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INSTITUTIONALIZED Music, Biking, Beverages, and More Issue # 1 Winter 1998

WHAT’S THIS ALL ABOUT?

This is the first installment demise it was going to a Music section of in what I hope to make a bunch of different people “Institutionalized.” This regular publication. For including four unfortunate rag will cover some of the years I have been reading droogs in Japan. Well, other things that I like ‘zines written by people some of the people who other than music, hence from all over the world were getting the Bhatt- the lead-in “Music, Biking, and decided that it was zine started writing their Beverages, and More.” time to seriously try to own reviews and sending With a broader range of start my own. I also used them out. I was so topics people who do not to write a rag called the pleased with their reviews listen to hardcore, punk Bhatt-zine but decided to that the Bhatt-zine was rock, or ska music will end it after the Murphy’s ended and left for others also be able to enjoy this Law Halloween ’97 show. to carry on. ‘zine. The Bhatt-zine was something that I did in Two months have gone by I guess part of the some capacity for about a and I have not written any inspiration for year and a half and sent new Bhatt-zines and have “Institutionalized” goes to out over e-male (sic) to a missed writing. I also Lee Greenfeld at Sound bunch of unfortunate need something to keep Views. I love reading droogs. The basic idea me awake until 7 a.m. Sound Views and have behind the Bhatt-zine was This is not a revival of the read the phrase, “Don’t to write about the shows I Bhatt-zine, but hopefully just sit there. Do was going to in NYC, or something on the next something …,” too many elsewhere, for my friends, level. I do not plan to times. I hope you enjoy both of them. Over the write reviews of the shows this piece of garbage. year and a half I started I go to, but would love to sending it to more and receive reviews written by dr.bhatt more people, until at its others for inclusion in the

WHAT’S INSIDE:

Music Section: Raybeez Memorial Show; 1997, The Year in Review Biking Section: Central Park Courtesy; The Riverside Park Half-Pipe Beverages Section: The Patron Saint of Ides; An Ode to Ides More Section: The Judge Too Quickly; On My Absolute Lack of Taste, Class, or Anything Resembling Style MUSIC SECTION

RAYBEEZ MEMORIAL SHOW

- Photo by e.Bowla before the Raybeez Memorial Show CBGB’s 10/12/97 Back Row: H2O, Jimmy “Gestapo” D. Murphy’s Law, Front Row: Midori Miura, Michi

