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Dear SLUG, scene for the "riot" control at the were more concerned witl! I'm from Las Vegas and your time. Why didn'toneof them come harrasing teenagers than saving magazine really helped me out sooner? Why were the crowd and .lives. We would also like to mak4 when I visited, but I couldn't help members of the touring bands left a comment to the club ownerf but notice the "Mormon update." I to deal with the situation on their What gives you the right to pack a guess I can understand the an- own. It is very apparent to us that club so full of people that it bi tagonism some non-Mormons in these kind of situations are best comes dangerous to our lives. It i~ Utah might have against Mormons, dealt withlby the "professionalsn obvious to us that if the club ha4 but that just made me sad. I, who are hereto "protect and serve." not been so over capacitated th myself, am not Mormon, but even When the"one"po1ice offiierfinally this fatality would not have occur the scene in good old 'sin city' came out to investigate, he Maybe next time you should dbs PHOTO EDITOR doesn't rip on Mormons that hard. said,"What the hell is wrong with more considerate toward safe$ When you start down grading this one?" This is quite a positive rather than making a good peoples religion, it just makes you attitude to have coming from Salt Slnkerly yours, Scott Vice, Lars Telluride look ignorant. Why can't you just Lakes finest. Judging by this it Scott B., Dave M. Dustln R leave it alone, eh? It wasn't funny, leads us to believe that the police Matt Taylor, JohnZeile it wasdistasteful. In your note after Chopper, Stim Boy the article you asked us to lighten CONTRIBUTING up, but Ithink we should be asking you the same question. If your looking for an open-imaged type magazine, you made a big mistake $withthat article. Ithink it's terribly TRAvu~1nvnnwun3BSOKA~ unfair to non-Mormon readers to MRSEAWMAMLNIXONUORNQL give them such a distorted and HOHLJGRL I.MBAUGHJ LA IC, twisted view of Mormonism, or of Special Thanks To: anything for that matter. I guess JELVISRWDCELYAUQNADL Stormy, Margie Alban, the saying still holds true: people IAXINQOALCRHAKCOPSRDI Dan Keough, Private Eye fear what they don't understand. FFCSTCGRZAELOHTTUBERJ Thanx for hearing me out, MANSONEHFRAMPTONSDPC! Penelope Cox P.S. Vegas' scene isn't as good, ALwVLARODTIARMVJRGMJ but for some occasional entertain- OF,NGLDSATHULKHOGENUr(Q ment try the Huntridge Theater @ CA*T I I ESGRYAAOCBRMVHO' 477-7069. DNMHARFHMOOWZLAOMGIH Dear DICKHEADS, ESUBMULOCWAQJLZHUJAOC My friends and I are writing to LOTPOSGSTRHPDOKLSQLW you concerning the Rage Against lVOl IDHFDHPOSIVLEXDQb The MachineIHouse of Pain show on the 8th of April. AVUNYOISUELIAMXEKQAE We wish not to comment on MSEPPNTVMCTFWIGFIEGE the show, which was incredible, OPOJMEOLRAREPORRMJHD4 but on the certain events that HOHARANJTlEVSTALLONEi PLI occured right after. As everyone know by now, a fatally occured POCNIXONAEROGREPPITE~ siuo M outside of DV8 when the show got TLlALJBRCYRUSZWCECFDj P.O. BOX 1061 out. For those of us who were there to witness it knows that a McCarthy Mr. T SALT LAKE CITY, UTAl young man was brought out, ap- Hulk Hogen Nixon 84110-1 061 parentlyunconcious, by hisfriends. Howard Stern Alda IIt came to pass that the youth in Bono Mike Summers question died as a result of a heart condition and other related cir- Elvis Dr. Spock cumstances. It is these other cir- Dan Quayle DeeDee cumstances we wish to comment Nader Mr. Rogers upon. First of all, we want to know Humperdink Limbaugh why it tookso long forthe police to Columbus Stallone respond to this situation concern- ing the young man. We estimated Alfanso B.R. 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Until next month, Uncle Ezra Cnglnally Run March 1990 P.age 6 May 1993 SLUG l ever heard, and all the more lethal fci thecontrasting slower passages. New Waterfront, finally getting some- anthemic and rarely if ever hooky, the songs succeed on power and aggreb Yodelers" before the REVELATION thing new out. I've waited a good amount of time since I heard the two sion only. RECORDS and a new band name The lyrics are a pleasant surprise. snatch them up. songs on the Salt Flat comp. This new tape on Salt Flats, kicks big hairy ass. No silly-ass Satanism ar cannibalism, mmRlfw6) -4arsTelluride no gee-look-how-sick-we-are The new Decomposers 7,co- With a song that was done by Sadahna and some new, more relaxed stuff, you necropolis or vivisection; these guy produced by Flatline Records and the actually have something to say. 'In. Decomposers is like a breath of fresh can't help but love this assemblbge of melodic, monotone, stop, and make sanity Plea" is about murderers who air in a Biker bar. It packs more emo- cop a plea and are set free only to kill tionsin foursongs than both the Rolling DWT UKE COPS you think, style of music. These four guys know how to put a tape out that is again; 7enitoriesnexploresthe sbugglo Stones Hot Rocks album and Slayers RU. DUD for survival and individualihrin the world Seasons in the Abyss. WATERFRONT all the way but still Hardcore punk... or some such different from stuff that I've heard. If of the gangbangers; "Three Witchesq Two songs were released previ- derivation. 3.3 speak the lingo of weigh the pros and cons of acid- ously on their tape. "September," you want to have a good local band on DISCHARGE, KISS, DRI, HATE X9, tape, this is most definitely worth the ping. Sure, it's not exactly Co 'Heros," and two new releases. The MAIMED FOR LIFE, NOFX, Wisdom, but ils a lot better than first death 'Hillbilly," a demon disco skins. SUBHUMANZ, and a dash of -4.M. D. Hail-Satan and Let's-fuck-this-rotti mgahUt as far as I can tell, boy METALLICA for good measure. corpse stupidity of many of their co meetsgirl, boylovesgirl, boy isbanished Luckily, what's missing is the rep- to hell far bad behavior. 'Nickles and etition of tawdry, shit-brain pubescent EPIDEMIC Dimes.' a bit of punk rock poetry. I'm punk. You know the sound... that of convinced no one thinks the same way cavemen bunked on the head with one Decame~on as Aaron, 'When you look down here too many spiked clubs ... what do you see? Just nickles and Instead, we have a well-thought METAL BLADE) dimes and empty dreams." His vocals mixture of streetwise perspectives vo- Epidemicis "deathmetal," Iguess, are outstanding. The overall sound of calized in an onslaught of grating rage. but in much the same way that Helmet this 7" is great. Can I say It's the kind The vocals grate. The instruments is 'heavy metal." This is minimalist of thing that almost sounds better on grate. The message never lets up. fare: no flowery acoustic intros, no vinyl. This incessant grating demands at- vocal harmonies, no dizzyingly-com- Did Imention the cute packaging? tention. A blaring reminder of every plex tempochanges,~~protracted high- Wller art work1 Great photos and lay- injustice hounging back at you from tech guitar solos. Just basic, simple 'out, and every record is on see through your mind's recesses. Every time a arrangements, blinding speed, and green vinyl. Put on your record player cop infringed on your privacy. Every bludgeoning power. And it's damn and watch it decompose before your time the thought-police attempted to effective. .wry eyes. sway your belief system in your favorof The vocals of Carl Fulii are low- consistently equal it, they have the conformed masses versus autono- ended