Thanks to our generous pals at 125 Records, we have a limited number of copies of the brand new and wonderful Loud Family with Anton Barbeau CD What If It Works?, each one cleverly autographed by Anton and LF mainstay Scott Miller, available as a free premium for folks purchasing a retroactive subscription for $23 US, $34 overseas. A retroactive subscription consists of any four recent issues of Scram, sent all at once with your free CD, and represents a weird warpage of time and space through which you can approximate the experience of having been a subscriber all this time.

Interested? Then email me to confirm we still have CDs, and once one is being held for you I will follow up with payment instructions. For more info on the available back issues, read on...

Scram #22: Newest issue! The beatnik/banker issue (which are YOU?). Cover by Derek Yaniger. Features a fascinating chat with folk songstress Vashti Bunyan, Neutral Milk Hotel interviews not printed in editrix Kim's 33 1/3 book about the band, a candid (and then some!) interview with bluesman Nick Gravenites, Phil Ochs' collaborator Lincoln Mayorga and many more wild surprises.

Scram #21: The swamp issue. Cover by Lark Pien. Features Blag Dahlia of the Dwarves, Gene Sculatti on when MOR went hip, the Phanton Surfers' Mike Lucas interviewing Blowfly, Skywald Horror-Mood comics, baroque popsters The New Society, mysterious Kenneth Anger soundtrack artist Andy Arthur, Deke Dickerson on hillbilly eefing records & a High Llamas interview.

Scram #20: featuring Andrice Arp's aquatic cover art, schoolyard fun with Johnny Thunders and Gene Simmons, a chat with Sloan's Jay Ferguson, all about Absolute Grey, Devendra Banhart meets his heroine Linda Perhacs, bubblegum songwriter Elliot Chiprut, P.F. Sloan live pics, Lost in the Grooves sneak peak and more.

Scram #19: Bart Johnson's cover, a leisurely chat with the Zombies' Colin Blunstone and Paul Atkinson (RIP), part two of the P.F. Sloan interview covers the Grassroots, Byrds, Dylan and Jim Webb, the Lee Hazlewood interview Hustler didn't want you to see, John Trubee's campfire tales, Denny Eichhorn shares another comic Wild Man Fischer adventure plus the first interview ever with psychedelic siren Linda Perhacs!

Scram #18: cover art by Tom Neely, Emitt Rhodes, Marty Thau on bubblegum, NY Dolls, Suicide & more, the great lost Ramones interview, preteen popettes Smoosh, Johnny Sea.

Scram #17: Dan Clowes cover, Steve Earle, Plush, Russ Forster on the 8-track underground, proto-punk LA zine "Back Door Man," John Trubee talking with Byrds/Zappa dancer Carl Franzoni, bubblegum awards (including Turtle Howard Kaylan's acceptance speech). 

Scram #16: Robert Crumb / Aleksandar Zograf, Rezillos, Radio Birdman reunion, Every Mother's Son, Steve Wynn, Van Morrison's contract-busting Bang! sessions, Gene Sculatti on right wing radio, the Turtles and Strawberry Shortcake, Neil Hamburger, Canned Hamm. Mike Longdo memorial. Cover by Steven "Ribs" Weissman.

Scram Writer's Guidelines

Writers who are interested in contributing to Scram should familiarize themselves with the tone and scope of our content. If they cannot find Scram locally, they can request a sample issue ($6 postpaid from the address below in the US, $9 overseas), or read archival material online at our website.

Scram is always looking for talented writers who can contribute interesting pieces on subjects of unpopular or underappreciated culture. Music is of greater interest to us than film or television, but a great idea will get our attention. Brief appreciations of weird records found in thrift stores are welcome. We also need short personal essays about unusual experiences or individuals. We do not publish fiction, academic essays, or anything about sports.

If you think you have an idea for a Scram feature, please send a letter or email of inquiry in which you discuss your idea, how you will approach it, and the approximate length of the piece. Include a writing sample, and a SASE if you would like your material to be returned. We will get back to you if your idea strikes us as Scrammy.

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Contact: Kim Cooper, Editrix Scram PO Box 31227 Hollywood, CA 90031 email Scram [at] Scrammagazine [dot] com