^aruiaity #144
PIS- cover Unlike Santa, we busy little elves at DiSCORDER haven't liad time to stand around putting our fingers up our noses. Gracing our Yuletide mag thus month is a swell bit of original art by Holly Anderson.
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YOU have unwanted food in your cupboard WE have three CD copies each of Veruca Salt's American Jhigks, Front Line Assembly's Millenium anil Weezer's self titled debut album. To recieve the bounty of DiSCORDER. be one ofthe first nine people to briny this coupon and two cans of food for the Vancouver Food Band in to the station during office hours (M-F106). Wait until our kas cheer is over, please (alter |an 2nd). We m at Room 233 6138 SUB Blvd. (TheSubBldgatUBC) 822 3017 ext. 0 DiSCORDER iNterviEw HE1L Welcome to Hell! Interview Hell to , band. read? Did you listen to a lot of heavy be precise, a new monthly feature in R e n e e : Kim: This dumb questionnaire. metal when you were kids? which we will pit the local (and the I Sparkmarker, Kara: The new Details. Kim: Do the words "Maiden" & occasional out o'town) bands that | cause they Renee: The lyric sheet for Crash "Crue" mean anything to you'1 play live on CiTR's Thunderbird i mark my 13. Kara: No, Kim did enough for Radio Hell (Thursdays 9 to 11) sparker. Lana: The guy's mind across the all of us. against some of the most inane Kara: Kreviss, bar. No really, I'm Okay, You 're Ang: No, I listened to old school cookie cutter interview questions we I cause they al- Okay. punk/hardcore. can think of, plus maybe one or two I •ays ;et the Ang: A skateboarding mag, Renee: No. when I was a kid I that are halfway intelligent. Inter- i good stuff from Hitchcock's short stories. listened to Dead or Alive & Boy view Hell is not meant as a substi- , Value Village George. tute for actual full-length interviews; Lana: Dio is a Diety. rather, it is our way of introducing I What do you hate? Apparently in Snipehunt you to as many of this city's multi- I Kim: Questionnaires. magazine (from Portland), hide of fine bands as we can. And, | Kara: Ignorance, people who someone from Ten Days Late of course, it gets punk rockers to talk , Give details. steal my smokes. was quoted as saying "CiTR- about Barbie dolls. Wheeeeee!!!!!!! Kim: Nazi idi Renee: Molding leftovers in the UBC radio: If you rearrange Enjoy. (Apologies for not printing I ots throwing fridge, people who think they the letters UBC they spell this intro last month when Interview I beer bottles. have an eating disorder. cub." Explain. Hell actually premiered!) | That's mean. Lana: Anyone who reads. Nobody from Ten Days Late Ang: Racism, people who treat said that. We didn't even talk you like shit "cause you look about cub. Those were the opin mokes different. ions of the interviewer TEN DAYS LATE Describe your sound in 25 bucks. What so you love? What five words best describe words or less. ten Who are you, what is your Renee: When people say we Kim: Music. your first sexual experience? Loud hair colour, and what do you have rock star attitudes. Kara: I enjoy candle light din Kim: None of your damn busi- do in your band? Lana: No, because I stabbed ners & long walks on the beach. If you cc mid be in any other Kim: violet, guitar them first. Renee: Going bowling. Lana: Heavy petting to Ozzy. days Vancouv er band what would Ang: No, 'cause no one talks to Angela: purple, bass Lana: Vem and anyone who can Kara: Drunk, drunk, drunk, it be? Kara: blonde, guitar me 'cause Tm too shy and if drop their insecurities. drunk, drunk. Kim: Party Naked Renee: red, vocals they did I probably didn't no- Ang: Crowds at all-ages shows, Ang: I'm celibate. Ha ha! Lana: Scum Element, "cause late Lana: blonde, drums my bass, good gigs. Renee: Ken & Barbie. they drink the most beer Ang: Any garage punk rock What's the last thing you Quality Const qnmznts at a XTttartPnceff 6 January 1995 If you could be any Barbie, but CD. Are Who are you? a big job for a sound person who music be described as the per what Barbie would you be? you now going We are: Camille Baker - singer, doesn't know our sound. fect soundtrack to the book? Kim: A dead one. All Barbies to break up like songwriter, bassplayer (re Dave was the hobbit for should die. a lot of bands do cently); Carolyn Wong - violin Are any of you classically Hallowe'en once - he says, Renee: Bondage Barbie. once they get ist, pianist, back-up vocals; trained? "Thanks for noticing!" I Lana: A cross betv product out? Martin Larsen - guitarist, singer; I thought that might have been (Camille) saw the movie once Wonderwoman & G.I. Joe. No, but hope David Lee - drummer; Sean obvious. Carolyn has been clas in elementary school. Martin Ang: Nardwuar Barbie. fully our singer Dmitrie - guitarist extrordinaire. sically trained on violin and pi says he's read it. No one else Kara: Rock Barbie complete will shove a shot ano and Sean took three years has. To answer the second ques with a guitar & a bottle of beer. gun up his nose Has any local band ever had at Humber College, and one at tion, I don't think so. Are we that and blow his cra as much gear as you guys do? McGill, in Jazz. They have their nium all over his Yes. Ngoma and Deus Ex own acid jazz thing going on the side. How many punks does it take fucking toaster Machina. And last year we Is there anything else that to change a light bulb? played in Shindig and won the people should know about Kim: Who cares? crankshaft — £•£• first night against Strain, and Do any of you work in a mu Spiritual Heroine? they had about five Trace-Elliot sic store? Kara: 10. One to change the ances so we can Whenever we say our name, light bulb and 9 to be on the huge stacked amps and rack No, and not one of us ever have, people ask, 'As in the drug?' and maybe sell some mounts and stuff; their gear was guest list. • Who are you? to my knowledge. But our we often say, 'No, as in a female Unplugged albums. SCARY!! Lana: They wouldn't. J Razor Rukus drummer is currently unem hero,' but it's really a play on Renee: What's the question?!? • Squid Did you know there's a band ployed, so who knows? words. Someone in the initial Ang: None because the Hydro I Willy Tucker in Tsawwassen called Please give the readers an idea band said, 'Whenever I play was cut off | James Yuk Squelch? of what Spiritual Heroine Has playing in Shindig and music, it's like a spiritual high,' I Slim Jacky I thought they were called plays on and through. losing hurt your career? and he thought that since we had Who are the most over-rated/ Tsquelch. We're not sure what you mean No. We played it last year and a female voice fronting, we under-rated bands in Vancou J Describe your sound in 25 by that, but 4/5 of the band won (with a slightly different could have a play on words that represents that. Lately I've been ver? ' words or less. Any Burnaby stories? smokes a lot of weed and the line-up, same songs), but our thinking that it is also playing Under-rated: Smak, the Cow I An intercultural banquet of col- Just that we get physically as other one much less. As for then guitar-player quit so we on the idea of a heroine that is ards, the Loved One, and | lective genius. Lovable, but of saulted every time we go there, "through" - amps, PA, what? had to pull out. Who knows if we would have won. It all de heroic spiritually as oppposed to Primrods from Calgary. I course unknowable. Heavier so we're getting kind of tired of pends on who's judging that physically. We've also been con Over-rated: This sounds like a • than a pile of heavy stuff. bustin' heads when we roll into Do sound men know how to night and what they're like. sidering dropping the final 'e' trick question. We're tired of mix you? Have you had any We're doing okay now on our in "Heroine" because we think getting beaten up. • Why does your equipment interesting experience with I have "Naked Lunch" printed Who do you think should be sound men? own, so far. it might be more 'alternative cool' instead of New Age folk What's the most important | all over it? on the cover of Discorder? Not really. With all the differ band - which we've been mis thing we should know about I Because we all want to grow up Is Discorder a music rag or a ent stuff, it's hard for them. Are you more of an art gallery taken for and we're not. But your band? • to be just like Uncle Bill. crappy art rag? Put some of the We're learning - bring your own band than a pub band? maybe that'e too pretentious. If damn fine bands that grace this sound person, one who knows I guess more of the former. We We LOVE Chachi & Potsie's people like us they'll figurei t all • What do you get when you city right where they should be. your tunes. We've got a lot of played with Perfume Tree out on their own. It was hard I join the Crankshaft army? On the cover of Discorderl Ex different things going on, so it's twice; they liked us and they are enough coming up with a name amples: Big Gulp, Chicken mostly an •<. Disco*-raphy: | Regulation Crankshaft Army in the first place. Go With the Flow 7" I haircut, Crankshaft Army mem- Hawk, Pasties. gallery band. • bership card, cool sticker, nifty Spiritual Heroine Also, we're presendy finish 10 Days Late can be contacted J poster, autographed 8 xlOphoto Crankshaft can be contacted ing up recording an independ at: I of the Shaft in a drunken stu- at: ent CD which we hope will get #162-916 W. Broadway I por, and whatever else we have PO Box 2534 out soon - early, early spring. A Vancouver B.C. | kickin' around. Vancouver, B.C. video is almost finished and V5Z1K7 V6B3W8 hopefully will be released soon. 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All performances start ance it is easy to understand concert concluded with Sergei Istomin be performing at 8:00 PM, with both Orpheum why the work was so well liked Mozart's Symphony No.40 in g works by Haydn, Mozart and shows having pre-concert talks. in the composer's time; its Minor. At some forty minutes Boccherini. On the 27th, local On the 11th, the Tea and Trum cheerful, uplifting themes, and in length, this is a daunting work musicians Robert Penner (vio pets series concert for this simple but beautiful develop for a student orchestra; in par lin), John Sawyer (violin), Ray month will have CBC Radio ments of the melodies were ticular, the long and demanding Nurse (theorbo), Doreen Oke personality Otto Lowy wonderful. The piece, so well second movement does not al (harpsichord), and Nan Mackie hosting with Liping Zhang as suited to a small chamber or low for any frailties in the mu (viol) will perform a concert en soprano soloist for a 'musical chestra such as the UBC Sym sicians. The students of the titled In Celebration of Purcell excursion to Salzburg'. Held at phony, was sharply and flaw UBC Symphony showed them in honor of the tricentenary of 2:00 PM at the Orpheum, it lessly executed with spirit and selves more than equal to the that talented English compos seems that one must actually enthusiasm. The performance task, producing the piece every er's death. Works by some of attend the concert in order to get left me with only two questions: bit as well as I have heard in any his contemporaries will also be an idea of what works will be why had I never heard the work recording. featured at this performance, to performed as the season sched before, and where could I get a In short, the UBC Symphony be held at Knox United Church ule is remarkably blank with good recording of it? Although was exceptional; I have on more (5600 Balaclava at 41st Ave.), regard to this performance. On I don't know the answer to the than one occasion gone to per 8:00 PM. Both of these concerts the 14th and 16th, Masterworks first one, I'm at work on the sec formances by professional or will have pre-concert talks by ond and hopefully will have the chestras that were not as well the performers at 7:15. so be Mercure's Kaleidoscpe, Elgar's answer in an upcoming column done. The student musicians sure to go a bit early if you are Violin Concerto in B minor for those of you who were un deserve applause, as does the interested in hearing some of the (with Cho-Liang Lin as soloist), fortunate enough to miss the background to the works and Welcome to 1995! While jor 'Hamburg Ebb und Fluf. whole organization for its and Debussy's Danses Sacrees performance. their composers. January isn't anyone's favorite That this should be a lesser professionalism and polish. As et Profanes (featuring Rita month in Vancouver unless they known work to the casual clas The program then went on to I have alluded to in previous col A taste of Montreal's mod Costanzi on harp) and his clas happen to be a big fan of seem sical listener of today than the the Brandenburg Concerto Ihe umns, it is part of the function ern classical music scene will be sic La Mer will be held; both are ingly unending freezing rain, it Brandenburg Concertos of his first of a set of six concerti writ of a music school to train its stu here in Vancouver courtesy of at the Orpheum, 8:00 PM. On is in some ways one of the best 18th century contemporary is in ten by Bach for the Margrave dents at performing in front of the Vancouver New Music So the 21st (Massey Hall, 8:00 montlis for going to concerts a sense ironic; Telemann was in (that's a nobleman equivalent to an audience. The event's effec ciety, who are hosting the PM), the 22nd (2:00 PM, Ihis is especially true if you're his time not an acknowledged a Marquis) of Brandenburg, tive and tasteful advertising SMCQ (Societe de musique Orpheum) and 23rd (8:00 PM, a student, because