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What Is This Trash?
By Bob Ignizio
“What is
this trash?” If you’re a fan of non-mainstream entertainment, chances are
you’ve heard that phrase or ones like it directed at you. Maybe it was your
mom walking into the living room while you were watching a Godzilla movie.
Maybe it was your teacher confiscating the comic book you were reading
instead of your textbook. Maybe it was some lunkhead commenting on your
Slayer or Dead Kennedys T-shirt. Whatever the situation, “what is this
trash?” isn’t really a question, it’s a judgment. The person asking has
already made up their minds. Whatever else “this” may be, it’s definitely
“trash”.
“What is Utter Trash?” Well, it’s a
website that deals with things often described as “trash” by the
unenlightened. Heavy metal, punk rock, and rock ‘n’ roll in general,
electronic and experimental music, alternative country, comic books, movies
that deal frankly with sex, and independent, horror and science fiction
films are all likely topics. Since I happen to believe there’s a lot of good
trash coming out of my home town of Cleveland and the northeast Ohio area, I
intend to give plenty of attention to what’s in my own back yard. Of
course, I can’t just ignore the quality garbage being produced in other
parts of the world, so I’ll be covering that as well.
And now a little about me. I’ve lived in northeast
Ohio since my birth in 1970, the early years spent in Cuyahoga Falls, the
last few years in Cleveland. I’ve played in a few area bands that most
people probably never heard of, and in the early nineties I wrote for ‘Rox’
and (the Akron based) ‘Tab’. Both those magazines have been gone for some
time now, as well as ‘U.S. Rocker’, ‘The Patrol’, and the days when ‘Scene’
was primarily a music publication. I’d like to see that diverse an
assortment of opinions again, so I might as well do my part. I hope you
like the site, but whatever you think, feel free to tell me about it. You
can e-mail me at
trashmag@uttertrash.net.
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