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his eyes could hardly focus anymore, the sun had been blinding him head-on all day as he drove across the plains towards the mountains, his sunglasses were tucked somewhere beneath all of his bags in the back, he had thought, several times, of pulling over and looking for them but it seemed with every mile that the sun would soon be gone and it would all be for not. now with his eyes red and raw he pulled over to the side of the road and, for the first time, he thought of her. he could practically smell her —her perfume, the smell she carried with her, covered by the clothes she would wear, her sandals were still in the back-seat next to her backpack and for a moment he won dered if he'd ever find anyone who wore the same size as her. some one he could give all her things to. a hitchhiker or someone at a rest stop who looked like they could use a little help, as they had driven along she'd thrown her used cigarette packages onto the floor in front of her. it was now littered with what seemed like a month's worth of nOMffiftlil.- packs even though it had only been a week since they had left home and a day or so since she had left him. food wrappers and pop cups from fast food joints along the way were strewn about the back of the 55_B car. he thought about throwing them out at the next gas station and getting a fresh start on things, holding out, eating right, trying to 1£1 hold off on the smokes until things got a little better, although he didn't know what better was right now. was it someone or something? something maybe he'd had before, he'd know when it came, she had ft decided to head back home late one night and he felt he couldn't stop her. watching her walk away he knew by morning she'd be rid­ ing with someone else and be more than half way to wherever it was she wanted to be. the highway was empty in both directions from him and he knew he should get going again and try and make a little time before it got too late, even though he had no agenda or real time to keep, he thought of her and all the "hers" before her once again as he started the car and pulled back onto the highway, one more Winston would get him a few more miles down the road, then maybe he'd know where the hell it was he was going, just one more smoke should do it. gth... from the diary of jonnie loaf boy The editors would like to apologize for yet another addition in the constant media barrage on Princess Di. However, since the diary of Jonnie Loaf Boy is a record of the life of Jonnie Loaf Boy, we have no choice but to print this crap.

September 3rd Nardwuar is convinced that the royals had ,SeP'e/r)ber AU. * SPe_n< " He •« r0,hef Sh0na^e a baby since Lady Di bumped off. Well if,*6* ^°rdWUO and has been ***«* * y^, "No one believes the single drunk driver PrinCeSS ?2_ news. He canno stop to story. No one! The royals lost it when she he heard ^e ne ^ w,m _* ran off with a brown man. They lost it! Can you imagine the Queen Mum having to read the tabloids every morning over scotch and S U er k crumpets? She couldn't put up with that sort >>e sure ° to confUse fhJ P *arketcL TP *eing of hanky panky. Not with a brown man! If Di had been screwing one of the horses in r Wn Wo Y U k Cobain lo** - *° ? been (be »£ „ „t L°°° ^ito„s tn ° florolri- ?° "ld thZ ? ^w ave the royal stables, it would have been less of an embarrassment. Yes, you can be sure that the royals had Di killed. Probably made Perh t0rel nJohn a couple of calls to the Mafia. You know opSn: ^nchhi^ tooktl, c ,,. imposs^e - ,manMto\d how that worksl Ordered a couple of mo­ torcycles and black Fiats to do the dirty time work, and smash! Had her knocked off in the same way they offed Princess Grace. Those royals! They are so unimaginative. You would think they could come up with more exciting ways to kill their in-laws. U and comply $he ever otter^. ^ onl What ever happened to the old days of gl.e interest thing ^ and m Q{ pillow smothering or a good ol' behead­ ing?" I told Nardwuar to calm down, but once he gets going on a conspiracy theory, he about it. can't be held back. I was just thankful he didn't try to weave the CIA and the British secret service into his fiction. ; : • 4 October 1997 Volunteers needed. Are you an outgoing, spontaneous man or woman over the age of 19 with a never-say-die attitude and a good sense of humour? We are a non-profit society that helps young offenders and children ages 8 to 18 who are at risk of getting in trouble.

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You know Selena Momma talkq to me try to tell me how to who you are Anything else to add? Chuck Damn straight ... Selena: I writez tha rhymez that bustz tha Yeah, tapes ... [imitates tape hiss, poor- mindz... ly] Chuck: I gotz tha skillz ta pay tha billz ... How about a sampling from your own James: I blastz tha skinz til they'z bashed inz ... personal reading lists? Discography: Selena I enjoy reading nonfiction, literature, poet­ 3 song demo available only through shameless ry, biographies and books on psychic phenomena. grovelling directed to: chunks@direct ca. James: John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany, Forthcoming album-type thing soon ...» V\fS5«Ae\*: Who ar« you (names, ages, instruments What is the antithesis of your band? Who are you (names, ages, instruments always o first time for everything, right? A typical played)? Selena The Moist Lady Stone Temple Earth played)? day with me would be wake up, eat, work, skate, All: We are Emulsified You will be assimilated! Mother Peace Jam Party We are Wisecrack (not to be confused with the band practice, have a beer, then pet my poor dog How do you describe yourself to relatives Chuck: What she said "Dare" crackers found on the shelves of your local Spike's statue before I go to bed. who have no idea about what you play? James: Yeah. grocery store.) However, we're working on a deal Wisecrack, please state your favourite Would you mention to them that Have any of you ever gone into a large as we speak, to some of their people. They want us conspiracy theory, OK? Emulsifier contains members of department store with the intention of to write a song for them to use in a commercial THEY'RE HERE. Need we say more? Marmalade, Squeeky, more socks and The purchasing an item but after realizing you aimed at the punk youth of today. You know, lots of Matthew Good Band? didn't have enough money, took it any­ cool looking skateboarder types, and a BMX guy. Selena: I only have five relatives, four of whom ways? Maybe a snowboarder too. Yeah! No, but really are over 50. So, I guess I wouldn't say anything Selena: Oh no, I knew I was gonna take it [a we're just three kids addicted to catchy high speed James Well obviously, the first thing I would men­ blush-brush] I didn't stand there thinking, 'I don't melodic hardcore. Kyle's 24, plays bass and sings, tion is that I was in The Matthew Good Band have enough money What should I do?' I was on and feels 42. Gavin's 21, plays guitar and sings, because everything after that pales in comparison the ragged ass road long before Tom Cochrane. and his due date is after this weekend's two-four. ... well, except for Marmalade. James: I once stole an Iron Maiden tape. Kris plays drums and thinks he's 17. Chuck 'You'll hate this too, mum.' Chuck Which one? Kyle, why did you start Spawner Records? Was anyone else documenting the Langley/Surrey scene? Well, I started Spawner to fill my ego. I mean, I love having control over four bands. I talk, they lis­ ten, yeah! I love itl Actually, I just wanted to help out our band and some other good local punk bands. It's not just my label. All the bands work together. Right now we're working on a four-band Ask yourself TWO questions and c split CD with the Retreads, $torebought, the Cretins them. and us. It'll be out late October, hopefully. Another Do we think that Vancouver needs a good all ages great label is Positive/Landspeed Records, which of venue in the downtown area? course has gob and Another Joe on it ... I don't Yeah, they need to open the New York Theatre know many other labels, but there's definitely tons again or something as good. There really does of good bands across Canada like the Malchiks, need to be a venue downtown. North Van is cool Tim from Victoria, 3 on 1 from Saskatchewan, and all, but we think a lot of kids don't go there for Belvedere from Calgary, Reset from Montreal. local shows because it's all the way in North Van. There's too many good Canadian punk bands to We need to get the all ages scene tighter between mention all of them. downtown and the suburbs. Kris, what's it like to be a 'punk rock' elec­ Are we looking to add a lead guitarist who can trician? Are you really an electrician? Any sing backup vocals too? 'shocking' stories to relate to the readers? Yes, in fact we are at the moment. So if you have a It's pretty rod. Actually, I was asked by L.A. Guns to good attitude and can do amazing Kirk Hammet Is auto-erotic asphyxiation a bad idea? James: Double Live, I think. be their tour electrician last year, or was it Skid solos then give us a call. James: Only if you die from it! Chuck: All I ever stole from a big store was a Row? Can't remember, but I declined the offer Anything else to add? Chuck: [makes choking noises, wriggles violently] minuscule box of After Eights, when I was because of prior commitments to play in Wisecrack Pingu is the best clay animation show we have ever Funny you should ask I know of a pretty sad case about ten. I got lost on the way out and had to and be part of the one punk rock band that really seen and it's all in French. Look for the comeback of who, having been pulled back from the brink of ask for directions from a security guard or is going to change the world as we know it today. a legend. Also, we're going on our first tour in death in similar circumstances several times previ­ something. It was like instant karma. I NEVER No, but really, about being an electrician, I felt like October all the way to Manitoba and back. So that ously, finally washed up on the river's edge, bloat­ STOLE AGAIN. an outcast for a while, then I found out Fletcher should be pretty cool, battling all the snow in the ed and blue at last. I think his terminal attire (a strait Tell us about the first 'local' gig ya went from Pennywise is an electrician too, so I'm not the prairies and stuff. jacket and a double-ended noose linking his neck to, okay? You know, of the non-commer­ Discography: to the base of his 'thinking organ') proves pretty cial variety. Please? And Gavin, tell us about yourself. Have four-song self-titled demo tape, nine-song self-titled conclusively that, no, auto-erotic asphyxiation is, in Selena: The Jackson Five Victory Tour. Only you ever slashed a BC Transit bus seat? demo tape, 12-song Jinxed CD (Spawner), 24-song fact, a fantastic idea. Michael Jackson was in the commercial. Describe a typical day with 'Gavin, the Homeless in BC four-band compilation CD Selena: I think a better sexual high would be to James: It would be the Merry Pranksters at a grad­ guitar thumper' from Wisecrack? (Spawner) get some xxxxxx & xxxxxx xxxx xxxxx and attach uation party in '87. 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released in the US And we signed to A&M for sound comes from The Who are a massive influ­ America! I think we got off A&M in America now ence, they're one of the greatest rock and roll finally, which means we can sign to whoever we bands ever In [our] early days, The Who and The like We've been told [the labels] have been Beatles were the biggest influence on us, but we've queuing around the block in America, so we've sort of moved on a little bil since then, getting into |ust got to pick Ihe right one, really. The Beach Boys and stuff like that."

Rooming with The Bluetones Bad hair days "We lived in a house with them in West London, "Journalists used to go on aboul Nigel's hair but ihey weren't called The Bluetones then. Later [Dodgy's bassist] and Andy's hair [lead guitarist], on they called themselves The Bluetones but they Andy's hair was quite outrageous at one point and still weren't signed [to a label]. In the meantime Nigel's hair was just long and curly. Journalists like , l__H_HB^tJ Dodgy were signed, but we weren't that suc­ to have iheir rock bonds looking a certain way, cessful Bul as we grew, they grew We moved but we were quite eclectic and we didn't sort of fit his interview was done in two parts: the first part consisted oi a rushed 10 minutes out eventually bul they stayed on. They're really together, but we always dressed better than any with Matt Priest, Dodgy drummer, backstage at the Starfish Room just before they good mates of ours. It was amazing 'cause we'd journalists. Journalists would come up to us and were to go on stage. The second part took place after their set. In all the chaos T have ihese parties and get off our heads togeth­ say, 'You dress funny and your hair's long' and following their gig, I had to sneak backstage since no one recognized me as a legitimate er and me and Mark [Bluetones' vocalist] would we'd say, 'What the fuck do you look like in your representative of the press (I suppose I couldn't blame them) When I tracked down Matt dream about being in the Top 5 and then two Dr Marten's and bbck jeans?!' again I was feeling a bit shy and was prepared to let him off the hook if necessary, but he years later we're both in the Top 5! It was incred­ If ihey wrote aboul our music and said we've insisted on finishing the interview. Here are some of this "Dodgy" character's views on ible really, best of luck to them — they're a good written a bad song or a good song, we'd think everything from their latest album Free Peace Sweet to fashion-conscious journalists. bunch of lads!" maybe they've picked up on it But since we don't really write any substandard material all they can Playing Edgefest got Eastern tuning and sound a bit like the Doors, Sounding like Chicago and The Who think to write about is our hair or our clothes which "It was greal cause it was only 35 minutes that which is a good start I haven't heard them yet, "Chicago?! Absolutely fucking not! We've never obviously really doesn't fucking matter, because we had to play. It's good 'cause [we] can go though, so I can't sbg them off." listened to Chicago in our fucking lives! We listen we've slill managed to get fans and we've still on and just do [our] hits, because not a lot of to Stax soul and funk which is where our trumpet managed to come this far, so fuck 'em."« people know who we are I think we were the Fame and having hits in the UM token British band [on the bill]. There were a lot "We've had about 12 hits in the UK and five of of girls in the audience, all of them were really them in the Top 20. Charting isn't that important, into rock, they were all doing this [demonstrates but when you first start off, it is important to get with arms up in the air] you know, crowdsurfing. known by charting. When you gel in the charts, It was very bizarre." magazines and television programmes lend to take notice But the chart business doesn't bother me all The other (mostly Canadian) bands on the that much, because the actual charts get rigged Edgefest roster anyway. It's gigs like tonight's that really matter." "I didn't see any of them, lo tell you the truth. We didn't get a chance to see any of them, but we Getting dropped by US label just prior to Free will in Calgary. I Mother Earth, ihey seemed like Peace Sweet's release nice enough guys ... their music's sort of progres­ "They [A&M Records] haven't released our records sive. They're all very rock, aren't they, all the bands [in the US] for about three albums basically, which on the bills All these people in the audience [were] pissed us off completely. They had this A&R man slamdancing, which I fucking despise. North from the American part of our label who was really America's responsible for a lot of bad grunge xenophobic and into homegrown American music — apart from Nirvana and the odd other grunge music and wouldn't have anything to do band, it's all bollocks. This band The Tea Parly with British bands at all. It was all political and we sound like that as well, but they seem like they've got caught up in it and as a result we couldn't get

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The first time I saw bis, you were on Top Of The Pops. I was really impressed because you were the only band who played live. How many times did you play on TOTP?