This is the one of the last review. This show was Raybeez of Warzone. The quality Bhatt-zine reviews incredible and only hope line up: Agnostic Front, I wrote. It was for the to do it justice. Murphy’s Law, , Raybeez Memorial Show Unfortunately, the cause H2O, , and S.F.A. at CBGB’s. I have edited it of this phenomenon was down from the original the death of Raymond The four of us head down four page version that was Barbieri, a.k.a. Raybeez of to CB’s on Sunday sent out as the “Best Bhatt- Warzone. afternoon. We are hangin’ zine Ever.” This will be out front and Roger AF the only time I revive the Friday night the one they comes by. I say hello and Bhatt-zine, for better or call e.Bowla came to NYC introduce him to Midori worse. The biblical theme from Boston with two and Michi. I tell him they is purely accidental; I am friends from Japan, Midori came from Japan for this Hindu. and Michi. We make an show. He asks if we have exodus for the Scofflaws tickets. I tell him we don’t 10/12/97 Sunday 3 p.m. -- show and I pick up a copy and Roger says, “don’t CBGB’s -- Agnostic Front, of the Village Voice. The worry about it, we’re Murphy’s Law, Madball, show of Biblical going to get everyone in.” H2O, 25 ta Life, S.F.A. proportion is listed, but So everything is cool. Sold Out. A CBGB’s It is with great pride and Sunday Matinee tribute to I bought the “In Memory sadness that I write this the recently departed of Raybeez” shirt. As it MUSIC SECTION says on the back, “No One e.Bowla loved it too. I saw the only one supporting Gets In For Free.” Even if him going nuts in the pit. him, but at 110 lbs. it only you were on the guest list H2O are so DAMN good takes one. I got a really you had to pay $10. This it is not understandable, good roll in during the last is a pure example of what even when you are seeing song, Some One Is Going hardcore is all about. All them, so you phoolios are to Get Their Head Kicked the money went to pay for only lost sheep. In. Steve sang back up on Raybeez’s funeral, help a couple of songs and it out his fiancée, and make I have never seen or heard was awesome, totally eerie a donation to a local Madball before. They are sounding. I wish I knew support group for street fucking awesome! Since how they did it. I didn’t kids in his name. CB’s got this was my first Madball get any beers, other than no money from the door experience all I can say in the eye, but e.Bowla got or t-shirt sales. about them is they were a beer. Any way their set great. Madball played NY was great, as usual. So we still don’t have HardCore exactly the way tickets and S.F.A. and 25 I like it, not too hard, good Agnostic Front!!! Wow, ta Life have already vocals, good guitars, and they were awesome too! I played. Jimmy Gestapo not too fast. During the just asked e.Bowla if I and Roger AF are about to Madball set the singer could stop writing here walk in and Jimmy looks from Killing Time got up but he said no. Sometimes over at me and asks if we there and they played nothing said is better than have tickets. I say no. He “Fool’s Day.” trying to say something yells over to Roger to get that can’t possibly do the stamp and we get our Murphy’s Law, why do I justice - kind of like stamps. e.Bowla, Midori, even review Murphy’s military justice. They and Michi went to get Law anymore. This show played all the great some breakfast but I had was awesome. It has been Agnostic Front songs. to see H2O, they are the eight years since Roger sang some songs best band out there. At Murphy’s Law has played with his brother. A shout this point e.Bowla knew CB’s. It was awesome. out was made to Vinnie about H2O but it wasn’t They started with Cavity Stigma’s son little Vinnie, until he came in and saw Creeps and followed with the only shout out of the H2O did he understand Panty Raid. Then they night. I loved the H2O. He now moved on to Sarasota and Agnostic Front set; at CB’s understands H2O and even Midori and Michi every band sounds their why they are the best were impressed by the best. Hearing Agnostic band around. height and duration of the Front at CB’s, I roll I got during this song. understand why CB’s H2O kicked ass. They I couldn’t believe it sound system is world played old songs and myself. Midori and Michi famous. Roger dyed his songs off the new CD out quickly figured out that hair red, didn’t wear his this past Tuesday. I don’t the reason I get good rolls bandanna, and didn’t take have it so I still don’t is because I only weigh off his shirt so he did not know the new songs. It 125 lbs. I carried another look so intimidating. I did was sick nonetheless. I skinny guy. I asked him not mosh during this set. moshed, rolled a good after the set how much he I wanted to see Agnostic amount, sang some, and weighed, 110 lbs. I gave Front; I normally wear loved every minute of it. him a good roll but I was glasses. Last time I saw MUSIC SECTION

Agnostic Front was at The fell a couple times when I this tribute for Raybeez’s Palladium during the was up on stage family. They didn’t have summer of ’92. They only dancing/skanking during to give money to charity in played a couple songs that Murphy’s Law’s set. Back Raybeez’s name, but this time because the bouncers to Ag Front. They killed is what hardcore is about. were stopping the kids it. They might be 35 years from getting up on stage old but they still kick ass. Until this show me and and Roger got mad. He e.Bowla thought the best responded by trying to e.Bowla and I were trying show we ever heard of drop a monitor on one of to think of a better show was the Beastie Boys, the bouncer’s head. At that either one of us have Public Enemy, Murphy’s that point the show was been to. Given the line-up Law show Andy went to, canceled. Tonight’s show and it was at CBGB’s or I thought maybe the was a true hardcore show, clearly makes it the best show I went to at The CB’s and of course no hardcore show ever. This Palladium with: Agnostic bouncers. The stage at was what hardcore is all Front, Murphy’s Law, CB’s was a little higher about: standing up for Warzone, Leeway, than I remembered it. The what you believe in Lunachicks, and some stage was really slippery wholeheartedly, UNITY, other bands that I can since it was soaking wet helping each other out and longer remember other with water, sweat, and not going for the money. than Nuclear Assault. Murphy’s Law’s beer. I They didn’t have to do

