first edition Magazine
1997 · Chicago
by Forster, F.R. "Russ", editor/publisher [founding editor, Gordon Van Gelder]
Chicago: 8-TM Publications, 1997. Magazine. [40]p. (counting cover texts), small copyshop-style zine but more elegant (trimmed edges, smart layouts), 8.5x5.5 inch saddle-stitched decorated wraps, as-new except for the remnant of a thriftshop price label on back cover, a nice copy: sound and clean, otherwise unmarked in any way. FYI, it's hard to believe that 90 (ninety!) different issues preceded the one in hand.. put some vinyl on the Garand..ok, now I can believe. Editor's "statement of purpose": We of the 8-track mind are dedicated to our one pursuit: to keep analog alive (in whatever form) for the coming day of its ultimate victory. We will supersede all formats yet to emerge. We and our followers adhere to the doctrine of the 8 NOBLE TRUTHS OF THE 8-TRACK MIND in all of our intellectual and creative pursuits.. Noble truth no.1 is that 'State of the art is in the eye of the beholder'. (Inventory #: 328038)