thew album, DRENCHED, and playing of their song SNACKS P CANDY an the radio, Ithought for a that the turn outwould have been ml Dear Dickheads out there - P.S. SLUG isbokin'a lot betterthese To the MIRACLE LEGION, th Fuckin' racists - you can't live dezeatldthewriting seems to beonan you. To the few that were there, ( with 'em and you can't kill 'em. Er, upswing. bless. I think they will agree it wa technically that, I mean of course they show not to miss. To the people \ die like most everythingelse, but js the -Dear Dickheads, neglected the MIRACLE LEGION answer In klll~ngthem', Though many ThisshauldbeMled'Shutthe Fuck- tmated them with less gratitude thi will disagree, I say the answer is no. Up' or "Get Off the Air." This letter is fresh start local band. I give a gr You see klds vlolence is a clever dis- about two DJs from alocal radii station FUCK YOU1 ease and needs only stupidity to feed andit'saboutthe station itself. Firstoff, With Bittern on, ensunng rts su~lvalthrough ven- let me "thank God' and the FCC that Ragor Fon 1 J.R. Ruppel geance and retallabon So we must there are other stations and cassettes Mumy, 0 seek to overcome 11s fiendish influ- and CD's to listen to. ence by finding alternative methods to Recently, Iwas listening b a'W Dear Dkkheads, deal with the racist ~roblem.I did find station(that shall be nameless) and the Sol Iread your acerbic blurb (j the notion of giving skinheads 'do's" two~~'swerebitchin~andctyi~aboutWe do read each issue) on Sabbat I Natalie Kamlnskl I vla dog-hair and superglue a marvel- being censored. After listening for a '92(SLUGSeptember 1992, lssuel CONTRIBUTUUG ous piece of poetic justice. Or even week or so, we (atwohand I myself at and must say that the world accorc sending them to say OaWand or Iraq! home and work) flipped thru the dial to the SLUG staff is a little tweak= WRITERS However, we don't deal with scared and found out 2-Rock was on KZHT. say the least. MM Trybr, Ilenal8 ChrhtCeb, Lara children in such a fashion if we kxpect Then thevwereaone. Cometo findout Sabbathon has always been to accomplish positive results. It's my ~pmeradii stalk was wit BPW, CRF~RDIIIU, Scott MU, important fundraiser for the Utah A1 opinion that physical attaCks on them so bad its owner had tohlKZHTiust Foundation. Not only does the e\ Todl, Lur Nosspur, Ryu WarlrPllla, would only alienate them further and so -choose tollsten to ii for bring in much needed money, but Jllr Zdlr,hnbrMcKr, Clulk Strcy, push their inherent fear even deeper ourselves. guys really pack in the crowds Crrrkrnmw under their skin. You must understand And these tHib DJ's have enough reach a population that otherwisem that Hate and Prejudice are the balls to talk qutcensorphip and,& not be informed about HIV/AIDS. COPY EDITOR: mongoloid offspring of the mamage Wn&a lifestyles? And bein$ opn- this we are eternally grateful. JO YAFR between Fear and Ignorance. Both of minded? And they bee a%k, and a Your article created the sense 1 PHOTOGRAPHS: which were two of me ugliest children people to bring fhem food? Why do we at the Foundation are mainstrei born of the marriage between humans need people to bring fhem food? elitist snobs. NOTI (Mainstream i Robert Merry and Reason. Why don't they have people take food .swear Word to us ...and actually F-DUDE It is our ability (or bbility) to to some of the local food banks? Ibet most vile crpithetyau could hurl in reason which gives us wr emotions they do in November and Decem- direction). We bust .our asses for ILLUSTRATIONS: good & bad. That is why I still ber Then itwlll stop, onlyadmwledg- rights of men, women and childre1 Ing these people two months out of the Ryan Wayment question the validity of this "Reason" the state, (infected with the HIV I concept. Amidstall this in-breeding,is year. They probably th~nkthose are ease or notiand sadly cannot do ~t QnWlthsak, to Js Yaffa, DM it any wonder humans are hard-put to they only time they appear or alone. We need outside relnfol share this planet? And another thing: And I was told these two DJ's now ments, if you will l(lOP@ Krb Jobatw without md there are NOSUCHTHINGAS NAZIS want to be In as governor this That's where SLUG i wham thit puhikatioa wddnot QB ARYANS. So please, let's not do November Why would people want Sabbathon come In Next year we'l them the glory of .refwing to these two more jerks where we already have on top of communlcatlon between scared children (racist skins) as such. enough Maybe so they can do what organizations Next year we'll pe SLUG 1s: A monthly N& and Enter- I guaran-fuckin-tee you 'Adolfo" rolls they do best, stuff thew faces and spew your committee. But, thls year, v tpinment Guide that is printed by the 3h d each in his grave wishing he could strangle out a lot of bull contrnue to fondly recall the Auc monthandcanbeloundatover 100 Localins.All dingis mtrbuted by bcal wnters. All material the chicken-shit bastards Well, this is ~8 of many people fundralser that stocked our foodk printed in SLUG is the opinion d the writers and who attempt to perpetrate h& religion that aren't lrsten~ngto the statron and~ts and sewed those In need nd neoessarily those of the editoiul staff. All on the Ammasses. Hitler hated dnbble Remember DJ's DON'T BITE Yours in righteous indignal rubnissions, advertising, lelters, pdurbe, pc- Americansas much as Jewsoranyone THAT HAND THAT FEEDS YOU1 em and art wrkmust be receivedby the2C4h of (and with much affectic the mnth to be pinted in the next issue. or anything that was not German or Because you yourself may pull back a Kelly Choi Germany. If these fuckin' "skins"knew bloody stup [sicj after some of the bull Development Diret anything ofwhich they spout. Butthey comlng from your station Utah AIDS Foundal Please Send to: don't; they'rejust-. Somewhere Signed, SLUG MAGMNE along the line, someone told them it's Stop bitching about censorship in a "scary world out there and if you ain't this state until you acknowledge 1 P.O. BOX 1061 livin' in fear, then you just ain't living!" your own station's censorship! 5ALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Or maybe they got beat-up by a non- white or whatever. Fact is they're Dear Dickheads at SLUG, 84110-1 061 afraid and so they band together like Wait, let me start over. Hies on shit. Let the police work for us Dear Dickheadsatthe Bar&Grill, Call for once to clean up this racist mess. I had always thought that in order or 467-4742 1 Pity them, for just as every dog has his to get people to come to a show, day, every skin has hisUCrip"or'Blood." someone should let the public know P.O. BOX 106' Don't jeopardize your freedom for about it. I'm referring to the advertising a bit of instant gratification. But if you or lack of advertising for the MIRACLE happen to totally disagree with me and LEGION show on September 27th. Not feel that a vigilante force is the only one word mentioned in any of the local solution, then by all means disregard publications or on any radio station. all of this and give those fucks hell and I felt more thanalittleembarrassed good luck be with you, child. at the fact that there were only 28 UTAl Love, people to see the show. It was the first SORRY, SUBSCRIPTIONS Gurutah time the MIRACLE LEGION had come NO LONGER AVAllAI to Salt Lake, and with the release of 7 THIS I

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stance, FORGERY is t,,- MONKS OF DOOM cure. Whether the sona is a credible instrumental & vocal in FaBsry technique, the MONKSOFDOOM ALTERNATIVE MUSIC I LRS. Records excel. Most of us missed out on the RECORDS TAPES CDs I MONKS OF DOOM when they - Scott Via - , . showed upat Spanky's this month, POST( but, luckily, we can' get a good doseof the MONKS' musical mas- Afl , IT STICKER! tery with their latest release, 10~8S0msmm FORGERY; SUB^ and ', This isthe MONKS'first album NOI'ds POSTERST'NEW on a major label and, happily, they As we all know, love is afuckec I haven't sold outtheir terpsichorean up thing. It can be eitherthe ultimatc TEE-SHIRTS feeling of happiness, or the mosl USED I principles for popularity. FORGERY opens with a bang torturous weapon against one8 BOX SETS with the delightful FlintJack which emotions. And then there is the plays up all elements in the band's center of the spectrum. What else IMPORTS considerable repertoire. Victor would be more appropriate for the RARE VINYL' ' I Krummenacher'ssoulful crooning middle ground of heart and soul, I is perfectly complimented by the than a twisted collection of "love' SPECIAL ORDERS tliwddl precise guitars of David songs from the soon-to-be-ex. lmmergluck and Greg Lisher and ploited Sub Pop records. This isn11 857 East 900 South;SLC, Upstairs 355-1770 1 the pounding, rhythmic drums of your averagecompilationof gooey, Chris Pedersen. by the fireplace, adult contempo For those unfamiliar with the rary bullshit, that you see advettisec ' FOR I - .-(15 OR t ----- 'AONKS OF DOOM, the quartet on annoying late night T.V. ads pecializes in very moody, almost No! This is more of a raw, hones! NG~~RMU~Mimprovisational musicthat appeals definition of what love can do tc tothe ear and spirit andfocuseson people. From the poppy "When I1 a wide range of thoughtful mate- All Comes Down," by Unrest,toths rial. The best example on FORG- sludge- of Codine's ERY is Virtual Lover, a number "Castle," the whole album covers based on the technological ad- everything about the best/worsl vancement known as virtual reality feelings in the world. You get a SELECTION simulation. Surrounded by a wall beautiful psychedelic melody ("La of achingly perfect acousticguitars, Dolly Vita") by Smashing Pump. Krummenacher wails, accompa- kins. You get a blunt offering of sex 0 ("Rory Rides Me Raw") by ths OF NEW & nied by guest vocalist (and ex- Harm Farm drummer) Melanie Vaselines. There's you1 Clarin. rockabluesy ballad of break-ups USED VS, There are other delights to be ("Where The Hell Die( You Go Wih discovered on FORGERY, such My Toothbrush?") by Rev. Horton as What Does a Man Require? Heat. There's a song of starting COMPACT and Chaos is Not Dead ("inspired over ("Clean State") by Seaweed. by the writings of Hakim Bey", the And to make this album all the liner notes reveal). But a record more schizophrenic, there's the DISCS, review cannot describe the feelings twisted innermost thoughts of the that,accomplishedMONKS create. disturbed spoken word of Steven CASSETTES, That must be experienced first- Jesse Bernstein with his corrupt4 hand and repeatedlistenings reveal "This Clouded Heart." (And subtle nuances. thought Henry Rollinswas messe 12" AND 45's Perhaps the only flaws to this up -this guy is fucked up!) , album lie in minor points. For ex- Though a bit more mellow ample, the MONKS eschew the your averagegrunge label mandolin entirely, and it is missed it's still acoolcollaborationofrariii here. Further, producer Dan and b-sides, and more humoro Fredpan manages to create a than musical to listen to. Get it, hollow sound with Chris Pedersen's you can laugh at yourself, in drumming, whichdetractsfromthe midst of your next interlude of sound. mantic torment. But these are all auibbles. For those looking for music with sub- -Ryan workin4 SLUG November 1992 Page 5 1 MISCELLANEOUS.. .