chances are master of both composition and these works are among the most combined with the attractive ad contemporaine du Quebec) un Orpheum) a concert featuring you were way too busy study organ playing, but was more widely heard pieces of classical mission price (free) were more der the conductorship of Walter the Deutsches Requiem of ing for exams in December to popular than Bach. In fact, Bach music today. Surprisingly, they than successful, with the Recital Boudreau on the 22nd of the Johannes Brahms will be held, do much in the way of entertain only obtained his famous post had less than auspicious begin Hall filled past capacity and month at the Vancouver East with Henriette Schellenberg ment. as Cantorate of St. Thomas in nings; although the Margrave many people left standing. In Cultural Center. Along with (soprano), Christopheren fact, I would go so far as to sug Students' life-or-death pre Leipzig in 1723 after the posi asked Bach to compose the works composed by the conduc Nomura (baritone), and the Van gest that the UBC Symphony occupation with coursework tion had been offered to works for him, upon his receipt tor, the performance will feature couver Bach Choir. On the under the impending shadow of Telemann, who turned it down of them some two years later 26th, Destinations and Discov ('hnstmas exams makes the per in favor of a substantial increase he neither paid Bach for them eries focuses on Germany with formance given by the UBC in pay at his then-current post nor had them performed. excerpts from Beethoven's op in Hamburg Telemann was Symphony Orchestra on the Luckily he did at least keep era Egmont (with Liping Zhang, considered (alongside of second of December at the uni the works, which survive to soprano), Bruch's Violin Con Handel) perhaps the greatest this day and demonstrate the versity's Recital Hall all the certo No.l (with Yoon-Kyung composer of his day, and his wide range of styles in which more impressive. Under the Kwon as soloist), and Richard long life (1681-1767) also al Bach composed. This par conductorship of Jesse Read, Strauss' Till Eulenspiegel's lowed him to be one ofthe more ticular concerto was of this small (35 member) ensem Merry Pranks (8:00 PM at the prolific, writing more than thirty the Italian form known as a ble of students decided to try an Orpheum). This concert is re operas, forty-six Passions, many ripieno concerto, which does ambitious concert featuring peated on the 28th at 7:30 PM, oratorios and other liturgical not emphasize a particular so works more commonly left to but as a 'Casual Classic', with works, several hundred over loist throughout but rather larger professional ensembles a chance for the audience and tures, concerti, and chamber small groups of instruments in Ihe difficulty with this perform musicians to mingle after the works, and more than one thou- turn, with only occasional ance was not so much in its tech concert. Finally, on the 30th, a nical requirements (although glimpses of the individual in and c it.lias' special concert featuring the these were by no means minor struments. This particular work was one keyboard wizardry of Radu and are not to be downplayed), of his most popular, written for As with the previous work, Lupu in Brahms' Piano Con but lay in the fact that the pro the Admiralty College of Ham the players of the UBC Sym certo No.l along with his Hun gram contained two of the most burg. Despite the scholastic phony did an excellent job on should seriously consider hold works by John Rea, Serge garian Dances 1, 3, and 10 and popular works of classical mu sounding name, this was a coun this piece, with Concertmaster ing performances of this sort at Garant, Gilles Tremblay, Kodaly's more modern work sic that I can think of: J.S. cil or of wealthy and influential Paul Luchkow turning in a first- larger venues and charging a Raynald Arsenault, Micheline Harry Janos:Suite will be per Bach's Brandenburg Concerto businessmen involved in the rate solo worthy of any concert small admission fee to cover ex Columbe-St-Marcoux and formed at 8:00 PM at the No.l and Wolfgang Amadeus city's major industry of marine stage. The only potential criti penses; given the size and en Claude Viver in a selection of Orpheum. Mozart's Symphony No.40. trade. Fittingly, the work is a cism that could be leveled at this thusiasm of the audience at this works spanning two generations Finally, if none of this suits Knowing that practically every picture of the sea in nine move work would be that it could have particular performance I am of modern Quebecois compos- your fancy and you feel hke tak one in the audience has heard ments, starting with an overture benefited from improved dy sure such an event could be suc ing a somewhat longer drive to these works puts the perform and followed by a series of short namics; at a few points the horns cessful. The VSO has a full sched a concert, Seattle's Early Mu ers under a particularly great instrumental dances depicting were overshadowed by the ule, starting with a concert of sic Guild is presenting Paul strain, for they know that the Time now to look ahead at the Greek deities of sea and air: string section when they should audience will not only be quick what's around for your listening works by Haydn designed to O'Dette in a lute recital at the a slow and lyrical Sarabande of have been the dominant instru to pick up on any errors - even enjoyment this month. Early showcase the prolific output of Seattle Art Museum on the 29th ments. This is of course a mat minor ones - in the perform Thetis sleeping, a faster Bouree Music Vancouver will be featur this musical giant. With at 3:00 PM. ter of opinion; possibly it was ance, but will also be compar upon his awakening, a majestic ing two concerts, starting with Philippe Entremont as guest Well, that should be enough an intentional part of the con ing the performance (con Loure for Neptune, a bright Ensemble 401: An Evening of conductor and piano soloist and there to keep any aficionado of ductor's interpretation, but I sus sciously or otherwise) to what Gavotte for the Naiads, a thun String Quartets on Saturday the Lee Duckies as cello soloist, the classical music happy for the pect it naturally arose from the they have heard probably many derous Harliquinade for Triton 14th, 8:00 PM at the Metropoli program includes two sympho month. Good listening until ten to one ratio of string instru times before. and Aeolus' storms, a Menuet tan Tabernacle (189 W. 11 th Av nies (Nos. 1 and 92), the Cello next issue! ments to homs. In any event, for the calming influence of the enue). Hailing from the myste Concerto No.2, and the Piano this is a minor point; the very To start the program, how Zephyr's light west winds, an rious (or at least snow covered Concerto in D Major. Perform fact that the listener is left with ever, a less common work was enchanting Gigue for the swell and frozen) Eastern locales of ances will be at Massey Hall nit picking of this sort chosen: Georg Philipp of the tides, and finally a bois Toronto and Montreal, violinists (New Westminister) on the 6th, is tribute to the overall quality Telemann's Overture in C Ma- terous Canarie for the "Lusty Chantal Remillard and S January 1995 CANADA'S LARGEST AND BEST KNOWN RECORD STORES CRANKSHAFT GOOD HORSEY NOGGIN ZyMPANO Crankshaft Kazue Noggin Wraparound Shades 7" NOGGIN "Crashes and thrashes while remaining Debumt Subpop/Scratch single by nex t Inspired and beautiful, oddball intellectual strangely articulate."-Katherine Monk, Bellingham's long celebrated year's global tap-dancing wonderboy pop; Kazue sees Vancouver's most Vancouver Sun; "There was moshing, there scene-Kings, Noggin are a Holiday Inn bottom of the glass loner core volatile fume sniffing cad guitar plunkers was applause. 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January 11, 1994. quality." $3.99 cass $ 11.99 CD $4.99 cass $.12.99 CD JCJCJC JIVE OTIS GIRL FLO GIRL SPLIT MOUSEBLEND j I heverlprcpared myself|cl%o l like Louise Post ofVenilaSali. Recent tangles with the bu- drives major labels had 6 jstast •uca 5 ^rcfei JOIN THE HAPPYDAZE GANG I biography' - bo! |dcpth of used c 8t Don't worry Chachi will be Never, Louise P by krmfin Your publishing company is ested in us at the time but we do this because they're a big, ness involvement you prob play guitar even ics when I started playing gui called "Are you there God it's didn't feel ready for it. We well-run machine. We have yet ably have a better sense of though there are so many bands tar. Everything at this point me music" after the Judy didn't want the pressure, the to make a record with them. what's going on with the with women in them now. It's seems to be a fusion of all of Blume book. Do you and Nina pressure of having that kind of band, of what obligations the all happening at the same time. these elements of my past. share an affection for pre-teen money and promotion sur There's a lot of talk about bid company has to you. I'm glad to be a part of it. classic novels? rounding us. We didn't really ding wars in your press re I definitely do. I was just read I think the language has to A couple last questions. The Of course. understand the music industry; lease. How does a bidding war ing an article in Rolling Stone change to accommodate a new Veruca Salt character in the nor were we ready to jump in work? about Simple Machines, and way of thinking, and it will as Raoul Dahl book is a greedy Does this love invade your life and take it on. We had all the It can work in a lot of different Jenni Toomi was talking about people begin to understand rich girl who kept saying to in other ways? cynical voices in Chicago, who ways. It depends on the band how important it is to release women as a viable force in mu her father, 'Daddy, I want Well, Veruca Salt came from were justly cynical, warning us and the amount of labels that are yourown7inchjustto see how sic. But that will take some time more.' I'm wondering, now Charlie and the Chocolate Fac of the evils of the industry. So interested in them. We had a it all works. I wish we had done and some courage on the part of that you've been in the indus tory, another favorite of ours. we did the independent route, number of labels whom we re that in a way, just so we'd un journalists to rise above the try for a while, you're learn We spend a lot of time talking which seemed safer, and stayed ally liked interested in us, and derstand the distribution proc stereotypes. ing about the music scene, about our favorite childhood in Chicago, made our record it ended up boiling down to the ess. At the time it seemed too you've toured - I imagine books; Eloise and I love James with Brad Wood, a friend who deal. overwhelming. Still, I'm glad Your CD has a photo of you you've experienced huge and the Giant Peach. Maybe had seen us play and really liked we waited this long and didn't at a Rock for Choice show. changes in your life style - I'm this is a little more high-brow, our music and whom we re In terms ofthe actual process, have managers along the way, How was that? wondering what you're want but I was reading Jane Eyre and spected a great deal. And within you released this single with because there are so many sto It was excellent. We played that ing at this point as an artist. Wuthering Heights when I was a few months we had other la Minty Fresh. Did the labels ries about unscrupulous manag one in Chicago. We've done I really hope to be able to have nine and ten because my older bels interested in us - as it is the just start phoning you? ers and bands that get screwed Rock for Choice twice: once in the luxury of writing more sister was reading them and I trend: major labels are just Well, they were phoning before over. I think it's so important for Chicago and once in New York. songs, of having time away idolized her. So I got into the pouncing on indie labels and the single. I think they started people in bands to get to know That Chicago show is probably from the band so that I can keep Brontes and Jane Austen really trying to buy them out and take calling after our eighth show, what they're getting into, to still for me the highlight of all living outside of that band and early - around the same time I their bands, and many people which was really insane since know how the business runs. It's of our shows so far. It was so it doesn't become pure work. I was reading the Paul Zindel need that or want that so it hap we were still terrified of play hard, because most musicians great. We played with Liz Phair really want to be able to keep novels. pens. ing live. After our South by like myself aren't interested in and Squash Blossom. There was fueling myself with other This has been a crash course Southwest show the labels that kind of shit. something about the pressure things, other experiences, other Have you and Nina been on the music industry for us. It's started calling us. We were being off of us, being for a cause people. I see so many other friends for a long time? like this big machine that I knew pretty taken aback. You said that you missed out that we all believed in, that was bands who just look like zom No. We met three years ago. We nothing about. It's really impor on something because you really freeing. bies. They seem listless and de started playing music together tant that we keep the life in what Did this happen directly with didn't release your own single. spondent. I want to keep the life the day we met because a friend we're doing and not spend too you or through a