Sci-Fi Steven We've been on twice with the have a proper distributor We played one show in ple's We've had years of being fans and writing same song ["Kandy Pop"], which is kind of strange Toronto, where fhe record is hardly available, and away and never getting any replies, and it's like, Everybody was there to see Take That ... yet 500 people came to see us We weren't really these are the people that buy our records, so it's So you're on the same level as Take That? expecting anything like that It's been like that our obligation — and it keeps us happy as well. If Yeah, we were, for about a week We['ve] had across America as well We're doing quite well on we're not doing well, selling records or playing live our spurts of fame. Al the time, we were quite pop­ radio, and people are coming to the shows, but or whatever, we've always got the loyal fans that ular; over the summer [of 1996] we were infamous we've yet to sell extraordinary amounts of records. This year we haven't really been in Britain at all, so Our Seattle shows have been really good. We had Are you becoming Americanized? [our popularity] has been more in America and in a bit of an argument, a bit of a disaster night [when Slowly, yeah We're Irying desperately not to, bul Japan We're not doing as well in Britain as we they played a licensed show] Il always happens it's a lot of little things ... occasionally someone will were before ... that on al least one night of each tour we'll have a say 'tom-ay-to' instead of 'tom-ah-to,' and we all at that time, but these were Riot Grrrl bands which ... but you're branching out. show which'll be for over 21 s only. That time, it was go, 'WHAT?' You have to adopt a certain amount were very much for girls. Being a boy, being real­ Exactly We've done really well in Japan, actually. a bit of a comedy, as they wouldn't let John and of Americana when you come over here for so ly into Riot Grrrl bands, I felt a certain sort of out- It's focused our attention there more than anywhere Amanda into the venue We sneaked as many peo­ long If I go into a Denny's and I want a takeaway, siderness until Huggy Bear came along; there were else. We've sold obout 100 000 albums there It's ple as we could in, people we knew were under­ they won't know what I'm meaning unless I ask for two guys in the band, and it was a Riot Grrrl band quite ridiculous, about 20 times what we've sold age we're used to doing that at home, too, as af a meal 'to go.' I feel really horrible saying it, it's so with boys in. That kind of mode it okay for us to be, anywhere else. It's nice to be big somewhere. It most of the places you have to be over 18. It's a foreign to what I would normally say. I do get ser­ well, I wouldn't say we're essentially a Riot Grrrl makes it all worthwhile to see people so enthusias- shame for people who can't get in, but with a little vice quicker, though You have to spell everything band, but it's definitely pari of what we do. Huggy bit of effort... I've been sneaked into tons of gigs ... out, and it kind of drives me mad. Hopefully once Bear made it okay for John and I to be in a Riot You haven't put much effort into Canada When I wrote to your fan club, you sent I'm home I won't do that anymore If I do, my girl­ Grrrl band. The earlier stuff we did, some of the yet, have you? me candy. You guys have a great organi­ friend will kill me ... singles, are more Riot Grrrl than what we do now zation going ... It's slightly beyond our control The problem with Is bis all finished with school? We're no! moving away from that, just embracing Yeah, we try to make ours better than other peo­ the record in Canada is that Grand Royal doesn't Yeah, we've been doing music full-time since [the it from a larger perspective. Riot Grrrl was a big spring of 1996]. We don't really have time to go to influence on Amanda and I,'* though I think John's school right now, any university-type stuff. always been stuck with his disco fever ... I see similarities between bis and Huggy Who's the one who's into ska? Bear. Are they one of your influences? That's John os well. John pretty much doesn't like Probably, yeah They're one of the few bands from anything that has existed in this decade or the one Britain that I actually got inlo, and I suppose they previous. He's Seventies-Man. I'm the '80s fan — I inspirational lhan influential. I like a lot don't know why, really, I like the records that were of their records, but I think it was more the attitude around when I was a child. I always go back to that we took from them, really. They actually spoke Adam and the Ants and New Order, stuff I grew up to all of us. I really liked Bikini Kill and Bratmobile with The '80s sound just appeals to me.

10 October 1997 I haven't heard your Smiths cover yet Ocean Colour Scene, who do the most appalling [from The Smiths Is D»ad\, but I liked your retro stuff. They have these pretences of being version of 'We Are So Fragile' on the Gary grandiose and important, and that's what makes Numan tribute CD. them really horrible. I like certain bands that pull rock- That one's funny, yeah. The Smiths one's a bit more star poses, like the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Quintessential Fanclub... deconstructive, really. I quite like the Smiths, but I real­ because they can pull it off But when you're a British ly don't like 'The Boy With The Thorn In His Side,' band pretending to be the Grateful Dead, that's quite the song we did We didn't pick it, it was thrust upon a nasty thing to do [Crispin Mills] is a complete us Everyone else [who] had done the album picked prick. His perception of things is so fucked up, ...but with more everything... their songs, but, because it was a cover version of the because he comes from a public school background. whole album [The Queen ts Dead], we got left wifh Because his mom was so rich and famous, he was the song that nobody wanted. I'm the only one out of pampered and spoiled. He has no perception of fhe band that vaguely likes the Smiths, so we kinda what life is. He comes out wilh these big statements, more delerious harmonies destroyed the song. It doesn't really bear much resem­ like that he loves the swastika, which he can fuck off blance to the original. completely for saying more sincerely articulated emotions more heartbreaking melodies more mature artistry more amazing fan loyalty more deployment of exotic remaindered '70's keyboard technology

Are you happy to be signed to Grand What kind of an upbringing did you Royal? have? Oh, definitely. I don't think we could do any better John and I have moved a lot aboul Scotland. The support that the label gives us is phenc We've lived in Dunoon, where there's an mfortable e >utd American naval base, so we grew up with a lot of have taken the easy way out and signed to a small American kids. I guess we've been slightly independent here, and we would have done Americanized from the start. We moved to the alright, but we decided to go for a slightly bigger Glasgow area about ten years ago, and we lived setup. We're signed to Wiija in Britain, which is run in a really dodgy part for a few years. Now we by one person. It's the same with Grand Royal, live in an OK part. Our parents have always which is run by a band [the Beastie Boys] We just been really supportive of our making music, want to deal wifh people who are more in touch which I suppose is the main thing. Although we with how we feel about stuff. may not have had immense amounts of money to The fact that you're ultimately affiliated go out and buy as many instruments as we want­ with Polygram seems to go against earli­ ed, we got by with what we had. We were er band ethics. always interested in writing songs. Amanda does­ People misinterpret what that was all about. We n't come from as musical a background as we talked about 'Fake DIY' and we fight against it all do; our mom was a music teacher, so she really the time, but we've never ever said that we hate helped us out a lot. Our parents didn't really think major labels. Over here, there's a much bigger that the band could be taken seriously until we divide between independent and major labels, in made it onto Top Of The Pops. I'm glad we did­ Britain, there's so little difference. n't have stuck-up parents that wanted us to get What's with the Teen Vampire fixation? Is proper jobs. If bis were to fall apart tomorrow, I it all good clean fun where you're from? could still go back and do what I want, go to col­ My vampire obsession comes from British horror lege or whatever. If we [hadn't've made it big] Songs From films. British horror movies are the tackiest horror we'd still be playing around Glasgow, waiting movies that you can think of, which I find are bril­ for our big chance. Northern Britain liantly made. There's so much that I love about How did you get discovered? re-emphasizes why Teenage Fanclub them — that's where it all started for me. I'm real­ We did it in a very punk-rock, DIY way. We just ly not interested in the gothic aspect of it at all; decided to turn up at gigs and play. We never sent are at least three times better than most bands - I'm interested in the cinematic version of vam­ out any demo tapes to any labels. We waited until pires. Christopher Lee is this actor who has we put records out ourselves. We made people three adept, distinctive and complimentary songwriters. played Dracula in 30 or 40 films. He's the British come to us. Essentially, we discovered ourselves. Most bands are lucky to have one. equivalent of Bela Lugosi, but much better look­ When we were on Top Of The Pops, we were on Add this to your pop/alternative collection. ing. Since I was very young, I've been obsessed there without a record deal, which was the first with Christopher Lee and his horror films. I would­ time that had ever happened. We are actually in n't really encourage the Marilyn Manson goth- the Guinness Book of World Records now, I think. ihing. I wouldn't want them coming to our shows, We got recognition through our fanzines, making thinking that we're some sort of vampire cult. contacts rather than hoping that a record label What is your take on the Brit-Pop scene would find us. We did it ourselves. at present. Who do you like? Does your name mean anything? I have problems with most British bands. I suppose Yeah, in certain languages. It means 'Encore' in that the only British band that I really respect and Spanish and Latin. At classical concerts, in what­ deeply love is Blur. Everyone else I have the occa­ ever century, people would shout 'Bis!' if they want­ sional problem with. I don't have too many problems ed the orchestra to play more. with Oasis, except that I think they make dull records So it's not some catchy little word then. and say a lot of stupid stuff. The real people I have Well, it is in English ... so it does have some mean­ problems with are bands like Kula Shaker and ing, but nothing particularly dramatic.*' Jeff: It's very interesting what they're doing. I kinda enjoy reading it occasionally, it's like ... you know, my little non-cybernetic way of lurking, I guess. Somebody gives it to me and I read it, so I can't say anything back. But usually I don't want to, anyway [laughs], you know? But I'm going to get a computer some time and then maybe I'll talk to somebody. What do you think about the community that's out there? Do you think they're pretty much like the ones you've met on the road?... Carl. In a way, this is just another way for fans to BRAVE COMBO is one of those genre-bend­ get close to us, and we appreciate that a lot, you ing bands that breathes new life into the know. It's a cliche, but without the fan support, we wouldn't be existing, at least the way we are. overused adjective "eclectic." Since We wouldn't be a band that's able to get out and 1979 when they first surfaced in Denton, play, you know. Uh ... but we've dealt with odd, Texas (a college town near Dallas) as a uh [smiles], fans, and odd collections of fans, and I mean that in an affectionate way. 'Cause there "nuclear polka band," BC has broken have been pretty amazing, surprising things over stylistic barriers like no one else. The eth­ the years that we've dealt with and have seen, nic sources of Brave Combo's style span and have experienced. This is interesting more to me in the bigger picture, because it seems ... I the globe and include polkas, mambos, don't know, you don't really want to get me talk­ two-steps, salsa, merengue, ska, zyde- ing too much ... co, the twist, acid rock, bubblegum, and It's been really interesting watching this even Muzak. They were quite possibly community evolve on-line. I mean, you've got your people that like to take the ultimate "World Beat" band long up a lot of airtime, you have the ones before the term was coined. that are really shy, you've got the ones that are real smart-asses ... Jeff: Who? [laughs] Are we gonna name names? Joe: You obviously know who we're talking

Carl: For us, that can reach a scarier level, you WU&A know? When you think about it, we are up in the In terms of musical influences, what did and you grow up in the '50s — you don't ques­ lights, elevated ... The internet doesn't keep out by Val Cormier you all listen to growing up? tion it as much as people do now, but a lot of it crazy people ... Danny: A lot of older rock V roll. I got my sis­ wasn't sinking in quite right. But the music was Joe: That's the other thing ... the person that's ter's records, and then when I started playing great, the hymns were great, and I can see the causing problems: everyone else that's interact­ rave Combo's musical collaborations are trumpet I listened to mainly jazz music. I didn't influence that the well-structured hymns had on ing with him or her on the list is probably not equally as diverse as their compositions and hear polkas until I got into Brave Combo. my listening preference. It's funny that hymns going to go to that person's town and be in a sit­ e include contributions to the soundtrack of Bubba: I was fortunate that my parents had very kinda led me to polkas. Someday I might talk to uation where they could be confronted or what­ David Byrne's film True Stories, writing music for international ears. My mom would, you know, some preachers about that... ever. Whereas we're looking at the itinerary and the 1994 Olympic performance of US ice turn me on to a lot of musicals and a lot of inter­ Was it a little bit like coming back to goin': wow, a week and a half from now we're dancers Elizabeth Punsalan and Jerod Swallow national music and Dad pretty much had the your roots in some ways when you there, and this person could come out and do and a 1996 release, Girl, recorded with Tiny Tim. Mexican radio on all the time. My older sisters started listening to polkas? whatever Their performing career has taken them to venues actually saw Elvis shows and my big brother was Carl: Oh ... why the polkas? Carl: Some of that you have to accept, because as diverse as rock clubs, state fairs, polka festi kind of on the tail end of acid hippiedom, so I Yeah, the polkas ... because you made your job, you know, depends on a certain popu­ vals, parades (including Macy's Thanksgiving got all the Cream and Jimi Hendrix. My grandfa­ the connection initially between polkas larity for you to be able to do it. But we have had Day Parade, marching underneath Woody ther wrote a bunch of polkas and waltzes and and hymns. to deal with our own fair share of crazy people. Woodpecker), mental institutions (their first tour) stuff, so a lot of the music that Brave Combo was Carl: I think that just the tonality of that makes Danny: Not because of the internet, I mean that and weddings (including David Byrne s). playing was, you know, being played in my liv­ sense to me; the sense of where chords will go would happen even without it. It connects people DiSCORDER spoke with Carl Finch [guitar, ing room. and a chord progression, and the sense of in parts of the country that would not normally vocals, keyboards], Cenobio Xavier (Bubba) So you were born in the tradition, but you how melody works in a most stable way when connect, but it's just another way to get fan mail, Hernandez [bass, tuba], Jeffrey Barnes [clarinet, didn't think white guys were doing it? you don't mess with it a whole lot. You let it or to get people talking about the band. saxophone, harmonica, didgeridoo, etc.], Bubba: Well, I heard them doing it at one point, follow a very believable, predictable flow. That Joe: It's giving people a reason to travel to a Danny O'Brien [trumpet], Joe Cripps [percussion] but I didn't realize, you know, that they were sin­ I see a real connection in. But the reason I got show, some of these people that would normally and Greg Beck [drums] before a recent San cere, and that they really had the heart. I just into polkas was the result of trying to ... um, not fly across the country just to go see Brave Francisco-area show. There's a good chance never thought about playing this kind of music in change myself and how I viewed things —my Combo. If they know that, well, I'm not just they'll be in our area again this year (sans Tiny, front of people with the aesthetic that it's being perception of things. And realizing that to gonna see Brave Combo, I'm also gonna see of course). played with, and also for the audience that it embrace polka music was to take on the most these friends of mine who are in that part of the plays for. I mean, I've played plenty of rancheros maligned form of music and try to find if in fact country, and we're all gonna go see Brave How would you describe your music to and cumbias and polkas in front of Mexican there was something that was so beautiful Combo, and do whatever else in the process ... someone who's never heard it before? folks, or in more traditional settings, but never about it, because it was so deeply buried artd we've got some of the biggest corporations in Carl: Well, you're in a better position than I am ... necessarily thought about playing in a rock club. under all this prejudice. And it just came back the country, really, using their resources to pro­ But how would you describe what you But the fortunate thing about the whole Mexican- at me like a flood. mote Brave Combo. do? American thing is that it recycles real easy. You guys have a really interesting fan Danny: We got a printout once of all the people Carl: That's really hard, because you can't sum it So ... whereabouts did you grow up, discussion list [on the internet] which who've been lurking ... people who hit the page up in a sentence. Part of what we're about is and what were you listening to as a I've followed for awhile. It's my under­ without actually writing in, and there's a pretty dealing with short attention spans, and we all young tyke? standing that Danny and Joe keep a good portion of government workers. have short attention spans. One of the main rea­ Carl: I grew up in Texarkana, which is right on close eye on the comings and goings Your tax dollars at work! sons we jump around a lot is that we're a band in the Texas-Arkansas border; straddles it. And I lis­ there and keep the rest of the group Jeff: [coughs] Uh, yeah, they're watching us, the '90s, and there are certain aspects of that you tened to a lot of hymns for a long time, I was in informed. How about those of you yeah ... [sinister laughter]* have to accept. Even the slowest people live a the church ... who aren't 'Internet-enabled?' Any fast lifestyle in the '90s; you can t really go Was that by choice? general impressions on this whole fan [Brave Combo's website is located at against that. Carl: No, it was, you know, you're in Texarkana list thing? http://brave.com/bo] 12 October 1997 bored fast. Most panellists seem pompous and egocentric I vow to not play the music industry