M. NOVBMBER ~THTHE GROB AY. NOVEMBER 5TB 1-ROOTS FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 6TH Ihave afetishforcard games, I oard games and dice. There's a WlTH GUESTS ertain mystic and reverence to in old fashioned game of poker. @DR.IfB here's a certain pride one re- nd SUGARTOOTH I iceivesF when they yell, "Ginl" or ;"~nol"or "Go Fishl" But, nothing WURDAY. NOVEMBER 7TH satisfies my ambitious, greedy, game fetish quite like Monopoly. LUMBERJACKIPHORHEAD 1 WATERFRONT First of all, you get money SUNDW. NOVEMBER 8TH And this money is given to you by PERPLEXI CONINEDI DAUGHTERS OF THE NILE1YOUTHBREATHER the bank. Yes, this is how life should be. Colorful money where OBVIOUO~ONEM~SIN~FOR WHAT WORTH I ns only the twenties are green. MONDAY. NOVEMBER 9TH I recommend ordering extra ties, fifties and hundreds. These money from the Monopoly mak- people are certain to methodi- SECLUSION ers. For some reason people like cally count their money during TUESDW. NOVEMBER lOTH to steal it (it's really cute to give it your move. I guess they've never to someone you owe money to) heard the infamous Kenny Rogers DmcmPITCHBLENDE or rip it up (sore losers) or draw song that clearly states, "You WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER ' UTH on it (actually you should sign never count your money while ' BmRDm SPECTRUM your name to all your money. you're sittin' at the table." Sneeze be the treasurer of the Monopoly while their money is loose on the FRIDAY. NOVEMBER BTH Bank of America). table. TOMMY KNOCKERS Next, you get to pick if you'll 2) People who buy three ho- SATURDAY. NOVEMBER MTH be adoggy, a cowboy, a shoe, an tels for such worthless property iron, or a wheelbarrow for the as Baltic Avenue just so they can THE OBVIOUS ONE EYE next 72 hours. Always use the say, "I own that. And it has three TUESDW. NOVEMBER I7TH same game piece and kick any- hotels!" Throw the measly $12 or one in the teeth who dares take whatever dollars in their face. SHUDDER TO THINK away this God-given right. 3) People who seem to re- FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 20TB When you start to play, make member a certain rule only when WICKED INNOCENCE sure your guest has access to a you want to check it out. But, PRIIIAY. NOVEMBER 27TH lot of cold beverages. As they when you remember something, use the bathroom each time, like when and where you'll re- quickly set up the board for ceive the Free Parking money on cheating. This includes sticking the board, they will argue with I FLOTSAM the good Chance cards out of the you and pull the rule book out of pileto insure your good luck. Also, their ass. if the cold beverages are beer, 4) Lastly, people who do vic- you can often times switch prop- tory dances, laugh and jeer at erty cardswithyour partner, move your misfortune, orclearthe board them to a different spot on the in a fit of rage, should all burn in board, change their game piece, hell with Tipper Gore forever. steal money or aquire more ho- Now that you're ready toplay, tels. They may rip up money in try variations. Play communist dismay at your "luck but that's style, orwith fivediceorwithshot okay because you have an extra glasses and drink every time you package of money in your closet. pass go. Good Thinking! So goddamnitl Get a game Now sometimes you'll end together and I'll bring over my up playing against someone like specially handcrafted pewter yourself. Be alert1 I will list the game pieces from Norway. And, behavior of individuals to be cau- my cigarette case with the extra tious of. These people are fiends "Get out of Jail Free" cards." and are not to be trusted. 1) People who cash in all 4arrle Hall their five-hundred bills for twen- I 740 SOUTH 300 WEST 359.1323 I John Birch Society, so I was prised when he interrupted my 'nn'n'G TO CLARK ... Ion my front porch with a very assertion. J.R., now. His eyes shine with promise as he then have a real alternative in place to 'Y'know, dontcha, you and Electionday is safely upon usnow, quietly announces to every voter in spank Quayle in '96 like a yappy little would be drivin' Cadillacs if t Sir, and I can finally tell you of a horrible America that a write-in vote for him is a inbred poodle. Dummycrat Lincoln hadn't freed experience I had two months ago... vote for good old-fashioned authority This is Hunter Thompson's idea, slaves." Only now that I am assured that it and no more worries as to where you and I do have to credit the guy with I dropped my book and star wasnotaprophesy can I funnel itthrough stand in the scheme of things. preternatural instincts in playing politi- him. Bud narrowed his eyes. And, withonegreatcollectivesharp cal roulette. Or, maybe it just saves me my Pen. 'You ever heard of Ba Gritz, yo It happened in late August. The intakeof breath, every voter in theunited from having to think about it ... not a bad man?" machinery of American presidential States of America realizes that as long thing, since looking too closely at poli- All I could do was nod my h politics had by then warmed up to a high as they are forced to elect a White tics induces the same watery feeling in dumbly. He jabbered on for sev tine whine, and those of us who listen for House full of treachery and sheer anal thecore of me that I normally associate minutes, and I could only think such things were detecting a subtle meanness, they might as well pick with taking too much medicine. Be- here was the real reason that preg discord in it's pitch. The sound was one somebody too stupid to cover it all up ... sides, my neighborandAstral Twin Ron women shouldn't blow-dry their har ~n that puts black fear into the hearts of Yhe time has been, That when rhe Yengich has sewn up the Thompson- the bathtub. At length I shook