Horror, Sleaze and Trash.

Horror Sleaze Trash is a zine-centric publication based in Australia that focuses on more subversive material that I have been following for a couple years now. Ben John Smith is its unhinged editor-in-chief. He is a reflective sort that may have ended up a maniac if not for his family that keeps him grounded (pure speculation). His own writing is both woeful and humorous, with shades of Bukowski, and I was excited to be privvy to the mind of such a presence. In our interview we talk about perverts, punching baby rhinos, lunar urination, and his journey toward sobriety. Without further ado, Ben John Smith!

Did you know that Buzz Aldrin was the first person to piss on the moon? How punk rock is that?

Its all about being subversive, right? Sure, Neil stepped on the soil first but who was the first man to shake things up a bit? Pull out his cock and mark his spot? The first man to splash some urine on the figurative tree? In the earth that i come from thats what the Alpha dog does, haha. The moon belongs to fucking Buzz until someone else wants to step up and start spraying his dick sauce all over the bloody joint. I hear one of them boys straight knocked a “moon landing denier” in the mouth for accusing them of orchestrating that shit. Don’t get me wrong – i question everything that the government feeds to us… but them men were further away from home at the time than any one has ever been. The only human beings to have their feet flat on a whole new orbiting ball or mud and mass. That takes some fucking huge balls man. They were brave god damn men. Its a big beautiful white ball that has sent lovers and mad men crazy alike; I would have taken a piss on it too.

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