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Spirit of the West Joolz and much more ,, * 0 * 0 * $ 0 "1 ONLYTHEBRAVE 307 W CORDOVA VAN. Editor DiScORDER Chris Dafoe Contributors Steve Edge, Michael Shea, Mike Johal, THAT MAGAZINE FROM CITR FM102 CABLE100 Steve Robertson, Bill Mullan, Julia Steele, Dave Watson, Andreas Kitzmann, Fiona Couchman, Colin Stacey, Jason Grant, Neal Roese, Don Chow, Steve Quinn Photos Reece Rehm, Ross Cameron, Very S. Pilfered - Sources IN THIS ISSUE Cartoons R. Filbrant, Susan Catherine, Chris Pearson, William Thompson 8 Shindig Another month at Vancouver's favorite Cover Mark Mushet music showcase is previewed. 12 Joolz Production Manager In her own words. With commentary from Pat Carroll Michael Shea. Design Harry Hertscheg 14 Spirit of the West Layout Bringing a touch of Celtic to Vancouver Pat Carroll, Randy Itvata, Bev Best, Karen Shea, Toby Thiersch, CD, Chris Brandson, music. By Steve Edge. Dale Saivyer

Program Guide HH, CD., PC, J. Mc. Typesetting IN EVERY ISSUE Dena Corby, Kathie Wraight 4 Airhead We find a Puppy in the mailbag, and letters from around Business Manager the civilized world. Mike Dennis 6 Behind the Dial Advertising and Circulation Radio by numbers, and letters, and shapes, and.... Harry Hertscheg 18 Program Guide A guidebook to the splendor and majesty of CITR. DISCORDER, c/o CITR Radio, 6138 SUB Blvd., Vancouver, B.C., V6T 2A5. Phone (604) 228-3017. DISCORDER Magazine is published monthly by the 20 Spinlist Student Radio Society of the University of British Col­ A chart. What does it mean? You figure it out. umbia (CITR-UBC Radio). CITR fml01.9 cablelOO.l broadcasts a 49-watt signal in stereo throughout Vancouver from Gage Towers on the 22 Vinyl Verdict UBC campus. CITR is also available via FM cable in Black plastic from Grapes of Wrath, Kevin Zed, Red Vancouver, West Vancouver, North Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Herring and more... Maple Ridge and Mission. DISCORDER circulates 15,000 free copies. For advertis­ ing and circulation inquiries call 228-3017 and ask for 26 Demo Derby Harry Hertscheg or Nancy Smith. Julia promises not to be nasty. Twelve-month subscriptions available: $10 in Canada, $10 U.S. in the U.S.A., $15 overseas. Send cheque or money order payable to CITR Publications. 28 Armchair Eye Unsolicited manuscripts, photographs, cartoons and graphics are welcome but they can be returned only if Video from Frankie, Monty, Bauhaus, and Chrome. accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope. DISCORDER does not assume responsibility for unsol­ icited material. 30 Roving Ear The offices of CITR and DISCORDER are located in On the Road Again. Go Four 3's Canadian Saga. room 233 of the UBC's Student Union Building. For general business inquiries or to book the CITR Mobile Sound System call 228-3017 and ask for station manager Nancy Smith. The Music Request line is 228-CITR. In the September issue of the ence" to the new Benjamin Lew/ Discorder we received a letter from Steven Brown album. I finished the Jen Read, inquiring about radio in 8RH8A& Skinny Puppy design two months France. We suggested that she take before that album was released CITR with her, with the CITR Mobile MawnnaBstm and the photographs were taken Sound System. another two years prior to that. As This is her reply. c/o CITR Radio for your other "obvious reference 6138 S.U.8. Blvd. point", the 23 Skidoo "Seven Dear Airhead, Vancouver, B.C. Songs" mini L.P, I think you Thank you for your advice, but V8T2A5 should have another look at the I don't actually have $235 a night cover because as far as I can see to spend. Well, I got here—and I Dear Airhead: Skinny Puppy L.P. review. Writing (or anyone else for that matter) really miss CITR—what's life with­ You guys always seem interested and publishing such a thing in Dis­ there is no similarity. out the Saturday Pajama Party and in what your listeners (both of corder takes real balls. In the future I hope Discorder Final Vinyl? The music stations are them!) think of you, so I'll take this Dear Airhead: has the common sense to print really bad. I can't get any alterna­ opportunity to tell you, you bunch We meek sheep are indeed fort­ reviews of a critic that at least tive stations because I'm too far of nosy buggers. unate that Mark Mushet has deign­ researches the subject that is from Bordeaux. And records are Things I like about CITR/D/scor- ed to illuminate us with his pene­ being reviewed, not pretentious expensive. My advice to you—stay der: trating insight into Skinny Puppy. accusations. with CITR. —CITR has an HM program that With dazzling virtuosity, this bea­ Steven R. Gilmore. That's all for now from France. con of truth has exposed the un­ plays Real Metal Mark Mushet replies: Yours, clean scavengers and their carrion. —CITR plays no "Fairweather" or Steven, please take the time to Jen Read His is the guiding light that protects "Big Steel" ads reread the review. I did. My reread­ us from vampires poised to prey on —Discorder occasionally runs an ing has made two things clear. Puppy Bites our innocent ignorance. exceptional story like "Vancouver's 1) That I did tar you with the No matter that neither God nor Dear Airhead: Rock Critics" in the Sept. '85 issue same brush as Skinny Puppy early the Devil himself know what lurks I would like to thank you for the —CITR has a good hard-core pro­ in the review with the word "rob­ in the heart of man, Mushet does. enlightening review of Skinny Pup­ gram bery" Perhaps that was a bit exces­ And his vitriol stands guard over py's Bites LP. It certainly opened —CITR plays demo tapes, no mat­ sive. my eyes. You see, being of the Joi- ter how dismal they sound. artistic integrity and virtue. We are comforted in the knowledge that 2) That in part of the review deal­ gelling and Juicy Fruit set I was Things I dislike about CITR/D/s- ing specifically with your graphics totally ignorant of the Legendary corder: the Inquisitor will turn his acid righteousness on the impure I did not accuse you of plagarizing Pink Dots, Portion Control, etc. —CITR's listeners can be accused among us and burn the whores the Brown/Lew cover. In fact I noted I am now going out to purchase of ignorance of the same type that from the face of the earth. the difference in release dates. I Severed Heads, etc., after I remove they accuse CFOX listeners of. simply pointed out the obvious in­ M. Davies the Joi-gel and Juicy Fruit from my Just take a look at poor Monique's fluence of this school of design on letter in the Sept. '85 Discorder. hair. No name your work and noted that in this Have you listened to CFOX lately, Slander? case the influence cut a little too Monique? Do you really think Dear Airhead: close to the source for my comfort. Dear Airhead: hordes of salivating headbangers A letter to Mark Mushet: Neville Brody's 23 Skidoo cover, like I can't believe it. The record eagerly tune in "The Fox" to thrash After reading your questionable the Lew/Brown cover, was used as review of Skinny Puppy's Bites LP along with Howard Jones or The article of slander against the Skin­ a reference point within this school, was a joke, wasn't it? Vancouver's Thompson Twins? ny Puppy "Bites" album, I am com­ not as a specific source for your only industrial band with taste and —Writers in Discorder tend to use pelled to set a few things straight. Skinny Puppy cover. style gets slagged like that. The the word "wanking" and other I will only concentrate on the allu­ review sounded more like a jealous masturbatory connotations when sive assumptions you have regard­ grudge-put down than an honest mentioning things like prog. rock. ing the album graphics because I Picks/Pans "Wanking" is the ultimate alterna­ record review. I think it's embarass- am sure you will receive enough Dear Airhead: tive radio cliche. If one doesn't ing for you to have a writer like letters of rebuttal concerning your Concerning Dave Watson's per­ understand something, it's all too Mark Mushead on your staff. If the hypercritical review of Skinny Pup­ sonal appraisal of Vancouver's easy to say "oh, it's only wanking". Discorder and CITR are alterna­ py's music. rock critics in September's Dis­ O.K.? tives then Mushead is an alter­ "Now on to the cover graphics," corder: "I know you are, but what native for stupidity. I can't believe There, I'm done. Good luck with indeed. I think it would be very dif­ am I?" I'm even wasting time writing this your High Power application. ficult for me to "glean", "rob" or Sincerely, letter to justify the complete stup­ Progressively Yours, "plagiarize" something that had Pee Wee Newton idity of that childish review. Rob Hughes not existed at the time the Skinny P.S. Here's a penny for your Mr. Alternative P.S. I'd like to express my admir­ Puppy cover was completed. I am thoughts, Dave. Sorry I don't have ation for Mark Mushet and his referring to your "obvious refer­ anything smaller.

