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qU_JHIS aNO COOL TUN6S TOO! 2951 W 4th Ave 739-9791 2. to buy fake i.d.. to sell iheir product. That's whal (especially under-19 skaters) are money on it, so his heart is in the 3. lo pul on own all-ages bars do—they use music and mu alienated and have been for as rightplace, although his brain mighl show. sicians lo sell beer. The fact that a long as I've been skating. I say nol be. I'll rant some more when So lei's examine ihis greal "under-19 skaters" because they my band plays there and I have advice...wailing 3 years (as was have il the worst, as far as going some real power. this case) is not too long to wait, is "alternative"—don't be fooled lo and seeing bands goes. Oh yeah. Sparkmarker. I was it? How often will fake i.d. work think lhat the clubowners care about Perhaps it's wrong for me going to cut up Trip's review, when you look 12 (which is often the music, for them liquor sales to blame the whole "skateboard mainly because I don't understand the case)? Just how successful will are the bottom line. You make it crowd" for the actions of one the comparisons lo Suicidal, All the show be when you and all the seem that we should feel sorry for skater, and perhaps he didn't think or Pavement, but I won'l do that. I rest of the "too old to care" punkers even thinking lhat bars suck, i am ofthe name because he's a skater. get really bossy and opinioi won'l even go lo the show? What It jusl seems lo me thai young y fav, ie local kind of advice gives such shiny The fact thai ihey are oflen the band. I think Sparkmarkerhas been options and then defeats them with only place for bands to play just thing to stick their dicks in when pretty damn original since I first pessimism? Throughout your whole displays the pathetic laziness of they're not out ollieing some saw them 2 years ago and while response you explaines how all those who claim membership io thing. It bugs me to see that no they're much harder + heavier ages shows don't work, the truth is body clues in to the sexist re- now, they still defy description. that they can work and do work— and complain—do you really think English just doesn't do them jus just not with your "help." You it would take too much effort to shil. mbcr tice. So Trip's comparisons may as well have just laughed in makethmgs different? Believeme, bugged mc, but lhats okay. Trip lhat person's face—sadly, i don't wrole and I didn't, and anyone l of r roll il can write for Discorder. kirn kinakin wouldn't be rock n' roll." Yeah As far as the crowd being right. Jusl like if you took the sedate, I fully disagree. Maybe 19. Maybe we try to forget the racism oul of white supremacy, my body was still, but my SOUL injustices when we turn 19. I'm 21 My thoughts on "Trips' it wouldn't be while supremacy. was on FIRE and I felt I was and i hale lo make statements, but Sparkmarker review. Yeah, Fuck Billy Childish. IIDiscorder going to CRY IN MY TRUCK. I i refuse to "grow-up" if it means Sparkmarker are greal. Perhaps printed an interview where some mean it. Sparkmarker live makes Alright, folks, we got a lot of volved with them, i thought lhat il escapmg reality ie. hanging out al the only great band in Vancouver one said the same things aboul me want to continue all the shit I ground to cover this month, so would be appropriate forme lo com right now. black people that he said about i. That's all. no time for idle chit-chat... ment on the "age limit" arguement, 9 to 5 at a job i hate—and convinc Maybe my gripe with the re women, people would lose their Love I in defence of the freedom for people ing myself that il's a good job, or view is lhat the Nappy Dugout is fucking minds SPARKS R FLYIN' of all ages to see shows. silting at home in front of the tele lauded as the coolest venue in town. Lcl It bothers me lhat you prob vision criticizing the world while Okay, maybe it's cool, but are you up roughly half the human race P.S. The Gest-Quest co-op defunct? Dear Airhead, ably nevcrsupportall-ages shows, refusing lo be involved with it. I'm aware of what a "Nappy Dugoul" and if we're going to worry about No, we're just really lame lately In r except for the cool ones where human, i make mistakes, but i won'l is? A vagina. Let me nit-pick for a the way we talk about other racial garding "High everyone you know is going, but 's been giv. while. Perhaps Shakey (ND pro groups, we should worry just still, as a veteran punk, feel that and say it tasles good. prietor) likes Ice Cube a lol. Being ulthew olher It seems lhal ihere is a lack of all- you have earned the right to give To quote you: "...face the male, I may be full of shit, but I'm IS well. s Kin - (guil; ages shows as well as a lack of advice on the no minors vs. all- fact that money is the bottom line; pretly sure I'd feel uncomfortable I'll keep my mouth relatively player) voice being better thi support for all-ages shows. Hav music is a business." enough lo nol frequent the ND if I shut about the Nappy Dugoul for Ryan's (lead singer), fuck that shi was female. Il disappoints me lo ing been involved with putting on now. Al least it's all ages. Why Kim's just a pathetic Tom ya all-ages shows, witnessing the prob- see that the skateboard crowd alien- look a gift horse in ihe mouth? wannabe. Ryan is a beautiful ge- lems, struggles and hardships in ales women like this when skaters Shakey's spent a massive load of
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mmwith specia mml guest s fay CITD AND CHROME DOG Friday January 15 The Commodore TRIVIALIZING TITLE I. Let's troubles, further lightening the by the other kids when he was little and if everybody else right now 1 would like for the lady who wrote purse-slrings of would-be givers. knew who he was I'm sure it would the article on Hump, in defense of I am a Caucasian female of il breaks my heart because I've be even worse. A few of us know iheir painfully obvious message 5' 10" stature, with red hair (some seen belter fed cockroaches here! how gceky looking and pathetic he of violence against women, to read what artifice due lo the fact that I What makes mc even angrier is the Chris 'the sculpted MC of always thought bright red alterna memory of an "alternative" female Shindig" Uren is so to even think of him trying to tive to gothic black), living on an begging on the corner of Robson fight back leaves us rolling on the We can be rented island wilh 60 million short, dark and Thurlow, fully clothed, well- ground with laughter. I hope to see to perform any feat 3, IT IS A MAGIC NUM people. The average height for men fed, educated, and able to afford that happen some time so wish me and we reflect the images pre- BER here is 5'6" and women 5'2", there Marlboroughs'. Girlfriend,you ain't luck. So print this letter so that fore I don't have to try very hard got no idea of poor! everyone who doesn't know him by the medias, elite Discorder, to stand out in a crowd and look but has read his reviews can laugh positive or negalivi I realise wilh grim clarity, very different, I guess thai makes along with us and hopefully pick is viewed as succc that being alternative lo millions rid of that lillle scooter fuck. mc alternative. The real issue here, of people the world over means on him when they sc selves He's tried to prove his point on how, questions grew up in a country where music family members. It means eating to much trulh in introspection is a real concern for a teenager, as every day, sleeping in shelter ev Dear Airhead, maintain the regimentation is being fashionably correct in re ery night, and knowing thai your In the last few year- and award self degradation spective subcultures. I did al one children will live. As for all those ered the wonderous pool game they we act out all the stereotypes, try time use the term alternative as a politically correct Vancouverites arejusl now gelling boring. We ve call Snooker. That's the one where to use them as decor label for myself. "Alternative to who are sitting back smugly ques read them all before so jusl change you sink a red ball and then go after and we become shining examples what?", my dad always asked, tioning whal 1 am doing to help your line up and pul somebody a colored ball. It's fun and easier of the system,we set oul to destroy "Your friends all look cxaclly ihc alleviate Ihe aforementioned slrifc, than il looks. I also dig 8 Ball as well, instead of somebody who tries Because even in the most radical same as you do." Of course, at the I donate a generous portion of my yet my heart belongs to snooker. of g time 1 didn'l think so, but nine income lo ihc appropriate agencies I'm so enchanted with these II find years later,most golhics and punks who will in turn, "feed the world", games that I am forming a Womens Snooker League. We will play at Guys still do ihc same things I did lasl righl? I* N' Dolls (on main @ broadway) and the via, lal r xt st i\ur> L games will include a choice of snooker or been stalked so finatically by a the 8 ball. No cigaret smoking during play. forgotten ihe punk/altcmau rape threatening man thai she felt »>dy lhat Beginners are more then welcome. Part ners will be paired according to skill the only safe way to come forth in a prolcsl against unemployment level and all thai stuff. No sissies allowed public was by useing a goofy England. Since then it has been bi pseudonymn. So ladies.. leave yournamc and PHYLLIS I'OON rug,:k- poverty, and mak ough money a contact number wilh IJnda at CiTR to buy food. The average mc Whal' do 822-3017. I'll gel back to you wilh m WORDS OF WISDOM my pon here for trained clerical wor info. If all goesaccordingly we should be icthingREALLY alternative and begin play around Feb first. ...AND AGGRAVATION two thousand pesos a month - laic something for ihe genuinely he's the poser. Also lo say bands And fella's...as you've surely hundred dollars Canadian. I mploycd and hungry people of Dear Airhead. sucked and people were lucky if gathered you're nol allowed! But feel fortunate to live in a beautiful hi world, because yeah, ihey do :e from the postmark free to leave yourname and number w I Jnda and perhaps we'llhave so lope. I am an ex-pat currently re lenge matches" in the future with yousc. Or maybe I'll have a game wilh you, siding in Manila, Philippines. I myself. regularly gel my share of mail, Don'l be shy! Sec ya, replete wilh good Canadian con Judith Itceman tent drivel, which ihis month in cluded a cartoon from the October Dear Discorder, issue of Discorder. T Enclosed is my payment for another sucked, bul the letters on the back yearsubsenption. Thanks for existing! Since subscribing last year, I' ve started a country where the media is obvi the Minneapolis area ously manipulated by the reigning your magazine on hand for snd the voicing of reference. It's a welcome sight each opinion (i : of my employees definitely a no-no. Regardless, what recently road-tripped to Vancouver, acked.thelcilers & MADF. her travel companions lhan made up for. listen toCiTR THE WHOLE TIME. I had to laugh atthe petti Let me know if you need anything of "What is Alt from the Twin Cities area. ously the fli Scot Covey topic, "Alternative" as defined by Norlhfield. Mir Oxford, does nol refer lo music or USA ARE SOME QUICKIES: TO THE CLERK AT THE 7-11 AT 4TH AND YEW WHO GAVE ME CHANGE FOR A TWEN TY WHEN I ONLY HANDED HIM A FIVE, SORRY I DIDN'T SAY ANTHING BUT I REAL LY NEEDEDTHECABBAGE; TO A CERTAIN CiTR NEWS PERSON, YES I DID TAKE YOUR CASSETTE THREE YEARS AGO BUT I DIDNT KNOW IT WAS YOURS UN TIL AFTER I HAD ALREADY TAPED OVER IT; TO MY MOM, YOU KNOW WHEN I TOLD YOU I WAS GOING TO ALL THOSE MOVIES DOWNTOWN DURINGHIGH SCHOOL? WELL I WAS AC TUALLY OUT OF MY HEAD AT SOME PUNK ROCK GIG. WELL, ENOUGH CONFES SIONS FOR NOW, OH, BY THE WAY, WELCOME BACK BOB WE MISSED YA. GTH
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fans sevmouR ST. UOHCOUUER Retrospect on',92 Nineteen-ninety-two.. .Ahh....nineteen-ninety-two .nineteen-ninety-two. by Dan MOUfe. [§2**L Almost two thousand years after that big bad dude with a crucifix and hokus- Onto bigger things, 1992 unfolded the continued changes for the better(?) pokus water came down(or up?) to this dreary little planet, we're still here for the former Eastern Bloc. To think that ass wipe (excuse me, "sanitary tissue,") grovelling in our self-pitty. Well, this particular year has seen auite a few memo costs more than Rubles is mind blowing. Or how about the bickering in former rable events take place. Certain Gods and Demi-Gods have visited our humble Yugoslavia? If only they would have been fortunate enough to have some oil little home. Gods such as the Cure and Morrissey(2?) and even J.A.M.C. For those wells, boy, those good capitalist Americans would have been ther to save the of you who like U2, I'll throw them in there too. day months ago. But wait, that's not all. It can slice, dice, cut, chop and blend even the On the round trip back home, 1992 has seen Doctor Master make his first toughest of vegetables. 1992 has also seen the big outdoors show...um...was it billion. For those of you who are still wondering what the TRUE definition of that Lollipoplooza or something like that? "It was a smashing show combining the best of weird music style...Ah...Um, Alternative is, 1992 has discovered that also. today's modern music..." Personally, my favourite part was watching the rain wash the al»ter»na«tive: buying those shoes that made Mr. Marten so rich, then sandpa "permanent" blue dye out of people's hair. The fun began when the "permanent" dye pering them so as to make them look old. Then saying you got them when the ran down the people's faces which magically transformed their skin into a beautiful Sex Pistols (who?) were still around.