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Review: Abusements - "Alabamastan" single

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     Alabamastan.... BLAM! Hard to argue with the apparent sentiment of this song. Everybody in Alabama says that Alabama sucks (unless it's the football team, UNLESS they like the other football team) until they hear somebody else say that it sucks and then they feel like they've gotta defend the state's "honor" or something. Montgomery's the Abusements tell us that we gotta get outta here. Again echoing what many of us think. I want to argue and say that, to the contrary, we need more like-minded people to come here and stay. The state really is moving  forward, but slower than frozen molasses (couldn't think of a slow-cotton metaphor, which woulda been more appropriate for the subject) and it always takes 50 years worth of steps back when we let our guards down, so I can't help but to side with yelling to everyone around me, "Get out anyway ya can!".      BUT! This is a call to arms. The Abusements think you need to fuckin' decide.

GAD! Zine Issue 4

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    In theory, this site was originally supposed to supplement the print version of the GAD! Zine and maybe even surpass it. With the immediacy of the INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY, how could it not?      I dunno, but it hasn't.      I still hope to one day offer crap-tons of content to this page, things that are just too of-the-moment to wait and put out in a physical zine a month or three late. IN THE FUTURE, maybe, kinda, this page will offer cool and interesting content on a regular basis. Perhaps DAILY?? We'll see. But in the meantime, I figure we can at least share the back issues of GAD! (and maybe some of our other zines) here. We also plan to make every issue available in PDF format, just not today.      Below, you will find the fourth issue of GAD!, an Alabama-based underground zine. Every issue is a raw disaster made with lots of love.      GAD! Issue 4 starts what I at least think may be a pattern (though I've been too laz.... busy to actually look), where we do a

GAD! Zine Issue 3

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    In theory, this site was originally supposed to supplement the print version of the GAD! Zine and maybe even surpass it. With the immediacy of the INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY, how could it not?      I dunno, but it hasn't.      I still hope to one day offer crap-tons of content to this page, things that are just too of-the-moment to wait and put out in a physical zine a month or three late. IN THE FUTURE, maybe, kinda, this page will offer cool and interesting content on a regular basis. Perhaps DAILY?? We'll see. But in the meantime, I figure we can at least share the back issues of GAD! (and maybe some of our other zines) here. We also plan to make every issue available in PDF format, just not today.     Below, you will find the second issue of GAD!, an Alabama-based underground zine. Every issue is a raw disaster made with lots of love.    GAD! 3 (or GAD! III) sees us really hitting our stride. We're more comfortable. Issue 2 proved that Issue 1 wasn't a fluke. Iss

GAD! Zine Issue 2

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  In theory, this site was originally supposed to supplement the print version of the GAD! Zine and maybe even surpass it. With the immediacy of the  INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY , how could it not?      I dunno, but it hasn't.      I still hope to one day offer crap-tons of content to this page, things that are just too of-the-moment to wait and put out in a physical zine a month or three late. IN THE FUTURE, maybe, kinda, this page will offer cool and interesting content on a regular basis. Perhaps DAILY?? We'll see. But in the meantime, I figure we can at least share the back issues of GAD! (and maybe some of our other zines) here. We also plan to make every issue available in PDF format, just not today.     Below, you will find the second issue of GAD!, an Alabama-based underground zine. Every issue is a raw disaster made with lots of love. This issue sees us adding contributors , comics, and even a couple of interviews to the mix. All of that was MASSIVE for us, and still feel