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Monday, Nov. 4 Tree of Plenty Steve Mitchel (vocals), Dave Genn (bass), Tally Beck (guitar), Cory Tabor (drums), Tom Pasemki (percussion) HAVING PLAYED TOGETHER since July, Tree '. of Plenty have been working on a sound describ- ; ed as "Black Soul and African Rhythms with an-- American Pop guitar." The concept for the band apparently arose from the desire to be the ideal backing band for a Kate Bush concert at the Col­ iseum. When Bush did not appear, the Tree moved on to other things, and have recently released the demo single "Raincoat" to CITR. Safe to Assume Ewan Dean (bass, drums, guitar), Shaun Ross (bass, drums), Ian Melhado (guitar) A GROUP OF POCO popsters, Safe to Assume boasts a stable lineup: all the members have been friends since elementary school. Stating such influences as Simple Minds, U2 and the Grapes of Wrath, the band hopes to turn this first project into a "working hobby." Wing Nuts Wing (guitar, humazoo), Nut (guitar, bass, cook­ Nov. 11, ing pots) WING AND NUT first met in Nova Scotia in 2nd Semifinals 1977, then moved to Victoria where they played FEATURED ARE: Nov. 18, Round #3 the streets in order to survive and develop their Terry Lynn and Ryan and Line Driver, as well "Wing Nut Sound." Suffering from personal dif­ as the winners of the October 28 and November Legion of Doom ficulties and identity crisises, both Wing and Nut 4 Shindigs. Also featured is a special guest ap­ Gamer Stone (guitar, vocals), Don Isaac (guitar), went to sea for a two-year sabbatical before retur­ pearance by Tippy Agogo and the Add-Liberation Ken Purden (drums), Darren Dube (bass) ning to the streets, where they continued to Front. Tippy isn't mad anymore—he's now a fami­ THIS IS THE SECOND generation of Legion develop "the sound." Drawing strongly from the ly man, a cartoon character come to life. Hav­ of Doom. Occasionally known as Dead Bob, the works of the legendary bluesman Sam "Smiling ing backed up such varied acts as S.N.F.U., K.D. band looks up to the Ramones, U.K. Subs, and Pig" Pickett and Joe "Boxy" Elroy, the Wing Nuts Lang and Junior Gone Wild, Tippy is distinguish­ Stiff Little Fingers for guidance in troubled times. now find themselves in Vancouver in search of ed as being Vancouver's only "multi-cultural, Garner is unsure of the origin of the band's public recognition, a recording contract, and one-man go-go dancing percussionist." Don't name. "It's the opposite of the comic book possible surnames. miss this one. cont. p. 11 FRED CURCHACK Stuff as Dreams are Made On An enchanting interpreta­ tion of Shakespeare's The November Tempest' by a one-man 1/2 BRILLIANT ORANGE with guests theatrical miracle! 8/9 THE YO-DELLS OCT 31 - NOV 9 15/16 RED HERRING 8PM 22/23 THE DILETTANTES with guests Preview October 30 29/30 SLOW with THE BELGIANIQUES, TIMES FOUR LIVE MUSIC IN THE LOUNGE I FRIDAYS FROM 10:30 - SATURDAYS FROM 11:30 P.M. \ Tamahnous Theatre presents: ARTS CLUB THEATRE 1181 SEYMOUR 683-0151 TRIAL

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'Justice League of America,' but it's also an American tag-team wrestling duo." No Canadian influences here. Indigo Voice Dave Smith (guitar), Scott Fletcher (bass, vocals), IN CONCERT Chuck Boname (guitar), Rod Van Dyke (drums) " 'INDIGO VOICE' DESCRIBES our 'blues voice' sound," says Dave. Originally The Trend, Indigo Voice has been around for about four years and sees '60's cover bands as well as the Psychedelic Furs, The Cure, and U2 as musical influences. Live Bait NOV. 18th Donald Johnstone (vocals), Gary Sullivan (guitar), Mick Joy (guitar), Frank Crusetti (bass), THE COMMODORE Mallory (drums) DONALD AND GARY ARE the founding mem­ bers of Live Bait, which has been together since April. Into "Heavy Rubber" (take that as you will—I think it means straight-ahead R&R), Don­ ald cites the Kinks, Stones, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, and Johnny Cash as well as drunkeness and film encyclopedias as influences. Live Bait will be releasing a demo to CITR by December, and hope to complete a video this winter. Nov. 25 The Original Cast Stefan Sigerson (bass,) Graham Allen (vocals), Keith Howe (guitar), Paul Brennan (drums) FORMERLY A NAMELESS instrumental group, the Original Cast have added a vocalist to their five-month-old project. When questioned about their ambitions, Stefan states, "We would like to make a living eventually with an emphasis on originality and creativity, without compromis­ ing our musical integrity...except, of course, for money." The Original Cast claims to have been influenced by everyone, "except for Sade, Doucette, John Parr, David Foster, or Bobby Goldsboro..." The Undecided Pink Torpedoes Erik Von Heatwave (guitar, vocals, hallucinations) Jay O'Keefe (bass, fatherly advice), Erik Smith (drums) "IN THE BEGINNING, there was the Reptile, and like the Phoenix rising from the flames, the lizard crawled from the depths of his own per­ sonal Hell, guitar in hand." So begins the latest OIL AND GOLD chapter in the legendary saga of Erik Von Heat­ e94 wave, former Reptile and member of virtually SHRIEKBACK every other garage rock band in Vancouver at ^^m LP or one time or anothr. The Undecided Pink Tor­ pedoes (another name problem) hope to take up Cassette where the Reptiles left off...or else to totally aban­ don their chequered past in search of a new direction. Look forward to a great show. MOV To Be Announced WHAT A CATCHY name. But hold on...actually, there are four positions remaining in Shindig for jm YOUR TOTAL ENTERTAINMENT CENTRLfcNlKEi '85. Due primarlily to stiff competition from bands and to personal laziness, I have not yet filled these positions. Any bands still interested in entering Shindig may do so by contacting CITR and submitting a demo tape no later than Nov­ O&Osound ember 11. Final selection will be made at this time. 556 Seymour St. 732 s.w. Marine Dr. 2696 E: Hastings St. —Jay Scott 687-5837 3215112 254-1601 Text: Michael Shea Interview: Mike Johal

