WORDS FROM THE WIZARD WOW!! SOMETIMES I HAVE TROUBLE PROCESSING THE AMOUNT OF TALENT, DEDICATION AND KINDNESS°IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY... it’s amazing to see new bands coming out of the woodwork, chatting with people who are intrigued/driven with dreams of putting on/promoting shows, individuals and groups who are passionate about fundraising and causes of which many of us aren’t even aware, Dj’s who love sharing their collections of music with the public, organizers who want to bring people together to build a strong city of creatives and business,°the growing support network of folks that make everything happen behind the scenes -° your passion drives me from day to day – the future is looking bright!! Thank you for your support – the Wizards of TARG° will continue to work hard to always provide a venue where anything is possible – we are here for you – don’t be afraid to reach out to us -° let’s make it happen!! - YOGI

CKCU... TARG SALUTES YOU!

CKCU 93.1 celebrates 40 years in your ears! University community radio is a°mega important part of any local independent music ecosystem. Not only is it the hub for broadcasting non-commercial music, ideas° & local talent but it also serves as the training grounds for integral & crucial°leaders°within music scene. Join us SAT NOV 7 for a special anniversary party! Thanks for the support CKCU!° ° an album that deserves classic status.

Almost immediately after Flag’s breakup in ’86, Rollins, along with guitarist , bassist , and drummer , formed in ’87. Given that Rollins was of course in Flag for years, a band famous for their work ethic, and Weiss and Cain were former members of GONE (an instrumental band with ), it should be of no surprise that this album was released in the same year they formed.

Near the end of Black Flag’s career, Rollins’ vocal delivery had gotten much more laid back. On their fi nal album, IN MY HEAD, it had gotten to a point where he was simply speaking the lyrics relatively normally on many tracks. On the opening track of LIFE TIME, “burned beyond recognition”, the very fi rst impression of this album is a great one, with the intro of the track being Rollins manically yelling “Yea! Yeah! YEAH!”. Henry is absolutely lacerating his vocal chords throughout this album, and the level of sheer aggression is on par with DAMAGED or .

The riffage provided on this album can best be described as twisted hard rock, and while still carries some of the ROLLINS BAND wierdo -rock infl uences from Gone Life Time and Flag, has a stronger emphasis on Label: 2.13.61 Records concrete riffs, and less on atonal solos Producer: Ian MacKaye and improvisation.° While I dig all the riffs, due to the Fugazi-esque production THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF style, (which should be of no surprise THE MOST UNDERRATED since Ian MacKaye produced this) ALBUMS. One that is even which is a bit bare bones, they feel a bit overlooked by fans of . subdued and under-emphasized.° Rollins devotees tend to listen to the BLACK FLAG discography, skip While I don’t dig the production, and over ROLLINS BAND entirely (with feel a more raw approach was needed the exception of a few of their more to convey the message being presented, popular songs) and check out his this is still a great album. If ya dig it, it spoken word. This is a grave mistake, shouldn’t be too hard to fi nd, as Dischord and so I’ll try to bring to yer attention did a repress not too long ago. Be sure to check ‘er oot! SSKAKA JJEFF’SEFF’S HHI-FIVES:I-FIVES: AS YOU ALL KNOW, I’M HUGE INTO . SADLY, ONE OF MY FAVOURITE PUNK ROCK MUSICIANS, DICKIE HAMMOND, PASSED AWAY THIS OCTOBER AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 50. HERE ARE SOME OF THE BEST RECORDS THAT HE PLAYED ON:

HI YA SLO: I THINK MAYBE I NEED GLASSES. EVERYTHING IS SUPER BLURRY EVEN WHEN I SOBER UP! PLUS, I’M BROKE AND I HAVE A SERIOUS MISTRUST OF OPTOMETRISTS. YOU GOTTA HELP ME, TOM! – Signed: Can’tCsoGood

