After 7 years I finally decided to come back with my original fanzine project called STRAIGHT OUTTA GUATEMALA. I can't believe how time flies, and how could I just not follow up with it. I have to mention there were many things that kept me busy like completing my bachelor's , trying to find a job that could sustain me, moving to the united states looking for better opportunities, etc. Now that i discovered this wonderful e-blogger i think i am going to post all the article ideas here. Maybe this can help me file enough articles to make a good collection worth to put on paper for a possible issue number 2.
Just to give a little background on STRAIGHT OUTTA GUATEMALA to whoever might take the time to read this, it was a project i started back in 2000 influenced by major fanzine publications like Heartattack (Goleta, California) , Maximun Rock n' Roll (San Francisco, California) Slug and Lettuce (somewhere in Virginia) and Simba (somewhere in England) in which their contents basically consist on articles that deal with topics such as the scene of underground d.i.y. music, politics, sex, enviroment and extreme sports just to mention a few of them.
This project i started was to spread out some information on my little country Guatemala. Who could ever imagine that finally in the 1990's there was a time when the youth in Guatemala would start to know about hardcore music and all its sub-branches that have influenced it and/or derived from it. It took about 20 years for that. It's funny to think that currents and let's say artistic or rebellious movements that start in a country like the United States are heard of in Guatemala about two decades later. It seems like Guatemala is far behind when it comes to "civilized culture"latest trends; I remember watching people wearing 70's clothes in the early 90's as if it was the latest fashion. It's almost like traveling in time.
Back then in 2000, there were a lot of topics that I felt had the need to be discussed or at least criticized in order to make a difference. After 7 years there's a lot more experience that can be added to these topics. It's viewing things with a whole new perspective. There's lots of ideas and beliefs that have changed as well, but the main focus of being critical about situations that disrupt this world is still standing strong.
Just to give a little background on STRAIGHT OUTTA GUATEMALA to whoever might take the time to read this, it was a project i started back in 2000 influenced by major fanzine publications like Heartattack (Goleta, California) , Maximun Rock n' Roll (San Francisco, California) Slug and Lettuce (somewhere in Virginia) and Simba (somewhere in England) in which their contents basically consist on articles that deal with topics such as the scene of underground d.i.y. music, politics, sex, enviroment and extreme sports just to mention a few of them.
This project i started was to spread out some information on my little country Guatemala. Who could ever imagine that finally in the 1990's there was a time when the youth in Guatemala would start to know about hardcore music and all its sub-branches that have influenced it and/or derived from it. It took about 20 years for that. It's funny to think that currents and let's say artistic or rebellious movements that start in a country like the United States are heard of in Guatemala about two decades later. It seems like Guatemala is far behind when it comes to "civilized culture"latest trends; I remember watching people wearing 70's clothes in the early 90's as if it was the latest fashion. It's almost like traveling in time.
Back then in 2000, there were a lot of topics that I felt had the need to be discussed or at least criticized in order to make a difference. After 7 years there's a lot more experience that can be added to these topics. It's viewing things with a whole new perspective. There's lots of ideas and beliefs that have changed as well, but the main focus of being critical about situations that disrupt this world is still standing strong.
2 comments:
marco this is awesome! i'm so happy and proud that you are getting back to this project. you have a lot of knowledge that should be shared with the world. if everyone was as open-minded, thoughtful and smart as you the world would be a much better place.
Hey Marco, Im glad and proud too, to be reading this fantastic articles, understanding that even far away, we have been brought up with the same ideas and beliefs about life and its politics. You have a talent to express yourself, I just blabber hahahahaa.
Keep it up mate, you got a reader, from Guatebada shitty.....hahahaha take care. btw this is your brother haahahaha
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