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ne of the great things Rarely have I seen anyone do a about being a comic comic about being old in such a Ojunkie is going to other positive light. Reading that parts of the world and finding made me feel a bit better about comics, or having comics from the whole aging thing and I other parts of the world find appreciated it. After finishing you. It's a universal language, this little gem I found across the ocean, I noticed her contact A recent find was the Israeli address was in San Francisco. It comic Bipolar. Created by twin still cracks me up. brothers Tomer and Assaf When I went to San Diego I Hanuka, the comic came hooked up with Jordan Crane together in a novel way. {Non) again and he pulled a Separated at a young age, the Robin. He took me to the bros have re-united to do Highwater Books booth and Bipolar. It's intriguing.to see the piled comic after comic after two similar art styles even Done by Adam Jamieson from comic on me. I bought quite a though they grew up, indepen­ New Zealand, Wishbone is a few, but my favorite was M/7rw dently and uninfluenced by stylish package, from its two- Mjau. A Finnish comic written each other. Translated from tone cover to its French, clean and drawn by some guy named Hebrew, the first one was writ­ line style. I say French, clean Jason. I got issues #5 and 6. ten and drawn by Tomer. Titled line style as it's fairly reminis­ They were all silent and mostly "Time Strips," the piece is four cent of Herge (Tintin). But about tall skinny animals or two-page snippets: the life of a Jamieson adds his own flourish. crows. They had the same kidnapper; two kids Who love Everything about it reminds me goofy and clever way about Pear discorder. comics; a painter and his cats; of autumn because he excels at them as a Louis Trondheim and a solider. The story has no drawing falling leaves and (Nimrod) character. The stories He in Capozzi Park have wracked < are brief, usually one or two collective brains trying to recall the "unclassy" form but is sweet in a sparse pieces of paper blowing in the comments your reviewer attributes to us in their way. It left a lot for the imagina- wind. I'm glad he had the fore­ pages and simple. A skeleton Jad Fair review. All that we have come up with is tion.Tomer has a sketchy and sight to bring his comic along rises from the grave, does some that Max said "Op next, Human Rodeo!" and I (mark) chunky style that is similar to during his travels. It's a story stretches, notices it's raining said "I think that's Adult Rodeo" in a dry tor the unruliness of- Teddy about a community, about love, and grabs an umbrella from which those who know me recognize as a speech Kristianson's, the guy who does and trying to tell the future. the coffin, fini. Some of them impediment. In the earlier (unfashionable) part of the are cute. Like DV vs. TW — set, for some reason I kept quoting the MCS's revolutionary House Of Secrets. Assaf's story, I just went to London, UK rabble rousing stage banter. Doctors tell us it was in "Kamikaze Pizza" was my and although everything there that's Darth Vader versus Tom some ways a form of stage presence. They add that a few weeks favorite of the three. Starting was dead expensive I was Waits. There ; at Presley Memorial should have me jumping about like a with one man's funeral, we determined to find at least one frog's leg demonstrating the galvanic response. learn what the afterlife is like British indie comic. I did find We have the greatest respect for Jad Pair and Adult Rodeo for people who commit suicide. one I liked. The Book of Sleep utterly charming and enjoyable. and thank them for 'sharing' their rider with us. We have no I just wish I spoke Finnish so I idea what we said on stage that your reviewer interpreted as Seems like the afterlife is pretty was done by Gabrielle Bell. The being against them. We are elderly and forgetful, but rarely much like here—the bleakness first story was about how she could learn more about him. unkind. of real life with a twist: you're had a dream that she met Julie Good news though, he's going dead. The writing was a bit Doucet (Dirty Plotte). Telling to be in the next issue of Non. Love, Capozzi Park. blase, which added a sort of because her style is a more sim­ Turns out he's one of Crane's dark humor. Assaf's drawing plistic, cuter version of Doucet's favorites too. style is a lot cleaner and a bit with a dash of Dame Darcy. At Some were international ' more realistic. I also like how times she manages to excel past and some weren't, some the main character of the story the boundaries of her style. In required a bit of travel and was always in the peripherals one story called "March of some came to me. The worst? of the panel. It makes you feel Despair" there's a roundabout You're probably going to have more involved in the story. I'm chaos of black panels telling an impossible time trying to looking forward to upcoming more than one story. Wispy and find these. So here are some creepy, the stylized people bend addresses in case you liked When I'm in the comic every which way. My favourite what you heard. Bipolar: store sometimes people will story was "When I'm Old." www.thanuka.com. Wishbone: OOOOD MORNING dogs, movies and smooching. come in while on vacations "When I'm old I'll experiment in Adam Jamieson, PO Box 5722, VANCOUVER!!! This is Okay. Also I would like to say with their comics to sell. drug abuse and always share." Wellesley St., Auckland, New Gwhat I say each morn­ thank you for reading this mag­ Wishbone was one of those. Zealand. ing (or late afternoon) when I azine, currently we are looking lower my head and exit the for people who are interested in hobbit hole that is my home. a roller skating party at Into the sunshine I go, with a Stardust Rinks in Surrey. I got little saying titled "celebrate to go there on numerous occa­ life" held tightly in my fist, sions as a child. It's a fun place. thrown at sour faced, jaded So if anyone wants to put acid and/or cynical Vancouverites. in their eyeballs and hold hands Hello everyone. My name is smile to a complete stranger. and backwards couple skate to Lyndsay Sung, aka Lyndsay This is called "spreading the Def Leppard, drop me a line. I'll do everything except the acid Shat and I welcome YOU to cel­ magic." Some people truly part. Cause acid is so '91.1 hope ebrate too. Right now you are believe that I am a balding, it doesn't make a comeback like thinking, this has got to be a tweed blazer and jeans-wear­ it's lame sharply dressed half joke. Nobody named Lyndsay ing, 43 year old, happy good stepbrother cocaine did. Shat can celebrate life! Not with times high school counsellor a ridiculous nickname such as stuck in a Chinese indie rock L.Shat! Sorry to break it to you. chick's body. I say stupid shit Talk to you soon, If you are the motivated and efficient Shat is in the house and life is like "spread the magic," I per­ Love Lyndsay superstar we seek, here to be celebrated. So how form modern dance and '80s please forward your re can one celebrate? Lessee. Start jazz dance moves anywhere [email protected] by giving a friendly nod or " le, and I'm all about hot orfax:473-S638 s wfggsrmm sentiment? Pah! I live in a coun­ Vancouver. I have begun to were haute cuisine, while their try that produces 25 million have fantasies of wading into maids try to control a four year barrels of oil a day, each one the cold Pacific, taking deep, old that already understands selling for approximately $40. deep breaths, like I was giving that she/he has more social sta­ (You do the math.) birth, the water only barely 10 tus than the woman trying to I don't even blink when I degrees. I want to see the water tell it to stop throwing fries. see the bright yellow road-signs go from clear to muddy as the I want to be able to walk that say in bold Arabic and dust washes off my skin, from down a street, any street; I want anthony monday:kuwaiti correspondent English: "Caution: SPEED out between my wrinkles. I to get on a bus, I want the over­ Leads to Prison or Death." I want rain. I want constant ly sickening courtesy of wait- now take it as an anti-speeding cloud cover. I want to wear a rons, and I want an automatic Queeries and Conundrums of bathing suits spread all around into Kuwait, dust and sheep warning rather than a Narcotics culture that allows me to get the Pacified. Or How I Learned them. Sadly for me, I don't even and goats and old men smoking Anonymous adage. Would you blame me? This money and spend money on To Love Electroshock Therapy have pictures of Mr. Universe, the Hubbly-Bubbly pipe all God. I have become so morning when I left my house every street corner. I want street and I can't remember what that acted as friction—speed bumps fucking boring. I might as well at 6:30 it was already 27 corners, not the dusty dirt guess there reaches a point whole opening paragraph was of sorts—to slow me down. But take up the computer cleaning degrees. When I left school it roads. Is it so bad to want the where the culture shock supposed to be illustrating. 1 I was travelling so fast I fluid and get down with was almost 40, and I just don't Western world? Am I selling Istops shocking, and you get guess it was trying to show how dragged them along with me, Destiny's Child like the rest of see that as hot anymore. I don't out to globalization if I say I used to the electric stinging. one acclimatizes to culture and and we all ended in a heap at the banally boring Top 40 notice the sweat on my back, or want to visit a dollar pizza And you almost enjoy the the things around us, albeit in a the end of the runway, my ass a droids who live here. I hear it's the burns on my arms. store? Am I heinously and hugely metaphoric, roundabout sore red mess. Now I haven't sticky feel, like electroshock the rage. Everyone else is doing I guess I have just come to hideously euro-centric if I say sort of way. said THAT in a long time... that therapy gone horribly awry. it, it would be punk rock not to a point where it's just not inter­ that I want to go to a nightclub was in bad taste, yes, I know, Like those cases in the 1950s, • digress. do it. Is living in Kuwait my esting or inspiring anymore, and have casual sex offered to but hey, this is MY column. Get when, in an attempt to cure When I arrived here, I punk rock dream come true? and that maybe, just maybe, I your own goddamn column homosexuality, they showed noticed a pace of life so slow All I know is that I have want a beer. I want a beer, with­ Is travel responsible for all Fifties Faggots buff, beefcake that all afternoons were spent stopped dreaming of students out worrying about whether or sadness? For the overthrow of a muscle men and then gave not moving because it was too Anyways. I digress. Again. (well... not entirely) and instead not I am going to get my hands million cultures? I guess I am a them an electronic shock, trying hot. A place where goats lazily And only now, the butt have "packing dreams." chopped off if people find out I post-modern imperialist: the to associate arousal from some­ chew the scrub outside my win­ scabs of such a culture shock are (Which, were they to involve smuggled a single can of culture I don't want has domi­ one of the same sex with a dow, and even an autistic healing, and the past eight students, could also be fun. Heineken into the country. nated me. I find myself curious­ painful sensation, thereby cur­ budgie seems somehow hugely months have been a slowing How would I feel if that rock- And I want to go to a public ly attracted to electric plug ing the deviant desire. Except exciting (Allah rest his crazy down to this pace. Now, I walk hard 18-year-old I see in the bathroom knowing whether or sockets, and I just count the the whole experiment— nervous ways, and his cotton comfortably with the goats and playground came up to me and not I am going to have to spray days until I can leave, not be strangely—backfired, and it socks too). A place so slow that, sheep, and it isn't a novelty said "Hey, sir, are you pack­ my ass clean with a hose-pipe laid down low and slow by the actually only bred a whole coming from the fast paced anymore. Now, I smoke the ing?" Hmm... oh... right... the or wipe it. I really don't care, goats and sheep and ever-pre- bunch of men that couldn't get -orld, < rela­ Hubbly-Bubbly pipe with the column... sorry, another digres­ nor do I feel like judging either off without electric shocks, and old men and can order two tively laid back (read: lethargic) sion.) as a means of cleanliness or not, Thirty-three more days. a schwack-Ioad of Ward chicken shwarmas and a Pepsi pace of Vancouver, it felt like I Sexual references aside, I but I do want to know. And I Then I get to whine about my Cleavers were found dead with in Arabic. I don't even notice was screeching into this country have truly begun to dream of want to walk past a fast food own culture. their cocks stuck in a wall sock­ the hideous injustices of the at 4000 miles an hour and only packing (my suitcases). Of lay­ joint and not see the rich fat et with pictures of Mr. Universe workers, nor the status of had my ass to use as a break. ing my life into a box and wak­ ladies stuffing their heavily in those skimpy square cut women. Anti-Consumeristic And it was as if, I screeched ing up in the wet coolness of made up faces as if a McBurger

forming live at a penitentiary, Slapping it down on the one of those shaky chicken and offers up a brash noise turntable, I marveled for a full eggs? (Telstar, PO Box 1123, assault to the ficticious inmates. three minutes at the singer's Hoboken, NJ, 07030) Considering the between-song remarkable ability to steal Chris RED MONKEY'S got sin­ banter is all that's at speed for from the Peechees' voice. Then gles down pat, the newest being human ears to decipher, I can't I looked at the cover art. Well, at a split with local punks SUB­ tell you much, other than these least he's keeping busy. This MISSION HOLD. Never the guys think they're shit-hot don't sound nothing like the hugest Submission Hold fan, funny. And the cover art's cool, Peechees, it's kinda funny rock I'd call myself converted after am writing this column only living without some of this music, if only because it with a rooster and a tooth in style, but I'll call it nearer to listening to their contribution, because 1 am sick of hauling crap. I shouldn't want to imply pits. Bad sound quality space. quality. (Write to the band - PO "Motherfuckers and Beans"— my stash of records around that all is junk but instead will even take the whole blame, Box 12691, Berkeley, CA ,94712) flutes and banshee vocals I Running out of space and belong to punk music! Red in my backpack all day every­ direct my distaste and useless as the beats and lyr day as I search for a new home poo-pooing in the direction it is are stank-ass as well. forgetting to cover the good Monkey's "Subculture" is and a little bit of the good times. due. I guess that means it's time True, 1 will not tuff has become my way, a another political cyclone, and This special batch of records dif­ to take Manda Rin down. pawn off my bis sad statement on my better I'm ever ready for more. (Radio fers from most of the ones I deal I spent many a year being a collection ability to dis than praise. One, PO Box 1729, with, in that I laid down the freaky bis fan. If you insert before n Well, brace yourselves for Collingwood, Victoria, 3066 cold hard cash (or credit, which "too" in front of "many" in that ing ;ome bonafide praise- Australia) was it?) for some of these, a last sentence, it'll look like Germany. worthies! HEART A few final noteables... choice I have been regretting on something any one of my Thankfully, BEATS RED is a Killed By Absurdity Vol. I is a more than a few... friends has said to me at some though, I Portland band that gen­ stupid record compiled by the tly does you right on dude from the Cimmeron Don't get me wrong. Ain't point in time. I need to stop suspect a the 921 three-song sin­ Weekend zine, a record filled nothing troublesome about sup­ insisting that they're wrong. Bis gle. These sweet soft with stupid songs by stupid porting your favorite artists, has become a stinky shell of the removed dirges will gently people. Among these "found" and perhaps a few unknowns joy it once was, a group of ram­ will help m. impress upon you the fact tracks, possibly better off left every now and again. But to go bunctious teenies with attitude dispose of it that girls know what's up. festering, you'll find a cute kid into the purchase blindly, reck­ and bad drum machines. Now all in a prompt, a local label, too! singing about Mexican food lessly even... well that's anoth­ the band thinks it's cool (a painless manner upon my (Scaredycat Records, PO Box and a very terrible cover of er story. And then there's old vision undeterred by Grand Oh, if you still 21543, 1850 Commercial Dr., Toto's "Africa" as sung by a weaknesses, the ones you know Royal giving the band the boot), this, contact Damaged Vancouver, V5N 5T5) very big choir. Dang. (Failed are going to suck so bad but and we're stuck with, brace Goods, home of many bet­ LES SEXAREENOS contin­ Pilot Productions, PO Box you just can't say no. I'm sure yourself, side-projects! Now, to ter projects. (PO Box 671, And, ue to kick it fine-style for all 820912, Memphis, TN 38182) you all have a few very unloved tell the truth, I might get kinda London, UK, E17 9GH) following in the no-wave sj those who want to rock in a Last one, I promise, is a records in your collections, still giddy if the boys handed me tradition, the band's song titles dancin' way. I couldn't care less split by B. FLEISCHMANN shivering in shrink-wrap, serv­ new works of musical sub- Other unremarkables? HOLY MOLAR sounds like are all really long and make no what band these dudes used to and E*VAX, two hot sweet ing only to complete a whole. I genius, but what I gots this time fun, and I suppose it might be sense in a clever sort of way. be in, I just want to grab their glitchers. I don't know a thing work in a record store. I've seen around is a little platter dished for the spazzoids among us. (Three.One.G. PO Box 178262 "Can You Do The Nose about either, besides the fact you all trying to hawk off your out by miss Manda Rin and her This iiber-joke band, hosting San Diego, CA, 92177) Mustache?" single, and the that everything released by lion's share of jungle poo once boyfriend/fiance/husband/sue members of The Locust, Something actually on the other new one that Bryce has both rules. True. Very true. This you realize the life of a collector ker Ryan, he of Discount, some Crimson Curse, Swing Kids, GSL label did me better, a little but doesn't share, and shake it split is no exception. (Audio is really no life to live. I'm unremarkable band. Together, and more of that GSL west- record called Feverish from a up! Yeah! Anyone gonna lend Dregs, PO Box 40572, Portland, beginning to learn my lesson at as THE KITCHEN (how lame coast crew, purports to be per­ band called THE PATTERN. me a tambourine? How 'bout OR, 97240-0572) a fresh young age. I can handle is that?), they make remarkable 6 JUNE 2001 accusatory word: Jew. Still she witters on about his soldierly nobility and finesse even as he begins setting fire to her house DiSCORDER searches and lobbing bricks through her windows. If this is indeed her high and low for guy, he's obviously a Nazi thug and it becomes comically clear volunteer web that a less "intelligent" woman FELIX CULPA work of art. The title character is Linda Quibell plays Und would never have become coordinator... Und pinions to her parlor by her own like a thin-skinned Dorothy involved with him in the first Thursday, May 10 massive skirt, the hem of which Parker trapped all alone in some place. Things can go under is caught up and attached to the hellish Algonquin Club of the one's head as well as over—and Studio 16 hey! you there! are you one of those kinds of ceiling. (What's with this image mind. In some passages, she Und is definitely imprisoned in hers. In this sense, it doesn't //»• 1he only possible of females hamstrung by their comes across like a Jane Austen people who sits in front of your computer all really matter which of the • resistance to a cui- pretty dresses? There was a heroine who's been dabbling in events and people in her world day and eats chips and drinks soda, plays JL ture of banality is photo series at Artropolis 2001 Dada. There are other ways she are real. The complex mechanics quality," says playwright featuring a woman in a strapless could have done it, but I still Magic and masturbates? if so, stop reading of her self-deception seem to be Howard Barker. Both his play ball gown whose folds were embraced the choices she made. the point here, and they are all this ad right now! we don't want your kind and this production radiate caught up with puppet wires.) Her performance is as elegantly the more horrifying because in quality, so I'm still wondering anywhere NEAR us! but hey, the rest of you: less exaggerate ways, they're why the tiny theatre space was The ambient humming is a beautiful familiar. DiSCORDER is looking for a volunteer barely half full on the closing nightmare and the sound effects slice web coordinator, that's right, someone to weekend. Granted, Barker's There is also a suggestion work isn't as well known here through you like an icy-cold knife. that Und has been waiting to do a monthly update of our online mag and as in his native UK, but come self-destaict all along. When she keep it looking all sharp and, well, up to on, people. Word of mouth A hanging tea tray swings like a mad as the script. realizes that the caller is going to alone should have had packed metronome as she makes Heaven (and of course, kill her, she goes willingly to let date, if you're sitting around, bored, drink­ houses going from a few days increasingly elaborate rational­ Parker) only knows why the him in. And I sensed a shiver of ing soda and playing Magic... like I said, into the run. izations for a gentleman caller's woman is named Und. It's the pleasure in her capitulation; as German word for "and," so per­ In Und, Barker constructs an lateness. King also has teapots, if the whole thing was a fulfill­ don't bother, but if you are into independent haps comments on the fact that artificial world so tightly sprung tulips and writing implements ment of an erotic fantasy—kind at least half of her immaculately music and culture, have a sense of humor that everything zings. I willing­ buzzing down from the ceiling of like "dating down" but with infin- ly crawled into it and found on slanted poles. witty s really high stakes. and are a computer genius (who also ISN'T a ished because she keeps inter­ myself making my own rather Patrick Pennefather's As I riffed away on these rupting herself. gamer) then call lyndsay at 822 3017 ext.3 fragmented sense of things. soundscore is as deliberate as ideas, I knew that none of them When the anticipated caller There were a few highly enig­ the visual design yet feels total­ led to a consistent interpretation and maybe we can hang out together and finally rings her bell, Und matic bits of script, which kept ly organic—as if it were the but it didn't seem to matter. decides to engage in a war of check out Games Workshops. QUIT IT! I said circling me without becoming play's breath. The ambient hum­ Even fragments can be will and refuses to let him in. any clearer, but they hypnotized ming is a beautiful nightmare immensely satisfying when GET LOST ALREADY!! Knocking and ringing become rather than irritated. and the sound effects slice they're dangling from some­ through you like an icy-cold banging and clanging until he Set designer Kate King's thing this fine. knife. sends her a note with the single, vision of this world is a flat-out MXPX THE RENAISSANCE EP CD-EP/12" Out May 22nd 2001

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• ADIOHEAD WITH SPECIAL GUESTS BETA BAND JUNE 24 THUNDERBIRD STADIUM tiMfSefrrias ' 280-4 . I ••• : vu : • • : for Vendetta is composed of two smart, wacky ladies from Providence, Rhode Island. Both do their take on melodic experimental rock that is both engaging and ener­ gizing. The following conversation took place in Bellingluim where V for Vendetta rocked the house.

Cara: So we had that in common. can maybe come off as pretentious, but I think when you What instruments do both of you play? see us live and we're such total dorks, it makes it not pre­ V For Vendetta is Cara: Well, I started playing piano when I tentious. Our whole personalities and motivation is to was really little and I did that for a long time. communicate with people and bring people new ideas Then I switched to cello when I was really and get new ideas from people. I love it when people young. I went to college for cello and then I send us zines, or things that they do. We've gotten a cou­ didn't really like classical music because I felt ple of really nice notes like, "I like what you do and I like it wasn't culturally relevant or culturally wanted to send you what I do." That's great. So I think radical or involved. It just seemed like this that live you see that more than you would necessarily on queer math rock a record, which is why we have so many liner notes sort of weird "high art" sort of thing that I personally couldn't deal with. So I started because I think it's just important to talk at people, and I playing guitar and drums and stuff. I had hope that they're listening. DiSCORDER: So how would you musically describe V for Vendetta? played guitar in high school, but I started to Michelle: I also feel as a performer or artist, it's your Michelle: We fight about this all the time. become more interested in writing my own responsibility. I feel that there's this whole big thing, now, Cara: Go ahead, you say your version first. songs and not playing someone else's. where it's just, "People don't get my art, that's their prob­ Michelle: Well, I like to say feminist math rock, queer math rock. We're queer, we're feminist, Michelle: I played piano and clarinet in lem." I think that if you're an artist or performer that it's and we write about that stuff and we're definitely math rock, but we also hate that "math rock" school then I started playing guitar. your responsibility to get out what you want to get out term because it's got a lot of baggage. I want to claim it for queers and ladies. So how were you inspired by the V for and if you want to get out issues of identity politics, or Cara: I agree with the description, in principle, but then I just get bent out of shape over cate­ Vendetta comic novel? whatever, then that's our responsibility to make it possi­ gorizing music. I think it's nicer if you go to a show, and the bill is really diverse and people lis­ Michelle: I was a comic geek in high school ble... ten to different kinds of things, rather than only showing up hearing one kind of thing and not and it was the first comic I read and 1 always Cara: .. .not necessarily to only make music accessible but being open-minded to hearing something else. It's like a necessary evil, I guess. People sort of really liked it. I loved the artwork, I think. make ourselves as people accessible to talk to. want to have an idea of what they're in for, but at the same time, it can be a little limiting. In some ways it's a little cheesy, but being in What types of bands and music are you both into right Sometimes it would be nice to just be in a rock band. ninth grade... Michelle: Or a band. Cara: [slurred fanboy voice) It's cool and I Michelle: Yes, King Crimson, Rush, all 70s prog rock Cara: Or just a band. thought it would be cool to name my band Michelle: We also have such different songs. We have really quiet songs and then we have really that. Cara: Which she listened to since high school. She was in "rock" songs, and they're both experiments in tempo and time signature changes. Michelle: Cara was into comics, too, even a Rush cover band. So how did you both start playing together as V for Vendetta? though she hadn't read Vfor Vendetta until No way. Michelle: 1 was in a bar and I was really drunk and I was wondering if Tara Jane O'Neil, who is in relatively recently. Michelle: We did Led Zeppelin, too. Rodan, Sonora Pine, and Retsin, was gay and 1 was like, "Is Tara Jane O'Neil a dyke?" The guy I wa:I Cara: She lent it to me and I had it for a year, Cara: Which totally rules. What has been in the car a lot? talking to said, "You should talk to Cara," and I was like, "Who's Cara? Does she know Tara Jan and I hated the artwork so much that I Michelle: The Need. O'Neil?" Cara didn't, but she was a dyke. couldn't even bring myself to read it. Cara: Well, The Need, of course. Michelle: I thought it was really cool that They can be defined as prog sometimes, though, too. Appearing Live at: there's lesbian characters in the novel. You Cara: I feel that they're just great in that proggy way, that never know the gender of code name "V." I still totally rocks. It speaks to people in an unpretentious AUTHE PIC 620 W.Pender thought that was really interesting. manner, but they're completely skilled. IIP Friday June 15th So being that you both seem to coordinate Michelle: And we listen to that Chicago stuff. playing a lot of different instruments, how Cara: Yeah, we listen to that Chicago crap all the time. lilW/DrexilsEye and do you work playing live? Michelle: Sonny Williamson is something that I've been V* Strong Like Tractor Michelle: It used to be a nightmare. But getting into. He was a jazz drummer. He died really now, we do half the set we'll do drums and early, but he was a total prodigy. I wish I could do some guitar with Cara playing drums. I'll play of the stuff he could do. He plays with John McLauchlan guitar and sing. Then we'll do half a set too. I listen to a lot of goofy electronica and hip hop. I when we both play guitar and sing. We used try not to listen to stuff that is too much like what I like to to tour with a bass player who played the do. parts that we wrote, but he hates touring and So what do you both do besides play music? it's easier being just the two of us. Michelle: We're starting this non-profit, women-run and Cara: We have songs that are guitar and bass, operated community art space in Providence. Six of us but we don't bother to play them for an audi­ live upstairs. It was a library, convent, and an old ence at this point. We try to keep it as simple church. Downstairs, we have two galleries and a per­ as possible right now. I think we're consider­ formance space. It'6 in this blighted community in ing maybe having a third band member again Providence, and we hope to get people who don't have because we have samples and stuff. It's too money or access for these kinds of facilities to be able to hard for me to try to do them and play daims come in and use the equipment. or for Michelle to play guitar and trigger the What's it called? samples, so we're trying to think of something, Michelle: The Hive Archive. 