MAN! What did I miss?! Hello ECLECT-oids! This is 8-Track TeckHead back from my NITE SKOOL BIZNISS TRIP to Japan… GONE BAD! MAN! I haven’t felt this X-HAUSTED in a LONG-ASS time! I dunno WHAT it is with me ‘n vacations! Anywho… I COULD gab aboot how it went NOW, but I’m still RECOLLECTIN’ what happened! How’s aboot this: Tune into my SUPER SHOW on my website Wednesday at 6PM to hear all the JUICY deets! It’s good to be back. Can’t wait to keep on… KEEPIN’ IT ECLECTIC!

Hello. This is Virgil, TeckHead's "buddy". 

I apologize for the late upload, I have been busy with affairs all day.

As you may or may not know, TeckHead had to temporarily vacate his position as head writer of the CHAINGUN ISLAND ZINE for a business trip to Japan spearheaded by his Night School professor, Professor Flyers. TeckHead elected Odbal as the interim head of operations. Unfortunately, Odbal went, as TeckHead feared, "mad with power". I had to intervene in the only way I could: by locking Odbal in a box until TeckHead returned. This was after we realized that TeckHead was stranded in Japan, pursued by the Yakuza. Odbal did not take this revelation lightly.

As for this month's issue, Odbal wrote an entire Issue in one day out of excitement. You may notice that it is printed in color.

Issues are available at Arcade Legacy, Spiral Groove Records, and the Internet Archive.

Rest assured that TeckHead shall return in the next few days. I received a hasty international phonebooth call from TeckHead alerting me to the fact that he had escaped and is returning home.

Rest assured, TeckHead shall return.

- Virgil

Helloooo, ECLECT-oids! 8-Track TeckHead here tellin' YOU that I'm about to board a FLIGHT... to JAPAN! I'm goin' on a 'lil BIZNISS trip with my NITE SKOOL professor, Prof. Flyers, 'n my B-YOOTIFUL wife, Cassetta to the land-a-the-risin'-sun! Gonna meet sum SALARYMEN, talkin' about MARKETIN' or somethin'. I'll be incommunicado for a couple weeks but FRET NOT! Odbal will take control-a the ZINE 'n the SUPER SHOW for the time bein'... sure hope nothin' bad happens there...

Keep it ECLECTIC, or should I say, それを折衷的に保つ~!

HELLOOOO ECLECT-oids! 8-Track TeckHead here with YET ANOTHER issue-a the CHAINGUN ISLAND ZINE! This time... it's SELF-TITLED! MAN! Issue 20 already! Feels like it was just YESTERDAY when I was writin' it. OH WAIT! I did write it yesterday!

Like always, you can SNAG a copy at Arcade Legacy in Sharonville 'n Spiral Groove Records in Milford. ACT FAST! Supply's RUNNIN' OUT!

If ya don't live 'round these parts, ya can always DOWNLOAD printable 'n digital copies on the INTERNET ARCHIVE!

Oh! 'N don't forget to TUNE IN to my SUPER SHOW on REDHAWK RADIO Wednesdays at 6PM!

Keep it ECLECTIC!

Hey HEEEEYYYY, ECLECT-oids! This is 8-Track TeckHead back again with issue 19-a the CHAINGUN ISLAND ZINE! Things've been gettin' UBER-BUSY for me lately! Like the TITLE suggests, I've been takin' NITE SKOOL biz classes. That's why I was askin' aboot merch earlier. ANYWHO! Get yer copies at Spiral Groove Records 'n Arcade Legacy as well as the Internet Archive, as per uge.

The t-shirts. They're real. 'N they're COMIN'!

Keep it ECLECTIC!

HELLLLOOOOOO ECLECT-oids! It's almost time to get COMMERCIAL! Yup, CHAINGUN ISLAND MERCHANDISE! 'N what's better than CHAINGUN ISLAND MERCHANDISE? Gettin' to PICK IT!

Use yer freedom of choice 'n VOTE on what you wanna see get SOLD HERE!

The time to wear my BIG UGLY MUG on yer body's CLOSE AT HAND!

Keep it ECLECTIC!

HEY HEYYYY EVERYBODAY! I just got done gettin' my ROK on down at Northside Tavern! Yup! I'm A-LIVE 'n Kickin'! 'N what more? I GOTTA ZINE TO TELL THE TALE! Featurin' cover art by artist 'n frontwoman of one-a Oxford's SICKEST alt-rock bands, Mon Tractor, SOPHIA ROWLEY! Yer not gonna wanna skip this issue! As per uge, you can git yer fixin's at Spiral Groove Records 'n Arcade Legacy as well as printable AND digital copies on the INTERNET ARCHIVE!

