Answer Me!

"Answer Me" is a popular song, originally titled "Mütterlein", with German lyrics by Gerhard Winkler and Fred Rauch. "Mütterlein" was published on 19 April 1952. English lyrics were written by Carl Sigman, and the song was published as "Answer Me" in New York on 13 October 1953. Contemporary recordings of the English lyric by Frankie Laine and David Whitfield both topped the UK Singles Chart in 1953.

Answer Me! (typically rendered ANSWER Me!) was an American magazine edited by Jim Goad and Debbie Goad and published between 1991¹ and 1994¹. It focused on the social pathologies of interest to the couple. It printed only 4 issues, the first three being collected into a book, Answer Me! The First Three, published in 1994 by AK Press. Issue 4 of Answer Me! was the subject of a high-profile obscenity trial against two booksellers whose magazine store carried the issue. ==Contents== The magazine was anti-"political correctness", and had a misanthropic ideology. It focused on morbid and strange topics, including serial killers, mass murderers, sexual perversion, and general bizarre behavior. It described its goal as to "inspire hatred both in those who love it and those who hate it". The magazine featured artistic contributions from a variety of artists, including cartoonist Nick Bougas, Coop, Frank Kozik, and Jim Blanchard. It was originally published in Los Angeles, later in Portland. There were no advertisements included in Answer Me! It was one of several "hate literature zines" of the time. The title of the magazine, Answer Me!, relates to a question asked by Jim Goad in the first issue: "why are you so fucking stupid?" ===No. 1=== Released 31 October 1991. Several articles in the first issue were re-edited versions of pieces Jim Goad had written for other publications, only to have them rejected. Featured interviews with Russ Meyer, Timothy Leary, Holly Woodlawn, Kid Frost, Public Enemy, Iceberg Slim, and pieces on Bakersfield, California, Sunset Boulevard, masturbation in literature, and Twelve-Step programs. ===No. 2=== Released 17 July 1992. Featured Anton LaVey, David Duke, Al Goldstein, El Duce of The Mentors, the Geto Boys, Ray Dennis Steckler, 100 serial killers and mass murderers, Vietnamese gangs, and Mexican murder magazines. ===No. 3=== Released 19 July 1993. Featured Jack Kevorkian, Al Sharpton, NAMBLA, the Kids of Widney High, Boyd Rice, Suzanne Muldowney, 100 suicides, guns, Andrei Chikatilo, pedophilia in Steven Spielberg's work, "Mexican deformity comics" (the series ), paintings and drawings by murderers collected by Nick Bougas, and a prank call to a suicide hotline. The editorial is signed in Jim Goad's blood. ===No. 4=== Released 1994. Known as "The Rape Issue", features a teen-mag-style interview with Richard Ramirez, Donny the Punk, work by Molly Kiely, Boyd Rice, Randall Phillip, Shaun Partridge, Adam Parfrey (on Andrea Dworkin), Peter Sotos (with illustrations by Trevor Brown), pieces on amputation, the police, racist country & western music, and Chocolate Impulse. The magazine ceased after this issue. ==References== ==External links== Short survey with images from The First Three Review of The First Three "A Little 'zine Called ANSWER Me! Demands a Verdict by Bob Armstrong, an article covering the obscenity trial in Bellingham, from X Magazine "Zines, etc." by Carrie McLaren, a review of ANSWER Me! in Stay Free! (#10). Letter to the editor from Jim Goad in response.

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