(ie: it's the image, not the feeling, c'mon shade of blue resembling that of rigamortis. people!) Speaking of Magic, didn't that basketball player guy retire twice due to some sort of The big sight for 1992 was that referendum bit. It's very sad to see that we disease he got (it's called AIDS, Dan. Ed) after having sex with...oh, roughly...TONS of spent $130 million on something that has resolved nothing. No hardfeelings women? Wow, imagine that, who would have thought you could get that disease that against the politicians, but it would have been nice to spend that money on the way? Personally, I'm still for the dirty tiolet seat theory. I should not trivialize a disease so homeless or real hair dye and new Doc's. serious as the one he has unfortunately become a victim of, but one has to wonder why I suppose I've sounded a tad more cynical than I've intended to, but, all in when a non-celebrity gets this thing, they are avoided like the bubonic plague. But when all, 1992 hasn't been too shabby. I mean, who can complain about a year in that magician guy gets it, he's a hero and people run up and shake his hand. Wow, what which Benetton adds portrayed that little chicken doing the 100 meter breast- a role-model I stroke through the Exxon oil spill for the sole purpose of selling more clothes? Now that we're on the topic of sports, 1992 has also seen the arrest and conviction Perhaps 1993 will be as eventful as '92. Who knows, maybe Michael Jackson of that loveable, huggable, adorable and irresistable Mike Tyson guy. Obviously, Mike will be at the next Lollipop thing or maybe we can teach America how to mount suffers too many blows to the head because the auditory cortex part of his brain received flags properly. But then again, maybe Elvis and Jack Kennedy are still alive and an, "Oh, please do," when she said, "No!" I wonder how he's doing now...? forming a conspiracy to buy out Kraft Macaroni and Cheese. UJLTR onrl 101.9 fM a IU sm% would like to extend our sincerest thanks to this year's sponsors for donating the prizes awarded to the 1992 finalists: VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Are you an outgoing, spontaneous man or woman over the age of 19 with a never-say-die attitude and a good sense of humour? We are a non-profit society that PLEA Pacific Legal helps young offenders and children tion Association aged 8 to 12 who are at risk of getting into trouble. If you have about three hours per ffitosseoQ. week available for at least the next six months we'd really like to hear from you. We believe that one-to-one interaction with a well-adjusted adult PHONE can improve the behaviour of a troubled child. %s Vancouver 291-0049 Interested? Please call us today. <^ Studios
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RENEGADE tfUWOS Qf>OUP together well at all. headed girl abouthairless mice. They just weren't my bowl of Nardwuar The Human Serviette's Top Ten Reasons To preztels.... Bunyanesque in-joke with this Live (Nardwuar The Human Serviette 3:30-4:00PM Fri.) Svea Sjoberg band's moniker that I failed to 1. Seeing Rockin Rod & the Strychnines, Potty Mouth, and grasp. Unwound at a house party in Olympia. Monday November 30 After some pun-peppered 2. Learning about Neil Young's wailing 1960's Winnipeg First on the night's bill was Jokes For Beer, Twitch wason based garage band, The Squires, from a great book called Movieland, a band I had been next. I recall these boys from Aurora, The Story of Neil Young and the Squires (Avail wanting to see for a while, the first round as being much able from N YASD, 2a Llynfi Street, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan and with their basement-Stone more jangly, and I don't know CF31 1st, Wales, UK.) :yle they didn't disap if the songs they played that 3. Reading 1 0 Things Jesus Wants you to Know fanzine. point me at all. They play the night were really indicative of No, this ain't full of Christian diatribe, just simple, honest type of music that you could their sound because they came band interviews, intelligent record and show reviews, plus out with the louder heavy hit to, apart from live, that it features a cool layout, and no bullshit major-label, fat- ters that made them sound at makes you feel happy and alive folkie lame-ass ads. A great waste of time. Free in the without the scorching head times like the Pixies and at other Seattle area, or from 1407 NE 45th St. #1 7, Seattle, WA ache. Alan (lead vocalist, gui times like 13 Engines. Twitch 98105 USA. tar) has a good voice but all deserve credit, though, for hav too often it was inaudible un ing the most varied song styles 4. Mecca Normal/Kreviss split 7 incher. This greenish disc der the loud acoustics. Their ofthe three bands. All in all, the marks the first time Canadian bands have been featured song "Burn You" is one ofthe evening demonstrated the spec on Sub-Pop since Skinny Puppy reared its head on the best songs I've heard in a good trum of good local bands that Sub Pop 100 compilation. dwell withinourcity'sprecincts, from al 5. Drum sound on "99 Girls," by the Young Fresh Fellows, bul somebody had to walk away Movieland was nothing short from the It's Low Beat Time CD. Using the same studio with firsl place, and that was of great, and after this night (Audio Recording) and same engineer (Kearney Barton) Brand New Unit. we'll definitely bee hearing as the Sonics, this recording is as close as anyone has them at the finals. A.O. Chapman come to aping the true Northwest 60's punk feel; right up Svea Sjoberg there with the Mummies' version of "Tall Cool One." No Well, it has finally ended. A win ter, why-yes-I-am-a-slacker vo Next up were the Woo Woos. Shindig Finals joke. ner has been crowned and Shin cals, I deemed 'em okay. I'll ad Friday December 11 6. Victoria, B.C., Canada: home to tons of amazing bands dig's work is done for yet another mit I left after a few songs (a thin ind, that and not enough record labels, although the Blobs series year. It took 13 weeks, 27 local combination of a need for sleep has been a great blessing to Vancouverites wanting to bands, 2 venues, 4 MCs, 2 pho and an overdose of second-hand hear fresh new vibes from the island. Garden City favou tographers, 11 writers, 44 judges, smoke) but did I miss much? Per- rites include BUM, Mexican Power Authority, Fracas, Swell 88 judge's beer, a whole gaggle i.pns vith il Prod, Loot Bag, Contempt, Show Business Giants, of good and even worse jokes, 78 James Oslerberg heavy, bass-end hardcore, Closetman, Seat Belt, Pigment Vehicle, the Vinaigrettes, Jokes For Beer beer, countless Rollins/Cro-Mags roar. They Laffing Stock, Pressure Cooker, OTTG and Goat Boy. broken hearts and the assistance Semi-final Action were fucking greal (despite There's also a cool record store, Funhouse, the intellectu and attendance of too many folks Monday November 23 to even begin to start mentioning ally stimulating Coercion 'zine( $1 from 2418 Dryfe St., This week in the continuing on these consecrated pages. Victoria, B.C., V8R 5T2) and the incredible Sam's Deli. trilogy of Shindig marked the knows loud, angry bands don't However, superficial pigeon That's it, we're tired, see 'ya in beginning of the semi-finals. win "best of competitions. holes are still the most pathetic 7. The Monks. A group of ex-American serviceman living •93. Once again, the Railway Club Darkest of the Hillside means of appreciating music; in Germany during the 1960's started this far out combo. played host to Stick Monkey, Thickets capped the night all three groups put on a strong Dressed in black with heads shaved like monks, these Monday November 16 Meet Daisy & Ten Feet Tall. 1 off. To be fair, I really was dudes played violent, brutal, near insane music. Quite I caught a few Shindig shows last had seen Stick Monkey play quite drunk by this point but Meet Daisy delivered a possibly the strangest group to ever take form, dig their year and the one on Nov. 16th once before at an outdoor con their combination of Gwar- story in Ugly Things magazine (405 W. Washington St. was surely the oddest. Although cert in Kamloops, where the like visuals and Youth Gone ranging from full-on rock-out #237, San Diego, CA 921 03 USA) put out by Mike Stax of no Tragically Hip/Pearl Jam icky- headlining band was none other Mad sound (sort of a bad rock beat-lords, The Hoods. 'ti' roll mix with a punk feel) rawk wannabes twitched about than D.O.A., and though they and diverging guitar riffs; the 8. All-ages gigs at the Nappy Dugout and continued was never more than slightly onstage, this time, the music were good then they're even 'quality" rock performances at the Cruel Elephant. amusing. Acting foolish never turned out to be pretty blah none- better now. Stick Monkey live performance of a lo-fi con- 9. Fiz. A new "blah blah blah" magazine from L.A., which the-less. Had I been a judge on played powerful instrumentals really makes up for dreary ceptalbum. Movie land worked so hip it even prints letters that Discorder Gawd, Paul t. this night 1 would have picked the that were nicely backed up by music. Still, all in all, a fairly into a set of British-influenced great night. I had no idea the Brooks, has sent to the editor. Six issue sub available for first band —which dumbly fea the lead female singer's me psychedelic pop, which then Shindig semi-finals could be $20 (U.S.) to P.O. Box 67E27, L.A., CA 90067 USA. tured the word "cervix" [Not In lodic voice. The guitarists veered off into angst territory, 0. Local releases that continue to flow: Sparkmarker, Cervix] in their name—as the active performance left some nol unlike Joy Division. They Drone, Indecisives, Superconductor, Lung, Thee Crusad winner: a pleasant mix of ska/ of us in awe and therefore Tom Milne ended their set with a curiosly ers, cub, Facepuller, Pork Queen, The Sweaters, Cat's punk. Band members included i 2nd spontaneous equipment-de Game, Tankhog, Rattled Roosters, Fratracide, DOA, Hanson an excellent guitarist, gangly sing e finis Monday December 7 stroying episode. Brand New er and a real bonehead drummer Unit crashed onto the stage with Brothers, Twerdocleb, Smugglers, Itch, Windwalker, Car (Sir, it's extremely bad form to toon Swear, Perfume Tree and tons more. carry on greeting pals and lady- friends as you did while another band is playing a showcase). I Illllllllllllllllllllllllllll Monkey or Ten Feet Tall, I first to hit the Railway spot tip immediately while the Unit mi couldn't make out the lyrics but had no idea what they were all light was Brand New Unit pumped out the tunes. can easily picture this troupe play Ihe Urpwns' lop len Brent Argo's Top 10 List For about but as soon as they This band featured some fine Brand New Unit walked ing all-ages hall gigs. Highlight Phrases To Belch Gratu '92 (Soul Church 3:00-5:00 started their set I was addicted. guitar playing and a singer away with top prize, 24 hours of the night for moi. itously In Front Of Family PM Sun.) Although they were generally who was intense enough with of 24-track recording time at And Friends. Try Them.. 1. Prospero's Books (Even As for the second band, a unique garage-type band, the out making you think that he Mushroom and Bullfrog Stu You'll Be Amazed; Offend better a second time). Mickey O' Love.yikes! They vocalist had definite Pixies & was a Henry Rollins Jr. on a dios, as well as the opening Spouses, Cap That Per 2. Newton Branch, Surrey Pub lie Library (Yes, Surrey!). were awful. With songs about Dinosaur Jr. influences. Meet high chair. A broken guitar spot on a bill produced by feet Rebuttal, Use For Wel 3. Brian Eno's Nerve/Vef(Eno drugs (they took the "anti" posi Daisy played some really good string slowed BNU's momen Perryscope. Movieland placed Placed Interjections! The tion), bad family relations, and tunes, they connected well tum down a bit, and while second, winning 48 hours of Possibilities Are 4. In The Middle, Somewhat odes to talk show hosts Sally Jesse there was nothing terribly together, and, overall, they 16-trackstudiotimeatBigBoss Endless.(In Order Of Elevated (New heights Raphael and Geraldo, this was ripped! I could've listened lo unique about the band their Sound and a $100 gift certifi Icreasing Skill Level) cal, national dance). truly bad rock opera. I like to more but was content in know diltys were pretty (pardon the cate from Not Just Another (Breakfast With The 5. A Week in the Real World support groups that play Shindig, ing lhat Meet Daisy had ad pun) A-O.K. in my book. Music Shop. Meet Daisy drew Browns 8:15-11:00Am (Great cc ncept music). it takes energy, commitment and vanced to the finals. Howard vs. Willy look in third, receiving 24 hours of Mon.) 6. King Sunny Ade live (Boy a certain fearlessness to get up in After another great bout the stage next donning toques 8-track recording time al bolh Ralph was he ever). front of a bunch of folks, howev of Jokes For Beer, hosted by and almost as much plaid as Renegade and Deadbeal Stu |2. Lard-butt 7. Prospero'sBooks('Stretch er, these songs were so wretched the lovely Paul McKenzie, Ten the Real McKenzies had a few dios. 3. Nog-a-hide ing the envelope' in every di rection). in content that I couldn't muster Feet Tall came on stage; my weeks earlier. These lads were U. Arkansas thcencrgy toclap between songs. Passionate pizza (perrenia musical high from Meet Daisy like a new king size mattress; who entered and performed, ihc 5. Molly Ringwald vourite). The third band (and win was quickly deflated. Had I heavy and tight. However, a judges, the writers, and lo Mindy J6. Islamabad 9. Europa (At the count of ten ners), Howard vs. Willy, were been 14 I might have chosen lot of this group's songs Abramowilz for persevering in the 7. More coffee! m). adequate. I was quite surprised these guys, alas, I am nol! sounded the same and 1 got a thankless role of Shindig orga Arts Council 0. Jah Wobble's Rising Above they won. A tight trio with snare- Ten Feet Tall are a 70's punk little langucscent, so I ended nizer. Sec you all next year. |9. Architecture Bedlam (Jaw dropping heavy drums and rather lacklus influenced band that justdidn'l up talking to this attractive red- Rory Tail 10. Dardanelles eclecticism). JANUARY © »*P_.g*SC DON'T MdKE ME EAT TH£ DAISIES" ©/