CMlMusicFest @ We go to Brownies to see the Danielson Family They _. **by Siobhan Twin Stars, CiTR Music Director come on stage wearing white scrubs and nurses uniforms They he College Music Journal lobby I have seen in a very long ently the show is all about blow me away — the girls have (CMJ) Music Marathon/ time. The staff are dressed in breakin' barriers. It consists of coordinated moves for all the 7 MusicFest/FilmFest is an op­ black and the men have this '90s four Pentecostal percussion songs and one smiles really big portunity for a few thousand in­ Miami Vice thing going [i.e. blaz­ preachers (The Gelcaps), soul all the time. Everyone is sweat­ dustry people to gel together and ers wifh t-shirts). I feel like I'm clapping, jumping and hanging ing and having a lot of fun. We try to force their views, record la­ doing something wrong and am from the ceiling. The keyboardist head back to Tramps for the Drag bels, bands etc. on you. If you're about to gel in big trouble has very nice James Brown City showcase. I love Drag City dumb (like me) you go to CMJ Jeff finally arrives in the lobby moves. Everyone's favourite, but this girl wants to rock, not fall headquarters Lincoln Center on with the good news that there are Blonde Redhead, are up next. asleep Neil Hamburger is the the first day and wait in line for only to be four of us in the room, One drunk audience member MC I'm not sure if he's actually hours to pick up your pass You which is small and completely yells out, "Psychedelic Fuck here or if it's pretaped He inter­ also get a huge bag full views the audience be­ of crappy CDs and tween sets and people Friday, Sep­ magazines which all end tell him he sucks and to tember 5 up in the garbage. But fuck off. I can't remem­ The Flaming hey, the conference is ber Aerial Man or Lips Experi­ held in the best place to Appendix Out ex ment is the high­ spend your time and cept that they lacked light of the conference. Wayne ever. Of course, there is plenty money: New York City. stage presence and Coyne and company gives out of room inside. I manage to catch And there are some sounded indie rock in 100 boom boxes to each of the Elliot Smith. He looks really pretty cool shows in spite the worst possible way. participants They then hand out rough and rock 'n' roll, but a of the plethora of indus­ Masaki Batoh (of a series of numbered tapes to test sound problem causes him to try types and the just Ghost) does a solo their concept Wayne Coyne dic­ hide his head in hands all the plain annoying people acoustic performance. tates from a megaphone and eve­ while proclaiming, "You're mak­ CiTR President Ryan and He has really long hair, ryone has to turn on their stereo ing me fuck up!" He appears I skipped the first week baggy pants and no at the exact same time. Then each quite vulnerable, or is that some of school for six days of shoes. His performance of the hundred stereos go off in indie rock boy schtick? rock V roll, shopping is immaculate but I keep sequence listing the numbers in Star sightings: Pavement boy and schmoozing. wishing that something order. Minutes of silence ends (you know, the one with the re­ — anything — would with the announcement: "The Test ally round head who looks stoned happen ... it didn't. Tuesday, September 2 is now complete," upon which and dirty all the time). Chestnut Station is Armed with 5000 busi­ each stereo chimes in until the Rian Murphy's ness cards, Ryan and I room fills up with a hundred ro­ Saturday, S project. He really looks arrive at JFK airport just botic voices. And that's just the The Cooler, despite its rv like a Rian Murphy: red before 9pm. I forgot to fest! The real experiment consists way too hot. Unless you're stand­ shaggy hair, stocky order the vegetarian of a story that begins on the drum­ ing right up front it is kind of hard build, and a slight beer meal and consequently mer's stereo, "We have three to get a good view of whot is belly. One word sums received something that dogs lhat love to chew stuff up going on on stage. Comet Gain up this performance: was supposed to be ..." Different stereos in different are an English band that trade goofy. He dances around with a chicken. Oppressive, hot, and parts of the room then complete off female and male vocals a la white. The bell boy forces me to Rockl" I couldn't have said it bet­ tambourine. Elements of Voice muggy air greets us outside. I am the sentence. At different times Huggy Bear. Actually, they are tip, despite the fact my one bag ter myself. The twin brothers Culture, aka Cynthia Dall, really worried that I'll be sweat­ various background noises kick kinda like Huggy Bear without the has wheels on it and he acciden­ weird me out and the singer/gui­ makes the evening more enjoy­ ing profusely the whole trip. in (i.e. choir, backyard noises) fuck you attitude and well, they tally crushed me with the room tarist stands kinda weird but is able. She comes out dressed like until things get really fucked up and weren't as good. The Great I am very worried that our door. I wait for him to leave, he very endearing. We leave before a stable boy. All but one song is there're jusf weird noises. Everything Unraveling and the Rock A sleeping arrangements will not waits for me to tip. He ends up Unwound. new. Edith Frost follows wifh an ends in a big crescendo of noise. It Teens play and are uninterest­ work out. This whole trip depends winning. Star sightings: Chloe Sevigny equally short but sweet set. She is very exciting. My tape is labelled ing. All I can remember is that on the fact that I can free-ride with Roseland is a really big, is quiet without being boring, a Big Ol' Bug. The Flaming Lips will they are kind of garage. I move Jeff from Virgin. Apparently, there Wednesday, September 3 ugly place. Before entering the definite trap that some Drag City be releasing a fourCD set and up to the front for Cold Cold will be six of us staying at the I get my pass after a couple of "biggest live electronic showcase bands seem to be trapped in. all the CDs have to be played at Hearts (where I stumble upon Paramount. The only thing I've hours and eagerly organize the to ever hit New York City," I no­ Gastr del Sol (aka David fhe same time — so get your none other than The Smug­ heard about this hotel is that it whole trip — hence I become tice the disclaimer signs, i.e. if Grubbs, no Jim O'Rourke) friends together. gler's Grant Lawrence). They are has really, really small rooms. known as the planner. Ryan's you are killed or hurt that's no comes on and is so fucking bor­ good but not as fun as they were The bus driver drops us off niche turns out to be navigation. one's problem but your own. It's ing I nearly go insane. Just lots An insane cab ride takes us at Yoyo A Go Go. I couldn't get one block from our hotel, right in We go to the best record store in really bright inside and there are of plucking on his acoustic gui­ through rush hour traffic. No cabs the full effect of Alison Wolfe's the middle of Times Square. We the world (picture Vancouver's some people dancing in that tar. He has on this tight, brown pay any attention to lanes or pe­ stage aerobics because there is walk down the block until we are Scratch Records for a city of 20 dumb rave/aerobics way. I un­ turtleneck that looks skin-coloured destrians. At one point it seems a European punk rock couple magically ushered into the "funki­ million), where I spend an ob­ derstand why Ecstasy is neces­ under the lights. I keep noticing like we are going way too fast blocking my view. Miranda est" and nicest looking hotel scene amount of money. I feel as sary. Death in Vegas play and how weird the shirt makes his through traffic so I peek at the July is the surprise guest of the if my mission here suck in every way possible. Wa­ body look. You can really see his speedometre and much to my evening. She adopts the persona ter is $3 and Aphex Twin is nipples and it makes him look like horror (and delight) we are go­ of #42 ond the audience be­ not on until 2am I go back to the he has breasts. Up comes King ing 70 miles/hour. It kinda feels comes the band Auction 85. see features Un­ hotel to rest. During Aphex Twin Kong, another exercise in like being in a videogame. Communication from #42 and wound, Blonde two big, fuzzy, orange and green goofiness. Next, please. We go to an open bar indus­ Auction 85 is carried out via Redhead, The bears come on stage to dance. try party where the High Lla­ walkie talkie. Miranda July is Delta 71 and I'm not sure if they are trying to We leave to catch the mas play. Everyone talks about spooky and in a sense confron­ Modest Mouse fuck or kill each other. I overhear Danielson Family (see above) themselves. Thai dinner with a tational without treading on at Tramps. It someone saying that Aphex Twin and return to catch the tail end label rep is ditched after about Lydia Lunch territory. I like feels like I've seen was really weird — a promising of Royal Trux. Jennifer 20 others decide to come too. I Miranda July because she doesn't Modest Mouse a sign. Yes, electronic music can Herrema looks like a heavy metal really want Thai food, but not with turn herself into a comedian (i.e. hundred times in suck just as bad as rock V roll, amazon cowboy and there is a a college rep from every state in Henry Rollins) nor is her work the past month. but Aphex Twin impressed me. small Asian guy on lead guitar. I America. Instead I spend the big an exercise in self-indulgence or Their set goes like Star sightings: Kathleen Rajsp have no idea what is going on. $5 on a stirfry (records come from MuchMusic's Fax.' self-absorption. Oh, the this Ihev A Silver Joos (sic) tribute ends before food). Peechees come on and rock hard. then it s •ms like We walk home and fall with a very special appearance The Cooler hosts the legen­ hit the asleep to a party next door and by the elusive Dave Berman; I dary Silver Apples. Simeon fastforv rd but- wake up to the maid and early guess I'm supposed to feel privi­ looks like an old hippy (which I During most of the CMJ Music , then the morning drilling. leged or something. And then guess he is) and he has that Neil Marathon, I couldn't remember wind button and (yes there's even more!) Smog Young bandana look going. His what I did the nighl before (hence then it all stops. Thursday, September 4 comes on and makes everyone setup is insane and his vocals are I left a lot of stuff out), I got very The Delta 72 I decide to walk around NY in look like amateurs. The Drag City still really annoying. little sleep and I don't remember come on and heat my platform sandals — bad idea. house band translates the rich The line-up outside the Up and eating much either. But it was fun things up. Appar- I go to some panels and get songs from Red Apple Falls well. Kill Rock Stars showcase lasts for­ *3 mgrnsti ue P. Fox. Musician, spoken- word performer, comic-book artist. Modern renaissance woman? Nah. Just a woman who likes what she does: liv­ ing in Olympia, performing witSh the band Refect Refect, trying to get the offices of Kill Rock Stars into order, sit­ ting around and hanging out Saturday, July 19 (day five of Yoyo A Go Go 1997), Sue and I sat down and hung out roadside while the Lakefair parade went by, and in between the cheerleader columns and dancing bears and singing woodchucks I managed to get twenty questions out of her. It wasn't hard. She's quite personable, really. Just sit down and talk to her. ML o i) Wk*t s y< Sue P. Fox. z) Wkat's your mst friendship, because we hated each other so because I'm so busy imagining how great much, that we thought the best way to deal it's gonna be, so ... j) Htve you lived m Glyn I guess, guitar. with our friendship was to be in a band so ®© we'd have structured events to do together Do I like Lakefair? The older I get, the more not, from wUiMt @ but we'd never have to deal with the other. I lived here from the time I was eight years I like it. Actually, you get such a better atti­ Isn't that good?! tude that it makes even stuff like this toler­ i,) If you could be m*kiH$ old and I moved from eastern Washington, O from White Salmon. Hicksville, USA. A very, able. That was a really horrible feeling, you w*wt, wk*t wc very, very small town. Everything was really Spaghetti and any form of hot sauce and walking through life and hating everything small. My mom taught at the school. We vegetables. Not just the noodles. Like noo­ around you. I definitely have done that one had this woman who was our taxi driver, dles, and all sorts of hot sauce. I crave hot enough times. ;) Do you liki? c* [she] was just a local woman who actually sauce. I'll put jalapenos mixed with garlic o® just had a station wagon. But then my P.E. and hot sauce on top of each other, with Why do I have to move back to Olympia &) wktf's one of ycu teacher was also my first grade teacher, my another kind of hot sauce — like Tabasco and open my front door and live only a gymnastics instructor and my swim instruc­ — on top with red peppers. I'm insane block and a half from the actual capitol 7) Wkfck m*n most msfn tor during the summer. about it. building. That's the most epitomized thing o • in Olympia. How can I live that close to it? $) How IOH$ k*vt» ycu beev The Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison and The That's what I want to know. Why? Science. Science. I don't feel good about making money off of art. I don't know if I'll Passion, by Jeanette Winterson. ®© did you ever reconcile that. Research, or something. (DO Who? Miranda July, who! Just going out there and doing something There'd have to be a writing utensil, then o©