guttural growling, but more ar- potential to be near the top of the h mous living. Every time .... ticulate than most such; he actually in the 90's. They've also got a g 3.3 is barefoot noise that trans- enunciates every syllable, even in the shot at genuine crossover ap forms you into a scathing Banshee fast parts. hardcore purists should be able indian. And the potty words will have The musicclearly owes an inspira- preciate the tasteful, basic song st ((ilR8t Iklwd8) your neighbors muffling,their offended tional debt to Slayer, but then what tures and often-insightful lyrics, whi The intro to SOUTH begins with a ears, hah. Incoherent and vicarious death metal band doesn't? Epidemic metal-heads will love its sheer pow jumpstart which halts and re- vengeance that is crystal clear in it's displays enough versatility and origi- and heaviness. Fully recommended susoitatesinthrobbingswells. Instantly, intended message. Insert sleeve logo's nality within the parameters of their all who like it fast and nasty, jagg listener is held willing and captive usupportYour Local Police Beat Your- conceptual framework to forge their black, and blastin'. the instruments. Terrance D H.'s self Up" and Q RU-DEAD 'Unautho- own identity in this crucible of white- -The Subhuma ice matures like aging wine, deep- rized duping will get you shot in the hot, molten metal. ing in resonance and pitch. face'- Speak for themselves. The musicianshipis excellent; air- As a 5-song EP. SOUTH is In- As far as I know, the FJroject has tight and always right on the money, CIRCUS OF POWER dicative of an exemplar mus~calpath. been abandoned but 3.3's members not a single note wasted, and nothing and stands as YODELERS most su- launch a head with other prospective walking all over anything else. The perlative effort to date. Easily surpass- groups. They be: Evol (Bruce), simplicity of the song arrangements (COUIIIIBIA) @ WINDOW and almost reaching the B'Nardo. Sybil (Uncle Shame) and allow everything else to breathe; the guitar leads rip and flay without becom- Circusof Powercame up out of the qotiveintensity of IWONDER (never murillo. New York City club scene. Their bested in my opinion). The first major If you've harrassed by cops and 'hgself-indulgent; ths frantic bass and pummelling double-bass drumming eponymous debut on RCA came out in ' ject release of any band remains hate them to the degree Ido--this tape 1988; a sleazy, bluesy, tattood-biker- 6$mparable m their fohcoming ma- is for you propel the savage vocals and buzz- saw guitars through thesheer aural on- rocWmetal opus that earned them a te(ial. YODELERS are no exception. reputation as the East Coast's answer However, the band strive for -Lars Telluride slaught without ever sacrificing power for mere versatility. These five Califor- to Guns N' Roses. It was a nickname iigenuity by constantly seeking a the band didn't much like: "We weren't 'sounb that evolves but never reaches nians already know what many seem to never learn: that the spaces be- street people!" says Gary Sunshine, a conclusion. Thus, fresh and PHORHEAD guitarist-and-former-bassist. -inhindered in their approach Aga~n tween the notes are as important as the I've never seen the band play live notes the'mselves. About a year or so ago, the Circus gdagain, I am moved by thew unlver- butthisPHORHEADsingleis realgood left their homeland. New York's East @ expression- music endowed w~th They also manage to avoid the to listen to. They kind of have a Primus new-bands' tendency to play every- Village and The Holiday Bar on East srpcerity andduality unveilinginSOUTH action going on but only in the music. It 9th Street, and relocated to the Poser arker, romantic side that endows thing at maximum speed simply for the is a bit trippier than Primus and take the sake of speed. The majority of the Capital of the Universe: Hollywood. And gone are the lyrics to a different level than any other ' Now, armed with a new bassist (Mark song titles (i.e. Raindrops songs are fast, but the slower grinding thing I've heard of this nature. paceof cuts like "Factor Reflor 'Three Frappier, who replaces Zowie, who Waiting, End to Begin, This Town). The price can't be too expensive replaced Gary), a new drummer (Victor Well... for the most part. Witches" is ponderously heavy and and ok packaging. I say check it out. makes the fast stuff sound even faster. Indrizzo, formerly of Redd Kross), and ; This may be your last chance to a new label (Columbia), the revitalized Gtchthem on a local label and as "Bad And it is fucking fast! The high- velocity stuff is as fast as anything I've Cof P has released their strongest al- 2 bum to date: one flat-out, ass-kickin' dobro into the mix on the ever cut But old-time Circus fans will sate for Utah's anti-liquor establish- open-D.tuning,acoustic- still find the raucous rebellion they are ment attitude. After one listen, I felt sliding 'cajun hel' intro best known forin fiery tunes likewMama better, and was left wanting mom. and outro to "Swamp Tequila" and "Oulta My Head." The To describe the sound, you would Deuil," the excellent first expected sensations are all still there, have to make references to avariety of cut. Ricky Beck Mahler . but new ones have been added. different musicians, ranging from contributes the freight- Let's put it this way ...p revious Smashing Pumpkins, to Poster Ohil- train-chuggin', power- Circus of Power albums were like dren, to sight traces of Jimi Hendrix, chord-crunchin', dis- blastin'down the highway ona Harley, with a bit of jazz here and there to tie it toried-lead-rippin' hard catchin' bugs in your teeth.This one is all together. A new mix of sound, and roc!uheavy guitar; and more like guzzin' a few in a noisy, yet, it's very light hearted and fun to introduces an E-bow on smokey dive afterward. The thrills and listen to. two or three cuts. This excitement are still present, it's just not VocalistlguitanstJohn Kimbrough expanded versatility is quite as reckless of a ride. While not isaveryarticulatemusician,whowrote evident everywhere, but trivial enough or stupid enough to ship most of the albums material, and is nowhere intrusive; it's platinum or even gold, this LP just very creative, using very tight riffs, and not a hey-look-what-we- might garner the band the critical ac- singing with almostalaid back, sarcas. can-doalbum. Theband claim they richly d€i~e~e. They've tic whine (which is good). Together has extended theirreach come alot fartherthanjust New Yorkto with bassist Candice Eelanoff, and without exceeding their California. The title is dead accurate: drummer Joey Waronker, this ouffit motherfucker of an album! grasp, a feat easier said than done. It's madness is magic. seems to bind closely a very powerful, This is by far the most mature, The sound on this LP is unabash- -Th Subhuman and very entertaining sound, which 1 expressive material the Circus have edly huge, full-production, and the think would appeal to most anyone. ever done. Everything just sounds So ' performance is equal to it. This ain't no My favorite tracks would have to muchmorethought-out,morepolished, late-70's, all-polished-and-no-ballsra- WALT MINK. be 'Love you better.' a grungy power andmore powerful for it Alex Mitchell's dio-rock band, bubba! The recordas a chord-driven ditty about stupidity in vocals, which sometimes bordered on whole, creates a semi-psychedelic, MSSMM relationships, and "Showers Down;" a --a- --a- smme~~a~~m~~wkoc~a*n: ~~0 