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April Investigations

4/27/2019

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Every day during the month of April 2019 Rafael and I recorded sounds of our daily lives with Sony ICD PX-470 stereo digital dictaphones.
​We also took photographs of sights of our daily lives.
APRIL
INVESTIGATIONS

a CONFIDENTIAL report
by Special Agents
Rafael González and Hal McGee

a collaborative online installation
documenting and celebrating
​the quotidian, everyday found sound and art, coincidence, happenstance, and friendship
by two best amigos who live 3925 miles (6320 km) apart

data collected in:
​San Cristóbal de La Laguna and Santa Cruz de Tenerife,
​and other locations in The Canary Islands;
Gijón, Asturias, and Madrid, Spain;
and Gainesville, Florida, USA
​April 1-30, 2019
​with contributions by Stanley and Lumen K
listen to the seven assemblages in any order you wish
​and
view a slideshow consisting of more than 650 photos, below
alternative version of the slideshow, with larger versions of the photos
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Chris Phinney's Malice Fanzine - Part 2: issues 6-9

4/25/2019

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Malice
was a fanzine published by Chris Phinney from December 1982 to January 1985 and was the root from which the Harsh Reality Music cassette label grew.
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I have scanned and uploaded all nine issues of Malice to the HalTapes website.
In Part 2 of my intro to Malice Fanzine you can preview issues 6 through 9.
Below each zine cover I have pasted clippings of my personal favorite parts.
Click on the zine covers below to view the complete zine issues.
I urge you to check out the full zine issues themselves
​because there are lots of historic news and info items.
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Visit the Harsh Reality Music Home Page
​Visit the Malice Fanzine Home Page
Malice Fanzine #6   late 1983
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Malice #6 — Nightcrawlers and other cassette reviews
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Malice #6 — full page on Savage Republic house label, Independent Project Records
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Malice #6 — reviews of Glenn Branca, Karl Blake, Maurizio Bianchi, Negativland, Neuengamme compilation
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Malice #6 — article about The Haters
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Malice #6 — Tuxedomoon
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Malice #6 — Shockabilly live review
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Malice #6 — full-page feature on Maurizio Bianchi
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Malice #6 — Recloose Org, Rising From The Red Sand, and Attrition reviews
Malice Fanzine #7   early 1984
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Malice #7 — Cultural Amnesia : The Uncle Of The Boot cassette, OSLWMMGIB? compilation, Hunting Lodge, Factrix / Cazazza
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Malice #7 — Nocturnal Emissions: Drowning In A Sea Of Bliss LP review
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Malice #7 — a page of cassette reviews — Laxative Souls, Tom Furgas, F/i, Area Condizionata cassettezine, Third Mind
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Malice #7 — review of Anthems 2 compilation cassette on Vittore Baroni's label
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Malice #7 — review of Belgian underground music compilation, Wij Zijn Belgie
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Malice #7 — a full page of cassette reviews! — including Bene Gesserit, Human Flesh, New Federalism compilation, Etat Brut, Stahlbau
Malice Fanzine #8   Summer 1984
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Malice #8 — announcement abut new label, Harsh Reality Music!
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malice #8 — video reviews of SPK, Nocturnal Emissions, TG and Birthday Party
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Malice #8 — advertisement for the first four Harsh Reality Music cassette label releases
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review of Swinging Axe label compilation
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review of a cassette by Tom Furgas's band The Fringe
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Psyko-Genetika II cassette by Konstruktivits, issued on the Harsh Reality Music label
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Malice #8 — John Oswald Interview by Tom Furgas
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review of the Fi: Zombie cassette
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review of the Noisy But Chic compilation cassette
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Malice #8 — artwork on page 14 by John Eberly
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review of the Armaghedon LP by Maurizio Bianchi
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reviews of LPs by Bourbonese Qualk and Pacfic 231
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cassette review — Laxative Souls: Disinfektionsraum
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Music For The Hashishins In Memoriam Of Hasan Sabbah LP by Vagina Dentata Organ
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inside back cover of Malice #8 — full page ad for Vittore Baroni's TRAX
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back cover of Malice #8 — artwork by John Eberly
Malice Fanzine #9   January 1985
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Malice #9 — full-page article on horror rock industrial band Skoptzies, fronted by Phinney
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review of Data-Bank-A: The Citadel LP
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review of a 7-inch record by Amor Fati
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review of Drastic Perversions compilation LP
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review of Nurse With Wound's Brained By Falling Masonry record
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reviews of LP records by Current 93 and Attrition
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Nurse With Wound review
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Malice #9 — article on Pere Ubu
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reviews of Bloody But Chic and Aural Fixation cassettes
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Insane Music For Insane People Vol. 5 and Test Department: Live At The Ritz
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review of Mystery Hearsay cassette
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Malice #9 — ad for Data-Bank-A's The Citadel LP
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Data-Bank-A and Attrition record reviews
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reviews of records by Konstruktivits and Nocturnal Emissions
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reviews of Testtube Fanzine, Les Trois Phallus, Coil, and Foetus
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Chris Phinney's Malice Fanzine - Part 1: issues 1-5

4/18/2019

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Malice
was a fanzine published by Chris Phinney from December 1982 to January 1985 and was the root from which the Harsh Reality Music cassette label grew.
​In the beginning the emphasis in Malice was on coverage of Hardcore Punk.
Over time Phinney and his cohorts included more and more reportage of homemade music cassettes of experimental music. By the time of the ninth issue, in January 1985, Malice had almost completely transitioned to cassette culture.