Hope to rock it LIVE again!

Keep it ECLECTIC!

Another year-a KEEPIN’ IT ECLECTIC! Nothin’ like it! Things were really PERC-U-LATIN’! I spoke with CHRIS BALLEW, fired up the website, went on a big ‘ol AMERIQUEST (which I still need to finish retellin’...), I cut a single, celebrated the ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY-a the ZINE, started INTERROGATIN' local musicians, ‘n took it to the airwaves with my SUPER SHOW on RedHawk Radio!

Gee! What am I gonna do NEXT YEAR? Well…  I’M GONNA ROCK IT LIVE! Eyup! It’s goin’ down January 17th at the Northside Bar in Cincinnati, Ohio! It’s 5$ at the door and a 21+ show too, might I add... I’m openin’-’n-MC’ing for SKYLAR TONIGHT ‘n UMBRELLA MAN! Don’t miss it! Hopefully I’ll get sum more gigs too! STAY TUNED!

Oh! I almost forgot! The results’re in for the OFFICIAL CHAINGUN ISLAND FAN NICKNAME! It looks like… Odbal’s idea won. Hm. There ya have it! From now on, I’m callin’ you lot the ECLECT-oids! I guess it has a nice ring to it after all!

Thank you 'n all the ECLECT-oids who've been readin' the ZINE, perusin' the BLOG, 'n tunin' into the SUPER SHOW for one ECLECTIC year, let’s make this next year even MORE ECLECTIC!!!

Hey hey, ladies 'n germs! This is 8-Track TeckHead implorin' YOU yes YOU, to X-ERCIZE yer FREEDOM OF CHOICE! I wanna start callin' all-a-yuz some kinda nickname, like a fan club. I'm split between TWO options! Act fast, 'cuz votin' ends TOMORROW at 2 PM EST! The link is BELOW!

Use your freedom of choice, your freedom of choice!

Man, what a day! I woke up bright-'n-early this FINE Christmas morn' to see my BEE-YOOTIFUL wife, Cassetta, sittin' by our 'lil aluminum Christmas tree with a present in her hands. I said, "G'mornin', hot mama, what's that'chya got?" She looked at me with those eyes-a-her 'n said, "Well... I know how much you like pirate radio, and how you want to take to the airways. I always put the kibosh on it, because of how radio waves aggressively frizz my hair..." I didn't know that!, ahywho, she then said this to me: "...So, I did a lot of thinking and... here, how about this as a compromise?" She gingerly handed me the gift 'n I tore that sucka open! Lo-'n-behold... it was a ham radio. Gee, I guess Cassetta really DIDN'T know aboot the secret college radio show after all! I dunno how! I felt real crummy aboot all this, but then I thought, "It's Christmas, I'LL DO THIS LATER!" I gave my Cassy a huge squeeze 'n a kiss 'n told her I'd get it set up ASAP!

Odbal was a-wakin' 'round this time too. He immediately got all AMPED-UP! He kept goin' on about how the first night-a Hanukkah's fallin' on Christmas day this year! He seemed SUPER STOKED about all-a-that! Later that day, we trucked on over to Virgil's house for a 'lil Christmas get-together; we do that every year. Ya see, since none of us really eat, we just blasted TSO 'n played Super Smash Bros. Melee. Lemme tell ya, Virgil's been gettin' better, he whupped my ass as Mr. Game-'n-Watch too! Not an easy feat since I was rockin' 'ol Captain Falcon!

We got to talkin' aboot the ZINE in-between a match, 'n Virgil brought up a compellin' point: If the CHAINGUN ISLAND ZINE is REALLY here to stay, then what should I call the FANS?! Seems like every band's got a name, Slipknot's got the Maggots, DEVO's got the Spuds, KISS (blegh!) has the KISS Army, so on 'n so forth! I sat there, puzzled, how could I have NOT come up with a nickname by now? 'N then it HIT ME! I blurted out "THE ECLECITC ENTOURAGE!" Virgil nodded, but then Odbal blurted "ECLECT-OIDS!" OOO! That's a good one too! I dunno which to choose! So... I'm lettin' YOU DECIDE!

Cast yer yuletide ballot HERE RIGHT NOW! Votin' ends on December 31st at 2PM EST SHARP!

As DEVO would say, "Use your freedom of choice!"

Merry Christmas 'n Happy Hanukkah... fellas! Keep it ECLECTIC!