R~ordr) ety*mlohpoppy, funkjazzpunkrockhww tune of anxi- or Glen Danzig, have developed into a ally almost reminiscent of the best of Being an under-aged show goer, 1 tuneful, soulful ~~0ningthat's still ca- the Cult (and, in fact, Cult leader Ian was not able tp go see this band per- make a lot of sense most of the time. pable of Bscalating into a filled-lung Astbury does backing vocal on one fo, at the B~ and ill a few months But who says that's a bad thing? Any- roar where necessary. song, "Sh~ne.") back. Even though Ihad heard barely way, ifthey come through town again, The playing is tighter, more fo- But Circus of Power never surren- three fourths of one song from wait checkoyttheirlive performance, which ' cused, at the same time heavier and ders strength to accessibil~ty.There is ~i~kat the time, I was stillintrigued I heard is just like their album: ''Q%lusier.' Gary Sunshine, now on gui- an acoustic-y ballad- y tune here, "Cir- enough to want to see them live. so, I nE w. .fun-fme, flays a bluesy, jazz^, cUS.' which is probably the most deli- wentandboughtthealbum tocornpen- 4. Ashley Workman .y-sIiing wah-wah style; and brings a cate and vulnerable pieces they have Raspberry Retords (~ollada~)ctindoil Audio (Orem) I anderground goods for Please purchase tickets in advance. All ages np alcohol the discerning individual Smoking permitted in designated areas only. u NO STAGE DIVING m SLUG ,il I Y Y 3 Page Y

It's the purpose of this column to help those who aren't to grope :olumn litle their pathetic way toward Enlight- enment. This is done in the smug knowledge that it's politically cor- rect to help those less fortunate than oneself, especially if one doesn't have to make bodily con- tact, let alone swap bodily fluids. Nor would you be correct in Counsel assumingthis homily iswiiensriily You're holding up the water for stupid people of he male per- mleron you two-hour lunch break suasion. In this age of equality, it's with your co-malingerers, including possible for women to be just as (our basic token person of the fe- stupid as men (but not more so). nale persuasion (Name Withheld Polticalcorrectitude beginswith n Fear of Lawsuits), when (Dio, this understanding: the politically wen though he's a male -type correct determine what is and what 3erson)cracksthe latest limp bbnde isn't politically correct. Any other oke. Before youcan pickyourteeth interpretationof this maxim renders with a bent paperclip, Name With- the interpreter politically incorrect. ield sues Diofor sexual jerkery, a Beingpolitically correct is easy, ebny. Ditto is surprised because like avoiding bar fights: don't go to ~efigured Name Withheld wouldn't biker bars wearing a lavender tutu. nind the potty room humor since It's as easy as figuring out when to she wasn't really blonde. laugh at an office party: when your Thus he proves himself guilty boss laughs, or when Name With- not only of sexual jerkery but of held laughs (especially if Name politicalinconectitude, also afelony. Withheld is the boss). It's as easy In the face of either charge, plead- as knowing that someone has ing stupidi is no defense, unless reached political hipitude: when . . you're a Supreme Court justice. Saturday Night Live satirized him, Expect mob violence. her or it. Ifyou're surprised that your ol' Never sleep with anyone more p- buddy Ditto wassurprised (remem- litically correct than you. ber how you laughed till your den- luresfellout when hesaid "It's asad day when a man can't spl and a worse day when a woman can."?), l you hear alarm bells in your head (such as it is), and it isn't the result What about that idiotic blonde of being whacked repeatedly with a joke you're dying to get out of your ballpeen hammer, it may be the roiling gut, like a rancid anchovy POSTERS result of fear that, like Ditto, you pizza; dying to tell somebody, .e may have inherited the jerk gene bodv? If you don't own a dog who'll (Limbaugh's Disease) and are listen, try writing it on the bathroom Ek 4 6 MORE therefore genetically incapable of wall. Or mail yourself a letter. When being poliically correct. Well, don't it arrives, maybe you'll have for- faint or crawl under your bed or gotten about it and find it funny. emigrateto Boliviaor Bountiful.You Or tell it to a bald woman. needn't wear a bag over your head If you stilldon't get it, remember in public. Willy's people have re- that if it's likely to be bad for you writtentheworld AccordingtoBushf (like TV news), avoid it. Read the Reagan, but the LQ& politically Deseret News instead. And if it's correct survived the transition with totally bland (like TV news), then it's nary a hair out of place, toupee, good for you. Watch it all you want, dyed,orcat.Therek hopeforjerks. but wear a bib in case you drool. 01 course all this doesn't apply As a last resort, rememberthat to SLUG readers who already have two wrongs don't make a right, but "IT."lT" being, of course, that which three do. by seeking todefine establishes the Good luck. If you insist on tell- attempted definer as lacking pos- ing Wjoke, you'regoingto need it. session of "IT.")You know who y,ou --Ken (Some of my best are, and who you aren't. friends are blonde) Rand Page 10 May 1993 SLUG h

Johnny, both of the long-standing rockabilly and play it well, is one Gamma Rays, had talked about key to their success. Says Andy starting the band, when they met "I'm so sick of political and Andy who proved to be the antagonistic music, 1 mean catalyst. However don't make everywhere our lives are the mistake of thinking the Dead bombarded with political and Kats are just another Gamma social stigmata. I want to play Rays. Both cover some of the music to drink to, have a good same songs, but the resem- time to. (Consequently,) we blance ends with the titles. Also, don't sing blues acid rock, metal although there is a high level of etc. . . We play songs about reminiscent campiness, it never having a good time and appreci- interferes with the quality of the ating what you have." music. Even an ardent detractor From the very articulate to of rockabilly admitted that the very drunk, everyone who "they're really tight musicians." talked to me emphasized a (He also couldn't seem to leave particular enjoyment of the Dead and do all the shit he REALLY Kats because of their unique- , p - HAD TO DO that ness. "It's a mistake to compare them to other types of music and judge them on what they (other types) do for you. Music has many purposes and they're filling a gap and doing it well. " said the most articulate of the crowd. Many also pointed out that rockabilly itself is a return to basic roots that are+ forgotterr. fied -< "WR~Y ;So I'm going to do rhythm arid blug'~,'86s Andy. an interview with the "There are very few types of Dead Kats. so sim~le. music that can combine hillbillv it's not as I don't'see them talk, and have a good time to. . night, or the next Thursday. A soul with the spirit of rock and' every other night here and there. Just watch Andy Belanger, definite if denied compliment.) roll. . . that strong steady driving The only problem is getting them (whacka whacka drums,) John All three have a definite and very rhythm. I love the rockabilly all together at once. Not a Lundeen, (upright boom-boom enjoyable stage presence. simply because of the 'boom problem. Provided with a tape bass,) and Kerry Pedersen, (six- Johnny, with the only stand up chucka boom chucka.' I'm a recorder and enough money to strings and vocals,) and you can