1 also wait tables. About but at the same time we really like it, just the 80 hours a week. '" two of us. Us punk rock waitresses have to unite, I'm there. So you've gone on several mini East Coast Cara: I book shows for other bands. tours and you're coming up the West Coast. Michelle: Sometimes I go to school. You seem to be on the road a lot. What has So how can interested listeners get a hold of any of the response been from all your touring? Cara: Really good. Michelle: We're going to have an album out in the fall. Michelle: This tour has been awesome. Hopefully that will be widely available because nothing Cara: Coming up to the West Coast for the first else is, but there's a Mr. Lady's Records comp that just time, there has been some shows where it defi­ came out, and we have a song on that. That's widely nitely feels like we're starting over in terms of available, holding someone's attention. Oui are Cara: They're going to carry our CD EP now, which definitely weird. I think that sometimes we're almost out of. don't go over so well in a party environment, or Michelle: We also have an MP3 up on our site. things like that. You have to want to take the Thanks for your time I really appreciate it. Hopefully time to listen to it and follow where things go in V for Vendetta will continue rocking on and freaking order for it to be interesting. If you don't do that out everywhere. then it just sounds like a bunch of sort of Michelle and Cara: Thank you! noodling around, or whatever. It was hard, at first. But the more we toured and the more we Vfor Vendetta's CD EP In The End Pretend You Hear Me played for people, I think the more that they is currently available through www.heartcorerecords.com. www.mdiepool.com/theolaripper responded to it. I think that the ideas behind it Check out vforvendettarocks.org for more information. Billy Martin ofMedeski, Martin and Wood is a drummer, artist, DJ, label a title of a book of a friend of mine, who wrote this crazy, psychedel­ guru and programmer. We know him well by his cliaracterislic sound, style ic, pornographic book about visions he had in New Orleans. Steve and driving force drumming for MMW. His passion for drumming has Cannon used to be a Black Panther and now lives in New York, elevated him to higher levels in the art of percussion and with his new editing his magazine called Gathering of the Tribes. Anyway, I'm record label, Amulet Records, Billy hopes to expose people to music they going to have guests later who are going to use these beats and would not normally hear. He's also exploring the Dj and programming we're going to release a double CD. One CD will be just the drum world and making amazing contributions. As a drummer myself, I was beats and the other one will be special guests playing and collabo­ fully enthusiastic lo interview Billy Martin about all of his endeavors. rating with me on writing tunes and lyrics. I'm going to have DJ Logic do a mix, Kid Koala, Iggy Pop, Guru maybe. I've worked with DiSCORDER: Can you describe your record label, Amulet a lot of people, so I'm going to ask some of these people if they want Records? How did it come about and what is its purpose? to do something. I'm also inviting people to send in tapes with what Billy Martin: It started because I wanted to put out this CD. I they do with my beats. I love the idea of interacting and collaborat­ worked on the album Percussion Duets with G. Calvin Weston, ing with someone that I've never played with. That's what's so another drummer, who I played with in The Lounge Lizards. We unique and exciting about this record. It's for DJs to use and for had this amazing chemistry, and so I decided to do a session with musicians to play along with and make music with and use if they him and record it. I shopped it around to a couple of people but then got discouraged, so I decided to put it out myself. Originally, the How did you record all the beats? Is it all drum set? Did you use label's purpose was to get the CD out, but then I realized I wanted to a lot of effects? keep doing things like that. I was thinking, selfishly, more of the pro­ A little bit of both. I played a bunch of beats live.The producer, jects that I want to do-like more compositional stuff, expanding on Scotty Hard, is a friend of mine and has produced MMW records, percussion, do my own stuff, incorporate my style and also get other Wu Tang, Prince Paul, and other hip hop artists. He wanted me to percussionists involved. The label is my outlet for dedicating to the play along with a drum machine, so the only thing we had in the art of percussion. I feel like, culturally, the Western world and the US studio was this old 1960s drum/beat box that had tango, chacha, in particular, percussion is still in its infancy in Certain respects and other old-fashioned corny beats. But I just used them as a pulse compared to Africa or Indonesia. I really believe that Amulet to keep a steady pulse. I just played along and it was like having Records is going to be a good thing to get some really interesting another percussionist there, but I played against it in a different way and different percussion music out to people. than you would hear normally. I'd play drums live and then add Who are some percussionists you've worked with and want to some percussion, like a gogo bell or guiro. It was mixed really work with? dub-style Jamaican or totally tripped out, distorted hard-core I want to do a compilation of street drummers from around the sounding. That added another dimension to the sound of the drums, world. I already have a record's worth, of music that I heard in the so some of it sounds electronic because of the nature of how he New York City subways. Bob Moses is also on the label, who's a processed the sounds. I'm excited to see what happens. great drummer, composer, and visual artist. I've released a couple of What do you think about programmed beats versus live, organic his records, something that he did in 1970 called Bittersuite in the sounds? Ozone. Actually, Billy Hart plays drums on it and Bob plays percus­ It's all good, if it grooves, programmed or not. MMW had a remix sion. Anyway, I'm releasing it on CD now as a reissue. Another release which followed the first record we did for Blue Note a few record I released is called Love Everlasting that Bob did with years ago with DJ Logic. Guru, Cibo Matto, and Bill Laswell all did guitarist, Tisziji Munoz, which was a jazz-based project. There's also a mix, which sounded great. As far as how I play, you'll hear that my Pitamaha, an album my friend and great recording engineer, David sound on MMW records is very organic and unique. I don't use Baker did. He went to Bali and recorded different Gamelan groups generic sounds. I choose the tones of the drums and percussion in all over the island, including an all-female Gamelan group. It's a particular. I have some African shit I've found on the street that I beautiful record and truly special. It's traditional yet current and find has a really good sound. I'm into those kind of organic sound, I feel like people need to hear more of that kind of stuff. So there's but at the same time, programming from drum machines can be a Billy Martin that kind of tradition of music that I put out also. I have other very cool thing. I got into it in the '80s, I still have my emulator drum records I want to release, but I have to do it one at a time. It's a very machine, the SP12, but I never use it cause I don't have the time. It's small budget. I also want to release a solo CD and I'm almost a lot easier for me to start hitting things than plugging stuff in. But music of African origin. I basically tie in all these rhythms tha finished with the composition of the material. It's mainly a percus­ I'm all for drum machines. Some of my most favorite grooving come from certain parts of Africa and have gone straight to sion ensemble thing with other solo and improvised pieces. music that makes me want to fucking dance so hard is like hip hop from Zaire and Angola. I've compiled all these rhythms togel I understand that you have put out something on vinyl? shit with a drum machine. But it's got to be done right. different sections and I write it out differently. I use a series I just released Illy B Eats Volume I: Groove, Bang and Jive Around. Illy Do you have any unorthodox techniques that you use that have and dots that I slowly develop from there. I also listened to cl. B is an alias of mine and I sign my artwork with it. The record is my helped create your sound? Who and what are your major influ- music growing up and played rock and roll. 1 was listening to first of hopefully several breakbeat records, which are drum records Zappa, The Police, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Elton John, The / that DJs use when they mix or play a party or make music. There are lots of influences and they are not all musical, but they Brothers, Stravinsky, and Tchaikovsky. I like it all. You used to have a DJ in MMW. How did that inspire you to make come out musically. As far as the sound goes, physically, I like older You're also a great artist. What drives your visual art? your own beats? jazz kits because I think they are more melodic than the deader, The same thing that drives my drumming. Everything I do is i DJ Logic, who toured and recorded with MMW, is a great hip hop DJ heavy rock drum sets that they're making now. I'm also coming vised, which lets me be as creative as possible. My drawings a from the Bronx. He does everything: he scratches, plays spoken from a West African approach to drumming, which is music. improvised. When I start to draw, 1 like to see what happens, word, and blends different styles of music. When we were touring, Drumming is music and I approach it that way. I'm not just a rhyth­ where my hand goes, and then I'll start adding colours and lin he would always tell me, you've got all these beats, you should put mic part, it's music, it's compositional what I do, it's melodic, har­ it turns into something. Sometimes it works, sometimes it di a breakbeat record out. And I was like, what's a breakbeat record? So monic and polyrhythmic. I've learned a lot of this from African finally I got around to it, and I'm glad I did because this is just the music from Ghana, West Africa, Nigeria, and Zaire. I learned a lot of You check out Billy Martin's a beginning. I realized by doing this how many beats I have, how Brazilian samba stuff in some batucada groups I played with in New • ords.com. And check oi many variations and rhythms that I can play. I'm really excited York City for a couple of years. I started getting hired as a percus­ up to at www.mimv.net. about getting that kind of stuff out. What's special about this one is sionist a lot, which made me learn a lot about percussion. I'm work­ that this first volume is called Groove, Bang and jive Around, which is ing on a book right now, Riddim, about all the different claves and 11 EjKgSSUMB mirah, oh that olympia font interviewed and photographed by adam handz

xxxxxxxxxxxx Describe your music in 10 words. It's very personal and stubborn; it makes its own choices. lot of group projects in Olympia, but The Transfused really brought it How did you get started in music? all together. It was like we were all applying everything we had I have gotten to listen to amazing great music ever since I was born, learned in life so far to this gigantic collective art project. I feel real­ thanks to my parents who kept the turntable always well supplied. ly strongly about the piece itself. It dealt with anti-corporate themes Ami I've been singing practically since I was born, too. We all like to and, in the case of our production, it was mostly queers and trannies sing in my family. I never knew I could write a song, though, 'til 1 that were on the stage and behind the scenes. There were no gender was in this class in college. I had an assignment to write a song, so I specifications for any of the characters. Who writes theatre pieces was like, "Okay, I don't really know how to play the guitar yet, but like that? Only a rare and precious few. Anybody, in whatever way that couldn't matter too much ..." I was just being a good student, they are a freak, could have been any of the roles in the play and you know. But it worked out pretty well and I've been writing songs that is radical, that is amazing. Who do you consider your influences and contemporaries? Do you want to talk about your involvement with The My involvement with The Microphones has made the most tangible Microphones? impact on me. My initial experiments with recording, some of which Oh God, people had better watch out for Phil's new album, it is are on You Think It's Like This But Really It's Like That were made with totally the best one ever. It's probably not going to be out for sever­ Phil in mind. Influences? I am influenced by the people around me, al months, but oh my God, just you wait. Tilings changed a lot for people who I love. I write about them. I see them working and mak­ me when I became friends with Phil. He really inspired me in all ing tilings and 1 respond by working and making things. these different ways. Co-producing projects with Phil got me more What is a typical day in your life? I'm not making maple syn i in Per r dri- ig on a strange road to a str nge town to play a strange siu w for angers, I might be found wa, ing around trying to be produc- e but instead getting lost in 1 conversations and then going XXXXXXXXXXXX He makes amazing, beautiful tilings all the time and he doesn't ever me to wash dishes while lis ng to Bruce Springsteen really stop. He's very thorough. Phil was creating big huge sound things loud. and I was able to be inspired to make big things too. What's you favorite song of all time? •itor Mirah Yom What was your experience performing in the rock opera, The "Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away" by Stevie Wonder is the fOlympia, WA. Transfused [written by The Need and Nomy Lamm] like? first one that comes to mind. I have a lot of favorite songs. I'd say that being involved with The Transfused was like building a Name the three most recent books that you have read. massive and impressive cathedral. Oh! The toil and the sweat and A Peoples History of the United Stales bv I loward Zinn, Gender Outlaw naple syrup on her family far the triumph! It was hard. It was incredible. I've been involved in a by Kate Bornstein, and Walership I \nc>: bv Richard Adams. mates of state make great dates

We actually live in San Francisco, so we can only talk about that, per se. We really enjoy the amenities of this city and are excited about all of the diverse people working on cool things. There's really a sense of a supportive community which only encourages one to work

How do you explain your job to relatives who have no idea what you do? Well, considering we went to college to be trained to do the jobs we do during the day, it's really pretty easy. By the same token, we've been playing music now for so long that it doesn't come as a sur­ prise to our families that we continue to develop this "work" as well. What goals do you have as artists? Did you study music in school? To continue to play music that suits us and to progress as musicians. Kori studied music briefly in college, and we've both been playing since childhood. If you could play a show with anyone tomorrow, who would it By Lindsay Marsak be? A fantasy bill for us currently would be opening oin the Neko Tf State are a coup ng out in Oakla d, Califomii Case, Nick Cave bill. •ndlfcmomu) >y the iirl-bo How does your creative process work? The words first or the monies, a big old Yamaha organ ml clanging drill -lease Mv Solo Prr We get to the practice space and hash things out. We write togeth­ perfect pop. They er always, and a lot of the times, one of us will begin something and Mates of Stale be •atise their nai ie sounds like th 1/ should pla the other will finish it. We always write the music first and then the brc ndustrialm •e then lyrics and sometimes lyrics come concurrently. How has your work been influenced by your relationship? How DiSCORDER: How did you start your band? Why? When? has your relationship been influenced by your work? We started this band in December 1997. We met, fell in love, and They are so one in the same that it's hard to separate the two. It has started this other guitar-oriented band together in May. By made both relationships more open. December we began playing around with the organ and drum con­ What kinds of equipment do you use? figuration and found that we liked how it developed. This was in One Musicman amp head split between a Kustom (2X15) bass cabi­ Lawrence, KS. We moved to San Francisco in 1998. net and a 4X12 Marshall three-quarter size guitar amp. Yamaha How do you define success? Electone YC-45d organ. 1960s Gretsch round-badge kit. Voices. Happiness plus progress, without interfering with someone else's Do you have any advice for aspiring musicians? move towards the same thing. Not really. If a person really aspires to be a musician, they need no Why are you based in Oakland? How did you end up there? Why does Oakland have such a thriving art scene?

