Interlude

Volos, Gr, April 11, 2020 - currently listening to ‘California Cursed’ by Drain

3weeks passed after I wrote the preface piece and things are getting (sur-)real. The pandemic is still on the rise (almost 2 million cases worldwide and around 110,000 deaths), while Greece is fortunately not that much affected when it comes to cases and deaths. The already fucked up economy is getting super extra fucked up and one thing that worries me the most is what happens next. Lots of jobs lost, people running out of money and the unavoidable financial crisis is taking the place of the hygienic crisis sooner than soon. Me and my girlfriend have already planned (before the virus broke) to move out of the beautiful and sunny (but still a shithole) country called Greece, so we are kinda more worried about what the future holds for us. One thing’s for sure though; we are gonna give our 101% to overcome all this and get the best out of it. Nothing can bring us down!

So days go by, we have already reached the 30th session of quarantine and I have already accomplished some of the goals I put on day 1. More work out (whenever I am not lazy ofc), good movies / series, more music and books than usual, a new radio show called Fresh Cuts, streaming every Monday (www.mixcloud.com/ FreshxCuts) and huge progress on issue 2 of my beloved fanzine, the one you are reading right now. All in all, I try to be as creative as I can, while donating my time the best way possible.

Concerning the fanzine, I have already interviewed a bunch of cool bands / people, a couple politely turned me down and a few never replied. By the way, I definitely love it when a band, that I like so much and follow since their early days, become big and more well known, but on the other hand I hate it when it turns out to be so fucking hard to interview them and have to deal with so many different people in order to send a dozen of questions. Nevertheless, I feel so lucky that there’s tons of good stuff in this issue; if all goes by the plan I’ll send all the stuff to my graphic designer, Mitsos a.k.a. Ultragrim, before the end of April, fingers crossed.

So here are my resolutions for the quarantine that it seems that it’s going to end in mid May the latest:

• Send this issue to the pressing plant

• Watch more than 7 Jim Jarmush movies (already watched 5 thanks to Lina)

• Read (eventually) the H8000 hardcore book

• Finish 2 of the papers I have to deliver for my Master

• Order less food and cook more

• Write lyrics for my band, My Turn

• Discover new bands & watch more cool TV series

I am not gonna blah blah more! Let the bands and the images do the talking! See you on the Outro piece.