bass I've seen in a very long drummer that's what I do." drink with, I ran down to Burt's see that they're having a good time, is particularly noticeable. Lately most of the emphasis Tiki Lounge where every time. By the third song you'd Kerry makes you feel immedi- in music seems to be at pushing Thursday night they play to a have to have incredible will- ately comfortable, flipping shit limits as far and as often as laughing, stomping, stand up power to resist and not enjoy about everyone and everything possible, and while it's a great crowd only. What I got was a lot with them. better than anyone I know. It's thing, too much of anything isn't. of supportive drunken gibberish Now many of you are harder to glimpse Andy behind The Dead Kats provide a from the crowd, and one out of probably still shuddering over the rows of people, but a you can welcome and needed change. three Dead Kats, also inter- SLUG'S cover, and either you're catch a glimpse, it's worth it just Mark Conlan, owner of Burt's spersed with background taking yourself way too seriously, to see the enjoyment in every Tiki Lounge, points out that gibberish. They disappear already have the narrow defini- move he makes. It's an all too many enjoy "the timeless quality quicker than they normatiy tions of someone babbling about rare sight. of the Dead Kats, the reminder of appear (seconds before they the golden days when things The Dead Kats create an a better time, the simplicity." play.) What can you say, they're were just, well, right, or defining atmosphere of Unfortunately, the Dead Kats great people who appropriately rockabilly from a single hit you unpretentiousness that is will be away, while Johnny have lives. associate with the mid-eighties refreshing to say the least. roams around Europe for a bit. Itook the gibberish and ran, and the return of tattered poodle There is no stage at Burt's, But keep checking SLUG, and after all, how often do you wear. Whatever the reason, separating them from the crowd watch for their return. (They encounter forthcoming, relaxed, you're missing out on a type of or putting them on a pedestal. normally play at Burt's every happy people, after an over- music long missing from the During breaks they drink and Thursday night.) Next time you crowded, smokey night, and this scene. If you don't believe me, hang with everyone else, even just need to RELAX ( and who is precisely what the Dead Kats just ask the many diverse people remembering your names. Nor doesn't,) give the Dead Kats a are about. They've created a (some of whom normally do they seem to have an try, no matter what happens venue, where none existed in the wouldn't be within a block of agenda, political, successwise, you're going to feel pretty damn often all too serious underground each other) who never miss a economic or other. There is no good by the end of the night. life, where nothing is wrong with show. soapbox anywhere to cry on. just having fun. 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The (Capitol Tbeatre Aprlgth) satirical, political banners mock our a private club for members 21 and up modern society for all it endorses., When asked "Well ...how was And our celebration of vigilant' it?," I could only reply, 'It sure dreammakers, discounting the in- wasn't PHANTOM OF THE OP- sanity factor of religious emprisarios, ERA!." Although the compositional including Jesus of Nazareth. Just music score hails from the same as Simon Zealots bellows of 'power brilliant mastermind, Andrew Lloyd and glory," offering the blind fol- Webbttr, placing these two musi- lowers a figurehead. cals in the realm of some sort of STYX's Dennis DeYoung is an catergorical imperative is defeatist. incompetent Pontius Pilate, Faili Act I opened with obvious mi- to deliver the snide, articula crophone obstruction. The cast of abrasive quality necessary dancers lacked the zest of perfor- character (excessive vibrat mance training. The staging was an The temple scene lacks a si appropriate grandiose spectacle aod vernacular, opting for a Mardi the costuming implernshedacrose+ display, and on the whole I foun culture blend, time-hanoredthrough numbers compactedin lengt interspersid generations. ~a'rl detracted from overall cohension. Anderson's Judas came twswith a Irene Care was missing and re- flat-top haircut. Ted Neeley's Jesus placed by another black synth-pop vocals Weather The Storm nut an Mary Magdalene. Ho-hum... - Tickets $60° Advance anticlimtic representation of the The Betrayal by Judas at "The : Available at Graywhale (Univ. & former mid-70's. Last Supper" was like a rushed- kovo), Crandall Audio, Raunch, Heavy But I wouldnot have it any other reluctance and condensed Metal Shop, Club Stam way!ll Until informed of Anderson's goddamnit! Even the side glanc and NeeTy'sindusion, I deferred from were play@ down ...But King Hero CLUB STARRZ ALL AGES WELCOME attending. When announced, Ijubi- stole the highlight. Laurent Giroux lantly decreed "they can come out was Rocky Horror incarnate. Indul- 740 South 300 West 359-1323 there with canes and walkers, I gent, burlesque Gothic and moon- wouldn't miss it for the world!" The ing the audience in his G-string. JC SUPERSTAR movie soundtrack Touche! was my first album at age 9 and Not once have I ever kept a dry remains the cherished favorite. eye during Neeley's "Gethsemane" Growing-up a troubled, reclusive and his shrilling vocal high-registers child, loften soughtrefugeon strains floured the house, "The Crucifixion" of "Hosanna"on the outskirts of our and 'John 19: 41" lent a different Santa Cruz Gardens Elementary outcome and altered formidably. School playground ...or hours of Special effects? understatement.{ irnaginat~ve play-acting their The use thereof entailed the inde- roles ...p urposely, I entered the the- scribable (therefore I decline). And 1 at CLUB STARRZ I atre with no preconceived expecta- of course a well-deserved standing tions and left the show in better ovation. Mark you, this producton spirits, curedof the personal plague and tour will never arise again. of melancholic achedonia ...The Henceforth, the world will go backto "Woman element" served it's ex- it's warring speculation over the pository mission. identity of Christ and all the theoreti- The music expunged the con- cal dilemnas it encompasses. Was I temporary jazz-funk genre, losing Jesus the definitive Messiah resur- JUNE 5TH @ CLUB STARRZ the earlier rock-rock based empha- rected as God? Merely awise (rabbi) s~s.This, undoubtedly lightenedthe teacher and idealist? Ethereal mys- FROM SAM FRANCISCO THE GR=UPS dramat~c overtones. The manic tic? Bleeding-heart martyr? Myth flamboyant attire exuded Or man? Fanatical, benevolent JUNE 8TH @ CLUB STARRZ Rastafarian purple hues, replacing megalumaniac? One thing is certain, he was the earth bounddesert, mystictones SURGERY ofthe 70'scostumes. Invariably,the Jesus Christ Superstar. As long as JUNE 19TH @ CLUB STARRZ promotional theme of multi-racial- Thanatos (death instinct) exsists, ism complimented the program. Jesus lives on in US, lest we perish. SPARKMARKER & UNDERTOW, ' As an aside, the initial Broad- JUNE 21ST @ CLUB STARRZ way musical was recorded as "The - Jinx Omen Telluride Brown Album," an inferior, hack- 'Oxymoronic to be sure! STEEL POLE BATHTUB & ETHYL MEATPLOW neyed and dispassionate intsrpre- IEWT TEU

those who don't think re any good cartoon ectlons being published more, I have a surprise: I N'T TELL YOU ANY- ING, by Michael Doucan.