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haela Maricich is an amazing woman. She is a powerhouse of K cool, a live conduit of fun. She makes art, co-runs an investigation agency and has a B.A. in puppetry. In addition, she plays the ukelele and sings more beautifully than anyone I've heard in years. After I'd seen her play Yoyo A Go Go and she made me swoon with her song about the Most Dangerous Boy In Olympia, I asked her if she would play Twenty Questions rumewt of choice? with me and she agreed. On that sunny Saturday afternoon, we met in the A\>i* *ll your life awtl If shady grove next to K Records, chatted Nikki really is inspiring, because she makes and just generally enjoyed life. There money off her art. She does it and she's very I think it's just trying to find a place to live and i did you move? was really nothing else to be done. polite and very diplomatic and very nice. figure out how to do it and how to afford it. © The project of making all my projects work at money off of wk*tt?w I've been making music for three years, but once, you know? How to make money, that's before that I thought about it, like, after I a really big question, 'cause my parents were My name is Mikhaela Yvonne Maricich, but uld you be do'mq? graduated from high school. This little boy I supporting me all through college and I'm usually I go by Khaela Maricich. was babysitting — he was two — he was a just out. The project of coordinating every­ ke 6Ktl ctndy? © really funny kid, and he had this stick and thing, so that it all works at once. My instrument of choice? Lyrics are my he said it was his Hot Horn. And I was like, O® ___< 'I'm going to have a band and I'm going to r favourite words? favourite instrument, as far as music goes. That's a really hairy question. The reason it's name it Hot Horn!' And then I asked my (D a hairy question is I'm not really sure how I friends if they wanted to be in a band with I grew up in Seattle, on Queen Anne, and I feel about love right now. I have too much es you? Which worn**? me and name it Hot Horn and they were really don't like Seattle any more, because confusion, anxiety about it, about different like, 'Yeah, sure,' but I didn't know how to it's really fakey-phoney. I moved here to go people. But one person, the first time I saw i ttf*klH$ music for? How play anything or do anything, but the idea to Evergreen [College]. So, I've lived here their bedroom, I knew I loved them and kinda stuck with me, like, 'Oh, I could prob­ four years. And between that I was an that I would love them a long time. So, that stmt? ably write songs,' and I've always played exchange student in Denmark. was love at first bedroom sight. Maybe it's with words, so that's [the] core of it, making because I knew — I could see — how this lyrics. Then my friend had a talent show and Ae, wk*t do you cooh for o person lived by their bedroom. I could see I wanted to do something that I'd never Omigod, since I graduated, I think about it something about what they made around done before, so I decided to get a ukelele _•» a lot. Well, I really like to sell drawings that them. They weren't there when I saw it, and and write a song with it and I wrote a song I make — I mean, that would be nice, then I kind of knew, 'This person makes a and I liked it. tfivour ite booh? 'cause they're nice and I like them and peo­ world that I want to live in, too.' A world (SI. ple will like them on their walls, right? And that matches mine. '\dwd dwd cdw only fok? I'm actually starting to make lamps and sell I usually cook some potatoes. I boil them. O® them. I'm going to have a lamp show in Then I make a little bit of salad, and I make October at the Art Walk. So I'd like to make I'm chewing my nails. — wk*t dre they? j2 salad dressing with olive oil and balsalmic money off making lamps. Nobody makes ®@ vinegar. It's very predictable. And then I money off of selling paintings so I don't >lvm$ pofwt, currently? put some walnuts on. Kale and potatoes, I try. Yeah. I feel best that way. really care about that. Making lamps, sell­ basically. ®© ing drawings, and having commissions or ! *t f if $t *i$kt? Wky or © Because we like you. grants to make drawings. Yeah. And to tot? make children's books. I'd like that, and Kenny's Window by Maurice Sendak. ®© puppet shows. It's kind of not a children's book. It's in I don't know. I don't think there is a one. the children's book section, but it's kind ®© K vices? Wk*t tre they? of dark. I like that natural kind of cake, with the O® I live in Olympia. >o? whole wheat flour. Candy? Nah. Sure. O® © I would take my Keeper — my reusable menstrual cup — because then I would be As organically as possible. With as much 'Epoch'. free from the scourge of having to buy love in what you're doing as possible. With w> i ® tampons and pads, because there would­ as little plans for the future about it, and as Well, there's obviously not just one. Today n't be any available on the island. God, much investment in the moment of it. ko? S I'll dedicate to Nikki [McClure] and Tae anything you'd bring would run out, that's ©@ lere? [Won Yu]. I think Tae is really inspiring, the thing. I'd bring a cast-iron pan and a I don't know. I imagined myself being a kid because he goes to concerts and draws pic­ flint. Maybe I'd bring pen and paper: a when I was in high school, and I guess I'm a tures while he's there. Like, just sits around book, a huge book. Empty. I'd take back kid now too. I don't have any advice for and draws, you know? And his perfor­ the cast-iron pan and I'd say a huge empty anyone my age. When I think of advice, I mances are really ... I like his energy. It's book and a pen, if those count as one. think of high school — what I wish I knew. offer tkt? kftU of today... really exciting to be a part of, and he makes Course, it would probably get ruined on Listen to Jason Traeger. Listen to his songs money off his visual art, and does visual art the way back, when I had to swim — when and see him in person if you can. He gave and musical [art], and the same with Nikki. I had to float back. lots of advice and I dug it.« 15 nm&smsis WHERE IS NOT WHAT YOU WEAR have a problem. I am trying to deal with the idea of than a bundle of words. And also less than any affective whimsy. absolute fiction? What is the function of failh? Answer faith. I do not believe in god. I don't know if I ever really But without the words, or the affective sense of them, would I still all these questions yourself. Ihave, although I was raised Anglican — I have spent my Hme have my faith? Would it be the same? Is faith whatever is de­ I want to avoid the spiritual side to all this. Faith is more a snoozing in the pews, thank you. At times I have pangs of fear, manded of the situation? The micropolitics of faith, the faith of matter of my good friend's chronically bad back, than it is some of pure dread, regarding my mortality, but not unreasonably so. everydayness. Right again. airy, misty, floaty, kind of affair. I can't stand a faith that says And these fleering thoughts hardly qualify as faith in god; they Faith is at every rest-stop along the TransCanada highway. It "that's it" without regarding anything but faith as universal, never are usually context specific: "that guy is going to kill me" kind of is also in every overcoat; but faith in the overcoat itself is a temp outside itself. This is like denial. And even here it doesn't bother stuff. I never just fear life itself. In this sense, I am not afraid to die, tation for unpleasantness, a solitary beating, or so I've read. to say, "I have faith because I have conditional faith;" indeed it but this is not to say I am in a hurry to stop living (now that I am Fate vs. faith, both in the same comer. Faith unto death, you bet. can't — this is how it is faith in spite of itself. Contrary to the far enough out of my teens, that is). And so, faith has become a I am spelling out f-a-i+h, although it is not faith — this is not faith. dictionary, I think faith is all about proof, even if it is of a fleeting, question to me, a big question. How can it be that we have Finding change in your dirty pants. A punch in the arm. Last amorphous yet contingent happenstance. Not specific nor rela­ faith? And why the leap from faith to just god? Yes, that leap, but night's leftovers reheated to become this night's main dish. Peo­ tive, but with a foot in both camps, just the same. In between. not in the predictable direction here. Rather, the leap into faith. Is ple screaming in the streets, "Fuck you, I'll kill you, I have a gun, This is the commonplace, miraculous side of faith. It is real in the it a leap away from the world, a sufficient lie, or a world in itself? you're dead, fuck you!" The retelling of someone else's story. sense that I am real, and thus false in the sense that I am false. It Faith in meaninglessness, or whatever. The lust for life. Forgetting everyone's name. A bee-sting. My is material and ideational. Faith is an endless, nameless kind of My concern here is to try and justify a foundation for moral crazy neighbour. Being suspicious of history books, but some­ thing that is very intimate and particular. It is paradoxical be­ conduct, not for faith in god. That could be your business, if you how proud of history. Playing with dogs. Building a great snow cause it is human, all too human. Spiritual explanations are func­ wish. For me, this will be a philosophical task. God in this re­ fort. Warm soup. Accidentally ignoring your best friend. Danc­ tional, but I don't find them particularly responsible. They are spect becomes a symbolic or rhetorical notion, an allusion to a ing in private. More than sex. A slow day spent dozing. Break­ more like a crutch than a bdder. At some friends' recent wed­ consistent outside point from which our actions can be deter­ ing a teacup. Showing up late or on time for whatever. Falling ding, the attending priest described ritualized rites of passage - mined. So much mythology. But it is such a heavy word and asleep at a movie theatre. A typewriter. A flower pot. A fresh cut. - such as weddings — as being like a liminal space, a place concept — too simple for many, not complex enough for others. Be-ing. Etc. I know that I cannot clearly know faith in these exam­ where inside and outside distinctions are momentarily suspended, I could just as easily say Nirvana, or void — that always strikes ples, because it is (not) there, in as much as I have faith. Faith in in that they reveal themselves to one another through the tap­ a chord, but it doesn't get me any closer to understanding. Un­ mechanical reproduction, even. ping mediation of meaning. But belief in his god ensured/se­ derstanding may be the problem with cured his faith in the three-sided sce­ faith, actually. As such, even philoso nario he described, which was, for phy may not be of much assistance him, separated by a flapping divine here; particularly my armchair brand, My dictionary — the Concise Oxford Die- curtain (Father, Son, Holy Ghost). formed from numerous 3/4 read tionary says thi: about faith: Faith From my perspective, however, all books and many conversations. The n. 1 . reliance or trust in; belief that interests me is the flapping ofthe curtains — indeed, the curtain itself failure to reconcile the reference for (pin one's on, faith — my failh — is exactly what is founded on authority, is a question; not as a scientist, how­ challenging me. The precious briet put one's in, believ implicitly). 2 . ever, as a fool. Would I place faith ness of the human act is challenging (Theol) belief in religious doctrines, in meaning-making, in the curtain that flaps to show that it is care­ me. My ethics are challenging me. esp. such as affects character and con­ The "you" and the "them" I imagine fully woven? duct, spiritual apprehension of divine are challenging me. I feel faith move I once had a dream that I was in around like a memory. No metaphysi­ truth apart from proof; system of reli­ the back of a large truck that cal deadends or abstract theoretical gious belief (the Christian, Jewish, was spinning out of control. And diversions, just a falling into faith, it is faith; Defender of the Faith; the ~, the all this stuff in the back of the always waiting. A rumour of truth. A true religion); things (to be) believed; truck was falling on me. It was skipping record — each time to some­ intense. In the dream, I was me, thing different, although familiar. (arch) in ~, by my ~, etc. (in assevera­ seeing the world from my per­ Every newspaper headline in­ tion). 3. promise, engagement, (give, spective, while I could also see forms faith. So does every dim win­ keep, one's faith; break faith with); myself inside the truck from out­ side and, then, I could also see dow, every tower of gbss, every door­ (observance of) duty to fulfill trust, way. All the sidewalks and roads. But the entire truck from above — to speak about it is to recognize the promise, etc., (good ~, honesty of in­ the third party position. But I failure of words to capture something tention; bad ~, intent to deceive; Pu­ never saw the driver. I was very fluid. Language does what it does. nic ~, treachery). 4 . ~-cure, -curer, - young at the time and was sleeping in the same room as Or, otherwise in reverse, in order to healing, -healer, (acting by prayer , make up suspicion, always to be con­ my older sister. So while I was firmed, by placing it against a mir­ not drugs etc.). CME, f. AF fed, f. OF envisioning myself in the back ror: faith-loop. The same non-place, f e i d (pr . fath) f. L fides:. of this truck, in the real world I that is, utopia, is to be (not) found. was sifting up in bed looking out But I can still walk past faith at a bus of a window, murmuring some­ stop, seen without looking, of course, right in front of my eyes. A Faith: trust. Reliance. Belief. Engagement. Observance. In­ thing or another that I now can't remember. This scared faith in every open book that is only equalled by a faith in every tention. Acting. I have taken these words — that I like for faith, the shit out of my sister, who got up in a hurry, and dragged cbsed book. Are we forever falling in and out of faith? Faith in that I liken to faith — from the dictionary entry, but not as a final me, and her mattress — yes, at the same time — into our shadows? Can I trust myself? To know is always a moment too authority. For what about doubt and change and flux and inter­ mother's room down the hall. Once woken up I was bewil­ late, a passing into something ancillary to faith. The imminent action and so on? Faith is and/also, not either/or; but onfy dered, and so was our mom. Twenty years later, it's kind of moment is impossible to recognize, yet common in the past tense, because it is, if we want it to be or not, yet not in spite of us, funny, in a family-only sort of way. From the same window while also completely average to every gesture in the time-be­ rather, for us. So is my faith different than your faith? What that I looked out of in a dream state, I later, and completely ing. I recognize faith in the contingent and feel it floating in the would result if we met and discussed the issue? What if my faith consciously, watched some ambulance attendants take our general. But each definition, from whichever perspective, reduces made your faith while your faith made my faith? That is, do our next door neighbour's body from her house; she had hung it to a mere example, generalizable — either theoretical or aes­ faiths determine oneanother at the moment of meeting? Is faith herself in the basement. I remember that she had a picture of thetic. Do we really live and lead by example? Is faith an accu­ in dialogue? Does faith exist onfy for the moment, or does it exist the devil sitting on a toilet hanging on her kitchen wall, the mulation? Or a fever pitch? around whatever moment? Is it faith in, or faith of, or faith is? Like famous one of Beelzebub. I used to see it, looking in from her Faith comes in tiny movements and big demonstrations. It is bumper-stickers. Is having faith also recognizing not having faith, back door, which she always left open in the summertime, concrete and particular, and spectral and without body. It is in or allowing both conditions to blur? Is there more than one kind when I walked to and from home. I have faith in my sister, your cupboards — right now, ten minutes ago, and ten minutes of faith? Does faith emanate from nothing or from everywhere? but I never knew our neighbour. More to come, hang on.» from now. It is not jusf a net or network. And it is always more It is substantive — expressing existence. Is it a fiction, the mr. kitty poulin 16 October 1997 anything of her childhood be­ so important, why he is in this Sometimes, however, self- liefs. Obsessed both by his spir- strangely familiar place, and obsession can destroy every­ who truly is important to him. thing. Douglas Cooper's Am­ beauly of the princess — now The ensuing comedy of errors nesia travels the serpentine n her late teens — Honda seeks is Kafkaesque dreamlike, sav­ paths of the human mind dis- either s the r* agely amusing, and fearfully ring all the horrid corrup- carnation of his friend and his disturbing Ob­ mentor, in which case he can­ serving his ac- not seduce her, or that she was merely a confused child, so he afar, he com­ might. His wife, enduring a le- mits gaucheries gitimate ailment (unlike Algren's Sophie), unaware of self, involves NELSON ALGREN for a dog and other demands or and disturbing work of frank and uninterested in her hus­ himself in the The Man with the Golden placate her with dreams of his brutality. (There is the occa­ band's beliefs, merely thinks he most glaring Arm (Seven Stories) joining a big band like Gene sional hard-won laugh.) One desires the young princess. contempt for JOHN BANVILLE Krupa and renouncing his hood­ proviso: a knowledge of Eng­ Honda, from his hidden panel, The Book of Evidence and lum habits. Young Molly, long- lish slang wouldn't hurt. protocol and spies all varieties of deception proper behaviour, and exempli­ Athena (Minerva) suffering despite her short time Infatuation, the desire to and "immoral behaviour" within fies a horrifying disinterest be­ man, Izzy Darlow, DOUGLAS COOPER on earth, creeps into every non- possess that which cannot n guest yond his current desires. Ryder of his obsession with himself, Amnesia (Random House) junk-related thought. She alone be possessed, affects us all and his infatuation wifh a young KAZUO ISHIGURO can save him from morphine, at some time. In the loosely woman, Katie. Izzy doesn't The Unconsoled (Vintage) guilt and himself. But the weight linked The Book of Evi­ spare his audience from dis­ JOHN KING of the obsessions of others con­ dence and Athena, John comfort, freely unburdening The Football Factory (Vin­ spires against them creating an Banville explores two himself of the tage) overwhelming atmosphere of modes of this destructive , of lable YUKIO MISHIMA hopeless misery. One is certain desire. In the first novel, dreams clash with acts that destroy his family, his The Temple of Dawn (Vintage) none will escape their desires. Freddie Montgomery re­ The characters are alternately lates how a painting, studied apathy, but girlfriends —everyone — for all die when con­ the sake of prestige. Katie, bsession a feeling of despicable and caring, but are Portrait of a Woman fronted by Ryder's ob­ a young psychiatric pa­ powerlessness, derived always human. Though lovers with Gloves, invokes him to session to go beyond tient, presents Izzy with a from many possible of Hemingway might find it steal it from his old comrade's room of his O country cottage. The conclusion, everything and every­ beautiful world into which sources, translated into desire for too ver- bose and house, during the execution of unexpected but well-crafted, is one. When he becomes aware he intrudes. A new cycle of control that can never be truly those of which he murders a maid. entirely as it ought to be: po­ of his exceptional power over despair forms. Cooper, attained. Addiction is a prevalent Burroughs •villa etic, beautiful, but potentially the citizenry, he abuses it merely however, manages to main­ form and has been well-docu­ find it dam* to test its limits. In the end he tain Izzy's sympathetic mented in twentieth century fic­ infuriating. It is deservedly a manages to offend everyone character despite his tion, most notably by the late classic of world literature. Self-obsession is more likely who might have aided him, as bastardry through powerful William S. Burroughs and the well to destroy others than oneself. any self-obsessed bastard does. comparatively recent Irvine d e - pie de­ In The Unconsoled, Kazuo Ishiguro's disarmingly simple portrayals. Verging occa­ Welsh. Infatuation, fhe most tective Ishiguro introduces Ryder, a conversational style conveys sionally on the fantastic. common type, has been a part the first Na­ story. world-renowned pianist, to peo­ much in few words and permits Amnesia guides the reader of world culture since its begin­ tional Book Award (in _ Aft ple and a city he cannot remem­ the reader to feel some sympa­ directly into Izzy's fall from ning and is something with 1949). all, Montgomery ber but who know him well. He thy for his arrogant, pretentious every decent emotion into which we are all familiar. Spir­ John King's The Football fessing from his prison cell. In­ struggles to discover why he is protagonist. itual obsession, from reli- Factory examines machismo stead, Banville's lyrical writing across the Pond. An episodic spurs his reader along the thin novel reminiscent of ridge between sanity and folly both The until one can understand — al­ Man with the most condone — Montgomery's Golden Arm cruel deeds. Athena finds Montgomery again, released Trainspotting, and under the name of Morrow. it wanders into Still, criminality and art sur­ fhe society of round his life — he is asked to football hooli­ identify and value a number of paintings for a shifty stranger - ecstasy to gans during the - but prison has cured him of epiphany, is less common in 1980s and painting-induced obsession. In­ modern society as it does not early 1990s revealing their stead a woman, whom he calls require the basest of human esprit de corps, sense of tradi­ A., charges his life. His occa­ considerations; self-obsession, tion, and peculiar racism. Tom sional sexual escapades with however, encompasses both — the chief narrator, a Chelsea- her announce his damnation to low and high desires. It is an loving lager lou — is ready for her rule. In both books, Banville ancient human characteristic, a fight or a fuck whenever pos­ displays a prose gracefully from Narcissus and his watery sible. Even so, he lives by a verging on the poetic, but he is reflection to modern literary code of honour, pummelling fel- also completely unafraid of confession, that will never die ind other stumping his readers with ob­ Addiction has been part of assholes, okay, but women and scure, but precise, words. families never. In some exposi­ The extensive and frequently tory paragraphs, he displays Another novel concerned careless use of morphine as a wisdom in understanding his life with infatuation also explores pain-killer generalised opiate and society, admittedly in a the subject of spirituality-in­ abuse in western society. Nel­ skewed fashion. Other charac­ duced obsession. Yukio son Algren's book The Man ters are similarly well-devel­ Mishima's The Temple of with the Golden Arm presents oped. One chapter in particu­ Dawn, the third part of The Sea the result of this medical mis­ lar deserves note: Never Never of Fertility tetralogy, is the tale management: Frankie Machine Land (pp. 70-78) tells how a of a civil lawyer, Honda, re­ — Chicagoan, veteran, small— young working-class boy views searching into fhe principles time hustler, card dealer, and English society, of his inability and problems of reincarnation. addict. He despises his addic­ to understand the contradictions During a trip to Thailand shortly tion — the product of a severe and inconsistencies in his par­ before World War II, he allows chest wound — but needs mor­ ents' teachings as well as the himself to be convinced by a phine to dull the pain and the behaviour of fellow children. young Thai princess that she is guilt endlessly induced by his Neither knowledge of English the reincarnation of a Japanese psychosomatically paralysed soccer nor of English right-wing poet via a Japanese counter­ wife, Sophie. He has but two organisations (such as the Na­ revolutionary. He returns fo Ja­ recourses from these ailments: tional Front and the British pan, soon engulfed in the War, drumming and Molly Novotny. Movements) are necessary as but never forgets the girl. Finally Drumming can, for a short they merely form the scenery in in the 1950s she comes to Ja­ while, squelch Sophie's pleas this well-crafted, captivating, pan but refuses to remember

