Letters: Clauduary 2008

Written Correspondences from Good Natured Gentlemen Who Have Read Our Previous Installments and Wish to Comment on Some Aspects Thereof

Hi Axes & Alleys,
Thanks for the nice words and cool idea. I love a good zine. When the movie hits maybe we can get the live-action Cassie Hack actress on your cover. Would love to be a part of a rad zine in some way.
Todd Lincoln

Axes & Alleys,
Go ahead! šŸ™‚ Haha. So awesome. And kinda hot. Thanks for the advertising.
TIM!
Tim Steely

Note- The ā€œGo headā€ in the above correspondence was an affirmative answer to our request to have Ms. Hack appear as our cover girl. Ed.

Sir:
THE TROTSKY RED PUPPET MOVEMENT is on the move along the Eastern Front. We are just now infiltrating the 900 block of Bā€™way. YIELD TO YOUR FATE before it is too late! As our leader said in his lugubriously persuasive manifesto: ā€˜Papier Mache forever! We give the finger to the lie.ā€˜
Dmitri Tolteca
Trepassey, Newfoundland, Canada

To the Editors,
Your characterization of Dothan, Alabama is atrocious (Volume 456-BR8, Issue 10)! As you could no doubt tell if you had bothered to visit our cityā€™s fine web site (www.dothan.org), you would know that we have an entire section of the site devoted to tourism. In fact, that section has sub-divisions. Yes, itā€™s true, we have murals! In addition, the ā€œadvertisementā€ included in your magazine does not contain an authorized promotional photograph of Highway 231.
Pat Thomas, Mayor
Dothan, Alabama
mayor@dothan.org

Dear A&A,
Mud flaps. Thatā€™s right, I said it. Mud flaps.
Lacey Mosley
Arlington, Texas

To Whom It May Concern,
We must endeavour in these darker modern ages to take stock of the cultural enigmas passed down to us through the generations. Why have we stopped at only six simple machines? Why not have seven? As cartographic technology becomes more precise, why are border check points not moved accordingly by inches? When it is merely an artefact of artistic Darwinism and the accidental happenstance of overtones, why is most
popular music entirely tonal? When it isnā€™t, why is it that itā€™s always the successful popular musicians who are experimenting with drugs at the time who take a non-tonal or semi-tonal approach to their compositions? I was just wondering.
Russ Bertie
Cookie Monster, UK

Axes & Alleys,
How come your covers never feature a wispy English girl with light brunette hair? I mean, Iā€™ll keep buying the magazine and all, this isnā€™t a threat. Iā€™d just like to see a very thin young woman from the British Isles with the aforementioned hair. Maybe just this side of cute, but you know, leaning toward the pretty. like you talked about in your ā€œCute, Pretty, Beautifulā€ article (Volume 456-BR8, Issue 01).
Dan Simmons
Colorado, United States

Dear Axes & Alleys,
Iā€™ve written to you several times this year under various names. I just wanted to point out that your Clauduary issue contained letters written entirely by me! Thanks!
Jane Moist
Knightsbridge, UK

Axes & Alleys
,
With over 7 million albums sold, we feel that we should be reviewed or appear in your magazine. Over a century of issues and yet not a single mention of us at all. Sales that high should count for something.
Various Artists
Hollywood, USA

To the Editors,
Hi Editors. Ja, we are writing to announce the German Shame Parade here in New York City. You see, every type of person gets their own parade of pride here, but we Germans cannot because we are ashamed and a shameful people. We would still like a parade, however, so we have created this one to celebrate our shame. Donā€™t be fooled by the smiles; we are deeply unhappy.
Lars Halter, General Chairman
German-American Steuben Shame Parade
New York, NY
www.germanparadenyc.org

Dear Editors,
Is this some kind of sick joke? Do you honestly believe that you can get away with it? Iā€™ll get you. Iā€™ll get every last one of you.
Katie Stalin
ā€œQueensā€, New York