Neus Subjex #57 + #58 / Free / 1 Full-Sized Sheet / theneussubjex@aol.com / PO Box 18051, Fairfield, OH 45018 /
While I have heard about Neus Subjex even since before I started doing my own zines back in 1999, I hadn’t been able to procure a copy of the zine until now. With two copies in my hands, I was able to get some sense of what The Neus Subjex is about. Each issue starts out with an update on the Cincinnati punk scene, a la Metal Edge or any of those other news-heavy publications. This takes up a good chunk of each issue, even at the miniscule font size that is used. #58 has a few interviews to finish up the rest of the zine, with Crimson Sweet NY and The Sundresses, along with a completely out-of-left-field description of drug effects by the drummer of Kill the Hippies. #57 is almost completely taken with the news updates, but gives two of its “pages†(the page is folded to make 16 odd-shaped pages) to different materials: a flyer about a plea for materials that discuss the proper punishment for Mia Zapata’s murderer (which has some disturbingly closed-minded pro-death sentence views), and a few reviews. I must say, my eyes started to glaze over when all the Cincinnati bands that I had never heard were discussed, but the zine is a valuable document for anyone who is trying to keep up with a scene in a major city. The biggest selling point to these issues are that they are free – that’s right, they are free, they have no ads to decrease the amount of material, and this shows the zine to be more of a labor of love than anything. Keep on trucking.
Rating: 6.5/10
John Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is the founder and editor-in-chief of NeuFutur Magazine, where he has covered independent music, PC hardware, consumer tech, and gaming culture since 1998. With over 25 years of continuous digital publishing experience, he has written thousands of hands-on game and record reviews, conducted in-depth hardware field testing, and analyzed digital media monetization trends. His work prioritizes first-hand evaluation and long-term product testing.
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