12 JUNE 2001 , ATLAS STRATEGIC: FUCKING WANKERS!! You shouldn't hate Atlas Strategic because of this interview. You should What's the deal with the organ player's obnoxious "asshole chic" enjoy their music and ignore their personalities. Upon seeing Atlas behaviour? Strategic play live a number of times, I must say tliat, live, they rule. There Atlas: As 1 pulled my El Dorado into my meat garage, a thought is a certain nutbar energy in which the lead singer shits out of his skinny- struck me: "Why, with my heavy hand towards GOD, shall 1 be per­ ass, knee-jerking aura that just can't be ignored. The other members secuted by my fellow minions?" As a young altar boy, dug deep in attempt to capture their own mystiques (Example: organ player. Asshole the panhandle or as we called it, "the Ol' Dirty," I questioned my chic has never been cool, and never will be. Ti uing 1/1 mr asshole chic darn- own existence and my place at Jesus' buffet. My convictions weak dest to be the most anti-PC stinker in the room luill always make you the and my will wavering, a long road to ruin lay spread out before me biggest, stupidest asshole clue stinker, that includes ESPECIALLY using like the line to get government cheese. 1 was a soft, impressionable the "n" word. Idiot). They don't quite cut it, but that's okay. Hot oil on lackey, with my butt in the air to receive the regular lashings naked bodies and inspired sermons can be fun. The music of Atlas reserved for they downtrodden, meek serfs like myself. With the Strategic? Gospel-rocking, slutty monkey-dancing blues, all bleeding cruel deep southern sun burning a devil into my eyes, I became through a very stoned and very drunk filter. Wurlitzer organ, saxophone blinded, but more than that, I became strong. I realized that it was and ivurrbling guitar combined with the scratched-out, freak-out vocals time to become a man and leave the pleasures of the flesh behind, make Atlas Strategic... well, Atlas Strategicky. They just released an album beat a new path, and form my new congregation of power and on Vancouver's Global Symphonic Label titled Rapture, Ye Minions. Here might: it was ATLAS STRATEGIC, and I saw that it was good. Now is an interview with Victoria, B.C.'s Atlas Strategic. guided by a mystical, self-serving force, I must step on the necks of the helpless and hopeless while all the time hypnotizing the non- Thank you for choosing ATLAS STRATEGIC for believers with my SOILENT GREEN GRASS. Through a cloud of DiSCORDER. Having received your questions via "E-mail," on smoke, I will appear more powerful than the heat of the earth's what you humans so adorably refer to as "computer," we read and crust. So fear not my visage rouge, and the electric verbage that is processed them, all the while appreciative and mindful of your being licked off my tongue. This is your chance, my minions, to ride punctuality, a quality sorely lacking in the more artistically inclined the golden chariot of ATLAS STRATEGIC up to the heavens, waving of your primitive species. Let us say "right off the bat" that I would to the Greek gods as you speed by. The chrome horse bought at rather thrust my head into the howling fetid maw of Cromulous Atlas: Organ, obnoxious "asshole chic" behavior, middle aged wom­ Ghetto Purchase has room for all mankind. So peel back my layers OVERLORD OF THE EXALTED RACE OF TENTICALLED anizer and cougar taxidermy. and know me as the root of all goodness. Do not be afraid, for I am BEASTS than tell you what the most unappealing combination of Explain your music in a haiku. (Or any old way if you want.) here to protect you! food we can think of is. We do not apologize. We understand that sounds for the wet fraus, When I say "spreadin' the magic" you think... fluffy nebulous "tid bits" are fun and meant to impart a feeling of Schnell! Schnell! Schnell! Schnell! mein Leibtchen. Brooklyn: One ring to keep them, one ring to bind them, one ring to closeness and comfort, as if to say "Here are some real people play­ Rapture mein Deutchland! hold them, and in darkness find them. ing real people's music," a concept that is at the very nucleus of If one film could express the music of Atlas Strategic, which film Dan: Kill the head, and the body will die. PUNK ROCK, or whatever you hairless monkeys are calling it these would that be and why? Steve: Free condoms at the needle exchange. days. Concerning Haikus, we could not resist as they embody the (Three way tie) The Patriot(pre apocalypse), Meet joe Black (Brad Pitt's Atlas: Taking a warm cup of milk from the breast of the blessed "Japanese" aesthetic of beauty, grace, and economy; concepts even unquenchable lust for peanut butter A.K.A. present apocalypse), The Virgin Mary... and sharing it "wit' my bitches." the workdroids who toil in the hydrocarbon mines of Alpha Seti Postman (post apocalypse). Eight admire (or at least we find pleasure in feeling that they do Who would you call your musical contemporaries... blahblahblah. photo credit: weetleash.cr knowing full well that they lack even the most base level of sen­ Hawksley Workman: poet, troubadour, and sore loser. tience). What local (Victoria or Vancouver) bands rip your ass apart? DiSCORDER: Who are your members and what are their roles? Songhees, Coast Salish, and Cowichan why? Five hundred plus Dan: Vocals, guitar, and procurement of warm living host bodies. years of genocide. INTERVIEWED BY LYNDSAY SH Duotanq

THE EVAPORATORS "Honk the Horn" 7" 4 songs plus an interview schnippet: Nardwuar Vs. (a Nardwuar/Mint co-release!) TENNESSEE TWIN "These Thoughts Are Occupied" 7" debut release by Allison from Bratmobile's twin sister Cindy's country project mini RECORD/ luujuj.minbrec/.com PO BOH 3613 VAfKOUVGR BC V6B 3V6 Centuries ago, there was a very special breed of often. Make a buzz for yourself before you go the other route. It's West Coast, I love it. I've tried my hand in some different man known as a Troubador. In a world where people It's not that difficult, it's just a time consuming thing, it's a places, I lived in San Diego, California, it was great. I've lived were mostly locked to their land, where art was not patient thing. Patience is the biggest thing. You have to learn in Ontario, but I just feel connected to here. Connected to the understood by the masses, where commercialism, though patience. Talking about other people. And if you're not happy ocean, the mild climate. It's great, and it's a growing city. It limited, was important for bare survival, the Troubador I'll just laugh at you. I'm happy. can still go so many places, it's not like New York or Los stood apart. He moved on and about his own space. His Why do you think you've achieved success so far? Angeles where people have been set in stone for a long time world was measured on his musical output and flow on a daily Luck, is number one. Number two, I think what I do is truly about what it is. It's like an experimentation, living here. It basis. He continually sang, composed, practiced, made or different. I come with a different perspective, an outcast per­ feels like fresh ground here. Even though hip hop has been repaired his instruments. He did this not only for the pleasure spective. I've always been kind of a loner, which has made me here for a long time, it feels fresh, like it's up to us to shape it and satisfaction of others but more importantly, for his own self. look at things from a whole different dynamic. Those two and mold it. It's exciting, the whole Pacific Northwest. Not Centuries later I sat down and talked to a present day Troubadour things, combined with a few other things like hard work, con­ even just Vancouver. Victoria, Seattle, Portland. This whole in his East Vancouver toft. His name is Moka Only, one of the West sistently working and not giving up. I'm not going to accept feeling that we all have together. Coast's most prolific hip hop artists. Originally a founder of the not being successful. That's garbage. Anybody can do what What's next? What's going to be the biggest challenge for Swollen Members crew, he recently released his first full length solo they truly want to do if they choose to keep at it, and that's for you next in your career? album Lime Green, on Vancouver's Battleaxe Records. real, that's not just a saying you hear your mother say. That's Balancing different projects, trying to strike a balance, trying

n t r v e w n d phot o g a p h b y chris taylor DiSCORDER: So you've done three videos, you've got major distribu­ universal law right there. not to saturate and maintain consistency without boring my tion with Caroline, you've dropped on 15 albums, toured Australia, and Who have you seen onstage r live that has rubbed off o listening fans. The most challenging thing though would be you're bound for Brazil and Japan. Are you content with what you've you or inspired you? staying "me." 'Cause being in a public spotlight can really achieved? My boys Mystic Journeymen, for one. They really pack their alter your perception of reality, so that's one of the demons Moka Only: Yeah, I'm happy. Sometimes I might take it for granted, but then energy and they've got a unique product. They come from I'm fighting with right now. Staying me, staying happy. I might catch myself in a solemn moment at home going, "Wow, look where years of hard work, doing it themselves. They have sort of a Would you like to be remembered as a pioneer in the BC I live, I'm living okay now, and rap has done all this, hip hop brought me spiritual thing, with kind of like a cult following. I appreciate hip hop scene? into this, I'm happy." I wouldn't be disappointed if this was as far as it got, but that, it reminds me of some Grateful Dead type shit, know To be honest people don't generally remember the pioneers. I know in my heart I could make it pop even more. I'm not talking about some what I'm saying? Two, Public Enemy, they were just gods to It's a come and go thing. I just want to be known as a quality world domination, I'm just talking about more people hearing what I'm doing, me! And then I see Chuck D turn around and put one of my craftsman, really. Somebody who anybody could feel. I'm not know what I mean? As an artist, that's your goal. A lot of kids who claim records on his top 10 favorite list on his website, I mean that making this for any one audience, I don't want to be pigeon­ underground are kidding themselves when they say you gotta keep it real, just thrilled the hell out of me man! People like that inspire me. holed. I hate to say this, but it's about universal music, uni­ small and stuff. What are you doing it for? Don't you want people to hear your A lot of my friends too that are musicians, they inspire me. versal law and life. I mean, it's nice to be recognized for the stuff? I mean, we're opening up portals for people. Why do you choose to sing in Vancouver? Or Canada for efforts you put in as far as paving the way, it's all good, but I How important is it for you to find a formula that works, while trying not to that matter? just want to be known as a quality craftsman and I just want sound repetitive? Canada? It's where I grew up. I'm rooted to this place. This is to be consistent. There will always be people out there who will criticize you for finding a niche. ie of the crap I have to deal with. It's home. I think I've found mine, but I remember myself saying that all I got to do is ele­ vate it. I haven't changed since the first tapes, except I've gotten more polished and I've found things that work better for me. I've learned the type of techniques it takes to get people's attention. What would be your least favorite aspect of hip hop? Dang... I don't really have a least favorite... I have a most favorite, but I'd say it would be people who don't really put a lot of feeling into it. The ones who rap just to rap, I kind of question their motives. So other than music, what type of influences do you have? What influences you, and what do you draw muses from? Other than music? Honestly though, I used to be a very quiet and shy person when I was younger. I was kind of like an outcast, in elementary and high school. I wasn't up in your face. And the fact that I've changed from that is an inspiration in itself. I feel like I can conquer anything. Family, friends, homies... if you ain't alone in this world, I'm sure you have some inspiration, know what I'm saying? Obviously music too. So you've been quoted: "Moka Only helped to pave the way in the sense that he established a lot of hip hop listeners in Victoria and pumped up the scene." What are your thoughts on that? Absolutely, man. It was me, Sound Advice, Prevail, I feel we were doing some­ thing that people weren't doing. We were the ones who really made freestyling a big thing there. Nowadays everybody freestyles, but I think that if it wasn't for what we did in BC it might not be where it's at right now. We really put a lot of work into it. Me and Prevail used to go around and do shows everywhere, rap­ ping for change, trying to get some change for some cheap burgers, you know? Doing shows on the ferry, or on the transit bus. Standing on the street rapping for money, there was always something going on. We didn't have a lot of writ­ ten material or recorded songs; all we had was our spontaneity and our moments. Did anyone ever tell you when you were starting out that what you were doing was a waste of time, or that you wouldn't achieve anything? Yeah, I hate to say this, but that was the vibe I got from my parents when I first got into it. But that's understandable. That whole thing about being an artist in any genre, parents have their first concerns about it. But this was do n L y or die, I swear. Ever since I was born I knew I wanted to be a mean, I've heard countless, countless t Jt directly to my face, but I've heard it, people saying I wasn't going mt to anything. But I proved " even though them all wrong. I'm doing this for m here for a lo times I'll write about it. So what kind of advice would you gi : to up and coming producers or it feels fresh hip hop acts? 