Readers write…

I used to write you and order issues of Tilt! zine & other stuff from your mailorder/distro back in the 90s. I just found out about your blog and now I know that issue # 10 never got out. Even now I still read my old issues of Tilt!.  The first issue I bought was the one with the green cover, # 7… Your interview-questions sometimes made bands avoid them at all cost, you were grilling them. Thanks for giving me excellent insights on world-politics, top-class hardcore and to think outside the box in this sometimes close-minded scene.

Ahmad ‘ASAS distro’; an old fan in Malaysia

I wanted to send a brief note also commenting on Tilt! and Tilt! distribution. When I was first into punk and hardcore I was always much more interested in the European and UK music than American stuff – I learned so much about that music from Tilt! and through bands I heard via your mailorder. Probably more importantly if it weren’t for you I wouldn’t have learned as much about Belgium and had the wonderful experience of visiting back in 96. As you know the U.S. is incredibly centric around news and politics and getting world information is not a common part of the culture – while the internet makes it easy now – its still not something people do as part of their normal routine here. Having that connection with you and your zine opened up a world to me that I know would never had occurred. Thanks for all of the hard work you put into the zine and mailorder – it really opened up my eyes and invited me into an important part of the world.

Another fan: Jack Kahn, AZHC, Hippycore, etc. etc.