PAGE 1 PAGE 2 über catchy sounds of Wakefield, played many a gig with in was The Pointed so perhaps you can see where this is going? Well right ’s first entered Sticks. You can actually see them, and particularly back to the T-Hawk with Fuad and the Feztones’ my ears via Tyler Fedchuk’s Radio their drummer Dimwit, in the filmed in Vancouver Welcome to My Castle, a cover of ’ Zero program on CiTR 101.9 fM. I had been plow- (and very YouTube-able) 1980 Dennis Hopper film, 1992 Single. The Feztones version even namechecks ing through angry Friday afternoon traffic on Burrard Out of the Blue. The only time I The Tomahawk within the first 6 seconds! Street in Vancouver, BC, Canada and listening to actually ever saw Dimwit drum Not surprising considering if you eat at the Radio Zero which, week in and week out, for a good live was when he sat in with Tomahawk you will never forget it. For in- number of years, has been providing guaranteed stimu- Cub on New Years Eve, 1993 at stance, here’s what Kate Nash said in The lation of the aural variety to the greater Vancity area. Studio J on Hastings Street in Times of London Magazine (no joke): Not only am I lucky to be able to listen to Radio Zero Vancouver. Valeria, Cub’s drum- in my car, I am also blessed mer had invited Dimwit to guest The one restaurant that really sticks in my with having my drum on a couple tunes. And mind is the Tomahawk in North Van- own radio show on let me now invite Kate Nash couver. The burgers at the Toma- CiTR, (“Hullo Kate!”) to unleash a hawk are huge; you can have beef, the Human Serviette cover of Cub’s My Chinchilla for you the chicken, hot dog and even fish Presents, come on listeners of this here Busy Doing Nothing in them. My boyfriend ate it all! right after Radio compilation! If you look closely at the back He’s now a vegetarian. Zero. I often arrive of the record you will see Alex from early at the station, Franz Ferdinand wearing a headdress It’s not easy to make the perfect to talk to Tyler and while wolfing down a Skookum Chief Hot Dog either! Some of us chefs prepare for my own Hamburger at The Tomahawk BBQ in such as The Evaporators, Sage Fran- program. Despite early arrivals North Vancouver, BC, Canada. Alex was cis/Xaul Zan and Megan Barnes dream of go- at CiTR, I somehow usually in town producing The Cribs at the ing to Hot Dog High to perfect our craft. But, sadly, still end up being late for my Warehouse Studios, which interest- right now The Evaporators are Busy radio show. Very frustrating! Yup, ingly enough is owned by Doing Nothing. Perhaps Jill I Hate Being Late When I’m Early, Bryan Adams, who once Barber and Andrew W.K. something I found out both The Evapo- worked at the Tomahawk would like to like to argue that rators and Andrew W.K. share in common. Speaking doing the dishes! Not too point though as they took time of sharing,The Dishrags, Vancouver’s (and possibly far from the Warehouse off from their schedules to help North America’s) first all girl punk combo, shared the in Gastown, lies JC/ The Evaporators bring it on stage with The Furies at Vancouver’s very first punk DC Studios where with home with their cover of Doug gig, July 30, 1977, at the Japanese Hall. Infact, since and John Rutledge’s (with Donna Wood- they opened up the show, they hold the honour of be- Collins, Franz Ferdinand ward) 1975 single, titled, you ing the first home grown Punks to ever step on a Van- recorded a version of The guessed it, Bring it on Home! I couver Stage! Just like The Cribs, The Dishrags fell Pointed Sticks’ Real Thing. first heard the song on my radio show when DJ/record into my life through constant airplay on CiTR Radio. JC/DC Studios is in the same space collector Ed Lasko brought it out to CiTR for me to So perhaps it is fitting that The Cribs have paid trib- as Studio J, where Cub had their New Years Eve 1993 play. But where did you get the 45, Ed? ute to The Dishrags with a cover The Dishrags’ 1980 gig with Dimwit of the Pointed Sticks on drums! single Death in the Family. One band The Dishrags Furthermore, Kate Nash has eaten at the Tomahawk, It came in a stack of about 60 45s I had mail ordered,

