Silent Command #5 will be out in April 2024! This issue will begin shipping in mid-April and include:
- An extended interview with Margarita Vasquez Ponte of the Shop Assistants, Fizzbombs, Jesse Garon & The Desperados and Rote Kapelle. She was at ground zero for a lot of the best Scottish indiepop of the '80s and early '90s. I've been wanting to interview her since that time, and am so thrilled she took the time to answer my questions;
- Parsnip, an Austrailan quartet with a great new album out;
- Lightheaded, the Jersey Shore's answer to Vivian Girls and Aislers Set;
- The true story of Johnny D.A. and the Rockabilly Hamsters, and how we were gonged off the stage at our only performance;
- Physical Culture City, a resort of questionable repute that existed in my hometown in the late 1800s;
- My favorite unsettling soft rock songs.
28 pages, digest size, limited edition of 100. Postpaid in U.S. If you're from anywhere besides the US and Canada, email me in advance for a price quote. International postage is insanely expensive nowadays, as I learned the hard way last time!
Hope to hear from all of you.
Mike
Silent Command #4 (September 2023)
$5 USD
Silent Command #3 (May 2023)
$8 USD
Silent Command #2 (February 2023)
$5 USD
Silent Command #1 (October 2022)
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Writer's Block #3 (Summer 1988)
$25 USD
Caught In Flux #6 (July 1997)
$20 USD
Caught In Flux #7 (March 1999)
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Writer's Block #1 (July 1985)
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Writer's Block #5 (October 1989)
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Silent Command bundle, issues 1-4
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Writer's Block #8 (December 1991)
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Silent Command St. Louis, Missouri
Low-key zine by Mike Appelstein, formerly of Caught In Flux and Writer’s Block.