Doug&, whose work has ;:- -.---.-.- ~~ At&% 0:JEIi S;10Wi$ 9@ MMU;WeEi OGUG~~ reviously appeared in j' RAWN & QUARTERLY maga- frequent the establishment, espe- ine and THE L.A. WEEKLY cially "the black cherry men" who (amongothers), weaves good, old- "paid with exact change, sat at his ashion tales of love, greed, car .table, and stared out the window" troubles, and rnore with folksy after ordering the same soda ev- C,charm. eryday. Most of the tales are bio- With "Chicken Stories: A Tril- graphical or autobiographical, ogy," Dougan excels, however. save the book's one misfire: "The These three tales comprise a Casanovaof Kilgore CountyTRis whole with the unifying theme tale concerns plump bank teller being chickens. Dougan and two Mrs. Dorothy Tremor and her pals explore the gamut of human chance encounter and eventually emotions. tryst with one JoshuaMadley. Or The delight to I CAN'T TELL !does it? The conclusion to this YOU ANYTHING comes from one almost manages to salvage Dougan's lean cartooning style the stoly, but not quite. which reminds me of Lynda Barry, Happily, the rest of the mate- but Dougan manages to capture rial rnore than makes up for that the essence of just what it means The first animated feature film to be given the NC-17 one lemon. The "carnstories("Car to be human. The facial expres- theahjcal release, Hideki Takayarna's "UROTSUKIDOJI: LEG- Trouble," "Let's Get Lost," "Start- sions in particular (especially on END OF THE OVERFIEND" mixes monsters, mutation, heavy- ing Over," "Car Trouble In thefacesof the everchangingcast metal, mythology and kinky sex in an adult-only "anime" epic. L.A.,""The Bigger the Car... The of lunatics) is especially impres- The movie's involved plot centers on a search for the new Closer to God," and "Car Trouble: sive. Choji, or Overfiend- a superbeing who appears inhuman form once 1 The Final Frontier") illustrate But the ultimate credit for every 3,000 years. Chojin's sacred mission isto destroy the existing Dougan's years of trouble with Dougan's success must go to his world and unite three mutually antagonistic dimensions: the modern man's favorite mode of charm and wit. Dougan's narra- its transportation, as the author has tive style is relaxed and warm, HumanWorld, the Man-Beast World, and the World of the Monster one harrowing experience after making thecharactersmuch more Demons- in a new, peaceful order. another with cars and mopeds. real and familiar. Despite the los- With its surreal blend ofperverse sexual violence and often But the highpoints to the col- ersand nuts hedescribes, Dougan , arcane struggles among representatives of the three conflicting lection are definitely "Opportunity never comes across as judge- worlds, OVERmEND offers little for those ih the market for Disney- .Jones," "Black Cherry," and the mental or superior and this makes type fare. InsteadTakayama'soutragousepic,rendered in spectacular 'Chicken Story" trilogy. In the first the work that much more thought- animated style, is sure to score big-time with fans of "HEAVY (the book's last chapter), Dougan ful. METAL" and "Japanimation." No one under 17 admitted. isofferedtheoppurtunityfor riches I could go on rambling about by a customer in the coffee store the merits of 1 CAN'T TELL YOU in which Dougan works. This hi- ANYTHING all day, but instead I'd Sneak Preview May I8at 9:30 larious workdetailsthe frustration recommend that you pick up a of workers indemeaning jobs per- copy instead. At $14.00 for 216 Plays May 21-June 3 fectly. As Dougan is pulled in by pages, it might seem a bit expen- Call for show times big-haired Othman Oglesby, the sive, but trust me, it's money well- I II readersympathizeswith his plight, spent. If the meaning of the uni- only to share Dougan's dismay verse can be found by studying when Oglesby'ssecret is revealed. the mundane, then we need more Likewise, "Blackcherry" finds storytellers like Michael Dougan. Dougan employed as a shift worker in an ice cream parlor and -Scott Vice 1 876 EAST 900 SOUTH 11 pondering the lives of those who Page 14 May 1993 SLUG

VERBATIM is instead annoyingly Worse, Wong's drawings are smarmy, as is the entire premise. stiff and lifeless. In the ads for' Belfast (which may or may not be a YOUNG CYNICS CLUB, publishel pseudonym) evidentlyforgot that a Dark Horse Comics touts Wong as key ingredient to satire is humor. being influencedby NEXUS'SSteve Worse, by parodying a comic book Rude and LOVE AND ROCKET'S sub-genre, the book's audience is Jaime Hernandez, but Wong evi. limited at best to those hostiletothe dently picked up only their styles : One of the most interesting as- ably ~ealistic:"VERBATIM aims to "real life" movement in comics. while neglecting to inherii their de. msof following the comic book poke fun at cartoonists like Harvey The cartooning is adequate if a scriptive abilities. The drawings aro iljidustry iswatchingthe emergence Pekar and the aforementioned Joe bit wooden, but fails to make up for lifeless and serve to makethe aW rfnd development of new talent. In Man and Ed Brubaker, who depict the unamusing story. stories even worse. recent years, the genre has seen their sordid lives in the sequential This reviewer is tempted to Dark Horse Comics is promat. the ~pearanceof such cartoonists art format. serve up a load of bile for cartoonist ing YOUNG CYNICS CLUB as an 9 Joe Matt, Ed Brubaker, and the Artist Belfast lampoonsthatidea Belfast,but a good deal of blame example of the up-and-coming tal- erratic Julie Doucet. with aquartet of storiesfocusing on also must be aimed at publisher ents isn't he comic book field, but Three relative newcomers to his upbringing, lack of cleanliness, Fantagraphics Books. they must have read something the field, Carl Belfast, Glenn Wong, his boring daily routine, his per- Fantagraphics does publish the other than the comic I bought. cind Mark Kalesinko, have debuted sonal relationships, and more. All masterful HATE and critically-ac- (B&W, $2.50) Grade: D- ii the past few months, and their this, of course, is extremely boring, claimed LOVE AND ROCKETS and f@spective efforts are graded below. which is Belfast's point. As the EIGHTBALL, but is also respon- protagonist (Belfast himself) sible for the worthless Eros line of incessantily whines about his life, softcore porn comics. Talk about Wjmn and drawn by the reader is supposed to conclude pandering!... It's hypocriticalto carp wtten and drawn by that such comic work is utterly on others' productswhentheseself- MI%1(818sdk0 I worthless. important and conceited folks ~rptrpmm hrl Belfast And perhaps the reader would prostitute themselves. Artist Mark Salesniko makes l+m-- - come tothat conclusion, were it not Oh* yah. an interesting, if inauspiciou?, de- Forthosewearied by thedearth for the fact that there ARE quality (B&W, $2.75) Grade: F but with the wordless S.O.S. of quality in autobiographical com- autobiographical comics around S.O.S. appears to be an al- ics, Fantagraphics Books and Carl and if VERBATIM were at all THE YOUNG lergy, with a young woman's risejo Belfast prsent VERBATIM. amusing. independence. in'.thifi ease, the With the cover blurb "Unbeliev- But the simple truth is that CYNICS CLUB young woman is Chloe, the only survivor of a sunken ocean liner Written and drawn by Trapped on asurfboardin becalm waters, the bespectacledcbesen 1 Glenn Wong out the proverbial "message-in- DrkHOP# CODjlE) bottle" to her family and then find The lives of four young "out- herself in a life and death struggl sider-type" men are the premise of with a shark (nature?). Glenn Wong's THE YOUNG CYN- What happens? Well, in th ICS CLUB. course of the story, Chloe learns t Told fromthe viewpoint of "sen- fend for herself, and that's thewhol sitive artist" Nathan, the comic ex- point to the story. Is it rompellin ploresthetribulationsofsuch young though? To be host, the answer people in American society. a disappointing no. Unfortunately, author Wong Kalesniko has chosen an am paintsthistableauextremely broadly bilious project here and unfo and resorts to cliche characters: nately fails. In 22 pages, there is handsome rebel Gabe, a lot of room for devel buffoonish jovial Stuey, aimless ideas and the ultimate Nathan, and the wordly Milo. seems all too easy. If learning For example, the stories in the fight for independence comic deal with the dissatisfaction simple, it's doubtful the world's' of the group with Marco's nihilistic populace would be so pathetic... path, the problems that result when Luckily, Kalesniko does have Stuey and Gabe move in together, an engaging illustrative style, remi- and Nathan's hypocrisy as revealed niscent of Bill Sienkiewicz and Dave by Milo. McKean. The often simple lines Believe me, all this is more in- combine for very effective pictures. teresting summarized than on the If only the story were nearly as printed page. The angst and whin- good... ing are pathetic and Wong fails to So Kalesniko's first work is a create so much asone sympathetic failure, but at least it's an interesting character. Thediabgue iscontrived one. I and unnatural, while the situations (B&W, $2.75) Grade: C- areoverly melodramaticandforced.