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o you play Invaders and Donkey Another incredible feature of computers is Kong on your Atari? Or do you sit their ability to link anyone on the planet with any­ D down at your Commodore 64 and one else. Someone in Vancouver can now com­ jman? Even Bill Gates once said, municate with another human being thousands of "No one will ever need more than 640k miles away without long distance phone bills. You of memory on their computer." Since don't even need to know who you are talking to - those simpler days, many changes and ehat rooms allow the user to talk to complete stran­ advances have been made in the field gers about any topic under the sun. The internet of computers. Nowadays, most hard has also made it possible for more people to ad­ discs have 1,000MB (l gig) of space. vertise and express interests and opinions through Computers are now used to make mov­ their own websites. The following are just a few ies, solve crimes, create 3-D graphics, sites that I think are worth checking out. Each one and even make music. has some relevance to techno music. www.inforamp.net/~kkna/ This is the home page of KK Records North America, with bands such as FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY, KODE IV NUMB, and PSYCHIC WARRIORS OF GAIA In the last couple of years, KK has expanded to include several sub-labels which each are home to different types of music. Nova Zembla is for drum 'n bass and experimental trance, while Radikal Ambient explores the depths of ambient music. From the home page, you can navigate through the various pages for the artists, as well as visit the news, catalogue, touring info, and ordering pages. www.omw.com Oxygen Music Works is a New York-based record label that puts out some stellar hip-hop and trip-hop releases, including the recent KURTI5 MANTRONIK single "Music for the Dusted." This site contains a full label history, list of releases and the opportunity to give them on-line feedback. CATCH REAL LIVE SPORTS www.logicrecords.com ACTION ON OUR This sub-label of BMG has had a big impact on the "Sonic Empire" single (by MEMBERS OF MAYDAY] not only on Logic, but on Save The Vinyl _2 BIG SCREENS AND <6 TVs! (a pure trance sub-label) as well, having kept this east coast label in the forefront. The big plus for their site is the "Free Goodies" page where you can win CDs, t-shirts, slipmats, and more. www.ubiquityrecords.com San Francisco is the home to this independent label that regularly pumps out killer drum 'n bass, heavy trip-hop, and jacked-up jazz. Check out the sound bites here! www.asphodel.com www.obsolete.com/HDB/ Asphodel Records is consid­ Hydrogen Dukebox is the name, breaking the rules is their ered to be the home of the game JAMES HARDWAY, SLAB, GLOBO, and "illbient" sound. From the NOSTRAMUS are the mainstays of this UK label. You'll find streets of New York comes this touring info, label history, and an ordering page ... that is, if interesting mix of dark ambi­ you can read the white on white text!! ent, jungle, and techno. A simple layout with,striking OCTOBER <*t icons.

: wvNrw.mapmusic.com STERLING : Founded by Robert Shea, this local label has experienced great success with releases from PILGRIMS OF THE MIND, DREAMLOGIC, MC2, and ERRA, as well as its debut com­ pilation Welcome To Lotus Land. Very well designed site with CFOX BEAdM RyVRTY interesting features. Be sure to sign the guest book. www.force-inc.com Another record label site, this one stands out from all the others. They have a theory page where you can leave mail on your OCTOBERFEST theories about music, or anything else fof that matter. Don't en­ ter this page unless you are either well-learned or insanely insighful. Oh yeah, better brush up on your German, toot n#\L.I»Vr W wLm •—•Ml 1 ^^.1-t. I

