Not a straight-forward
fanzine at all really – more a thoughtzine in which Anna, with recourse to
writings from elsewhere, shares with us her inner machinations. Sure, there are
interviews with Gloria Mundi and Poison Girls but those are resolutely of the
searching variety –there’s barely a whiff of the, “what’s your favourite
colour” school of interrogation. As was standard with Poison Girls, Anna’s
encounter with Richard and Vi is particularly illuminating – more discussion
than interview as we witness the subject and host on an equal footing. Anna’s
ruminations on Thinking and Thoughts are ably bolstered by contributions from
Di and Abe, along with: poetry from D. H. Lawrence, Jackie, John Betjeman and Wilfred
Owen; a short extract on Swearing from George Orwell’s, Down and Out in Paris
and London; and a reproduction of the widely distributed CND Leaflet, No More
Hiroshimas. I've noted this as issue 1 though I understand it is in fact a one-off. All told, Between the Lines is a real gem.
A4 single and
double-sided scanned a 600 dpi
To compliment this
post I’m uploading a recording of Poison Girls live in Leeds. The recording was
made by Troy Bunn. Troy happened to be an inveterate bootlegger and was often
to be found rooted to a spot throughout the proceedings of many a gig
frantically hushing any approaching souls with a finger to lips gesture lest
any intrusive natterings spoil his recordings. Sadly, most of Troy’s live tapes
were lost to a rash bout of recycling during the nineties but those that survived
- including 2 more PG’ sets - will appear here eventually. This is a reasonable bootleg though those aurally delicate types may need to allow their lugs to adjust to the slight coarseness of the recording quality - the songs however remain as beautiful as ever.
Where’s The Pleasure?
Are You Happy Now?
Underbitch
Too Close For Comfort
Old Tart’s Song
Rio Disco Stink
Cry No More
Too Proud
Tension
Total Exposure
One Good Reason
Cream Dream
Persons Unknown
State Control
I’ve Done It All
Before
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