various artists - Johnny Hanson Presents Puck Rock Vol. 1

As the weather gets colder and wetter, a man's sporting mind moves to hockey. And what better soundtrack than a Canadian, hockey-themed punk rock compilation, fronted by the heretofore-unknown fourth Hanson Brothrer, Johnny?

Released by Wrong Records in 1994, this one features all the mid-80s Canuck luminaries you'd expect to find on a release like this. Joey Shithead makes two appearances; one fronting D.O.A., the other fronting Cub. SNFU stands side by side with NoMeansNo side project Hanson Brothers. The greatest discovery for me was hearing Jughead's "Hockey Song", who sound like Motörhead playing bluegrass, with the attendant fantastic results.

There's a second volume that, if I find it for a less than $5, I'm guaranteed to pick up. Just a real fun time.

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Cinema Sewer Vol. 7 is here!

I am a huge fan of Canadian film historian, artist, scribe, and all-around good-natured pervert Robin Bougie. His long-running zine, Cinema Sewer, is the Cashiers du Cinema of exploitation. It's evident, within minutes of cracking your first issue, that this is not just a labor of love. It's street-level scholarship of the corners of film that don't get a lot of proper attention. When the ol' Ape writes about movies here, he's doing a really cruddy imitation of Msr. Bougie, sans the wonderful artwork.

As I'm not Twitter, I missed the announcement in September that Robin had recently released the seventh collection of Cinema Sewer via his StoreEnvy site. His six previous releases have compiled the first 29 issues of the zine, but Vol. 7 is a real special release. The softcover compiles issues 30 and 31 of Cinema Sewer, along with an additional 90 new pages of never-before-seen interviews, rants, comics, hard-to-find classic movie advertising, and graphic illustrations by Bougie and a bevvy of his talented illustrative contemporaries. It's also the first time Robin's released a hardcover edition of a Cinema Sewer collection. In addition to the above, collectors get a limited edition autograph plate signed by Robin, as well as the mysterious 64-page sequential art monstrosity BUTTLORDS, created by Bougie and illustrator Maxine Frank, who have previously collaborated on Maximum Superexcitment. The hardcover is a limited edition, and you can snag both in a specially-priced combo pack to save a few bucks.

Click here to pick up a copy, as well as back issues and previous Cinema Sewer collections. If you're outside of North America, visit the good folks at FAB Press.