I skim through all the other recording magazines all the time, just to see what's going on in their worlds - and I read every issue of Mojo and Big Takeover - but outside of that I don't read many magazines or "'zines" these days. Luckily editor Kim Cooper of Scram, realized I would salivate over this issue - for it features an unpublished interview with the great Gary Usher! For the clueless among you, Gary was a songwriter and producer in L.A. from the early '60s on. His start came from writing songs with Brian Wilson, and he went on to produce, most notably several albums with the Byrds, including their pinnacle, The Notorious Byrd Brothers. The mag's worth it for that alone, but throw in a recent interview with Hans Fenger about the Langley Schools Music Project and a great Dan Clowes (Eightball, Ghost World) interview and I'm hooked. My faith in fanzines is temporarily restored.