my head race-car mechanics; it is the sound of brain were out, the man would die. And quoting market, and he's a real-life Lib- sadly. something almost imperceptibly but there an end; but now they riseagain... " eral Attorney with big louddogs that shit 'They got to you too, didn't they, terribly WRONG. Perhaps it is a piston Lonesome Bill Shakespeare, on my lawn. Bud?," I asked. firing a nanosecond too soon. The sort Macbeth Ron and I share similar views on "WHAAA?" of flaw that would go unnoticed in an The big day is upon us, and Nixon the necessity for political meditation to "Fight them, Bud. We need strong ordinary engine for years; but under still hasn't played his hand. It is still too beawash in pithy quotes, such as: 'You American men like you." track conditions could cause the crank- soon to rejoice, and I'm really not sure never know what is enough until you 'Fight WHO?" ;q shaft to writhe violently in place like a why we would. What of this coming knowwhatistoomuch."(WilliamBlake). 'The Council on Foreign Rela- dying snake before leaping through the election? Is there virtue in declaring a To understand the frustration and ex- tions. Bud. Zippos, all of them." hood as a blazing phoenix of twisted preference for the lesser of cess of people like Thomp- "Zippos? What are you talking metal. A machine that hurtled out of the two evils? What is the son, however, we must about?" pit as clean and finely tuned as a scalpel turn to the wisdom I gave him a warm paternal smile. can in a matter of minutes be rendered "Sitdown, Bud. I have much totell you." completelyunsalvageablmven by the And tell him Idid--the wholestory. weeping technicians who drag it off the I filled him in on the Rosicrucians, the track.. . better than not President's Council on Physical Fit- By August I knew that it was too ness, and Zippos. Icould tell the Zippo late to do anything about it. The boys part really disturbed him. were lined up, they were gunning their 'You mean, they were born in engines; and as they jockeyed for posi- lighters?" tion on the first few laps, their mechan- Ipatted him on the headaffection- ics could only pray fervently that ately. somebody else's engine would blow "The Zippo in your pocket is a before theirs. I lay down to sleep one discarded exoskeleton, Bud. They night, and the dream came. I dreamt I germinate in there. When they're big was watching the race, thinking about enough, they moveout. Themetalcase that sound, and wonderingwhy it planet of sleeping is then fitted with brainwashing ma- seemed familiar... wise intelligent chines, stuffed with cotton, andsold in Holy shit- if I couldgeta message people into sim- i To hell with poli- stores. Hence their "free repaifguar- down to the pit! I recognize that sound! plistic eitherlor tics. J.R. If I'm smart. antee, they WANT you to send it back I've heard 11 before the dream the equation: VOTE = ...... to the factory occasionally, so lhey can horror! Don't they see the hideous black participation and check the batteries.' pacecar idling near the finish, evil black DON'T VOTE = apa- "But ...the Fitness Council ... smoke pouring from its exhaust? Isn't it Schwarzenegger... how could some- obvious that the driver is just waiting for body that big come from a lighter?' he final lap when everyone's delenses Maybe there is a loop- 'Probably a table lighter. It's in- are down to scurry like a roach for the hole, after all Zen Voting. Stay sidious, Bud. I never sleep.' checkered flag before anybody can up all night getting sideways the fishing in a canal: anything you I reassured him, then, as best I squash him? That's right, you fools! nightbeforethe Big Day, andthen stomp catch that isn't a bottom-feeder to begin could. .He was dazed, but obviously lising like a bubble of fetid gas from a to the pols like awarrior. Lash out blindly with has been polluted beyond useful- grateful to be put 'in the know.' He ilack pool of shame and criminal in- atthe voting panel, smacking it furiously ness by the nasty waters it was born shggemddown my front steps wih an anity, it's DICK NIXON! like a broken cigarette machine. Don't and raised in. armloadof flyers Igave him to pass out In my dream it all happened very even lookat the results; go home, unplug Enough of this ugly talk. I know atthemall. His stackof BoGritz leaflets luickly. There we were--America the the N,and sleep for at least sixteen you've been wondering about my self- Cay abandoned beneath my chair. .I leautiful, Land of the Home and Free of hours. imposed exile to my vast underground shouted encouragement after him as ie Brave--on November first, 1992. Participation without choosing. laboratory beneath the Masonic Lodge he prepared to cross the street. rfter a long and sleazy campaign that treat the process like the dumb hulking building on South Temple. It is still too .'Welcome to the Team, Bud! aft voters with the doomed feeling that brute that it is. Don't let your cerebrum soon for me totalkaboutit,otherthanto Thank God America still has a, few were either Left or Right and they be dragged down to its level: vote with say that I'm glad to be back. Pabiots with the guts to fight for Her!' 7ed well better figure out which your snake-brain. This is a damn comforting feeling. .,.... I saw him stiffen and square his ~eforethe week was up, the familiar Why not? This election has us all since-as my friend Bud Schmidt will shoulders, then set off purposefully in sce of RMN shows up on every TV against the wall. Some have even sug- tell you-the end times are certainly the direction of downtown. hannel in the country in the country gested that we simply write off '92-let upon us. Budisagriuled, hoarymanof Blessed Be. J.R. This ain't over imultaneously. He's looking young the evil little bastard have four more indeterminate age:one of those people y el. [gain; he's come to terms with himself. years, because a new administration wholeaveyouconvincedthattheyhave Ckbes Volantes Exstare, le's wearing a seventy-five dollar suit couldn't possibly rectify three terms of simply lived TOO LONG. Bud is - an -Clark st8#)y ~ndhis hair is combed like a such wrongheadedness. Let the press enthusiastic campaigner for the BO alavnnoalist's ha's nnanlv crnnkad sdnmiza Bush for fakv mara vaarr ~~lf7FOR PRESIDFNT arm af the SLUG November 1992 Page 7

