Austin Fanzine Project

the Thinking Fellers Union Local 282

interview by susan and steve @ Emo's in August 1995 some of the questions are ours; some are from a psychiatrist's questioning of an alleged victim of satanic ritual abuse.

GW: I want to know if you've had any interesting encounters with the law in Texas. Hugh: We got pulled over the first time we came here for speeding. It was kind of a speed trap. Anne: It's not all that interesting. Hugh: Yeah. All it was, we came over a hill and Paul, our first drummer, was driving. Was it early in the morning? I think it was. Anne: We'd driven all night. Brian: I thought that was interesting, to me, just because I had been one of the last people driving and I hadn't slept all night, and that whole road on Highway 10, I guess, for many hours was littered with deer and there were deer corpses all over the place. So, by the time this policeman stopped us, I was out of my mind, and he could have easily been anything other than a policeman, too. I couldn't tell what was going on at all. Anne: And we looked like we had been up all night, too, really scruffy and unwashed. I'm really surprised he didn't just tell us to follow him to the police station. 'Cause I've heard that happens, or else they try to get money out of you on the spot, or they run you out of town. GW: Do you have an opinion on whether or not electroconvulsive therapy is good therapeutic practice when used by a licensed psychiatrist? Hugh: I've heard that it's not. I've heard that it's a bad thing

entertainingly by the guy from Guitar Wolf. These guys fucking shred!!

[The Royal Pendletons]] were next, but it was already 3:30 am and we were all crashin'. So we split.

Saturday, 24 June 1995.

Susan and I went to Brother Juniper's again for breakfast, leaving the boys happily asleep. When we came back to see if the guys had taken all our stuff and split town, we were informed that we would have to change motels again, because all the rooms were reserved for the night. We relocated to the Admiral Benbow Inn which is the scummiest motel in the world . It was clean and all, but there were all sorts of fucked-up people wandering around the whole time and the trashcans were from Holiday Inn and the soap was from Hampton Inn and the "Do Not Disturb" signs were from Best Western. According to Eric Oblivian The Admiral is Guitar Wolf's preferred motel choice. Sure enough, they were staying right down the hall from us.

This was the day I wanted to go out and sight-see. Jeff and I left Susan and Matt at the Inn and set off to see the town. I had planned out a path and we attacked it with vigor. We went to Beale Street to check out the tourist/museum/gift ship aspect. Some of it was kinda cool, but the

The Oblivians rock out in the Bluff City

[image of a soda with two straws] PEEK-A-BOO #1-9 [underscored]: I’ve had issues 7 & 8 since they came out & I just got issue 9 & the BOX SET of issues 1-6. I guess I’ll really just review issue #9, but I want to say that as a body of work, this zine is fucking beautiful! Great things in every issue and it keeps hang in’ on. Hasn’t disappointed me yet. Issue 9 includes an interview with Dave of U-236, some good reviews, an interview with a “real” vampire, some what-ifs, a cover of April & Molly, Kegfly & yet another funny installment of the best advice column in the world. I worship these people especially Travis H. Get one — it’s free. (PAB, 305 W. 39th #107, Austin, 78751.)

MASSAGE PARLOR #2: Excellent writing, but I liked #1 better. (No Address)

U-236 #14 - Seen it in passing. A bitch to get ahold of. Love this zine! (2303 Rio Grande #6, Austin. 78705.)

ANTICHRIST - All issues I’ve seen are shit! Crap! Bunk! Bad, Bad, Pretentious, Bad.

FOUR MILE CIRCUS #1: A zine on loan from Susan (some guy sent it to her from Oklahoma City). I haven’t finished it, but it looks intriguing. Includes “Wierdo Manifesto,” some poetry, a feature on John Zorn, etc. . . But it’s $2.50!! Ick. Maybe Susan’ll let you borrow it next. But if Mom & Dad are paying your rent, or you just made a big drug deal, here’s the address: (John Stone, 1602 S.W. 77th Place, Oklahoma City, OK 73159.)