It’s a bit frightening being friends with Bryce Galloway, who has just completed the 51st issue of his long-running zine Incredibly Hot Sex with Hideous People. Although Bryce is generally—his immense amount of superstar indie cred notwithstanding—the very sweetest of souls, he tends to caricature and incorporate into his autobiographical work just about anyone who might be passing through his daily orbit. But rather than skewer his associates, his tendency is to quite gently and perceptively render the mind-numbingly everyday as unexpectedly fascinating, perhaps because it is an everyday so many people (particularly artsy folk in Wellington) will be accustomed to coping with. Rather than spoil the zine’s considerable charms, I will simply highlight the cover above and especially for non-Wellingtonian zine aficionados, transcribe the small blurb buried in the midst of the issue: “Incredibly Hot Sex with Hideous People is a quarter-yearly fanzine created by Bryce Galloway. Free in Wellington at time of issue, back issues are available for $2 ea., CD/zine issues are available for $8 ea. PO Box 27527 Wellington, NZ. Two-yearly subscriptions are also available at cost of $28. Email contact: stinkispinkis [at] yahoo [dot] com. Printed on recycled paper.” Scoop ‘em up! (PS Yes, I made a cameo appearance in a dream sequence this time around which prompted the above thoughts…)
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