Blue Ryder #30 (Olean NY)

This seems to be the last issue of Blue Ryder that I have in my files right now, although there are no doubt a few more older issues hidden away in one unpacked box or another. Issue #30 follows along the same lines as its immediate predecessor, featuring an entertaining and informative mix of culture and politics, with reprints from the underground press and original material by editor Ken Wagner and staff.

In this issue you'll find short pieces on the rock bands Coffin Break and Monster Magnet (I love the "I Buy Music For Minors" t-shirt worn by the Coffin Break band member, as this was during the whole "Tipper sticker" phase of music censorship); reprints of articles on "Right-To-Lifer Murders," Joe Bob Briggs' "Global Aardvarking" and Mickey Z's Sex Pistols tribute, "Rock and Roll's Greatest Moment." There's a piece on "Cyber Sex" by Chris Molnar, a weird little story called "Silly Monkey" and a handful of poems, a bunch of cartoons (including several from Ace Backwards) and Wagner's insightful zine and music reviews.

I don't remember how long after this issue Blue Ryder carried on, but at this point the zine was as interesting and vital as anything being published in the underground, and it turned me onto a lot of other worthwhile publications (which, unfortunately, meant spending a whole lot more money on zines!).

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VITAL STATISTICS:
• Issue #30
• July/August 1993
• B&W, 16-pages (quarter-fold tabloid)
• Style: reprint zine

ARTICLES/INTERVIEWS
Coffin Break
Monster Magnet
"Silly Monkey"
"Cyber Sex" (The Paper)
"Right-To-Lifer Murders" (The Human Quest)
"Global Aardvarking" (We Are The Weird)
Mickey Z's "Rock and Roll's Greatest Moment" (Incite Information)
--> plus poetry, cartoons, zine reviews and lots of zine ads