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A gun Hellman's Scrapbook by Robert This will be followed by a solo per is Canada's own Chester monthly DC rele ase now up to Majzels, a bizarre novel which fea- formance by local musicians. u #46, Sandman ha s also been The headliner the first my Fur is being made inlo a reprinted in four v olumes—so evening is Evelyn Lau (Oedi- film! Pretty good for this shy far—which go as far as #28. pal Dreams, Beach Holme is B Dream is ihe ma her new book of poems). Fu ture writers may include Meryn nightmares and thoughts while Cadell (does the "Sweater T asleep. His without a doubt the Song" ring a bell?), Judy Radul. besi comic writing I've encoun Dave Bidini (from the Rheo E tered; Neil Gaiman, the writ statics), Exene Cervenka (ex of er is the next Clive Barker. X), La Loca (featured in the Look for a three part mini-se very firstsubtext, Dec89!Gut- X ries starring Death (who is ac wrcnchingly wonderful poelry tually Dream's rather charm from Hollywood), Rivclhcad stories tend to run for about ing big sister) lo be released (from Detroit), Clifton Joseph T four issues. Also look (orlhe starting this month by Vertigo, (dub poet) and from Toronto, Playboy Years a new collection Daniel Richler (have you seen of Chefs stuff by Drawn and Quarterly, the Montreal based rk'.>). N co. that publishes Y.F. (in facl, you can write D. & Q. for a free catalogue: 4550 BoyerSl, Mon treal, Que., II7.J 3K4). Exene Cervenka *vfi'i']ii;i*]*Hi'iM; 'enjoyed Skin Deepuhrec Spcakingoffcmalemusieians, tales of overblown drah-mah by eenlly read Site's A Rebel (Seal) Charles Burns. Alter follow :. This ,k (clos lgthcclialoguc tor the .Swamp Needless lo say, ILS fairly intense publisher Use be an even better wife and tele 500 pages) is promising righl frc 1992 saw \heMondo2(XX) crew phone operator in the months to the firsl profile, "Big Mam 1 boughl l» o hardcover publish their first book, A l.'ser \(',uuu the fictional st come; lo read less magazines and signed ediioi s hv Joe R. (o/teMwZ^e (HarperCollins); the Vancouver pi, "Hound Dog"'bl-w Elvis boy's io writes the book ismagazincsi/ed and very slick. to dust. Divided into sections, mosi refresh ng Southem- 'Ihis is a mix ol previous!) published ties al the RaiK including "Roots," "Girl 1 picked up and new material Mondo 2000, ihe wilh the cove Groups," "Hear Me Roar" magazine, comes oul four limes a s (with Helen Reddy, Holly '•u'r^'n'Z'i year for just under seven dollars. If ;™b;;;i:,s ycar-uplypcii Near, Karen you are into computer culture (Mac Carpenter...cough), "Punk stories is iv n able in paper- reigns with the Mondo gang;, etittint! i, 1992 found me reading Sus Revolution" and a final "Step edge art, or jusl plain fashion, this is ie Bright's Sexual Reality: A Vir inlo ihe Future," this book Ihc 90's mag lor you. Ihc book, es tual Sex World Reader (Clcis) and covers a lot of ground. A lad hcr scary stuff I sentially one big ol' mag, is divided ignoring corporate dullard Madon academic for some. She's A reavd las, year inlo alphabetical sections such as Harvey Peka na's Sex book. Ms. Bright (perhaps Rebel is indeed a fairly com " \phrixlisiacs," "Cyberspace," "Fi ber (¥»«.'' "HyivneM," "Media you know her as Susie Sexpcrt) is plete I lislory of Women in Rock B SMASH Gai!erv el Mixicm Art (160 Real Stuff by Denny Eichom, Peep Show by lhal lovable wiener Jw Matt, Dirt\ Plotte by Jul ie Doucct, Slulburg- er hv Man.. Fleener, and the newest lliK I. proceeds will be What People Are Reading Ever wonder what people are reading? I do. David 0s- carefully study uses and effects of language from as many view forthe Far Side and the "Smile ofthe Day" but there gets trem, one heckuva great artist, took the time to write and points as possible. to be too many papers to throw away. tell subtext. This word and picture stuff comes from my child For poetry, it s the Ginsberg greats of the fifties, hood as a comic book reader in Portland, Oregon in the Howl, Kaddisn, and Reality Sandwiches, and Ferling- I just finished reading The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass. I fifties. I still take a keen interest in comics, especially hetti's Coney Island of the Mind. don't know what next but it will probably be something those which evolved from the Zaps and other under Last and least, I recently picked up a bunch of maga American like Steinbeck or Faulkner. I don't have a lot grounds from San Francisco. I often wonder if some of zines at a great little store in New York called See/Hear f59 of time for reading but I always have a novel going and these cartoonists aren't the best artists. In fact, there is E. 7th, 10003). Idon'tknow what they call the genre, maybe it's always a modern classic from the nineteenth or very little gallery art that I respect as much as the work "Magazine Noir" or "Negative Fascination," but they are twentieth century. About six years ago I discovered that of K. Crumb, S.Clay Wilson, Kim Deitch, Justin Green, represented by such titles as Answer Me, Bad Seed, Gore good reading helped me organize my own mind which is and relative newcomers like Charles Burns, Kaz, and Gazette, Murder Can Be Fun, Smut Peddler, Ungawa, and important in my profession (artist) because, as I'm sure Drew Friedman. Panty Line Fever. Their interests seem to lie in many dark you've heard your artist type friends say, "I have, like, all Humor is important in ray work so all this comic tilings like B movies, trashy magazines and paperbacks ofthe these ideas and it's not so easy to sort them out". reading is very beneficial. My greatest inspiration in fifties and sixties, S and M, dead people and murderers, To keep things interesting, I also have a strategy for this field is the incomparable Krazy and Ignatz by especially murderers, and especially mass murderers. The big jumping from country to country and from era toera. I'll go from George Harriman. I am fascinated by his ability to favorite seems to be Ed Gcin, closely followed by Charles a Dostovesky, to a Sarte, to a Miller, to an English guy like combine humor, tragedy, color, freedom, pain, and Starkweather and Richard Speck, nicy arc really, really Forster. I might mix in the odd hard time, like Gulag with a guilty beauty, and I'm always trying to do the same thing negative, and kind of fun. Together with a pack of mass pleasure like Graham Greene. Of course this kind of skipping myself.. murderer trading cards, they make quite a package. around can be difficult but it can also be good mental exercise. For news its TV, the Sun, and the New York Times. The Other titan lhat, I don't mess much with magazines, The other big reason for reading, for me, is because of the Sun is only for scores, movies, and murder news; the Times except TheBett\Pai>esimd The Betty Pages Anniuil. And 1 met importance of words in my pictures. It's important that I is for real news, sorry, Globe. I would pick up the Province Paula Klaw. JANUARY ® guess that's a compliment. Great. I What are you listening t sick of. But I'm thinking of pick ing up the new Sade thing. It's more ambitious than your BOMbe taken to seriously...the big B other stuff. Well, have a good show unanswerable themes seem to work. It is more ambitious, that's defi tell you, I'm glad I ha my Do you think they can aid creativ- nitely true. You get bored with earplugs... ity? With the lights and lyrics and what you do and try to do some (concerned) Are we really th; That's bullshit, I think you're either noise one might get the impres thing different. And the more creative or you're not. People get sion you want to fuck with money you get to make records bored so they do it recrealionally. I people's heads...? don't know anyone whodoesn't take No, not really. If it does, cool. I'n mplaining...but, yeah. drugs of some kind or another. That stuff's just part of what we Do you know Robert Williams' The Fia ng Lips look the stage do...it's not intentional. art? Your music reminds me What about for something like of his stuff, just layers and dimmed and thi practicing scales...? Hitto Death sounds like a band layers of pop culture references (Snorts) Scales! I suppose if you having fun in the studio... piled on top of each other to were going lo try and do scales in Yeah? Good, 'cos it wasn't any fun make a unifying whole... the first place...I don't try to do to make. Our records uke so long. Yeah, scales. I jusl use the guilar, I don'l consider myself a guitar player. I can't see doing drugs lo do scales if I was bored wilh scales. Lights, smoke gawd, il's the Flaming Lips! Tour ing in support of their fourth al liscordcr: What about bum, Hit lo Death in the Future /ayne Coyne: Wc play .•all ,1 Head, the Oklahomaquarlct brought ache." See, all these CDs are com thcirdog-and-pony show lo the Town ing out with seventy minutes of Pump in November. During the music, people think that because soundcheck they did a version of they can do seventy minutes they I.cnnonVMind Games" that put can put everything on there. People an entirely new spin on the song; come away thinking "Wow, I'm I don't think I'll ever hear it the really getting my money's same way again. Like all their stuff, eallync tall. it was dense, hallucinatory and I mean, il would be cool if people could come up with twenty great loud. I talked to lead lip, Wayne people should jusl get up i songs bul lhal doesn'l happen. Your lyrics seem to be preoccu pied with Death, Good and Evil, Immortality... The Big Issues. 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'crybody wa.s looking casual interest in the develop think il's nice 1 The Tooth Fairy and the ment of pop music, [Milsouj is 6y &yat Princess a key influence on the music of Ckeqxtn "It's a part of singers, especially the past decade. fMitsou'sj Mitsou signature blend of brash melody differ, and insistent grunge is instantly It's nobody's fault if I laybe in Montreal, is th recognizable in her two albums it I olitics. My language is r, The Wit and the Wisdom - and in the grooves of a hundred want. They're serving mc. These sic. My "'Les Chinois' is the image of tl bands lhat followed. persons aremy friends (pause) ...no, new women's generation, the ne intelligent. I mean if Melissa 20 years-old women. We kno Etheridge sang 'Like a Prayer' —Ron (not quite) Straight what we wanlinourrelationshi it would be very intelligent bul Like, two girls lhal I met today, because it's Madonna... ihey Dead Set on Destruction gether for a cause, for one singer, but no, it's not iheir fault. It's not they were from the record store could have searched for a "That's what I wanted. That was them that took me one day and and she said that I broke the meaning, but because its Madonna my dream. I think lhat I was bom said you're going to be a singer. rule...the rule was lhal French music ships have become so much com it means nothing. Sometimes the wilh the idea of whal I wanted but It's me that went to them and said was on the second floor. And now, plicated and maybe we should make image...people just relate to that I didn'l think il would be as hard, 'Hi, i Mils :, I v you know...they were not doing it il more simple and I think that and you have to fight against il." you know. I'm really happy now. because 'Oh, poor liltle girl, we're I want to succeed more than what gonna help her.'No! That's because Friend, You've Got to Fall I already have now, but I'm really people were asking for Milsou's happy with thai already." Could You Be the One? records." All Work and No Play "First, I think the difference with "It's what I want. It's my thing. me between the other singers, Something I Learned Today JANUARY ^) T_!n?AnoTCer"glc™u?3ay,s^ ing the town. Sandy was invited to bring birthday party 14E_P^5 Mofo's Top Ten New Year's 10 Things 1 Will Have A Hard David Wisdom's Top Ten Resolutions For Disaffected Time Forgetting About '92 For '92 (Nightlines, CBC Youth (Bill Mullen) Radio 11:00PM-4:00AM 1. Not to call my band "su 1. The L.A. Riots: Live television per" anything. at its most compelling and (unfor Fri. and Sat.) 2. To not have or attend sev tunately) real. The weird part is 1. My personal family enties or disco theme par- how surprised so many people 2. Kronos Quartet - Pieces of Africa 3. To avoid spray bomb dye NWA? 3. PJ Harvey - Dry jobs. 2. Slacker (the movie): The odd 4. All those Olympic 4. To dance with a member and strangely hallucinatory real of the opposite sex, for real. ization that the life I'm living is a Games 5. To realize that 90% of chee weird, kinda depressing, low-bud 5. The Fall - "Ed's Babe" tah bands are just rehashes get 16mm film from Texas (or 6. Rheostatics- Whale Mu of 70's hard rock bands. something like that). sic 7. Not to buy my flannel at 3. My Bloody Valentine live at the 7. Sugar - the album not Club Monaco. Commodore: The most powerful the concert and "metal" in the same sen- live sound I've ever heard. Not so much loud as awe inspiring. If I 8. Robin Holcomb 9. To admit that 99% of were these guys, I'd be worried Rockabye foxcore bands suck (L7 be about the Pentagon taking too 9. Maurice Pooby - Song Dec. 15-19 CASH McCALL w/THE DEMONS ing theexception, of course). much interest. of The Freedom Bird 10. Not to crib lines from the ^.a) Ministry at Lollapalooza: The 10. Rodney Graham - Dec. 21-23, 28 OLIVER AND THE ELEMENTS Ren and Stimpy show. Mosh pit, a dangerous and sav Verwandlungsmusik Dec. 24-25 CLOSED. HAPPY HOLIDAYS! ! age place to be. Well worth the Dec. 26 SPECIAL BOXING DAY JAM 3pm - 1:30 cub Top Ten price of admission... 4 b) Ministry at Lollapalooza: Leav- Dec.29-Jan.2 LIZ MANDVILLE-GREESON & THE 1. Candy The Out For Kicks Top DEMONS..-N.w v.