Thanks for the Ink!

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Finally, some real press! Crank made it onto the Knight-Ridder Newspapers wire. (I would've preferred AP, but hell, every little bit helps.) This particular clipping was torn from the Moline Dispatch.

Now, here's the Big News: you know that whole Rush Limbaugh Thing? Come on, you remember from Crank #5--the letter from the show producers ordering me to retract my statements about Rush? Well, newsflash for you: Ha ha. You fell for it. I found the letterhead on a floppy at a quick print shop I was visiting. That's right--the letter is fake. It never even existed in this physical world--it was generated entirely in Quark and Photoshop. Choke on that, lemming.

By the way, my compliments go out to Carl Swanson of the New York Observer for having the good sense to not run his story about the whole Limbaugh vs. Crank situation. It's good to know that at least some reporters check facts.

While I'm never happy to be mentioned in the same breath as that rotten piece of shit, Ben is Dead, I was nonetheless pleased to see Crank listed in Details as part of the 10,000-strong Zine World.

Thanks to countless college DJs and other music industry jerkoffs, Crank was named Best Fanzine in the CMJ Readers' Poll last year. I'd be lying if I refused to admit how pleased I was by this.

Number Two is for losers, Chickfactor.

Much like the employees of several other mainstream glossy magazines, the crew at the CMJ New Music Monthly seems to have a crush on Crank. At least they admit it!

The review above appeared a while back. To date, it is the best review Crank has ever received.

Hey, as far as I know, it wasn't rigged.

According to the Best of Manhattan '96 Readers' Poll which appeared in New York Press, Crank is the "Best New York Fanzine." Yowser! And like the CMJ Readers' Poll, above right, I'd be lying if I denied enjoying this thrashing of the competition. Sorry to the rest of you.