Author: Matty Riley

Making his case for national 55 mph speed limits in the summertime of 1988, Senator Frank Lautenberg brought out a well-worn highway safety slogan: “The statistics show that speed kills.” Lots of his colleagues, still working within the long shadow of the sixties counterculture, could have situated that grave warning in congressional testimony about flower-children in Haight warning one another off amphetamines: “Speed Kills!” And when you wandered into the proper record store in Chicago within the early 90’s, you’ll have seen a music fanzine promising drag racing, record reviews, and more: “SPEED KILLS.”For the uninitiated: a music fanzine was…