manager? Do you think it's too late to go Have you worked on other ac in this band and keep the energy of ours had basically hooked us much time thinking about it, but Well, we put off getting a man back now that you've worked tion-oriented shows? flowing - not have a crisis be up on a blind date to this past six months we spend a ager because we didn't want with Geffen and your stuff is We were going to do something cause I'm having a writer's for Single Room Occupancy block or something, but just let which is an organization in Chi the songs flow because that's cago that gets permanent hous the beauty of this to me I hope ing for homeless people or peo to keep being creative and make ple living in the hotels that are a bunch of great records and be often shutting down in Chicago come a better live band and ul and putting people out in the timately to be able to support street. It recently had to be can myself. celled because we were com mitted to doing another show Do you find that since you and for a radio station, but what Nina are in the band together we're going to do is talk about and you're best friends it is the issue at out show and donate more difficult for you to have a lot of the proceeds to SRO a life outside the band? The only thing that makes it You and Nina write the lyrics more difficult is to have time to of your songs. Were you writ have a life outside the band. play music - and it worked. lot of time meeting with people take over so soon; in such high demand to go ers or singers before you There is barely any breathing in the industry and learning we didn't want to relinquish all fully grassroots in your ap started writing songs? space; we're really busy all Is it a strictly musical friend about it, basically so that we the power and responsibility proach to producing a single? I've always been into music and time. There was a time when we ship? wouldn't get in over our heads before we really knew what it I think more now than ever be singing. Nina's been singing her were getting 17 messages a day We have become best friends when we decided to go with a was about. We wanted to go into fore I don't feel that I have the whole life. We both sang with on our machines. We're now on over the years. It seems pretty major. the industry as informed as pos time to leam all of that, but more our parents when we were lit the road and I was just realiz magical to me in that we can sible. than that, contracts are tricky de. ing that today this is already my have this band together and Aside from the fact that Putting off getting a manager things. I feel that I understand third or fourth interview. And have so much invested and in you're now probably a lot is a scary route to go. We were enough now that it's not really Like the Partridge Family? this is a pretty common press volved in this band and still busier, is it a different experi essentially managing the band important for me to do that. I No, not like that. Separately. I day. have a great friendship. It's hard ence to work with a bigger - Nina and I - for a long time, think we've taken a cautious would sing harmony and play There's just so much more work at times, but it's so worth machine like Geffen? during a lot of chaos. It becomes and self-protective route, and guitar with my mom - it was one involved in being a band than Basically, they came in at the so much about personal rela I'm confident that we'll be fine. of my favourite things to do I'd ever anticipated. It's really right time, when we had a lot of tionships - meeting A&R peo when I was little. My dad and I hard work. It's a luxury to be The dreaded media release orders for our record and Minty ple from different labels - that There's this little annoying would also sing. These memo able to play music because it's heralds you as both these ma Fresh just didn't have the labour one kind of looses sight of the phrase in your media release. ries of singing with our parents what I love. It's so much fun to jor indie rock talents and as power to get it out there fast big picture. Instead of being called female - and our siblings, Jim, Nina's me but at the same there's a lot huge up-and-coming rock enough. They were kind of in guitarists, you're called gui brother sings really well - are of stuff like this - like explain stars in commercial radio. For over their heads. For whatever I guess it's hard to be both a tar-toting females, kind of like really sacred to us. ing who I am and my goals and me that seemed like a bit of a reasons, they just weren't able business manager and an art you carry purses around. Singing and writing have my plans - that's pretty exhaust contradiction. to get our record in the stores as ist at the same time. How do you feel about that definitely always crossed over ing and exposing and I always What has happened to us is fast as we were getting to those It's really hard. Thank god that's statement? Does it ring simi for me. I've always sung and end up feeling like - not that any pretty strange, so it's not sur towns to play. over. Everyone says good man lar beUs? I've always written. I've been one's asking me directly - I'm prising that there are contradic DGC came in like a knight agers are hard to come by, but Just the notion of this question writing poetry and stories since giving so much of myself away tions inherent in our story. We in shining armour and got the we got really lucky. exhausts me. This kind of thing I was little. I also majored in and I just don't want to give signed with an indie label about records out there. That was the comes up so often; I'm all out English in college and got heav away the safer parts of myself because that's frightening. a year ago (Minty Fresh). We biggest, immediate difference. I wonder though, at the same of ammunition. I guess it's still ily into poetry at the end of col had a couple major labels inter- They just have the capacity to time, by maintaining this busi- somewhat startling and bold of lege. The poetry turned into lyr // ufggmm sawn, and you go into Did you jump naked? their houses 3t«} their bedrooms No, it was too cold. I'm a wimp. ore plastered ia -pictures of Morrissey and die Smiths ami al. Did you jump? Was it scary? thai, ami rt*« like. 'Ugh.'He's e'i Yeah. I did jump. You've got that like one eveltTOW doeSll't he? split second when you're just free I falling before the bungy cord actu- Do you have any 1• >ur Stori**? ||yiy starts catching and it's like, the first iluna lhat runs through your misd ti Oh. I've made a big 1111s- Anything nutty happen wh«D, you were on tour? Anything wacky, crazy, silly one would ' As the blood from your toes runs say? ri$r»t through your mind... Oooh, my short term recall isn't Yeah, that's why I happens when what it should be. von get to the end of the bungy eord. ami theft you come hack up Drugs? and it's Hke your 'face is gonna ex Oh uh. no...just being the way I plode • i ause of all the blood dial's am. We played Winnipeg - this pumped into it, tW m old Saskatoon friend essary. You'd have to be a psy rehearse and play shows and • Tim Murphy has of- chopathic keener-wanna-be- hope that maybe someone will • fered to record a few signed-tomorrow kinda guy to see us and that'll be it- songs for possible fu ture release. doomed? Treble Charger and tars and melodies of Sugar and This past summer, the hHead, two past winners of To the grooves of Superchunk (but Speedbuggy world tour took ronto radio station CFNY's with a propensity for playing place. That's right, they traveled give-a-band-$100,000-to- slower songs). Still, there's as far away as Nelson, in the in record-an-album contest, have enough originality to make terior of BC, for a one day tour. both gone on to greater success, Speedbuggy distinctive with A curious place to play, I and here in Vancouver recent just a tad of familiarity - at thought, never having been Shindig winners Mystery Ma tributes that should make them there but imagining it to be chine and Brand New Unit (in mighty appealing to 'college some town where everyone ei 1991 and 1992, respectively) rock' listeners. ther logs or plays hockey. Not are both still alive and rocking. As Chester's Funtime Or exactly a hotbed of musical fa So what of it, is the legend true? chestra, the trio sent out tapes naticism, I figured, but I was Is the Shindig curse a reality? to record companies and vari wrong. Simon explains: "We Determined to confirm or de ous others, but no one cared. As went up there with (Vancou bunk this myth, I tracked down 1993 Shindig champions ver's] The Many and we had a VOLUNTEERS Speedbuggy. the winner of last Speedbuggy they sent out tapes riot. It was actually kind of al year's contest, to find out what as well: still no one cared. "The ien, like going to a different NEEDED has happened with the band only attention we got was at planet - it was an all ages show, Are you an outgoing, spontaneous since beating out Delve and Music West," said Simon which was in and of itself a man or woman over the age of 19 Hugo in'93. weird experience because there Hussey, lead singer and guitar with a never-say-die attitude and a Originally called Chester's player. "It was kind of an acci were all these little kids bounc Funtime Orchestra (until sum dent. I don't think [the BMG ing around, slam dancing to our good sense of humour? mer '93), Speedbuggy is com rep] came to see us, I think she slowest songs. The show was We are a non-profit society that only part of it. The fans were prised of three members with came to see Darkest of the Hill helps young offenders and children diverse musical backgrounds: side Thickets and missed them, amazing because they love you Simon used to play with, among so she talked to us instead." and they don't care how you aged 8 to 12 who are at risk of getting other things, a Saskatoon based There was also a call from East/ play because they don't get any into trouble. bands up there so they're happy punk/industrial outfit called At West Records, but nothing came If you have about three hours per tack is Psychological (along of it. when anyone comes; it's not like here. I'd probably recom with Tim Murphy of the Sister While Simon. Olga and week available for at least the next mend to any band to [play] out Lovers); Olga, who plays bass, Chris are the first to admit that six months we'd really like to hear of town - it gives a whole new performed in a band called Fun they haven't exactly rocketed to from you. We believe that one-to-one gus Morlay that would play at perspective." stardom in the twelve months interaction with a well-adjusted adult places like the old Lunatic since their victory, even in the Chris agrees, adding, Fringe; and Chris, confines of Vancouver, they "They're starved for entertain PHONE can improve the behaviour of a Speedbuggy's drummer, had have a much more plausible ex ment - you tune your guitars and troubled child. previously only played in a planation for this than any al they start moshing." The expe 291-0049 Interested? Please call us today. basement band called MC leged curse: "We're not una rience was obviously a good one Escher and the Fresh Prince bashed self-promoters, and sub for the band. The three of them came together sequently, no-one knows who The allure of Nelson not f3 u^^sm^ ^tecent^^s^cntacua^en^tSac^canentoy (?L& and 3Ttoci& lac/up enotujhtacatx^ a s^^ ivent tfu*ough a num/ter afincaj*nationsy 6 iade the masks myself with cast material and What is the most disgusting thing to Gteen Door to put that out. Wc want to do a I was at a show the other day. and there was a guy whole other album next year, 'cause there was people to When do you think your life will end and where with such bad BO that I almost puked. That was Discorder: What is the origin of along time between that and our other album. Ap he gets y do you want to be buried? pretty disgusting. petite for Adivnachrome, which I put out with a really jus When you're young you don't think your going buddy of mine in LA. And then there's six other Kepi:ItwasaTVsh( w. The Cousins to live very long, but now [I think] I'll probably Would you refer to yourself as a rebel? lives of Sabrinna the witch from the Slllgll s. One of them i: n only, on Gift of 1 don't think I'm a trouble maker or a rebel live until I'm old. I just want to play until I'm old, Yeah, we 1 just like the name. vith the song "Li ration". A couple anymore. 