N THESE PRESENT days of the image- conscious communication of processed That is, until Joolz came to town. Iinformation, poetry and poets have all too Joolz is a 30-year-old English poet who does often been relegated to the realm of academia, not engage in clever word-play or rampant emo­ occasionally published in tastefully-bound limited tionalism. She is a hard-working, straightforward edition paperbacks, and usually presented in woman who has a penchant for telling the truth, obscure art houses that never attract anyone no matter how bitter that might be. In the past beyond the converted. Many moderns consider two years she has released two EPs in collabora­ poetry to be a charmingly quaint yet redundant tion with the musician Jah Wobble (War of Attri­ exercise in masturabory technique that is mired tion and The Kiss), an album of her spoken word by clever word-play and rampant emotionalism. material (Never Never Land), and has toured In many instances, their smug perception is extensively throughout Great Britain and in the justified. Try to convince any young person that Netherlands and Scandinavia. Joolz has gar­ the power of language has not lost its effective­ nered an abundance of media attention and a ness, especially in the poetic form, in this age legion of fans attracted by her provocative and of the TV eye, the vidiot, pulp novels and titillating succinct stance on a number of topical issues tabloids. Even in music, the accompanying words that currently affect the English social fabric. Last are more often than not fodder to flesh out the month, Joolz made her North American debut mix. Poetry, to a young person, is either of the in Vancouver and during her stay had an oppor­ rhyming sort or an incomprehensible mesh of tunity to speak with Mike Johal on Propaganda! words. The following are excerpts from that interview. Goals they never see beyond what you look like...people are people, ...I do what I do because I am driven to it. Because it's what it doesn't matter what sex they are. I do best. If I'm an artist, which I suppose I am...yes, I know what I do, I know what I am. You either have a talent for something Racists or you don't. I might have by chance turned out to be the world's ...people are racist because they feel that they are inferior best cook. But anybody who's eaten my food will know that's not themselves, so they look for somebody that they consider to be true. You are driven to do what the spirit, or God, or whatever, their inferior to take it out on. That's all it is. If they go and beat gave you when you were born. up somebody, they do that because they want to have power over Truth somebody in the same way they'll talk to a dog or cat. ...you have to give people the truth, all of it. Not just pick out Other Poets a little bit here and there and say, well I want to use this. You've ...Cooper-Clarke was the first one to do it. He was a great talent. got to show people what life is because the truth is the only thing I think it's a real shame he's a junkie. He's killing himself. He worth talking about, and if the truth is uncomfortable, and if hasn't written anything and to see that talent go to waste...he's holding up a mirror to people is uncomfortable, that's tough. a lovely person, and he's always been very kind to me and he didn't need to be. As for Attila (the Stockbroker) and Swells (Seething Wells)...well I think Attila and Swells, they used poetry as a quick way to get on the stage. I think they'd rather be in bands. Attila would much rather be in the Newtown Neurotics Compassion than on his own. They had this enormous boom when they ...people have often accused me of not being very compas­ started three years ago and they wrote tons and tons of stuff and sionate, and I think you should look closer at what I do. It wouldn't due to the nature of the game, you know you work a lot, you're do me any good to stand on that stage and say I feel so sorry on the road a lot, they just didn't write anything else. So, in a for everybody. That's not going to do anything. That's not empathy way, it's a shame, they've stagnated in a way. They don't pene­ that's self-indulgence. Yet, if I didn't have compassion for things trate...they live out their own myths. Swells and Attila are Tetley like that then there is no way I would write it. I hate wimpy self- Bittermen of the worse kind. They're up there on stage ranting indulgence that says, "Look at me, I'm suffering for humanity." on about how awful Tetley Bitterman, how awful these drunken What good does that do? It does nothing. You've got to look at beer belly rednecks are, while standing over a beer belly down­ people logically and see the logical progressions in their lives. ing endless pints of beer. They just are what they're talking about. They don't see it. People's lives are like a web. Some of them you can plot after the age of sixteen. You can plot exactly what's happening to them. And Billy Bragg And they hurt me, these people. But what good would it be for He's much taller than you think he is, in real life. He's going me to stand on stage and say, "Look, I've been hurt." Yes, it hurts to have a terrible problem if the Labour Party gets into power. me to see that their lives have been wasted...it hurts me to see He won't have anything to sing about. But he's a good songwriter. they've been manipulated...that they're stupid...that they've done There will always be a place in the world for a good songwriter. stupid things and they have stupid marriages and beat their children. That does no good. That is just saying what a sensitive person I am. We're all hurt by these things. I just have to write oolz is not so much a poet as she is a storyteller. Her vig­ it in a logical way. nettes of English working and middle-class life are drawn Answers Jfrom personal experiences, sometimes laced with a caustic ...the solutions are for you to find...all I can do is hold up a wit that occasionally verges on vindictive sarcasm. Her most mirror for you. I mean, all I can do is write the truth and you can endearing talent, though, is the ability to give people the oppor­ work out what you should do about it. I can't go around to every tunity to laugh at themselves, and to feel good about it. Unfor­ single person in the audience and say, right, now you're from tunately, some of her material is not so much uncomfortable in Coventry, right, in Coventry you should set up A) a self-help its truthfulness as it is tiresome in its didactical approach. This group for mothers who haven't got anywhere to put their children, becomes apparent in Joolz' live presentation. and B) you should do this, this, and this, and C) why not try Joolz performed on two successive evenings at the Gangland delivering leaflets for the Labour Party, that would be a help. But Studio, and due to overwhelming demand, on a third evening what you have to do is put people in the frame of mind where at the Western Front, which also acted as the sponsor of her visit they might think they can do that themselves. to Vancouver. She attracted nearly 600 people over the three performances, partly owing to the unprecedented media atten­ Audience tion given to a visiting artist of her stature.. ...I have this weird mixture of people. Very often I play on the Joolz commands an audience by her physical presence and rock circuit so you get the kind of rock audiences obviously, but dramatic fervor, though her uncompromising stance leaves little I play a lot of other places too, and you get curious mixtures of opportunity for a spontaneity that could lead to brilliance. Instead, Exploited-type punk rockers with their Watty hair-styles and clunk­ she stays close to home dealing with a social currency that ing with chains, trying not to go near magnets. And grandmas sometimes has little worth to a 'foreign' audience. Obviously, and granddads and bearded intellectuals and their bearded wives Joolz is a keenly observant individual and for future considera­ and, you know, you get a total mix sometimes. You can see the tion it might be worth her while to do a little research on her audience, and you look at these people and think, that person touring locales a la Billy Bragg. By doing so, performer and there would never sit next to that punk rocker under any other spectator might find the whole exercise a more inspiring cultural circumstances. They'd go across the street to avoid them, yet exchange. In the meantime, Joolz is occupied with elevating her there they are at a gig happily sitting next to each other laughing cult status to a wider appeal by recently signing to EMI Records and crying at the same time. in England. An album of new material recorded with the music Feminists group New Model Army is due this winter and local audiences ...they hate me. I wear dresses and funny make-up, and I like can expect to see her again, in the 1986 Vancouver Folk Festival men. If they were reasonable people they would look and see next July. Hopefully, Joolz will also succeed in remaining a slave that in feminist terms my life is absolute textbook for them (left to the truth, and a perpetrator of the power of language. the marriage to become creative person, blah, blah, blah...), but DISCORDER November 1985

