It ain‘t over until it’s over

It’s 2019, we’ve happily survived all 365 days of 2018 and it’s “business as usual”, so to speak.

But let’s have a look at 2018, for that was the year Rubber Axe webzine came to life. And as a newborn, it still somewhat tries to find its firm footing, although the goals are set and so far, they’re not gonna change. We’ll strive to bring you as much interesting reading as we are possible, there might be changes in the design of the web, but nothing major, I think.

As you know, we’re not elitists, in the sense of sticking to some particular genre and to hell with everything else. Therefore you will find anything and everything on the pages of Rubber Axe webzine. If some author likes something and wants to write about it, great, let’s get it published!

This is the attitude which has helped me to discover so much of a wonderful stuff – be it within the music, books, movies, games… so while I have no problem with anyone prefering one or two genres to everything else, RA won’t follow that route, therefore don’t complain, it will fall on deaf ears.

In 2018 we published some nice interviews and I am eternally grateful to all of these wonderful persons responding to our questions. You can be bet your last wage we will continue interrogating and asking even unpleasant questions (OK, not really, we’re nice folks), already some great inties are being worked on, so you can look forward to enjoy some interesting reading.

The one area I’d like to see more progress in is Books section, I have piles of book lined up to be read and reviewed, alas, for some time it was almost impossible, but I view it as a great challenge to be conquered in 2019. Cross your fingers!

All in all, it’s gonna be a great year for all of us. Let’s enjoy the ride.

Oh, what a week it was – although I was about to switch my „moneymaking“ job from working night to a day shift tomorrow, it‘s not gonna happen…yet. Well, as good ole Mick Jagger would say, „You can‘t always get what you want“, right? Anyway, with the night work going on and my biorythm being still messed up, I am still happy to be as productive as I am of lately (although I am sure with our presence still not visible on the net not many people took notice), but at least I can‘t use my insomnia times for something useful.

And I am glad to have a few good folks aboard as well. That‘s a big change from my intial editorial, isn‘t it? On one hand, of course, it‘s so much easier to work alone, your own pace and not being limited by anyone or anything, but in a long run – it sucks. And it drains energy. You know, I can‘t really cover all genres and things I‘d love to, as I am simply not proficient enough in some to even write something general. Therefore I asked some nice folks to assist me here and I hope we all will enjoy this little collaboration.

And although first I have envisioned The Rubber Axe to be a bastard little brother of Metal Hammer (lol, indeed, the title has come to me when I‘ve read about the averted-in-the-last-minute bankrupcy of Metal Hammer a few months ago) truly and only dedicated to extreme music in all its forms, it simply grows to cover stuff I like. I am not gonna play elitist pseudo-games of „trve kvlt“ and stuff like that – mainstream, underground, fringe or focused on total commercionalism, as long as we like it, we will write about it. Of course, the main focus is to promote artists to help them get more coverage (although some might not need it, being famous enough), but what the heck…from obscure noise acts to eurodancefloor, from minimalist drone doom ambient to furious raw black metal, from mainstream cinema to fringe homemade Z-grade stuff, from classic literature and music to pulps and comics…you will find it all through The Rubber Axe webzine.

Last but not least – if you feel like wanting to write something, be it a review, article, promo, scene/gig report, or to to conduct an interview, don‘t hesitate to give us a shout.

And that‘s all for an update. We‘re not going anywhere anytime soon, that‘s our promise. So make yourself comfortable, pour someting tasty for yourself and have fun. That’s what it’s all about.

…on my own… Well, it’s not really true for me as it could be for David Coverdale, but whatever. Hello and welcome to Rubber Axe zine!!!

Of course, I am well aware that this thingy is nothing else but an another addition to the great volume of another pages/webs like it, slumbering in the bits and bytes of a dark side of the web where the Sun doesn’t shine, and I am also well aware that I don’t give a fuck. It is alive and I will try to keep it alive as long as possible and, if possible, make it better and better. But we all make these promises, lol, aren’t we?