1998feb01. Mail.
hey! what’s with the ever-shifting titles of magazines? “x,” “dryer,” ”cardhouse” ... obviously legal troubles ... or a scam.
i was a subscriber in the old days (i think one of my letters was printed in x9 or x10), but got lost in my personal shuffle and various exgirlfriends absconded with my beloved x’s and left me to wallow in humorlessness until this glorious evening when i found the lode of laughs thought long lost.
x (or whatever) is the best ‘zine that ever is/was.
-michael l.
ps: may be (re)opening a branch of the cacophony society here in new jersey.
For the record:
The switch from X Magazine to Dryer Systems occurred because everyone thought the “X” stood for porn or Generation X. No.
The switch from Dryer Systems to Cardhouse occurred because of several reasons. Just to name two, dryer.com was already taken and “dryersystems.com” seemed a bit wordy; also, the logo itself was taken straight from a dryer box and I didn’t feel like dealing with the law should that ever come up (longshot at best, but hey).
The funny bit is that there is something called “Cardhouse” in the UK which sells porn decoder cards for satellite dish systems or such. Porn: Try To Escape It.