Kiss Machine's been nominated for a 2005 Utne Independent Press Award in the category of General Excellence: Zines. The awards recognize the excellence and vitality of alternative and independent publishing. We're in great company. Check out the list of nominees for some all-round good reads.

In other news, Kiss Machine #10 was reviewed in Matrix Magazine. Here's a quote: "The mag's editors have neither sought to swat the hat over our eyes, nor bolster their zine's durability by high-talking trash culture... Kiss Machine #10 proved thoroughly distracting; a trashyland where you delight to wonder if you're reading paper or pulp."