COOL BEANS! #14, the Drugs/Alcohol/Sobriety issue was a year in the making and every bit worth the wait. This issue features interviews with Aquarius and Tumult Records' ANDEE CONNORS, England's HOOD, ROB CROW (of THINGY, PINBACK and HEAVY VEGETABLE), late author WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS (by LEE RANALDO of SONIC YOUTH), comic artist T. WEIER (who is also responsible for the cover art), Norway's POOR RICH ONES and San Francisco disgusto-core band FLUFF GRRL.

The bonus CD included free with COOL BEANS! #14 contains tracks from: FOIBLES, DANIEL JOHNSTON, HOOD, XIU-XIU, ROB CROW, POOR RICH ONES, FLUFF GRRL, THE GREY GENTLEMAN, SONGS FOR EMMA, KIDS ARE SICK, CIRCLE, BURMESE, THE URCHIN, CAKS, MONO PAUSE, LONERS WITH BONERS, DEALERSHIP, and SHUT UP LITTLE MAN