-,. with _h,. . . a _rt 2. Shonen Knife "Stigmata" where Jourgenson Ten List Of Controversial mp gn P y 3. Sit-down guitar playing Things To Do For Laughs favours. Hot sandwich buffet...tickets O bar $35 4. New York City the look in your eyes..."and when (6:00-7:30PM Thurs.) Jan. 4, 11 OLIVER AND THE ELEMENTS 5. Jean Smith Ask any one of your 6. "Hello Kitty" amp sticker see is the stunned dead stares of Jan. 5-9 BATTLE OF THE BLUES BANDS hosted by profs what they wanted 7. The Sun human cattle. Scary moment. A last years winner HARP DOG BROWN 8. Cheeto's Paws bad acid vision. Too true. to be. Jan. 12-13 ORIGINAL SINNERS 9. Nicholas Bragg 6. Malcolm X (the movie): A true 2. Ask an RCMP officer if 10. The Virgin Mary (glow- epic. The white man is the devil. his son wants to rush a in-the-dark version) 7. Sonic Youth (live at the PNE): fraternity on campus. Not the whole set (it was actually 3. Actually pay your cam DOM m$ MUMS MS: kind of disappointing) but it did pus parking ticket. SATURDAY 3-8 PM / SUNDAY BLUES MARATHON JAM 3PM-MIDNIGHT Jeff Gray's Top Ten List For end well. Having the sun set dur '92 (Blood On The Saddle ing the final rush of "Sugar Cane" Put up a Bryan Adams JACK LA VIN'S JAMS ARE SPONSORED BY MOTHER'S MUSIC AND THE DRUM SHOP 1:15-3:00PMTues.) was a nice touch. God still does poster in CiTR. Neil Young's live solo acous 5. Ask a campus security tic performance at Washing 8.Ecstacy (the drug) Did it twice officer who their favorite OPEN EACH NIGHT FROM 9:30 PM TO 1:30 AM OPEN WEEKDAYS FROM 11:30 AM ton Winery. in '92. The first time - a big speedy character was from Bo Jr. Gone Wild at disappoint. Digital Soma for the Bumbershoot. DEAD generation. The second nanza. Neil Young's Harvest Moon. time though..!?!?!?.. Fuck denial. 6. Ask Dr. Strangway what Jr. Gone Wild's Pull the It was beautiful...true, ecstatic, he really did for NASA Goalie. infinite mirth...fora few hours any ;*Bonus points if he is hold way. Jimmy Roy's 5 Star Hillbil ing your degree). THANK YOU lies live on Blood On The 9. Reservoir Dogs (the movie): Saddle. The torture scene in particular. Wear an Engineering THE ORGANIZERS AND JUDGES: Mindy Abramowitz Bill Bad Livers' Delusions of OUCHm jacket to a meeting of the Baker Ken Beattie Judith Beeman Shawn Bouchard Paul Banjer 10. Noise day (the radio show): Gay and Lesbian Soci Town South of Bakersfteld 24 hrsof non-stop so-called noise ety. Vol.3 (Various) so-called audio art so call it what Brooks Chris Buchanan A. O. Chapman Keith Courage Jane 8. Dress all in black and Mortikye Ranch's Next to Farrow Angie Finely Janet Forsythe Dave Fortune Helen N oth in' hang out in the bushes- GodoJphin Tom Harrison Garnet Harry Anthony Hempell Hard Rock Miners' The age to normal. Time well spent around Panhellenic Build Rand Iwata Robynn Iwata Sonya Kalan Chris Kennedy Ben Final Frontier both as a listener and a a con ing on a Wednesday night. Ranch Romance' Blue tributor. We'll have to do it again 9. Submit a well written, in '93. . maybe for a week. Laborie Anna Lory Grant Lawrence Justin Love Pete Lutwyche Blazes ell researched, intelli- Andrew Mayrs Peter McCulloch Grant McDonaugh Paul ible article which posi McKenzie Tom Milne Paul Moes Nardwuar lan Noble Keith • • •••••^•••|| tively concerns more than DJ Jimm-Jigg.E'z 0.0016% of students to Parry Andrew Pavlov Barry Payne Carol Popkin Dege Ratak • '. : :' • Knickle Head Top 10 the Ubyssey. Craig Sahlin Linda Scholten June Scudeler Denise Sheppard fHHMlP Grooves Ov '92 10. Ask a Pit bouncer how Coral Short Frank Sivertz Svea Sjoberg Kevin Smith Kirsty ^Mpp" 1) Human Resource - to spell steroids. J__Hk "Dominator" Smith JaneTiiey Bruce Turpin Chris Uren Tammy Vaughan 2) LA Style - "James Brown Shane Ward Janis Warren Len Whistler Staff and Patrons of IK is Dead" Flex Your Head Top Ten the Raikvay Club The Cruel Elephant ^HB 3) 3 way tie: Perfume Tree Releases of '92 (3:00 % - "Dreaming"; Opus III - 5:00PM Wed.) _ 1R Integrity - Les 120 THE BANDS: Blaise Pascal Brand New Unit The Cretins Darkest "It's A Fine Day" & The of the Hillside Thickets Drag The River Fielday Fine Grind Journees De Sodome f Orb-"Little Fluffy Clouds" Leatherface - Compact Honey Howard Vs. Willy LffHe Push Machine lonesome 4) Eon - "Spice" Bijou Canadians Man The Many Meet Daisy Mickey O'Love P A 5) the Dylans - the Dylans Monsula - Sanitized 4H 6) Beastie Boys - Check the Offspring - Ignition Movieland Noise Floor NotinCervyx Paisley Suitcase Real Your Head Outspoken- A Light In the I- -™ Dark McKenzies She Sister Lovers Stick Monkey Ten Feet Tall Tin 7) Nirvana - Nevermind f ¥ 1j Pantera - Vulgar Display 8) Lush - "Nothing Natu- Men Twitch WooWoos of Power THE SPONSORS: Big Boss Sound Bullfrog Studios Deadbeat Sawhorse 7" ' / 1 9) Blur - "She's So High" Seaweed - Weak Studios Mushroom Studios Not Just Another Musk Shop / 1 10) Catherine Wheel - Sparkmarker - jiffy 7' Perryscope Concert Productions Ltd. Renegade Studios Group / I "Black Metallic" Struggle 7" Vancouver Studios Perhaps to some the name Atomic 61 brings to mind periodic tables and early Cold War explosives, but try not to confuse the four members of the band with nuclear physicists. Their name is actually deriven from a 1961 dual port carburetor—"a neato souped-up carburetor." If ever there were an invitation to launch into comparisons between the powerful rumble of a well-tuned machine and its analogues in the world of bass.... But Atomic 61 tries not to model themselves after cheap cliches. Take Seattle, for example. For a while, Todd, Trevor, Phil and Brendan called the Supersonic City their home. Yet, they describe themselves as firm believ ers in regular haircuts and other conventional forms of personal hygiene; their capacity for alcohol consumption also falls considerably short of records held by incoherent members of the Seattle musical canon. "We don't really associ tradition. December 1991 they ability until, finally, they struck ate ourselves with the stuff appeared in Vancouver, atthe upon their current bassist and the media makes Seattle fa Cruel Elephant, with Steel drummer. Phil, the drummer, mous for," says Trevor. "We Pole Bathtub as part of a short comes from Portland, while like to play live, that's our tour. At the time their line-up they had to import Brendan thing. We don't play that much consisted of Todd Morey and from Salt Lake City. in Seattle because we don't Trevor Lutzen hiser, the fou nd- "In the end, we never really enjoy playing Seattle ing members, Lisa Smith, of did find anyone in Seattle clubs." former Dickless glory, and who could play their instru "Everyone around there Elizabeth Davis who later ments." doesn't like us 'cause we're played with 7 Year Bitch. They Since the addition of Phil way too loud," Todd adds. went on to record a 7" entitled and Brendan, Atomic 61 has Indeed, they are loud and "Rip" for Sympathy for the been on a roll. This past sum- have since relocated, at Record Industry and the 10", merthey embarked on a 100- least temporarily, to Port Heartworm, on Box Dog day-long tour of the States land. Sound with Elizabeth and during whichthey played ap In the past, Atomic 61 Lisa. proximately 80 to 85 shows BY MINDY has linked themselves with The two women left the and visited almost every the likes of Cop Shoot Cop, band shortly thereafter "on major American city and Steel Pole Bathtub (the guy mutual terms" to follow their some minor ones as well. I makes his guitar whinny like own musical instincts. Todd can only wonder about the ABRAMOWITZ and Trevor scoured Seattle kind of reception they got in a horse!), and other adher ents to the noise-mongering for musicians of serviceable Normal, Illinois. Todd does all of the sue its British compilation of there, the better. And maybe to put out some vinyl for a band graphic art on Atomic 61 para American independent bands someone will buy it and like it, that we were in four years ago. phernalia. At one point he made on which Atomic 61 will be fea so for that we just keep touring We just decided that we wanted a poster in which a puppy and a tured among other such misfit forever. Then none of us will to do it enough again to do kitten are pictured together with luminaries as The Jon Spencer have to go get jobs cause that's something better, so we started the heading "Buster and Tiffany Blues Explosion, Mudwimmin, whatwe'rereally interested in." trying to form Atomic 61. We couldn't wait to see Atomic 61." Mule and Royal Trux. The CD, In fact, only one member had the pleasure of working A second photo of the two ani entitled The End of the Road, of Atomic 61 works. Both Todd with Steel Pole Bathtub in San mals corresponds to the dry will include the song "Rip" from and Trevor have been devoting Francisco. They helped us by caption, "Now they are dead." the band's 7" from April of 1992. their energies to the band on a loaning us their rhythm section An earnest passer-by was At the tjroe of the compilation's full-time basis since Christmas for a single in New York. It took moved to write "Why does 1991. While Todd does the us a while, but after a bit we Atomic61 have to trivialize eve studio, this tim-* graphics, Trevor works at set started playing with Lisa and rything?" on one of them. Be iuse^ in Seattle, recqr ting up shows. He organized Elizabeth. We started to have a ? : fore leaving on tour, in an at-^ first album for Intellectual:fcon \ the tour and booked most of little bit of success doing what tempt to elicit further reaction!?' vulsionin Pgp^pjected plans ': their gigs. Along the way Atomic we wanted to do, instead of just ::S Todd expanded his artistic ho !no';joe.:8 K:gpf1l*ind's Cav- |61 has managed to deal with a looking for people who could rizons into the realm of graffiti. 'on , .1M J , Variety of interesting personali play their instruments." "Yeah. I just cut a stefici! *mie • ties. Jeff Smith, who runs Box Their "coming-out" effort for the first time for spray p<§nt. i> a.;-* «- .t<% Ifog Sound (on which as Atomic 61 was a little-known There's gonna be Atomic'IfS-l Seatworm was released), is a 7" on Baylor Records in New graffitti all around Seattle nqw. jriend of theirs and might also York. Nevertheless, it re-intro ATOMIC 61 We've done posters and stick tat >wwr\ Atomic 61 sure ?be known by some as Jo Smitty: duced them to the world of he played in Mr. Epp and the bands and record labels and ers, now we're graduating tdij. is getting its-share of attention. J a porn show with a message. A The one thing that people paint to do some serious van Calculations in the early eight provided them with the means s.Maybe.th'e band stays ahead pf* woman sighs, "They tried to can't handle about us is that dalism." the game by switching iabeis ies. Since then he's been doing to continue their development give me the real love that I when we're playing music re \\r f?/_c ) Down ByL together with an all new linc-i the mosl powerful version of Dov By Law yet, and you could yourself a favour by cl both of their records Iipiiaph label. Discorder: Dave, you've been doing this hardcore thing for a why you are doing it and ifyou want to continue doing thi 'punk rock" thing? Dave: Thai's a good question, ac tually. Yes—although Idon'lques- tion it anymore. I stopped ques tioning it because 1 finally an swered il. Which is that this is whal I really love to do and this is what I believe in. I really believe in alternative music. I believe in how it shaped mc and helped me and helped all my friends you, Colin, everybody. And we talked makes you look whal I wanted lodoand he knew earlier about a community sense, at and think thai I didn't want lo be there. I'm thats been part of my life for ih^ about things a glad I finished bul now I use il lo last eleve only help my background, il didn 'l before I was in a band I was into than you might normally. You have effect my first purpose here. Il's the early stuff in D.C. like the to push yourself hard. I would never like Sling was a professor, he Teen Idles. I really wasn't fully tell a kid not to go to college be.- brings il inlo his thing like "young inlo the "community" sense of by your- teacher the subject of school girl hardcore yel. I didn'l ki :lf." You can integrate the two. 'from "Don'lStand So those guys bul I college and it didn' t Close To Me." That whole thing still loved it " really do me much good. It did me happened lo Sting. a lot of good growing up. The ailed chang- whole time I was in college I was illy quite a few ing .. in a punk band and I cared a lot people out there in the punk about that than I did about inglocollegelasl studying. Then I finished wilh thai year and slill do and I'm still in a punk band and dents, besides yourselves, who ing Down By Uw, I'm probably never going lo need bul Down By Law to do anything that was taught to was slill kind of me in college. It was great, I'm project forme. It w< glad I w wilhdiffcrcnl people in different bands anc What were you taking? SBalso inlo a vou cai•T l do it. 1 could not be in to totally change the wo rid. Even Dave: Communications ai Alloy a nd Down By Law, which is Gutu'N'Rosesf can't ma ke world >itica^t^„-. afl ll^^samc mu e talked about for a couple peace bul wc can, cspc iColin*! wa:s a history, majoributkt sic. The punk of days before. 