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15 55^§2S®SB (Matador) new a-hole on this album too, with twinkling tones of Belle Bardo Pond has all the key and Sebastian and that feeling ingredients needed for putting of walking along the streets on COUCH out a painfully stoner-rock a pretty summer day with the Profane album: drug inspired epic space breeze blowing through your (Matador) jam songs with heavily distort­ goddamn hair and you stop, ed guitars and wah-wah pedal. admiring the bustle and culture This instrumental band is some­ Thankfully, Bardo Pond are of the city, and you think to thing to look out for. For those one of the few bands that can yourself, "Man, life is reeeaaall of you who love the lush NATACHA ATLAS reaches right down into your too damn bland. Clean-as-a- actually justify the existence of sounds of Tristeza but wished Ayeshtemi uterus and is then punctuated whistle production combined this genre. Perhaps it is because Lyndsay S they were a bit more aggressive (Mantra/Beggars) by some supreme scratching with predictable "fight song" they are all art school graduates BULLFROG in their sound, you may find which gives way to dramatic type melodies does not an inter­ and not gamers getting stoned Puzzle Piece 2 kindred spirits in the ranks of On this, her fourth album, (or arabic strings and Atlas's esting punk rock record make. in their parents' basement, solo­ (Independent) Couch. fifth if you count last year's dis­ straightforward, passionate Only one track really stuck in ing over top of Manowar on With an equal blend of appointing remix album) Atlas vocal delivery of the only my mind, "Nowhere Steve Vai signature seven string Montreal's Bullfrog continues keyboard and guitar tricks, they totally reminds me of Kate English lyrics on the album. The Generation," until I realized guitars. The first track on Dilate their trend setting CD3 series successfully create songs with Bush. She doesn't really sound rest of the record is just as fuck­ that the chorus was totally pla­ starts off with a quiet, simple (EPs recorded on 3 CD) with simple arrangements but with like her, but she just sort of ing good. I shit you not. giarized from Sham 69's "Hey guitar line which is followed by this second CD in as many emotional depth. Unlike the evokes her. Highly dramatic Recorded in Cairo (currently Little Rich Boy." Which came creaky and sad violin, under­ years. The CD3 is sort of a temptation of some instrumen­ with a hint of self-mocking, Atlas's chosen home), Ayeshtemi out about, well, 25 years ago. water sounds and drums, and 7" single for CD lovers. tal acts, they don't indulge in Atlas's music is sensual, rhyth­ finds her further at ease in con­ Ann Beretta, if you're builds up to a heavily distorted Recently, unconventional North ridiculously long passages of mic, surprising, and provoca- solidating North African Arabic going to make a three-chord but dreamy crescendo. It makes American bands such as repetition, but they discipline musical styles with Western punk rock album circa 1977, try me think that this is what might Bullfrog have spurred on a themselves, keeping their songs Electronica fans may be electronica, resulting in a seam­ to follow these rules: have happen to Low if they lost their resurgence in the format. usually under five minutes with familiar with Atlas through her less union where nothing "dirty" production, have a Mormon edge and got stoned Whereas Bullfrog—a funk one or two reaching the six work as a vocalist and dancer sounds mismatched or out of vocalist who doesn't sound and gritty. The rest of the album fusion/acid jazz collective fea­ minute mark. Their guitar with Transglobal Underground, place. cheesy, and please avoid cliched has the same amazing drug turing Kid Koala on the sounds are clean, and they have yet it is her solo offerings where Hancunt song titles like "Glory Bound" induced dreaminess, without decks—leaned more toward a a good sense of what it takes to her talent really grabs hold of or "New Day," not to mention sounding repetitious. Jam rock? slow groove '70s sound, make a song move. With that you. I am an unabashed fan of ANN BERETTA "Nowhere Generation." Ever Yes. Wanking? No. Except for inspired by the likes of Barry said, some of their other songs Atlas, and almost ejaculated New Union...Old Glory notice how Bad Religion's the stoner-grunge song, "lb." If White and Isaac Hayes (but creep along unhurried and downfall seems to have coincid­ with joy when I saw that her (Lookout!) you're down with rockin' the slightly dander) on the first calm. Once again, Matador does new CD contained a cover of ed quite nicely with the increase bong, puttin' on some coloured CD3 (which is not really titled, a good thing by signing this in their production budget? If one of my favorite songs ever If the people at Lookout! are lights and having a solo glitter much like this one, but has a Ann Beretta would only re- written, Screamin' Jay hoping that these guys can live and gold jam, Dilate is good picture of just one puzzle piece Samuel Kim record this in somebody's rec Hawkins' "I Put a Spell on up to the Richmond, Virginia on its cover, as opposed to two room the folks at Lookout! You." (Ayeshtemi also contains legacy that Avail has left them Li/ Richard on this one - hence we'll call DBS would be a lot better off. another song stamped with with, I'm sorry to burst their that CD3 Puzzle Piece 1), this CD Forget Everything You Know Nina Simone's signature style, cash-hungry bubble. If New BRIGHT EYES AND SON, moves on to the '80s soul, hip (Ache Records) Jacque Brel's "Ne Me Quitte Union... were about 25 years AMBULANCE hop and pop influences while Pas.") The lurching, stomping old I might get excited, but even Oh Holy Fools still giving a nod to the influ­ DBS, spawn of Danzig, it is intro to "I Put a Spell On You" that's doubtful because it's just (Saddle Creek) ences on the previous EP. time you return to the depths Where Puzzle Piece 1 is an EP is from which you sprang. Truly, I kick myself in the dink four chill out to, being in a dancing, your time among us mortals times for missing Bright Eyes or at least head-bobbing, mood was brief but not without much when they came to town. I was will help you appreciate Puzzle pain and pleasure. Misguiding at home jamming on a special Piece 2. the minions of North Van and VIDEO IN STUDIOS mucous releasing session with As for the actual songs, otherwheres, you came to us my nose, puffy as all hell and Bullfrog spread their collective with matching t-shirts and bad grumpy too with a giant wings this time out and explore punk-rock attitudes and infect­ we offer technical training in video, audio and headache. I could have gone a wider range of sounds, utiliz­ ed the youth with many new anyway. I could've snotted all ing the Kid's acrobatic but new media production and post production including: over Conor Oberst and made understated record cutting, DBS, you have plagued me him cry for making me cry over Mark's cool as ice guitar since your very beginning - I his beautiful music. Oh Holy groove, Peter's big fat bass saw you create mayhem on the final cut pro Fools is a split CD featuring old bumps, Massimo's tight and Slam City Jam stage so many Bright Eyes and Son, accurate drum timekeeping, years back, and your god­ avid xpress Ambulance, giving you a taste and Joanna's sweet and lush damned "Snowball" song of what makes people cry these conga beats to their utmost remains etched in my brain, protools digital audio editing / sound design days. potential. Add new member springing forth on odd occa- Bright Eyes is one of those MC BluRum 13 and his nimble camera, lights and sound bands that makes you ache with rhymes on the second, and best, Your final recording, this aftereffects about a thousand different emo­ track, "Reverse Psychology," magnificent EP, marks an end to tions, thoughts and other goofy- and you have a potent and exot­ something great in our scene, flash sounding words. First you're ic musical concoction that could and your devilish efforts will be punched in yer soft little gut by only come from the province of remembered by many as the Photoshop the inherent good times poppi- Quebec. soundtrack to growing up punk ness of it all. Next you realize Spike in Vancouver. that the lyrics are about the sad­ Julie C we also have a 2000 sq. ft. studio available for dest things you've ever heard. C AVERAGE Then comes misery, loneliness Second Rekoning DESTROYER rental for production purposes, screenings and and love lost, stroked by the (Kill Rock Stars) Streethawk: A Seduction down trodding melody and (Misra) audio and music events, for more information drama of the arrangements. By contact Tricia Middleton at 872.8337 the end of the listen you're just This album comes in the wake about bawling on the goddamn stains on my stubby little acne of Dan Bejar (AKA, for all floor. Special note: some might fingers. I smell like cold sperm, intents and purposes, hours of operation: feel annoyed by the vocals on limp wang and body odour. I lie Destroyer) quitting his part- 11 am to 6 pm Bright Eyes. Some clowns on my bed with my hands time job in The New might think that this guy's behind my greasy haired pony- Pornographers. Presumably, he Monday to Saturday doing some sorta indie rock tail. I listen to C Average. It was repelled by the wide criti­ impassioned emo croon and he speaks to me. Metal riffs, cal notoriety and moderate should shut up. Those who Dungeons & Dragons wank commercial success achieved by • know better know that this guy material and eminent head the Vancouver supergroup's is solid gold. Keep singing, banging rock. This is Hesher superb album, Mass Romantic. I young one. Please don't forget Country. Acid is a skid drug. Bejar, it appears, is something of that Son, Ambulance also rips And I got no place to go but a militant anti-careerist and this kind of involvement in the Mr. Marshall has been rocking the sound of flesh being cauter­ slightly parental, vibe. In the most desperate attempt to win music business causes offence it for several years as one of ized, the experience can be a lit­ liner notes for the The Recline, Britain's embarrassing "Booker to his delicate soul's artistic Toronto's pioneering techno tle much. Yet one has to smile bassist Chris Tarry acknowl­ Prize for music." Why a musi­ purity. So, if you thought and house DJs, and lately he and the inventiveness and edges that there "are more cian whose track record is so Destroyer's last album (Thief) has been turning to production, audacity of such an undertak­ tunes on this album. A lot of the solid should wish to debase was an impassioned poison-pen with several excellent releases ing. material on the first three herself in this way is beyond letter to an industry that could, on various labels including Another standout track is albums was improvised. Here, me. I sat through Le Prochaine and probably would, make Dan Dumb Unit. Vancouver's Mr. "For Felix (and all the rats)," we've tried to capture that Fois's soupy new age muzak a a star, just imagine the outpour­ Gardner brings his downtempo which samples the sound of rats spontaneous vibe but with couple of times and even ing of bile that constitutes groove to his own Medik in cages. The result is a stark more thoroughly written watched the accompanying Streethawk. Perhaps surprising­ records project to mesh with and symphonic piece with a cli­ tunes." I don't know about DJ Quicktime film of cliched non­ ly, given the album's acerbically Marshall's oddball minimalism max full of such fury that, when Logic scratching on some of the sense, just willing it to get bet­ anti-commercial lyrical content, in a well chilled-out CD. The listening to on headphones late tracks. Often it doesn't blend ter. It didn't. Consequently, one this is Destroyer's most focused tracks rarely tension-out or at night, it's easy to see why into the music at all, the sound has to conclude that only really RED HOUSE and polished collection of drive into a dancefloor beat. Orwell's Winston Smith chose is too clean and high, staying on committed Mike Oldfield fans music to date. Bejar started off Instead, a welcome flood of to confess rather than suffer a the same tonal range for the should come within a mile of his "career" as a mercurial lo-fi space and drawn-out sounds duration of his contribution and this dishearteningly banal epic. PAINTERS face full of these creatures. noodler, gradually refining his warm up. The sounds are more frankly sounds like an after­ craft and putting together a open and less tight than Though at first glance thought, something thrown in Sam Macklin RADIOGRA/I/I band, eventually arriving at a German chilled downtempo- something of a novelty item, Matmos's new release is an to make Metalwood appeal to The Starfish Room style firmly rooted in the sound techno and not as peculiar as NOVILLERO the kiddies or something. Logic of Eno/Cale art school glam. Boards of Canada—but there incredible and original album. The Brindleford Follies 1055 Homer Street would do well to check out Kid C±TR adv. tix® Serai But, while Streethawk is essen­ are still various oddities includ­ And, provided I don't have to (Endearing) Koala's work and hear how loi.y fM Zulu, Highlife, Noi tially '70s rock with unusually ing samples of the Vancouver visit a hospital anytime soon, an It's a perfect spring evening— Door 9:00pm/Show 10:30pm turntablism can embody a jazz bitter lyrics, the whole thing weatherphone, recycled past enjoyable album too. still light out at 7 PM, yet still esthetic and sound. The Recline adds up to (if you'll excuse the gems such as a synth arpeggio Duncan H. McHugh too cold for the neighborhood wi.mw.'n will do well with the hippies, unusually pertinent cliche) that, coincidentally enough, can kids to go screeching into the but Metalwoodheads and jazz much more than the sum of its be found on an older Delirium lane to play. Not only that, but METALWOOD lovers will not be disappointed parts. Bejar's obtrusively liter­ track and trademark Marshall I've got the perfect soundtrack The Recline eimer. ate couplets, unique nasal synth sounds (you will know (Blue Thumb Records/ Verve/ to accompany this gentle delivery and imaginative song what I mean if you have heard Universal) Hanfunk evening. But whodathunk it structures are the catalysts that Marshall's "The Calling"). A would be provided by allow this remarkable gestalt real sense of melody and For Metalwood's fourth studio NEOTROPIC Novillero, a band whose pri­ reaction to take place. That is to rhythm work splendidly, culmi­ La Prochaine Fois »IJS BOMBS album they departed from the mary singer (Rod Slaughter of say this guv's got serious talent. nating with the sublime track DIY approach and signed with (NTone) Duotang fame) has a voice that Let's just hope he allows his four. Track five picks up the I can tolerate for limited UNION 13 DEMIES Verve. So what about the pros Riz Maslen, aka Neotropic, has excellent new album to get the pace and is hopefully destined amounts of time? In any case, and cons of being in the majors? gained quite a reputation for widespread hearing it deserves. for a vinyl release—no doubt The Brindleford Follies, Well, Verve gave them the herself via a series of releases on Sam Macklin Algorithm is drooling over this Novillero's debut record, is the dough to get jazz guitar god which she has achieved a style material. Overall this is a func­ kind of simple yet hook-laden John Scofield, as well as Mino of electronic music that is gritty, tional collaboration that I am Cinelu (past percussionist with pop record that seems to have JERK WITH A BOMB militant and compelling. sure will turn over many differ­ Miles Davis and Weather been recorded for nights like Tlie Old Noise Needless to say expectations for ent nooks and crannies, enlarg­ Report), and NYC superstar DJ this. It's present but not intru­ (Scratch) her new album are high among ing not only Toronto's minimal Logic. In the latest issue of sively so. True, the horns and techno scene but Vancouver's those who know her music. Le the keyboards and the non-Rod SUB POP RECORDING ARTISTS Muzik Etc., Metalwood admits Prochaine Fois is Maslen's most I'm not sure if mere words can growing community as well. that there were some strings vocal bits might lose their ambitious work to date and justify how enjoyable this attached to the major cash. flavour by summer, but by then, sees her collaborating with The album is. In a day and age Verve wanted a groove album any music I put on automatical­ Verve's guitarist and a string where honesty is hard to find, that would "appeal to the ly gets drowned out by the nGBULfl arranger who has scored Manic Jerk With A Bomb come to the MATMOS sounds the lane attracts on a hot Street Preachers songs. Wait a rescue. One thing that makes A Chance To Cut Is A Chance To summer night. Still, summer's this album so great is how But don't you worry, The second... did I just say "Manic at least a good month away— MHVHIBH Recline doesn't sound like a Street Preachers"??? Yes readers, closely it resembles their live [Matador] I've got plenty of time to enjoy show. They choose to eschew all Phish album, ie. full of flacid you read right and—as you the spring fling that is The Plus Guests white "funk" which does noth­ may just be figuring out—Le The Starfish Room of the fancy studio effects to My family began to receive The Brindleford Follies. ing to propel the ass in any Prochaine Fois is a perfectly 1055 Homer Street make this record, which con­ Learning Channel [TLC] when I Ad T Sc atch direction at all. No way. The dreadful piece of empty, preten­ Cat Moore CiTR , * *? k, tributes to the label of "mini­ was in high school. TLC had a Recline is still a jazz album, and tious middlebrow crap. Clearly hello there, thank you for reading malist" or "stripped down." Yet variety of informative pro­ Metalwood is still a jazz band disenchanted with bleeping to attach a label to this local grams, but the only one that I the . if you mid with all the elements in the away at music industry's mar­ like to continue, simply flip the page two-piece outfit would retract watched with any regularity right place. Although tracks like gins, Maslen has decided to go with your lit fingers, if you have no from the beautiful lyrics, the was The Operation. Every week "New Pants" almost pander to for the prize—the Mercury fingers, please ask someone who has weeping guitar riffs, and the a new surgery was filmed and an aimless jam band sound, the Music Prize, that is. After the fingers to help you out. note: fingers solid song arrangement. narrated for the audience's horn quickly soars in to bring atrocious new Mugwai (sic) are not necessarily needed for this SHDG The Old Noise switches amusement. Nothing, to my the shit back to a jazz, albeit album, this is 2001's second between cry-in-your-beer tunes gore-thirsty delight, remained like "Dead Moon" to the hand- untouched, be it open heart, clapping jig of "Somethin' brain, or knee surgery. Else," a song that has often I've since mellowed and, inspired live audiences to grab for the most part, avoid TLC's a partner and cut a rug. I guess grisly spectacles. But Matmos's D1HIENJM it would be wrong to write a new LP, A Chance To Cut Is A we're off to Ottawa for this year's review without mentioning that Cluince To Cure, has me reveling these guys go by the monikers in the perverse glee of my National Campus and Community of One Easy Skag and The Silo, youth. On their fourth album, and that One Easy Skag plays the San Francisco duo of Drew Radio Conference! if you want us to guitar and sings while The Silo Daniel and MC Schmidt give us plays drums and keyboards at the sound of medical technolo­ bring your local recordings (cassette, CO, LP, the same time. It also wouldn't gy- hurt to mention that The Silo Having finagled their way looks like the cute little elf who into operating rooms, Matnios whatever) to pass out to radio bigwigs across wants to be a dentist from the samples the sound of liposuc­ television classic Rudolph The tion, nose jobs, and laser eye the country, drop them off to CiTR by June 15, Red Nosed Reindeer. surgery, crafting it into very Heatlier Termite original, albeit occasionally 2001. not too many though, you little monkeys, squirm-inducing, music. PLUS GUESTS ADAM MARSHALL AND By far, the "ickiest" song is we have to carry this shit ya know! DANIEL GARDNER "California Rhinoplasty." With Adv. Tix @ Scr. 