second performance. We had ta check them out again when they played Spanky's on April 20th, how sad for these This wasshow #5. Yup, theywers ~oorbastards. evil for real and had even improved guy is already I'm telling you, if you like you1 teasing and they music more on the punkside witb kinda Mark Arm-ish vocals, yo^ gotta get out to See BIRDMAN You might even ask one of the guys if they have a demo tape We Mastepbatel" handy. Among the five songs i8 We have always been very Chickenwire. Definitely a hit proud of the local Salt L Seeing this song done live is a scene. Admit it people, this town hootl Let us just say congratula tionsto Cody forfinishing the book this last time. (It's an inside joke forthose who've seen BIRDMAN). our usual amount of atten- misunderstand Tosummarize, my friends did tion. not lie. Cody and the boys (Pat on Crawling out of hiber- -. guitar, Brian on bass, and Steve nation this spring, friends killer sounds. on drums) may be newly formed, recommended we check out Some of the but they will soon be Salt Lake BIRDMAN at the Bar & Grill. The favorites, definitely catching the buzz ardund was that these boys attention and favor of all who are were playing only their second fearless leader has a fortunate enough to witness one live show. Now, some of my vew uniaue ~resenceon of their live appearances. Don't friends are Pretty hard-ass on 10- stage. ~ndirstatkd,iet powerful miss BIRDMAN at Bar & Grill May cal bands (well, all bands to be and effective, like a big blunt in- 6th! frank), and the most evil cynic of strument. all just kept saying, "You guys will We were blown away. It was -All @urlove, totally like these guysl they just hard to believe this was only their T. & J. aot toaether. thev're areatl" I

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I and LUMBERJACK that review out of the way I think i need acigarette. Anyways, there's plenty of happenin'stuff for all cats this album was produced in Mem- and kittens to rock n' bop to right Ews, BLUES phis by the infamous Gibby Haynes here ingoodol' Utah. ljust recently ( that's right, the 01' BUTTHOLE checked out a band from the Utal' AND RFlllMlS SURFER himself) which immedi- Valley, normally the home of bad Wonderful! Marvelous! Stu- ately ups the cool factor of this Ska music and penis cap hairdos. rindous! Incredible! Well, lguess album. Next let's take the fact that Well, that's all about to change e just about, gotten my point the Reverend and his boys (the with the rockin' sounds eminating across. For those of you who can't kickin' as usual rhythm section of from the Valley's hippest cats, THE guess from the previous T~onthedrumsand Jimboon the SCOFFED. The thing that really exclamalions, a new REVEREND bass) have again made an album scares me about this band is that HORTON HEAT'S first album, of some of the most spine chillin' they're average age is only seven- "Smoke 'em," my picks for roots psychobilly music this side of the teen, and already their developing album of the year. Well, with the funny farm. You add these two their developing their own unique new year not even five months old ingredientstogether and what you brand of vintage Rockabilly. This ., yet, I may have found my album of get is an album so damn beautiful quartet consists of Carl Harmon I theyearforthisyearalready.That's that it's now my yardstick by which singin' and slingin' his early sixties upcoming shows, but 1 you need right, it's the new REVEREND all other roots albums will be Gretsch, Paul Butterfield slappin' to knowwhat's happenin'with THE HORTON HEAT album entitled judged. This album is hipper'n an and a howiin' on his hound dog SCOFFED you can contact Paul The Full-Custom Gospel Sounds alley cat from song one to song bass, Reed Rowe poundin' on the Butterfield at: 255-6857. Be sure of The Reverend Hotton Heat," on twelve, and it's all pure psycho! If eighty eights and blowin' sax. and check these cats out as soon Seattle's Sub Pop Records. you haven't already been con- These Cat's are billies in the truest as possible. ;' Brother, if you thought the first verted to the Reverend's religion sense of the word. When you ask Well, that'lldo'erforthis month. HORTON HEATalbum wascooler of whiplash psychobilly, than nows 'em to name their influences they Next month I hope to have The 'n an ice cube eskimo's freezer, your chance, and brother if you've throw out such Rockabilly heavy- Late BUCK NAKED'S Posthumous then you've just got to check out already been converted than you'll weights asJohnny Burnette, Gene . release, as well as some stuff from the Reverend's newest platter. It's know what I mean when I say GO Vincent, Carl Perkins, Eddie aneof L.A.'s best rockabilly bands a little bit early to tell yet, but I'm OUT AND BUT THIS ALBUM OR Cochrine, Joe Clay and of course THE DAVE AND DEKE COMBO. at I'm in love with this BURN FOREVER IN HELLFIRE early Elvis Presley. At the writing 'liH next m~nth,I'm outta here album. AND DAMNATION! of this atticle I couldn't get any ; Let's start off with the fact that Whew, now that I've gotten information on available music or

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performances- too bad so many of BAD lUANNERS you missed it. STRErCH ARMSTRONG -Scott Vice HOUSE OF PAIN

lYltbPrlQulllIlnasry,Prow,UW RAGE AGAINST THEMACHINE Provo's cavernous National WOOL Guard Armory was host to the con- @m8,1998 cert of the year April 5, as locals lnsatiable and Stretch Armstrong, Club DV8 along with visiting Bad Manners, What a fucking show. I missed delighted a sparse crowd with 3t wool because of the crowd outside, but Ididcatch RAGE AGAINSTTHE hours of ska. weignt tnto me vocals, ranging rrom IS me way to go, men Ican go sorr Insatiable opened the evening MACHINE. Talk about intense. nice-and-melodic to raving-and-lu- where else and see Makeshift. J with a surprise as they covered only Thesefuckerskicked some ass. I've natic and back, often in the same handled it good, in fact It klndof In- Rico'suJungieMusicnwhiie playing a never seen the crowd so fucking song. He also had acheesy little toy tensified things. Every time I see number of original tunes unfortu- crazy. bull-horn that he used a couple of these guys i get more Impressed. nately, while thelr set did display times for that ever-popular 'Put-the- Last was the Yodelers, but Idon'l their considerable musical abilities, guns-down-andcomeout-wlth-your- know what to say about them be the material just couldn't match the hands-up" effect. Way cool1 cause a girl got hurt, a few kids dove other two bands. Songs were well-structured, with off the speakers, and Terrance got One problem the band has is enough change8 to avoid monotony; hit into the crowd. Then to top it off, indulging in too muchfunk. Addition- and both guitarists were hot, but the show ended. FUCKl ally, their numbers went on too long without that masturbatory "watch-me- --Chop attimes. Still, Insatiable has improved rip" tendency. And during the last considerably sincethelast time Isaw song, the singer picked up one gui- FLATUNE BHUEFIT them, so th is encouraging. tarist, held him upsidedown, dropped Stretc$rmstrong continued to him, fell on him, knocked the other APRIL 17M, 1883 impress this reviewer, too, despite a guitarist down, and fell on him, ;too-- CLUB 8TARRZ lackluster