Cassette Gods
 Issue #3

 Most of the writers for Cassette Gods and myself are more than cassette fans. We are also people that make music that gets put on cassettes. We are people that run cassette labels. Most likely, if you are reading this, you are not just a "cassette fan" as well. Is there even really such a thing any more? I bet YOU put out a tape this year! And if you didn't, we're all the type of people here that would encourage you to do it. So ultimately, if we had it our way, truly everyone reading this would just be a part of the thing they are reading about. So obviously I'm not concerned about preaching to the choir or anything. But the whole incestuous phenomenon does really excite me. What to most is a criticism, that most underground music trends are written about from within, is to me a part of what keeps it all so magical. So while propaganda is inevitable, I like to think that there are major plus sides to having people write about the things they love. We're here to share our enthusiasm. We're here to be constructive about our own scene (Has anyone noticed the negative reviews on our blog yet? Trust me, those words don't come easily out of these writers. They have too much love for cassettes to just be dicks.) Or maybe this just is straight up propaganda. I would definitely have a hard time calling it journalism. So its some type of healthy propaganda. We don't run inside jobs, the editor (me) doesn't keep any of promos send in, and we are working towards a new understanding of the word honesty. But still, we are here to promote the thing that we love in both action and words. Hopefully our webzine makes you feel that enthusiasm as well. If not, that is our true failing. So feel free to let us know. We'd love your feedback.. and who knows, it may even influence us!

- Brian Miller