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continued fact that the band forsakes its musical roots. In fact, Piggy PIGGY comes off as a high-school band Love Letter to Halifax possessed—a sound which (No Records/Cinnamon Toast endears the listener from the Records) word "go." But above all, Piggy's mes­ A rotating group of like-mind­ sage is what impresses—it ed and self-described anarchists almost always has. Mixed in makes up this group formally with the irreverence of such known as The Piggy Calypso instrumentais as "Sunglasses on Orchestra of the Maritimes. Spring Garden Road" and Along with the newly-truncat­ "North End Ska Rumble" are Pepper Sands all, the last time I visited their and "Already Done," that first ed name, Piggy has also gone some hard-hitting commen­ Welcome to...Pepper Sands website, Pepper Sands were track, reminds me just a little of for a major sound retooling. taries such as the self explana­ (Independent) offering free CDs to anyone Dave Edmunds. There's even None of the sweet pans and tory "Homeless Song" and the who asked. train-whistle harmonica, organ, pseudo-reggae rhythms and anarchist goad of Strangely enough, it was almost and bluesy stuff, but Graham's structure of the previous CD "Troublemaking in the City." (the amazing 1999 classic Don't a year ago that I reviewed a www.mp3.com/PepperSands unerring ear for pop hooks and Heavy stuff set to a bouncy Pepper Sands EP, also called [email protected] bold guitar lines holds every­ Stop the Calypso also found on soundtrack, Piggy proves that, Cinnamon Toast/No), two Welcome to Pepper Sands, in this thing together. yes, there is a way to be shit-dis­ tapes and numerous 7 "s here. very space. In spite of appear­ Graham Brown turbers and still have fun. Instead, one finds distorted gui­ ances, it's a different EP this Good 'n Broke www.grahambrownsongs.com tars, understated and noodly time around, with seven songs (Stomp Records) keyboards, harmonic ska- instead of four and an enhanced meets-swing horn arrange- track devoted to the video for Graham Brown was a founding Papillomas U.S. MAPLE the hit "So Fine." As before, this member of Jr. Gone Wild, When Years Were Bee Stings is a fine entry from one of Brilliant Orange, and faux-orchestral strings, brass Acre Thrills (Hub City Records) Vancouver's best pop bands. Happyman, which means he's and woodwinds joining to cre­ (Drag City) The singer/bassplayer, who been writing and playing post- ate a diverse collection of songs Anyone who's heard the calls herself only Citizen A, has punk alt-country songs for well from the '70s-influenced college Papillomas has to agree that a smooth low voice that's capa­ over 15 years. No wonder, then, they are the coolest thing about rock of the album's opening ble of soaring, and most of the that he has such a confident, Nanaimo. That's too faint a title track instrumental to the time the vocals are doubled, distinctive sound. The first 10 compliment, of course. They'd cheesy hokum swing of making for a modern, slightly seconds of this CD deliver one be the coolest thing about many "Murder at the Pop Explosion." ABBA-flavoured but slightly of the biggest, brightest, most a larger city too, playing super- The problem with being a sneery effect. There's roller-rink ringingly beautiful guitar riffs energetic boy indie pop-rock band that is a music collective, style organ in parts of "Ballad of you'll ever hear, and that's elec­ and gleefully singing lines like in the truest sense of the word, Joe," something that sounds like tric guitar, in spite of his usual "You are not a nervous eyelid." is that the resulting musical a huge hollow-body guitar roots designation. The twang is The woo-hoos and cheesy space consistency sometimes tends to break in "All the Best," and there nonetheless, in Graham's movie sounds only add to the be a bit evasive. I'll be blunt, I loads of cool breathy harmonies pleasing nasal voice, and the fun on this EP. miss the polished, sunny calyp­ in "Make No Mistake." slide guitar, fiddle, and even so sounds of Piggy's previous­ te*™«\ Artery "Forever Wonder" is downright mandolin that pops up here and ly-mentioned first two tapes w.papillomas.a bouncy, "Tyrant" switches over there through the tracks. There and last CD. However, the to dreamy rock towards the are also bluegrass influences band's unabashed eclecticism end, and of course you already ("We'll Be Alright"), 1970s Tom and warts-and-all delivery know about "So Fine." Best of Petty moments ("Masterpiece"), leaves one willing to forgive the

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ST. GERMAIN improv to the music, with solos boa—and his smoky set-opener with the audience Tuesday, April 24 not being too long and tedious, "All of Us Kids," a little-known made, they were won­ Commodore Ballroom while Navarre wisely empha­ tune off his debut, presumably derful interludes to the sized beats to keep the crowd as an ode of sorts to the faithful overdriven exuberance dancing. The level of musician­ fans who had been awaiting that would resume ship was high, but the musi­ Workman's Vancouver debut every time the delicious ished i cians could have refrained from long before "Striptease" got air­ wolf would shrug at the ingly wit gesturing U s their fellow play on certain popular radio non-reaction to his non­ ling applause and music video stations. sensical babblings and St. Germain. for them. The well- satisfied Hawksley had me squeal­ launch the band into yet After being yelled at for audience certainly didn't need ing with delight not unlike a lit­ another swaggering daring to advance towards the any prompting, especially as St. tle schoolgirl when he and his guitar-driven song or Will Call ticket window before Germain's most popular song, backing band, the Wolves, one of the bouncers was good "Rose Rouge," was played unleashed "the hit"—I was sur­ Hawksley proved ' because it would have been (this guy has studied the art of and ready (1 asked you to stay twice, to the ecstasy of all pre­ prised he played his single so himself the consummate show­ overshadowed by the majesty dancing, friends!), and a couple here, ma'am!), I finally made it sent. It was disheartening after early in the set and not near the man, conjuring up the spirits of such an invigorating show to be which was the Hawksley of new tunes from a forthcom­ inside. The Commodore was end or as an encore, as is tradi­ Freddy Mercury, Ziggy again barked at by a bouncer, Workman Traveling Freakshow. ing album, but something was­ packed with everyone from tion (I needed no further proof Stardust-era Bowie, that charac­ who was concerned that we stay Spike n't right. I couldn't put my well-dressed internet types to he is a trend-bucker who is to ter Joel Gray played in that on the correct side of the cordon finger on it at first, but later I denizens of the Drive. be admired)—followed by my movie Cabaret, and Bertolt on the way out. KITTENS FOR CHRISTIAN figured it was the crowd: all the Regardless of income bracket, favourite tune off the first Brecht. His flamboyant antics, June Scudeler THE BUILDING PRESS between-song banter was lost most people started dancing album, the chugging pop which included stripping off AUTOPUSSY on a majority of them, and the when St. Germain took the anthem "No Sissies," and my layers of clothing, twirling Friday, April 27 energy fizzled at points where it stage. Ludovic Navarre, the fave off the new one, the reg­ around his boa and writhing on HAWKSLEY WORKMAN AND The Cobalt should have been boiling. Still, self-styled "conductor" of the gae-influenced "Your Beauty the stage floor, whipped up an THE WOLVES I guess you never really know band, stayed well in the back­ Must Be Rubbing off," as his energy level among the nearly ELENI MENDELL what to expect at The Cobalt. When San Diego's finest hit ground behind his mixing desk fourth, fifth, and sixth songs, sold-out house, which I have Saturday, April 26 The last time The Building the stage, it was body rockin' and let the musicians take the respectively. I nearly urinated not beheld in the Starfish in Starfish Room Press played here they were time! A little time off does won­ spotlight. Presumably, these myself in my throes of ecstasy. quite some time—it was good As far as new Canadian artists labeled The Eurythmics. I ders -videi 2 Of were the musicians featured on All the while, Hawksley made to see after attending so many go, Hawksley Workman has would have gone with A Minor that was in newly-acquired skin St Germain's latest CD, Tourist, love to most of the women weekday shows at the 'Fish the single best stage presence Forest or June of 44, but either basher Ruby Mars—just as and included a keyboardist, AND many of the men in the where the attendance has only going. He grabbed the audi­ way, I can see how it wouldn't heavy hitting as previous trumpeter, saxophonist, percus­ mosh pit. His in-between song been 20 to 50 unenergetic, shoe­ ence's attention from the outset go over at the house of crust. So drummer Atom, and solid to sionist, and drummer. The live banter—the type of pseudo- gazing folks, tops. The venue, with a cabaret-style entrance— I was surprised this time boot. Secondly, RFTC was gen­ musicians added a feeling of intellectual stream-of-con- like maiiy others in this city, complete with faux feather around when I actually heard uinely glad to be back, and it works best when it is packed mention of an encore. Granted, showed in the presence of and sweaty, and Hawksley got these kids from Seattle shut Speedo, as he grinned from ear it packed and sweaty in no down the hecklers with one of to ear with every wrenching the best sets I've seen in some­ guitar note, and even though he The throng of faithful sang time: high energy, loud, often is the leader of the group, he let out loud to almost every song ma thy. A weird and rare combi­ his comrades have equal billing which Hawksley played— nation. Kittens For Christian and shared plenty of stage to especially on the slower, played a great set and showcase their talents. anthemic tunes like "Safe and Autopussy did not. I'm not sure However, Speedo was not so Sound" and "Tarantulove" off the locals cared one way or the accommodating to those who the debut release, and "You Me other, but I thought K.F.C were felt that stage diving was also a and the Weather" and "Lethal really good. For those like talent that needed to be shared and Young" (all songs which myself needing direct compari­ with the rest of us, and he was prove Workman-the-songwriter son, I would go with The Ex. quick to belittle their meager has tapped into that rarely- Loud, frantic rock. Leaving, I attempts—save that shite for sourced youthful hope which really felt like I'd seen a great the Korn concert, kiddies. And few performers these days show. Thank you Cobalt. lastly, the songs, yes the songs: understand exists)—except for Chris Clifford the vast repertoire was mined, some of the older ones and the and although nothing was couple of yet to be released *.- 20rr> - &u*4laUt played from Hot Charity (shame songs he performed. ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT THE (INTERNATIONAL) shame double shame), they Workman played a set that pulled a fast one with "Don't lasted nearly two hours and NOISE CONSPIRACY THE EXPLOSION Darlene" and "If The Bird included not one, not two, but Could Fly," and mixed with the JU: X-fcu, - U^A^^l^-H* three encores—something else Saturday, April 29 The Commodore Ballroom new stuff from Group Sounds, I that I've rarely seen a performer was pleased as punch. do in this city. It just goes to Nice for a change to be able to Bryce Dunn £**: U**+e+~ - &*t+ f/«K~*£ prove that if local concert audi­ see all the bands' performances ences are given something to be from the same spot instead of SUICIDAL TENDENCIES excited about, they will recom­ gradually being forced back by EVEN RUDE pense that energy back to the ! Of • the WRETCH performer many times over; it course of the night (not that May 4, Starfish Room creates a circle of energy, which there wasn't a fair share of them spirals in intensity and leaves during Rocket's set... more on Ah, Suicidal. That takes me one with a concert memory for that later). Boston's The back. The writeup in my Grade the ages... Explosion lived up to their 10 annual mentioned Suicidal. I missed Eleni Mendell's name and had a small faithful Please don't look it up, though. set because I had to hoof it to chanting along to their punk 'n' Suicidal has only two mem­ the Skytrain from home and (WNDtOM^ roll. Good stage banter too—on bers in it from the glory years, from the Skytrain to the club a smaller stage they'd probably which is to say the 1980s, but because of this stupid strike— be lethal. The INC rolled out that's okay: one of them is Mike but it's not likely I would have with a new look, the smooth Muir. Obviously. The other one remembered much of her set moves of singer Dennis Lyxzen is Mike Muir Jr., Mike Clark. If that's who that was. We weren't ber in which a "master" songs I resigned myself to mak­ at a rip-roarin' music festival Thor a gig. And I deserve props THE LIVING END pierced, pinned, branded, and ing the best of it, and danced as which on this night featured for being able to do anything TSUNAMI BOWL I only caught the last two poked his/her slaves. There well as I could, banging my two out-of-towners and a slew the next day with my bruised THE NASTY ON songs of Wretch's set. They were good-times acts as well, knees against the shitty stadium of local bands just shitty and battered gaming hand! May 17, Starfish Room sounded just fine. I have heard such as the hot-for-teacher seats. Grrr... enough to receive light/medi­ Julie Colero this band before and they are number, starring a butch in a lit­ Bittercunt um CFOX airplay, I will admit The Living End are apparently some good shit. Even Rude was tle schoolgirl plaid skirt with that this show had a few shin­ WEIGHTS AND MEASURES huge in their native Australia, terrible. Well, I suppose not ter­ white knee socks, getting off on J MASCIS AND THE FOG ing moments. Case in point: Saturday, May 12 and apparently it was pretty rare rible, but they were from L.A., the wooden ruler wailing her Thursday, May 10 Flu. Oh wait, no. Flu was a Ms. T's Cabaret to see them play to 200 people. I sounded a lot like Papa Roach, tender, bare ass. Richards On Richards laughable trio of made-up was just happy not to have seen did rap-metal, and made mon­ The hottest act was surely Goths from somewhere mid- The best music, for me, is real­ them open for somebody like key noises like that Korn guy. when the super-amateur con­ OK. I missed seeing Dinosuar Canadianas with glowing gui­ ly just the sublimated, default