cover of Operation Luy's while they both kept playing! I bet Sorry kids but I missed tne tlrst "Unity ." Guns N' Roses can't do that. band Suspension of Disbelief. I'm 'I ney playedall my fave's, Bomb As usual, lead singer ScotlieVan Iguess Mouthbreather neverdid sure they rocked. track, especially, I think this topped Wagenen cavortedaroundthe stage, show up, but nobody really cared. Anger Overload, despite these TOOL, almost. Next was HOUSE \ pouring his energy Into song after Anger Overload played like there boy's relaxed attitudes, I seriously OF PAIN and I left. I guess I just ong . was 20,000 people there instead of like them. I can not explain the wasn't into them after Rage. After Happily, Stretch included the 20. Go check 'em out, they're alot heaviness of this band, and with the show, well, we won't get into . dightful 'Borisoglebska"in their ab- more entertaining than the current membersfrom, Victim Willing,Truce, that. Let's just say Relax all around. breviated set. The wail of sound crop of popgeeks like Ni~anaor and Alcohol Death, why the hell It'sjust music. Have agood time and created by the empty areas in the Motley Crue. wouldn't it be. Its the thing I think smoke a bowl or something like that. ,rrnory sewed to accentuate the - The Subhuman everyone should have a Sony oand's knockout horn section of Walkman full of. Toxlc fuddn' rock Curtis McKendrick. Mr. See, and Anger Overload BAD YODELERS, MAKESHIFT and nofuckin' shit about It. Definitely lachelle Jesse. check em out. In addition, the band's cover of ApPi 15-Br &6ril Actually, I went to this show by WATERFRONT & PHOREHEAD Stoneface is fuckin' cool. They 'Charlie Brown" allowed keyboardist totally know what they are doing. I lyan Ridges to shine during a Vince accident: Went to the B&G to talkto APRIL 16THl 1883 a guy, and ended up staying to see especially like the guitar work. I do Juaraldi interlude. MRPARK HORTICULTURE------BUUDINS- -~p~~-~~ the band. Ihad a splitting headache, have tosaythey areaton tighterthan But the highlight of the evening Phorehead for the most part im- the first time I saw them. fas definitely Bad Manners. Lead and I was gonna go home and lie pressed me, except for the fact that down, but right as Iwas getting up to Greatest enterfuckingtainers in inger Doug 'Buster Bloodvessel" it was alittle hardfor metounderstand Salt Lake. Decomposersare always 'rundle, ably abettedby members of go, Anger Overload went on, and I their lyrics.. Maybe Ineeded to dean thought, "Well, whatthefuck, I'll stay impressive. I think. Fuckwhat Ithink ie Toasters and Let's Go Bowling my ears, but anyways a good band, heres a riddle. Why hill billy girls hate ndthe band's saxophonist. Mugged and watch a couple of songs." a little movement would be nice. I'd Hey, these guys kicked some the day light? Because they love utrageously and swaggeredthrough go see them again. moonshine. ,dazzlingselection of Bad Manners' ass1 I spent the next hour or so Waterfront was excellent as ai- lest material. telling myself 'l'il watch one more ways (including the show in Whether doing his trademark song, and then I'll split." But then I'd Grantsviile) Anthony's voice was as RAPTURE, RHINO, wverof Laurel Aitken'sUSallyBrown" stay for one more song, and then changing as ever, and as for Dan, & KNUCKLE BUSTERS r bellowing favorites like 'Lip Up one more.... well, we've all seen Dan lay that /,"'Inner London Violence," and Anger Overload is kind of like a bass, and we all know that he knows April 17,1998 ,,rThe Englne,"Trendle excelled cross between a heavy metal sound how to play. The Side Pocket, Amaicnn Fork ,s the crowd skanked it up and and a grunge sound, with a touch of Nextwas Makeshift. Thesecats Vertigo actually opened up this funk and some often-melodicvocals. eventually brought them back for an are never boring. i don't know what show, but i hadcartroubleandmissed Two guitars screech and snarl encore. it is with these kids, sometimes I them. Sorry dudes. All in all, the experience added through a semi-funk-slappin'-bass wonder if they come to shows to be I arrived during KNUCKLE ~ptothe of the more memorable ska andoff -beats without losing direction. 'seen on stage or if they want to see BUSTERS' set. This three-piece The singer puts all his considerable the bands. Maybeaclub with astage from Provo featured a heavv-duty SLUG May 1993 Pane 17 b&sist/vocalist spotting the classic woman, but the'point of that got need to know is they played great, (Seattle grunge lmk of plaid shirt, buried in the feedback somewhere. even though Laura thought they 1 long hair, and goatee. The music The evening was topped by a sucked (sorry Laura, no negativity re Seattle grunge as well, a rousing set from RAPTURE, a here). the loose slde, heavy on the Pleasant Grove 3-piece reminiscent Next up was Fractal Method. s. The vocals were curiously of the best bits of Red Hot Chili Some people have problems with Peppers, Rage Against the Machine bands anddrum machines andvideo (two of whose songs they covered hype, but I say FUCK that. These3 fect. Whatthey lackin muslcianship. well), and Living Colour. The singer1 guys and one fan (that I think is they make up for in stage presence. bassist, a large, brown boy with a alwaysthere)know what'sup. Mixed You can't miss the singer. friuy blackmohawk briefly tied up in between Ministry, Nine inch Nails, Next was RHINO. I don't know a blackandwhite peacekerchief (but and Neurosis, with some Manson anything about thls band, though I've later coming loose to hang to hischin influence,gives their sound astrange heard of them for a while, and I was a la The Misfits) worked the crowd feel and makes you sit in awe. finally very glad to hear them. The like a pro, keeping a running mono- Definitely a good Bar & Grill show power trio of bass, guitar, and drums logue between songs, explainingthey (considering I was only amng 20 rules, featuring bent, warped, spiritu- were doing a different Rage Against people or so). ally damnedguitar riffs andfeedback the Machine cover than usual be- cause every time they did the other one they 'got in trouble," and they All were now doing this one because 'it doesn't' use the f-word quite as much," as they launched into 'Bullet COMMONPLACE Uve concert In Your Head." These guys are'tight FRACTAL MEMOD as fuck, and maintained a cheerful, Photos By goodtirne rock and roll feel, as the APRIL 22MI, 1883

singer -chattehitlT the ad*, -nIIII&mL ---- and the guitarist grinned through his Commonplace kicked off this curtainof brown.flopping hair. Having show, and boy was Iglad Igot to see seething guitar lines for an unusual finishedtheir set, they were physically it. Laura, the vocalist has got to have pushed back up on the stage to en- the best voice I've ever heard. This he was saying besides that core with 'Now You Do What They five peice band doesn't play much, t for he doesn't seem to care Told Ya," that other RAM song that so when they do, It's a treat. I won't es mu ' 'ie was also wailir ssth ' ' go into what they played, ail you lovinc neone who was t Page 20 April 1 993 SLUG

