Outro

Volos, Gr, May 2, 2020 - currently listening to ‘Blackened persistance’ by Congress

So, if you are reading this, you probably have already browsed the pages and checked out the stuff that issue 2 delivers. It was definitely hard work but a pleasure to do that zine amidst the pandemic and before the upcoming crisis.

As for my resolutions… The quarantine restrictions end in 2 days, and all the content of the zine is going to Ultra Grim to design the final outcome right then. So I guess it’s gonna hit the pressing plant and get on the street in early June 2020, or so. Fingers crossed!

Movies wise, I watched EXACTLY 7 Jim Jarmush movies, but also a shitload of other good stuff, be it series, documentaries or old / new movies. I finished the 640-page long H8000 book and I cooked (together with Lina ofc) more than I have ever cooked in my whole life, haha! Haven’t written any My Turn lyrics, though, I just need the motivation and inspiration!

Times are super hard and no one can deny that, I am very worried about the future but everything is going to turn out fine after all, let’s try to be as positive as we can! And also, let’s be less arrogant, explore and love the nature more, show all the love we have in our hearts to our beloved ones, be creative, spend our time in a quality way, help the ones that are in need, scream our lungs out for a better world and leave toxic things behind us. Hardcore is more relevant than ever, hardcore is awesome right now and I have to say that I feel blessed to have found it.

Tons of thanks to every single one that contributed in one way or another to issue number 2, to everyone that supported me in any way, to my beloved Lina for putting up with my shit for so long (I love you!), to the handful of real friends that stand by my side in this harsh reality (real friends are the ones that are there for you not only in the good, fun times) and my family for being here for me since day 1.

One thing that I learned from the quarantine and all this pandemic crisis is that I should never take anything for granted.

P.S.1 My post-graduate thesis is on the hardcore movement in Greece, so expect something cool in 2021.

P.S.2 Let’s hope Soulcraft 3 will be released before my 40th birthday; that means before December 2022, haha!