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table. Which is why it is refreshing to see Show. FRIEND OF MINE RECENTLY bands like The Pogues and The Men They So what's a band from North Vancouver mentioned Spirit of the West to Couldn't Hang bringing new fire and sen­ doing playing Celtic folk music? a woman involved in the Winni­ sibilities to folk music in England. And why "When I was young I lived in Scotland," A peg Folk Music Festival. Yes, it is encouraging to see North Vancouver's replies Geoff Kelley, who plays flute, tin she had heard of them. Yes, the Folk Spirit of the West doing the same in our lit­ whistle, bodhran (a Celtic hand drum) and Festival was bringing them to town with K.D. tle corner of the world. bass with the band, "but when I emigrated Lang. "But," she sniffed, "they're not folk I first saw Spirit of the West at the Railway I forgot all about it, apart from listening to music. They're just a rock and roll band who Club last May. It had been some time since my dad play the accordian. Then in 1979 play acoustic guitars so they can play folk I had heard such music here, and I was im­ I met Dougie MacLean, a Scottish singer/ festivals." pressed by the band's enthusiasm and feel songwriter, at a folk club in Austria. Hear­ For a music that has sprung from the for the traditions and the possibilities of ing him sort of brought back my Scottish hopes, desires and'frustrations of ordinary Celtic folk. The set featured originals, mixed roots and inspired me to learn to play." people, folk music has certainly become with traditional numbers and covers of J. Knutson, who plays guitar, bazuki, bureaucratized and safe. Within.the North songs by the likes of Richard Thompson bass and spoons with the band, also dis­ American festival circuit at least, folk music and T-Bone Burnett, and was well-received covered folk music overseas. He'd been has its own star system, its own arbiters of by the distinctly non-folkie clientele of the playing in various rock bands before discov­ "authenticity" and acceptability, and its own Railway. In fact I was so impressed that I ering a love for folk while in Europe. Upon inflexible, sometimes stuffy standards. It nipped out the next week and bought their returning to Vancouver he studied broad­ has found its audience and it is comfor­ debut album and featured it on the Folk cast journalism for a few years before head- CITR fm 102 cable 100 ing to Australia armed with an acoustic and Spirit of the West. It didn't quite work out now, where there are lots of new acts, but an electric guitar. Australia brought a stint that way." a lot of the festivals that are losing money with a band called the Acrylic Chewies. The band pressed 1100 copies of the are relying on old name acts. They're just "We sounded similar to Mental as Any­ album, which was released in January of not very ambitious. It's fortunate, especial­ thing, but I was writing folk music, basical­ '85. The record has sold solidly since. ly for us, that people like Don Whalen are ly because I had an an acoustic guitar. If there has been a major roadblock fac­ willing to take chances. Folk festivals have When I got back to Vancouver I contacted ing Spirit of the West it is on the folk festival to pick up on the newer folk music to attract Geoff, whom I'd known from school. I'd circuit. They were rejected by the Vancou­ younger people." heard him play and I was interested in the ver Folk Festival but managed to make The band has also been working on their kind of energetic feel of Celtic music. We appearances at festivals in Courtenay, music as a way of setting themselves apart started out just learning a couple of tunes, from the more traditional folk acts. but the more I got to know about the music, "When we first started playing we made the more I got to like it." the mistake of leaning too heavily on the Things went so well for the duo that they Celtic side of our music," explains Kelly. were able to arrange for a gig at Whistler. "Later we realized that there was no way Before this transpired, however, they met we could compare with people like the Boys John Mann, who now plays guitar and "We Sounded of the Lough or Stockton's Wing. Besides, moose bones (yes, moose bones) with the we're from B.C., so we've started writing band, at Geoff's wedding. Mann had been Similar to Mental more songs and emphasizing the West acting at Sutdio 58, but he also sang and Coast aspect of our music. We're still using played guitar, Canadian folksinger Stan as Anything" Celtic music as a base, but we're writing Rogers being a particular favourite. about where we live now." The band started off as Evesdropper, a "Which is why we really want to play the name dispensed with when it came out as Vancouver Folk Festival next year," adds Eve's Droppings on the sign one too many Knutson. "We have already been invited to times. The current name came about after Seattle and Edmonton. Knutson sees Ed­ Edmonton, Canmore, Dawson Creek and the band had recorded their debut album. monton festival organizer Don Whalen's Seattle. And we hope to be invited to Win­ "The album was a real collective effort," willingness to take a chance on them as an nipeg, to play the festival there." says Geoff. "Barney Bentall let us use his encouraging sign. I hope they make it. Folk music needs an studio, Ron Obvious did the production, "Hopefully the good reception we got in injection of fresh, new blood and Spirit of and Dougie MacLean, who came to stay Edmonton will make other festivals a little the West are talented, committed, and en­ with me en route to play in Seattle with more open to us next year. Folk festivals are thusiastic enough to fill the bill. How much Touchstone, played fiddle on a couple of basically non-profit organizations, so they longer must Bryan Adams remain North tracks. Dougie suggested that we call our­ need to draw enough big names to break Vancouver's most famous musical export? selves Marine Drive and call the album even. Folk is going through a transition right —Steve Edge

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you will have heard of the Honey- THE BIG SHOW 02 Nov. Touchstone drippers. Roy Brown is the guy they 9:00 pm-midnight 09 Nov. Tannahill Weavers copped their licks from. Why pay money to get into a nightclub on a 16 Nov. Ossian 28 Nov. A cappela—hey, no one can pro­ Friday night? If Big InrernationAl can't get you 23 Nov. Moving Hearts nounce it, let alone spell it. That's dancing, no-one can. 30 Nov. Dick Gaugan how the expression "doo-wop" was invented (at least that's my theory). THE VISITING PENGUIN SHOW We'll play them fast and frantic, we'll NEOFILE Late night 1:00-4:00 am play them slow and smoochy Noon-4:00 pm Interviews with local musicians and artists, Join CITR's music directors as they take you the newest sounds at CITR, your personal re­ through the station's new and exciting Spin MEL BREWER PRESENTS quests and even golden oldies. What more List. 11:00 pm-Midnight could you want? Hosted by Andreas Kitz- We're never quite sure who Mel Brewer will mann and Sheri Walton. send our way each week, but he inevitably WHATEVER HAPPENED TO comes through with somebody. Jerry King GILLIGAN'S ISLAND? joins Jay and Jason in a jamboree of jawing, 4:00-6:00 pm as we continue to bring you interviews with WEEKEND REGULARS Join host lain Bowman as he searches for the Vancouver's finest independent bands. Call answers to this and the other great questions us, or write care of Mel Brewer, if you have 7:30 am $*^n-On (Saturdays) of life, the universe and everything. Required any comments or suggestions for the show. 8:00 am Sign-On (Sundays) listening for all philosophy students. Remember, Mel loves you. Noon BRUNCH REPORT News, sports and weather. 8:00 pm SAT./SUN. MAGAZINE PROPAGANDA! News, sports and weather, plus 6:30-9:00 pm FRIDAYS GENERIC REVIEW, analysis of An eclectic mix of interviews, reviews, music, current affairs and special features. humour, High Profiles, and other features VANCOUVER INSTITUTE LECTURES 4:00 am Sign-Off with Mike Johal. 7:30-8:30 am Lectures from the Vancouver Institute's Satur­ PYJAMA PARTY day night lecture series. 9:00 pm-1:00 am 15 Nov. Dr. Michael Gotlieb, Dept. of WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS Medicine, UCLA. AIDS: Medical Your hosts Mike Mines and Robin Razzell Science in Action" present everything from ambient music for 22 Nov. Prof. C.S. Holling, UBC. "Ecosystem SATURDAYS snoozing to upbeat tunes for popcorn and Design: Local Surprise and Global pillow fights. Change" THE FOLK SHOW TUNES 'R' US 29 Nov. President William G. Saywell, SFU. 10:30 am-Noon "Relevance and our Universities: Host Steve Edge presents a wide range of Late night 1:00-4:00 am Responsibility or Red Herring" folk music, extending from the latest U.K. Music, Music, Music, Handyman Bob, Music, Rogue-Folk through to all kinds of traditional Music, My Favorite Album, Music, Music, FRIDAY MORNING MAGAZINE music from Canada, U.S.A., the British Isles Experimental To Classical, Teddy Kelowna presents, and yes more music. R.I.P to Music 7:30-10:30 am and just about anywhere else. Plus the latest From The Tarpits. CITR's latest magazine show with everything U.K. soccer results at 11 a.m. from music features to info on the arms race. LIVE THUNDERBIRD SPORTS BROADCASTS POWER CHORD 5:00-6:00 pm FOOTBALL BASKETBALL Vancouver's only true metal show, featuring Sat. 09 Nov., 11:45 am The Buchanan Classic: the underground alternative to mainstream UBC T-Birds vs. Alberta Golden Bears UBC T-Birrfs vs. SFU Clansmen metal: local demo tapes, imports and other Fri. W Nov., 8:15 pm {game 1) rarities, plus album give-aways. HOCKEY Tues* 12 Nov., 8:t$ pmfeame 2) Fri. 15 Nov., 7:15 pm FRIDAY NIGHT FETISH UBC T-Birds vs. Saskatchewan Huskies 6:20-9:00 pm Fri. 22 Nov. 7:15 pm Life after Life After Bed. Host "Rev." Garnet Harry says this is CITR's only serious religious UBC T-Birds vs. Regina Rams broadcast, but don't believe it (unless you Sat. 30 Nov., 6:15 pm subscribe to the Church of Alice Cooper). UBC T-Birds vs. Calgary Dinosaurs November 1985 SUNDAYS