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(In The Red, P.O. Box 49593, tiveconnolalion. Wrong pick on this ed edition500copies,Nim Records, lo do it one more time. Mummies Los Angeles, CA, 90049, USA) one, What Wave. (What Wave, Issue 115 Liberty Cres., Moncton, New lead-dog, Trent Ruanc, produced ihis You know when rock maga 21, 17 Erie Ave., London, ON.) Brunswick, E14 6K6) nexl slab o' shit, a single by The zines sometimes give away a promo Not lhal it ain't a wild life over Fingers. As can be fully expected, 7" from some feature band(s) of the here, too, Nomeansno's "official it's that lo-fi, lo-talenl, stripped- month? And you know how most of side-project," The Hanson Broth down, straight ahead, three chord the songs are usually throw-away ers, have jusl released their first punk rock. Greal chop guitar sound outtakes? Doesn't that suck? Unfor full-length album, and much to my on this bashing record, though the tunately, such is the case with two excitement there was a bonus 7" chords do gel a little repetitive. such 7"'s I have recently obtained included in the 12" rock packet. Let Sounds like Supercharger, and that's from said "rock magazines." The it be known to non-Hanson Brothers a good thing. (Bag Of Hammers, first is a free-bee disc from ihe world disciples that the name comes from P.O. Box 928, Seattle, WA, 98111, leaders of hip pulp: Sassy magazine. the twin bozo hockey players in the USA) They've gotten together with Sub- '70's Paul Newman flick Slapshol, Nardwuar told me to review Pop to releaseafour band, foursong and lhat the band is a Canadian trib this Paw single I'm looking at be EP featuring Codeine, Velocity ute (with a hockey twisl) to the cause "it's ihcnext big ihing.prick!". Girl, Beat Happening, and Se Trekking further c a ihc Ramones. This will therefore ex Are you serious, ?<•. n? I thought badoh. Codeine's song is a dead plain the first song on the 7", "Blitz you were into beai, j_i>y, and this paced, SLOW bore; Sebadoh are a we find a 7" by a group called Eric's krieg Hops." Yeah, il sounds jusl ain't beat, it's sheet. (Paw/Nasly mixed bag of poopy (yes, lhat's Trip. So there's an apparent music like the Ramones, yeah it rocks and Pope, 817 Indiana St., Lawrence, poopy) big rock; and Beat Happen explosion in the Maritimes, ch? First so do the olher iwo boss tunes. Ihc Kansas, 66044, USA) BY GRANT LAWRENCE ing (who are one of my favor fellow Nova Scolians Sloan gel Hansons have managed to score on The E-Types, on the other cr)n, s Ihc m signed to DGC, then rumours rico- all three here, so I guess that means hand, arc ires chic and ires beat. I with a Heather-sung, two-guitar chci ol Eric's Trip gelling offered a a hat-trick, righl.' Please forgive me. always love a good mod band, Welcome, readers, to a new year. perience and Young Fresh Fellows only, negatively hypnotic plodder. they're so... neat.'Ihc E-Types' four Buldon'lgel loo excited, friends... I must indulge. Hey, does anyone The winner here is Velocity Girl. In facl, Canada's college radio bi song Action Packed EP fits nicely mean, really, it's only the mid-early know if ihese guys have an album Though I've slagged them in this ble, National Chan, reported that inlo the bracket of mod neatness, '90's and nothing new has really out? Maybe I'll write: Vital Music, column before, I'll make up for it Eric's Trip were the first band ever from ihc power-pop ravers on the happened. I'm still paying GST on 81 Second Ave., New York, New now by saying that theirtune"Crawl" lo lum down an offer from Sub-Pop. grooves lo the sharp picture of the E- chocolate bars, the Corporate Ogre York, 10003, USA. rocks out in a fuzzy-wuzzy, female- N.C. were wrong in two regards: 1) Type Jaguar on ihc fronl cover. 'Ihe still has an ever tightening strangle One of the best things about sung, rock anthem sorta way. the aforementioned San Francisco songs are catchy and bouncy and hold on ye olde vinyl, and, on a music today is that you can get just punk rock quartcl 'Ihc Mummies positive note, I haven't been fired about anything you want. Every received a Sub-Pop offer and, yes, ihc e l-lamii from this column yet. Even more body's doing everything. You want turned them down FLAT about a Groovies. 'Ihc E-Typcs will proba positive still, the elements in the 7" rap? You got it. You want punk? year and a half ago; and 2) il turns bly neverbe huge, but at least they've world still seem undaunted if not You got it. You want industrial? put out a good record on their own to fueled by the apparent "vinyl is dead" You got it. Same goes for almost •cord C( make their small niche in ihe big threat. Sextillions of 7"'s are still anything from any era anyone can lump. (Square Target, P.O. Box, flowing freely from the pores of think of. Minneapolis' Vandalias And here comes another all- 189092, Sacramento, CA, 95818- punk rock bands everywhere and take on the '70's mellow, classic new, all-girl assault from down New 9092, USA) the 7" remains to be the truest form rock thing, add a bit of new sunshine York way by TheGloo Girls. Quite And that's the scoop for this of what is "independent music." pop and come out sounding like the a bit of reverse sexism here, men... month! ljOlsa greal sluff as you can Right, Sea Monkeys? The gang from Welcome Back Kolter [hough the very cheaply rec< The A-side is a iune called "Yo well sec. .just kecpon buying it! Tened Sea Monkeys, who hail from New singing Teenage Fanclub songs. And Biondie" in which ihe ihrcc gals un Papoose! York City, are definitely January's does it work? Yeah, like oil and The second 7" promo comes shrilly sing, "Yo biondie, you flavour flav. Totally high energy water, baby. (Tenpop Works, P.O. from a Canadian magazine lhal is wouldn't know what to do if we said shout-punk rock, bustin' at the seams Box 16304, Minneapolis, MN, much more underground lhan Sassy, 'yes'"! I sure know what I'd do! 55416, USA) with youthful exuberance and ex and also much cooler lhan Sassy.: After slappin' her know-all mug a cub Pep (Mint) citement. The two fairly awesome Seattle's Night Kings have il's London,Ontario's long-running couple times, I'd spin her around 2. Thee Crusaders double T (Scratch) | songs are titled, quaintly, "Oh No, gotta be the closest and newest in Whal Wave Fanzine. A 'zine dedi- and— JUST KIDDING!!! Trebled 3. Mecca Normal/Kreviss split T (Sub- I'm Sammy Petrillo" and "Nipsey- ) bringing obsci bass, bitter-sweet cheetah-garage carnates lo the Sonics that I' ve heard >P) land," mirroring the Sea Monkeys' since the Mummies' first attack a bop V roll, the way I like il: good .s.lhis Tankhog "Freight Train Song" (Mint) apparent and familiar punk fixation few years back. What gives on this and short (coincidcnlally ihc way 1 included a 7" by The Purple Mer Indecisives Fill Me Up EP (Thnll-0- | wilh post baby boomer TV pop cul slab is a badly needed overdose of like my sex). Not as super as cub or lons, a side project of Tucson's Rama) ture. Fans of groups like Mr. T Ex the usual shit: super-charged fuzz Marshmallow Overcoat. What can I the Shit Birds, bul it's up there. 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He reeks of arrogance "all work and no play makes normal comprehension, and so any songs, stopping not again until their jack a dull boy." attempt to relate to you exactly what last song "Dead Love" and ending in Mcgadeth's producl lo always be however, the show did have a Girl Trouble played would be futile. a culmination of feedback and noise music wilh an altitude. few fine points with the credit being All I can really say is lhat they were before walking off stage. Braden Zrno given to the few long, "heavy and as rocking as usual and that K.P. Of c show ethereal" numbers, written and sung Kendell seems lo have shaved his would be complete without an en Rocket From The Crypt by ihe bass player, david barbe. the beard off. core, so "Touch Me, I'm Sick" and Kreviss whole band seemed to click together Cryptic Al a cover of Motorhead's "Over the Big Gulp during these tunes and really pump Top" were performed and by 11 ;00 Cruel Elephant oul the sound but it was too few and Mudhoney it was all over. AU in all, I thought Saturday, Dec.12 far between. Eugenius they rocked pretty good but the venue who knows, maybe it was the Supersuckers sucked and the sound was typical of end of the tour, or maybe bob's an arena: hollow and very loud. I Calgary's HI Caminos forced trans Seattle Center Arena holding back his ego to give the rest doubt I'll go see 'em again unless planted Calgarians Big Gulp lo lake of the band some air. or maybe Saturday, Nov. 28 unprcpan Having never seen either Mudhoney they're trying to get some financial though thai may be unlikely as their security or some crazy deal like that. or the Supersucki 1 don't know, i haven't talked to the hyped for t band lately so i can't suppose any- Union s of g ing loclub shows where bands i do know whal i feel though, never take ihc stage before 10 Billy Ray Desiresavigny book'?, tour-de-force and bob and that's disappointed. PM resulted in my girlfriend and Steve Michaud mould's soloacoustic performances i suppose you liked it? and 1 arriving al the Seattle Corner of Granville and . intensely i pukka Centre just in lime to miss the Supersuckers. Apparently Georgia have *n), o they took the stage some- Saturday, Nov 14th. easily see where such ai Girl Trouble whcrcaround8:30and played Man, oh, man, oh, man, oh, man! Sinister Six a half hour of super-intense Whata sweel delight! A streetmusi- bob has lime anc Head punk rock atbrcakneck speed. cian lover's delight! The Vancouver proven to be a performe Crocodile Cafe of extremely high caliber and integ Aflerbeing patted down gods of busking finally playing to Seattle, WA rity; a person who would constantly and put through a melal de- gether: Billy Ray, the guy that plays Wednesday, Nov. 25 that homemade string concoction, lay ilon the line musically and emo entered and found some scats. I'd never been to the Crocodile be and Steve.the harmonica, drum ma tionally; a person who pul some It's been aboul seven years fore, but apparently it's become chine and dog guy! This gig was thing of himself into everything he since I've been to an arena something of a Seattle holspot, and entirely unannounced. did, no mailer who he was playing concert and this will prob I can see why. It's small, intimate a-compromise guy. ably be my lasl; the crowd Smooth was theirplaying. The and kinda cozy. As my co-hort Lisa bob n Uld s > be a consisted mostly of thirteen sounds streamed through my ears arrived we noticed that despite there like a glass of warm milk. When parody of himself, he had all year olds in flannel and the moves down pat, even rolling being a Gits record release party they play logetherthey'rebelterthan air was thick wilh cigarette eyes al the proper points, the " wilh guests Hammerbox apart, colossal even! The mastery of town, everyone seemed to be here. smoke. Anyways, Hugenius soon abstract noise completely distorted While moseying up to the bar for a lock ihc slai;c and tx:j;an lx>[ inn uslo and disrupted the surrounding envi couple of death. Yeah, 1 know they're kinda ronment for the hour they played but drinks, 1 spied popular and lhat the singer was in I was the only one who noticed. Just Mark Arm and 'Ihe Vaselines, bul they sounded Megadeth me, baby. No one stuck around for Steve Turner likea cross between Manchester and ofMudhoney, thcuorsl elements ol Sealllc'schec- Suicidal Tendencies Thi • ^ent, dammit! danci PNE Forum caught a cold because I was improp o pul Tuesday, Dec. 1 erly dressed for the occasion but it There's nothing thai can ruin a show was worth it Oh, boy, it was worth e effectively than a few fuckin' idiots whose egos demand the atten We're all very lucky that these Finally, Eugenius finished and tion of those around them. They men will be collaborating again, so howl, whistle, yell and throw fire pul that early live Sonic Youth LP. slage of Mudhoney. Lisa was kind works around so they can feel a part down and see some real impromptu enough to remind me thai "The lasl of the show. For example, when noise mastery. It'll only cost you a time I saw Mudhoney, they really Mike Muir (Suicidal Tendencies donation and they'll love you for it. blew." Afler watching guitar and vocalist) was doing his self-right IheIndy 500,Spcedo'sArmy hit the Rob Dayton drum techs scurry around on slage eous speech on mind revolution, stage, blasted off wilh "Don't for half an hour, the lights went there was a build-up to some line Sugar down, the smoke machine came on, thai only the people immediately in Throwing Muses and Mudhoney came oul and shook front of ihe stage could hear be Boo Radleys theplace. Playing mostly oldies like cause, for some inexplicable reason, some people started howling lhat Commodore Ballroom "You Got It," "This Gift" and "If I Think" came off real well while redneck howl that reminds me of Wednesday, Nov. 18 some of the newer tunes like "Inlo Dukes of Hazard reruns and sucked what did i think of the show? the Drink," "Who's Driving Now" almost everyone around me inlo il. Mr. Speedo himsc it was a rock'n'roll show, man. From whal I could piece to and "Suck You Dry" seemed almost stylings of Apollc they came, they played, they left, oul of control, faslcrand chaotic. At gether, the Suicidals were iheir usual the crowd jumped up and down al all one point an overly zealous young energetic selves. It would have been the right places, there was blood, greal to hear some of their earlier sweatand beers, there was "pit swim- RFTC losscd out into the I'rcnzified grabbed by r ning" ; n had a crowd. Olher songs like "Hippy when they'll realize that trying to token goofball jump on stage and exactly like the album (which is g Ihe nd U :r lhan ihe live show), even ihc Mark I bring a punk attitude for heavy metal consumption is an effort bound lo if you've been paying atten /cen the first 3 songs they rescued the lad, pulling him and the For ihc Record Industry 7",.simply fail. tion so far, yeah, you 're right, it does played (which are also ihc first 3 on bounceron slage wilh guitarist Steve ihc album) was exactly the same, so Megadelh sounded a lot better sound like every show you've seen played to death lately. The band Turner telling the audience "This much so that i had to check and see if would've never happened al The in the last few years, that's why i feel seemed to be having an off night the drummer was listening to a click as their set was, although plenty Metropolis in 1983." morcenlenaining light show. As far track, they layed il on thick, bul they energetic, not quile together and aslhehand'sperformancc; IIH . "i'm sorry you' re disappointed Unfortunately, mosl of the never layed it on the line, rock'n'roll. they seemed to be messing up a audience would've been about five were greal lo watch for thei r musical but times may change and so did i." i could overlook all this if il lot. Later I would learn that back then so the comment went righl skill and technique, bul lacked the perhaps my expectations were looked like they were enjoying them - guitarist Brother James attrib- over most of their heads. Mark then high energy S.T. had. Granted, too high, coming from a past of selves and getting into the music. husker du's blitzkrieg pop, to work uttered a stream of obscenities al the Megadeth are a more musically en- (@ MOWS PSYCHOSONIC PIX 0' THE MONTH Howdy, li'l campers! A new year Wonder Band ie(and S5) c/o CiTR. Dor Osmond (Polydor) Killer Joe!? tion about the "Stereo" generation. is upon us and, naturally, along wilh Disco versions of Zep tunes! Beats Sounds hke a title for a Nick Cave Man, this "cat" is really "hip"! the inevitabilities lhat come with Dread Zeppelin by a good twelve n off tl LP! The six year old Osmonds spawn "Groove" to his " rap," recorded "live" Cheezability rating: 86 this month—like fucking up Ihedate >, here proves blood is thicker lhan talent. in "Lawndale," CA in 1965. "Yow"! on every check you write—comes 5. How To Hustle—Betty White is another Psychosonic PsixPack! Best song: "Little Girls Are Fun" Cheezability rating: 100 Thee Psychosonic Pick O' the bottomless pile o' lists and re More disco! This time a step-by- The first iwo were kindly donated Cheezability rating: 90 The Month!!!!!!!!!!!! flections back on how great/shitty step instructional guide forthe rhyth by the dynamic duo of Rob Harrison Parakeet Training Record (Hartz Fun Activities For Perceptual last year was. Naturally, I, Mofo, mically challenged. and Sondra Macleod. Many thanx! On The Campus—Paul "Tex" Mountain) Motor Skills—Georgina shamelessly join everybody else 6. Flutes Front & Centre—Ray Yearout This fell out of an old Ukrainian LP Liccion Stewart (Kimbo) on the planet in ihe space-filling Rasch & the Pipers Ten Kill Jot -Little Yearout talks to ihe "Now" genera- I got. A double bonus, I say! The Motion instruction for lots, set lo task of giving you a list of the best MUM ! The oi safe greatest thing is that this record is such classics as "Love Will Keep of the amazing stuff I have foisted 7. The Black Motion Picture Expe supposed to run at 78 rpms, mean Us Together," "Melody of Love," upon you in the lasl year. Without rience: Soulful sounds of Cecil ing it's nearly impossible to hear at and others. One of many insidious further adieu: Holmes the right speed; it sounds real neat at records put out to get us ready for "Superfly," "Shaft" and others done slow speed anyway. Play this one the New World Order, I say. Best of a Bad Lot: Mofo's elevator style. Chillin'! when your roommate is passed out, Cheezability rating: 100 (extra Psychosonic Pix O' The Year 8. The Trial of Billy Jack—Elmer after a while he/she will sleepleam points for comedy!) 1. The Odd Couple Sings l^lack Bernstein it, much to your sick a Klugman & Tony Randall Zzzzzzzz. Thai's all for now but if you cats Thee most excruciating LP I have 9. Slade Alive!—Slade Stereo Sysler I Test Rec out there have got any of that found to date! The songs on ihis Gotta know this one would make it. (Yorkshire) dang good stuff just drop it by set a new high in low. 10. SourCream & Other Delights— 1 definitely CiTR's offices, along with a note 2. Tom Jones Live In Las Vegas The Frivilous Five disappear with the CD age. on who you are (so the whole Ouch! The most listenable of the Wins forthe worst playing, concept, You'll only be hearing these world can know that you'd own pile; so Vegas you'll crap your coverand what have you. Big influ test tones and hums on rap something like that), and I'll see self! ence on John Zorn, I figure. songs these days! Very, very it gets a mention in this very 3. Lullaby of the Womb—Zit. column!!!!!! Also, I have just Hajime Marooka If you keep your eyes open, you Cheezability rating: 80 had a pile of totally wacko vinyl maybe able to find these platters sent in from my old place, so in town. Excerpts of the above Tune Your Autoharp—Gloria watch out, there's lot's more to may or may not be found on M. Follett (Rhythm Band) come!!! And don't forget to get Mofo's Psychosonic Psampler #1, A rock classic! My fave is the the aforementioned sampler Stairway To Love—The available by dropping me a G7 chord track. Great for (plug, plug, plug)! Hurt," a sappy ode to Fastback/ lead singer Pete Campbell's moronic Young Fresh Fellow Kurt Bloch is 1 ne high moments are many every man should hope for: security, between-song banler. Without pretty embarrassing), the catchy "hits" stand out, making this an on ihis release, so I'U only mention independence, freedom. However, exception Pete has managed to turn album worth someyourattention. Il a few of the mosl stellar iracks. The ii is not Lung lhat is sentencing him to everyone completely off with his isn't incredible or anything, but il firsl keeper, "Sweet Be Jesus," is a death, ii is a government whose snide and self-righteous remarks. ain'l all lhal bad neither. classic and unrelenting statement business interests perpetuate growing This is indeed not cool, not is it punk, it's stupid. Grant Lawrence on blind faith in organized religion. unemployment; a government thai In ihc span of four minutes Lung does not care if its citizens don't have Campbell has personally call down every major religous insulted me and this magazine, as COWBOY DICK a clean place tolivc; a government that Das Dick figure of the lasl 2000 years and can't understand why everyone isn't well as Shadowy Men On A I sure hate tapes without ihe them all into the court of as rich as they are. In this sense it is Shadowy Planet and the Reverend Horton Heat. He has even gone so obligatory contact info. It's such a Lung to render judgement for their clear whal Lung is saying: that Pal far as to insult bands he does not shameful oversight, it breaks my crimes against humanity. While the I logue musl not die, for if he dies our even know, like the Dharma Bums. heart. This five song tape is from a twin-barrelled guilars tear off freedom and our future dies wilh him. cyberpunk riffery like a lisl of So why, you ask, if I have so much band I saw opening for ihe Smalls Of course this will probably be charges, the bass suddenly pounds contempt for this stage-jerk, am I (.Ithinl misunderstood, and like Springsteen' s back with a throbbing verdict, which reviewing his band's debut album? "Bom in the USA" and Nirvana's you know is guilty. Like a judge I'm doing it to: a) support local re), so "Teen Spirit," it will probably become presiding over the proceedings, the talent; b) 1 actually think ihey are an anthem for the very people it wishes flail—you can almost see the talented; and c) maybe Pete will Edmonton part of the map. They k. What,. •rlheca the arms and drumsticks flying, shut his fucking trap after reading were good live, I was pretly culling ihrough the air as if they be denied thai they have created a this. Stick to singing Peter, a prolesl anthem as subliuieK chilling wished lo knock ihe angels from comedian you are not. ihey put the effort in. as Dylan's "Ihe Lonesome Death of their all-loo- safeand bleached white D<_? Die* has all the problems Hattie Carroll." All of thai shil aside, The heaven, down lo the earth so that associated with demos: poor mixing, In essence, a stunning peicc of Sweaters have actually managed to they might know that there is a new a little noise, too short, etc. although controlled fury that never loses sight come up with a nicely packaged, LUNG judge, a new jury. That is to say, it has a rather colourful cover, yet of its goals: lo educate, to question, well-rounded and fairly rockin' CD there is Lung. here. With 13 songs in total, the cheap. But, hey, I'm not knocking Magnum Opiate to rock, and to roll. album's title indefinitely comes into it, Das Dick doth rock with plenty of (Zulu Records) the door and out the window, oh, Just as compelling ,s the Carl Newman Well, it has finally happened. brother, what a party...rock and roll anthem "Pat Hogue Must Die." On play being lhat most of the tunes are thrashy, power trio-type songs with certainly POP songs. Pop-punk in ng of hard rock Summerhas descended phoenix-like album. And the first album in a long the surface, il would seem lo be a THE SWEATERS upon fall, fall into winter, and finally time that's gutsy enough lo express a scathing personal attack, but lhat is fact. Buzzzcocky pop-punk. inline 4993 arrives on its first balls-to-the- social conscience while al the same where you fail forthe trap lhat Lung The Pop Thing Modemette/Buzzcocky pop-punk- Yet another potentially great prairie walls, thank you, sir, may I have time not seeming too ovenly preachy has set. On further observation, we (Alandhiscar Records) chop., .you get Iheidea. Though there band to watch out for! Right off the top, the besl thing is definitely some filler ("Kurt Got Mofo THE BLANK GENERATION see the character of Pat Hogue as the jazz community, mostly native t intriguing, filling with a potpourri Rig RockJukebox is the firsl DIDJITS Helen G.'s Selective Top Ron's Top Ten Releases the British Isles, and the creeping i of musical value. Although they compilation for Diesel Only Little Miss Carriage Ten List Of Cool Women of '92 (Powerchord of the occasional live funk has: have lillle to do wilh ihc deep sea, Records, a labc, up until now, (Touch and Go) For '92 (Dog's Breakfast 12:15-3:00PM Sat.) then guitar, and now let alone sediments, I feel it's safe lo dedicated to pulling oul seven Who's ready to get high!? I sure am, 11:00AM-1:00PM Tues.) 1. Trouble - Manic Frus • I hiss assume they've bathed. inchers of true country and country cuz I'm stoked on this new EP by the Mrs. Beeton—Victorian tration trendoflaiea Ihe Stone Temple Pilots seem rock, primarily for use in jukeboxes Has ;rd Son of Fu author of several books of 2. Dream Theatre - Im finally, fully dropped with the B rand to have everything going for them. of truck slops across ihe U.S.. 16 Rock'n'Roll. Rick "The Man"Sim cooking and household ages and Words New Havies' Heavy Rhyme Big Canadian music stations arc songs by len artists show that while bassist Doug Evans and ne lanagement. Sadly, she ' Black Sabbath - Experience Vol. I But don'l you frequently airing their nifty lillle N.Y.C. is positively ihc lasl place Rav died young and pooi. Dehumanizer (Ex- wonder why this stuff is coming video and theirgeneral sound should you'd expect cool c & w to come Scratch Acid and one time TAD 2. Joan of Arc—not can 4. My Sisters Machine - back? Of cou rse you do. Il' s' because satisfy a variety of tastes; snipits of from, this CD puts just about can-kicker) hop in iheir carriage onized until 1920, this fif- a lot of musiczoids into tha funk gol Danzig, Alice in Chains and Pearl anything currently coming oul of Diva and ride, peeling oul on the "Dirt nth century French vi tired of being amazed by whal James Nashvillcloshamc.Thcinfluences 5. Pantera - Vulgar Dis Country Road," hugging the curves sionary and military leadei play of Power Brown was doing in the '60's and inspiration. All the members come thai such acts as Courtney & while they "Rock the Nation" is the subject of much popu 6. Kings X - Kings X ' 70' s, and instead of trying lo jam it across as strong musicians but the Western, Mumbo Gumbo, World (Velvet Monkeys, eat dust!), and lar legend and art. 7. Exodus - Force of Habit into their electronic circuitry, only whole cluster is a tad overpackaged. Famous Blucjays (bad name!), Go leave ya' chokin' on the fumes 3. My mum—Because Kreator - Renewal lo have il come out funked up, In other words, they seem great but To Blazes,etal.draw from include she's fab! with "Sugarfox." Didjits—five Texas swing (Bob Wills and His 9. Iced Earth - Night of actually picked up an instrument seem is ihe operative word. Ihe 4. cub (3 in 1!)—Local pop albums strong on super-charged Texas Playboys, frinslance), the Storm Rider and tried lo do il for real. Ihen they songs are catchy, the pictures arc heroines. Pick up thei guilar devastation and thanking country rock (Gram Parsons, Long Blind Guardiai really, really becameamazed at whal distorted, lyrics are iwislcd, bul is single. everyone for their support, lhat Ryders), and vintage torch queens Somewhere Far Beyond James Brown was doing back ihen. this all some major label 5. Hildegardevon Bingen- includes you, mother-fucker. like Patsy Cline or Brenda Lee. Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley Frankenstein to boost sales? I dunno. Twelfth century German Bryce Dunn The songs make for good listening and Pee Wee Ellis, better known as Emma Lauder abbess, philosopher, poet, from start lo finish. the Homy Homs, have been in the prophet, artist and com JON SPENCER BLUES Jr. Gone Wild, Molherships of George Clinton and poser; "The Sibyl of the '92 EXPLOSION 1. Ultramagnetic MC's - Funk James Brown since the mid '60's, • lulm. Rhine." Crypt-style! hopping back and forth between the Your Head Up 6. Jane Austen—Eigh 2. Tim Dog - Penicillin On (Crypt Records) dual pillars of funk for at lcasl 15 teenth century queen of years, all the while lending some of Wax Budget rock is in. When I say budget English literature—a little 3. Comptons Most Wanted - rock, I mean stripped-down, the besl bounce-lo-lhe-ounce brass piece of ivory I worship. to both. Well, aboul a year ago, I Music To Driveby minimalistic twang, plod and crash 7. Elizabeth David—Re Public Enemy - Greatest (guilar, bass + drums for you non- .