1997, THE YEAR IN REVIEW

This is here as filler, A run down of the bands Ten Foot Pole maybe next issue I will that I can remember Down By Law have an ad or something seeing: NoFX better to fill the page. Gas Huffer King Chango Wayne Kramer Last year was a really Avail The Joykiller good year. I saw a lot of Agnostic Front Voodoo Glow Skulls first class shows and Madball New Bomb Turks bands, and missed even Murphy’s Law The Slackers more. Last year I saw the H2O Hepcat NYC debut of two major Snuff The Pietasters shows, The Warped Tour Scofflaws Electric Frankenstein and The Epitaph Summer Skatalites The Articles Nationals. I probably saw The Allstonians about 25 bands between The Bosstones 9 Lives those two events. Social Distortion Crown of Thornz Unfortunately I got to the Vision of Disorder Down Low Warped Tour at 3:00 and Inspector 7 missed and Pennywise Red Aunts Hepcat but I thought I had Millencolin Pulley alcohol poisoning. Guided By Voices Distraught Sleater Kinney BIKING SECTION

CENTRAL PARK COURTESY

I live in Manhattan and Here are my views on reason walkers, love to bike. Central Park how to make it less joggers, and roller- is one of the few places hellish. Ideally we get bladers feel compelled that I can ride without NYC to ban cars in Central to get as close to the engaging in what I call Park from 7 a.m. until 10 moving cars as sudden death biking. p.m. weekdays and all possible. Although it was in weekend. I still need to 2. Roller-bladers need to Chicago that I first figure out how to get a recognize their strides experienced sudden death petition together to send result in their feet biking, it is even more to the Mayor to enforce becoming obstacles for rampant in NYC. I chose this. bikers passing them. the term sudden death Yes, your legs really biking to describe my Here are some basic park do swing that far out experiences in Chicago courtesies every one when you roller-blade. because the bike I had had should follow. If you don’t believe me coaster brakes that didn’t watch a roller-blader really work, the front 1. Walkers, joggers, for five minutes. wheel would hit my foot roller-bladers, bikers, 3. DON’T listen to your whenever I turned, and and cars use the park Walkman while you're the bike was entirely loop. Speed should be on the park loop! You unstable. I used to have a the determining factor cannot hear me yelling near death experience on where each park- at you before I ride every time I rode that goer travels. Slowest straight into your bike. traffic on the inside back. I figure it will and fastest on the hurt you more than When your main focus is outside. Therefore me and you will learn speed, riding the Central walkers and joggers this lesson the hard Park perimeter loop is are closest to the park way. probably your best bet. with roller-bladers and 4. The sidewalk is for The only problem is that bikes moving away pedestrians. If you everyone else knows this from the park and cars stay off the sidewalks too. There is a limit to the on the outside. they will stay off the number of times you Unfortunately, many loop. almost get hit by a car times bikers do not 5. Don’t fight the flow. before you take on a self have enough room to The loop is set up to preservationist view on safely pass slower go counter-clockwise. riding in Central Park. traffic. For some

THE RIVERSIDE PARK HALF-PIPE

For all the skaters, bladers, closes at 8 p.m. This past Vert competition and the and BMX freestyle bikers August, ESPN and Roller- professional bikers Street in NYC, there’s a half-pipe blade hosted Blade Jam 3 Freestyle competition. It in Riverside Park at 108th there with professional was three days long, kick street. I think it is open and amateur bikers, ass, and Roller-blade let everyday but Monday, bladers, and skaters. I everyone try out their new and maybe Tuesday. It saw part of the skaters skates. BEVERAGES SECTION