Hey Can’tCsoGood: No problem. You’re wise to avoid those dubious eye docs, for sure. You wouldn’t believe how many people fall for their baloney fancy eye tests and prescriptions and specially made glasses... all that stuff is just a big scam. The human eye easily adjusts to whatever glasses you wear. I’ll tell you what: I’ve got some old glasses lying around my shop #5. YOUR CHOICE #4. POISON IN THE (388 Gladstone). I think they used to belong to my uncle (god rest his LIVE SERIES SPLIT SYSTEM (THE DEMOS) - troubled soul). Anyhow, come by and I’ll fi nd you a pair that will get you W/ JAWBOX - (Band: (Band: Hex) (2015). Super back to 20/20 in the blink of an eye! See ya soon, Can’tCsoGood! Leatherface) (1994). Classic underrated 1980s UK #1. MUSH split with two iconic ‘90s anarcho punk. bands. (Band: Leatherface) (1991). One of my HOWDEE SLO’ TOM! MY NEW BOYFRIEND IS GREAT! HE’S SMART, all time fav albums GREAT IN THE SACK, AND HE LOVES ME. THE ONLY PROBLEM for words I can’t IS THAT HE HAS TERRIBLE TASTE IN MUSIC (AND I MEAN TERRIBLE!). IS THAT A “DEAL BREAKER” FOR YOU, SLO’? describe. This – Signed: Singin’DaBlues infl uenced half of the bands I love today. Dear Singin’DaBlues: Oh maaaan... yeah, this really takes me back. I remember one time I had to break up with a super hot girl because she WED NOV 25 – Ska Jeff loved Pink Floyd. But you know what? I never regretted it. Everyone has presents: a benefi t for the their limits, you know? So I say: ya gotta draw a line somewhere. I draw #3. NOTHING #2. HUNG, DRAWN AND victims of the fi re above the it at Pink Floyd. Now you’ve gotta ask yourself: where are you going to VENTURED, NOTHING QUARTERED - (Band: DAILY GRIND in Centretown GAINED SPLIT 7” W/ HDQ) (1985). Underrated – a great lineup of local talent draw your line? And what side of of that line is this guy on? Good luck. FEED YOUR HEAD - UK hardcore with some of to help raise money for those (Band: Hex) (1987). One of the most insane riffage!° affected by the recent fi re. my favourite splits. HEY THERE TOM: I’VE BEEN ASKED TO WRITE AN ADVICE COLUMN FOR A LOCAL FANZINE. GOT ANY TIPS? – Signed: Scabby

Dear Scabby: Here’s some pointers: Keep it short, light hearted and universal. Write when you’re tipsy edit when you’re sober. Never miss a deadline and always remember that it’s entertainment (no one actually wants your stupid advice). Best of luck, Scabby! ELIXIR WIZARD’S CORNER NEW BREW ALERT FARMERS DAUGHTER Whitewater Brewing Company “Light & not too hoppy”

Fight seasonal depression with this easy going Ottawa Valley brewed blonde ale. It will keep memories of summer alive & mitigate the impending bleakness of KISS another Ottawa winter. A selection of pale Demon Multiball is activated malted barley infuses with locally farmed by locking 3 balls inside Gene Simmons’ mouth. Before you can hops to create a beer that is very refreshing ram a ball down the Demon’s and not overly challenging to the palette. throat you must hit the “Lite Lock” Light, yet defi ned fl avours instill a sense of standup targets fl anking the lock the hard work and drive for quality that has entrance (A). Hitting both of them gone into this blonde. If you are looking to will illuminate the big green “Lock” test the waters of craft brewing this offering triangle lite, indicating you are from Whitewater is a good place to start. ready to aim for Gene’s mouth. Repeat this 3 times and you will be in multiball heaven (disclaimer 3 balls in the mouth still°isn’t enough to shut that guy up).