These are just a few interesting sites you own. If you do come across a site that may want to visit. There are obviously thou- you think people should be made aware THE PIT PUB • IN THE BASEMENT OF THE STUDENT UNION BUILDING, 6138 SUB BLVD. • 604-822-6511 inds of site within the Techno scene but of, Just send me an e-mail and I'll get the you'll just ha* * to find most of them on your word out.* 18 October 1997 E_T__i_ Harvey Switched by barbara andersen Studio Pimps EP ts been a busy couple of line "let's destroy this boring sputters and thrills. The whole featuring single "Supervise" weeks. Between moving out life" is released jointly by Act is an angular, edgy experience I of my family's house and Your Age and Dosei Jidai. not to be missed. Do I sound starting university (which en­ (Grimm Lake, PO Box 1 888, like a PR copy writer yet? (Peas tails, I have learned, a lot of Clute, TX, 77531-1888/Act Kor, PO Box 81116, Pitts­ standing in line and dealing Your Age, 3244 Locke Ln, Hou­ burgh, PA, 15217-0616) with unpleasanl members of ston, TX, 77019/Dosei Jidai, Dumb indie nerds THE the banking community), it's a 5719 Viking, Houston, TX, ADDING MACHINE have wonder I found any time at all 77092) toasted up a couple of lovely, to listen to records, much less On the far-left of the punk upbeat pop crumbs for public write about them. Well, I did spectrum live militant Nanaimo consumption. A mucus-laden manage — let us earnestly screamers THIRD WORLD throat betrays frontnerd Jason hope neither my health nor my PLANET They, backed by the Roos' excessive milk-drinking grades suffer as a result. similarly atonal REPUBLIC OF habit. Clogged with goo, You say you want to hear FREEDOM FIGHTERS, have Jason sings "The Dumbest laryngitic punk boys screaming recorded an unbelievably DIY Thing I Ever Said" and "The over heavy distortion? That can flexidisc side entitled Old Water Song" over better-than- be arranged BUNNY FOOT White Men. Third World Plan­ average indie pop. (First Alert CHARM is the first of several et's vocalist is so shrill that it is Doppier, PO Box 12133, hoarse bands scheduled in for impossible to understand any Seattle, WA, 98102) today. "Friendly Sex Monster" of the anarcho-luddite lyrics Despite the testimonials grinds on and on in an authen­ without consulting the insert. above, shredded voiceboxes tically hardcore manner: the Nevertheless, I enjoyed their are not a prerequisite for punk. drums on "Pain Tease" nearly six songs and appreciated the A strong and simple voice car­ made me pass out. A decent anti-industry, anti-city senti­ rying impressive lyrics can Box #2 402-814 Richards Streel Vancouver, B.C. V6B 3A7 A attempt. (Punk In My Vitamins, ments behind "Blood & Ce­ hold more power than a whole PO Box 2283 Olympia, WA, ment" and "Clearcut MacBlo." roomful of phlegmatic wails. 98507) Unfortunately, the Republic Of Example: the awe-inspiring ut­ Freedom Fighters didn't im­ terances of Mo, singer for press me as much. They seem VICTORY AT SEA to have rejected limiting no­ Plainfaced, nightmarishly quiet tions of "the song" to the point guitar and drums underlie that their entire side of the flexi "Snow," making a perfect tab is nought but an endless, leau for Mo's song. "Distorted" formless spiel. (Break Even, tosses back and forth like a 2185 Amity Drive, Sidney, seasick sailor before ending BC, V8L 1B2/ Diminutive, abruptly. (Villa VillaKula, PO 2290 Bradford Avenue, Box 1929, Boston, MA, Sidney, BC, V8L2E1) 02205) The exultant crash of cym­ Two unconventional rock "Do we want this flower to bals introduces Love's evidence bands, MRS. TORRANCE bloom?/ Try the intention: re­ as left by the Kiss Offs, five and THE RHEOSTATICS, moving this poisonous bloom." songs of strutting no-fi treble, have joined together on God­ CEDAR OF LEBANON and that energy reverberates speed Records' Double Fea­ caught my ear and heart with until the end of ture 7", each doing a differ- AT0MOS the aforementioned couplet the record. I nt version of the from "Chicago Riots" so much have to say same song. Both so that I decided to review both that the versions are equally DESIGN ILLUSTRATION of CiTR's C.o.L singles. Stuffed KISS beautiful and grat- with as many zine inserts as OFFS re _. Contact: 604.608.0973 [email protected] mellow H/C sentiments, these minds me «« Williamson of Mrs. two records display that rare of a less Torrance hits some combination of power and elo- attitudinal high notes seldom quence that distinguishes the (and less heard outside the more adept practitioners of realm of gothic-ethe- heavy music. I use words like real. Slick and profes­ "mellow" and "eloquent" to lately coiffed) sional without sound­ describe Cedar of Lebanon's Make Up, but their sound ing manufactured. sound because the band has stands up even without the com­ (Godspeed, Suite 380-916 W managed to employ all the tra­ parison. "Gavin Scott Can Do Broadway, Vancouver, BC, ditional devices of hardcore — No Wrong," with its girlie V5Z 1 K7) - speed, volume, intensity and screams and hyperactive Sweeping themes and in­ emotion — without seeming drums, is my favourite swing­ strumentation are standard ar­ like a battering ram of ing track. (Peek-A-Boo Indus­ tillery for ITCH. The My Jeru­ unfocused aggression. The tries) salem single is no exception, aggression is there, all right - Rife with the stylistic twists combining myth, religion and - witness the wordless ten-sec­ and turns of morse code rock, reality to the tune of Mark ond spasm of "Seth Bastard" - JETTISON CHARLIE s "Le­ Critchley's manic, orchestral - but it is largely an intelligent gions of the Unjazzed" ma­ keyboard manipulations. The and productive aggression. noeuvres with true adroitness whole is perplexing, but it The four-song Sore Loser EP is between slow and fast, hard made me smile. (Wrong, PO on Grimm Lake; the Kingdom and gentle. "I Love You, You Box 3243, Vancouver, BC, 7", which includes the great Bastard" rankles and bounces, V6B 3Y4)» Still, I'm waiting for something to tener with seeds of appreciation popped the CD into the player intrigue me Despite the albums and fulfilment They exude poten­ ond drooled oil over the bowling I've been reviewing here, I have tial and confidence Buf this action pictures on the sleeve. To had plenty of exposure to out­ record is not a fair-weother lover my surprise, there are no bowl­ side/non-rock related recordings, being ably equipped with brolic ing tips, just a bunch of music. and, yes, elitist hipsters, the shit Loud, fast, with some guy yell­ can be just as bad or mediocre maintenance in your collection ing "Yeahl" thrown in for good as any other, even if it doesn't Admittedly, Beverley Atonate measure. Every song is a cover necessarily fit inlo an easy genre doesn't evine their Warloilian butchered to bits and I love every categorization predecessors gift for the absurd, track The Gimmes slaughter Is this particularly terrible or but it's well worth investigation Paul Simon's "Me & Julio Down annoying? No In.fact I could Brandon Pierce by the Schoolyard," Billy Joel's probably listen fo it daily while "Uptown Girl," and Terry AUDIOWEB lion Wilh the demise of Strain, song afterwards as a far supe­ in the midst of things and not Jack's "Seasons in the Sun," to Audioweb Botch toke the crown as North­ rior example of an awkwardly LUNA complain, which, if you know me, name a few There are nine other (Mother) west hardcore kings. charming femole approach to Pup Tent is no small feat (quit laughing) Is (Elektra) tracks which will make you bug- A first time listener to this Allhough their sound is noisy, rock, I discovered said record to it a failure if it doesn't interest me? out in your underwear. The only Audioweb CD will be plogued it is a controlled noise, doing be unlistenably warped. New York's Luna is arguably Yup, especially if I'm writing the one of underground pop-rock's name I recognize in the band by a deep philosphical question: damage like a rusty scalpel Their I hate to compare girl bands, review I jusl don't have enough best kept secrets Whether this is lineup is Fat Mike from NOFX are they block, or are ihey white? songs are innovative and inter­ or any variation on the white time in the day any more, if I ever due to Dean Wareham's eclectic and there are a few guys from This leads to an even deeper, esting, wilh furious groove-riffing male norm, to eoch other on prin­ did. This CD, with its creating and history with Galaxie 500 or The Gutter Punks bowling team. more philosophical question is escalating into explosive climaxes ciple, but sometimes I'm forced manipulating of music, voice, and simply because Luna is too sim­ Don't be fooled by the bas­ the lead singer black, or is he of vocal agony and instrumental to call them like I see them. Ex­ sound is nice, looks belter, has a ple and too lyrically obscure for tards — it's all music and my white? Their music has elements melt-down. Powerful bursts and ample: I'm left with little choice decent title (a rarity) and leaves mainstream music is irrelevant, es­ bowling game still sucks, but this of both cultures Confusion starts lulls, unexpectedly ond savagely but to describe Cake Like as me completely unmoved. pecially considering Luna's die­ CD has improved my singing to sel in when one culture domi­ attacking your stereo. resembling fhe Breeders' Pod when I'm by myself. Sean Elliott hard cult following. Luna is eas­ nates and leads you to believe Music aside, what I love the olbum with the vocals set on ily one of the most listenable acts you have the answer Al this point most aboul Botch is their stance cringe (yes, as bad — perhaps around, carefully crafting songs the music will inevitably change against religious right-wing poli­ worse — than That Dog's debut THE DELGADOS which seem simple but are actu­ STEVE MILLION cultures and make you rethink tics and thai they continue to in­ ,., there I go again) and lyrics Domestiques ally very complex, pleasant, and Thanks a Million your original assessment. vade the hardcore scene almost best left unmenfioned, not printed (Chemical Underground) non-abrasive to the ear. (Palmetto) The bond is scored like a tra­ unchallenged This is a landmark for all to see As if being on the same label as While Pup Tent differs from Jazz pianist Steve Million's fol­ ditional rock quartet: guitar, in the evolution of hardcore. I have no idea whose little pet the inconceivably hyped bis previous Luna albums by using low-up to his 1995 debut Million drums, vocals and boss. How­ Suki project label this is, although I'm doesn't set the warning lights off heavily effects-laden guitars (es­ to One will probably create the ever, ihe music is not traditional certain with more executive de­ already, it's surely bold coming from the land of Del Amitri and pecially on the opening track, same excitement in jazz circles rock and roll. This band is heavy BOURNE/SCHULO/STAMER cisions like this one, a job will be calling your band Del-anything. "IHOP"), it still contains as his first release, which is a on electronic effects and Jamai- No Special Rider opening on the horizon. Mining a less watered-down/sug- Wareham's whispery vocals and shame considering the silence carvslyle rap interludes, giving it (Blue Streak/Festival) Sean Elliott ared-up version of Huggy Bear obscure lyrical poetry. Jazzy which followed from the jazz a heavy dance quality without Considering No Special Rider than the aforementioned batch of progressions and flowing bass press. While certainly not becoming electronica. was recorded in just one evening, THE CIRCUS IN FLAMES cutsey poohs is one way to view lines also appear out of the blue, groundbreaking, Thanks a Mil­ Track eight, "Bonkrobber," is the planets must have been well- The Circus in Flames The Delgados This is mostly but this reinvention of Luna's lion deserves more than a pass­ the most interesting of the ten aligned. A collaboration between (Independent: Box 74532, sound is a change for the belter, ing glance. Tasteful playing, tracks offered. It revolves around Bill Bourne, Andreas Schuld due I the IOI r 2803 W 4th Ave, Vancou­ perhaps jusf the right combina­ strong compositions and a solid a charming melody, "My daddy and Hans Stamer, this disc dis­ shouted sloganeering; however, ver, BC, V6K 4P4) tion to lead Luna out of the un­ duo back Million's tunes. Bassist wos a bonkrobber ...,* which plays a fine sense of i their alternately energetic, upbeat A strong argument for local indie derground and into the masses. Michael Moore and drummer both lyrically and melodically blues history and r fuzz and gentle strum boy/gid release of the year may be The Al any rate, Pup Tent is by far my Ron Vincent (Gerry sounds like a traditionol Jamai­ pop appears to be more hook- With the help of vintage mi­ Circus in Flames' debut The favourite Luna album. Mulligan/Helen Merrill) pro­ can folk melody Faithful to the crophones BSS respondwit h a sel oriented than revolutionary. sextet could be best described as Patrick Gross vide a sturdy rhythm section for element of cultural surprise, this Never fear, those of you who that is mainly traditional country Million's touch. Michael track was written by Jo* Hank Williams, Sr. meets need your hand held, the titles blues Splitting vocal chores, Brecker (flugelhorn/trumpel) Shimmer, Mick Jones and Tom Waits meets Jimmy would suggest there are mes­ MATRIMONY Stamer and Bourne both have and saxophonist Chris Potter Half Pint Rodgers at an impromtu jam sages to be found, only not so Kitty Finger well equipped whiskey-stained (Red Rodney/Mingus Big during the recording of The Base- overtly stated. I'm equally re­ (Kill Rock Stars) Daniel Ar, pipes for the material In particu­ Band) joins the trio on a hand­ Led by Doug Andrew, whose minded of a less ragged, adven­ For those among you who are lar, the reworking of Skip James' ful of tracks and help flesh tales revolve around common turous and interesting Beatnik interested in where everything BUNK 182 "Special Rider Blues" benefits things out. Dude Ranch from Bourne's grainy voice. folk: mill workers, flyer delivery Filmstars, whose singe, mini- came from, please take note of this Matrimony CD: it was one (Cargo/Universal) Sfamer's take on boys and beer-slingers, The Cir- album and two full-lengths re­ Influenced by Afro-Latin jazz, of fhe major musical influences I managed lo see this bond for a Leadbelly's "Bollweevil" rein­ leased this year alone I would Million pursues those rhythms in on Bikini Kill when they were unique meter. On "7AM" the pi­ lew minutes vhen they played the forces the enduring qualify of one liquored-up group of players that endorse over this disc. A safer starting out. You can tell, too. Not anist constructs a seven-four time, Warped Tour this summer. The of the blues' legends. It still cross paths at a party and decide Butterglory also springs to in a bad way, just in a way that making the arrangement quite In'ds were hopping and the band sounds fresh today to set the wheels on fire mind. Sure, this is okay — with says that they comfortably shared fresh. Following in thot tradition, was on fire. Dude Ranch consists The playing is tight and ex­ Any expectation of stellar repeated listenings uncovering musical styles and ideas A little "My Explanation" swings to a or 15 tasl, melodic punk songs pressive throughout the 15 tracks. playing would draw the wrong further charm — but a true sign raw and primitive (although they nine-to-the-bar and allows Million averaging about two minutes in Other than a rather calculated conclusion. The album is based of worthiness would be to tran­ seemed to be proud of that), this to stretch out. length each. Most of the lyrics version of "The Midnight Spe­ on the simple joy of playing mu­ scend the genre from which it eight year-old album, recently deal with following girls home, cial," No Special Rider blends the sic for the sake of the music, pro­ sprang, and this is not the case. Penning all of the composi­ rereleased at Kathleen Hanna's being a pathetic loser and get- traditional blues genre with a motion departments be damned Sean Elliott tions other than, oddly enough, urging, slill fits in with the bevy ling the crap kicked out of you modern touch. All ocoustic, BSS's the title track, Million continues of current records There is a fair bil of humour debut relies on the three guitar­ mandolin, accordion, banjo, THE LADYBUG TRANSISTOR to impress with only a pair of al­ throughout this album, in the art­ ists faking turns stepping to the bass and drums, the band is a Beverley Atonade A litHe bit of early Bikini Kill, bums to his credit. No sophomore work, pictures, and liner notes. forefront. Schuld and Stamer also refreshing change from mega- (Merge) a little bit of Lung Leg, a lot of This trio also rides the plonk with add tasteful dobro while the trio budget recordings and proves There tends to be two trends in their own pioneering style. Pieter Hofmann four wheels. provides knee-slaps and foot tam­ that character can be a far bet­ music today: baroque & Whether you are an archivist or If I wasn't such an old fart, I bourine instead of incorporating ter investment than mere dollars minimalism. This Brooklyn group someone who just enjoys strong MORNING AGAIN would probably enjoy Blink a standard rhythm section. The and cents. falls gracefully, intently, into the woman-fronted punk rock, this Martyr 182 a lot more However, I've danger of being minus boss and Pieter Hofmann second category. Taking the CD should make you happy. I (Goodlife) already been through (I hope) the drums never comes to mind. Go­ Luna approach to the Velvet know if does me. Sweeping floods of metallic growing-up-and-being-picked-on ing back to the roots of Ameri­ CRAWLING WITH TARTS Underground chord (or is it Mr. Chris riffing, drowning the weak with stage but hey, almost every can music on the pseudo living / Am Telephoning a Star code?) book yet following a tech­ no mercy! Florida's Morning song on this CD is catchy. room setting, No Special Rider (Asp) nological route rather than the ME FIRST AND THE GIMME Again spew forth a rage of bit­ Longhaul is a great audio-pictorial of what Admittedly, my previous exposure Wareham quartet's amiable sim­ GIMMES ter vocal nastiness and earthshak- the blues can convey to Crawling with Tarts has plicity, The Ladybug Transis­ Have a Ball ing power. In the world of tor creates sparse sound struc­ BOTCH Pieter Hofmann been limited. I've heard a few (Fat Wreck Chords) midtempo, metal-fused hardcore, tures embossed with calm melo­ The Unifying Themes of things here and there, know they Lately, my bowling game has Morning Again sits on the fore­ dious voices. Every note is pow­ Sex, Death, and Religion CAKE UKE have many releases in a variety sucked and, needing some point­ front of the American ranks. Me­ erful and purposeful but not pre­ (Excursion) Bruiser Queen of styles (their 'opera' works gar­ ers, I was excited by this CD by lodic guitar and spoken lyrics situ­ tentious Altogether aware of their This CD contains both of the (Vapor/Warner) nering the most praise), and Me First and the Gimme ated beside snarling vocal ag­ art while seeming indifferent to gression ond powerful guitar cre­ Botch 7"s: 1995's Faction and The good news is this album found their story of "running Gimmes which states "Me First all else, these New Yorkers ate true heaviness. 1996's The John Birch Con­ doesn't break the 34-minute away" to live and make music and the Gimme Gimmes have a present then withdraw with last­ spiracy Theory, plus a song from mark. The bad news is that when together when they realized they ball while giving you tips on how Their aural attack is control­ ing effect, impregnating the lis­ the / rant live without if compila- I went to play my favourite UT were in love to be quite touching to improve your bowling." So I led, focused, heavy and intricate. 20 October 1*97 Martyr consists of cycles of esca­ I influence But it just does track, "Drown," and the II th The Cramps on "New Kick " sibling — prostitution and incest mistaking this is a Spiritualized lating tension followed by a cal­ not generate the same kind of fire track, "Believed," which is as Even ihough this may well be within the same act. Nordlund record ... every song is about culated, furious release Laser- as other works by these play­ acoustic as this band gets. Rule the DHR album most likely to be is one "fucked up" woman with drugs, love and loss, the big guided destruction! ers, especially the material with 62 is definitely not short of en­ played at a party where fight­ one "fucked up" past However, sound, strings, horns, keys, gos­ Suki Ware ergy and explosive music, and ing isn't involved, its position is there is something about her pel chorus, repetition, the setting To put if bluntly, Elsewhere is thankfully is short of cliched lyr­ implied rather than shrieked. darkness that attracted both of mood, Pierce's soothing JOE MORRIS ENSEMBLE really nowhere we haven't been ics Instead if delivers lines worth Also, this album appears to be Gavin Rossdale (frontman for voice, etc. What pushes this al­ Elsewhere mulling over: "Garbage winds the same as its German coun­ Bush) and producer Steve bum beyond iheir previous ones (Homestead/Dutch East In­ Michael Chouinard from your mind like a tainted terparts — none of the studio Albini to this project Albini pro­ and into the unforeseen-by-me dia Trading) vine," "She sells self-destruction, tracks from the High On Emo­ duced the opening two tracks territory of deserving regulor lis­ Boston guitarist Joe Morris is REZZ always up inside her head tion MLP show up again here. and Rossdale discovered the tening is not just the expanded accompanied by members of untitled Turn up your car stereo vol­ Needless to say, this is some band while attending their live musical palefte, nor fhe wel­ saxophonist David S. Ware's (Spider) ume a couple of notches and play good stuff and in a world where show in Sweden. comed infusion of rock, but the group on this disc. The music Listening to Rezz is an experi­ this as you head oul of town for overrated, big budget, suppos­ There is a dark, poetic ele­ all-round higher level of throughout is wholly abstract, ence of bone-shattering ambient the weekend edly shocking groups such as ment to her words. Her dark songcraft. harkening bock to the early days techno The computer-generated Cristy Baker Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn sense of humour is simultane­ Regardless of the style or feel of free jazz in the '60s, days sounds by Peter Giokanis pro­ Manson, recent Ministry, ously comical and disturbing. of the track, each not only fur­ when players like Cecil Taylor duce a morbid element. In my SHIZUO Kom, etc. are popular, Shizuo Alone, the individual lines are thers the album as a whole but left behind the old notions of mind, it conjures up visions of a Shizuo Vs. Shizor and his compatriots are a more charming and comical. When stands alone instead of leaving jazz as something which would futuristic worid similar to George (DHR/Grand Royal) than worthwhile, pardon the they are strung together their me to pick out the few I'd choose have lo swing. This kind of Orwell's 1984. Like other Idealistic sociopolitical agendas term, alternative. Let's hope they meanings and implications are to listen. I was stunned fo hear borderless playing has since techno, Rezz varies from the ex­ and music don't usually equal don't burn out, or as will doubt­ disturbing: how well this album stands up been replaced by a more eclec­ tremely aggressive to the decep­ entertainment. At this early hour lessly happen to endless lesser let's tango let's dangle/ and against The Spacemen's apex, tic approach, a willingness to tively mellow, producing a wide I'm at a loss of positive examples copyists, get swallowed up loo let them sleep/ let's get lost let's The Perfect Prescription even. synthesize the lessons of free band for emotional release beyond Crass, Red Krayola, defrost/come play with mel Perhaps most remarkable is that, form music with those of older Ambient techno is a heartless Public Enemy, Gang of Four, Sean Elliott The next time you find your­ despite the expectation that jazz idioms. And ultimately, this form of music, which is easily Phil Ochs, Team Dresch and self sitting on you IKEA sofa, or Pierce would merely be a drool­ has lead to somelhing more ful­ molded into what one wonts it to Stereolab Don't even get me SOULS driving your mommy's Volvo sta­ ing mess or dead at this point, filling. An all-encompassing be Rezz is built around a fairly started on the negative Digital Bird Fish or Inbetween tion wagon, and you feel like lis­ his vision appears stronger than artform that has grown up and simple beat, lacking a rich tex­ Hardcore schtick with its high- (Trauma/lnterscope) tening fo some Swedish ever. I guess for that we can even grown a little more acces­ ture. In this way the album misses energy appropiation of genres The most intriguing component funeage, skip on the ABBA and thank his expert handlers. sible, despite the exaggerated a greater depth that could other­ of the Swedish band Souls' go for the Souls. Apparently, not Sean Elliott split between uptown and down­ wise be reached. Most songs hardcore/punk, lo-fi, metal, major label debut CD are the all Swedes are blondes. Some town styles that muckrakers have stand on a single beat altered by noise, etc ...) and bold, wide- lyrics of lead singer Cecilia have black hair. TYPE O NEGATIVE been talking about for the past screaming echos Overall, Rezz eyed anarchist stance It is also Nordlund. Nordlund writes au- Daniel Ariatantnam October Rust 15 years or so. is in some regards plain weird becoming — especially in the tobiographically; her stories re­ (Attic) Few musicians now — the Markus Schmid case of label founder Alec Em­ veal a tragically pathetic char­ SPIRITUALIZED At first this album makes you ferocious Charles Gayle be pire's Atari Teenage Riot — acter. Good characters, particu­ Ladies and Gentlemen We wonder why you would listen to ing an obvious exception — are RULE 62 quite popular Grumpy old men larly female, are few and far be­ Are Floating in Space the whole thing, but il sort of playing "out there" all the time. Rule 62 and kids agree. These Germans tween. Somehow, Nordlund (Dedicated/BMG) evolves into something that is After all, these regions have (Maverick) are on to something. seems to evoke more sympathy Having been a fairly enthusias­ relatively lislenable. Songs like pretty much been mapped out This album wos just freshly Now Grand Royal has made and fascination than both Ma­ tic Spacemen 3 fan, I pur­ "Be My Druidess" and "My Girl­ by now. This doesn't seem to be cleaned of birthwoler on July 29, widely available the debut al­ donna and Courtney Love chased Spiritualized's debut friend's Girlfriend" are unique stopping Morris. Although his following Rule 62's tour of the bum of the one man Shizuo, Her words create an aura of single upon its release, enjoyed songs in an album which feels west coast and Canada where whose "Sweat," which reap­ mystery: in "Cello," she peaks their Troggs cover and then lost like one continuous song. Almost bebop than to the Arto they opened for bands such as pears here, was the pick of the our curiosity when she sings, interest until their visit to Vancou­ all of the lyrics are about "her" Lindsay school of skronk, his Everclear, Filler and No DHR singles released by the "I've done some grim things/ ver a couple years back. I found -the e that is actual compositions freely move Doubt And in case there are Mike D.-run label last year. As I've done some really bad them to be a surprisingly formi­ ; about the dec about with little grounding, not people out there who don't know opposed to Atari Teenage Riot things." On the next track "Ex­ dable rock unit, despite a lack October Rust c begging too much of the listen­ Rule 62 yet, they were formed and EC80R (the young male/ pensive," she elaborates on her of volume for them and intoxi­ shabby rendition of Neil er's attention along the way. from The Cadillac Tramps, an female duo, who're more raw childhood: cants for me. Still, not amazing, Young's "Cinnamon Girl;" it In short, this is the problem indie rock group from Orange and chaotic than ATR and bet­ we must hurry up/ and make but solid. I've since found their just doesn't sound quite right with the album. Despite the title, County This partly explains the ter for it), Shizuo is nof often love before/ our mother shows first album thin and weak, un­ wifh Peter doing the vocals. The the players are not really taking unique punk-influenced rock vocally/lyrically politically in up/ she'll get nuts with us like almost every one of their mlike o the music anywhere il has not crossed wifh pop sounds that your face. Generally the beats BUT I'M FEELING SO EXPEN­ fans I've encountered n id-age ig, very Gothic. emerge from this CD. mixed with sounds, both unusual gone for three decades. There SIVE/ YOU MAKE ME GLOW/ my surprise, Ihis album has a certain simili­ are moments, especially towards There are some really catchy and pop culture kitsch, are the YES I'M FEELING SO EXTEN­ e and co have tude lo Bloody Kisses, so if you the end of the album, where tracks to be heard thanks to Brian focus, making this perhaps the SIVE/ DO YOU KNOW THAT I up with the genuine article. have a taste for 1993's Type most accessible and fun group things get more dramatic, and Coakley's fantastic, strong voice WILL COST YOU? They've allegedly stripped their O Negative, you may want to of the stable. Evidence being the pianist Matthew Shipp even and some very grounded guitar Not only is she whoring her­ standard accoutrements away buy this release Flying Lizards-esque take on gets to throw in some of his Bud riffs. These include the second self, but she is doing if to her with this release but there is no Big Cheese