THE PATRON SAINT OF IDES

I felt obliged to write my advancement in beverage first beverage section What makes St. Ides so technology in the last about the preeminent malt nasty is that for $3 I will decade. It is a pity the liquor. Of course that have no memories of the first beverage maker I saw would be St. Ides, a.k.a. night before. Just for the using/marketing this Crooked I. I guess it’s record I currently weigh in break through technology clear that I am not even at a buck thirty-eight, was Coors. Unfortunately remotely . which is up six pounds in Coors products sux! and I Fortunately, it seems the past month when I have a strong feeling that many of the hardcore kids started weighing myself Adolf Coors does not wear today are straight edge. every day. Since October I the Against have been working in Racial Prejudice (SHARP) I am not sure when St. Florida and getting in emblem on his sleeve. Ides became my beverage plenty of beverages, no of choice, but I remember exercise, and I have A shout out to e.Bowla for as far back as 1993 I would become a club member at procuring a case of St. Ides show up at parties with the “Beverages and More” 40’s. An event every one two 40’s in hand. Last establishment. I have who enjoys malted time my parents ventured even contemplated beverages should do at into the concrete jungle I starting my own business least once in their lifetime. recycled 16 empties of St. venture called “Beer Ides double deuces. Island.” Yes, that is an For beverage value per island that would serve all dollar I think St. Ides is the What makes St. Ides so your beverage needs while golden winner. In a battle tasty is that for $1.59 I can you mosh it up on an for beverage quality per get a 40 of malt liquor that island. Any venture dollar St. Ides has some is full flavored and capital funding would be strong competition. More probably about 7% appreciated. on beverages to come in alcohol! The double future issues. You can deuces go for a buck a With recent advancements probably look forward to piece in upper Manhattan, in 40 oz. glass bottle reviews of the following where I live. The St. Ides design, St. Ides 40’s now fine beverages: Guinness, marketing guys in the features the St. Wides Chivas, Prior’s Double Motor City figured that mouth to ensure that the Dark, Mickey’s, green tea, they could sell even more Patron St. of Ides is and other liquid treats. of this malted nectar with consumed without a devious pricing scheme hesitation or delay. This that put two 40’s at $3. may be the single biggest

AN ODE TO IDES

I must confide, It has a flavor, It is the malted beverage, it is the St. Ides, that I truly savor, not the straight edge, that gives me reason with each 40 I buy that I am committed to to wake each day. and the $1.59 I pay. or so I say.

Ides - n., The 15th day of March, May, July, or October or the 13th of the other months in the ancient Roman calendar MORE SECTION

