Culture Vulture content has always been much more than just biggin’ people up and idol worship, CV’s vigorous reviews of food joints, articles on computer games, pet love, cooking, football, boot sales and travel has set it apart from your average music ‘scene’ zine.

CV has always been more of a freedom fighting lifestyle pamphlet.

To accompany the tangible product CV has been proactive in other areas such as DJying (see the ‘Disc Jockeying’ section), Blogging and contributing to various other projects and zines including: Counterfeit, Raid Co, Kruger and Hello Allan.

Please note, If you encounter the phrase ‘CV’ on here then please be mindful that this term is an abbreviation of ‘Culture Vulture’.

In hindsight Culture Vulture is a terrible name for a magazine or zine, It always has been, but it was what ended up on the page in 2004 when I made the first version of the zine on my bedroom floor. I can’t remember why or how it got its name but we made do and it stuck. It was and always has been a self published magazine/zine with just one aim: To fulfil the goal of being something that I would want to pick up, read and look at. This was and is still the only aspiration for CV in print and now online.

CV cover artists have included amongst others: David Shrigley, Pete Fowler, Mel Stringer, James Ulmer and Plump Oyster.

In summer 2007 CV released a limited edition Mixtape in conjunction with Cardiff’s premier independent record label SHAPE Records. The compilation featured acts like Attack & Defend, Orcop, Kimya Dawson, Crystal Castles and French MC Ardzen. To promote this we broadcast a very formal live press conference on youtube.

CV is now based in Penarth, Wales. (As of September 2011)

It has been printed professionally since issue 6 and the last issue of CV published was issue #10 in 2009.

Also in 2009 Nick and Gavin appeared on a zines special of the Bethan Elfyn show on BBC Radio 1.

Although CV has continuously acknowledged the importance of a tangible print product it has been restricted to electronic formats only since 2010. On the plus side this led to this website being pimped and CV being nominated for a 2010 Wales Blog Award (A blog about beer beat me).

Since then Culture Vulture DJs have returned to the cross faders of Cardiff and the blog continues to be heavy in twenty twelve.

Nick

2012

Nick and Mark (Shape Records) at the mixtape press conference circa 2007