MUSIC OF OUR TIME 8:00 am-Noon 20th Century music in the classical tradition- cSALfct- 1&& Mahler to Medernal, Scriabin to Xenakis, all -r x -r i~ & LMJci- styles, media, and nationalities. Hosts: Lynn Price and Paul Smith. HUSKER DU Flip Your Wig SET (US) THE FALL This Nation's Saving Grace POLYGRAM JANE SIBERRY The Speckless Sky DUKE ST./WEA ROCKERS SHOW KATE BUSH Hounds of Love CAPITOL Noon-3:00 pm THE POGUES Rum, Sodomy & the Lash STIFF (UK) The best in reggae with host George Family SHRIEKBACK Oil & Gold ISLAND/MCA Man Barrett, Jerry the Special Selector, the THE UNTOUCHABLES Wild Child STIFF (UK) Major Operator, and Collin the Prentice. SKINNY PUPPY Bites NETTWERK THE GRAPES OF WRATH September Bowl of Green NETTWERK SOUL GALORE MANU DIBANGO Electric Africa CELLULOID (US) 3:00-4:30 pm VARIOUS Shindig! ZULUBIRD Focusing on Black-American popular music of ANDREW GORDON Silhouette EAGLE (US) this century, this program takes you from the THE MEATMEN War of the Superbikes HOMESTEAD (US) birth of the blues through doo-wop, soul and CRIME & THE CITY SOLUTION Just South of Heaven MUTE (UK) funk, from Massachusetts to California and RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS Freaky Styley ENIGMA/EMI everywhere in between. STEWARD COPELAND The Rhythmastist A&M SLY & ROBBIE Language Barrier ISLAND/MCA THE AFRICAN SHOW 4:30-6:00 pm A program featuring African music and culture with hosts Todd Langmuir, Patrick Onukwulu and Dido. Tune in for the latest news from Africa, plus special features at cSpttftef i&?-& 5:00 pm. i_ e .t.ABet NEITHER HERE NOR THERE THE BELGIANIQUES Kansas/Follow the Crowd **DEMO** 6:30-8:00 pm REDEMPTION Not a King **DEMO** Relevance? What relevance? Music, interviews, THE CULT Rain B.BANQUET (UK) comedy and readings of prose and poetry IRRITANTS B.C. Spirit**DEMO** with hosts Chris Dafoe and Paris Simons. TOUCHE Animal.../...Autre Planete **DEMO** WOODENTOPS Well Well Well/Get It 0 n WEA (UK) SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS Update POPLLAMA (US) 8:00-9:00 pm HUSKER DU Makes No Sense at All SST (US) THE DILETTANTES Theme/Drunken Augen **DEMO** DAVID J Blue Moods Turn Tail EP GLASS (UK) FAST FORWARD THE TRIFFIDS You Don't Miss Your Water HOT (AUSTRALIA) 9:00 pm-1:00 am LOVE & ROCKETS If There's a Heaven Above POLYGRAM Probably Vancouver alternative radio's most FELT (W/ELIZABETH FRASER) Primitive Painters CHERRY RED (UK) alternative show. Mark Mushet searches the THE HIP TYPE Illuminated/Blue-Bottle Flies **DEMO** world over for experimental, minimalist, EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL Charmless Callous Ways WEA (UK) avant-garde, electronic, and other non- LLOYD COLE & THE mainstream sounds. There will be no format COMMOTIONS Brand New Friend/Her Last... POLYDOR (UK) programming this month on Fast Forward. It LOST DURANGOS Visions/I've Seen the Rain **DEMO** will be a busy month. Thanks, though, to those who submitted tapes for the Oct. 27th Live Tape Mix under the banner of "Various FAST FORWARD NEW RELEASES IHi Artists:" Larry, Gerry King, Joe Naylor, Clemens, Danielle, Matt Richards, Chris and ARTIST TITLE LABEL Cosey, the members of Skree-A-Bin, and CURRENT 93 Nature Unveiled LAYLAH others whose contributions weren't received HAFLERTRIO Soundtrack to "Alternation, at press time. Be on the lookout for the Perception, Resistance" LAYLAH return of the amazing Peter 'Thoosh" Marter NURSE WITH WOUND High Thigh Companion LAYLAH on Sunday Nov. 19th at 9 p.m. Aside from CHRIS AND COSEY Techno-Primitive (Live from that, just be on the lookout... the Luv-A-Fair, Oct. 9) OFFTHEBOARD VARIOUS ARTISTS Excerpts from Oct. 27 Live Tape Mix on Fast Forward FASTFUCK THE EARLY MUSIC SHOW PAUL DOLDEN Veils TIMBRAL Late night 1:00-4:00 am LIBERATION Join host Ken Jackson for music from the Renaissance and Baroque periods, presented DAVID MOSS Dense Band MOERS CURRENT 93 at an appropriately early hour. This month's Dogs Blood Rising LAYLAH highlights: (Prolific aren't we?) 03 Nov. Music from the Time of the SKREE-A-BIN Priere Pour Le Gibet ANATHEMA Crusades JASPER TROUT Pieces of Nothing SUTURE 10 Nov. An old favorite: Handel's Wafer Music (Academy of Ancient Music) 17 Nov. TBA 24 Nov. A selection of Renaissance Motets INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION ARTS is pleased to announce the opening of four additional student facilities to be utilized for instruction as part of its audio/video programs.

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Administration, Business and I.C.A. Institute Downtown Informa­ I.C.A. Institute — Glenwood Counselling Centre tion & Counselling Centre (Counselling by appointment only) #12 - 12840 Bathgate Way (Counselling by appointment only) 5787 S.E. Marine Drive Richmond, B. C. #83-2182 W. 12th Ave. Burnaby, B.C. Phone 604-278-0232 Vancouver, B.C. DISCORDER November 1985 one of its most powerful and affecting moments Shriekback happens with an acoustic instrument. It's in the last track, "Coelocanth," and the instrument is a shakuhaci, a flute which was one of the three representative instruments in Japanese music from about 1600 to 1868. Its sound is reassur­ ingly familiar, something which is immediately recognizable as being acoustic. VINYL Oil and gold are ancient things—dark and subterranean, much like deep-sea fish pictured on the back of the album. Depth is distance in space; oil, gold, fish, and flutes also have dis­ tance in time. This record, with its ancient im­ fied version of "Saigon Orders" would be at agery, is like a dark ivory tower, beautiful but im­ home on any dance floor turntable. At the very penetrable. It has also achieved a spiritual dis­ least a truly irrepressible toe-tapper. tance. It is a distance which has been bought Unfortunately, that oft-repeated American beer in the recording studio. You can spend a lot of commercial says it best: "It doesn't get any better time with this record. It spans a lot of time, but than this." I can only say that my feelings about won't stay with you a long time. the rest of the record are mixed. "UR" and —Don Chow "Dead Boots", both formerly CITR demos, benefit from Robert Bailey's uncluttered production ap­ proach, but they retain a certain awkwardness that really defies interpretation. They're not bad Oil and Gold Kevin Zed songs but they aren't in the same league as Island "Saigon Orders". Nevertheless, there's a certain quirkiness about them that grows on you after a few listenings. HRIEKBACK'S OIL AND GOLD IS DARK, Kevin's biggest asset, yet his greatest liability, S distant and shiny. The sound is decidedly is his voice {huh?). It is of extremely limited range high-teck; it took eight studios in which to record and little power, usually the kiss and hug of death it. Not surprisingly, it's an extremely well-crafted for a singer. In Kevin's case, these detrimental record, with very little, if anything, seeming to qualities are rather curiously counterbalanced by have been left to chance. The result is captivating his distinctive ability to sing without singing, to and moody, almost druglike in its ability to keep the phrases relatively short and let the in­ change the listener's atmosphere and surroun­ struments carry the bulk of the song. In that dings. Its moodiness is more cerebral than heart­ sense, he is an excellent songwriter. If only felt, though; it's interesting, but somewhat un- because he knows how to write a song for his moving. It will transport you texturally, yet won't own voice. really share anything with you. So in that respect, All in all, an impressive if flawed effort that the album is a little one-sided. The lyrics can at­ deserves your attention. Bend an ear. test to this, being written on the sleeve in an —Steve Robertson alien-looking script. Obviously, they were written more for their sound than literal meaning, and are very difficult to read, let alone interpret. They don't seem worth the effort, really. Jerry Jerry and the While I was squinting at the lyrics, I noticed Double Dutch that the backing vocals on some songs were pro­ BEAT RECORDS Sons of Rhythm vided by Clare Torry. Clare Torry? Harkening back to my adolescent age, I remember her as Orchestra the singer in "The Great Gig in the Sky" from ONEY IS TIGHT THESE DAYS. SO WHAT Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon in 1973. M else is new? Well, if you're a music fan with (That's when the album came out, not when I a predilection for local stuff, you've got to start listened to it.) Did this happen by accident? Her making some tough choices. To pay the hydro vocals on Oil and Gold are haunting and unusual, bill or not to pay the hydro bill (on second and certainly not out of place. I couldn't help but thought, that's not such a difficult choice). wonder what a 1985 equivalent of Dark Side of Whichever way you look at it, you're going to have the Moon would sound like, and Oil and Gold to shell out some extra bucks to keep your local could be a likely candidate. It really wouldn't be collection current. In fact, so many excellent undesirable; a great deal of time and expense records are being released in the Lower Mainland seems to have gone into the making of this and on the Island that if you even try to buy them record, and Dark Side of the Moon is still, 12 years all, you won't be eating for a month. later, among the top 200 selling albums. Perhaps You should start by cutting red meat out of your the electric guitar on Oil and Gold is more Gill diet. They say that it's very bad stuff. The money than Gilmore, but it's something that Shriekback that you save should be put towards the purchase hasn't used at all until now. of some vitamin-enriched Vancouver product. Twelve years is a long time, within the context May I suggest Kevin Zed's debut EP, Double of popular music. It is not a long time within the Dutch. With the proliferation of impressive inde­ context of music. A characteristic of music at the pendents like Nettwerk, Zulu, Mod Da Mu and moment is that it is becoming increasingly tech­ others, Kevin Zed is doing it the old way, his own nology-laden. I'm not saying this is bad, because way, the hard way. An admirable job. in general, computer-age musical technology is Double Dutch is a collection of songs that meant to make things easier for musicians to do. Kevin has been tinkering with for a couple of Unfortunately, the less money you have, the less years. Regular CITR listeners will be familiar with Road Gore there is of certain things that you can do. This some of this stuff, particularly "Saigon Orders" OG RECORDS is nothing new, really, but these days, dollars which got a lot of airplay as a demo single some have more direct aural repercussions. The 18 months ago. Good production will always reason I'm getting into this and that, surprising­ bring out the best in a song that relies on a ' O SAY THIS IS A FUN BAND IS AN UNDER- ly, among all the high-tech flash of Oil and Gold, thumping bass to make it go and this new forti- statement. This Edmonton group has dedi- CITR fm 102 cable 100 VERDICT

