Nude Magazine, issues 12 & 13: 200 pages of countercultural goodness
celebrating all aspects of indie culture in full colour and on high
quality art paper.
New York Stories: Songwriter, illustrator and comic
artist Jeffrey Lewis talks to Nude about his antifolk roots, covering
Crass songs and the influence of New York's subway system on the music
of his home city. Six-page interview accompanied by photos and Jeff's
own illustrations.
Exclusive
5-page interview with indie/ antifolk crooner Adam Green who talks
about the musical direction of his new album amongst other things. The
article features photographs of Green as well as Adam's own drawings.
Grandmaster Flash: An overview of American illustrator
Mitch O'connell's tattoo, pin-up and horror-inspired art. Five-page
interview augmented by lots of colourful artwork.
Buddy and Beyond: With his comic, Hate, Peter Bagge
created a memorable knockabout world and cast of characters that owed
as much to Iggy and the Stooges as the Three Stooges. And since
bringing that series to a close in the late Nineties, Bagge has found
himself increasingly in demand. Five and a half page interview with
one of the most distinctive and original cartoonists of his generation.
Be-Bop & Lula: Perhaps best known for his Sailor and
Lula novels, Barry Gifford is one of America's most original writers,
and his tales of 'everyday surreality' inhabit a space between beat
writing and pulp fiction. Four and a half page interview with Gifford
plus an exclusive new short story from Gifford, entitled, 'Sad News
About the Death of Kings' exclusively published for the first time in
Nude
Crime Theme Investigation: The evocative cinematic music of Barry Adamson provides the noirish soundtrack for a journey into the darkness of the soul down in 'the beaten side of town'. Four-page interview with the ex-Magazine and Bad Seeds man turned
solo artist
Youth Cult Classics 1955–1965: Ace photographer Nick Clements specialises in detailed reconstructions of the recent past as 'recalled' through memory and popular culture. Lots of fab pictures of contemporary mods, rockers, surfers and hot-rodders.
Horse Power: The Horse Hospital is London's primary home of the avant garde, and here we look back at the venue's 15 years of showcasing pop culture in extremis. Eight-page retrospective featuring artwork and images from Joe Coleman, Shepard Fairey, Savage Pencil, Le Dernier Cri and many more.
Stamp of Approval: Simon Garfield's new book, 'The Error
World' is a wry and frank memoir which details amongst other things, an
almost ruinous obsession with stamp collecting. In an interview with
the author, Annie Bowles enters the world of gutter pairs, watermarks
and, erm... dry mountings.
The Velvet Goldmine: We visit the plush surroundings of the Velveteria - home to what is possibly the world's biggest collection of black velvet paintings. Four page article featuring some classic examples of black velvet paintings.
Dawn of the Dead: Our man across the channel sings the praises of the Paris-based electronic duo, Zombie Zombie.
The Richt stuff: Bristol based graffiti artist Richt, talks to Nude about the influence of Banksy and the development of his own unique style. Three and a half page feature showcasing examples of the artists work.
An adventure in Stereo with Mark E. Smith of The Fall in our ongoing series in which one man reacquaints himself with the forgotten treasures and indescribable horrors of his collection of vinyl LPs
Pick 'n' Mix: Tanja Frinta of Lonely Drifter Karen tells Nude about some of her
favourite things.
The deliciously twisted art of Trevor Brown: A 7-page
interview with the controversial, Tokyo-based British artist, featuring
loads of his cute-but-disconcerting artwork.
A 5-page illustrated feature on the phenomenon of Emily the Strange,
including an interview with Emily's creators Rob Reger and Buzz Parker.
Subterranean cinema: The Best of British Gothic Horror:
A 6-page article of classic British horror of the 1970s, focussing on
such films as Frightmare, The Fiend, Killer's Moon, The Fiend, House of
Whipcord, Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly, Goodbye Gemini and Straight
on Till Morning etc.
A 3-page interview with UK swamp blues combo, Gallon Drunk, with great photography.
A 2-page interview with Salena Godden of UK musical upstarts, Saltpeter.
A 5-page article showcasing photography of New York's early-80s No
Wave/ hip hop scenes scene, featuring Ann Magnuson, DNA, ESG, Afrika
Bambaataa, Rock Steady Crew etc.
Wheels on Fire. A 7-page feature on the phenomenon of UK
Rollerderby, featuring comments from rollergirls and great pictures of
the London Rollergirls in action.
'A Tokyo Tale: A cracking interview with ace UK crime fiction writer, David Peace.
As well as great lowbrow art and illustration
from Mijn Schatje (whose artwork adorns the cover), Hard Craft: the
urban cross-stitch of Kate westerholt, Gateshead's 'Get Carter' car
park, together with music, film, book and zine reviews together with lots of other juicy
nuggets all served up on quality paper in a sexy compact square format.
Plus oodles of book, music, film and zine reviews.
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