- Ugly Things
Infobox Magazine
title = Ugly Things
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image_caption = Ugly Things No. 26 (2008)
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language = English
category = Music Magazine
frequency = Yearly
editor = Mike Stax
firstdate =1983
country = flagicon|United StatesLa Mesa, CA , USA
website = [http://www.ugly-things.com/ ugly-things.com]Ugly Things is a music
magazine established in 1983, based in La Mesa, CA. Editor is Mike Stax, born 1962, England. It covers mainly 1960s Beat,Garage rock , andPsychedelic music ("Wild Sounds From Past Dimensions"). The title "Ugly Things" is a pun that refers to the bandThe Pretty Things .Contributing writers include such names as
Mick Farren ,Alan Clayson ,Richie Unterberger , Doug Sheppard, Michael Lynch,Miriam Linna , Phil X Milstein andMichael Lucas . San Diego City Beat reviewed Ugly Things in an article titled, "Mike Stax of Ugly Things: A local scenester's internationally known music magazine." [cite web|title=Ref. San Diego Citybeat: UglyThings|url=http://www.sdcitybeat.com/article.php?id=423|accessdate=2007-01-28] [cite web|title=Ref. Midheaven: Ugly Things|url=http://www.midheaven.com/artists/ugly.things.html|accessdate=2007-01-28] [cite web|title=Ref. RoJaRo - Music Magazine List: Ugly Things|url=http://www.rojaro.com/maginfo.php?mco=ugt|accessdate=2007-01-28]The Lama Workshop have stated about UT and editor Mike Stax: "1980s (music) zines have retired into the great recycling container in the sky (it's down to UT, Shindig, and Misty Lane now), Mike Stax has managed not only to keep it alive, but expand his trip in various directions, and in the process become one of the very best -- perhaps THE very best -- 1960s-oriented writer out there." [cite web|title=The Lama Workshop: UglyThings|url=http://www.lysergia.com/LamaWorkshop/lamaEternalNow_older.htm|accessdate=2008-01-02]
A review of Ugly Things in
Head Press byDavid Kerekes sums up the publication, "When it comes to garage rock and everything associated with “wild sounds from past dimensions”, there is little to compare to the magnitude that is the mighty Ugly Things." [cite web|title=Head Press - Review by David Kerekes Weblink|url=https://securehost2.zen.co.uk/headpress/Online_CG_MiscZine.as/accessdate=2007-05-30] .In "My Rock and Roll Magazine Rack",
Mark Boudreau (of rockandrollreport.com) writes about Ugly Things, "Absolutely encyclopedic in its knowledge of arcane rock and roll, Ugly Things is a rock and roll fan's delight." [cite web|title=My Rock and Roll Magazine Rack - Review by Mark Boudreau Weblink|url=http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/04/01/084756.php/accessdate=2007-05-30] .The Mod-Sixties Webring says of Ugly Things, "For fans of '60s beat, punk, R&B, garage, psych and freakbeat Ugly Things magazine has been the place to go for over 15 years" [cite web|title=The Mod-Sixties Webring Weblink|url=http://w.webring.com/go?ring=rcaring&class=250&next/accessdate=2007-05-31] .
UT Records
In 2002 Mike Stax started his own
record label and released an album byThe Misunderstood on "UT Records" that received International media coverage [cite journal|last=Entertainment-Reuters (Yahoo News) |title=New Label Sheds Light on the Misunderstood|journal=Billboard |date=June 18, 2004] [cite journal|last=Rolling Stone Magazine Issue 956|title=The Misunderstood - The Lost Acetates 1965-1966 by David Fricke|date=September 2, 2004] .UT Publishing
Currently Stax is working as co-writer (with Rick Brown) on a feature film about The Misunderstood. A novel: "Like, Misunderstood" - based on the script was published in October 2007 [cite web|title=Like, Misunderstood web page|url=http://www.themisunderstood.com/like-novel.html|accessdate=2007-09-03] [cite book|title=Like, Misunderstood|first=Mike|last=Stax|publisher=UT Publications|date=October 2007|isbn=0-9778166-1-3] .
Music
Mike Stax is also lead singer of his own band, The Loons Ref. [http://www.myspace.com/theloons The Loons on MySpace] [cite book|title=
Record Collector Magazine Review|date=2005] [cite book|title=Shindig Magazine review|date=2005] .References
External links
* [http://www.ugly-things.com/ Official Ugly Things website]
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