1 might have been at one time but after like Chuck Berry or Muddy Waters, 'till I die. And good boti iteandtheTroggs you've been around for awhile you just kinda be buried maybe in the mountains or the ocean. playing it What is your favour te spot that yo adapt and survive and you start to get along with My grandparents have a plot in the mountains and about a I: elled to? it seems like a pretty peaceful place to be when people. It's like. I'm thirty and I'm not dead so s the show in Vancouver earlier this there bee; I like Seattle a lot. We have great sho you're dead. it's tune to get along with people and try to figure everyone's real nice. It's funny 'cau out how to survive life rather than fuck with peo- ,'c had inn. It was pretty we're in LA. and we would go outi What's the spookiest thing to ever happen to pie inadian dollars and we Recently appreciate everywhei e wed play ea you? interviev aicii 1 spoiled Irom a 1 Ihe bands am v did v l feel aboi the Jello Biafra On Halloween alter we played in L.A. we came and that Ihetl when we'll play )U( Ol town we back and went to Old Ironsides and were going to >rth of junk food. Beatles a ilc we're into hunt lor ghosts 'cause supposedly Old ironsides It's lucked that that kind of shit happens. eta itor we've got a greal s cue here in S is haunted; they have three ghosts there. We got ave you done a He callec There's at least six o eight great b* back at three in the morning and someone was Does that punker-than-thou attitude leak down vould like to do like lo play with, like Moist, the X-te saying that there's a ghost of an old man who e played there and I'v Trouble Make-is The c's surf, punk, wants people to stay and drink with him. I don't Sometimes wc get drunk people trying to start been past Vancouver. everyone goes to the shows lo sec cv remember what the second ghost is but the third fights for no reason, and that's bullshit. I guess as play and people arc c >ol and there's one is a pregnant woman in her twenties who can long as there's punk rock there's drunk people get What did you dress up for on Hal only be seen in the mirrors behind the bar. One of ting out of hand. But that happens in bars and clubs ()n I lalloween the three of us went as hut I c What releases do v<> i have out? the bartenders claims to have seen her and has all the time With the Jello thing, 1 mean. I've liked when a We just put out our fu si CD ourselves and Barrel from the Nightmare Befoi since moved away. the Dead Kennedys forever. I think that Jello is rf(t&i a, leu ttuut, twUeeiUe, defwtittne more on the songwriting, on the ever people ask, 'What kind of oat atony, l/t&idif (fat cute 6a%n. Where did the name Nerdy melodies, lyrics, and voice. If 1 animal is Cecil like?'. everyone f/um THAntwd'b %>ite, tinavil'quitwr Girl come from? mess up, you can tell. says a rat! ItxitiHfy wi (taetmed nation, my I have this song, called "Nerdy iat @eeil SuMJudl UrrfiecL up with cm ffU^TKant^TfonetanM'B) Girl", that's about Star Wars, Why did you decide to release Coming from my perspective and, at first, we were just gonna your cassette on your own la of a campus radio DJ, I was ally like it stops being fun, stop doing it. Jtt/i/en../$# ig catalyst, that he inspires t all the think. Even if you don't agree with him, lent business' around il Do you think you have had your fifteen min- cassette* . (fi/tettte on thinking. But I wasn't there so it's t gossip. It's too out of hand, really. I don't think so. I hope not. Right J"" How has the success of Gn I Day affected for us are real good, but we've had so many 1 ever played Gilman? your band? lineup changes that the Groovie Ghoulies as adf*enac/u*ome* played there a couple times and it was I know a lot of people that don't like them for a band has never had like two or three years 1 tunes. I .ast time wc played. NOFX were i/oa can con fact getting big. If anything, they'll just be a door to just get moving. It's always been get 1 Berkeley Square So it ended up being opener for a hundred more punk bands...which here, lose someone, get here, lose some lundred people and most of them were tfiem at.' &roovie will get signed because punk and Green Day are one. We've sort of gone two steps for ause they got turned away from Berkeley hot. Probably five will survive "cause they're ward, two steps back kind of a thing, &/toulie& c/o good. It's a beautiful thing, you know - Rancid but it's good now. But fifteen in on the radio. I have no complaint about that - it's is just a flash m the pan really. ///wen 9/)oo/* ftfe- 1 heard that Micheal Stipe said in an better than Fleetwood Mac. v that the Beatles were elevator music One more question I meant cordiny (yo., &@ he hadn't even ever heard a whole How do you feel about 8-Tracks? ask was about your cover of Ibimi. Would you consider the Beatles Kurt bought Nardwuar's 8-Track and gave it to "2000 Man". Is it a cover ofthe us and we just scored an 8-Track player at the Stones version or the KISS ver «fac/'a/nc/tfo, I Jim Morrison a thud rate poet. I'm re swapmeet for like five bucks. It works and we sion? y ge Stones fan. I don't think the Beatles & (, i)SiS t2 put it in the van - it's a portable, seventies-or Well that's sort of what the K tor music. It's like Betty and Veronica. ange, JC Penny 8-Track. Wc have Elvis, Neil Ghoulies are. you know. If you M. Beatles or Stones. I'd probably go Young and Neil Diamond. take the Stones and then KISS and then Ghoulie-fie them.. th REM. I used to not like them at al What would * the philosophy ofthe band? BAM!! You've got a pretty appreciate what they do. Sometime Play quality i good song. It's like a bas id's so big you just want to wait awhili ne. And my ultim tardization. them out for yourself and see if yot keeping your integrity. I think that both I'm making this film now called arc about love and relationships: Alice in Wonderling. It's a mod friends, lovers, parents, love of Have you ever heard Broken It's a difficult Lssue. It's hard Who do you yourself ern interpretation of the story, Girl, which is Julie's (fr< Or air freshener? to balance it out, because you with musically? it's all about love angst and ro Eric's Trip) side project? When I was in Bite and wc can be all high and moral, but Well I guess I'd say my music is mantic love. Each scene deals What do you think of bands I know Julie, hut I haven't heard played in Moncton, wc played then you wanna make a living, in the spirit of Mecca Normal, and with a different kind o( roman like Idee du Nord who show Broken Girl. It's pretty funny, with Eric's Trip, the Monox right? that's K. I don't have any Beat tic love, like unrequited love. films in the background while there's Nebraska Girl, Broken Exactly. To be quite honest, Happening records, but I could they play? Girl, Velocity Girl, Nerdy Girl; ides, and Hope. It was an all- ages show, and there were these Lhere is nothing I would rather definitely see some comparisons. bashed love. Instead of the I think that I' 11 have a Nerdy Girl Gordon and 1 were saying we girls who had the most amaz do than make music and make I was never in to alternative mu Queen of Hearts, its the Queen song in one of my films, but I shouldjust heGirl. ing colour hair. And they were tilms. Last Christmas I had no sic at all, I was listening to of Broken Hearts. The rabbit is don't know about while I'm like. 'Oh my god, I love your money and had to work at the Mozart. It just happened when I a party girl. It's like a young playing. I think it's interesting, There's a band called Churl I band.' and 1 was like. 'Oh my Body Shop, and then I would was working with Julie from Bite woman who's discovering her though. I've played with Pest think. god, 1 love your hair', and they come home and be too ex - we were both working at this self and discovering how to love who had all these Super 8 films I don't know. I think the most were like. 'It's ail-freshener! hausted to think about anything cooperative vegetarian cafe - and herself and to be loved and to playing at the same time. It was interesting thing about being in Look, we have some1' So me else. If you don't have money Julie said. 'Cecil, nobody wants love other people. And that it's 'Hie Empire Strikes Back... music, lor me. is discovering all and a bunch of 14 year old girls then you can't really spend your to jam with me, do you wanna okay to be alone. these bands as I get to play with paraded down to the bathroom time doing creative stuff. When jam with me?' And I said, 'Okay, What bands would you like to them, because il was something and they started scooping this it comes down to it, I'd like to but we have to write a song called play with, that are really cool 1 never ever knew. The interest And what does Gordon do? disgusting looking, toxic, fluo have money to free myself up. I "Ew, I Kissed Hun'"'. in your mind? ing thing is playing with these He made a short film called rescent pink watermelon air- don't like starving; it's not fun I think Jale is great; Sloan, the people and then listening to Sculley 's Visit which has played Ireshener. and they started plop having people tell you they're Who did you idolize when you whole Halifax slew. them, and then you gel to talk a few festivals. He's writing ping it on my head. And then cutting your phone off and with them, hang out wilh them, another script now, trying to get no one wanted to sit next to me you're not gonna have heat or and you're making all these money for that. It's nice to be Anything from the West in the van cuz I had such stinky able to work with someone who watermelon hair. But it was a Anything. understands. He loves music I know, I'm trying to think. I like great colour. Harrison Ford. just as much as he loves film, cub a lot, but sometimes I think What is the future of Nerdy Your songs seem to have a just like I do. they're really great, and some Girl? kind of Olympia scene/K Why? times it's like I can't listen to it. Hmm-.tour, CD. world domina Don 1 forget to look for Nerdy Girl's self-tilled cassette (in Records sound... Because he was Han Solo. Does a lot of your stuff in the It's kinda weird, I think if I had tion! Dolls! Wouldn't that be three cool covers!). You can I never really thought about it. I movies come into your music? a mixed tape and I put one cub cool'.' With Cordon? also write them at: What kind of films do you How do they combine? song after each other song I'd be like, cub are genius! I like So what colour would your PO Box 42009. Mon Furnaceface. I don't know. In hair be on the doll? treal VQ, H2W2T3 ten minutes, I'll be like 'Oh, this I think it would have to be a Sp "WCt^o* ^O^KO^V a*tcC t7ftcw& *X. CctSicutc and this and this...' colour where you have magic Fern #« truth is, the only attitude I get SchtuffM count their day, are funny and (5.5 X 11, 32 pages) from this zine is sweetness. I (8.5 X 11; 28 pages) very readable. Their reviews are The quote in the intro to this col like everything in this zine ex Mr. Schreurs, of Terminal City, fair and the musical quotes are i can read umn is from this lovely zine that cept for the Forrest Gump quote. moved to Powell River, in case very interesting. This issue in I picked up at Fall Out Records Poetry, short stories, weird you didn't know. He occupies cludes your very own copy of in Seattle. Beautiful words and dreams, and lots of other stuff. his time by listening to music the board game Clue, but the a breathy writing style bring to One stamp to: 624 E. 15th St., and writing this zine. His zine Reservoir Dogs version. Send a w • ... life the author's emotions as she North Vancouver, BC, V7L 2S2. is music, music, and some in trade or a stamp to: P.O. Box travels through the US during telligent ranting. Jason also 44090 6518 East Hastings St., one summer vacation. "It's Roaring Fork Digest #2 and gives you a play by play of what Burnaby, BC, V5B 4Y2. about the triumphs and trag #4 he calls the late night "sillies" edies of life, making something (4.5X5.5, 16 pages) and what most people know as Yum #2 out of nothing, giving the world This minizine reminds me of a the Tired Jollies. The layout is (8.5 X ll,20pages) your heart and expecting noth fortune cookie collection that very nice and it is always good This zine takes full advantage ing in return, it is about life." someone decided to make into to see someone approaching of it's large format and crams a f6 January 1995 punk at it's cruddiest and most record! Bum's song "Why Go were perforrr ing!!! Don't not much to be said about honest form. The three songs Out Of Your Way" is another laugh!!! It pis sed me off!!! U.J.B.O.D. that I didn't just ("Doin' Me In", "Make You fantastic chestnut of sonic (Send dog poo o 316 Lawton type, except maybe the word Mine" and "Pabst Blue Rib power-pop in the steadfast tra San Francisco , CA, 94122, 'drunk', and neither of these two bon") will most likely sound dition of their past rockalogue. USA). songs ("Don't Go" and "Cold like shit to those unfamiliar with An excellent tune, as usual. The Down in Te Kas, rock'n'roll Turkey") deviate too much from the UT's other recorded bril female led Fifi and the Mach III gets a little more respect. Ask the usual Uncle Joe program. liance, but to an old fan like try to keep up with Bum on anyone from the Lone Star State Fun stuff. (Scheming Intelli myself, this record is a gold nug "Chu Chu Little Baby", an who their best bands are and gentsia, 3025 Plaza Blvd., Na get. (Note: "Doin' Me In" origi overtly tinny and indecipherable they will most surely tell you tional City. CA, 91950, USA). nally appeared on Nardwuar rock song. Sounding like it's Sugar Shack and. even more ob Man oh man, there sure is a Records' first release, the Oh mostly due to an uneven studio scure. The Sons of Hercules hefty wad of instrumental surf God My Mom 's On Channel mix , Fifi doesn't do it forme. from San Antonio. The Sons out there! This one by The Vol- Ten! compilation, where the Un Let's play "Why Co Out Of play a furious, runaway brand canos has got to be the third or tamed Youth performed under Your Way" again. And again! fourth this month' "Krakatoa" the guise of the Teen Challeng And again! (1+2, Gloria Stones-meets-the Ramones and "Side-swipe" are two more ers). (Teen-Rage Records, P.O. Hatsuho 601. Nishi-shinjuku. style with some Texan attitude '60's surf tunes, a little more Box 304, Hollywood, CA. Tokyo 160 JAPAN). thrown in for a local feel. The over-driven and live than most, 90078, USA). Besides our Bum, one of the Sons incorporate awesome gui highlighted with some great, Picking up where the Un greatest rock'n'roll bands roll- tar solos, double-time bass play high-speed guitar pluckin'. This tamed Youth left off, here comes ing, solid, original drumming band moves above the Mark Brodie elevator surf for one rea- another surf band: The Phan Nei Jcrs The •al v •als rm a grc; tom 5ive. from Nashville, Ten Neckbreakers'Witha* ndlcd cr nessee, the "City Of Music". bum and a handful of c ergy. Fo Forthe finale ofthe nn uh. Last month I was all over the very proud of this record cuz it The Phantoms fumble the baton gles out there, these roc her the ' Of Her (UB the 3-1) Invisibles pump out LISA with my rock group and reminds them of the elevator here a bit, performing four fairly mug a lead-, of IIRCCO .P.O. Box 49737. rccpy I've collected a fine array of music Woodward's would play generic insUumentals. All have the hottest groups going, llns Austin. TX. 78765. USA). 