ana, getsstabbedbyhiibqtfriend, OPWA Renato, during the middle of a masked ball after Renato catch& by Amber Mdtee him with his wife, the beautiful If you like acting, you'd like the Amelia, dallying around in the opera. If you like music, you'd like graveyard. (Amelia goes to the opera. If you like musicals or graveyardaftertheVoodooQueen dancing, you'd love opera. Opera tells herto picksome noxious herb slaps all the best a good concert, off of the base of a grave to cure the symphony and ballet have to offer and drops it in your lap. Not to mention the sex and violence. And True Love. You like True Love. don't you? I Sowhy haven'tyoubeen to the opera lately? Don't give me that bullshit about it being stuffy.: Someone was murdered during the last one after he wasdiscoveredwith hisTrue Love in a New .Orleans graveyard- that's about as .. . far away fmm stuffy as you .. .. can get without being ar- rested. And where else would you get a chance to hobnob with Dee Dee Corradini and thegovernor in the bathroom during intermission? You coukltalkaliftlepoliticswhile you're shaking the prover- bial dew off the limb. Ihappened to attend the opening night of Un Ballo in Maschera by Guiseppe Verdi-that's JoeGreen, forthose her of her longing for Ricardo. He who don't speak Italian, also not follows herthere and, well, you get verystufly -on October 10, which the picture.) also marked the opening of Utah Did I mention that the Voodoo LUSCIOUS LINGERIE FULL SELECTION OF HOSIERY Opera's 15th season. Queen predicted hewouldbe mur- Although this particular opera dered by his best friend, and he NEW SELECTION OF CLOTHES IN FROM NEW YORK is usually set in colonial Boston, ignored her? And Renato,thepoor LIP SERVICE e NAPPY THREADS e FIZZY JEANS theUtahOperafolkdecidedtojazz guy, gets sucked in by a bunch of it up a little (pardon the pun) by treason-minded blackguards who FUNHOUSE ROCK 'N' ROLL THREADS setting it in New Orleans during were plotting to murder Ricardo all Mardi Gras. And although it was along. And all because his wife FISHNETS @ NASTY THINGS ADULT NOVELTIES cleartometheyhadnever been to was cheating on him. . . . New Orleans to celebrate Fat I did see a couple of black- LARGE SELECTION OF FUTONS & FRAMES Tuesday (I haveit's scary), they garbed undergrounders during in- LARGEST STORE OF ITS KIND did give it a good effort. termission who looked like they This was the first time Utah had been to Mardi Gras- actually Opera had ever decided to create they looked as if they had been their own setting and time period bitten by vampires, but that's nei- using local people. (Normally, they ther here nor there. I probably 1 100 East 21 00 South ' haul the sets in from outof-state.) looked like that when I got back, And they did a good job of it, except too - wandering around scaring for the part when the headstone the Mormons. They were enjoying fell off of one of the graves. Who themselves. says opera is not exciting? And where else can you do So this is the story. The hero, that without getting kicked out of IRicardo, the Governor of Louisi- Temple Square? Open 7 Days A Week ge8 November 1992 SI

such letters as, 'I wish the sen! would stick her lip, together li! glue, then I'd be free," puneed t is a scene ., ,,,,, pick up Julie Doucet's newec Martin is "dosed" b! DIRTY PLOTTE issues (along wit :by Peter Milligan, Brendan hippies, imagina all four badissues). tively rendered . McCrthy and Carol Swain Color artist Cara j Tundra Prblilbg Swain manages 11 : After residing in limbo for a add warmth ant time, thecontroversialgraphicnovel emotion 11 .. SKlN has finally been published by McCarthy's draw :America's Tundra Publishing. ings, an added bc ,: Hopefully, comics stores will make nus. the bizarre antics of the real - it available to a large audience, Unfortunatel) in a beautiful feminine sense. :since it deserves to be seen. whether due to it In one story she takes : Created by iconoclastic Brits controversial nature glimpse on my new solitary life .Peter Milligan and Brendan or maybe just be - McCarthy, SKlN centers on young cause comic store : Martin Atchison, askinhead in 70's around here ar : England. afraid to carry title - But Martin 'Atchet (as he's that are "different, named by the other skins) is differ- SKlN is hard to find. :ent: seems he's been born with But trust me; it'sworth : phocomelia (foreshortened limbs; the effort of the hunt. - in this case his arms) due to his (Color, $8.95) - mother's use of the sleeping pill - *oft vice : Thalidomide. ALL-TIME : This plot twist makes for a fas- COMPLETELY 1 . cinating story and Milligan and ning Bad Boys look maniacal GREATEST . McCarthy expand on it remarkably. BAD BOYS whether setting Fatty on fire or I Martin isdrawntothenskin" lifestyle pushing Peggy down an aban- COLLECTOR'S ITEM . due to his condition and the result- by J.R. Williams doned mine shaft. I ing psychological effects. Further, Perhaps the only thing nega- only by the skins is Martin truly Fantagraphic Book8 tive that can be said about COM- CLASSIC COMICS #1 1 accepted. Finally, a publisher (in thiscase PLETELY BAD BOYS is that Wil- by Nina Paley I'll resist the temptation to re- 's FantagraphicBooks) has