**f'mm%&'* [ had the good taste to pieces, began hypnotizing me tiche of samples, random noise, pick the venerable Art Ensem­ and most of the audience — or organic drums and Iwo guitars ble of Chicago, arguably the at least those who stayed The melded into an ear-pleasing ex­ most important jazz group of fhe band effortlessly bounced be­ perience I got a feeling that past 30 years tween its theatrical urban Gastr del Sol is on heavy rota­ Lo and behold, a year later bushmen percussion sections, its tion in their respective homes, fhe free jazz institution not only bluesy traditional influences and among other prog rock foves The comes to the Emerald City to play its free-for-all free jazz leanings Beans, loo, included visual enter­ Bumbershoot, bul Horvitz has the Maghostut, a wonderfully me­ tainment: two dancers, male and honour of playing the opening set lodic, African-influenced player, female, cleared the floor and in the cavernous Opera House held the cenlre while Don Moye earnestly set about "interpreting" He did nof blow his opportunity. kepi things pulsing at a rapid the music through movement. It realhveaction pace The man's arms just do not was too painfully self-conscious His Four and One Ensemble is the opposite end of the spec­ stop moving, whether he's play­ to be believed — I was forced to trum from the steaming funk of ing with sticks, brushes or his avert my eyes. I'd buy a Beans Zony Mash, another current palms. record — if it specifically said: Best of all, though, was "Dancers Not Included " It's more in the chamber jazz Bowie. I generally avoid using su­ Most of the dancing during The Folk Implosion vein of pal and colleague Bill perlatives when talking about mu­ Destroyer was the happy bob­ Frisell's current Quartet (By the sicians, but for three decades this bing of heads Seeing Destroyer way, the guitar genius himself man has been light years ahead as a full band is always a treat @ fhe Starfish Roo*i of any other jazz trumpeter. His This time it added a slick, pop looking for a seat ) The band fea­ speed and technique are feel to the songs lhat uplifted the tures violin, trombone, lots of key­ equalled by his taste and, most vocals Sweet, '70s sounds boards ond processed electron­ importantly, his imagination. One (matched by lead Destroyer ics At various points, samples of minute he's a torch singer, barely Dan's turtleneck!) tinkled through the musicians would subsequently breathing through his instrument, the air and reinforced my view provide the structure for the the next he's a carnival barker, that Destroyer is one of the few works, and despite how contem­ voice blasting over the entire mid­ Vancouver bands worth leaving plative and controlled the pieces way. He can be funny, tragic, your home for were, they delved into deep blues deranged, blissful, all in the In fact, all of the bands on this and free jazz. space of a few bars Bowie also evening's roster were more lhan Horvitz is an incredibly di­ has this amazing ability to mute worth supporting — no mean feat verse musician and composer — his trumpet simply with a blow­ in a "scene" marked mostly by the unsung hero from Naked ing technique City — and he did treat the au­ The three men played a set Kyla Sweet dience fo some extraordinary DX- that lasted just over an hour, end- 7 work. He has a way of wrench­ ing with Roscoe Mitchell's JUUE DOIRON ing out harsh fuzzbox sounds "Odwalla" theme and they were WOODEN STARS from his synths that no one else justifiably given an unrestrained, MS. E can even approach Although his hand-bruising standing ovation Sunday, September 7 set was brief, it was flawless, al­ by the crowd after both the main Brickyard most dreamy, and it helped cast set and each of the encores. The night started with the enig­ the spell for what was to come. The fact that the Art Ensem­ matically named Ms. E, who re­ photo by TZichcTird A big, red curtain closed for the ble of Chicago can put on a show minded me of a less histrionic 4 set change and after almost half this mesmerizing while playing Non-Blondes and a substand­ an hour, the drums began to roll, short-handed is a measure of how ard PJ Harvey. Her set con­ and the curtain opened. But good they can be. All right, I'll sisted of bland, boring and even­ THE FOLK IMPLOSION their native England Their most lection of characters around me something seemed wrong. The use the word once more — su­ tually irritating songs about wom­ SATURNHEAD recent CD, Attack of the Grey who yelled inspiring phrases at whole Art Ensemble of Chicago perlative anly pain, break-up pain and Monday, August 4 Lantern, even topped the British John Squire was not there. Michael Chouinard pain from anger, made interest­ Starfish Room album charts for at least a week "John!" one yelled after every I knew that saxophonist and ing only by the occasional pas­ This concert was so amazing that, On this evening they posed on song One unworthy fan bowed percussionist Joseph Jarman THE DESTROYER BAND sionate moan and frenetic guitar come last month's publication the stage like big, dirgey, throb­ in front of him. "Manchester!" had left the group recently to pur­ THE BEANS work Anyhow, by the third break­ date, I had completely forgotten bing rock stars I wasn't expect­ yowled a confused fan behind sue solo projects, but group MARK SZABO up song, I was thinking of my that I'd seen if It wasn't until I ing such a straight-ahead rock me. "Drugs!" A lot of people have founder and fellow saxophonist UNCLEAN WEINER amassed collection of 21 stumbled upon a Saturnhead band, complete with bare- been sceptical about the cast of Roscoe Mitchell was not on the Thursday, September 4 Jumpstreet episodes ond how I'd CD, and my brain was trying to chesfed bass player Stove King Squire gathered stage as he should have been; it Starfish Room rather be watching them. By the figure why I knew they were so and lead singer Paul Draper play­ ind hin > fo. this turns out he was having surgery Itwas a night of n song after that, I was suppress­ very bad, that I remembered I'd ing his guitar against the mic band. Helme was "discovered" and is supposedly recovering dance — and dance proved ing yawns, despite the adrena­ seen good old Lou and John in • stand. I hope they were being by Squire while busking outside nicely Bassist Malachi Favors self to be the pretentious, unbear­ line rush I had gotten earlier, elud­ sarcastic but there's no way to be a Woolworths in York, but he is Maghostut and tireless drum­ able older sister of the art family ing the menacing crack dealers The show was an utter dis­ sure The lyrics were incompre­ on asset to the band with his mer Famoudou Don Moye Conceptually speaking, the who were milling around outside. appointment. Saturnhead were a hensible and the music mostly beautiful voice. Bassist Stuart were there to provide the evening began with its highlight: After Ms. E's soporific set, the poor opening band to a poor borrowed and unoriginal. The Fletcher was content to stand in­ polyrhythms, however, in tradi­ the unseen Unclean Weiner Wooden Stars came on to play headlining act The Folk Im­ best song was their alternative hit, conspicuously at the back of the tional African costumes and face Two guys, one on bass and one four or five songs of jazz-infused plosion couldn't even play their "Wide Open Space," during stage and Andy Watts safely makeup and Lester Bowie, on drums, played loudly and rock, which is more of a conven­ hits right. Lou seemed perma­ which I could understand the banged away on his drums at the wearing a white lab coat as al­ spouted gibberish as life-sized ient than accurate term when nently distracted by the fact that words and picked out some in­ back of the stage Everyone was ways, had to pull a double shift Lego men slowly built a wall of describing their music: it encom­ it was his wife's birthday and teresting arrangements Drummer pleased fo see the legend play to provide most of the leads. As giant Lego blocks in front of them. passes way more than jazz and couldn't seem to focus on the task Andie Rathbone was the most and he sounded as good as ever. well, the group did not bring all That had pleasing Vestal Virgin rock. Because I don't know what at hand, that of making music for entertaining member of the band, As a whole, the band is cute fhe gongs, vibes and other per­ overtones to it but The Wall actu­ to compare them to, I'll just say it the mosses. This is not a band to making happy grimaces and and their music pleasing — noth­ cussion instruments thai they've ally became a projection screen was good, interesting, and very see live, I think. It was a sad night singing along without a mic ing special but fun to listen to. used in the past. Maghostut did for q short, bloody film. With all skilled. They'll be coming back for me, as I'd been anticipating A friend of mine who saw Such was the concert: it was no have his usual table of rickety the action, who could tell if they in October with the Inbreds, so the excitement for months in ad­ The Seahorses show in Chi­ amazing experience, but it was noisemakers, sirens and whistles, were good or not? Their set if you're left unsatisfied by my in­ vance. Oh well, better luck next cago said the crowd got ugly a bit of a laugh. but Don Moye just brought a set ended with — what else — the ferior brand of music journalism indie rock god. when singer Chris Helme tried fo kris rothstein of congas along with his drum destroying of The Wall with their can catch them then. Julie Colero sing his solo acoustic guitar feet. For visual imagery, it gets Finally and most importantly, number. He was well received in ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO With fewer percussive toys, an A! the engaging and enchanting THE SEAHORSES Vancouver though, and for almost WAYNE HORVITZ no saxophone parts and an enor­ Mark Szabo was up next Julie Doiron. I don't want to MANSUN the first time at the Rage, the Monday, September 1 mous theatre to fill, the show for a solo acoustic set of quiet, trivialize her by describing the set Saturday, August 23 sound was good enough to be Seattle Opera House seemed a bit stripped down from mournful tunes Worth hearing - as "awesome" but that adjective, Rage able to decipher lyrics The big (Bumbershoot) what I had expected I confess - if you actually could over the Despite the fact that my friend attraction, of course, was John Last year a Seattle jazz publica­ my heart was starting to break babble of indie rock kids meet­ When she strode onto the stage, proclaims Mansun the second Squire, legendary guitarist for the tion asked local players whom for the first ten minutes or so. But ing and greeting. the night took on a different feel­ worst band she's ever heard, Stone Roses The most enter­ they would like to see play in then the trio, who took barely only The Beans have been much ing. She started off sparse and they've been very successful in taining part was the motley col­ Seattle. Keyboardist Wayne noticeable breaks between hyped of late and their aural pas­ solo, with a couple of songs from 22 October 1997 her debut self-titled album (then thought their pre-performance a culmination ... called Broken GiH), and was claps and shouts would soon es­ The venue was cosy — packed WJLD.PaJMQMBIT VbUTr, IN A RECKLESS, ta.L-BENT QUEST FOR. then joined by a backup band calate into chants of "Heyl Ho! full of Canadians with good taste (consisting of Wooden Stars Let's Go!" in music and Australians basking members) for songs from her new The enthusiasm was well-de­ in the feeling of such close prox­ CD, Loneliest in the Morning. served Miriam Makeba and imity to Powderfinger. And the Many have bemoaned Julie's pro­ her entourage played a diverse anticipation of the crowd seemed gression into full band-om but and passionate set, filled with almost tangible during the per­ their nit-picking is irrelevant. Her unique huffing, puffing, beating formances of the two supporting sound has remained essentially flute solos, folk songs, ballads bands, Blisterene and Jack and "witchdoctor" songs. Her Tripper (Blisterene is a three- heartwrenchingly beautiful as pride, sorrow ond respect shone piece that comes across as overly ever, her lyrics still painfully hon­ through in every song. Perhaps keen on two-part vocals and re­ est Unlike the detached distance it would have been an even more petitive lyrics, while Jack Tripper from which I watched Ms. E, I overwhelming show if Miriam is a four-piece capable of great was totally immersed in her sim­ herself spent more time on stage, musical variety). When ple and understated songs about but considering her comments on Powderfinger finally emerged, motherhood, sadness and love - the difficulties of "keeping up everyone was psyched and, cour­ - all of which were leagues more with the youngsters" at age 65, tesy of the Australians in the au­ poignant and affecting than Ms we appreciate what we can get dience, a healthy looking mosh E's pointed angst. It was an enriching, unique two pit had formed. Despite her obvious shyness and a half hours that left me danc­ With high energy, and diminutive stature, not to ing in the stuffy seats. Powderfinger ripped through a mention the distraction of techni­ namiko mixture of new songs and songs cal troubles and audience people off of Double Allergic , includ­ who wouldn't shut up, she was riv­ POWDERFINGER ing "Pick You Up," "Oipic," eting. After polite and nonstop BUSTERENE "jc" and my own personal fa­ applause, the band returned and JACK TRIPPER vourite, "d.a.f." Their musical- the night culminated with "Love to Friday, September 19 ity was impressive and their Annoy." I was a tad disappointed Starfish Room stage presence memorable, because I had wanted to hear "Le It would have been unheard of serving as confirmation of the Soleil" but complaining would be in Australia. Powderfinger reputation this band has built up lame since her performance was, performed to a crowd of sev­ for their live shows. in its entirety, satisfying and un­ eral hundred in downtown Van­ Unfortunately for Canada, matched in its beauty. couver, whereas back home if you want to experience the Zia they enjoy the privilege of pull­ fantasm that is Powderfinger ing audiences of at least a thou­ live, you'll have to wait for their MIRIAM MAKEBA sand. The Starfish Room ap­ next tour of Canada. In the Saturday, September 13 pearance marked meantime, Powderfinger is re Queen Elizabeth Theatre Powderfinger's final concert in turning to Australia for the Livid The African Queen met a small Canada, after three weeks of Festival and some much bul enthusiastic audience — so touring Toronto and Montreal in needed sun and surf. I wish riled up was this group of mostly promotion of their second al­ them all the best. middle aged patrons that I bum Double Allergic. And what Cristy Baker THE mm mm® mmm CINDERPOP Naked 4 Jesus &Carbon6