'cr-the--top garage rock'n'roll. records 1 plan to share with you. on the wild Saturday afternoon a good beat and melody, just new record, "You Better Dig It" Mailed lo me recently from Unfortunately, the 3-D's But first, as always, we must shopping sprees of '63. This EP. b/w "Come On And Sing", fol New York is a new record from quickly become cramped by cover the local releases. cutely titled "To Surf And Pro lows in then patented Little a band called Kittywinder. sickeningly generic lyrics such Ottawa transplant Wander tect", would be good music to mark brodie Richard-meets-the Sonics style rheir songs "Wishing Well" and as, "There's a robot monster ing Lucy has finally got her play chess to but forget about M IMf K PVHiW. and both songs are highlighted "Nai v Cat from outer space/ Gonna scare record out! When I returned surfing - you could doze off and by powerful vocals. 1 found this semi-spokenword female rant everyone all over the place." home I was pleased to find hit the reef. To be blunt: tune in, copy in Texas, but it's worth Gimme a break! I hate it when Lucy's 7" in my box, but was a turn up or fuck off. To be objec mailing overseas for. (Scream melody, and the song themes land gets a great sound and tive: fans of straight instro-surf ing Apple Records. little insulted when I found the make my skin crawl. To inves bio* nth i ical, will probably enjoy., but I like Dustemichstr. 14, 50939 Koln. note attached: "Dear Grant, tigate, write "cm. (Zero Hour ard-it-a-thousand-times-be- Write a good review or just a little more crud on my cookie, Germany). Records. 1600 Broadway. Suite you know what I mean? (Eager- don't bother." Sony babe, it reSfHiFMtFMraT So much for the good, here's 701. New York, NY, 10019. :s do that and they're my ain't that simple. When I review Beaver Records, 12160 Bound the bad and the ugly.. San bran USA). ! Oh, I i get ary Dr. South, Surrey BC, V3X a record my opinion is what's The Clarke Nova are Viva Knieval. also a heavy- (Volcanos and 3-Ds both c printed, negative or positive, no , but a terrible grunge duty girl band, was Kathleen Neurotic Pop Records. Royal matter what! (Unless you want • 7" ' b/w Hanna's fust group before the Oak, MI, 48068, USA). to discuss, say, a "financial" icks.I'i: fabulously famous Bikini Kill By the way, welcome to agreement...). In your case, HI Viva Knieval is a little more 1995! I Icre's my top ten lists for Miss Wandering Lucy, your four lal grudge "rock' than the 'Kill, but as Miz the greatest records of 1994: songs of hypnotic beat-box surf these sorry fucks. My combo Hanna's liner notes point out. have managed to soothe my in just played with these jerks in the message of Viva is in the TOP TEN LOCAL 7"s: 1994 ner savageness. (For those un Albuquerque, New Mexico of lyrics, not the beat. Kathleen 1. BUM - Mrs. Rock And Rol! familiar with Lucy's blunt all godforsaken places, and the formed tins band as a vent for 2. ZUMPANO- charm, she's a one person show Clarke Nova are one of those her rage towards the violent shit Wraparoundshades - just her, a guitar and a subtle holier-than-thou bands that act she was subjected to in her vol- 3. PLUTO - Deathstar little drum machine.) The A- like they're al Madison Square t the rape relief 4 BUM/PTFI AND THE side of this EP features two The ongs MACH II -split slow, moody instrumentals (ei pretty mu b. CUB - Volcano led "Hit" and ' cklist ("Boy Pois nd "Die 6. HORSEY - Go Light Bob") on which Lucy manages Vermin") but this, if any, 7. THE BEAUTICIANS- to maintain a great vintage gui is a pretty wise and pro Getting Stronger tar tone throughout. Side B has ductive way to go about 8. SPARKMARKER - Scallen two more superb songs: expressing rage. Maybe 9. WANDERING LUCY - S/T "Surly", the only number to 2B7). sion soundtrack un more of you angry folks 10. UNEVEN STEPS - Cactus showcase Lucy's incredibly soft The Untamed Youth are the til the next record. I out there should stop Eye voice, and "Bizeum", another crud I'm talking about. One of (1035 Edgewood r j damaging yourselves and minimal instrumental. Truly an the greatest surf bands to have Dr., Gallatin, TN, P"=' others and form a rock TOP TEN WORLD 7"s: 1994 original beat happening, and a ever graced the genre, they grew 37066, USA). band. (That may sound 1. RANCID - Radio Radio good use of a drum machine. up in the 1980's, 2,000 miles INTERMISSION snide and sarcastic, but it Radio (Wandering Lucy, R-2404 from the Pacific Ocean in Co IS OVER! It's a ain't meant to be.) (Ultra 2 SCREECHING WEASEL - Guelph St., Vancouver BC, V5T lumbia, Missouri! With three 'lost' split single sound Records, c/o Suzanne Is Getting Married 3P3). awesome LPs of pure surf and from Bum and Ja Cindy Wolfe, 215 10th 3. THE FALL-OUTS - Sleep For the next local release we hot rod music under their pan's Fifi and the Ave. SE #7, Olympia, 4. DEVIL DOGS - Radio Beat have...a surf band from Surrey?! baggies, the Untamed Youth Mach HI on Ja WA, 98501, USA). 5. TEENGENERATE - And Sounding like they're from the sadly decided to pack it in last pan's 1+2 Records! From the politically same tame-school as the Fal year. But last month in This single was ap astute to a political non 6. SEAWEED - Go Your Own cons and the Surfdusters, Mark Tuscaloosa, Alabama I was parently supposed to come out Gardens when entity, San Diego's Uncle Joe's Way Brodie and the Beaver Patrol lucky enough to find this new over a year ago, but because of they're in the woi Big OP Driver are back with 7. JALE - Cut have produced three suit tunes 7", a re-issue of the band's ear a missing master tape, produc south west. And tc two more good-time, hard- 8. SUBSONICS - The Fly so immaculately clean you liest recordings from a Missouri tion was delayed. Luckily for all injury they covered c drivin', boogie-woogie Ameri 9 BIKINI KILL- New Radio could eat off 'em. I'm sure all radio station! It's the Untamed of us rock'n'roll fans the mas- ith their can "Championship 10 GROOVIE GHOULIES - the Beaver Patrol's moms are all Youth cranking out raw garage ter v s located and here's the goddamn sticker: vhile we Rock'N'Roll" tunes There's Hello, Hello fp i^&zmz let's just say Nardwuar is still toque- greats such as the K-Tels and the this baby is gonna melt your ears. share some joy with the ones you less. + Zulu Records (the label) is Pointed Sticks (done by none other Keep your eyes peeled for a love. A wonderful stocking stuff er. busy working on CD reissues of than the Tonics and the Smugglers, Facepuller full-length due in the (Horrifying Circus Music P.O. Box material by Vancouver legends the respectively) due sometime soon. + spring. For more information on 78069-2606 Commercial Drive, Modernettes, the Pointed Sticks Speedbuggy have plans to release Facepuller, or any Bang-On artist Vancouver B.C., V5N 5W1). SkyUr and the Young Canadians to be re a three song 7" record in February. (redsugar, Sludge, The Many, Rat leased next fall. The CDs will fea The band hopes to put the record out tled Roosters), hackers can e-mail Crankshaft ture previously unreleased tracks themselves, but drummer Chris says [email protected]. + Also on a Self-titled CD and underground live performances, it could even be on Horrifying Cir snowboarding tip (and in keeping Make way for a new, heavier sound Vane on vjp-f as well as some material from pre cus Music (home of Sister Lovers). with this month's header), the grand on the local scene. Gruelling gui viously released recordings (most of + Perfume Tree start new album opening of Grouse Mountain's new tars verging on a sharp power metal which are considered rare finds any sessions this month for a new Zulu snowboard park, featuring local edge. With former members of Special way). Zulu's Gord Badanic reports Records release, with an E.P. and rockers Agent R.C.M.P., thee bands hke Beyond Possession, the that the main difficulty of compil video to follow in tlie spring. Zulu Evaporators and The Insipids was Wongs, Chrome Dog and Naked ing songs for the albums is that Gord says this record strays away sadly posponed due to rain. The Lunch, could this CD be anything "some of the best songs on the mas from the ambient tones of the band's opening has been rescheduled for less than fine? (P.O. Box 2534, Van ter tapes are of the worst quality." last releases, adding that the new December 22. Think snow. + Bang- couver B.C.. V6B 3W8). Skyler Every effort is being made to select record will sound more "straight On recording artists The Many are tracks which will satisfy old fans, ahead" with lots more percussion. planning a tour with Cross-Canada Thurston and 1000 Stamps as well as providing new listeners + Rock veterans Tankhog packed tour in April. + Daytona recently Ho! A Christmas Duet with a reasonable cross-sectioned it in at their "official" final show at returned from a cross-Canada tour Just in time for the Yuletide season sample of some of Vancouver's Fin the Starfish Room last month + with 54-40 and just finished shoot comes this PC-aware carol. Pro est punk heritage. + As those of you () K. cubsters, get ready for anodier ing a video for "Like Heaven" ceeds from the sale of Ho! are go by.Sean Raggett, andtDa!ei|lwerj with TV will know, MusicWest is surge of cubmania: On January 15. which will be released in early ing lo The Kettle Friendship Soci being cut back to one hour a week cub release tlieir second cutesy, ga spring. + Local "out of nowhere" ety, a non-profit organization work on Sundays (What will Terry David rage flavoured full-length CD on power-punk rawkers Gob are re ing to support die community-based Mulligan do now?), and tlie younger Mint Records. Cover art credit goes leasing a 7" record on Positive living of people with mental heath cent recording sessions at a local Mike (from Mike & Mike's Cross to Toronto's Fiona Smyth (Exclaim, Records in January, with a full- disabilities (contact 251-2801). Buy studio But before he even made it Canada's Adventures) will be host Snipehunt) this time around and length to follow in the spring + Gus me, won't you? (Gnnchworm Pro us 1 reiiieinber when, as a tyke, I through Ins third question, ihe pasty ing a new show called MuchEast Mint's Bill Baker calls the record are recording tlieir new full-length ductions; 24-2830 Hemlock, Van would think aboul the I99()'s - the cock-rockers assaulted the bewil very soon. Ha! MuchMucous is also "die most anticipated CD ever." In release. + Chad from M-Blanket couver BC, V6H 2V9). SkyUr Future. A Una* when ears would dered interviewer, slamming him rumoured to have recently sent a the meantime, check out cub's low- is proud to release issue #2 (the Hoot like boats without water (see against a wall and slopping him of roaming videographer from Toronto down dirty, swingin' contribution to wheelbarrow issue) of his Luke's landspccder in Star Wins). several possessions. In tlie vicious M0Rt~ LOCAL RBVieWSI Get's hope he's not related to Terry Perriscope (the third ultra-chic Cometbus-slylt fanzine Red Pop humans would live in plastic houses attack, the snakeskin cowboy boot David Mulligan) to cover live mu Northwest compilation from Olym Revenge. The second issue features on the moon (dial was the year Santa wearing singer, Seba.slion Bach, First off, there should be some men sical events in town as a permanent piad Yoyo Studios), entitled "Rain an M-Blanket tour diary (P.O. Box brought me a Junior Science ripped tlie tape out of Nardwuar's tion of the additional information Vancouver fixture. A new brightly ing Red Bob Sled", and rock out at 5504, Unit B, Victoria BC, V8R weather kit) and society would be video recorder and stomped it into I've received since last issue's press coloured Bronco/CFOX-type die New York Theatre on Saturday, 6S4). + Underground all-ages kings ruled by litlle men in silver lame little bits (the mangled tape con time. It seems that there are tides to MuchMusic truck was recently January 28 at the Come Out, Come Sparkmarker will be performing suits and relro ski-style goggles (to tained interviews with non-poseur the songs on Chris Houston's new spotted cruising the streets of down Out all-ages record release party. + a limited number of dates in Van protect their pasty little bodies from stars like Pierre Trudeau, Sandra tape ("Eat Your Hair" or "Exotic town, so look sharp, everyone. + Coal are halfway through record couver next month. With the loss of massive solar radiation). Now we're Bernhard and Hole singer Courtney Dancer Problem", I can't tell which) Bob's Your Uncle lead singer Sook- ing their new record. + Old- tiieir former singer Ryan, Kim will hallway there Hallway to the Fu- Love). Not willing lo stop there, the but they're pretty close to what Yin Lee is now a permanent resi schoolers SNFU recently finished be taking over vocal duties (and gui superstar wankers stripped lum of you'd figure from listening to the dent of Toronto, where she has set recording dieir second full-length tar), Jordan (formerly of Seismic) Ins favourite toque (a gift from his lyrics. And I was actually right nnpu tled into her new position as a VJ release for Epitaph Records. Chi Pig will be joining on guitar, and origi mother on Ihe occasion of his birth), about the presence of the great Alex and host of the daily alternative and tlie boys mixed tlie record with nal members Rob and Jason will be and the reporter was only able lo Varty on guitar; looking at the cred show "Tlie Wedge" on the nation's Dave Ogilvie (Bryan Adams) at on drums and bass, respectively. its I now see he's joined by other music station, MuchMusic. Of Mushroom Studios and one track Because Sparkmarker's recent full- evil twangers Colin Cripps, Jack de course, diis means there won't be even features guest vocals by ex- lengdi release (Products and Acces Keyser (from the Bopcats), and any Bob's Your Uncle performances Chroine Dog singer Bif Naked and sories) was recorded last year be Chris hisself. 