liams' attempts to tone down the DarktIor8@comics veal further plot developments, wised up and compiled J.R. Wil- Bad Boys for newspaper syndica- & 1 except to mention that the story is, liams' ''the Bad Boys" strips in a tion are included. Whilethesestrips So the drawings are a little 01 in fact, a tragedy. comic book, titled (oddly enough) are not without merit, they lack the thecute side. Thiscomicdoes haw But the fact that SKlN is de- COMPLETELY BAD BOYS. bite and viciousness of the best potential. Her characters, whe~ angry, look just like Petter Bagge'i pressing shouldn't keep readers For fans of cartooning's "rude material. (Hate) characters: all teeth ant from picking it up. Besides its in- humor"C0MPLETELY BAD BOYS Oregonian Williams is one of formative content about Thalido- is ideal. The simple premise be- the lesser known comics talents of bloodshot eyes. But, Nina does write of ha mide, the book paints a harrowing hind the strips is the cruel misad- the Pacific Northwest, having pre- frustrations with cartooning. On1 picture of the difficulty in tiving with ventures of brothers Billy and viously been seen in collections editor says she's too negative birth defects. Plus, it's nice to see Bobby, who usually doleouttorture like BUMMER. Hopefully, Another says her work is too cut4 another positive lookat skins in the to victims Fatty and Peggy. Fantagraphics will follow up COM- media after all the negative ste- All of this is rendered in a de- PLETELY BAD BOYS with more and must be more negative. M) reotypeswidely circulated. Beyond lightful style by the talented Wil- Williams material. Williams de- favoritestorywas when she need@ this, it's just astory about a human, liams. Anybody who looks by fondly serves to find a wider audience. to draw something for an under- ground comic. Shedrawsascrawly, though. While the humor may be on childhood memories of picking No, it ain't redeeming or deep. bitchy-looking woman, menstruato less than expected from typical on other kids (or being picked on) But it is fun, and that's what comics Milligan-McCarthy collaborations, can find somethingto relatetowithin should be. (B&W, $2.50) ing and repeating a script thd the impact is powerful. the pages. --Scott Vice states, "Ahem, I've slept with thou . Scripter Milligan fleshed SKlN Perhaps even more impres- sands of men and I hate them all.' .out from Brendan McCarthy's story sive, though, is that Williams de- (a close upon avulva.)Thedirecto~ .idea, and he did an outstanding lights indepictingthe rampant nihil- DIRTY PLOTTE yells, "Yeah! Female rage! You tel ism and naivete of youth without 'em' babe!" The whole scene was .job. Milligan's strength lies in great by Julie Doucet 'ehsracterization, told through nar- resorting to sappy, jingoistic so perfect of what's expected of a ~veand natural (realistic) dia- cutesiness. The Bad Boys have no Draw 8 Qartorly Publlcatloa, female cartoonist, especially in the l-", ,a redeeming values or morals to underground. .1uyuw. I know how much you like : And the storyis teach, other than ruthlessness and women who talk about their The rest of the comic is a littls :matically by McCarthy (surely one exuberance. crotches. So go pick up Madonna's bland, but fun to read nonetheless, :of the comics top three Williams has a very distinctive SEX book, you pathetic fool. If you (B&W, $2.25) cartooning style that workswellwith want true entertainment from a --Carrie Hal ' .artists[besid&s Bill Sienkiewicz and :Dave McKean]), Especially notable this material. The bug-eyed, grin- crazed cartoonist who receives SLUG November 1992 Page 9

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with natural forces. Quoting the living creature or object). In text: "The philosophy of Zhuangzi case, Hoff has chosen Piglet is a philosophy of freedom. It is a not aNo, sequel THE to TE Hoff's OF deservbPIGLE, L 1 teachings of early Tao master philosophy that takes life and hurls.. Zhuang Zhou, remarkably ren- it into the limitlessness of time popular THE TAO OF POOH; I t3muANa SPEAKS: dered by Taiwanese cartoonist and space in order to be experi- acompanion volume. While Pe. Tsai Chich Chung. enced to the fullest." may be Tao in his simplicity, heI.3 MUSIC of Nature Rather than dry text, though, Illustrator (and presenter)Tsai let manifests Te. the cartoonist chooses to depict Chih Chung has done a marvel- Hoff has chosen A.A. jby mi EM hunn the narrative through Zhuangzi ousjobwithZHUANGZl SPEAKS. wonderful characters to illu (~~ by WJon Bruya) (or Master Zhuang)'~simpletales. His style is similar to that of car- Taoist beliefs, and one can ha rprkrtol-8 Populated by trees, animals, and toonist Sergio Aragones, and it think of better examples. historical Chinese figures, these fits the material well. Moreover, Piglet, of all of Milne's fables point out the folly in typical the use of the comic strip format acters, is a perfect represen ME TE OF PIGLET human behavior. allows the philosophy to be de- forthe typical human. After a I Through these illustrations, picted simply and eff ectively. The is merely a "Very Small Ani I ;by Beoj;amin Hoff Zhuangzi's maxims are revealed tiny figure of Zhuangzi converses nearly powerless and see Bdu and delineated. The underlying with kings, Master Kongzi puny against the mightyfo philosophy of Tao is expounded. (Confucius), trees, and animals. life and death. But while ldE. Two delightful books on the Zhuang Zhou's unique form of The manner of presentation is may be terrified, he is nev : simplicity and perfection of Tao Tao belief is summed up by the never heavy-handed, in keeping tirely hopeless. He learns

