TRASH CITY – Issue 5
Spring 1990.

‘Tis spring, when young men’s thoughts lightly turn to ultra-violence, Nastassja Kinski, exploitation in entertainment, beauty, death, computer games, travel, UFO’s, and general weirdness. At least, mine do. This is Trash City, the fanzine equivalent of a tin of condensed milk (reality stops here, folks!). Even if the texts are a load of rubbish, the picture quality’s improving – so what if I still insist on wasting said quality on pictures of a certain West German actress?

TC is available by subscription; send 60p/issue in cheques/p.o./cash (made payable to Jim McLennan where appropriate, 80p/$1.25 Europe, $3 elsewhere) to the address below; your name and address might be a good idea too. This is an increase over last time, but represents a drop in real terms/is nothing but a blip/is well in line with our estimates. If you’re already a subscriber, the numbers next to your name on the envelope tell you the last issue your sub covers and how much will be left over – I got fed up with updating them all every time. Contributions are extremely welcome – get in touch for details.

• Issue 0 (Kinski, the Human League, Hellbound & H.G.Lewis. Historic, not very good, first attempt – 2nd generation copy, so not up to our normal standard!)
• Issue 1 (Black Sunday, Kinski, Half Way to Heaven, Salo & DIY flame-throwers)
• Issue 2 (Shock, Kinski, Reform School Girls, Sherlock Holmes & A Road Accident)
• Issue 3 (lots of lists, Cicciolina, comics, Linnea Quigley & the New Avengers) & Issue 4 (Ilsa, The Railway Children, Tom & Jerry, comics & eye violence) are not available just now, but ask. I’m especially responsive to bribery involving Kinski, Patsy Kensit, Emmanuelle Beart, Mathilde May or items thereof!!

Texts: in alphabetical order; Jim McLennan, Martin Murray, Elaine M. Nitchman and Per Porter. Contents page shows who’s responsible for what bits – your humble narrator, unless otherwise specified.

Back Cover: Kylie Minogue sits on her balcony and reviews the progress of her diet.

The views expressed in this ‘zine are not necessarily those of the editor or publisher. However, there’s a pretty good chance they are the former, especially if they mention Nastassja Kinski. Trash City – sluggin’ for chauvinism.