Tail Spins #30 Review

Originally published in issue 13 of Married Punks, which was published in 1998.


Tail Spins never fails to deliver a solid read. In this glossy cover, ad laden issue, and no, that's not a slam against it, we have interviews with Dale Crover (Melvins) and Today is the Day, articles on cannibals, hermaphrodites, and a journal excerpt on a journey to Managna.

My only criticism lies not with the ads, which I have read complaints about in some reviews, but with the cannibalism piece. Reporting a false act of cannibalism, as with what was alleged in Bakersfield, California, with real acts cheapens the article. Also, in the section on Ed Gein, my favorite of all serial killers, Bernice Worden is named as a victim, which is true. The headless, dismembered woman is the shed is also mentioned at the end of the section, but what never is told is that they are one in the same. Another section reports that Otis Toole was the killer of Adam Walsh, though according to researcher Michael Newton's book, Hunting Humans: The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers Volume One, police say he had nothing to do with that murder despite his claims.

Seeing as these few complaints are my only problem with this mag, I can still wholeheartedly recommend it.