'Nuff said. in the near future; however, the Gabby of die Cadillac Tramps! Due fore die change, the majority of set group have not broken up. + With late January/early February. + Happy Man, with Graeme Brown Vlll c it of e Sook-Yin in TO, the remaining 3/ SNFU spinoffs tlie Wheat Chiefs (ex-Jr. Gone Wild, Brilliant Orange) Urely unreleased material. If dieir 4's of B.Y.U. (not to be confused are currently on the road and Jay Holmenchuk (French Let last show (at Crosstown Traffic with ick by the evil corpo- widi punkers B.N.U., Brand New showcasing their punk rock talent ters) are back with a strong, radio- Strain on December 10) was any in I'll Unit, who reportedly recorded a full somewhere in California. After se friendly single called "Tripped On dication, the new line-up has only progress s the amid length for Break Even Point rious interest from Atlantic/Mercury Our Tongues". With Uieir polished intensified Sparkmarker's already be the calibre of bands emerging Records, due summertime) will records, tlie band has delayed die re vocals and hoky songwriting, this captivating live performance. Tlie from our twinkling city, a multitude prol ; gathe aloi keep busy with their project, the lease of tlieir new record - originally is the kind of band that would be last of tliree recent Sparkmarker 7" more comfortable in the major la of amazingly talented musicians Nan i Decembei 15 for Wingnuts, having just released recorded for Cargo Records - while releases, Gerberick will be released lake Back Ihe Toque", a protest dieir own full-length last mondi. + they wait for passible pickup from bel arena. I wish them luck in Xmas- making their mark on the cultural in spring on Final Notice Records. outside the Town Pump, where Skid Tlie Worst's side project, garage tlie majors. + Vancouver's original shopping this tape around the cor anomaly that is Vancouver. . + Finally, extra-special Christmas Row was scheduled to perform. hipsters The Fiends are releasing a garage rawk favourites Thee Smug porate sharkpool. cheer to Aging Youth Gang, (ex- Journalists from Toronto's Impact brand spanking new vinyl and CD glers returned from a successful Ben Millerd, Dale Butterfield, and LOCAL DfRTf members of Curious George) who magazine and MuchMusic were on version of tlieir new record on Ger North American tour tlus month af Ezra Cannon joined forces last year recorded a holiday original ("X-mas A benefit for Ken 'Dimwit' hand lo photograph and videotape many's Music Maniac label. Check ter performing shows with die likes in their home town of Nelson to is Coming") specifically for the fine Montgomery, the former D.O.A. die worthwhile cause and D.O.A.'s out die Woggles, the Pandoras and of Nine Pound Hammer, the Ne'er record "Arrow Song", a catchy-in- people at CiTR. The cassette even drummer who died of a heroin over Joey Shithead dedicated a song to Forbidden Dimension on a similar Do Wells, Man or Astroman? and a-melancholy-way acoustic deal included a jolly note from guitarist dose in late September, has been the protesters, condemning tip. + Live show of die month goes die Ripoffs. Exciting tour facts: 1) that received moderate airplay on Sandy Beach signed "Merry Fuck scheduled al Ihe Commodore Ball Seba.slion Bach's thoughtless and to Halifax's sweet pop sensations On a stop in Tuncawumpa, Ala CiTR. Now, with the addition of a ing Christmas." Hey, thanks. SR room for December 28lh. "An cruel actions. After learning that Jale. Tlie female quartet soodied a bama, die Smugglers recorded a sin bass player, they have become Cel evening with(out) Dimwit" will fea Bach had cowardly snuck in the packed Starfish Room audience gle on the Homo Hablis label, home lar of the Sun and are flogging an ture acts formerly involved with the back door, chants like "We want the with their melodic vocals, and lo of Man or Astroman?; 2) Tlie boys (nearly) hour long seven song tape talented musician: The Four Horse toque!" and "Toques not cock- cal stars Speedbuggy sinned during met Candy Delmar of tlie Cramps; LOCAL RLVtimi entitled Eleutheromanism. While men (from L.A.), a specially re rock!", echoed even stronger tlieir much-improved live set. Origi and 3) Bassist Beez was offered a die singing doesn't quite cut it at formed Modernettes, Stone Crazy, through Ihe Gastown night. After nally scheduled to open was Sub- seasonal lick of the ol' candy cane Various Artists times, there is enough heaviosity the Frank Brink 500. and the Boi- Skid Row's gui-wrenching perform Pop's latest talent, local smootlisters by friendly locals in the badiroom Horrifying Christinas Music here to drown out those vocal short lom Feeders. Proceeds raised from ance ("How bow ya. Van-fuckin- Zumpano. who unfortuately can of a Las Vegas casino. (He pohtely Featuring Christmas tracks from comings. The tracks are epic-length Ihe event (including funds from an couver? Hey man. was anybody at celled as bassist Scream was still declined.) God bless America. + Speedbuggy ("New Toy"), Sister dirges which are at their best when auction for a work thai will be cre- Ihe Coliseum when wc played wilh recovering from knee surgery. Loudcore sensations Facepuller are Lovers, Thee Goblins (playing a diere's plenty of fancy guitar inter play and sudden, dynamic changes. Pan-f I'll a I t ckin' Scream is recovering well, and his busy putting the finishing touches somewhat non-traditjonal version of oilier project The Tonics (formerly on a new 7" to be called Anatomy of Those years holed up in a bedroom dunng the show) will go lo a me rocked, man."), and still no show for "Joy to tlie World" widi Nardwuar die Mary Janes) are pleased to re Noise and to be released in January in the Kootenays can sure pay off! morial park bench for Dimwit, with die toque thief, tlie Province's Tom on organ), and die Joy Puffs and Les port tlieir signing to Nanaimo's on Cargo subsidiary Bang-On Vancouver's own King Clancy any remaining funds going to tlie Harrison heroically hand delivered Faeries (members of Sister Lovers Lance Rock Records (Bum) last records. Tlie two songs, Bored Willi is also a player's band, though with Vancouver Food Bank. + Vancou a protest sign to tlie singer, who was doing "X-mas in Guyville") and weekend. + Lance Rock Records Beauty" and "Reduction Box" will a slightly softer touch and more in ver's favourite interviewer still lulling out backstage. Even Ihe packaged with 12 Christmas cards signees The Stupes are busy com tricate production than their Nelson extraordimiaire Nardwuar the generous gesture by Mr. Harrison & envelopes, ribbons, bow, and piling a CD featuring covers of 70's counterparts. One song, "Cows Kill Human Serviette was recently on esulted i be I candy cane, this compilation is must rock 'n' roll favourites by Canadian Salmon", features background vo assignment lo interview major label ported lhat Mr. cock-rock' Bach nowboarding videos produced by have for your Christmas musical pleasure. Curl up by die fire and cals by Jim Newton of the newly rockers Skid Row during their re jusl wanted to be left alone. Well, idventure Scope. Sources say that fS January 1995 reformed Sons of Freedom (and the Nonetheless, they still possess an long lost Mia). However, 1 found the adventurous edge that separates this Wednesday, January 4: drums to be the most impressive el from other types of ambient music, Sparkmarker, Submission Hold ement in this song, adding a especially that new age shite that's (formerly Insult to Injury), Area 51 tribalesque ambience that belies the churned out to accompany one's (from Seattle - featuring members modern primitive Dadaism evi magma-sipping after a good bout of of Appleseed) and guests at denced on the cassette cover. Shit, Yogic flying. I mean really sepa Crosstown Traffic. did I just say that? rates. The closest thing I've heard Finally, there's one more tape I recendy that I could compare it to Wednesday, January 18: The want to bring up, if only because it's is the TA.G.C. Meontological Re Smugglers w/Lookout! recording unlike anything I've heard in quite search Recordings CD. put out a sensations The Potatomen and spe a while. We're talking the Big City few years ago by the Anti-Group cial guests at Crosstown Traffic. Orchestra here, with a six-track (Quirks in Law itself is a least a cou noise collection entided Quirks in ple years old) but with a more clini Friday, January 20: dbs. Strain and Law. (While not exactly Vancouver cal laboratory-esque approach than Dayglo Abortions at the New Yok product, it fits loosely into this col the B.C.O. are privy to. Some ofthe Theatre. umn due to the contributions of one tape effects used by B.C.O. resem Jupiter G-X Larsen, the Christ-like ble the sounds made by unidentifi Saturday, January 28: Record re figurehead (as Christ-like as one can able animals in a cave or at night lease party (Come Out, Come Out) be with a bald head, untrimmed time in some heavily vegetated field for Mint Recording artists cub w/ beard and an eye-patch) of longtime with no humans around for hun Sparkmarker and Gob at the New Vancouver noise-parody/terrorist dreds of miles. At least diat's what York Theatre. art-punk-pop ensemble The Haters.) I get out of it. DS The tracks, tending to fall in the 8 - For up to date information on un 10 minute range and wielding such AUrAttS SHOWSt derground events, call the Punx line titles and "Bluff as Bull Beef, at 684-PUNX. "Ruffian Scalded the Devil", and Wednesday, December 28: Flush "Field Lane Duck", are trance-in fanzine lOtli issue anniversary w/ ducing drones so peaceful Lamonte Ten Days Late, M-Blanket & guests Young would turn green widi envy. at Soudiwall. '"^ HUGE SALE Just for YOU! One day only, 'ipSo trie' Chidir ChiMO SdvS. [Thursday, December 29th CHKJ EVERYTHING e, utt P^.»e.ut,«"* ' *\ •**• will be 20-50% off... CRAZY, EH? Yen for Noise CD theatre^ Aseries pfcollaborations between Nimrod s lev Asher and Japanese stars like Menbow, Masonna, UK. Null, Mayuko Hino, and Yamamoto b r «-OKd*ewolbom (Boredoms). «ome out, come oot»» brave and tasty. ts her* on sohdoy Closed December 25 & January I Woff " A pMi Guns and Wankers, New Bomb ...« 3" A CAMBIE STREET Turks, Huggy Bear, U.S. VANCOUVER. B.C. CANADA V6B 2NH1 Saucer...more tba NEW PHONE NUMBER! 687-6355 1 just plain painful, and watching the undersexed nineteen year-old boys dance and drool at their feet was just plain embarrassing. BUT THEY WON!!!! Half the audience had their faces screwed into a grimace and their fingers in their ears, but Meow still won! Are fur bi kinis really that influential? Has the lo-fi craze finally brought us to this sorry state of affairs? Were the other judges getting more free beer than me? I don't know, but I sure as hell got out of the Starfish Room before the crowd got ugly and stared hunting down those respon sible for this travesty of musical justice. It was, to oh-; -elc* »ung woman sitting beside i, a cat-astrophe SHINDIG FINALS and bopped along to music. Dylan Griffith Starfish Room Next up was Underwater Friday, December 16 Sunshine with some more SUGAR Oh my. whal ;i scandal! For a power-pop. albeit a less ag MAGNAPOP moment there ii looked as gressive variety than that of Commodore Ballroom The Papillomas. I don't know though Grant Lawrence, our Thursday. December 15 stylish and witty host for the about these guys, the audi Legend had it that Sugar gigs ence seemed to like them a evening, was going to have to were places where ears went light his vv;iy out of the Star lot but I found their songs to to die, so I did something I fish Room And all because be rather limp and lifeless rarely do before going to this of those pesky kitty-core sen and there overall sound to be show: I brought earplugs. sations Meow... a bit generic. They weren't Bleeding eardrums. . Bul I'm getting ahead of bad, they were just dull. Openers Magnapop myself here The evening Meow, on the other hand. played a loud, bass heavy set started out with the melodic wen bad Really bad. I had that did nothing to ease my power-pop Of The seen them once before m the concern for my hearing. They Papillomas, a spunky three preliminaries and at the time didn't exactly 'wow' me with some from Nanaimo with a I thought they were entertain their songs, which could fit bunch of catchy tunes and a ing enough to forgive their into a genre suggested by lead singer who docs a musical incompetence, but their name - think Veruca Salt wicked 'belly dance' across on this night 1 was not with a little more of the cal- the