cated their lives to parties, alcohol and a raunchy, Chevron, has stepped in to good effect. Front Side: Top - Red Herring. Middle - A fish bluesy style of rock 'n roll. But just how much The rocking tracks are "The Day After" (about outlined in red, gasping in shock, surprise or "fun" are these guys? Let's have a look at just the irrelevance of the apocalypse when you're befuddlement. Its eye stares straight out at you a few of their qualifications for "fun status": in love!?), "Jack Dandy," "Johnny Come Home" like this was an Edgar Allan Poe. Bottom - Taste Tests (in somewhat smaller letters than the —They give thanks to the Church of the Fallen (a reflection of the seedier possibilities of life in the big city—check the Pogues' "Old Main Drag" band's name). Elvis and the Edmonton Oilers, along with 60 or for more details), "Walkin' Talkin' " and "King­ Back Side: Top two-thirds - lyrics, credits, so other fun institutions. dom Come." There is an excellent reggae-style thanks, mailing address, number of revolutions —They write fun lyrics like: "I'm your candle version of "Hush Little Baby" which was on the. per minute necessary to accurately reproduce holder, Get that cross above your shoulder." "Green Fields" 12-inch, and "A Night to Remem­ intended sound. Bottom third - drawing of the —All band members are forced to adopt cute ber" is a fine pop song. band as they looked a year ago. pseudonyms like Sparky the Happy Troll. The standout is "Iron Masters," almost a long- Inside: The inevitable plastic disc. —Subtitled The Band That Drank Too Much, lost cousin of Rosselsson's "World Turned Up­ Taste Tests starts off with "Love Machine", the album jacket sports a photo of the band side Down," it details the sorry story of the Char­ which sounds to the uninitiated like a bad seated around a truly formidable supply of liquor, tists' struggle for unionization in Wales. Paul Sim- Thomas Dolby imitation. "Maturity" likewise does and references to beer and bourbon pop up monds, the songwriter, describes it thus: "There little to convert the Great Unwashed to Herring- everywhere. was an attempted revolution in Newport. They hood. —They write really fun songs iike "Gospel marched up to this hotel to free the Chartist "Taste Tests" (obviously the title track) im­ Surfer" and "Rancher Kings". leaders who had been arrested but someone proves substantially, but at the expense of the To be fair, there are things on this disc that squealed and the Redcoats were waiting for cola wars, which I am rather fond of and I don't elevate it above the level of the totally faceless. them. Many were killed and the rest were sent like hearing them belittled. A nifty lounge jazz "Rhythm Crazy" is a bouncy, no-nonsense tune to Australia, which effectively crushed the opposi­ break is included, however. that bristles with excitement, but it seems that tion, although it did not kill the union movement. Side Two is the salvation of the EP. "If You maintaining this much energy is difficult after one They had it like Thatcher would like it now, it's Work For Me" retains much of the live feel of the too many cheap bourbons. a comment on modern times also." Indeed, and version on Undergrowth '84. My boss loves this Maintaining a high level of fun is a similar pro­ the Men were one of the most active bands play­ song. blem. The Jerrys' sense of humour is just not ing miners' benefits during last year's strike. For some reason the "weirdest" song on this enough to carry the album through tedious 12- "Scarlet Ribbons" is a criticism of the sort of album also contains the best pop hook: "The bar blues arrangements. If your idea of fun euphoria whipped up by the gutter press to cele­ Crab Song" takes the naive perspective of a doesn't include bourbon and inane political brate the victory over the Argies in the Malvinas crustacean about to be dropped into boiling humour, then you'll probably be as bored with (oops! the Falklands). Another fine anti-war water. How often do you hear lines like "In my Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra statement. exoskeleton" on CKLG? Not often enough, I'll as I was. All in all, a very promising debut and the drift bet. —Neal Roese towards more traditional music augurs well for "Feelings" concludes the EP. Fortunately, it the future. By all accounts they are a great 'live' isn't a cover version of that quintessential 70's band too. Hopefully it won't be long before we classic. The lyrics look a little corny, but their The Men They are able to judge this for ourselves. delivery turns this song into a very bouncy and —Steve Edge likeable foot tapper. Couldn't Hang The best feature of the album is the sound of Stephen Nikleva's guitar—nice liquid tones which Red Herring almost remind me of Adrian Belew at times. The Night of a rhythm section keeps one's head nodding at an Thousand Candles agreeable rate, while Enrico Renz's not quite nor­ IMP Records (U.K.) mal view of life keeps things interesting. I feel a lot of pressure to like local records, m mmm especially releases from bands I like. I've always thought fondly of Red Herring and I wish I could T LAST, THE FIRST ALBUM FROM ONE wholeheartedly recommend their first album to A of the leaders of the rogue-folk explosion in everybody. Unfortunately, I think they have prod­ the U.K. has been released. uced an album to delight existing fans but with­ It contains at least three classic songs: the out the accessibility to win new followers. If, haunting, angry Eric Bogle composition "Green however, Taste Tests is to be your introduction to Fields of France/No Man's Land" which was on Red Herring, I suggest you prepare by thinking the CITR playlist for months and topped the unconventionally and playing side two first. U.K.'s independent charts for many weeks; the —Dave Watson closing track "Scarlet Ribbons" and the wonder­ ful "Iron Masters." Jah Wobble & There are many musical styles represented here: hard rock, reggae, folk and pure pop. This mvre nests versatility give the band a genuinely thrilling Ollie Marland potential. They were readily snapped up by Elvis Taste Tests Costello for his IMP label, and although he was Neon Moon unable to do the production himself owing to Neon other commitments (the Pogues' second LP, and ET'S LOOK AT THE COVER (WHICH WAS O, JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT WHITE his joint project with T-Bone Burnett as The, L hand-drawn by Martin Walton, the bass S guys had no rhythm, here's two guys who Coward Brothers), his partner at IMP, Phillip player). positively stink of it. DISCORDER November 1985