a are now available: ZHUANGZI second part of the title: "The with the nature of Tao, and that his mistakes and keeps on g . SPEAKS: The Music of Nature Music of Nature". To Zhuang allows the messages to be trans- Hoff uses other Milne : and THE TE OF PIGLET. Zhou, much of the suffering in life mitted without bias. Ultimately, it ations to display the pitfall : The first is a retelling of the came from living out of balance is up to the reader to determine certain human behaviors. the value and wisdom of what is downcast fatalist is embodie being stated. Andfrankly, it makes Eeyore, for whom nothing a sense. Being one with the forces ever go right. Exuberance, re& SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES.... of nature, rather than working lessness, and immaturity arq against them, seems more pro- be seen in Tigger. :I ductive and honorable. But Piglet is the focus h$ STEEL The material isso marvelously Hoff uses Milne's stories to shq laid-out that one wishes the book how through bravery Piglet ovk, were longer. After 125 pages, cames his obstacles, just as GLASS one feels the reading is over too mans might do, if they can quickly. It's not a testament to the member the Tao. lack of content, though, but the And rather than just draw wish that the enjoyment could go the writings of one Taoist phi1 SHADOW on and on. pher, Hoff mingles the Unfortunately, there is a phies of Zhuang Zhou (or THE FIRST FULL-LENGTH RELEASE BY lengthy textual afterword by Uni- Tse to Hoff), Lao Tse, THE COLOUR THEORY versity of Michigan Professor Yellow Emperor, filtered Donald J. Munro. While the back- modern-day sensibilities. REMIXED - REMASTERED - RERELEASED ON COMPACT DISC ground and history of Taoism that Thus, Hoff discusses just AVAILABLE AT RAUNCH RECORDS AND OTHER LOCAL MUSIC OUTLETS Munro writes about is interesting, solutions Tao has to offe it lacks flavor, especially when problems like ed ALSO AVAILABLE - THE 7" VINYL compared to the book's text, and "FLOWERS IN THE GARDEN is therefore superfluous and dry. But the material is Found elsewhere, Munro's efforts B/W "VICTORIAL * .I -1 . . L> would probably be of note, but Like the Tao, it is exceedin 4 AND COMING SOON FROM within this book, it merely pales simple and attainable with eff b by comparison. Yes, THE TE OF PIGLEd AIDA HOUSE RECORDS Princeton University Press rather expensive at $16.00 (1 NEW RELEASES FROM should be lauded for its efforts in the hardback. The softcover elj WORLD DEVASTATION bringing readers ZHUANGZI tion is not yet available.), yet ill SPEAKS: The Music of Nature. money well-spent. LiF NOVA GENUS At $9.95forabout 150 pages, this ZHUANGZI SPEAKS, THE TE BOHEMIA book is a real bargain and can be PlGLETseemingly endstoosod read by anybody from child to the reader wishes the experieq AND "SONGS FROM THE LAND CALLED ECSTASY" adult. would go on and on. Whether! THE LATEST 4ISONG E.P. BY SHADOWPLAY Likewise, THE TE OF PIG- a pleasant diversion or as a tool] LET'illustrates tenets of Taoism insight into human nature, tH CD RELEASE PARTY FOR COLOUR THEORY & NOVA GENUS through popular vehicle. book deserves to be read a! SPONSORED IN PART BY RAUNCH & FREEWHEELER ...COMING SOON In this case, author Benjamin cherished. Do yourself a favl Hoff seeks to provide insight into and buy a copy. You won't t FOR MORE INFO WRITE TO the Taoist doctrine of Te (or the sorry. ADA HOUSE RECORDS P 0.BOX 520053 SLC, UT 84152-0053 virtue of Tao as represented by a - Scoff vlc 1 SLUG November lvrz rage 11 lieve you said that. in a bar in Germany and she had,&h Klm: We do have a lot in common this project she was working on '% though. We all have green eyes. The rest is history. 3 We allthink"Evi1 Dead II" is agreat SLUO: Last question. Kelley, Kim: @ movie and we all like Taco Bell. how can we tell who's whom? :"a:'& Josephine: Not me. I'm actually Kelley: I have better moves. getting tired of it. But, I'm usually --Chris Robin out-voted when we go out to eat. SLUG: Josephine, you're English. DlSCOGRAPHY How did you get hooked up with POD - Released in 1990 on Rough these yankees? Tradel4ADand re-releasedin 1992 Josephine: I met Kim in 1988, 4ADIElektra when my band opened for The SAFARI - EP, Released 19924ADl Pixies. A year later I met her again Elektra

In 1989, Dayton Ohio twin sis- have other bands. Does that make ters, Kim (Pixies) Deal and Kelley The Breedersoneofthosedreaded Deal, mulled over the idea of a side projects? 'real" female rock band. The Kelley: Actually, we've been to- 1 A ROCKIN* LI'L ROAL ,,'OUSE ! 'Banglesfrom Hell" ...andthus THE gether for ayear, and neither Kim's BREEDERS were bred. or Josephine's other bands have 'current incarna: done anything together for a while. tion includes Kim and Kelley on I guess that makes the side vocalsand guitar, projects. (Perfect Disaster) on bass and Jim Kim: Iwanted to keep talking about Mc Phirson (Raging Mantras) on rocking out. I've been perfecting (drums. As a prelude to the group's my guitar moves, but, there's one Halloween appearance at Club thing I can't do. And that's wiggle DV8, thequartet graciously agreed around like I'm getting off. My best ito a telephone interview. The 30 move is puning my foot up on the minutesthatfollowed involvedTaco monitor Bell, Sam Raimis' "Evil Deadnmov- Kelley: As I was saying, we're go- Lies and the following excerpts1 ing to record another album soon. SLUG: To start with ... In fact, we're performing a lot of Kelley: Salt Lake? Do they even new material. haverockshowsin Salt Lake? (Kim SLUG: One of the things I've really overheard in the background"Fuck liked about the band is it's no-frills No!") approach. Is that deliberate? ,SLUG: Now, Now. l guess in retort Kelley: I'd say so. I've been think- 'I should ask you if women can ing a lot about the guitar work on, rodt? (Nirvana's) Nevermind, and I like Kelley: Can women rock? it, but, it bothers me.