Blink or MxPx. Nasty On were They were not good. test began, and one amazing Jr. live throughout their heyday tar skills and knee-bends that pastime of those who are too real good. Low-key, but kick-ass. Suicidal are crowd-pleasers. woman in particular jumped up in the late '80s and early '90s, so spelled r-a-p-r-o-c-k-h-y-b-r-i-d. skinny to be able to follow It was awesome watching him They know what people wanna on stage and started tearing off I was quite happy to go see J. in Dope. This marks the beginning their true calling: heavyweight fight his drum kit the whole time, hear, so they wanna play it. her white t-shirt and jeans, the intimate setting of Dick's. So of my addiction to the beer-tap­ boxing. Unbeknownst to the and totally win. Fucking amazing They opened with "You Can't dancing and grinding on the what if his latest album is ping video game hidden at the weaklings themselves, they drummer. Bring Me Down," and it was a poles, showing off her womanly entirely forgettable, so what if back of the room. Conn and Co. team up in threes in order to Tsunami Bomb were okay. good 20 minutes before they curves while obviously very Without A Sound was the begin­ were on next, and they were meet the weight requirement, Fairly nondescript pop punk with played a song from later than proud of being a "bigger" girl. ning of the end? So what if the fresher than fruit, doper than to feel like they measure up a girl singer. She was a fine singer, 1990. Tons of songs from the She deservedly won the contest Trouser Press Guide to Rock pot. In creepy outfits you'd be against the gargantuan brutes though. Sort of like Cinder Block first album, plus "War Inside too. This brings me to one irk I thinks that he's a shitty guitar embarrassed to see your grand­ with the shiny trunks. Their but not so strong. They said My Head," "Possessed to had with this good-times show: player? When I was 16, I ma in, this quartet rocked it goal is simple, and the same: to Canada was a great city. They Skate," "Send Me Your Money," there was a certain lack of size, thought J was fucking hot, all good. Conn's violinist won my pummel you with a series of said they were from the Bay area. and more gems, while playing age, and color in the show. The that grungy long hair, growly, esteem by providing us with blows until you fall down. We figured they were from maybe three new songs in total. majority of the women were whiny voice, all that shit. bum-shakes and half-height Sheer power may do it, but the Thunder Bay. Mike rambled on in between young, thin and/or buff white "Bug" got me through grade 10. rock kicks, only hindered due to best do it with (say it like The funny thing was, even songs about staying positive, girls, which didn't do too much "Where You Been?" single her five-months-and-counting Bugs) "stragety." Bugs knows while they begged stragglers to and thinking for yourself, and to challenge the idealized body. handedly carried me through bun in the oven. Rad. that the set-up is everything. approach the stage, "The Living that kind of thing. He sort of Following the strip show, ladies the worst breakup of my life. I'm sorry to say that 1 spent It's the finessed mindfuck that End" was every other word. danced around his point a little. were invited to get down and And the live show circa 2001? the DotHT and Saddlesores does it. Catch 'em off guard. Maybe they got a commission They wound up with "Pledge "get funky" up on stage for a What a letdown. I mean, I had sets conversing with friends Give 'em the syncopated every time. Living End this, Your Allegiance," a perfect dance party. Man, do I love to heard that he sucked live, but I and blistering my hand on the rhythms until they spin like a Living End that, thanks to the choice. That was why I came to watch the lesbians dance. The still spent the whole concert in tapping game. I think I did pret­ drunken dreidel, and then, Living End, Living End, wooooo! this show, to yell "S! T!" and Melissa Etheridge mullets the throes of a mid-20s crisis. ty well. I held all the top scores BANG! with a bowling ball So it seems that this "Living "Suicidal!" at top volume, swaying in the wind mixed up Am I that old, already? Maybe except the highest, and that one across the jaw. End" I'd heard so much about mindlessly. I was surprised at with the hipster girls in slouchy (hopefully) it was the lighting, was just too far ahead to even This Weights and was actually the headlining band. how many words I remem- jeans, ties, and black glasses, all but my Indie poster boy's long, dream of snatching from that Measures kid is in damn good Part punk, part rockabilly, but shaking their thang to "Mambo stringy hair looked gray—I kid tri-initialed devil. Besides, Thor shape. Hell, he's in excellent mostly just rock, in all its cheesy kicked it into action, and he's The encore included "Join Number Five." It's a sweet sight you not. Gray. And he had a shape. His timing is impecca­ glory. Some fast songs, some slow very attention-demanding. Thor the Army," which now seems to to behold, I tell ya. total paunch, like a fat belly, ble. Combinations and and super catchy, with huge flam­ is a local legend, famous for bad be called "Join the New Army." Coco Hairpie accentuated by his small, flabby rhythms that stagger. He set ing guitar soloes imbedded in rock schlock in the '80s. He's Yech. What was wrong with the arms. His eyes were totally red me up alright, got in some each. Great big checkered decided to get back on the dog old one? I remember Rocky JURASSIC 5 and bleary (Luke Meat had good shots, too, and although standup bass, sounded great. that rides him to fame and put George and Rob Trujillo as Slam City Jam warned me that J always seems I needed a lot of water and got They played my favorite, together a new band, and, bet­ much as I do Mikey. I guess Sunday, May 6 to be in the throes of the a glue- a nasty cut over my right eye, I "English Army," saying it was an ter still, a new album! And he that's why I didn't know any of PNE Coliseum sniffing binge whenever he's didn't hit the mat: he never let oldie that all the Australians there sells hoodies! Walking like an the new songs. Nonetheless, seen him live). The music? Well, me come to him. Don't get me might like. There were a lot of action-figure, singing like a wrong, this kid's a heavy hit­ Australians there, many down this was a blast. God, did this suck. Imagine see­ Mike Watt kicked ass, and J. swerved in and out of some marionette, Thor ravaged ter. But he just kept comin' at from Whistler. Everyone knew all Trevor Fielding ing your current favorite hip through some classics and some me, and when we hit the the words, sang at the top of their hop group, whose work you semi-inspired playing and singing. The most inspiring not-so classics, wowing the eighth round, I just waited it lungs, bounced like mad and had DIVA'S DEN 2001 fervently admire and who have moment took place during his crowd with strong-man stunts out. I didn't have no room to a great time. I liked The Living Sunday, May 6 basically redeemed hip hop wonderful rendition of the and bad props. He made excel­ breathe. End but didn't love them: though The Penthouse from it's Eminem-crusted cata­ lent use of the Penthouse's This gig was part of New the guitarist is undoubtedly strophe, in the worst possible Cure's "Just Like Heaven" (I so interactive stage set-up, and his Music West. I didn't see any of amazing, I get squirmy when a venue, with the worst possible remember listening to that track diva, some one-named broad, the other bands there that song gets up over five minutes, sightlines and the worst possi­ over and over again on my walkman, taking the bus to didn't let the poles grow cold. night—pre and post bout, I full of Hendrix at Woodstock were huddled up like salty sar­ ble sound, and I'm sure your high school). The rest was kind Highly entertaining. was drinkin' in a living room noodling in the middle. Like I say, dines on this particular Sunday sympathy will be aroused. Why of pathetic though. He did the And so NMW deserves a on wheels and listening to the this band's level of cheese is at the for one very special reason: the fuck couldn't J5 have same "crowd sings the one line half-props, a smidgen of props, Weights and Measures CD. arena rock plateau. The strobe NAKED LADIES. On one night played a club later that night? thing" during "Freak Scene" for bringing Mr. Conn back to Steve DiPo light was a nice touch, though. of the year, it's a women's only Due to Slam City Jam's ramps that is depicted in the video The us, and for giving good old Trevor Fielding (and pretty gay all around) set up all over the floor of the Year that Punk Broke, he didn't night at the Penthouse, where Pacific Coliseum, non VIPs say anything to the crowd (like amateur, non-typical women, couldn't go on the floor (I could "Hi! I'm fat and washed-up and and seasoned professionals peel not weasel my way down no longer sexy), and I think I off their duds to raise money for there—God, don't those fuckers would have been way more the Downtown Eastside know who I am? Christ!), and devastated if I hadn't been so Enter to win a copy of the new Women's Centre. As I stood on the stage was set up at one end Contest! Free Shit! fucking high. "So what else is an overturned milk crate, cran­ of the fucking dome, so we had new? J, you were the only Punk 0 Rama volume 6 cd, ing my neck for a better view, I to crowd up along the sides of noticed the beauty of being a the risers, craning our heads in VOL 6 2001 featuring 23 Epitaph bands lesbian. The young, the queer, the full-on fluorescent lighting Even More Bittercunt including unreleased tracks from and the hip were choo-choo to hear, through a horrible PA system, a brilliant live perfor­ Pennywise, Pulley, N0FX, training and neck-licking just as THOR mance from the MCs and two hard as the old, the white SADDLESORES Millencolin and Decendents. Just DJs that make up Jurassic 5. jeaned, and the mulleted, and DARKEST OF THE HILLSIDE Because I left my glasses at everybody was shouting and THICKETS email [email protected] hollering like drunk truckers at Small's in NYC and can't afford —wJ\ J^" BOBBY CONN new ones, I couldn't really before June 25 and tell us why Hooters. The show's (wo)man- FLU make out my future husband S^^feS fcfi3fp date was to give the ladies pride Saturday, May 12 ; : you're punker than fuck. Chali 2na's visage, only his about their bodies and sexuali­ The Penthouse -JftSS^. JL. />Jf ty, to show everyone a gay old lanky 6-foot-something lusty frame. After a while, my plain­ c y time and to do some quality My very first New Music West tive wails for "Tunafish, fundraising as well. The show attendance was well worth the T ^pttoph tunafish" got on the nerves of indeed was quite sexy with teeth-gritting! As much as I my companion, our normally plenty of scenarios, including a want less than nothing to do sunny editor, so after a few particularly dramatic SM num­ with our city's sad-sack attempt 21 u^gismss, Your favourite brown-sters, 6:00PM Join the sports dept. Arthur and "The Lovely Andrea" James and Peter, offer a for their coverage or the T-Birds Berman. savoury blend of the familiar and some other goofiness, WORLD HEAT 8:00-9:30AM and exotic in a blend of aural THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM delights! Tune in and enjoy 9:30-11:30AM Open your each weekly brown plate spe­ ears and prepare for a shock! cial. Instrumental, trance, A harmless note may make lounge, and ambience. you a fan! Hear the menacing LOUD, FAST, AND AGING FILL-IN alt. 6:30-7:30PM scourge that is Rock and Roll! RAPIDLY alt. 11:00- BY THE WAY 7:30-9:00PM Deadlier than the most 1:00PM I don't know what I'm up to dangerous criminal! <3rdx- SUNDAY (Japanese, French, Swedish, THE SHOW 10:00PM- GIRLFOOD alt. 11:00- anymore. I play lots of odd [email protected]> British, US, etc.), '60s sound­ 12:00AM Strictly Hip-Hop 1:00PM German electronix, some 7"s, BLUE MONDAY alt. 11:30AM- ARE YOU SERIOUS? MUSIC tracks and lounge. Book your - Strictly Underground - PARTS UNKNOWN 1:00- and a demo here and there. 1:00PM Vancouver's only 9:00AM-12:00PM All of jet set holiday now! Strictly Vinyl. With your hosts 3:00PM Underground pop Go figure. industrial-electronic-retro-goth THE JAZZ SHOW 9:00PM- time is measured by its art. QUEER FM 6:00-8:00PM Mr. Rumble, Seanski, ind J for the minuses with the occa­ program. Music to schtomp to, 12:00AM Vancouver's This show presents the most Dedicated to the gay, lesbian, Swin< the 1 & 2's. sional interview with your host hosted by Coreen. longest running prime time bisexual, and transsexual com­ THE CHILL-OUT ROOM Chris. ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES jazz program. Hosted by the around the world. Ears open. munities of Vancouver and lis­ 12:00-2:00AM Time to STAND AND BE CUNTED alt. 11:30AM-1:00PM ever-suave Gavin Walker. May 13: Guest composer tened to by everyone. Lots of wind down? Lay back in the alt.3:00-4:00PM CONTEMPORARY 1:00- Features at 1 1. Jocelyn Morlock human interest features, back­ chill-out room. Trance, house, DJ Hancunt is in training for 2:00PM Music and poetry for VENGEANCE IS MINE May 27: Special guest Peter ground on current issues and and special guest DJs with Olympic party athletics —soon 12:00-3:00AM Hosted by Hannan hosts Decter and Nasty. to be a gold medalist in drink­ C.P.R. 2:00-3:30PM Trevor. It's punk rock, baby! THE ROCKERS SHOW HELLO GEETANJALI 8:00- FILL-IN 2:00-6:00AM ing, drug taking, and reckless buh bump...buh bump...this is the Gone from the charts but not 12:00-3:00PM Reggae 10:00PM Hello India com­ sound your heart makes when from our hearts—thank fucking inna all styles and fashion. bines with Geetanjali to BLACK NOIZE alt. 3:00- you listen to science talk and MONDAY Christ. BLOOD ON THE SADDLE create... Hello Geetanjali! 4:00PM techno...buh bump... 3:00-5:00PM Reakowshit- Geetanjali features a wide SALARIO MINIMO 6:00- DJ Nat X still sez: "Fuck You, PROM QUEEN 3:30-4:30PM caught-in-yer-boots country. range of music from India, 8:00AM Spanish rock, ska, My Man!" ELECTRIC AVENUES 3:30- CHIPS WITH EVERYTHING including classical music, both techno, and alternative EVIL VS. GOOD 4:00- 4:30 (Last Tuesday of each alt. 5:00-6:00PM British Hindustani and Carnatic, pop- -porque 5:00PM Who will triumph? month.) pop music from all decades. vidae salsa Hardcore/punk from beyond THE MEAT-EATING VEGAN SAINT TROPEZ alt. 5:00- Ghazals, Bhajans, and also the grave. 4:30-5:00PM 6:00PM International pop Quawwalis, etc. WENER'S BARBEQUE 5:00- 10,000 VOICES 5:00-