A la Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare, hits more than it misses, with a slick sense of say. Perhaps it is indicative of my first reaction misters Jah Wobble and Ollie Marland have com­ style. This is music purely and simply. In short, to the album. Somehow, I expected more. The bined efforts on a smooth and thoroughly enjoy­ very pleasant listening. Give your brain a break, songs are written well enough and the melodies able EP. Of course, perfect for any dance floor, and buy it. are certainly catchy, yet something seems to be the subliminally mesmerizing rhythms are the —Fiona Couchman & Colin Stacey missing. ideal accompaniment to almost anything you Kevin Kane and the Hooper brothers, Tom and could think of—a lazy Sunday afternoon, unwind­ THE GRAPES Chris, just don't seem to be giving their all in ing after work...canning fruit. However, the under­ these grooves. I just don't get from the album the lying and overall themes involved here are music OF WRATH energy and the sincerity that the boys bring only, and there are no pretentions of social com­ across in their frequent live appearances or even mentary or depth. Lyrics here are meant purely on their first EP. for musical enhancement, and are richly inter­ The remix of "Misunderstanding", for instance, preted on the first side by vocalists Shara Nelson, seems rather flat and tedious in comparison to Norma Lewis and Lisa Sullivan, and especially the EP version. It lacks the freshness and fluidity by Lorna Rowe on the song "Running Away." of the original. The first side is consistently smooth. Where Yet I can't say that I don't like the album, Sep­ a listener's attention might lag due to the lack tember Bowl of Green, is full of pleasant sounds of vocal punch, Marland and Wobble save the and images, catchy hooks and interesting diver­ day with cleverly-placed and brilliantly-executed sions. Songs like "And I Know", "Didn't You Say instrumental solos, most notable the Miles Davis- Something" and "Love Comes Around" in partic­ inspired trumpet bits. ular stand out as "perfect pop songs." They are comfortably reflective and generally put one in The artists let themselves down somewhat in a good mood. the opening lines of the second side. Their at­ tempts at artistic obscurity begin to sound like In fact, with repeated listening one's apprecia­ "Sade meets the Residents," with a nerve-grind­ tion of SBG seems to grow. You begin to catch ing overuse of drum machines (c'mon, with three all those guitar riffs, harmonies and marimba drummers listed in the credits, this should not sounds. This characteristic, however, could be be necessary). They redeem themselves, how­ a potential downfall for the Grapes of Wrath. ever, as they return to what Wobble does best, Much of an album's success relies on first im­ with the Reggae-inspired "Despike" (German for September Bowl of Green pressions. September Bowl of Green is not init­ "the bike"), probably the best track on the album. NETTWERK ially striking and only becomes interesting if one Wobble shows his production genius as he lightly takes the time to listen to it carefully. EPTEMBER BOWL OF GREEN, THE layers the song with an interesting and wide Should one choose to do so, September Bowl Grapes of Wrath's first full-length album, is range of instruments, varying from congas to S of Green will eventually become a pleasant ex­ the type of record that becomes more enjoyable pedal steel guitar. perience. Such was the case with this listener. with repeated listening. Indeed, patience can sometimes be a virtue. All in all, what we've got here is an album that Whether this is a good thing or not is hard to —Andreas Kitzmann ^^m/j%

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MHfe 2936 West 4th Ave. 734-2828 RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video. All Rights Reserved. DISCORDER November 1985 Demo Derby T SEEMS THAT I HAVE ACQUIRED THE are all upbeat songs with an element of psych­ Ireputation of a "slag" in so far as Demo Derby edelia and roughness making The Ikons garage is concerned. My friends just think I have a poor band sound. The Ikons have a distorted guitar attitude at times. I'd like to defend myself as far sound reminiscent of The Violent Femmes and as Demo Derby goes by saying that the months Lou Reed. This stuff is teenage angst grown up. I reviewed were just particularly sparse in the way My only complaint is that I wanted to hear more. of good demo tapes. However, this month is And, oh yeah, the cover to this demo tape was going to be different. I'm going to say only nice pretty neat-o too. things or nothing at all. It's going to be difficult because I only really liked (loved) two of the demo ITSA SKITSA tapes I reviewed. Pointed forks poised? Enjoy... "The News", "Don't Stand in The Way" and "Public Life" I LIKED the name of this band and this demo THE IKONS tape is well produced. "Come Back To Me Lover", "The Sentence", "The Reunion" and THE HURT "No More Flowers" "Never" THIS DEMO was CAPAC-ed in 1985 and the song "Never" is well produced. ANOTHER GREAT BAND fresh out of the gar­ age from Toronto. The first track on this cassette is entitled "The Reunion" and it's a great song BAD ATTITUDE as are the other three songs on this demo. In "The Reunion", the singer manages to sound like Demo a morose Jonathan Richman. The effect of his UNFORTUNATELY the cassette I received to (the singer's) voice is great as it is backed up listen to was blank. I don't like to think ill of any­ with twanging, acoustic guitars giving "The Reu­ one so I'm not going to take the whole blank cas­ nion" a rough, folky quality. "Come Back To Me sette thing as a reflection of the band's attitude. Lover", "The Sentence" and "No More Flowers" It was more than likely an honest mistake.

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687-6811 72 West Cordova Street CITR MOBILE SOUND 228-3017 CITR fm 102 cable 100 IDLE TEA "Awfully Nice Eyes" THIS DEMO is great. From the sounds of this one song, I believe that this band would be won­ derful live. In fact, I'm really browned off that I missed Idle Tea when they were here in Septem­ ber. Hopefully they'll leave Edmonton soon and come back to Vancouver. "Awfully Nice Eyes" is an extremely catchy pop song. It's got tambor- ines. It's got audible lyrics. It's got pizazz. Whoever produced this demo tape didn't pas­ teurize the "fun" out of it either. The production on "Awfully Nice Eyes" is good; but not too good. Idle Tea has a really fresh quality and if "Awfully • Nice Eyes" is any indication of what their reper­ toire is like, I'd like to hear more.

HIROSHI YANO "Halo" MY MOTHER thinks the cover of this demo tape is very artistic; so do I. Not only is the cover nice, but the production on "Halo" is very good. Since the more the better is better, "Halo" is fine. Hiroshi Yano has produced a nice big, long song. And "Halo" isn't one of those songs that pulls nasty little surprises either. Hiroshi Yano has given "Halo", shall we say, unassuming guitar hooks complete with a nice, steady drum beat and swelling keyboards in appropriate places. Nothing shocking to be found here.

OMINOUS CINEMA "Vae Victus" AGAIN, A DEMO TAPE in a nice holder with nice production. "Vae Victus" is a dark and meaningful song made so by "extendo-key- boards" and steady bass lines. At first listen I got the feeling that Ominous Cinema was perhaps expressing some deep-rooted sadness or bear­ ing some dark truth about the world that only they knew. "This is real, And I will live" they sang. Then I listened more intently and realized that they must be expressing what they think people are supposed to feel like in the aforementioned states of being. I felt glad. I hate thinking of other people having to carry horrible burdens like sadness and dark truths. To my great comfort, Ominous Cinema didn't pull any fast ones on the listener. They stuck to the familiar.

IRRITANTS "B.C. Spirit" & "No Meaning" YOU CAN TELL that the Irritants are a con­ cerned bunch of hard-core punk rockers. Although they aren't saying anything new, it's nice to have the same things preached at you over and over again. It's sort of like positive rein­ forcement. "B.C. Spirit" is all about Expo 86 and "No Meaning" is all about the futility of life. In "No Meaning" the Irritants croon: "Life has no meaning to me now." I hope things get better for them. Even though the Irritants aren't exception­ ally inspiring, perhaps the young people who listen to this band will be motivated to think: "Gee, my life isn't so bad after all." or "Heck, I'll get my Dad to buy me a guitar and go out and get a band happening." All in all, I can safely say that the Socred Government wouldn't like these songs. Why not send a copy to Bill Bennett or Grace McCarthy? —Julia November 1985 ARMCHAIR EYE

