Been There Done That!

The Rick Coraccio story in all its unexpurgated glory (this is Kapital Ink after all)! DMZ! The Boize! The Kids! The Lyres! The Last Ones! Rick was in 'em all (as well as a pre-Real Kids aggregation, etc.) Re-live the days of the Rat, and be thankful! We snubbed Bebe Buell for 'em, and you should too!

Here it is! The magazine that Sam Pfeifle said was "pretty much impossible to read"! JUDGE FOR YOURSELF!! Kapital Ink can be purchased—for the amazingly low price of $5—at Longfellow Books, Videoport, Strange Maine, Finest Kind Electronics in Brunswick, and other fine purveyors of printed matter. Kapital Ink is also available throughout New England at Newbury Comics, and in New York at Other Music in Manhattan and Passout Records in Brooklyn.

Issues are $5 apiece, plus $2.95 shipping. Subscriptions are $15.95 for FOUR ISSUES!! That includes shipping!! Back issues are also available. See our back issues page for a full description! Sorry, we do not accept checks or money orders. Paypal only!

THE GRANDADDY OF 'EM ALL…featuring the MASSIVE Swamp Witch Revival cradle-to-grave EPIC which actually CAUSED the band to reunite for ONE performance in October 2005 at Geno's! Read the story that shook the world, Mastodon-like. This is also the issue where Erin Hosier infiltrated the decadent backstage world of PARIS HILTON…complete w/ tit-exposing picture! Also, interview w/ JOHN LENNON of Ocean fame, 10 million reviews including CERBERUS SHOALS, THREE different Miles Davis albums (umm, OK, Joe…), Eldemur Krimm's debut, the DONNAS, Kim Fowley, Diamanda Galas by Aepril Schaile, Brooklyn weirdo-boys Lansing-Dreiden, the Leftovers, My Own Worst Enemy, Marianne Nowottny, Ogre, Television reissues, White Stripes' Elephant etc. Book reviews include Lester Bangs, Anthony Bourdain, Tim Gager, Steven Parrino, Suicide Girls, etc. Live reviews of the Brian Jonestown Massacre (twice!), Quasi Men, My Morning Jacket, Sonic Youth, the Hot Tarts, Eggbot, Pigboat, the Leftovers, etc. Also…the film Dig reviewed!

ANOTHER BLOCKBUSTER! Cradle-to-grave epic, this time w/ Brunswick's legendary SAME BAND!! They played w/ the RAMONES in 1978, essentially kicking off the Maine "punk" scene, and once again Kapital Ink scoops ALL the juicy details, including cocaine, acid, and a more unruly and less regulated time BEFORE IT ALL WENT TO HELL! Yes, kids, there was a day when it was EASY to GET AWAY WITH STUFF…w/ out guilt or irony! Our delving into this sacred crucible is what drew us accolades from Arthur mag's own Thurston "Thadeus" Moore and Byron "Rebozo" Coley: "Most interesting rock read this time might well be the interview with Portland, Maine's the Same Band in Kapital Ink…the story they tell ranges from Marion Brown's tenure at Bowdoin College through the punk era, and it's highly reet."(Arthur, Sept. 2006) Ask yer grandparents…and while you're at it, ask 'em if during the time they spent in SAN FRANCISCO (smirk) they either danced the potato chip dance w/ PETE LEBARES or attended a gig by CELEBRITY SKIN! Lebares himself fondly muses about the punk-glam outfit who predated Motley Crue in the transvestism department. There's also Chapter One of Fahnley's Album X, KK's Corner, SWAMP WITCH REVIVAL REUNION interview/photos, the usual 8 billion record reviews (Baby Shambles, Chuck Bettis, Dinosaur reissues, TWO more Miles Davis reissues, Lovetones, Marianne Nowottny, Ocean's debut, Rolling Stones by Ambulance Chaser, Sufjan Stevens), print reviews (the Bollard, Lisa Carver), LIVE reviews (DANZIG, Jonathan Richman, Sinferno, Franz Ferdinand, Swamp Witch reunion, BJM in Boston, etc.), the beginning of Ventresco's "Vidiot" column…STILL AVAILABLE IN LTD QUANTITY!

World's first cover story on Rock Band the Sword!! (Yep, that includes Kerrang!) Written by KAREN…up to her KNEES in the Sword!! Story and photos!! Sex columnist Lisa Carver shares kissing tips w/ the Silver Tongued Devil Himself, Gene Simmons!! JUSTIN MELMANN and NATHAN RICE COMIX!! Fuller Glass reviewed by Radicalmom. Part II of Fahnley's Album X. The usual garbage dump full of reviews including recordings (Tris McCall, Destroyer, Cheeseburger, Byrds box, Gristlestick, the Raconteurs, Lou Reed, Silver Lining, Springsteen, Strokes), NY Dolls flick, and LIVE shows: Aepril Schaile, Covered in Bees, Sober Dead, Chamber & Hiss, Joan Jett, AND Ambulance Chaser's first encounter with Jack White!! Also…ALL OUT MAYHEM WRESTLING!! GET IT ON, AND GET IT NOW!!!

HUGE White Stripes cover story and photos!! Ambulance Chaser gives you the lowdown and fuels Jack's wrath! Can the man w/ the shit-stained ponytail outfox the bowler-hat bozo? Read, and find out!! ALSO…NY Scene Report from the dudes in WWIX! LONG letter from the dude who threw a bottle at Anton in Vancouver (captured and preserved on YouTube!) and letter from Christian Reddinger of All Out Mayhem wrestling; KK in Texas; OPERA column; Chapter 3 of Album X; LEFTOVERS interview and photos; Richard Julio meets Lester Bangs at the Record Swap!!! Gram Parsons flick, CREEM book and Hunter Thompson bio reviewed, plus RECORDINGS (BJM, BRMC, Blue Cheer, My Own Worst Enemy, Marianne Nowottny, Stooges) and LIVE (Stooges reunion, Mink Wilde, Time-Lag showcase, White Stripes, BRMC, Spottiswoode, Hives, Loups)!! Nathan Rice (last comic before Texas…) Photo: Issue 4