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1 various artists what's up matador matador f true what you say ready to break r hate my job 2 shizuo shizuo vs. shizor grand royal 1 jale 2 murder city devils s/t em*>ty 21 plumtrethe wingnute s in the sink 3 the tonics looking for the ... lance rock 3 von zippers hot rod monkey screaming apple 3 touch & gos campus radio lx>y 4 cub mauler! augogo 4 stock, hsuisen, and ... stripper eerie 5 neko case & ... the Virginian mint 4 quonset desert blade 6ec8or all of us can l>e rich grand royal 5 the mants mant from u.n.c.l.e lance rock 5 bug going nowhere 7 pee chees games ]>eople play kill rock stars 6 the need jacky o'lantern outpunk 6 blisterene michael hunt 8 the delta 72 the soul of a ... touch & go 7 helldorado jesco way empty 7 mk naomi fern 9 iniraiula July 10 million hours ... kill rock stars 8 discount wonder pulled rae under liquid meat 8 oh susanna shame 10 calexico spoke quarterstick 9 thrush hermit s/t lx>ng load 11 lake of dracula lake of dracula skin graft 9 mizmo tarantino cringe 12 broadcast work and non work drag city 10 wingnuts quick brown fox ... olam8 10 jp5 fuzzyhead pills 13 barbara manning 1212 matador 11 run on as good as new matador 11 more socks shut up i'm sinking 14 white hassle white hassle matador 12 peatmos earl grey tea sonorama 12 Ixma-fly headspace 15 cresent electronic sound ... atavistic 13 pansy division manada mint 13 gaze preppy villain 1G the drags stop rock and roll estrus 14 orans paper harriet mouse on mars cache coeur naif thrill jockey 14 euphonix let's get out of these ... 18 the klezmatics possessed green linnet 15 celestial magenta clivedon independent 15 plump cold feet 19 8 eyed spy hmcheone atavistic 16 tokidoki news days harriet 16 the colorifics 747 (now i see heaven) the mollusk elektra 17 tullycraft/rizzo split harriet 17 manifold rails, flotation, aerodynamics :i the high llamas hawaii alpaca 18 ativin modern gang reader ativin 18 tickertape parade audience with the pope IS nothing painted blue emotional discipline scat 19 lake of dracula untitled skin graft 3 bluedot magical power mako atavistic 19 kreviss expose 24 arto lindsay mundo civil izado bar none 20 no knife communist china time bomb 20 k-stars drugs & gurus A 25 geraldine fibbers butch virgin '6 us maple sang phat editor skin graft 27 bs 2000 bs 2000 grand royal what we listened to during this friends of dean m. retrograde sub pop sad month of goodbyes ... 29 r.l. burnside mr.wizard fat possum , broadcast • dj spooky • jiih o'rourtx • un­ 30 microstoria reprovisers thrill jockey MA CiTR rest • bis • ida • bedhead • stereolab • slcatcr- 31 superchunk indoor living merge Icinno • tullycraft • ihadder rose • wedding 32 the crabs what were flames now smolder present • Matte pascal • geraldine fibbers • 33 the sonora pine II touch & go 34 man or astro-man? made from technetium touch & go h'ne • julie doiron • inrs. torrance • flashlight 35 blue veil blue veil arson charts pizzicato 'ive • cornershop • crabs »_j FREE PIERCINGS ^\ BRING THIS . $f\ \. COUPON IN <7o£e I-D d chocolatme 2-3F.O*> FOR 20% iUt-q and o> XxX v * OFF STUFF With a jewelry purchase ^*-W.se/ its; \ I IN THE you receive a free piercing by V *NJ^ SPACE ' Canada's most experienced piercers 3fc£ Q\ ROOM! —E)@@Q{J TT©©©.

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26 October 1997 THU 9 Hard Rubber Orchestra@Starfish Room... FRI 10 Bafochi: Ballet Folklorico de Chile@Massey Theatre... roctober Faith No More, Limp Bizkit@Rage... SAT 11 Mkie Watt, Mr. Wrong, The Primrods@Starfish Room... Jamie Clark@Naam... datebook SUN 12 Naomi Wolf@Chan Centre... MON 13JazzFest@Naam... TUE 14 CiTR presents Shindig!: Knockin' Dog, Saul FRI 26 Guitarevolution@Western Front... Artificial Joy Duck, John Ford@Railway Club ... Southern Culture on the Club@Richard's on Richards... The Pursuit of Happiness, Skids@Richard's on Richards ... Cinnamon, The Monoxides@Starfish Room... International Film Festival@various Minstrels@Brickyard ... Ondekoza: Japanese Demon venues(through 'til Oct 1 2) Drummers@Orpheum ... SAT 27 Terje Rypdal, Hemispheres, Wolfgang Fuchs@Web WED 15 Charlatans UK, Dandy Warhols@Rage... Cafe... Down By Law, 10 Days Late@Starfish Room... The Pur­ Superchunk@Starfish Room... Oliver Stone@Orpheum... suit of Happiness, Monoxides@Studebakers... Allen Ginsberg THU 16 Guided by Voices, Superconductor@Starfish Room... Memorial Tribute@Vogue Theatre... James Taylor Quartet@Sonar... SUN 28 Guitarevolution@Western Front... Wolfgang FRI 17 Thrush Hermit@Picadilly Pub ... DJ Spooky, Fuchs@Squish'd Knish... Scanner@Chameleon... MON 29 Jim Black@Naam... Grrrls with Guitars: Katherine SAT18 Brad Mehldau TrioOVECC ... Inbreds, Wooden Wahamaa, Beverley Elliott, Georgina Taylor@Railway Club... Stars@Starfish Room ... Catherine Wheel@Richard's on Richards... SUN 19 To Have and Have Not, Dark Passage@Pacific TUE 30 CiTR presents Shindig!: Tree-crusher, Solution Cinematheque... to the Problem, Karen Foster@Railway Club...Jazz TUE 21 CiTR presents Shindigl: Hounds of Fish@Naam... Mrs. Torrance, Chad Richardson@Gate... Buskerville, Surfin' Cowboys The Spitfires@Railway Catherine Wheel@Richard's on Richards... Club OCT WED 1 Sing Sing Dead Man, Dead Model Shoot, South WED 22 the emptys@Railway Club... Writers and Readers of Main@Starfish Room... Damian Azriel@Naam... Festival@various venues(through 'til 26) THU 2 Morrissey@Orpheum ... The Malchiks, Loud Mouth THU 23 The Honeydogs@Starfish Room... Mason@Starfish Room... FRI 24 Weeping Tile@Starfish Room ... The Cramps, Guitar FRI 3 Headstones, superGARAGE@Graceland... The Need, Wolf, Demolition Dollrods@Graceland ... Mocket@Crocodile Cafe ... Tonic@Rage ... Herald Nix@Railway SAT 25 Windy & Carl, The Electrosonics, Citroen, Club- Pipedream@Brickyard ... Don Byron's Bug Music@Starfish SAT 4 Herald Nix, Greg Garing@Railway Club ... The Selecter, Duotang, The Friggs@Starfish Room... ICE ©Pacific Centre Mall SUN 26 Casablanca, The Treasure of the Si (through 'til 25).. Mac/re@Pacific Cinematheque... SUN 5 Andrew Davis Duo@Naam... MON 27 Grrrls with Guitars: Melanie Dekker, Evani Goll, MON 6 Kinnie Starr, Oh Susanna, Veda Hille@Richard's on Linda Kidder, Robin Toma with Wendy Jane Bollard@Railway Richards... Club... TUE 7 CiTR presents Shindigl: Bless the Pod, Perilous TUE 28 CiTR presents Shindig!@Railway Club From the Other Side, Willi waw@Rail way Club WED 29 Show Business Giants@Railway Club... WED 8 Pretty Human, Wayside, Forget Your Face@Starfish THU 30 Man or Astroman?, Delta 72@Starfish Room... Dunhill Room... Dave Young Trio@Web Cafe ... Wheatchiefs@Railway Alley Cats Hell'oween Scramble@Nootka Studios... Club... FRI 31 Happy Hallowe'en!

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