Silence is Death #2

Silence is Death #2 / Half Sized / 16 Pages / Trade / $1 / amandaprofane@hotmail.com Amanda, 762 Snediker Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11207

Amanda is another friend who was nice enough to send me both issues of ey’s zine, and this issue is unnaturally long for the content that is contained within. This issue can be unofficially dubbed the insanity issue, as for some reason many of the pieces within mention some form of insanity or treatment for insanity. Page 1 : “My depression eventually led me to practically go insane”, Page 7 : “but I lost control…my grip on reality was loosened to the point where it escaped my hand and floated away for a while”. So on and so on, this theme is reiterated throughout the rest of the zine, even in writings that ey chose to put in, most notably one of the great poems by Nitsoj Decro, “Cattle”. Some people call zines the gateway to the soul, and I would have to definitely agree with them. Reading both issues of Silence is Death is a window into Amanda, and one that I would have to whole-heartedly ask that all read. While it may not be the cleanest or most structural zine, Silence is Death is writing from the heart, not tinted by the middle class liberal bullshit that pervades many a zine.

Sargeant

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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