Dan Rolleri, Speak’s publisher and eventual editor, originally conceived of the project as a fashion and music magazine. The first issue reflected that direction in its contents. While there are some pages which I still enjoy, the bulk of the design was a mad conglomeration of everything I could think of. Uncontrolled excess was not a rarity in the mid-90s. It took several issues before I calmed down.

Boo Radleys /// N. HOLLIS BROWN
Mike Daily /// BRIAN GROSS
MUSIC REVIEWS
Heathyr Lawrence /// SADA VOLKOFF
FILM REVIEWS
A Pilgrim’s Progress /// DENISE SULLIVAN
The Young Americans /// photography by MELODIE MCDANIEL
Welcome to the Chelsea Hotel /// N. HOLLIS BROWN
Jimmy Smith /// DMITRI EHRLICH
Correspondences /// photography by GREG SCAFFIDI
Paris in the Rain /// fiction by SAMANTHA DUNN
Tindersticks /// DMITRI EHRLICH
The Last Holdout /// BRIAN ROCHLIN
Bowl-O-Rama /// photography by MELODIE MCDANIEL
Red Alert /// DMITRI EHRLICH
That Cheerful Attitude /// ADAM KAYE
The Birds of Venice /// photography by KADU LENNOX
Lloyd Cole /// DAN ROLLERI
PRINT REVIEWS
Nicole Blackman /// NEIL FEINEMAN
Gavin Wilson /// NEIL FEINEMAN
TECHNOLOGY REVIEWS
Broun Fellinis /// DEMITRI EHRLICH
LAST PAGE /// photography by CHRIS MCCANN

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