THE YOUTH OF TODAY JUDGE TOO QUICKLY

The original title to this a day or so and filed it outburst was The Youth of away in the archives until A lot of kids are getting Today, but I felt like some girl said listen to into bands like Rancid and putting two band names ‘Time Bomb,’ it is a ska H2O now. When I go to together in chronological tune. Sure enough, after shows I hear people order that shared a pulling it out of the saying these kids coming common member. I think archives and giving it out to shows today with the term they use when another listen, this time Rancid T-shirts never someone does that is not expecting a great knew about bands like “fuckin’ stupid ass.” That hardcore album, I listened Reagan Youth, Cro-Mags, is the reason why the title to it and said this is a Angry Samoans, MDC, does not really fit with my pretty damn good album. Day Glow Abortions or for outburst. ‘And Out Come the that matter recent bands Wolves’ is going back to like Outcrowd that have I heard a guy who doesn’t Tim and Matt’s ska-punk ex-members in H2O. even listen to hardcore/ roots. Those roots being Most of the kids today /ska music tell Op Ivy. Anyone who says probably listened to me the other day that Rancid are sell-outs Rancid before they Rancid are sell-outs obviously doesn’t know listened to Op Ivy, and because his “punk rock” Tim Armstrong’s history. probably don’t know what friend told him that. This Rancid made some money Rancid and Big Rig have is ridiculous! Rancid are doing something they love in common. That is all not sell-outs!!! In my and kept Tim alive in the right though. In ten years opinion a sell-out is process, and people want when I am 36 years old someone who changes for to call them sell-outs!!! If a and at a CB’s Sunday the wrong reasons, which friend of mine is killing matinee I will hear some doesn’t include growing himself and I can do 26 year old kid say, “look or expanding your music, something to help save his at that kid with the going back to your roots, life, I hope that no one ‘Popular Band’ shirt on, I or making money doing calls me a sell-out. Every bet he doesn’t even know something you love. day I go to work and hate who the ‘Home Wreckers’ what I do, but I make were.” If the kids getting Rancid did not sell-out. enough money to live in into the hardcore/punk When they play they do it Manhattan, go to shows, rock/ska scene today out of love, not out of and drink beer when I don’t learn the roots on greed. ‘And Out Come want, yet I am the only their own that is O.K. If the Wolves’ is not an one calling me a sell-out. you know the roots of the anthematic hardcore Neither I, nor Rancid are music, take the time to tell album like the Rancid Self- role models, therefore, no them. They have got to Titled album, but that one should judge how we start somewhere. does not mean they sold choose to live our lives. If out. When I bought you do choose to judge I grew up listening to AC- Rancid S/T I didn’t take it someone else, they are not DC, Pink Floyd, The out of my CD player for a sell-outs if they stand up Beatles, Neil Young, LL month. When I bought for what they believe in Cool J, and Run DMC. A ‘And Out Come the wholeheartedly, or save a couple months before I Wolves’ I listened to it for friends live in the process. moved to NYC in 1989 I MORE SECTION got hold of GWAR’s ‘Hell- I missed the whole 80’s Bosstones are helping the o’ album and loved it. NYHC scene, but with masses find that love. This was years before time I learned the roots, When you see that kid Beavis and Butt-head. the history, and the music who doesn’t know what When I moved to NYC I I missed. I also learned the hardcore scene is dragged some friends to a every one has a place in about, tell him! That was GWAR Halloween show their heart for hardcore/ me nine years ago burning at the Rapp Art Center punk rock/ska music, it is for knowledge. A person and confirmed my love of that just not everyone has doesn’t need to go to hardcore/punk rock/ska found it yet. Bands like school to learn or be a music. Rancid, H2O, and The teacher to teach.

ON MY ABSOLUTE LACK OF TASTE, CLASS, OR ANYTHING RESEMBLING STYLE By Mark Driver (http://www.crashsite.com)

