Promotion day!

Due to the fact that I'm still kinda laying low because of bad health and fevers, the best thing I can throw at you are some promotions of my friends projects. I am kinda late with promoting one of these, but it is a young project, so hopefully this post can provide it some good in the future. Better late than never.

The Pine - The Pine by "That's Punk" blog

Both the band and the blog don't need any special introduction really. "The Pine" acquired a sort of legendary status over the years of their existence, as well as after their breakup. I haven't met or talked to a single person who had something bad to say about this band, guess that is a fact that speaks for itself. And they are definitely one of the favorite bands of your's truly.

As far as "That's Punk" goes, it has been around since February 2009 (as much as I know actually, maybe the blog was on a different hosting before), with regular and high quality posts and lots of interesting bands. So if you are a follower of thatspunk.net blog, you probably know that the whole October was "The Pine" month. At the moment it is safe to consider the said blog as a gold mine for this band, since the band is stretched thin over the internet and there aren't a lot of places where you can find their splits and compilations for instance.

So, the true reason that I am writing this is because of the last post on "That's Punk" on October 31st. Namely, Alexander (the dude running the blog and the whole site) went on and made fifty cd-rs of "The Pine - The Pine", white surfaced in hand-folded origami covers with four different color designs. The cds include five tracks which date from 1999 and three unreleased songs. And it is available for a tiny price of £4. This is really excellent for anyone who is new in this genre of music, but also if you are a collector (like myself). I got mine a few days ago and it looks great! Wanted to post pictures, but I don't have a camera with me at the moment, but you can go to youtube here and watch a clip on the making of the cd-rs. Also, if you are out of cash, there is a download included in the post as well, found here. Check out the blog and definitely cast your eye on October. http://thatspunk.net

Tigersuit Zine #1

Somewhere in mid September, my Lastfm friend sickheadache informed me that he was involved in a zine project with his friend and that it finally bore fruit. So here it is, the product of their work, a 56 page zine covering a lot of interesting material.Featured are a bunch of interviews with Lost In Bazaar, Analena, Anchor, Bright Sight as well as Patty Carlos with whom they discuss about the hardcore scene in New Zealand and last, but not least, an interview with Raul Vaneigem one of the revolutionaries of May '68. The zine is really charged with ideas of revolution, straight edge and vegan movements, it's not just about the music, but the passion and energy that drives it. Next to the interviews you can find a lot in those 56 pages, from a travel guide of the 2010 Fluff Fest to the presentation of the hardcore punk scene in Gothenburg.

One of the major drawbacks of the zine is that it is in the creator's native language, Bulgarian. This is quite understandable, since the two friends making this probably wanted just to cover their local scene. Needless to say this is an excellent project with amazing potential and if it gets a lot of positive feedback and criticism maybe they will start writting further releases in English. Sickheadache already asked me before to do some writing for the second issue, so hopefully that may be one of the tiny sparks for them to shift the language. Either way, if you know Bulgarian or don't mind translating it via the internet or whatever, grab this. You can get in touch and get more info through these e-mail addresses: sfti.diy @ gmail.com and tigersuitzine @ gmail.com