stage. Il took a while for amused. Not only were they i (he; i that - but the audience lo warm up to out ol tunc and out of synch. they certainly intrigued me them, but, largely thanks to which 1 expected, but they enough to want to listen to the pioneering kung-fu dance had none of the charm thai then recorded works. Bob moves of one young scenster, made them tolerable the first Magnapop on then* last song. singer and guitar player from Mould even graced the stage so appealing almost falls into a fair sized crowd eventually time round. Listening to their After a thirty minute Magnapop joined the head- earlier than expected as he the background. Even songs formed in front of the stage clamorous cacophony was break. Sugar meandered on liners on stage and the whole came out to play with that don't stand out on the stage and earplugs were read CD took on a whole new life, ensemble was soon playing a ied all around the Commo particularly "Your Favourite cover of the Kinks "You Re dore. But as it turned out, Things", which was im ally Got Me." A curious they weren't necessary. The proved upon incredibly. Key choice, I thought, but the band was loud, but not out boards, which are an integral bands played it well and had rageously so. In fact, it part in many of Sugar's re fun and the audience was into seemed like they were quieter corded songs, were nowhere it. It may have been a bit than Magnapop, and far to be found in their live set cliche, but if Bob Mould is clearer in then* mix (which and there were also some responsible for making Sugar melodies that differed from as good as it is, he can do to remove my noise anything else he damn well those originally recorded. I blockers. pleases. was left with the impression Boh Mould may very well that Bob Mould's voice is un who c ;ank able to reproduce much of the Brian Wieser out the tunes with effortless range (three or four octaves, ease, and many of Sugar's if that) displayed on CD, and GINGER songs do have an almost for so he worked within a more Town Pump mulaic sound, but they're just uniform vocal area. Hey, it Friday, December 9 so damn catchy and pleasing still sounded great, so who's I like these guys and I would to listen to! Three releases to complain? love to say tons of good into their existence. Sugar The evening was com things about them. The prob has become a staple on my pleted seventy minutes after lem is, they seem to attract an CD player. Live. Sugar spews Sugar began, but not without audience of strong-boned out so much energy (and an encore that included kids born and bred in the sub sometimes ferocity) in their something I haven't seen urbs and bearing slightly overall performance that the vacuous facial expressions. song writing that is otherwise since my (regrettable) days of arena concert-going. The Oh Vancouver! If you could 20 January 1995 have seen that excuse for a then descended en masse on mosh pit. full of Melrose ad a stunned-looking conven dicts with Volvo keys jan ience store to pick up nec gling in their pockets with essary supplies, (ahem) Fi every half-hearted lurch... nally we were really on our As for the show itself, way: the Partridge Family there was some wicked slide was on the TV. the CD guitar and plenty of good har player was (almost) blasting monies, but I wanted another the Mighty Mighty voice to make a richer, three- Bosstones, and we were all part vocal. Maybe it's just me looking about as pining for the old Grapes, but illy stereotyped can't they get one of those s possible. new guitar guys to sing? We at the RCKNDY in Seattle with There were the obligatory plenty of time to spare and skewed-pop-culture refer proceeded to/continued to ences, including an encore of drink ourselves silly wait an old ELO number (don't ing for DDT to start. ("I'm ask me which one) and a truly not hitting on you," said the boring rendition of "Santa guy from the Province, "I Claus Is Coming to Town" to and up end the show. Yawn. (There anymore") DDT have was also a ten minute break gotten a lot of hype lately, at one point during which and while that's usually yP&ttt Tom Hooper gave a mono pretty irritating, they actu logue about how he once got ally deserve it. Hard core stoned with Steve Fonyo in white boy rap, funk, ska, the back of Fonyo's convert and hollering into mega BIOHAZARD" ible K-car in Rutland. Then, phones is all well and good, mercifully, he woke up the but these guys have style other band members and they and a warped sense of hu all jumped back into the mu mour that put them over the sic.) To the band's credit top. Listen carefully to the though, there were a few lyrics of "Black-Haired MACHINE •" solid packages of pop heaven Crime" or "McDDT" and (including "Earth Revolves crack up. At the RCKNDY, Around You"), and some of the band put on their stand them weren't even Grapes of ard high-energy show to a Wrath tunes. small crowd that seemed ab S3I Keith Orpen solutely determined to give themselves whiplash bounc ing around. Meanwhile, DDT ngers Co: RCKNDY, Seattle tried not to slip on some Friday, December some questionable liquids on the thing stage; an especially difficult Five o'clock on a Friday af task since at least half of ternoon and I'm having camp DDT were two feet up in the flashbacks: Once again I am air at any given time. A on a bus with forty or so other great show, as usual. kids, heading off for a great A bunch of us went to go *» time without our parents. Ex catch the Jesus Lizard at cept this time we all have Moe » I i iing leather jackets, tattoos and Silly Rabbit. The Jesus Liz beer. Well, we don't actually ard was great though, de scarface n cry ground floo won't catch me runnin' patchwer the most beautifulleBt...lp brag/ji e everything is everything lp elektra the rubbers song e m i i used to love h-e.r. relativity proceed geffen HEY VANCCLVEC! CCME TC SEATTLE! GET SOME OFTHE BEST AFFORDABLE SOUNDS IN THE NORTHWEST!) VAGRANTRECORDS STUDIO REASONABLE KATES NEGOTIABLE FEES! SATISFACTION GUARENTEED (206) 525-0628 WE TAKE CANADIAN CURRENCY! Entertainment Tonight find unfit to broadcast. We're in your homes and in your heads, Anna PRESENTS... 3:30-4:OOPM White THE UNHEARD MUSIC 7:00-9;00PM and Deb insinuate thar way into your life to Light! Meat the unherd where the unheard and the entertain, provoke, preach, rant, seduce, and THE CiTR DINNER REPORT 5:00- THE PEAKING CANUCK 7:00-9:00PM If hordes of hardly herd are heard, courtesy of lie to you. "It's only 10am, are they talking 5:30 PM Do you want us to make you a you are suffenng an identity crisis you may host and demo director Dale Sawyer. Herd up! about sex again?" SaberToothTiger?Half an hourof unbeatable want to tune into this show more than once. RITMO LATINO 9:00-10:00PM Get on CANADIAN LUNCH 11:30-1:00PM Toques, news coverage plus our weekly wrap up. L Bj Your host Bob Wiliston chronicles Canada in board Vancouver's only tropical fiesta express plaids, backbacon, beer, igloos and beavers. From Brighton,England correspondentAngus 20th Century sound every second week. with your loco hosts Wendi, Rolando, and Eat your lunch every Thursday with Skyler. Wilson bnngs us this report... 1 ' THE JAZZ SHOW 9:00PM-12:00AM Mateo as they shake it and wiggle it to the STEVE & MIKE 1:00-2:00PM Crashing the NATION 2 NATION 6:00-9:00PM Vancouver's longest running prime time jazz latest in Salsa, Merengue, Cumbia and other boys' club in the pit. Hard and fast, heavy and Underground sound system-style I SPRING 1 program. Hosted by the ever-suave Gavin fiery fiesta favountes. Latin music so hot it'll it, baby. !§1§ Walker. Features at 11 give you a tan! jjRADIO SABR0SA!! FLEX YOUR HEAD 3:00-5:00PM FOR THE RECORD 6:30-6:45PM Ex Jan. 2: Our first show of the New Year WOLF ATTHE DOOR 1 0:0OPM-12:00AM —HARD ERIC- cerpts from Dave Emory's Radio Free I honours the winner and entrant into "Down Alternating Tuesdays. Live readings and the —ERIC CORE- America Senes. Beat" magazine's Hall of Fame • pianist, YOUR DREAM VACATION 5:30-6:00 HOMEBASS 900PM-12:00AM The composer, band leader and jazz legend Dave Yonderboy. If you move in your groove and notion to original live mixed dance program in ft: ^jjKi I Brubeck. Happy New Year! AURAL TENTACLES MIDNITE - VERY motion, If a backpack's your thing then here's Vancouver. Hosted by DJ Noah, the main i i Jan. 9:One of Miles Davis'mostmystenous LATE Warning: This show is moody and what you do: Thursdays at supper tune in to focus of the show is techno, but also and haunting recordings with his mid- 60's unpredictable. It encourages insomria and includes some trance, acid, tribal, etc... Quintet. "Nefertiti", a classicF! may prove to be hazardous to your health. OUTFOR KICKS 6:00-7:30PMNoBii1(enstocksl Jan. 16: A repeat of one of the finest Listener discretion is advised. The music, nothing pokticatlycorrect. Wedon't getpaid so Canadian Jazz groups; theBairyElmes Quintet. news and 2:00 WW0D hosted by Pierre may you 'redamnnght we have funwithit. Hosted by .)! he Drummer Elmes and his band with a program not be suitable for the entire family. of Jazz standards and originals with legendary IHEAT-UP j^3 SATURDAYS guitarist Ed Bickert. WEDNESDAYS THE SATURDAY EDGE 8:00AM- I LEVER Jan. 23: One of Omette Coleman's finest 12:00PM Now in its 10th year on the early recordings with hs Quartet. "Change of LIVE FROM THUNDERBIRD RADIO HE _L 9:00- air, The Edge on Folk features music you the Century" with Don Cheiry, Charlie Haden, MUSIC AS A WHOLE 8:30-9:30AM Bob?!? 11:00PM Local muzakfrom9. Uvebandz won't hear anywhere else, studio guests, Billy Higgins and alto saxophonist Omette Maybe, kinda sorta, but not necessanly? from 10. Jan 5: Another White Male new releases, Bnnsh comedy sketches, Coleman. YACHTCLUB 11 30-1:1 5Dropanchorwith Jan 26: The Many folk music calendar, ticket giveaways, ON THE DIAL Jar. 30: A piece of concert Jazz to end ournewall rap format. It's superkalifragalickin' Feb 2: July 4th Toilet etc., plus World Cup Reportat 11:30 the month. Dizzy Gillespie and his orchestra expealidopemix with DJ Gav 'n Matt. RADIO TRANSUBSTANTIATION YEA!! - AM. 8-9 AM: Afncan/World roots. 9-12 THE MEAT-EATING VEGAN 3:O0-4:OOPM playing a 5 part composition by Lalo Schifnr LOVE SUCKS 1:1S-3:OOPM Tunemforthe Alternating with TFIL 11:00-1 AM SUNDAYS noon: Celtic music and feature perfor- I endeavour to feature dead air, verbal called "Gllespiana", a great earful. musical catharsis that is Love Sucks. If you Straight from the mean streets, Ethan Meyer, ARE YOU SERIOUS? MUSIC 8:00AM- flatulence (only when I speak), a work of SCREAMING INCONSISTENCIES 12:00- can't make sense of it, at least you can dance Dylan Rymer, and mixmaster Kaptain Nero 12:00PM All of time is measured by its art. music by a twentieth- century composer- 4:00AM: The ultimate contrast. Screwing straddle and masssage your eardrums with POWERCHORD 12:00-3:00PM Vancouver's Most broadcasting shuns art for incestuous can you say mmimalist?-and whatever else you over with nostalgia, then bringing you MOTORDADDY 3:00-5:OOPM We're big non-stop horror. Inject and leam something! only tine metal show; local demo tapes, im ports andotherranties. Gerald Rattlehead market-music. This show presents the most appeals to me. Fag and dyke positive. Mail in back to what you might call reality. We do William Smith fans, are you? TALES FROM THE INFINITE LIVINGROOM - and Metal Ron do the damage. recent new music from around the world. Ears your requests, because I am not a human- poetry, too. ESOTERIK 6:00-7:30PM (es'o'ter-ik), adj., Alternating with RTY 11:00-1 AM THE AFRICAN SHOW 3:00 - 5:00PM It'samusc open. Hosted by Paul Steenhulsen and Ian answering machine. Got a quarter then call understood by, or intended for, only a select Chns Panah explores the Metanoid states and thing from all Afnca. It's an awareness Crutdiley. number of disciples; secret; mysterious. psycho-sonic scapes ofThelnfiniteUvingroom, TUESDAYS thing of self and others. It's an African THE ROCKERS SHOW 12:00-3;00PM FEMININE HY-JINX 4:OO-5:00PM For AND SOMETIMES WHY 7:30-9:00PMand that Nth dimensional spacebetween perplexed house party. Stories, music, dance fun. Reggae inna al styles and fashion. Mike Cherry women who sometimes don't feel fresh, but THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM 8:30- sometimes why are people so miserable? consciousness and profound absurdity. and Peter Williams alternate as hosts. always get fresh. Spoken word and music: 11:00AM That's right,bub ! Punk-pop, surf- guess that's life... but we always have Sily Welcome! SOUL CHURCH 3:00-5:00 PM Alternating light to heavy flow.Maximu m protection slop, and lots more trash for yer can. Tune in Quacky Utterly Elegant Elfy Kool Yoks! THE SHOW 6:00-8:00PM Strictly Hip Sundays with Brent Argo. Vancouver's only recommended for malelisteners. Holy Hannah! to me, Bryce D, for all the crud that's got STRAIGHT OUTTA JALLUNDHAR FRIDAYS Hop - Strictly Undergound - Stnctly program devoted entirely to African-Cana- It's a Femininst show. class every Tuesday morning. Yowza! 10:00PM-1 2:00 AMLetDJ'sJmdwaand VENUS FLYTRAP'S LOVE DEN 8:30- Vinyl With your hosts Craig G., Mr. Checka dianandAfrican-AmencanGospelmiisic. Your THE CiTR DINNER REPORT 5:00-5:30PM MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW 3:00-5:00PM Bindwa immerse you in radioactive Bhungra! 