Axes & Alleys : Half an Issue is Better than None!

Here at the old Axes and Alleys offices we’ve spent many a day putting out this fine publication while our favorite music blared out at us from the common stereo. More often than not that favorite music is by a little group from the Buckeye State called Manda and the Marbles. When Sir Lionel came to me and asked me to put together a special music supplement of this magazine to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the commencement of the Russo-Japanese War, I of course turned to our favorite musical group; yep, Manda and the Marbles.

From “No Direction” to “Let Them Talk,” I celebrate the group’s entire catalogue. If you were to ask me my favorite Manda and the Marbles song, I would have to reply that I love them all equally. No one else is quite as cool as they. So enjoy this special supplement to your favorite magazine and please, as you read, let your thoughts drift to the Russo-Japanese War, without which this supplement would not have existed.

Samantha Baxter