•ning :• cently deceased English Misses hip types). When [ hear budget rock, food writer and recipe com 5. Brand New Heavies - Heavy I hear groups like ihe Mummies, the piler. Not recognized prop Rhyme Experience: Vol. 1 Gories, the Cheater Slicks... and the II lhat v uld e he don erly for her achievements 6. Grand Puba - Reel To Reel Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. closed chapter in the bcx>k of the in her lifetime. Get hi 7. Scarface - Mr. Scarface Is Imagine Willie Dixon and Hasil history of music. cookbooks. Back Atkins getting into fisticuffs and the But wait a minulc, whai's this 8. Mary Kingsley—English XCIan - Xodus referees are three scruffy-lookin' on Ihe horizon? I know lhat more Victorian adventurer;trav- Digital Underground - Sons lads who use their favorite volume and more people arc gcllin' into lha elled alone in West Africa. of the P of "Desperate Rock'n'Roll" for funk, and I'm aware of each reissued Check out her record of 0. Boogie Down Productions Sex & Violence scorecards. CI) 11 o this the trip. Gctthepicture?No?Wellthen new, 1992! And tha funk is there in 9. Jeannette Winterson— listen lo Crypt-style for heavy doses full force! Of course things ain't Contemporary British au Clay Loudermilk's Top Ten Things In The World In '92 of harp-wailin',guitar-wranghn'and perfect yet, bul Ihis 76minule chunk VARIOUS ARTISTS thor of several astonish (Popgun 1:00-3:00PM drum-smashin' in songs like the title of aluminum and plastic has gol to Rig Rock Jukebox ing books. From her debut Thurs.) cut, "Lovin' Up a Storm," be the closcsl thing to it since disco (Diesel only/First Warning) novel ,Oranges Are Not ingai Ween "Walermain," "Twcntynine," and began literally eating up all the the Only Fruit, to the lat The Walkabouts Helen G.'s date square the tribute lo Wisconsin, "Yolb JR. GONE WILD funkatecrs back in 1975. Macco's content to use the cold, s est, Sexing the Cherry, her Free money in the mail Block of Cheese" to catch my drift. got a six-piece band, a 14 minulc Pull The Goalie gothic country as a major writing is exquisite. My band Did I mention budget rock is in? version of "Soul Power," and more (Stony Plain) their Scavenger LP: thr 10. Lucy Maud Montgom My rock candy Thank you. groove lhan the San Andreas fault- recorded live from ery—Maritime novelist, un Swedish bass guitars Bryce Dunn line! Now that the originators have THE WALKABOUTS appearances and another happy but prolific. Kudos Earl grey tea shown everybody that ilean bedone Dead Man Rose track, "Train of Mercy," f< to Margaret Atwood for 9 hours sleep MACEO PARKER in the 90's, I think a few years from (Sub-Pop) Brian Eno on vocals. Ihc s< helping to revive her repu My favorite comic books Life On Planet Groove now things arc gonna be lookin' ominous and gloomy, lik< tation. Read her diaries, hot buttered popcorn!! (Verve/Polygram) mighty fine once again. Funk, Part Nick Cave, and titles like the third volume came out PayattentionB3M,youcan'tafford II, begins here. Black Veil," "The Anvil recently. Mint Bill's Top Ten free speech. I sec you out there, Adam "Bootsy" Sloan Edmonton, and Australia ihey al space cadets and funkatcers, with have deep, deep, tradiliona aboul their points. These g 2. Thee Goblins' "The Phaser." Scooter's Top Ten Bands 3. Pesto spaghetti pizza ii your samplers and sequencers STONE TEMPLE PILOTS country roots in a time when mos You'll Soon Be Saying You NYC. hooked up to your reality simulators Core Liked Waaay Before They night and day. Well, believe it or 4. Welcoming c (Atlantic/Wea) Were Big (Madonna Death not, the primitive art of creating Toronto. Manganese nodules arc ci rcu la i, full :lf is drenching itself in the same Watch8:15-11:00AMTues.) funk wilhoulmuchmoreeleclronics 5. Fibre tablets(on several of valuable minerals and formal by ky posturing that makes 1. Rocket From The Crypt occasions). than a few vacuum tubes is alive and insircam pop so obnoxious. The 2. Walt Mink 6. Mint-o-shank. well and aboul lo rear its head! Surprisingly, manganese nodules >ve artists also mold these roots 3. Monster Magnet 7. Hotpotato seagulls in Blaine You might have noticed the and the Stone Temple Pilots' album > their own unique style lhat ighl now, and hopcfullj 4. Poster Children WA. occasional foray inlo hve funk of entitled Core are not entirely kes them instantly memorable 5. Flop the cut type in the late '80's and the i sea of mostly mediocre new dissimilar. As one listens lo ihe 6. Best Kissers in the World early '90's by the likes of the acid album il grows concentrically more 7. Bum 8. Come 10. Something good that hap pened when I was too drunk remember. HEY WAIT! THAT'S NOT.. HEY! THIS IS #f3&_ I HATE — 32 DOWN BY LAW BLUE EPITAPH 33 SUGAR COPPER BLUE RYKODISC 34 VARIOUS ARTISTS AFTERNOON DELIGHT CARGO=SUB POP IMNETIC PARTYCLOTHES 35 NOMEANSNO 0+2=1 ALTERNATIVE TENTACLES H1 CAUSTICE THOUGH T ft •PLANET CLAIRE* 36 GREEN DAY KERPLUNK LOOKOUT 2 MEET DAISY •UTTLE ZEBRAS* 37 ROLLINS BAND THE END OF SILENCE IMAGO 3 MOVIELAND •RANT" 38 DOUGHBOYS WHEN UP TURNS TO DOWN CARGO 39 BODY COUNT BODY COUNT WARNER=SIRE 4 TERROR T 'NO MEANS NO" 40 SONICS MAINTAINING MY COOL JERDEN 5 HEUVOS RANCHEROS •REPTILE* 41 X-CLAN X-ODUS POLYGRAM 6 JUDY RADUL •BUCKLE UP- 42 BABES IN TOYLAND THE PEEL SESSIONS STRANGE FRUIT 7 MEET DAISY "TRAIN SONG- 43 VARIOUS ARTISTS JUNGLE COMPILATION NEXT UP 8 RATTLED ROOSTERS "I'LL BE GOOD" 44 CHANGE OF HEART SMILE CARGO 0 THE FALCONS 45 CYPRESS HILL CYPRESS HILL COLUMBIA=RUFFHOUSE •SHADOWLAND" 46 ROOTS ROUNDUP WHAT WE DO GROUNDUP 10 STARBOYS -BASTARDS OF 76* 47 LOST DAKOTAS LAST TRAIN TO KIPLING INDEPENDENT 11 PIGMENT VEHICLE "iAM" 48 UNREST IMPERIAL FFRR CAROLINES 12 FOAM "SICK MAN* 49 LEMONHEADS IT'SASHAMEABOUTRAY WARNER=ATLANTIC 13 FOAM "LET JESUS PUT HIS LOVE DEEP INSIDE YOU" 50 LAVA HAY WITH A PICTURE IN MIND CAPITOL=NETTWERK 14 SLOAN •UNDERWHELMED" 15 MYSTERY MACHINE "BROKEN" 1992 SHORTIE GROOVES 35 16 SINUS ENVY •BULGARIAN BODY BAG" 17 SHORT LEASH "DRINKING WITH THE ANGEL" 1 MECCA NORMAL/KEVISS 3-SONG SPLIT 7* SUB POP 18 AGING YOUTH GANG - 2 BROTHER BUZZ "DYNAMITE" 7" eMpTy •1 WANTED YOU 3 TANKHOG TRAIN SONGS 7" MINT 19 MYSTERY MACHINE •SHAKY GROUND" 4 DRONE IF YOU CAN'T EAT IT OR FUCK IT... 7" INDIE 20 WICKED SWIMMING DOG "FROM HERE TO YOUR GARDEN" 5 FLOP DRUGS 7" DASHBOARD HULA GIRL 21 BLAISE PASCAL •TURNSTILES- 6 BUM A PROMISE IS A PROMISE 7" LANCE ROCK 22 VINAIGRETTES "1 WAS SAVED" 7 STOMPIN' TOM CONNORS BFLEIVE IN YOUR COUNTRY CD-5 CAPITOL 23 32 TO BASE "SOMETIMES Y" 8 HED VOODOO CHILI 7" DUTCH EAST = ROCKVILLE THE POD CARGO 24 SHE STOLE MY BEER •THE GRINCH LIVES" 9 HOT GLUE GUN I'LL KILL YOU 7" MUD 3 WINDWALKER RAINSTICK MINT 25 RHYMES WITH ORANGE "MARVIN" 10 HOUSE OF PAIN JUMP AROUND 12" TOMMY BOY 4 TEAR GARDEN THE UST MAN TO FLY CAPITOL= NETTWERK 26 MOVIELAND "HELLO" 5 VARIOUS ARTISTS VIRUS 100 ALTERNATIVE TENTACLES 11 THE MUFFS GUILTY/RIGHT IN THE EYE 7" AU GO GO 27 ALICE UNDERGROUND "TWISTING ROPE" 6 PERFUME TREE DUST ZULU 12 LUNG LITANY/FUCK GENERATOR SERIAL KILLER 28 STAIN "BEHIND THE WALL" 7 FACEPULLER CRANIAL EXPANSION DEVICE TEMPLE NORTH 13 BILLY CHILDISH BALLAD OF HILLIS BROWN 7" SUB POP 29 MAN "PEOPLE BOW" S FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY TACTICAL NEURAL IMPLANT THIRD MIND 14 THE WORST 5-SONG 7" INDEPENDENT 30 NENDIKS "HAD TO GET AWAY" 9 BEAT HAPPENING JAMBOREE CAROLINES 15 BUM/SCOTT HENDERSON BLOBS VOL.3 WAY OUT 10 MINISTRY PSALM 69 WARNER = SIRE 31 VEDA HILLE 16 SWIRLIES SARAH SITTING 7" SLUMBERLAND "LAINE" 11 DOGBOWL FLAN CARGO=SHIMMY DISC 17 SAW-TOOTH KINDA STANKY 7" CARGO = ENGUARD 32 CANE TOADS "HOUSE OF BLUE LIGHT" 12 HELMET MEANTIME ATLANTIC=INTERSCOPE 18 ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT 4-SONG r SUB POP 33 SUCKING CHEST WOUND "SATAN 'N' DRUGS 'N' HIPPIES 'N' ROCK 'N' ROLL* 13 POLVO COR CRANE SECRET MERGE 19 SHADOWY MEN D0G&SQUEEGIE7" ESTRUS 34 JACK FEELS FINE •SOMEONE DIED ON TV AGAIN" 14 BABES IN TOYLAND FONTELLA WARNER=REPRISE MUDHONEY/GAS HUFFER YOU STUPID ASSHOLE/KNIFE MANUAL 7" eMpTy 15 NICK CAVE/BAD SEEDS HENRY'S DREAM ELECKTRA=MUTE 20 35 BLAISE PASCAL •SUITCASES & POSTCARDS" 16 CHUMBAWUMBA SHHH... AGIT PROP 21 HEUVOS RANCHEROS ROCKET TO NOWHERE 7" ESTRUS 17 VARIOUS ARTISTS CASSETTE MYTHOS. WHAT NEXT 22 VELOCITY GIRL MY FORGOTTEN FAVOURITE 7" SUMMERLAND 18 VARIOUS ARTISTS DONOVAN: ISLAND OF CIRCLES NETTWERK 23 SINISTER SIX OUTTA MY WAY/DE10USED 7" BAG OF HAMMERS DOYOU REMEMBERUTTLEOL'GARN? 19 SHEILA CHANDRA WEAVING MY ANCESTOR'S... REALWORLD 24 CRAYON MOOMINLAND EP 7* HARRIET 20 PAVEMENT SLANTED AND ENCHANTED MATADOR 25 THE FELLS SPACE GIRLS 7" DARK TWIST GARNET TIMOTHY HARRY'S TOP IO 5 YEARS AGO. IR. T EXPERIENCE MILK MILK LEMONADE LOOK OUT 26 SPRINKLER MARBLE/LANDLORD 7* T/K 1 GOT PUMMELED BY EIGHT MEATHEAD JOCKS AT THE ARTS CLUB 22 URGE OVERKILL TOUCH N GO 27 STIMMIES CHESTER/C'MON 7" PERSEVERATOR 2 GOT SMACKED IN THE HEAD 1B A WIMP AT THE ARTS CLUB 23 DAISY CHAINSAW ELEVENTEEN 28 JESUS LIZARD 1 NEED YOU/BEAT YOUR HEART OUT 7" SUBPOP 3 ACTUALLY LANDED A COUPLE3FPUNCHE S IN FIRST ALTERCATION 24 SUPERSUCKERS THE SMOKE OF HELL CARGO=SUB POP 29 UNDERTAKERS WHEELCHAIR EPIDEMIC 7" TOUCH N GO ATOMIC 61 HEARTWORM BOX DOG 4 MET AL WAXMAN AND GAVE HM A FREE PACK OF MINTS 30 THEE HEADCOATS MY DEAR WATSON 7" ESTRUS 26 BEASTIE BOYS CHECK YOUR HEAD CAPITOL 5 WORE AN ORANGE AND GREENBANAN A TUXEDO IN PASADENA 27 VARIOUS ARTISTS WE BITE AMERICA WEBITEAMERICA 31 PHLEG CAMP 8EAKER 7" FINAL NOTICE 6 SAW FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE BAL GAME; MET WILLIE RANDOLPH IN ELEVATOR 28 MERCURY REV YOURSELF IS STEAM 32 ALICE DONUT MAGDELINE 7" ALTERNATIVE TENTACLES TOP" ON COMMERCIAL DRIVE 29 THE SMUGGLERS ATLANTA WHISKEY FLATS POPLLAMA 33 FUCKERS 3 SONG 7" SUBPOP 8 LIFE AFTER BED DIED AFTER 4 BRICKS ARE HEAVY WARNER=SLASH 34 TWERDOCLEB THE GNAT EP 7" SCRATCH 9 FOUND OUT CONDOMS DON'T OMC E IN SMALL. MEDIUM. AND LARGE (HOW TIMES CHANGE!) LUNAPARK WARNER=ELECKTRA 35 FRAMPTON BROTHERS DO THE CHAIR/FURNITURE 7" BOGUS 10 INITIATED CONDOM GIVEAWAY Did!ill' fOr G©ieforitieS by Excubus Manslaughter Another year has passed again, Chrislm I called are part of th hide from mc, I'n is done and hopefully all your hangove spiracy master minded by the CIA who have danced off with the sugarplums. have Elvis frozen in a vault beside Wall especially after the Carol Bui new year, a new phone book soon Disney wailing lo run them in the next Show, but there is still hope f follow and more celebrities entering o presidential election forthe Republican party. charming metropolis. As I stroke the pag Who could confirm this dastardly .0 busy right n nunlliN alternative lips... of our beloved phone book searching f plot? Who can put us on guard to fight this those great people who enrich our live; l)Remember when th Elephant once again ask myself, "Is Elvis still alive m Granville? So I decided to call various convenient 'luR-k i).: 2)0h, gawd, look at h stores and gas stations to find out...here Ic.rrvl vid.Mul -. Scarl a life bull-face the scoop on the king: 3)Helmet liked'en 1) He has never bought gas fro B lovable buffoon 4)01d Si Shell stations. / Showand counties Doomklaxun. 2) At a Surrey 7-11 he bought a chi get-babe: vies.Igm disguise ) hide from the Man. Let's find 28 n>*Kgo£__r0ip- days with host lan Gunn. Country music to scrape the cowshi off your let the ?#?%?@? fool you. BOXER SHORT BOYZ 7:00-9:00PM Just a boots to. With yer host-poke Jeff Gray. couple of guys who like towal k around in LIVE FROM VENUS 3:00-5:00PM Women- THURSDAYS PROJECTIONS 5:30- 6:00PM Projections: news, music, and reviews of alternative, their boxer shorts wilh their big lat guts THEMORNINGSHOW 7:30-8:15AM Hosted Hollywood and locally produced films on hanging out. Jerome Broadway and Gar Tilley. by Antje Rauwerda. net Timothy Harry alternate weeks. MEET IDA BEAN 6:0O-7:00PM Rap, hip CANADIAN LUNCH 11:00-1:00PM Toques, hosted by two actual film students, Jason THE JAZZ SHOW 9:00PM-12:00AM hop.and Super Dope Lyrics- so fly that plaids, backbacon, beer, igloos, snowmo Vancouver's longest running pnme time jazz you'II do 3-Sjust lor getting caugnt listening biles, beavers & Brian Mulroney. If you program. Hosted by the ever-suave Gavin tolhastuff. Requestsaretaken...if you can love Canada, tune in and eat your lunch to Walker. Features at 11. get through on the phone! Ida Bean's on Canadian music. Previously Coralation. Jan. 4: Happy New Year! Tonight a POPGUN 1:00-3:00PM "Why dont you love wonderful album by one of the greatest THE UNHEARD MUSIC 7:00-9:00PM Meat ME as much as I love YOU 7* FLEX YOUR HEAD 3:00-5:00PM giants...Kenny Dorham. 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Hosted by and a hard swinger. "Into Something" is a latest in dance music and interesting drama o give up though, not after I just at portrait of Yusef. Trio tracks v." every second week. With Lupus inished lunch. With my fingers gripped ElvinJ 3S (drun Yonderboy. the base of the mind cycle I gave AURAL TENTACLES MIDNITE UNTIL THE MOON DROPS Fun forthe whole family to enjoy! V\ Jan. 18: Latin Jazz is being treated as M WWOD. something new... its been around for a Jan. 28: Nux Vomica long time... one of the prime movers and RADIO TRANSUBSTANTIATION YEA SUNDAYS shakers was (and is) the great Cuban 11PM-1AM Alternating Thursdays with DONANDGOURD-STUPIDRADIOSHOW drummer Mongo Santamaria. From the by lan Gunn. SATURDAYS ARE YOU SERIOUS? 