anything about .html? If more people went
to this site, the internet would be a better place to look for stuff.
Cheese.com
I literally can't go to
this site, because I become overcome with a sudden cheese craving.
US
Naval Observatory Master Clock time
Want to know what time it
really is in Southern California or anywhere else in the world? Actually
bloody useful.
Currency
Converter
Convert any currency into
US$ online.
Tabology.com
Nice UK-centric guitar tab
site, has stuff for all kinds of dodgy indie bands like Coldplay and Travis
to impress your friends with.
The
Woodshed
Hosted by 'Stefan Grossman's
Guitar Workshop', this is a messageboard site I came across by accident,
devoted to fingerpicking and acoustic guitar. I like visiting it and posting
messages proclaiming Thurston Moore to be the greatest fingerpicker of
all time. I suggest you do so too. Although not too often, as they're very
nice people. Also a
very useful resources for technical guitar stuff.
My
Genealogy Site
Actually this link is mostly
here so I don't forget it. But if you really want to know about my family
tree, have a look. I know next to nothing about it myself. Doh. |