PAGE 3 extending from ’64 to ’79 or so. Most were ’65 and ’66. hand store or whatever, I wouldn’t have bought it. I have Evaporators how it is, which is completely opposite A lot of good stuff. I was particularly pleased to acquire it only because it was part of that package deal. I didn’t to the Bunk other media outlets put forth! Who really a copy of Hank Turko’s Eagle 45 (Winnipeg label) which pick it out. knows the score? Pig War! This “almost” Canada-USA was on my want list at the time. There were more Eagles war incited by the shooting of a pig on the San Juan and lots of delights. I played all Across from the DJ booth at CiTR is Studio C, where Islands (north of Seattle) in 1859 is a somewhat con- the most interesting I have pre-taped many phone interviews over the fusing border dispute that took years to resolve. Arbi- titles, and the last dozen years. One interview that sticks in my mind is with tration by Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany(!) finally settled or so languished. Finally, Harlan Ellison, the writer of my favourite episode of everything in 1872, turning the San Juan’s over to after two or three months Star Trek (“The City on the Edge of Forever”) where the Americans, leaving some Canadians to feel kinda had elapsed, I forced myself Spock wears a toque! I fluked out being able to shafted. But at least Quadra Island was safe! It was still to “process” the remainders. talk to Harlan in the first in Canadian hands and years later inspired the name I was in for a big shock. place as it was only of The Quadra Club in The first was Art Young’s through the kind- Vancouver, which on “Little Tot” which I never ness of former Sept 17, 1978 would go even heard of. After many CiTR Promotions on to host a mega punk plays, I was quite indignant: “Why had Director Aaron gig with The Avengers, no one even mentioned this great record Chapman that The Subhumans and the to me?” I was beside myself. (I played it it happened. (If Pointed Sticks! Grant for famous Dutch dealer/collector Cees Klop you’re curious about McDonagh of Zulu Re- who has reissued it!). Another week went by. I that encounter, you can cords, then of legendary was down to the last two or three 45s. They were from hear Harlan calling me “the Vancouver Fanzine Snotrag, the 70s — not a decade I like to remember. Then I spun little guy” and hanging up at www.nardwuar.com ) taped the concert, provid- Doug Rutledge’s record “Bring it on Home.” I only know Over the years Aaron has also continually kept me up ing The Evaporators with an opportunity to record, he was a British Columbia guy who made some records to date on the many fascinating aspects of Vancouver’s decades later, a version of the ’Sticks unreleased track for the Kin-Gar label. (So he’s likely from past that he has documented and written about. It was All The Bad Girls. If that, dear reader, makes you that part of BC. Kinard/Castlegar — only a matter of time before one of these tidbits end- think of Franz Ferdinand again (as they too have Southeast BC) I’d had some of his ed up in a Evaporators song. In this case it was covered the Pointed Sticks on this platter), here’s 45s in the past, and they always the tale of the Milkshake Murder, from 1965, something further to satisfy your urges, more Franz went into the discard bin. Not where a man murdered his wife by giving her a Ferdinand! Not in musical form, but in spoken word this time. I was stunned, and bunch of arsenic-laced vanilla milkshakes. All interview configuration. Years from today all this will couldn’t quite believe it. My this happened in the middle of a radio station mean something, but right now you’re Busy Doing thought was “This must be promotion that had him camped out on top Nothing! American — it must’ve been a of the BowMac car dealership sign in Vancou- hit” and I immediately turned to ver, supposedly, during the day and night. (He Have a good tofurkey, my Billboard Country Charts book. told everyone he wouldn’t leave the sign until all the Unlisted of course. I’ve always liked rockin’ guy/ cars in the lot below were sold.) However the bastard gal duets, and this is one of the best. I played it for Cees secretly sneaked down at night and succeeded in kill- Nardwuar the Human Serviette who also liked it, and may reissue it on one his CanCon ing his wife with milkshakes. Aaron, owner of www. Radio CiTR fM 102 CDs. Rather ironically: if I had seen the 45 in a second aaronchapman.net, let me say, thanks for telling The Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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The Evaporators & Andrew W.K. “I Hate Being Late When (Doug Rutledge) Pub: Nu-Gen (BMI) I’m Early” (The Evaporators/Andrew W.K.) The Evaporators “Milkshake Murder” (The Evaporators) The Evaporators ft. Sage Francis/Xaul Zan & Megan Barnes The Evaporators “Bunk” (The Evaporators) “Hot Dog High” (The Evaporators/Sage Francis/Xaul Zan) The Evaporators “Pig War” (The Evaporators) (SOCAN) & Sage Francis Publishing (ASCAP) The Evaporators “All The Bad Girls” (Pointed Sticks) The Evaporators “Busy Doing Nothing” (The Evaporators) The Evaporators ft. Jill Barber & Andrew W.K. “Bring it On Home” All Songs by the Evaporators (SOCAN) except where noted.

