Skate punk culture...surf punk culture...snowboard culture? Well, there's some kind of youthful Zen to speed and motion, gracefully realized by the unencumbered body... something about letting go of the complexities of postmodern living that's sort of like the transcendent part of an acid trip, the part after you let yourself die, and the insidious web of insights gives way, and suddenly you're a body of light surfing the energy waves. Not that this has anything do with this magazine called Warp.
Still, these hip surf/skate et al 'zines have this fresh-and-sparkly look and feel to them. Even with the hard punk edges, this culture is about fun and smells like teen spirit. Warp is a bit more literate and a bit less sexy than the average board 'zine, although the writers don't try to answer the musical question: "Why do kids who surf and skate dig serious commie bands like Fugazi?" But that's not a complaint. You'll get a headfull of anti-corporate rock 'n' roll ranting along with tales of youth and motion in every delicious issue of Warp.
- R.U. Sirius
Warp: US$14.95 for eight issues. +1 (619) 722 7777.
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