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My zines are messy; full of drawings and writing, and nothing too deep. Cut & paste style, sometimes a typewriter is involved.  I like trading for zines, mix CDs , long letters etc.

rhetoricalzine (at) hotmail (dot) com

Rhetorical:

My music-babble filled perzine (or personal fanzine?)  

#3: Covers my obsession with books about music, thoughts on discovering bands through books such as X-Ray Spex and an interview with bass player from 80s Sydney proto-riot grrl band Matrimony.
Quarter size, 24 pages, October 2010.

#4: Small guide to music genres- includes pages on cow punk, swamp rock, twee/indiepop etc., as well as a small recommendation guide.
Quarter size, 16 pages, early 2011.

#5: Thoughts on getting out of a music slump, being labelled as "living in the past" and what that means, a bit of a rant about modern music and what I've been listening to lately.
Quarter zine, 16 pages plus red cover, June 2011.

#6: Hottest 10 Australian Albums- a response to the recent Triple J (national radio station) poll of 'Hottest 100 Australian Albums of All Time'. Features my own list of 'top 10 Aus. albums' , including bands such as The Saints, Radio Birdman, You Am I, The Meanies, Love Outside Andromeda etc.. 
1/3 size (square), 24 pages plus fold-out list/poster, June 2011. 

#7:  Half-baked thoughts on The Slits, sociology, music and sound-bubbles, and a list of why Mark Lanegan and Tex Perkins are musical twins.
Quarter size, 16 pages, February 2012.

#8: Thoughts on Wild Flag, Matt Berry's prog-folk album, consuming music, and a rant on phones/cameras at gigs. 
Quarter size, 16 pages, May 2012.

#9: The joys of shouting into a microphone while playing power chords (or, reflecting on my first ever gig), why I like Mary Timony + music-map (fold out), Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks gig review (sorta), etc. 

Quarter size, 22 pages plus fold out, October 2012. 

They Want To Socialise You: Sociological theories explained through Sleater-Kinney lyrics. 
Or how I got through my classical sociologyl theory class. 

Mini size, coloured page (green and blue), 20 pages plus fold out.