Lick it, before you pick it

Since I’ve began working over at Magazine X, which has been at the forefront of our music scene and the development of our music culture, I’ve learned a couple of things about how to appreciate Magazine X.

News papers can’t even come close to this product because they’re run by 50+ year olds that talk about business plans, budgets, acquisition, polls, surveys, and all sorts of corporate world view words that are carefully crafted so the executive appears smart, only to go home, put on some diapers and a pacifier and let some poor girl from Honduras spank ‘em for being bad, bad, bad, naughty.

Point is, go pick up a copy of Magazine X because it’s the Ultimate Entertainment Guide for the Rio Grande Valley.  ‘Nuff said.

I got a new toy

J3S as the Mad Hatter

I’ve been taking pics on my T-Mobile Blackberry and have been having some fun with it.  Now I usually don’t post this late in the day, but what the hell?

Now this image is non other than J3S of Magazine X.  No, this is not the way he usually dresses, but if it was would you still talk shit?  I wouldn’t but then again, I usually don’t shower for a week, but still I wouldn’t.

To be honest, it was taken before a Halloween Party.  There.

Either way, let’s see what kind of nonsense I’ll run into and share with you via this new toy of mine.

Go ahead, copy me.  I copied David of SouthOfSanity.net cause he was rocking this shit before I was and I just got tired of pumping my fists at the screen every time I visited his Web site, so I just said, the hell with it.

The Return of Warryor

This is an interview by yours truly.

Magazine X - The Return of Warryor
It’s been 28 issues since Warryor was on the cover of Magazine X #1 Now a Collectors Item. A lot has happened to them since then. Line-up changes, record deals, world wide distribution, touring, recording studios and more. But it hasn’t gotten to their heads. For those who may not be familiar with Warryor, they are an 80’s and 70’s and 60’s metal influenced 3-piece band from the RGV.

This interview is on the pages of Magazine X and you can find it on the Web site.

2 Keen new interviews

MagX Cover 28

A big thanks to Ramsey at Magazine X who asked me to interview two local bands. As for who I interviewed, you’ll have to see that on the next Magazine X. The reason why I was asked to cover these bands is because of our previous work with “RGV: Rock City” and “On Location With…” (both of which are original Tenet Community documentary films and short interviews).

Now as for my roll with Magazine X - well, I’m a contributing intern. Two reasons why; (1) I get more experience in actual publishing and (2) because it’s Magazine X. I don’t care what I’ve said in the past about MagX - so don’t remind me. Either way, since their rebirth; they’ve been sporting attitude, which is what I have, so it works.

Now this also doesn’t mean that I’m going to stop interviews on Tenet Community, in fact, it will actually help. More to come on that.

If you would like your band interviewed for Tenet Community, please let me know. The only requirements are that you be an active musician and that you’re in the scene.

UPDATE: Click here for the first interview and click here for the second interview.

MagX: No computers, no money, no office

MCALLEN, TEXAS - Magazine X, a monthly free magazine in the RGV, whom has been providing their publication for about a year and a half has shut its doors. When you look at what used to be their location, a new sign dawns on the building for plus size people as a clothing store seems to be the next occupants for the building.

If you’re from the Valley, you may remember seeing the mag on stands throughout various stores that would allow the mag to be available for their customers free of charge.

Magazine X was introduced on the scene by Ramsey Ramirez after the introduction of Weird Mag/Radio, which was founded along with Russell Dowden. Although the two magazines shared much the same format, Magazine X was geared more towards the less weird.