METALLICA To achieve Electric Chair Multiball hit Sparky (the cool looking monster with big tongue) 10 times to light multiball. The lights in front of him indicate your progress.°When one shot is remaining, Sparky will taunt you and all three of the lights in front of him will strobe. Hit him one last time to give him a healthy dose of electricity & presto you’ve got multiball. There are 3 other multiball modes in Metallica but work on mastering this one fi rst. MUSTACHES FOR KIDS (M4K) IS TURNING 10 YEARS OLD... After 9 years of strict growing rules, the ‘stache dictators are opening up the competition. Clean Shave Day on Friday October 30th doesn’t even require a fresh shave.°Full beards and existing ‘staches are invited to compete, and those ‘upper- lip-only’ limitations have been lifted.°Want a fu manchu?°Go for it.°Handlebars more your style?° Grow away. Register now at www.m4kottawa. org.°New growers are defi nitely welcome.

FRIDAY MUSTACHE MEET UPS AT TARG The month includes weekly Mustache Meet Ups, Friday evenings at House of Targ.°Come grab a pint & some perogies & spend some time putting down other growers.°It’s ok though, there are a number of unsubstantiated medical theories that posits Mustache Abuse stimulates follicle growth.

THE STACHE BASH The month of growing will culminate in the ‘Stache Bash, where the Sweetest ‘Stache is crowned. Past Champions have included Captain Crunch, Robert Goulet, Lando Calrissian, and Del Griffi th (go ahead and google that).° But with the corner to corner rule eliminated we could have some Hulk Hogans or Frank Zappas.° Get those creative juices fl owing and come prepared to dance!