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Plus whafs happening at AMERICA STUDENTENGINEER BOOTSYSLOAN UBC each day with UBC Digest, a feature VICE PRESIDENT HELEN GODOLPHIN interview and more. Topped off with the VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR JOHN RUSKIN BBC World Service News at 8.O0AM. IN THE GRIP live Irom London, England. Hosted today TALES FROM by Bill Currie. OF INCO THE INFINITE BUSINESS LINE 604/822-301 7 BREAKFAST WITH THE BROWNS 8:15- HERENCY LIVINGROOM MEGABLAST! DJ LINE 604/822-2487 (UBC-CiTR) 11:00AM Your favourite brown-sters, NEWS LINE 604/222-2487 (222-CiTR) James and Peter, offer a savoury blend of FAX LINE 604/822-9364 ENVOY ID CITR.FM Q) THU 21 Hungry Crocodiles with guest sat the Cruel Elephant... n Chomsky and the Media at the Ridge FRI 22 The Smugglers with Huevos Rancheros and BUM at the Cruel Elephant... BB King at the Orpheum... Kate Hammett-Vaughn at VCC King Edward Campus SAT 2 Big Tall Garden with My Beautiful Children, Planet of Spiders and guests at Auditorium... VSO: Orchestral Manoeuvers in Sound at Simon Fraser University... the Cruel Elephant... Liz Mandville-Greeson at the Yale... Manufacturing Consent: Sharyn Yuen exhibition at the Prtt Gallery... Lips Together, Teeth Apart at Noam Chomsky and the Media at the Ridge (7:30pm) ... Vancouver Playhouse... The Elementary School atthe Ridge (7:30 & 9:35pm)... SUN 3 Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media at the Ridge SAT 23 The Rattled Roosters with guests at the Cruel Bephant... The (7:30pm)... Battlefield Band at the WISE Club Hall... Dobb S Dumela with Erin Corday at Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Marilyn Lerner, Ralph Eppel, Saul Berson at the MON 4 Oliver and the Elements at the Yale... Kathleen Wyman exhibition at the Jewish Community Centre... Sharyn Yuen eihibition at the Pitt Gallery... Lips AMS Art Callery... And Now for Something Completely Different (7:30pm) and Monty Together, Teeth Apart at Vancouver Playhouse... The Elementary School at the Python's Meaning of Life (9:15pm) at the Ridge... Ridge (7:30* 9:35pm)... TUES Cruel 70s Disco at the Cruel Elephant... Battle of the Blues Bands at the S UN 24 The Battlefield Band at the WISE Club Hall... Masterpiece Chamber Yale... Kathleen Wyman eihibition at the AMS Art Callery... Lenna Greer's exhibition Music's Flights of Fancy at Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Sharyn Yuen "Cross Cultures" closes at Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Lips Together, Teeth exhibition at the Pitt Gallery... Lips Together, Teeth Apart at Vancouver Play Apart at Vancouver Playhouse... And Now for Something Completely Different house... The Elementary School at the Ridge (7:30 _ 9:35pm)... (7:30pm) and Monty Python's Meaning of Life (9:15pm) at the Ridge... MON 25 Joe Pass at Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Sharyn Yuen exhibition eofth BS Bands at the Yale... (man exhibition at the at the Pitt Gallery... Lips Together, Teeth Apart at Vancouver Playhouse... AMS Art Gallery... Judy Vargas exhibition "Sacred Manifestations" at Vancouver Unf orgiven (7pm) and A Fistful of Dollars (9:30pm) at the Ridge... East Cultural Centre (until Feb 2)... Lips Together, Teeth Apart at Vancouver Playhouse... Simple Men (7:30pm) and One False Move (9:30pm) at the Ridge... TUE 26 Cruel70's Disco at the Cruel Elephant... Sharyn Yuen exhibition at the Pitt Gallery... Lips Together, Teeth Apart at Vancouver Playhouse... Unforgiven DiSCORDER DATEBOOK T H U 7 Battle of the Blues Bands at the Yale... Kathleen Wyman eihibition at the (7pm) and A Fistful of Dollars (9:30pm) at the Ridge... AMS Art Gallery... Sharyn Yuen exhibition atthe Pitt Callery... Lips Together, Teeth Apart at Vancouver Playhouse... Simple Men (7:30pm) and One False Move (9:30pm) WED 27 Sharyn Yuen exhibition atthe Pitt Gallery... Lips Toeettier, Teeth Apart SAT 19 Grames Brothers cassette release party at the Cruel Elephant atthe Ridge... at Vancouver Playhouse... The Public Eye (7:30pm) and Night and the City Jazzmanian Devils at th* Railway... Cash McCall mth Tba Demons at the Yale... Fifth (9:30pm) atthe Ridge... Avenue at The Glass Slipper... Patty Hervey, Oliver Gannon, Iune Katz at Alma FRI8 Superconductor with Star Pimp and Wedge at the Cruel Elephant... Toque, Street Cafe... Econoiine Crush at the Commodore... Rymes with Orange with Triple Joy, Naked for Jesus, King Single Man, Mutant Starfish at the Commodore... THU 28 The Monks of Doom with The Dirt Fishermen and guests at the Cruel Stigmata at the Town Pump... Barney Bentall at Breakers... Joyride at Notorious Battle ofthe Blues Bands at the Yale... Strunz _ Farah at Massey Theatre... Kathleen Elephant... Women in View festival at Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Sharyn Nite Club... Sibel Thrasher at Picadilly Pub... Lenna Greer's exhibition "Cross Wyman exhibition at the AMS Art Gallery... Sharyn Yuen exhibition at the Pitt Yuen exhibition at the Pitt Gallery... Lips Together, Teeth Apart at Vancouver Cultures" at Vancouver East Cultural Centre (until b_5)._ 12 Midnite's exhibition Callery... Lips Together, Teeth Apart at Vancouver Playhouse... Manufacturing Playhouse... The Public Eye (7:30pm) and Night and the City (9:30pm) at the "Gunland" at Smash Gallery... Voices of Christmas at Vancouver East Cultural Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media at the Ridge (7:30pm)... Ridge... Center... The Element of Crime (7:30pm) and Europa (9:30pm) at Pacific SAT 9 Sweaty Nipples with guests at the Cruel Elephant... Sister Psychic, luice FR I 29 Women in View festival at Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Sharyn Yuen Monkeys, There's No Mona, 6 Inch Maria at the Town Pump... Shalom Dancers at exhibition at the Pitt Callery... Lips Together, Teeth Apart at Vancouver Play S UN 20 David Phyall Group at The Glass Slipper... Ministry, Helmet, Sepultura Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Battle of the Blues Bands at the Yale... Sharyn Yuen house... A River Runs Through It (7pm) and Of Mice and Men (9:25pm) at the at the PNE Forum... Fast Aid Somalia Benefit with UHF, Powder Blues, Amanda exhibition atthe Pitt Gallery... Lips Together, Teeth Apart at Vancouver Playhouse- Ridge... Hughes, Bambaya, Circle of Voices, Linda Lee Thomas _ Vrveza, Tzimmes at Hotel Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media at the Ridge (7:30pm)... Vancouver... 12 Midnite's exhibition "Gunland" at Smash Gallery... Voices of SAT 30 Flop with The Sweaters and TheMany atthe Cruel Elephant. ..Women Christmas at Vancouver East Cultural Center... Mala Noche (7:30pm) and My Own SUN IO Shalom 0 -l fas in View festival at Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Sharyn Yuen exhibition closes Private Idaho (9:10pm) at Pacific Cinematheque... exhibitionatthePittC; atthe Pitt Gallery... Lips Together, Teeth Apart at Vancouver Playhouse... A River ManufacturingConserlt : Noam Chomsky and the Media at th Runs Through It (7pm) and Of Mice and Men (9:25pm) at the Ridge... MON 2 1 No Fun at Christmas at Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Chris Houston's EvilTwang, Zolty Cracker, Crawl & Trust Us at the Railway Club... Oliver MON 1 1 Oliver and ththee ElementElementss aatt ththee Yale..Yale.... Tania Trepanier eihibition at the _ the Elements at the Yale... Lear's Fool at The Glass Slipper... 12 Midnite's AMS Art Gallery... Sharyn Yuen eihibition at the Pitt Gallery... Lips Together, Teeth exhibition "Gunland" at Smash Gallery... Voices of Christmas at Vancouver East Apart at Vancouver Playhouse... A Brief History of Time (7:30pm) and Blast 'Em Cultural Center... Shirley Valentine at Vancouver Playhouse... Ju Dou (7:30pm) and (9:15pm) at the Ridge... Raise the Red Lantern (9:20pm) at Pacific Cinematheque... TUE 12 Cruel 70s Disc t... Original Sinners at the Yale... VENUES VENUES VENUES VENUES VENUES TUE 22 Cruel '70s Disco at the Cruel Elephant... Spirit of the West at the Sharyn Yuen eihibition at the Pitt Railway... Oliver * the Elements at the Yale... Garbo's Hat at The Class Slipper... 7th er Playhouse... A Brief History of Access Gallery • #26-448 Seymour Sign at Notorious Nite Club... 12 Midnite's exhibition "Gunland" at Smash Gallery... Time (7:30pm) and Blast Em (9:15pm) at the Ridge... Voices of Christmas at Vancouver East Cultural Center... Shirley Valentine at Alma Street Cafe • 2505 Alma (at Broadway) Vancouver Playhouse... WED 1 3 The Ludwigs, Phil Smith and Primitive Road and Rotorcloud at the Cruel Artspeak Gallery • #3-3110 West Hastings Elephant... Original Sinners at the Yale... Tania Trepanier eihibition at the AMS Art Cafe Bergman • 52 Powell (Gastown) WED 23 Food Bank benefit with Ten Feet Tall, Man, Bombshells, SajesNynd at Callery... Sharyn Yuen eihibition at the Pitt Callery... Lips Together, Teeth Apart at Cafe Django • 1184 Denman (at Davie) the Cruel Elephant... Strolling Cones at the Railway... Oliver _ the Elements at the Vancouver Playhouse... The Belly of an Architect (7pm) and The Cook, the Thief, His Commodore Ballroom • 870 Granville (Granville Mall) Yale... Fraser MacPherson with Oliver Cannon at Alma Street Cafe... 12 Midnite's Wife and Her Lover (9:20pm) at the Ridge... exhibition "Gunland" closes at Smash Gallery... Voices of Christmas at Vancouver Contemporary Art Gallery • 555 Hamilton THU 14 Faith No More at 86 Street... Wailin' Al Walker's Blues Band at the Yale... East Cultural Center... Shirley Valentine at Vancouver Playhouse- Cruel Elephant • 23 West Cordova (Gastown) Cary Fjellgaard at Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Tania Trepanier eihibition atthe SAT 26 Bughouse Five, Nick Chursinoss, Drop Dolls at the Cruel Elephant... Video 86 Street • Plaza of Nations (BC Enterprise Centre) AMS Art Callery... Sharyn Yuen eihibition at the Pitt Gallery... Lips Together, Teeth Barbecue at The Glass Slipper... Boxing Day Jam aat the Yale...Water with Apart at Vancouver Playhouse... The Belly of an Architect (7pm) and The Cook, the Glass Slipper • 185 East 11th Avenue (at Main) Rumplesteelskin at the Commodore... 1992 Cannes International Advertising Film Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (9:20pm) at the Ridge... Hollywood North • 856 Seymour Festival at the Ridge (7:30 _ 9:30pm)... Isadora's • 1540 Old Bridge (Granville Island) FR I 15 CITR AND THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT PRESENT BAD RELIGION, COFFIN BREAK Latin Quarter 1305 Commercial Drive SUN 27 Tony Wilson Quintet at The Glass Slipper... Voices of Christmas at AND CHROME DOC AT THE COMMODORE... Circle C with guests at the Cruel Vancouver EastCultural Center... Shirley Valentine at Vancouver Playhouse... 1992 Elephant... Gary Fjellgaard at Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Wailin' Al Walker's Maximum Blues Pub • 1176 Granville (at Davie) Cannes International Advertising Film Festival at the Ridge (7:30 _ 9:30pm)... ;s Band at the Yale... Nappy Dugout • 1248 Seymour (at Davie) the AMS Art C Or Gallery-314 West Hastings MON 28 Ralph Eppel Quintet - Slipsinc III atThe Glass Slipper... Oliver and the , Teeth Apart a sr Playhouse... The Elementary Paradise Cinema • 919 Granville (Granville Mall) Elements at the Yale.. CI Blues at the Railway... 1992 Cannes International I at th :e(7: OS 9:35pm)... Advertising Film Festival at the Ridge (7:30 8 9:30pm)... Park Theatre -3440 Cambie SAT 16 CITR PRESENTS SEX WITH NIXON AND THE SMALLS AT THE TOWN Picadilly Pub • 630 West Pender TUE 29 CITR PRESENTSBLINDMEL0NATTHET0WN PUMP... limmy Roy's5Star PIMP..Gary Fjellgaard at Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Wailin' Al Walker' s Blues Pit Pub • basement, Student Union Building (UBC) Hillybilly Boys at the Railway... Liz Mandville-Greeson at the Yale... Cruel '70s Disco Band at the Yale... Vancouver Academy of Music at Vancouver East Cultural Centre- Pitt Gallery • 317 West Hastings at the Cruel Elephant... Bongo Bob at The Class Slipper... Gl Blues at Notorious Nite Young Fresh Fellows at the Backstage (Seattle)... Sharyn Yuen eihibition at the Pitt Club... 1992 Cannes International Advertising Film Festival at the Ridge (7:30 _ Gallery... Lips Together, Teeth Apart at Vancouver Playhouse... The Elementary Queen Elizabeth Theatre • Hamilton at Georgia 9:30pm)... School at the Ridge (7:30 _ 9:35pm)... Railway Club • 579 Dunsmuir (at Seymour) Ridge Cinema • 3131 Arbutus at 16th WED 30 limmy Roy's S Star Hillybilly Boys at the Railway... Liz Mandville- Greeson at the Yale... Monroe's Fur with Skin _ Bones and Playhouse at the Cruel Sandy Cove • 1554 Marine Drive, West Vancouver Elephant... Celtic Works Wake at The Glass Slipper... 1992 Cannes International Smash Gallery • 160 West Cordova (at Cambie) Advertising Film Festival at the Ridge (7:30 S 9:30pm)... Speedy O'Tubbs • Fairview, Bellingham Starlight Cinema • 935 Denman THU 3 1 Mystery Machine, Twerdocleb, Chrome Dog, The Pasties at the Cruel Elephant... Video Barbecue, Veda Hille _ Bones _ Feathers, Rick Colboume _ Hard TUE 19 Cruel 70's Disco at theCruel Elephant... Sharyn Yuen eihibition at the Town Pump • 66 Water Street (Gastown) Poetry at Cinderella Ballroom... I Braineater, Triple loy, luice Monkeys at Cham Pitt Callery... Lips Together, Teeth Apart at Vancouver Playhouse.The Elementary Vancouver East Cultural Centre • 1895 Venables pagne Charlies... She Stole My Beer at the Town Pump. . Ngoma at La Quena... New School at the Ridge (7:30 _ 9:35pm)... Varsity Theatre »4375 West 10th Avenue Year's Eve Fiesta at Studio 16... Liz Mandvile Cieeson at the Yale... Wal Street with Video In • 1102 Homer Memphis Slax at the Commodore... UFE New Year's Eve Spectacular at BC Place... WED 20 Sinners Squad with Taste, Hoodlum Empire and Elephant's Child at the R&B All-Stars at Vancouver Rowing Club... Colin James with Grames Brothers at 86 Cruel Elephant... Sharyn Yuen eihibition at the Pitt Gallery... Lips Together, Teeth Waterfront Theatre • 1405 Anderson (Granville Island) Street... Al Foreman at lake O'Cradys... Johnny "Bagpipes" Johnson at Yuk Yuk's... Apart at Vancouver Playhouse... The Elementary School at the Ridge (7:30 _ Western Front • 303 East 8th Avenue Cathy St Germain with Station 2 Station at Big Bam Boo... Crystal City at Level 5... 9:35pm)... WISE Club • 1882 Adanac (At Victoria) Yale • 1300 Granville (at Drake) Get that etc ade monste your GREAT MUSIC, 4 FOOD, DRINKS, j AND MAJOR LEAGUE SPORTS ON OUR TWO BIG SCREENS! T^mE ALTERNATIVE MONDAYS! LIVE BANDS EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT! 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