IN THIS ISSUE OF COSMIK DEBRIS: Political activist, journalist, humorist and counter-culture legend Paul Krassner; Vandals drummer -- and everyone under the sun's drummer besides -- Josh Freese; Farewell to the last of the Hollywood Ten, Ring Lardner, Jr.; A return to form for Napalm Death; plus reviews, columns and stuff!

COSMIK RADIO!: For a little while you can still listen to the Halloween edition of Cosmik Radio. Sure, it's from last year, but hey... it's free! Comin' soon: brand new Cosmik Radio and Fog Machine shows. You just need a RealAudio Player to listen. If you don't have one, go pick one up. Cosmik Radio is just the kind of Net-Only audio that radio station program directors don't want you getting hooked on. So go ahead. Inhale!

Paul Krassner - Here's a guy who has done more than just talk about change. He's been on the front lines of American politics trying to bring it about since the 60s. He's the editor/publisher of The Realist, he's a humorist, an activist, and a deep thinker you might want to absorb the words of for a bit. Lucky for you Rusty Pipes interviewed him.

Josh Freese - The Tape Hiss Interviews returns with a bang, a crash and a stompin' beat as John Sekerka yacks it up with Josh Freese, drummer of The Vandals. But Josh is way too good to limit his time to one gig. He's played with everyone from Suicidal Tendencies to Meridith Brooks to Guns & Roses and on and on and on. He turns out to be better at keeping secrets than we'd hoped, but he's still fun to talk to. Check it out.

Napalm Death - There's a new rumble from the Napalm Death camp, and hey lookie, it's a CD! And what's more, it's being called a return to form. Jason Thornberry takes a look and a listen.

Ring Lardner, Jr - The last of the Hollywood Ten has passed away. Ring Lardner Junior made history in 1947 when he responded to the House Un-American Activities Committee chairman's question of "are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist party" by saying "I could answer that the way you want me to, but I'd hate myself in the morning." And now they are all gone. A fond farewell to a man of principle. Article by DJ Johnson.


CD & RECORD REVIEWS - Everything from rock to jazz to reggae and back again.

EVERYTHING ELSE IN REVIEW - Coming on November 12th.



PIGSHIT - Gary "Pig" hangs out with and grills Tennessee Tuxedo.

COSMIK BLUES - Eric Steiner looks for blues in cyberspace.

WALLEY@WITZEND - David Walley's post-halloween inventory.

CLOSET PHILOSOPHY - After four long years of hard work, our resident philosopher has commenced to commence. Er, that is, he's graduated! But commencement ceremonies don't stop Rusty Pipes from chiming in with his closet philosophies.



CREDITS - The names and e-mail addresses of the people responsible for this thing.

COSMIK RADIO - Want an hour of music that fits the personality of Cosmik Debris Magazine? That's right, Sinatra segues into Megadeth into Peter Tosh into Man Or Astro-Man into... well, you get the picture. It's a little something we like to call Genre Whiplash. Or maybe you're in the mood for a trip into The Fog Machine, our mix of music of the ethereal variety. All you need is a RealAudio player. Come on in.

INTERNET RADIO STATIONS - Great radio is alive and well on the Net! Cosmik Debris presents links to take you where the good ones are hiding, from St. Louis to Dublin. You're no longer stuck with just the "classic rock," "young country" and "24-hour talk" that has your town held hostage.

OUR OWN WEBSITES - Many of the Cosmik Debris writers have websites of their own. We have some links right here.



Did you miss an issue? We now have many of our back issues online, including sound clips and extras. Check out interviews with The Witches, Electric Frankenstein, the Vampire Beach Babes, Jeff Berlin, Curve, Michael Shermer, Steel Pulse, Transglobal Underground, Mark Helm, The Southern Rock All-Stars, Ottmar Liebert, Jason Noble of Shipping News, Phil Vassar, Joel Dorn, Mark Cline of Love Tractor, Texas Terri (of Texas Terri & The Stiff Ones), Mike Keneally, Chris Shinn of Unified Theory, Alley of Wise Monkey Orchestra, Mario Escovedo of The Dragons, The Clarks, Big Ass Truck, Richard Cheese, Paul Krassner, Tony Iommi, Ron Dante... and too many more to list!!



Well, we're still here. It's been a month and a week since a computer virus wiped out everything at the offices of Cosmik Debris Magazine. We've recovered back issues, many of them thanks to some of you readers who collect them (thanks, everyone!), and we've spent a lot of hours getting new versions of fonts and utilities, as well as rebuilding our once huge collection of images. We're still running a little late, missing our "first Monday of the month" target rather badly, but we're here.

There's a bit of a political tone to this issue, as well there should be when we're in the middle of confusion over who the hell the President of the United States is going to be. Our feature interview is with humorist, journalist and political activist Paul Krassner. Do me a favor: read that interview even if the results of the election are finally made clear before you get to it. It's philosophy you should check into. There is also a farewell to Ring Lardner, Jr., the last of the Hollywood Ten. In case you're not sure of who they were, the Hollywood Ten were ten of the many blacklisted entertainment industry professionals during the McCarthy Communism witch hunt of the late 40s. Ring died on Halloween night. Please read the little article we have here so you'll always remember what this man did and how he stood up for what he believed in.

The rest is rock n roll, and y'all never seem to need much coaxing toward that stuff, so have at it and we'll see you again in December. Hopefully closer to "on schedule." Thanks for your patience.

DJ Johnson
Editor