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MISERY HOUR 2 AURAL 3 PLUTONIAN 3 TENTACLES THE NIGHTS 4 4 FILL-IN PSYCHEDELIC FIRST FLOOR MORNING AFTER SHOW AIRWAVES SOUND SYSTEM 5 REGGAE LINKUP ' 5 6 6 Cf= conscious and funky • Ch= children's • Dc= dance/electronic • Ec= eclectic • Gi= goth/induslrial • Hc= hardcore • Hh= hip hop • Hk= Hans Kloss • Jz= jazz • Lm= live music 1 Lo= lounge • Ml= melal • No= noise • Nw= Nardwuar • Po= pop • Pu= punk • Re= reggae • Rr= rock • Rts= roots • Sk = ska »So= soul • Sp= sports • Tk= talk • Wo= world 6:00PM Poetry, spoken a flipped u word, preformances, etc. STRAIGHT OUTTA JALLUND- Full-on, ' 'funktihed, sample kick aroundLnezooi FLEX YOUR HEAD 6:00- HAR 10:30PM-12:00AM heavy beat-lain trip, focusing ScdVV V\3r\«v 8:00PM Hardcore and punk Let DJs Jindwa and Bindwa on anything with breakbeats. rock since 1989. HIGH ON GRASS 2:00- ANNABOUBOULA (former­ Bhungra! "Chakkh de phutay." 3:30PM ly Radio Ellenikathiko) HANS KLOSS' MISERY NARDWUAR THE HUMAN 8:00-9:00PM Greek radio HOUR 12:00-3:00AM SERVIETTE PRESENTS... www.angelfire.com/atr/anna Mix of most depressing, 3:30-5:00PM Please keep bouboula unheard and unlistenable on rawkin' in the free world [email protected] melodies, tunes and voices. and have a good breakfast. A WALK ABOUT THE FIRST FLOOR SOUND SYS­ Rock on, Nardwuar and WORLD 9:00-10:00PM TEM 3:00-6:30AM Cleopatra Von Flufflestein. VENUS FLYTRAP'S LOVE NOOZE AND ARTS 5:00- DEN alt. 10:00PM- THURSDAY 6:00PM 12:00 AM FILL-IN 6:30-8:00AM FAR EAST SIDE SOUNDS alt. END OF THE WORLD NEWS 6:00-9:00PM SOULSONIC WANDERLUST 8:00- 10:00AM AFRICAN RHYTHMS alt. alt. 10:00PM-12:00 AM THE CUTE 'N' CUDDLY 6:00-9:00PM David "Love" Phat platter, slim chatter. SHOW 10:00-11:30AM Jones brings you the best new AURAL TENTACLES 12:00- Two hours of non-stop chil­ and old jazz, soul, Latin, 6:00AM Ambient, ethnic, dren's entertainment includ­ samba, bossa, and African funk, pop, dance, punk, elec­ ing songs, stories, poems, music from around the world. tronic, and unusual rock. inteviews, and special guests HOMEBASS 9:00PM- with your host Christina. 12:00AM Hosted by DJ WEDNESDAY CANADIAN LUNCH Noah: techno, but also some 11:30AM-1:00PM From trance, acid, tribal, etc. Guest THE ELECTROLUX JAM Tofino to Gander, Baffin Island DJs, interviews, retrospectives, BAND HOUR 6:00- to Portage La Prairie. The all- giveaways, and more. 7:00 AM Canadian soundtrack for your BREAKING WAVES IN YOUR THE SUBURBAN JUNGLE midday snack! HEAD 12:00-2:00AM 7:00-9:00AM Bringing STEVE AND MIKE 1:00- you an entertaining and eclec­ 2:00PM Crashing the boys' SATURDAY tic mix of new and old music club in the pit. Hard and fast, FILL-IN 2:00-6:00AM live from the Jungle Room with heavy and slow. Listen to it, FILL-IN 6:00-8:00AM your irreverent hosts Jack baby (hardcore). THE SATURDAY EDGE Velvet and Nick The Greek. THE ONOMATOPOEIA 8:00AM-12:00PM Studio R&B, disco, techno, sound­ SHOW 2:00-3:00PM guests, new releases, British tracks, Americana, Latin jazz, Comix comix comix. Oh yeah, comedy sketches, folk music news, and gossip. A real gem! and some music with Robin. calendar, and ticket give­ [email protected] RHYMES AND REASONS aways. FOOL'S PARADISE 9:00- 3:00-5:00PM On Hiatus! 8-9AM: African/World roots. 10:00AM Japanese music Will the ladies return? Stay 9AM-12PM: Celtic music and and talk. THE "NORTHERN WISH LEGALLY HIP alt. 5:00- SOULSISTAH RADIO 12:00- 10:00AM-12:00PM Spike 6:00PM spins Canadian tunes accom­ PEDAL REVOLUTIONARY POWERCHORD 1:00-3:00PM panied by spotlights on local alt. 5:00-6:00PM Viva la Vancouver's only true metal Velorution! DJ Helmet Hair show; local demo tapes, ANOIZE 12:00-1:00PM Luke and Chainbreaker Jane give imports and other rarities. Meat irritates and educates you all the bike news and Gerald Rattlehead, Dwain, through musical deconstruc- and Metal Ron do the dam­ tion. Recommended for the you need and even cruise age. around while doing it! CODE BLUE 3:00-5:00PM THE°SHAKE 1:00-2:00PM http://www.sustainability.com From backwoods delta low- The manatee is my spirit ani­ /dinos/radio down slide to urban harp mal. Me da I'agita. OUT FOR KICKS 6:00- honks, blues, and blues roots RADIO FREE PRESS 2:00- 7:30PM No Birkenstocks, with your hosts Jim, Andy, and 3:00PM Zines are dead! nothing politically correct. We Paul. Long live the zine show! Bleek don't get paid so you're damn RADIO FREE AMERICA presents the underground right we have fun with it. 6:00-8:00PM Extraordinary Hosted by Chris B. press with articles from zines political research guaranteed from around the world. ON AIR WITH GREASED to make you think. Originally MOTORDADDY 3:00- HAIR 7:30-9:00PM The broadcast on KFJC (Los 5:00PM "Eat, sleep, ride, lis­ best in roots rock 'n' roll and Angeles, CA). rhythm and blues from 1942- ten to Motordaddy, repeat." SOUL TREE alt. 10:00- 1962 with your snappily- RACHEL'S SONG 5:00- 1:00AM From doo-wop to attired host Gary Olsen. 6:30PM Socio-political, envi- hip hop, from the electric to ronmentally-activist news and the eclectic, host Michael spoken word with some music LIVE FROM THUNDERBIRD Ingram goes beyond the call RADIO HELL 9:00- of gospel and takes s 11:00PM Local muzak from to the June 6-13: Sam Graci-The Food 9. Live bandz from 10-11. nth degree.(Welcome back Connection Parts 1 &2 HIGHBRED VOICES Michael!) June 20: Harvard Design 11:00PM-1:00AM PIPEDREAMS alt. 10:00- PLUTONIAN NIGHTS 1:00- 1:00AM June 27: A feature on water and 6:00AM Loops, layers, and THE RED EYE alt. 1:00- a preview of the "Water For oddities. Naked phone staff. 4:30AM People & Nature Conference." Resident haitchc with guest DJs EARWAX alt. 1:00-4:30AM Ritchie Hawtin Ticket and performers. "noiz terror mindfuck hardcore Giveaway! http://plutonia.org like punk/beatz drop dem POP GOES THE WEASEL headz rock inna junglist 6:30-7:30PM FRIDAYS mashup/distort da source full AND SOMETIMES WHY alt. force with needlz on wax/my 7:30-9:00PM sleater-kinney, SHADOW AT DAWN 6:00- chaos runs rampant when I low, sushi... these are a few of 8:00AM With DJ Goulash. free da jazz..." Out—Guy our fave-oh-writ things. (First CAUGHT IN THE RED 8:00- Smiley Wednesday of every month.) 10:00AM Trawling the trash REPLICA REJECT alt. 7:30- heap of over 50 years worth REGGAE LINKUP 4:30- 9:00PM Indie, new wave, of real rock V roll debris. 8:30AM Hardcore dancehall punk, noise, and other. SKAT'S SCENE-IK DRIVEI reggae that will make your FOLK OASIS 9:00-10:30PM 10:00AM-12:00PM mitochondria quake. Hosted Roots music for folkies and Email requests to by Sister B. non-folkies... bluegrass, singer- . listen to citr online! songwriters, worldbeat, alt. THESE ARE THE BREAKS country and more. Not a 12:00-2:00PM DJ Splice, www.citr.ca mirage! A.V. Shack, and Promo bring 23 bm&smm June Long Vinyl June ShortVinyl Indie Home Jobs 1 destroyer streethawk... misra 2 suction v/a snow robots vol 1 1 electric frankenstein the perfect crime sub pop 1 something something pong ping 3 vote robot in meorm na scratch 2 rheem ruud family song song 4 2 emphysema rings legendary heros radio penny nick cave... no more shall we... reprise 3 les jardiniers moon patrol 5 3 the evaporators honk the horn nardwuar the metic s/t indie 4 emerald city four song demo 6 ken nordine a transparent... asphodec 4 badly drawn boy once around... twisted nerve 5 joel heartx50'woman 7 arling+cameron sound shopping emperor norton 5 lost sounds 1+1=nothing empty 6 tenessee twin oh darkness 8 dj smash phonography blue note 6 cecillia.. mon engin cfenfer telstar 7 heat scores run santa run 9 tricky woo les sables... sonic unyon 8 Victorian pork i just wanna beer rock and roll southern 10 black halos the violent years subpop M 8 dianogah hannibal 11 11 kinski be gentle with... pacifico 10 river rats baby yer a troll 12 hawksley workman the delicious wolves isadora 9 frumpies forever don't want to go home krs 11 gray's anatomy no chocolate for tyson 13 michie mee don't wanna koch 10 new town animals lose that girl mint 12 triple word score too far gone 14 rocket from the... group sounds vagrant 11 the killingtons 3ep redwood 13 mr plow rockstar 15 sadies tremendous efforts bloodshot bad apple life is rough 12 jello biafra the green wedge at 14 16 tipsy uhoh apshodel 15 squares elite around the capital 13 tullirtravoltas srt coldfront 17 mark farina mushroom jazz om 16 nicely nicely it's me not yours 18 wagon christ musipal ninjatune 14 bigjohnbates vibro psychotic nearly nude 17 jump start worthwhile quarterstick 19 henry rollins a rollins... 15 zen guerilla theseeger subpop 18 sleepy jones everyday 20 gibu isolation drills tvt 16 trickywoo ten tons bittersweet 19 uneven steps postcards from... 21 the deadcats trashville... raucous panty boy seahag 17 land ice storm pop bus 20 22 us maple acre thrills drag city 23 new pornographers mass romantic mint 18 the marble index love talking to boys drive-in 24 the radio music to hop trains to indie 19 automaton sA galleon rey 25 v/a the sound of om om 20 riff randells who says girls can't rock mint 26 anti flag underground... fat wreck chords f HOW THE CHARTS WORK J 27 download effector nettwerk 28 senor coconut en gran baile emperor norton The monthly charts are compiled based on the number of times a CD/LP ("long vinyl"), 7" ("short 29 cinematic orchestra remixes ninjatune 30 the causey way causey vs... alternative tentacles vinyl"), or demo tape ("indie home jobs") on CiTR's playlist was played by our djs during the previous 31 talvin singh ha island month (ie, "June" charts reflect airplay over May). 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f you're going to lie something else. Don't listen 'cause that's where normal down, you have to take to a great record and watch people lie down. So turn up Iyour clothes off. Or at television at the same time. the music. Make sure you least be in the process if Don't talk on the phone for can hear it. Lie on your can our love.. someone else is taking Christ's sake. And don't back. Remember, no pants. them off for you. Or for stop the record. Don't inter­ Don't lie on your side. them. Whatever. As long as rupt. That's fucking rude. Don't lie against your ear. Ten years into a career so prolific you have no pants on by And don't fall asleep. It's You might as well screw the time you're on your late, you're lying down, but the balance in the stereo. and diverse, the release of Can Our back. Wearing no pants is DON'T FALL ASLEEP. Hell, fuck stereo all togeth­ key. If you have pants on, Don't fuck. Well if you er. Why don't you listen to Love... see the Tindersticks making a you're going to get up. think the fucking's going to something in mono for scintillating, soul based music. Can You're going to get up be better than the record fuck's sake. Don't curl up because you have to take then you should fuck. If in the fetal position and Our Love... is the sound of a band that the pants off at some point. you're not sure, horse start crying like a pussy. So before you lie down, around for a bit and if you Don't feel sorry for your­ survived a period of uncertainty and pick a record—make sure can still hear the music, it self, just be sorry for every­ came out the other end feeling sure­ it's not shitty 'cause that sounds like the record's thing you said, everything means you'll have to get up going to be better. If you you did, hope you'll never footed and inspired. and change it, so pick forget the record's even be a stupid fuck again. something good, some­ playing, fuck. Unless you Stare at the light bulb. thing you like—take the think you're going to have Listen. After awhile it starts "While there's little consolation for pants off and lie down. to leave afterwards, if you to hurt. Mostly your eyes. We're aiming for the per­ think you're going to have So turn around if you want. those picking bits of broken heart out fect position. to get up. Press your face into the pil­ of the carpet, one thing to bear in I have this No Napping Anyway, the position's low. Make sure it hurts a lit­ rule. Wait, first I should tell more effective when you're tle, squash your nose, hold mind is happiness will never have such you I'm insane. Everything by yourself. It works best your breath, so you don't I do is motivated by com­ for pathetic losers. fall asleep. I'm not one for a a magnificent and strangely glamorous plete insanity. So no naps. If Personally, I like the floor, I pillow. Puffy ones, espe­ soundtrack as that created by you take a nap, you have to like lying on the floor. cially. If the pillow wraps get up. That's like having There's more room. If the around your head like a Tindersticks. Misery might actually two mornings. And who choice is between the couch pair of ear muffs give it a the fuck has time to sleep in and the floor I have to go huck. If you can't hear sound like sobbing and endless the middle of the day when with the floor. I have a bed, everything, throw it in the silence, but in the hands of these it's bright out and you close but only 'cause people fucking garbage. your eyes and all you see is would think I was insane if Listen. Ignore the phone six men from Nottingham, it's all orange because you can't I slept on the floor. But I when it starts ringing. Ten strings and elegance" - NME shut your eyes tight already told you I'm insane times out of ten it'll be enough to block out the and I could probably get someone stupid. Or at least God damned light. So I'm away with telling people I not the person you were saying don't lie down if it slept on the floor because thinking about. It doesn't means you have to get up. it's, like, Chinese to sleep work that way. Who the And don't listen to good on the floor. fuck are you kidding. music when you have to do But I'll move to the bed

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FRI JUNE 1 SAT 16 golden wedding band@sugar refinery; forgotten sean macdonald, adrienne pierce, mike SPECIAL EVENTS rebels, new town animals@starfish. saurette@sugar refinery; j-dub@sonar. SAT 2 SUN 17 in frequency, co-op radio benefit@sugar refinery; beatnuts, arsonists@commodore; unrefined@sugar doa, snfu, dayglo abortions, exit this side, dog eat refinery; coldplay, grandaddy@orpheum. dogma, the sweaters, facepuller, huskavarna@commodore; tortoise, nobukazu take- WED 20 OPOSSUMS mura @thevogue; hi-test,shineola@the pic. mark browning@sugar refinery (early show). SUN 3 Scott Malin, artiste behind The Kickaround (see pg planet smashers, peacocks, subb@the pic. THUR 21 23), has a mural on display at The Sugar Refinery MON 4 secret three@sugar refinery; djspooky@sonar; new (1115 Granville Street) until the end of July. It is in glorious colour. It features marsupials. school days@anza club; sean macdonald@sugar pornographers, duotang@richard's on richards. refinery. FRI 22 TUES 5 mouse on mars, vert, prefuse 73@richard's (early homophile art meet: queer sex shorts@blinding show); the colourifics@sugar refinery; ex-centric light!! new wave dance party® ms.t's only one dol­ soundsystem, velvet@commodore; skywalk@arts HUMORIST INK lar! club theatre; bloomdaddies@the cellar; cross- WED 6 fade@sonar; the twisters@purple onion; three inch­ There's a neat-o Comic Book Art Show and cinerama@starfish; mogwai, bardo es of blood (all ages) @the Java joint (surrey); Drippytown Comic Launch, at the Tart Gallery, pond@richard's; bronze, joel@sugar refinery; umphrey's mcgee@starfish. 1869 W.4th Ave. The grand Art Opening happens nofx, swingin' utters, rise against@commodore. SAT 23 on Saturday June 23 from 7-1 Opm with DJ THUR 7 cinematic orchestra, king cobb steelie, dj seri- Audiowhore and the Minimalist Jug Band! Original mac dawg@sugar refinery; calexico@starfish; fan­ ous@commodore; young and sexy, unitard, the cover art and panels by 28 independent,under- tastic plastic machine@sonar. [email protected]'s. ground and successfully "out there" comic strip and FRI 8 SUN 24 book artists, including Fiona Smyth. Runs till July kaizen@sugar refinery; eruption, alcohollica@com- the new deal, q, dj ramasutra@commodore; radio- 16! modore; red house painters, radiogram@starfish. head, beta band@thunderbird stadium; bob mur­ SAT 9 phy trio@diva at the met; voodoo glowskulls, ann bottleneck@sugar refinery; punk-o-rama (all ages) beretta, backside, pretty girls make graves@grace- w/guttermouth, us bombs, union 13, the devi- land (seattle); smog, the sadies, damien SCHOOL DAYS ates@graceland (seattle.); spitfires, the girls@the jurado@starfish. pic MON 25 Jeb Bishop on trombone! Kjell Nordeson on vibes! SUN 10 human hi lite reel@sugar refinery; John scofield Paal Nilssen-Love on drums! Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten summerlad@sugar refinery (early show); dido, band, metalwood, bloomdaddies@commmodore; on bass! Ken Vandermark on reeds! If you've never travis@gm place; aceyalone@sonar, guttermouth, djspooky, masters of illusion@i-spy (seattle). heard of these people, you will not care that they have exclamation marks at the end of their sen­ us bombs@grandview legion; bob log III, immortal TUES 26 tences! If you do know these people, you don't lee county killers@the pic. built to spill, delusions@richard's; bullfrog, even need to read this cause you've already MON 11 soulive@commodore. bought your ticket! Monday, June 4 at the Anza doves@commodore. WED 27 Club. Starts at 8pm. Only hosers would miss this. WEDS 13 jazzmatic@sugar refinery; alpha yaya diallo, dicar- the papillomas, the cinch, operation makeout@ms. do lemv, makina loco@commodore; built to spill, t's; human hi lite reel@sugar refinery. delusions@richard's. THURS 14 THUR 28 MIS.COM naomi sider@sugar refinery; coal, angie emmylou harris@orpheum; little stitches@sugar refin­ inglis@marine club. ery; clarence gatemouth brown, marcia ball. From June 2 to July 22, Presentation House Gallery FRI 15 FRI 29 in North Vancouver presents the media work of mike zachernuk, dave sikula@sugar refinery; the Joshua redman, chris gestrin trio@vogue theatre. Lorna Simpson, Fiona Bowie, and Sophia Calle. spits, right on!, the pulses@gibsons (seattle); great SAT 30 Communication, miscommunication, video, pro­ Canadian wedding dance@wise hall; she stole my dave douglas new quintet, chris potter quarter© jection. beer, big yellow taxi@the commodore. vogue theatre. Upstream not Mainstream!

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