RTmflucRrrol------SLtlGtHed------Kelley: Seriously, we wanted to Kelley: Well, like "Smells LikeTeen show that females absolutely w Spiriis" would take 3 more guitars if 'rock That there's more to women they do it live. We've opened up for rock stars than either metal or them and the stuff I really like is the adorable pop. honest stuff. Jim: l agree absolutely. I can't see Jim: I think that's one of the things adiierence betweenthe way these that makes the band so interesting. ladies rock and the way my We all have different tastes in mu- bandmates (in Raging Mantras) sic. Like, I like King Crimson and rocked. Well, actually the ladies Ministry. And our music reflectsour might rock a bit harder. inner anxieties. SLUG: I know Josephine and Kim Kelley: Inner anxieties? Ican't be- Page 12 November 1992 SLUG

urng. I lookforwardto loaded a couple of hours a seeing Brad Barker's newest mu- Spanky's Cinema Bar with cop sical venture soon thouah. pery rockadelic rhythmsand rough many have. But, now the trend -Chiis Robin textured tunes. And what bette! seems to be supporting yourscene time to see these guys than Octq and ignoring worthy others. ber; the month of spiders, bats ant New York's LETCH PATROL, skeletons? What's the connec probably the best unsigned tion? I don't know, but there is one hardcore band Salt Lake has seen I'm impressed by the way Davk since MALIGNOUS YOUTH, was lmmergluck and Greg Lisher hy the lastest to get the non-royal vest unpredictable harmonies an5 treatment. Added on to a 3-way twisting changes out of their sh local bill, Letch Patrol played for strings - producing dense audi just about a dozen patrons who tory pleasure. I think these crq were smart enough to linger after cards are underrated. Although Salt Lake's 3-piece ICEBURN. like them, it is, however, still wein, Sorry, you little shits, but you for me to get used to Victo missed out. Letch Patol's all-too- Krummenacher's vocals. Thw brief and all-too-unattended set farmers plow through medleys o featured rag in', galloping hardcore spacy sounds, plant a little percus done in the NYC hardcore style; sion, and reap hauntingly mosq = fast, furious, and funny. The mean- melodies. I think that they wrii songs and then play them back wards (just kidding). MONKS tunes create a spec I IE I ZIPGUN trum of moods and sensations. Fu flavored tun! It's great to watd Bar 8 6rill- October 15 drummer Chris Pedersen disen Club Starm - Octo It has been a long time since a band has just knocked me on my ass. In fact it would have to have atreat. Iwas told talesof fire, tribal been October of 88 when I saw dances, body paints and people The Fluid play atThe Word.Zipgun %king their clothing off. Needless did just that. Another one of Empty ) say, I was excited. Record'sfinebands. Theonlything I actually thought SKOZEY I can compare them too is The =TlSH did quite poorly. Period. Fluid played at 45, just as powerful CRASH WORSHIP is about and almost as loud. le closest thing you can see that The night was a great line-up ,minds you of hell. They entered with Gnome up next. Except to be be building with several beasts of honest, Gnome should have urden, pounding a very heavy played first. They are a killer band mat that didn't end the entire night. i that sort of reminds me of early Water seemed to be the center- Soul Asylum but they didn't have :e around which the group or- quite the kick that Zipgun had so anized their sound. I don't think their hard melodic set of great ny one person left without the songs came off very anticlimatic. beling that their primitive occult Better still, "I Am The King" They played hereoncebefore with tangle himself from one of thd ~stinctshad not been sickened to (dedicated tothe L.A. riots.showed Neurosis and they will probably be more rolling ditties, too. 1 deep dark grave. off a burgeonire politically con- back and you ought to check them While walking home fro1 ' also like thank the fire- ceived dide, while a colored cover out. Spanky's, I discovered that all kr. Good show1 of Priest's "Breakin' The Law" -Less Nessman experiencing MONKS; I w a' showed they're not getting m drenched in the Halloween sd serious. MONKS OF DOOM and bought some penny can ANGER OVmAD To be fair to ICEBURN, they Another great journey of sound talented. But, their spoiled-shit COMMONPMCE dose of brain fertilizer. f SKOZEY ans ruined a perfect evening. esides, though Gentry's vocals Spanky's Cinema Bar Ed. Note: Those who ICEBURN howed considerable improve- COMMONPLACE'S set-u ment, Iceburn's longer, experi- October 16th and-get-off-the-stage-fast se ETCH PATROL side leaves me hangin for These wacky cats get me off; Commonplace play one of heir uptempo punk days. Is it a the second time around for ex- best sets to date. Com Clubb 8tam- October 2 crime to be a punk band these ingredients of Camper Van a band that plays very Shame on you Salt Lake! For days? Beethoven-MONKS OF DOOM. seing them play in aclub This crew is definitely worth see- I years many of us have asked As for openers SKOZEY crowd was unique. This I : Utahn's (and Salt Lakers?) to FETlSCH and MJGER OVER- ing a time or two (weekly). band that should be chec support their scene, and to be fair, LOAD, unfortunately Imissed both Friday night, the 16th, MONKS by everyone. SLUG November 1992 Page 13 kind of great &-n-mll Dischord doesn't wield a,more powerful has been dishing out lately. They pitchfork. Speedy guitars and have the apoearanceof dew 6ea enough razmanazz to get your f ishermenf ~'~uress~~dcdl'themhead banging. My favorites of the longsharerneb. Ifyau'miss'd them evening were 'Poor," this time. you'd- better pray to "Saddletramp," and of course the Meccathatthey come back. They MadonnacoverUBurningUp." Ijust put on a totally killer show. didn't get enough. - RMD --Chopper SUPERSUCKERS BAD YODaWS CRACKERBASH RATCHET Bar IP Grill - October 22 Club Stwm - October 28 Coming all the-way from Port- Everytime I see Ratchet, I like land Oregon, CfSckerbash heated them more and more. Julie has a up the evening with fast, furious great voice and she is backed by a -- 1 don't know if they had great band. If you haven't checked . ad: Bad Yodele~scome across as any uIWYS whg&j tfi~tlterut bemuse their sup- the localbpenstars. ..and why not. late but everyone was pretty posed "straight edge" aspect, fuck They rock hard. Terrance's har- beered up for a really good time. a dead cat or something, because monic vocals and stage presence 'WSta~rn~October 16 you really are missing out on They have a record out on Empty are incredible. Thecrowd got mov- Salt Lakedefinitely has itsown something great. Yes, they do have , Records that 1 strongly suggest ing quick. Wih the no stage diving sound, especially in the hardcore buying. I put it right up their with a prominent lceburn type of a style law in effect, kidsfound otherways but, I like them even better. The , genre. RATCHET is a very good Johnny Horton and Zipgun. to catch air. They had a lot of example. They are similar to Cokeaddicts and truckers vocal style is astounding and can equipment problems, but it was , Imbum ina lot of ways, and just as unite, you have finally found your even sou>d playful. Near the end still fun. t killer. nitch in the universe. Supersuckers of their set, Julie sang, alone, no , LUNGFISHmade areturn visit gets me honer than my grandma's band, just improvising. She made a to iour pretentious city. If you poodle. There is nothing pretty up some of the greatest stuff as /haven1heard them, they are the about this band, even Satan she went along. Two thumbs up.