I have scanned and uploaded all nine issues of Malice to the HalTapes website.
In this first part of my introduction to Malice Fanzine
you will get a sneak peek at the first five issues.
Click on the zine covers below to go to pages
where you can view the complete zine issues.
Below each zine cover I have pasted clippings of my favorite parts.
I hope that this will serve as a good introduction to Malice,
and I urge you to check out the full zine issues themselves
​because there are lots of historic news and info items, and lots more interviews and reviews than I found it desirable to mention here.
This is just my taste in things, not necessarily yours.
You might, for example, enjoy all of the top-notch comix and coverage of Hardcore Punk!

This introduction to Malice is part of the ongoing effort
by Chris Phinney, Jerry Kranitz and I
to document Phinney's essential 1980s cassette label, Harsh Reality Music.
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Visit the Harsh Reality Music Home Page
​Visit the Malice Fanzine Home Page
Malice Fanzine #1   December 1982
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​In the first issue of Malice you will find:
— a report on Alex Douglass's C.L.E.M. (Contact List of Electronic Music)
— Record Reviews of Bill Nelson, Crass, Virgin Prunes, Faith & Void, Factrix-Cazazza, Meat Puppets, Fad Gadget, and lots of Hardcore records
— Live Reviews of Bad Brains, The Method Actors, and Mission of Burma
— Classic early 1980s COMIX

24 pages including the cover
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Malice #1: record reviews by Phinney under the name Skank Man
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Malice #1: Reviews of Fad Gadget and Virgin Prunes records plus Rough Trade ad
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Malice #1: Thermidor Records and Subterranean Records labels advertisements
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Malice #1: information on Alex Douglass's CLEM (Contact List of Electronic Music) and Furry Couch's Constant Cause distro
Malice Fanzine #2   early 1983
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In the second issue of Malice you will find a 4-page post-mortem report on Throbbing Gristle; PiL, U.K. Subs, Iggy Pop, and Residents live reviews; reviews of records by The Damned, Angry Samoans, more; articles on Virgin Prunes and SPK, plus classic ads and Comix; plus scene reports & news.

28 pages, including cover
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Malice #2: Industrial Death issue, first page of 4-page article
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Malice #2: Industrial Death issue, second page of 4-page article
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Malice #2: Industrial Death issue, third page of 4-page article
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Malice #2: Industrial Death issue, fourth page of 4-page article
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Malice #2: live review of Iggy Pop & Nash The Slash
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Malice #2: Virgin Prunes — "If I Die, I Die" article
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Malice #2: Public Image Ltd live review by Phinney
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Malice #2: SPK article
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Malice #2: Residents live review
Malice Fanzine #3   1983
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Malice Fanzine #3 included articles on Crass, Chrome, and Cabaret Voltaire; record reviews of James White & The Blacks, Christian Death, Minutemen, Dead Kennedys, Jah Wobble; tons of classic Comix, and News & Info.

24 pages, including cover
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advertisement for Viktimized Karcass, a band led by Phinney that did not yet exist!
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Malice #3, first page of a feature article on Crass
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Malice #3: second page of a feature article on Crass
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Malice #3: article on Chrome
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Malice #3: first page of a feature article on Cabaret Voltaire
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Malice #3: second page of a feature article on Cabaret Voltaire
Malice Fanzine #4   1983
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Malice Fanzine #4 was 24 pages, including the cover. Loaded with record and live reviews of The Misfits, Birthday Party, T.G., The Vibrators, The Stranglers, Maurizio Bianchi, Duet Emmo, Bauhaus, Cab Vol, Southern Death Cult, Psychedelic Furs, New Order; plus high-contrast ads and more classic 80s comix.
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Malice #4: review of "The You'll Hate This Record Record" produced by Mykel Board, which included two tracks by the Leslie Singer version of Psychodrama
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Malice #4: review of Assume Power Focus record by Throbbing Gristle
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Malice #4: review of Maurizio Bianchi's Neuro Habitat LP
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Malice #4: reviews of records by Duet Emmo, Maurizio Bianchi, Bauhaus, and Cab Vol
Malice Fanzine #5   1984
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Malice Fanzine #5 was 24 pages, including cover, and is loaded with live and record reviews of New Order, Wall Of Voodoo, Circle Jerks, Pylon, Panther Burns, Toxic Reasons; an interview with G.G. Allin; article on Italian industrial cassette band LXSS. Malice #5 is notable for its reviews of indie DIY underground cassettes and records. From here on out we will see more and more coverage of the cassette scene, such as Rising From The Red Sand and L.A. Mantra. 
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Malice #5: review of Horde by Mnemonists
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review of Biota by Mnemonists in Malice Fanzine #5
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Malice #5: review of the historic Rising From The Red Sand cassette compilations
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Malice #5: page 15 — reviews of L.A. Mantra, Z'ev, Masse Mensch compilation LP
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    Electronic Cottage
    ​Editor
    ​Hal McGee

    I have been making my own homemade experimental music since 1981.

    I was an active participant in the 1980s Cassette Culture scene, and I operated the Cause And Effect Cassette Distribution Service and label, and recorded solo as Dog As Master, and in a duo as Viscera.

    From 1989 to 1991 I published six issues of the original Electronic Cottage print magazine.

    In the last 40 years I have recorded, produced and released more than 300 solo audio works, collaborations and compilations.

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