IT’S FOR THE KIDS The real goal of the growth is to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Eastern Ontario.°After 9 years of growing, M4K has raised over $200,000, granting wishes to local sick kids in need of a good time and a distraction from their medical situations.°All money raised goes to the organization, and has a real impact on local families.°Who knew an upper lip had so much potential? perogi plate from 5pm till10:30pm THURS NOV 26 – House of TARG, every Wednesday and enjoy a night of PBR and Blackwidow Promotions wicked live music too!! present: KILLITOROUS° w/sg ERIMHA + THE APEX + A SCAR FOR THE WICKED THURS NOV 19 – House of TARG, – a killer night of party/grind metal,° A GUIDE TO ALL THE CONCERTS TAKING PBR and Ottawa Showbox present: black metal and technical metal – did we JON CREEDEN & THE FLYING mention metal?? Oh yeah!!! METAL!!! PLACE AT HOUSE OF TARG THIS NOVEMBER HELLFISH w/sg JESSE LEBOURDAIS + FRESH HELL + MANSBRIDGE – a FRI NOV 27 – House of TARG truly eclectic stacked bill of punk, and Beau’s All Natural present: BA THURS NOV 5 – House of TARG, of HILOTRONS, DOUBLE PUMPERS, folk and fun – brought to you by our JOHNSTON w/sg° TERRIBLE LIARS PBR and Intrepid Events present: IMPERICALS, the list goes on and pals at Ottawa Showbox, keepin the + THE LONELY PARADE - one our LIPSYNC BATTLE FOR YOUR LUNGS on… openers BAD UNCLE make community rockin’!!! favourite performers,° we are glad to - a fundraising night in support of THE their way to Ottawa to warm your have him back in his natural habitat… ONTARIO LUNG ASSOCIATION, where hearts with their gypsy infused folka – FRI NOV 20 – House of TARG, the arcade!! This time around he will individuals and/or groups perform accordion, double bass, deep growly Beau’s All Natural and Spectrasonic be pulling out all the stops (unusual musical numbers without singing a vocals - highly recommended!! present: THE MOTORLEAGUE sweaters, dollar store theatrics, mildly note. A chance for the not so musically w/sg THE DYING ARTS + catchy tunes etc). Joined by some killer inclined to entertain and amuse the TUES NOV 10 – House of TARG and THUNDERUNCLE + WE FLED CAIRO local bands/talent featuring some of your audience without being judged on their Spectrasonic present: DIRTY DISHES - Punk Infl uenced Hard Rock. A blend favorite pals – don’t miss this night of no singing voice. Think of the X Factor or w/sg STOVE + BONNIE DOON – a of 90s skate punk with the sludgier nonsense (?)super fun!! American Idol, with a panel of judges wicked night of indie rock with bands sounds of stoner rock that only an rating their musical number from 1 - from NYC, Connecticut (EXPLODING east coast outfi t can pull off. For SAT NOV 28 – House of TARG, Ottawa 10 based on how entertaining they IN SOUND RECS) and good ol’ fans of Tricky Woo, FuManchu, The Ska Syndicate and Ashton Brewing are, not if they can carry a tune. The Ottawa!!° Monoxides, DFA1979. RAWK!!!!! present: SKA NITE - VOICE OF THE winner group and individual will win PEOPLE w/sg THE SENTRIES - Voice of an awesome trophy donated by Quest WED NOV 13 - #AfterSchoolSpecial SAT NOV 21 – House of TARG the People is back again! This month our Awards Inc.!!!° The night will be hosted $1 Off perogies 5pm - 10:30pm NO and Ashton Brewing present: SLO’ resident Dj’s; Longshot and Magnifi cent by the ever so talented BRIAN VANCE. COVER. TOM & THE HANDSOME DEVILS w/ are taking center stage behind the We are also pleased to announce sg METRONOME JONES - He’ll get turntables, and bringing you a night of that our panel of expert° judges are THURS NOV 12 – House of TARG, your toe tappin’, your funny bone no nonsense Reggae, Rocksteady and comedian ASHLEY KRAWCHENKO, PBR and Spectrasonic present: twitchin’ & your tears fl owin’ with all Ska! You have come to know what the radio host RYAN LINDSAY, and House SOLIDS w/sg WILD MOTH + HEAVY of his AMAZING country hits. Slo’ Bangarang boys are all about at past of TARG’S very own REMI ROYALE! TRAFFIC - indie/rock (FAT Tom is an Ottawa institution - he events, and now it’s time for a night of POSSUM/DINE ALONE RECS) meets played in the legendary punk band nothing but their heavy hitting classic FRI NOV 6 – House of TARG, Beau’s Cali post rock and Ottawa garage rock Furnace Face, He fi xes your amps tunes, all spun on original 45’s all night All Natural and Spectrasonic present: – check it out!! at Spacemanmusic.com & he writes long. THE SENTRIES round out this DIARRHEA PLANET w/sg MUSIC BAND the hilarious “advice” column for night with a live performance - not to be + THE BOREDS – a killer night of live FRI NOV 13/SAT NOV 14 – House TARG ZINE.... but enough about missed!!! music featuring some serious garage of TARG, Beau’s All Natural and Ashton Tom... his band, the Handsome punk/rock action from Nashville° - Brewing present:° SURF N’ TURF – Devils are wicked & feature members THURS DEC 3 – House of TARG quote of the month from a 12 year old Ottawa’s only surf, instro and garage of important Ottawa groups from and PBR present – REMI ROYALE’s kid hanging out with his folks during rock festival is back for a 3rd edition. yesteryear like: The John Henrys, 80’s DANCE NIGHT!! Join REMI for TARG family time “What is DIARRHEA One night of surf and instro music, Neanderthal Sponge & King Kung. an evening of sweet 80’s tunes, TARG PLANET?” – check out this wicked one night of garage rock madness, Highly entertaining! Plinko, Wizard Wheel and Hot dog show and fi nd out!! two nights of dancing!° Killer bands madness. Costumes encouraged, prizes, including THE MEN IN GREY SUITS + WED NOV 25 – House of TARG and games and a dancefl oor that just won’t SAT NOV 7 – House of TARG, CKCU THE REVERB SYNDICATE + RANDY Ska Jeff present: a benefi t for the quit!! FM and Ashton Brewing present: SHENANIGANS + THE CONNECTION victims of the fi re above the DAILY UKRAINIA! w/sg BAD UNCLE – a sweet + THE LORD ALMIGHTYS + THE SIR GRIND in centretown – a great lineup EVERY SUNDAY 9PM FREEPLAY double bill of gypsy/folk/polka/punk – a JOHN A MACDONALDS – stoked!!! of local talent curated by our resident - TOUGHEN UP with DJ KJMAXX (this rare performance from local legends wizard Jeff to help raise money for months TARG pin-up). Play all the pinball UKRAINIA! who are taking a quick WED NOV 18 – House of TARG those affected by the recent fi re & Vids you can handle for just 5 measly break from working on a new record to and Spectrasonic present: SURFER that destroyed the apartments and Canadian dollars. make you dance like crazy, killer new BLOOD + KINGS QUEST – enjoy livelihood of our pals in centretown – lineup on deck featuring ex members our #AfterSchoolSpecial – 1$ off any support your local community!!! BECOME THE OFFICE HERO & BOOK YOUR XMAS STAFF PARTY AT TARG! Seasonal Staff Parties: The dread of offi ce workers everywhere. It doesn’t have to be like that though. Why not treat your hard working staff to an evening of CLASSIC ARCADE GAMES, PINBALL, PEROGIES & MEMORABLE GOODTIMES? EVEN THE RICH, POWERFUL & POPULAR GET BUMMED OUT 80’S ARCADE FASHION