PAGE 5 John Collins: “Death In The Family” (The Dishrags) Stephen Hamm: Bass, organ, vocals : Bass, vocals Shawn Mrazek: Drums, percussion Ryan Jarman: Guitar, vocals Nardwuar: Vocals : Drums plus Recorded by The Cribs in Ross’ Garage,Wakefield, England, UK Mixed in Gary’s Basement, Portland, OR, USA Andrew W.K. : Organ, vocals on “I Hate Being Late When Final analogue tweaks done at Springtime Studios, London, England, UK I’m Early,”; on “Bring It On Home” Thanks to Malkmus for the cassette deck.

Sage Francis/Xaul Zan: Rapping on “Hot Dog High” thecribs.com Megan Barnes: Vocals on “Hot Dog High,” “Pig War,” “All The Bad Girls” : Vocals on “Busy Doing Nothing,” “My Chinchilla” (Cub) “Milkshake Murder,” “Bunk” Carmen Vandenberg: Guitar Jill Barber: Vocals on “Bring It On Home” Fern Ford: Drums Corinne Mundell: Sax on “Milkshake Murder” Emma Hughes: Bass Kate Nash: Vocals All songs Recorded at The Factory, Vancouver, BC, Canada Produced by Bernard Butler by Sheldon Zaharko except “Milkshake Murder” recorded at JC/DC Studios Kate Nash appears courtesy of Fiction by David Carswell myignorantyouth.blogspot.com Produced and Mixed by John Collins at JC/DC Studios, Vancouver, BC, Canada “Real Thing” (Pointed Sticks) The Evaporators Played by Franz Ferdinand Guest Vocals by Nardwuar The Human Serviette PO Box 27021, 1395 Marine Drive West Vancouver, BC V7T 2X8 Canada Recorded at JC/DC Studios, Vancouver, BC, Canada by David Carswell Mixed at JC/DC Studios by John Collins Andrew W.K. appears courtesy of Andrew W.K. Kurt Dahle appears courtesy of Matador. Jill Barber appears courtesy of Franz Ferdinand appears courtesy of Domino Outside Music. Corinne Mundell appears courtesy of Blackberry Wood. Sage Francis appears courtesy of franzferdinand.com Strange Famous Records. facebook.com/evaporators “Welcome To My Castle” theevaporators.com (The Evaporators) [email protected] Fuad Ramses: Guitar, vocals twitter.com/nardwuar Rich N. Ready: Bass Tipper Hazard: Sax LP cover photo by William R. Jans wrjphoto.com Lew Dacts: Drums LP centres by Mitch Clem Mitchclem.com Qatar Slim: Organ Calendar & LP lettering, fonts & band names by Robynn Recorded and Produced by Paul Scriver at the “The Mummy’s Tomb” Iwata Layout by Randy Iwata at Mint-o-Shank mintrecs.com Fuad & The Feztones appear courtesy of King Tut

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