AUHAUS LIVE & CHROME IS ANOTHER B thing altogether. Here is footage you likely have not seen before. Thirty odd minutes of Bauhaus in concert performing mainly material rrom their first album, plus thirty odd minutes of Chrome's experimental music videos (no, I hadn't heard of them before this either). The ap­ peal here is probably a touch limited. Bauhaus fans and lovers of'scarey, scarey rock theatrics (like me) will like the first part. Fans of weirded visuals cut to weirded music (like me) will like the Chrome. Yes, there's something refreshingly non-mainstream about both sections, but no, you don't need to see Bauhaus Live & Chrome to truly LIKE FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD. have lived. ISure they tend to wallow in their own hype, SPECIAL MENTION must be made of Action and take their phenonema (if not themselves) a Video, the distributors of Bauhaus Live & Chrome. touch too seriously, but in the end they usually In case you're not aware, tape piracy (ie: the ille­ deliver. The album was good, the concert was gal taping for fun and profit of somebody else's one of the best to hit Vancouver all year, and their tapes) is a very real problem in the industry. So sense of humour and style has been consistently what does Action Video do to safeguard their pro­ irreverent. No, they're not the Pop Gods they'd duct? Why they burn their name into the bottom like us to think they think they are, but they are of the frame (not in particularly small letters fun guys. This has been particularly evident in either) for the entire duration of the video. Who their video work. Who, for instance, did not needs organized crime to undermine the credi­ double-take at least once the first time he/she bility of an industry when you've got door knobs saw the restricted versions of "Relax" and "Two like this operating legitimately. One can only Tribes". Here was pop product with all the gleam hope that, come the inevitable revolution, those and polish of a Cola commercial that actually responsible will be among the first to be impaled dared comment on (or shall I say exploit?) the on spikes and forced to watch Three's Company inevitability of nuclear mega-death ("Two reruns until they bleed to death. Tribes"), and the related boom-thud-boom-thud- Every Sperm is Sacred, The Galaxy Song and —Bill Mullan orgasmic-crash-and-burn of your friendly neigh­ It's Christmas in Heaven. In these four songs, bourhood discotheque ("Relax"). and their visual accompaniment, you've got arg­ uably the best (certainly the funniest) samples Media anarchists take on mainstream poor of short subject music video (or music film, or taste on its own terms and come out on top (in whatever) yet produced by anyone. MIDNITE MADNESS!!! Britain, at least, where their records outsold everybody else's). It was the kind of phenomenon Pop music brings out the silly-extreme-edge that made this cynic smile—which brings us to of any culture, and anyone who's ever given it "After Midnite, we're gonna let. . ." much thought knows how extreme the silly edge my current frown: Frankie's first full-length video "What?" cassette release, From Wasteland to Artifical of Western culture is. An entire working class Paradise. With the exception of a brief chunk of Catholic neighbourhood sings Every Sperm is "You record in a fully professional, backstage interview footage, it's just a compila­ Sacred as a single family's several dozen established recording studio for tion of their videos: the aforementioned "Relax" children march dejectedly off to the research 1/2 PRICE! and "Two Tribes", plus "Welcome to the Pleasure center to which their father has sold them for Dome" and a live version of "Relax". Recom­ scientific experiments (he can't afford to feed "Where?" mended only for those who haven't see them yet. them, but his wife will continue to give birth to more because the Pope says all forms of birth "At BULLFROG." control are evil). A man in a tuxedo steps out of PEAKING OF INVENTIVE FUN, A DIFFER- "What?!! .Have the Frogs gone mad?" S ent kind of SPECIAL MENTION is in order a refrigerator and takes a depressed housewife for Monty Pythons Meaning of Life. You will on a whirlwind tour of the universe to the tune "No more than usual. Ribbit." recall, it's the most recent theatrical release from of The Galaxy Song, in order to make her feel everybody's favorite cadre of British geniuses small and insignificant so she won't have any masquerading as idiots (or is it the other way qualms about giving up her liver (and her life) BULLFROG STUDIOS around). It did okay at the box office some three for an organ transplant. Et cetera. 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The Web Clothing Ze-Bop Record Rentals DISCORDER November 1985 The Roving Ear R R This Month: On Tour with Go Four 3 here's a million bands in this city. Some front. We had heard horror stories about this guy know where our tax money goes. Spend the next of them go on tour, a few come back. This from bands in Calgary and Regina. He blubbers few days doing radio interviews and nightclub- T is the sordid tale of one such band. Go awhile before giving us half up front and promis­ bing. Four 3. My name's Quinn, I'm a guitarist... ing the rest later. After the reggae bands play, Thursday, Septmeber 5: Wake up from alco­ a limbo dancer goes underneath a flaming pole holic binge to eat at Windsor Arby's. Play at Saturday, August 24: Kick off the tour in before we go on. Play a long set and jump off Windsor College in a room similar to the Pit at Calgary. Prior to sound check, the band suffers stage to get the rest of our money off a surpris­ UBC. The poster says "Go Four 3—Molson its first casualty. Roxanne rips her pants on the ed McKeegan. He gives us part of the rest of the Canadian Night." Wow! Almost our first tour door of our tour van. Too funny! We all laughed money and says he'll pay us the rest next time sponsors. Other posters refer to "creaming" over 'til we stopped. Stay at a friend of Ike's (our drum­ we're in Winnipeg. He then gives us directions Roxanne's body. Not surprisingly we get a large mer), Brent Cooper. Brent's Mum and Dad fill us to a freeway that would have led us to Minnesota. turnout of engineer-types chanting for Led Zep- full of Calgary corn until we are ready to burst. Fortunately we had some road maps that got us plin and Rock and Roll. To top it off, student Pass on the chocolate wafer mint. Play a great on the way to Toronto. Drive in shifts all Thurs­ council rips us off by not charging any money gig at Ten Foot Henry's. Very enthusiastic crowd. day and Friday. at the door, of which we were supposed to receive Sunday: August 25: Tourist time in Calgary, a large cut. catch the Campfire Boys busking on the streets. Friday, September 6: London, Ontario and a Try to find an Arby's but get lost. End up "eating" large turnout at Bullwinkles. Put out an energetic at Chicken On The Way and having a greasy set despite lame PA. system. Get a great write- corn-fritter fight, with the tour van permanently up in London Free Press. Have earlier phoned marked with fritter grease. I.R.S. Records' rep and asked him to drive out and see us. He refused, saying London was out- Monday, August 26: Ike drives while I thrash of-town for him (an hour's drive from Toronto). Gord and Roxanne at cards. Gord refuses to talk Gee, sorry to put you to too much trouble, con­ to me for the rest of the tour, tell him to stick to sidering we drove from Vancouver. checkers. Drive to Regina. Saturday, September 7: Last gig at Kitchener, Tuesday, August 27: Stay overnight at friend Friday, August 30: Play the Rivoli with excel­ in the Back Door Club. Walk inside and ask of Roxanne's. Wake up to floor full of feathers— lent Toronto band called Change of Heart. Best where the stage is, and am told I'm standing on Gord's sleeping bag leaks. Walk down the streets gig of the tour. Talk to reporters from Grafitti and it. This club was so small that when I stepped of Regina, with everyone staring at Roxanne's Canadian Musician who want to know which up to do a guitar run I was standing behind the haircut. Almost all of Regina comes to a stand­ major labels are talking with us. We want to know audience. Make enough money to eat at Tim Hor- still to marvel at spiked hair. Never seen so many also. Talk to rep from WEA who doesn't like our ton's over the next couple of days. Drive straight mac jackets and Black Sabbath t-shirts in my life. verses or choruses. Hmmmm. back to Vancouver after gig for Luv-A-Fair gig on Play Beat Club to an overflowing club of 50 or Saturday, August 31: Play a club called Blon- Thursday. so. Wow, the big time. dies. Disco downstairs, club upstairs. PA. keeps Epilogue: All in all, a successful tour, though Wednesday, August 28: Drive to Winnipeg. cutting out all night, soundman doesn't believe next time we'll fly to Toronto rather than drive. Get screwed by promoter Dave McKeegan. He in miking the drums. Most disappointing gig of Right across the land Vancouver is considered books us with two reggae bands in a Caribbean the tour. Back-up band, the less than fabulous the musical hotspot of the country, what with restaurant called Verna's. He fails to show for Thunderbirds, drink all our beer backstage while Zulu, Nettwerk, and MoDaMu releases. The only sound check so we get a last second gig at the we are playing. Ike left the stage for the last three tour casualty was Ike, whom we last saw in Toron­ Royal Albert Arms playing with a band called songs, but nobody noticed since the sound was to waiting for a small bacon and salami pizza at Monuments Galore. Go over well, drive back to so bad. Pizzarerro. He'll probably be in the next Scors- Verna's and finally meet McKeegan who looks Sunday, September 1: Drive to Montreal, do cese film. like a reject form of life from Stampede Wrest­ radio interview with CBC's Brave New Waves. ling. We refuse to play without half the cash up What an amazing studio and building. Now I —Steve Quinn \mr , uu... i poAir 1 I ffl, wrtMr.-ft HM MOtl'MX' ami mt VAU>Y- TO PUT THIS- M&fr as Hm&* MrJH&.

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