10:00AM Greg here. Join mein the love den 4 J Swing on the 1 & 2's. host, Vince Yeh. For more interesting ckinerguests join Princess "Chakkh de phutay". Listen to all our favorite for a cocktail. We'll hear retro stuff, groovy THE BIG STOMP 10:00PM-1:00AM HEATHER'S SHOW 6:00-8:00PM Andrea and her team: Jedi Knight NeJ, Leanna of info and rawk. Ya don't need a peris to be Punjabi tunes - remixesan d onginals. Brraaaah! jazz, and thicker stuff too. See you here ... alternating with Groove Jumping Dedicatated to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and Skywalker, and Gran Moff Ian (#5?). We bring a musical Genius! Coral and Trish. NOTE NEW TIME! and bnng some ice. XOXX Killing ugly radio with one easy step. transsexual communities of Vancouver and you the Force of the news, dark side and all. THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR 5:30-6:0OPM LITTLE TWIN STARS Alt. with lo-fi 1- GROOVE JUMPING 10:00PM-1:00AM Join our own "best boy" Kevin O'Toole for Terry, Wozzle, Jeff, Warren. Who will it listened to by everyone. Lots of human With the BBC World Service News 0 5- THURSDAYS 2:30 PM StraponyourvmylGoGobootsfor interest features, background on current 5:05pm news, reviews, interviews; all the shmooz in an mtergalacdc nde to the stars. Hello Kitty! be? Who knows! Who cares! It rocks! Go issues and great musicfrom musicians of all FLAMING CATERPILLAR SHOW 6:00- the film business that Mary Hart and RADIO FREE WOMEN 10:00-11:30AM NARDWUAR THE HUMAN SERVIETTE sexual preferences and gender identities. LULU'S BACK IN TOWN 8:O0-9:O0PM No SUN TUB SAT cotton or even a cotton poly blend. Vmnie Carpelli and Sonny Prince bnng you one hour of pure tightpants, ball hugging, crooning NEW STUFF THIS tfM'K «( « kolt compact Vtuus r~ivr*M>'s N POLYESTER! tk« M H Are yak third time's ton Dtu SHOWS Laced in GEETANJAU 9:00-10:00PM Geetanjali is disco wiikikt DIGITAL DarkneoE, for ail you a one-hour radio show which features a wide serhks the charm SATURPAY got hie vampirec out. RLRRM 1 PM Normul range of music from India. This includes clas froWHf Rt&tlio frit EPCE there, will be fillin' in sical music, both Hindustani and Camatic, music? CHRONOMETER WOMEN ThurcdayE LATH from, lam popular music from Indian movies from the to 4am for this here 1930's to the 1990's, Semi-classical music helen's THE YACHT CANADIAN month. such as Ghazals and Bhajans, and also SCHEDULE IM\0 W6VI hiit LUNCH ItX.M.'kJt.JL Quawwalis, Folk Songs, etc. Hosted by J. cm? CHANGES: Blood on the Dhar, A. Patel and V. Ranjan. Saddle will be on hiatus MEHflMIHRL lo fi little until march, but he'll RADIO FREE AMERICA 10:00PM- ROCKERS BLOOD ON love SUM POWER \ be bactc Tune in Tuesdays 12:00AM Join host Dave Emory and SHOW OBJEKT THE SADDLE sucks CHORO from 13pm for some colleague Nip Tuck for some extraordinary NOIZE sugarlump great new dj's fillin' in! political research guaranteed to make you bye bye to sugarlump think twice. Bnng your tape deck and two C- M-Jtit-E-itiH-; WIVT SMI Mary Tyler Other than that, nil the 90s. Onginally broadcast on KFJC (Los Altos, V*-*j-»H MOTOR Fcexvoutt AFRICAN deejays here at CiTR California). NARDWUAR/ with you wonderful $6h\ Ckfcr 25 S^ggoTJfiTjS WED 21 Spearhead (Michael Franti from Disposable Heroes of FRI 6 Big Tall Garden, Shademakers, Smokeaters at the Starfish VENUESVENUES VENUES VBNUESVENUESVENUESVENTJES Hiphoprisy) at Richard's on Richards...Two Trains w/ Out of No Room...Martingale at Koerners Pub... where al the Town Pump...J Knutson & band at the Railway Club...djs Jon Hardy, T. Bone, Dickey Doo at the Shaggy SAT 7 Dayglo Abortions, Seamen & Gob at the Starfish Alma Street Cafe 2505 Alma (at Broadway) 222 2244 Horse...The Craze at The End Cafe...Wonderland w/DJs Lace & Room. ..House of Commons & The Deadcatsat the Falls Pub (in the Anza Club 3 W 8th (Mount Pleasant) 876 7128 Little T at MaRs. Vinyl w/DJs T-Bone & Dickey Doo at the Star Niagara Hotel)... Arts Hotline 684 2787 fish Room. . Suck w/DJ Czech at Luvafair. DiSCORDER Janu @ Gallery HOW Hastings (downtown) 685 0509 689 7734 ary issue hits the streets (we hope)... SUN 8 GoGo Jazz Lounge djs Michael Golf & Lovely Lisa at Backstage Lounge 1585 Johnston (Granville Island) 687 1354 the Arts Club Theatre... Cafe Deux Soleil 2096 Commercial (the Drive) 254 1195 THU 22 Spirit of Christmas at the Railway Club.Moist & it) 873 1331 Ulead at the Commodore (ALL AGES)./$Oul Crib at the MON 9 CiTR F 683 6099 Malcolm Lowry Room...Big Tall Garden, Upperlevels, Arms Boogaloo w/dj| 689 3180 Akimbo & Tickelborte at the Town Pump.-.Tinga Tinga w/DJs 682 4629 Flyte & Friendly Planet at the TwilightZone...Hogan sings modore Ba1MM870 GranvilleMB HH) 6817838 Holiday at the Alma Street Cafe. Crosstown TraffijHHw Hastings (jHH^H \ 669 7573 [Denman Place Gj|!|||l030 Denman (West nd) 683 2201 FRI 23 The Paperboys at the Railway Club...Moist and hlleadat [District Coffee ihe Commodore...The Flu & The Road at the Malcolm Lowry 1687 0032 Room. Freeway Persuasion, Morns Minor, This Side Up at the IFirehall Arts ( Hungry Lye Caligula at the Plaza Theatre Terror of Tiny Town [Food Not Bon w/guests ai the Starfish Room the Grames Brothers at the Town Glass Slipper Pump.Piramide/Rhumba Calzada at the Fraser Hall [Graceland Hastings Cc SAT 24 Bughouse Five at the Railway Club... Hemp B.C. Hollywood 738 3211 SUN 25 Ho ho ho... Hungry Eye Koemer's Pul MON 26 Zoo Boogaloo W/DJs Spun-K & Czech at the Starfish... LaQuena 1 Bughouse Five at the Railway Club...The Craze at the Automo Luv-A-Fair Lux Theatre Malcolm Lo\ TUE 27 Veda Hille and her band at the Ratlway Club Sons 01 J685 0143 Freedom w/ Liquid at the Town Pump., djs Jon Hardy & Druna Maximum ai the Shaggy Horse... 8701 Odyssey WED 28 Flush fanzine 10th issue anniversary w/Ten Days Late. 689 5256 M-Blanket & guests at the Southwall (ALL AGES). An Evening Old Americj with(out) Dimwit-TheFour Horsemen, Modernettes, Stone Crazy, |Orph< Frank Funk 5, Bottom Feeders at the Commodore. Veda Hille [665 3050 and her band at the Railway Club The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir Pacific Ci at the Town Pump .djs Jon Hardy. T. Bone, Dickey Doo at the Paradise Cj Shaggy Horse...The Craze at The End Cafe.-Wonderland w/DJs,. Park Theatj Face & LittleTat MaRs.-.Vinyl w/DJs T-Bone & Dickey Doo at Picadilly Pit Pub the Starfish Room Suck w/DJ Czech at Luvafair. '822 6273 Pitt Gallery 317 W Hastings (downtown) THU 29 Jazzmanian Devils al the Railway (Tub. The Beauti Plaza Theatre 881 Granville (Granville Mall) cians at the Malcolm Lowry Room. Nero's Rome at the Hungry FRI 20 Dayglo Abortions, Strain, dbs. at the New York Theatre Punk Listings Eye..The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir at the Town Pump...Tinga (7:30 - ALL AGES). The Stoaters al Koerners Pub... Railway Club 579 Dunsmuir (downtown) Tinga w/DJs Flyte & Friendly Planet al the Twilight Zone...djs 681 1625 Clarence & David Love Jones at the Piccadilly Pub... SAT 21 Memphis Slux, Soul ( Jj Michael Golf at the Star- Ridge Cinema 3131 Arbutus (at 16thAvenue) 738 6311 lish Room.. Russian Hall 600 Campbell (Chinatown) 874 6200 FRI 30 Jazzmanian Devils at the Railway Club...Circus In Flames Shaggy Horse 818 Richards (downtown) 688 2923 al the Malcolm Lowry Room...The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir at SUN 22 GoC Lounge djs Michael Golf & Lovely Lisa at Southwall 23 rd & Lonsdale (North Van) 980 5202 the Town Pump...Waiting For God at the Hungry Eye. Caligula the Arts Club Theatr Speedy O'Tubbs Fairview (Bellingham) (206) 734 1539 at the Plaza Theatre. Starfish Room 1055 Homer (downtown) 682 4171 Starlight Cinema 935 Denman (West End) MON 23 CiTR PRESENTSJEEK J1E PIT PUB.Zoo 689 0096 SAT 31 New Years Eve Bash w/ The Real McKenzies at the Boogaloo w/ djs Spun-K JfCzeiih at h Room... Station Street Arts Centre 930 Station (downtown) Railway Club DDT at the Hungry Eye..7 Year Bitch. Unsane, 688 3312 Bloodless & Steel Wool at the Off Ramp...F.S.P. presents EP TUE 24 Slayer. Bioha/afd. Machllelllad 3B Tavern 1226 State (Bellingham) (206)734 OCH w/ lots of djs, call Bassix.She Stole My Beer at the Town km Hardy * Duma at th&Shaggy Hi 1881 Pump F'unkyard at the Ivanhoe and at the Penthouse...Wallstreet Town Pump 66 Water Street (Gastown) 683 6695 al Breakers The Rocky Honor Picture Show at the Plaza WED 25 Numb, Waiting for Cod. BlackgMmospher Twilight Zone 7 Alexander (Gastown) 682 8550 lish Room...djs ion llaidyl T'WnelDi&^sMfellill UBC SUBTHEATRE(UBC) 822 3697 UBC Grad Centre Gate 4 (UBC) 822 0999 JANUARY Vancouver East Cultural Centre 1895 Venables 254 9578 IHU 26 SubsonK Thursdays ,,l thf'Pit Pub w/ Mathew Vaneover Folk Song Society 1090 W.70th SUN 1 Happy New Year! How's the hangover' Taste of Joy-.djS Claience & David Love Jones at the PK 526 2804 Vancouver Centre Cinema 650 W. Georgia (downtown) 669 4442 MON 2 CiTR PRESENTS GEEK LOVE AT l'HE PIT PUB...B.B. Vancouver Press Club 2215 Granville 738 7015 King at the Orpheum Theatre...Zoo Boogaloo w/ djs Spun-K & FRI 27 Rattle and Dash at Ko. Varsity Theatre 4375 W 10th Avenue (Poini t Grey) Czech at the Starfish Room .. 222 2235 SAT 28 cub w/ Sparkmar Video In 1965 Main (South Van) 872 8337 Vogue Theatre 918 Granville (Granville Mall) TUE 3 d|s Jon Hardy & Druna at the Shaggy Horse (8pm- ALL AGES) 257 6205 Waterfront Theatre 1405 Anderson (Granville Is.) 685 6217 WED 4 Sparkmarker. Submission Hold. Area 51 and guests at SUN 29 GoGo Jazz Lounge djs Michael Golf & Lovely Li W.I.S.E. Hall 1882 Adanac (the Drive) Crosstown Traffic (All AGES)...Chixdiggit at the Starfish the Arts Club Theatre... Yale Blues Pub 1300 Granville (downtown) Room djs Jon Hardy. T. Bone. Dickey Doo at the Shaggy Horse MON 30 Zoo Boogaku SUBMISSIONS FOR DATEBOOK ARE FREE! PLEASE FAX YOUR LISTINGS FOR THE FEBRUARY ISSUE: ATTENTION THU 5 Subsonic Thursdays at the Pit Pub w/ The Grames Broth "DISCORDER DATEBOOK" AT 822 9364, BY THE PRINT ers, the Rootabeggars.djs Clarence & David Love Jones at the TUE 31 djs Jon Hardy & Dru DEADLINE, JANUARY20th Piccadilly Pub... 26 January 1995 1869W4thAve.. STORE HOURS Vancouver, BC MontoWed 10:30-7:00 V6J1M4 Thurs and Fri 10*30-9:00 CANADA Sat 9:30-6:30 Sun 12:00-6:00 • tel 604738.3232 The Pick of the Litter '94 We've coerqed, threatened, cajoled, pleaded, and begged our staff into tellig us what they thought were the most significant releases from the year that nfrlv draws to a close. Here, for your edification and illumination, are the results 6f our labours. The lists are in no particular order. If you missed any of them while perusing the stacks, we invite you to check 'em out. Use one of our three CD listening booths if ydll like! brady Christine daisy grant h Bedhead What Fun Uh Was StEtienne Tiger Bay Nick Cave Let love In Po-h* Celebrate the New Dork Age Thirty OuoJtSix Bosozoku Stereolab Mars Audiac Quintet Pavement Crooked Roin, Crooked Rt Drive Uke Jehu Yonk Crime .i? Codeine The White Birch Wedding Present Wotusi American Music Club Son Francisco Smog Burning Kingdom Guided By Voices Bee Thousand" Blur Parklife Coctoih Peel Latin Playboys lolm Playboys Ursa Major Suede Dog Man Star Guided by Voices Bee Thousand Unwound New Plastic Ideas . Tortoise Sebadoh Bake Sale Hole Uve Through This Eleventh Dreom Day Ursa Major For Your Own Special Sweetheart Seefeel Palace Brothers Palace Palace Brothers Palace "'"' ^ . Smog turning Kingdom Pizzicoto Five Mississippi John Hurt (Anthology) Blaise Pascal Foreword Swell 41 Guided by Voices Bee Thousand Swell 41 SbeUoc I At Action Park Palace Brothers An Arrow Through the Bitch EP Global Communicali! 76' 14" Latin Playboys Latin Playboys Portishead ; Dummy grant m miko Guided by Voices Bee Thousand Ani Difranco Out of Range Dave Alvin King of California Gob Gob Eleventh Dream Day Ursa Major Excuse Seventeen Excuse Seventeen Portishead Dummy Various Rock Stars KiB I £•>:« 12 [d »7J Pole Saints Slow Buildings Good Horsey Kazue Cranes Loved Butterglory Crumble Giant Sand Glum Evaporators France (7° single) 360s Strawberry Zone Pansy Division Deflowered ZiBatron Lord of the Harvest Crayon Brick Factory Paladia Ticket Home Heavenly The Decline and Fall of. nick paul m Palace Brothers Palace Giant Sand Glum ALL STOCK enth Dreom Day | Ursa Major Come Don't Ask, Don't Tell tn Mazzocane Moonyean Guided by Voices Bee Thousand Raymond Listen and fh Licorice Root Orchestra two Dollar Guitar Let Me Bring You Down Silver Jews and Nico Old New York Z" Swell 41 LidaHusik Evening at the Grange Eleventh Dream Day Ursa Major Bugskiill Quixotic Beck One Foot in the Grave Pavement Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain Flaming Ups Providing Needles,.. 20% off! Younger Day Younger Day Built to Spill Car/Girl 7" Flying Saucer Attack VHF#1 : American Music flub San Francisco paul t randy Big Drill Car No Worse for the Wear Halo Benders God Don't Make No Junk Pavement Crooked Roin, Crooked Rain Palace Brothers Palace ONE DAY ONLY Red Red Meat Jimmywine Majestic Kicking Giant Alien Samiam Clumsy Various Periscope Everclear World of Noise Crayon Brick Factory Arcwelder j Xerxes Sunny Day Real Estate Diary Drive Like Jehu Yonk Crime I * Sebadoh Bake Sale DECEMBER 26 Afghan Whigs Ass Ponys Pizzicato Five | Five by Five EP Nick Cave Let Love In Heaven's To Betsy Calculated Lee Harvey Oswald ten A Taste of Prison Sparkmarker Products and Accessories 9AM to 6PM steakface Crayon Brick Factory StEtienne Tiger Boy Sloan Twice Removed Daylona Chicane figiimB Rock Stars Kit! * lee Scratch Perry Time Boom NO EXTENSIONS Bakesale The Golden Palominos Pure Dresch Z" Tom Robinson Love Over Rage "except yellow togged items and tickets Accessories Killing Joke Pandemonium Offspring* Smash Zulu now has Interac Direct Payment Julian Cope Autogeddon Have a f***in' amazing new year! 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