Foxy Digitalis was originally a print (xeroxed) zine put out on a very sporadic basis by Brad Rose. The first issue came out in January of 1996. It featured interviews with Dennis Callaci, the Mountain Goats, Avocado Baby, Jeff Fuccillo, and Fuji 1 Kanobi. Brad insists nobody will ever see a copy of this, and that's probably for the best. Unfortunately, twee was still not a bad word at this point.
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Issue #2 hit the shelves in the late spring of 1996. It featured interviews with Moviola, Pie, Franklin Bruno, Joel Huschle, Egghead, and Creeper Lagoon. There were multitudes of articles on a variety of topics such as cold weather, belgian music, and a tour diary by Bifi purveyors, Mote. The content was better than the first, but tweedom was still a'foot. Issue #3, however, saw the light of day in late 96 and had shed it's twee mottos and become much more cynical. The issue was a split issue with John Mulhausen's zine, Parenthesis. The issue focused almost entirely on the wonderful Catsup Plate label. It featured a very lengthy conversation with Catsup Plate honcho, Rob Carmicheal, as well as interviews with label standouts Mean Spirit'd Robots, Jake Anderson, Wonderboy (the Canadian one with members of Vote Robot, not the other), and Charlie McAlister. Many of these interviewees also submitted other contributions about the Catsup Plate label. Foxy Digitalis began feeling more grown up at this point, but it wasn't until Issue #4 in the first half of 1997 that it flexed it's muscles.
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Issue #4 featured a cover designed by Chris Rice of Halana Magazine, and interviews with Simon Joyner, Peter Hughes, Wio, Astronomeous, and The Bingo Trappers. It also featured tour diaries by Peter Hughes when he toured Europe with the Mountain Goats and Egghead, when they toured the Northeast. Articles focusing on people's hometowns included such places as Hungary, England, New Zealand, Russia, and Belgium. There were a slew of reviews and personal articles, as well as fiction. This was the list issue of the print version of Foxy Digitalis. This was the end of the road.
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In October of 2003, after having moved to Seattle, WA and getting married, Brad decided to start doing Foxy Digitalis again. This time he decided to do it online to keep costs down and content current. He began sending out numerous emails and letters to get in touch with people he wanted to interview and thought would contribute interesting pieces to the publication. Most of the content is written by Brad and his wife, Eden. Foxy Digitalis will be the foundation of what is to be the publishing division of Brad and Eden's Digitalis Industries. Now based in Tulsa, OK, content is updated on a weekly basis. We review as much as we possibly can, but it's simply impossible for us to review everything we receive. We'll do our best, though. You can find out how to contact Foxy Digitalis here.
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Thanks for reading.
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