I really should do warm coffee until my of oil stained T-shirts, a something about my insides turn black and few wifebeaters, eight appearance. I realized this dissolve. I actually had to pairs of flannel earlier today as I got show her a $5 bill before underwear, a black breakfast at a diner near she'd put the order in. I hooded sweatshirt, a pair my house. The waitress really must be putting off of khakis, and a pair of smiled and poured a cup some strange vibes. torn jeans. It's not that I of coffee without me couldn't afford to go out having to ask for it. Nice I can't really put my finger and get some new duds, enough. Then she leaned on where I went wrong, it's just that I never really in close to me and said, but I do have some think of it. It doesn't enter "you can sit here for as suspicions. I think I my mind. long as you want, I'll keep stopped trying around the bringing you coffee." That age of 15. My hair was Another possible reason seemed a bit odd. Had shaggy, I wore Black Flag for my lack of style could she been under the age of T-shirts, religiously be my favorite kind of 90, I would have assumed abused low-top black relationship - the long she was hitting on me, but Vans with the white distance relationship. there was something stripe, and I shaved my Under what other uncomfortably maternal fuzzless face about once circumstances could you about this waitress. When every two weeks. This got have a girlfriend and wear I tried to order eggs and me through high school, the same pants for nine biscuits she paused for as my college stint, and days straight? Under second and asked, "do you various cities just fine. But what other circumstances have the money to pay for now, I'm 25 and I couldn't could you maintain a tight it?" Her world suddenly get dressed up if I wanted emotional bond and still came into blinding focus to. I'm a fashion cripple. spend your weekends for me, I was some sort of Besides my impressive naked, drinking Jim Beam homeless runaway, collection of camouflage from the bottle on the seeking a brief respite and my seven Cleveland couch, playing Nintendo from the mean streets in a Browns shirts, my and listening to Oi records neighborhood greasy wardrobe doesn't amount while eating sauerkraut spoon, free to drink nice to much more than a pile and raw potatoes? Sure, if MORE SECTION you had a cool girlfriend need to change. Sure I still understand how that's you might get away with get carded for 'R' movies. going to happen. I have one of those every so Sure I still get harassed in many questions often, but you'd be hard Nevada casinos. Sure I concerning the leisurewear pressed to make a habit don't get quite the service of our golden agers. Have out of it. Yes sirree, with a that some moussed people over the age of 65 long distance relationship, dipshit in a golf shirt gets, suffered from poor taste all your loving passion is but I can live with that. all their lives, or do saved for those motel That's my trade off for biochemical changes in the weekends where you try being able to go to sleep in aging body make one to fit in as much screwing the clothes I'll be wearing more prone to wearing before your plane takes the next day so I can set yellow pants? Is it like off, and no one really my alarm for two minutes dying taste buds that need notices any personal before I have to leave my more salt that suddenly decline on your part. apartment. I suppose the terrycloth seems like a Even now with my live-in only thing that might great material for shirts? girlfriend, I get cut a lot of make me change one day Not that all senior citizens slack because hey, she's is the fear of being That are poor dressers, there's seen me puke on myself One Guy. You know, the plenty of salty dogs who while wearing a dress. 50-year-old dude that have the good sense to Use that as your bottom drips with a teenage vibe, keep their clothing in line level and you can go who hangs out at college with common Earth nowhere but up. Plus, she parties and talks about standards. But for the works 80 hour weeks, so how inspirational most part, any respect I any time she sees me is Radiohead (or whatever would have for my elderly late at night. She assumes semi-hip corporate band elders is usually tempered that I've changed into was cool six months by the trousers pulled up 'comfort clothes' since previously) is. The only past their nipples. Maybe getting home from work. person who really gives they're like me, and just Baby, I woke up in these me hope for getting older haven't found the time to clothes. (besides my boss, who update their wardrobes in doesn't need to get his the last few decades. I I don't really know if head any bigger) is Keith suppose that would place things can get any better Morris, who I see all over their last significant though. It's not that I'm the place around this city. clothing purchases around avoiding anything, it's just He's getting old in a way I 1975, a poor fashion year a rare morning when I can respect. Sure, you by anyone's standards. wake up and say, "Driver, might say he's getting a But maybe when I'm old, we're buying you some little haggard, but you what looks perfectly nice pants today." Haircut don't have anything on normal to me will fuel appointments rarely get him; you didn't sing for laughter and ridicule made by themselves, and the Circle Jerks. within the throngs of teens when they do happen, threatening my existence they're usually nothing Regardless, I suppose I'll as I politely shop the more than borrowing a have to eventually Space Mall for a new liver. friend's electric razor. But overhaul my entire Maybe when I'm old, the fuck it, my bills get paid, I wardrobe and start getting urge to don cotton pastels buy food, I can get my car ready to be a senior will overtake me like fixed, I don't really see the citizen, but I don't really incontinence as I watch MORE SECTION

Wheel of Fortune from my your first Social Security just put on what's Ft. Lauderdale retirement check as well. But I guess comfortable and force compound. I think the by that point, you don't everyone to deal with it. government mails you really give a shit about Great attitude for 70, those stupid slippers with impressing anyone, you questionable at 25.

What’s To Come In The Future (just some ideas)? Music Section: Depends on what happens in the next month or so. Davis (my creative consultant: all ideas and no delivery) is contemplating writing a review of the Rolling Stones show in Miami. Biking Section: Still open, suggestions are welcomed. Beverages Section: Wit-ta-know may do a ranking of all the fine malt liquors. Davis will impart his experiences and knowledge of the Brew Sack for our readers. More Section: A social commentary on the brilliant t.v. series South Park.

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