No drinks on the machine...check, awesome gloves... check. HiScore! Van Halen rocker Micheal Anthony seeks asylum in the arcade, far away from the idiocy of his bandmates

OK! OK! We get you guys are a couple... barf-o-rama!

Preppies at an arcade? Yah like totally bogus.

THE NEXT 80’S DANCE PARTY WITH

Smart: roller-skates allow REMI ROYALE for a quick getaway Q*BERT says: what the @!#?@! Uhh! Wizard Marcie, is when the convo gets stale. are you guys doing? THURSDAY DECEMBER 3 that you? THE END! the autograph session featuring industry heavyweights Gary Stern (head of Stern Pinball) & Steve Ritchie, AKA°“the king of fl ow” by fellow pinball nerds. The latter is arguably the best pinball designer in the history of the game. As I approached Gary Stern, I couldn’t help but notice he was staring at my House of TARG shirt. He grabbed his glasses to confi rm, “thats House of TARG in , right?” He was as excited to meet GARY STERN - CEO of STERN me as I was him. He had read all Pinball. The TARG kitchen punks were busy°beavers about our games, tournaments, last month. We catered several private perogies and shows, and wanted events &°somehow managed to lovingly to know more. He said our idea hand prepare 13 000 perogies for the for TARG was “kookie” and 2015 Beaus Oktoberfest!°I decided it expressed how much he loved it, was time for a much needed vacation. and wished us the best. What better place than Illinois, the capital of pinball & home to the Stern THE GAME OF THRONES Pinball factory. PINBALL IS A MASTERPIECE° After a drink with Gary, I went STEVE RITCHIE - Designer of STERN FACTORY TOUR & CHICAGO to watch Canadian champion STERN’s GAME OF THRONES. PINBALL EXPO Robert Gagno try out the new The factory tour allowed me to check Game of Thrones L.E. Steve out the fi ne detail they put into every, Ritchie joined me, as we stood predominately, hand made machine. and analyzed Robert’s playing, Then it was off to the Chicago Pinball and discussed his unique Expo in Wheeling, Illinois, for the Game approach to the game. This guy of Thrones pinball world release party. was intense, and managed an Prior to the big unveiling°I was lucky to incredible score of 1.5 billion play some notable prototypes like Dutch points on his fi rst attempt at the Pinball’s newest effort The Big Lebowski game. The Game of Thrones is a (against pinball legend Roger Sharpe, masterpiece. One of Stern’s and and won!) and Bride of Pinbot 2.0 as Ritchie’s best games to date. well as some rare classics like Gottlieb’s The shots fl ow smoothly, and Going Nuts and Bally’s Captain Fantastic. the multiball is intense. I look Eventually it was time to start the party & forward to playing it again at celebrate the new Steve Ritchie designed the Canadian release, because I Game of Thrones pinball machine. know after that, the next stop is to drop one off at House of TARG. JAY doing TARG proud on GAME OF THRONES at the CHICAGO A BRUSH WITH PINBALL ROYALTY You folks are in for a treat. After playing a few rounds, I checked out PINBALL EXPO!