The Perfect Mix Tape Segue #2 / .50 cents / 16 Pages / 4.25 x 4.25 / [email protected] / PO Box 14332, Portland, OR 97293 / What I wasn’t familiar with the first issue of the zine, this issue came to me as a packet of Microcosm stuff, and by far, this is equitable in quality to any of the other zines in that parcel. This time, we are treated to a personal zine done by Joe, detailing the ennui of having everything one could want and the encroaching stagnation of being in such a position. Starting out in a bar show, where Joe only can ask questions about eir’s position to individuals who do not have any answer, self-reflection and one useful friend are able to bring Joe to a more solid resolve, ending with the desire to “fix my bike when it needs work… build a shed in our backyard.. going to drink teaâ€. With this first section encompassing three-fourths of the zine, the typical cop-out would be to have some filler material finish up the last few pages. This is simply not the case with The Perfect Mix Tape Segue, as Joe goes rifling through the filing cabinets of eir’s past to dredge up a story about the few apartments and communal house and ey and Alex lived in before (and just after) they were romantically entangled. 16 pages may seem like a small number of pages, but the text is quite tiny, and Joe’s style is so catchy that one can’t do anything but read the magazine from cover to cover.