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TRAVOLTADRAKONOBSOKA MRSEAWMAMLNIXONUORNQ HOHLJGRLIMBAUGHJLAIC J ELV l SRWDGELYAUQNADL ;;Mi; -g ;: MAP P C &$! -in3 OFP C A 1 DNh ESL LO1 I V( AVl~nru~.auc~~nw~c MSEPPNTVMCTFWIGF OPOJMEOLRAR'EPORR HOHARANJT l EVSTAL POCNIXONAEROGREP TL l ALJBRCYRUSZWC 00 IT YOURSELF! YOU lAlY CHEAT! I That was when tragedy sands (@@@@1/2.) struck. . I've been a fan of the FLUIC We arrived in Pendleton on since before they were the Fluid . For the past couple months page of the "Trends" section. A the night of October 16. It was These guys hail from Denve~ l've been caught up in various good rule of thumb is that if some- raining. I was.busy loading the Colorado and were originall) socio-political issues in this thing appears in the pages of the gear into the Holiday Inn when I members of two of my all time humble column. It's gotten to the Tribune, it should be avoided like recieved news that Johnny had favorite punk rock bands; Frantin pointwhere Ibarely even mention the plague. The sad thing is, Ifeel been struck by a 1500 Ib. bolt of and White Trash. Most folks i music anymore. So this month, responsible for this whore glam- flannel while taking a tour of SLC know them from their mate as a treat for you fine and patient orization of "Grunge" because, Pe~dleton'sfamousclothing mill. rial on Sub Pop and their incred- readers, for putting up with my you see, indirectly, I am respon- The show had to be cancelled ible concerts. I'm always a little rhetoricwhiningof late, I'm going sible for it all. and the band immediately broke bit leary when hy favorite indieI to devote a full column to what It was 1984, 1 was a roadie up to pursue careers in electronic bands jump to big labels, but in this magazine is ostensibly all for a bandknown as "Johnny and parts sales. I walked dejectedly this case, my fears were un- about, namely cool music. the Hair Dogs." The "Dogs" as into the parking lot to find that my founded. The new alb~ But first, let me add another they were known to fans, played back-pack with what little clothes "Purplemetalflakemusic"picks up item to the grudge file. In months the tough punk rock circuits of I owned, had been stolen. Fortu- where "Glue" left off without a past, I've bitched about drinking northwest Idaho and Green River nately, I had a pair of Pearl's hitch. The Fluid is one of the few laws, Utah drivers, gun control, Utah. They were enormously famous thermal leggings and a bands who can put Stooges Riffs (or lack thereof,) being mired in a despised by the majority of flannel shirt with the 'sleeves through the Blue Cheer wringer thankless retail job, and bad punkers on the scene because ripped off which we had been and still come up with something clothes. Now it's time for another the Dogs had long greasy hair using as a gas cap for the van. I fresh. HIGHLY RECOM-

entry into 'the StimBoy hall of rather than the popular mohawks managed to hitchhike to Abedeen MENDED.&##_$!)- - - - dayan& ------shame. This months awadrnas _anhccaw1:utsottkg whm sam~Kname3KUrtw30- Iknow everyone reading this to that insightful chronical of un- were frequently arrested for va- worked at a gas station was kind is probably going to see derground culture, the Salt Lake grancy because of their "Look." enough to give me a pair of cut- Clawhammerwith Fugazi buttake Tribune. They were also loathed by the offs and bus fare back to Idaho. It my advice and see the COWS The Trib, of course, is the metal crowd because they turned out he was a big fan of the this month also. The sole stated reputedly progressive sister of couldn't afford stylish spandex Hair Dogs. I understand he later purpose of the COWS is to make the Deseret News. To establish trousers and new t-shirts to stra- moved to Seattle and started a people feel as uncomfortable as their cutting edge hipstercreden- tegically rip. The fact is, theywere group of his own up there. And, possible and they do, but you will tials, they've recently been run- so evenly detested, they were well, the rest is history. never have such a good time 7ing aseries of fluff pieces on the below papular, people used to Some months work out to be feeling so as at a Cows concert. likas of the Zephyr, Club Starrz, joke that theywerenSub-Popular." so happening in the music biz. On "Cunning Stunts" the Cows . Mc Neil and that revolution- Since they rarely got paid for For me April was one of those seemed a bit sentimental and new footwear designed by their infrequent gigs, they could months because new albums by slick, (if that's possible,) probably :tor Marten. In April, the Trib never afford new clothes. They three of my favorite bands came because I had such high expec- ,ted yet another chunk of wore the same tattered old Levis, out. I'mspeaking, of course of the tations, but "Sexy Pee Story" scurrilous piece PR work thinly thrift store shirts and converse mighty new releases from slams the door on my theory that disguised as journalism upon us. high tops for five years, and me, CLAWHAMMER, FLUID and the they had lost a step. The title They teamed up with that trendy being the roadie, had to get by COWS. track is Shannon's most insp~red ~dergroundboutique named wearing their hand-me-downs. Clawhammer plays a kind of vocal performance since Hitting The only place they had any kind mescaline drenched blues, the Wall. Bad drug deals, KQ& of following was called "Pearl's soaked in the crude oil of the big dumb ugly sex and that mis- Discount Thermals and Ribs" in shimmering sands of Long Beach, anthropic verve I know and love Cour D'Alene, Idaho. Pearl'swas California. The new album, are all in full effect. As far as famous for their friday night jam Pab'lum, marks their jump from looking at the seamy side of life, sessions and their dishwasher, Sympathy to Epitaphrecords and this blows Alice in Chains latest Eddie, a surfer kid from San Di- the sound is BIG. Every whine, out of the water. Constantly in- ego who adored the Hair Dogs. scream and growl from Jon ventive and hilariouslydisturbing, On Friday nights at Pearl's jam Mhk t~sdis~&I8~1~--putt& partyand watch - sessions,skEhe~syhppKs,- and they've finally found a drum- your flannel-glarn friends squirm. weren't shoplifting. I bikers, and even truck drivers mer who can keep up with Jon While a thousand of bands out would come from miles around to and Dave's manic guitar work. there are doing the obvious and hear Johnny and the Dogs sing Thestandout track for me has got being handsomely rewarded for o booth next to the cosmetics their anthems of biking, drinking to be William Tell, a saga of Big it, no other band but the Cows and bad-assed long hair. Some Bill Burroughs' years in Mexico would cop to it with such irony oftheir songs included "Bad Moto City, featuring some fierce har- and elan. And, with the Cows, Guzzi," "Laramie," and "Matrimo- monica action courtesy of Mr. nothing is ever obvious except nial Kissings." Eventually, their Wahl. They have yet todisappoint for their sheer, haphazard bril- reputation spread and finally they on vynl and, are probably the liance. (@@@#$%&!!!!) got their big break; a chance to best live band in Southern Cali- - This is StimBoy, your faithful play the Pendleton Gun Show fornia today. Stimmy gives mediawatchdog. Next month-old and Boot Boogie. Clawhammer 4 and 112 amper- men with pony-tails! SLUG Moy 1 993 PO;

Why, one might ask, write a dolurnn about the dinosaur of re- cording technology, the seven inch single? Because vynl rules! It is by farthe superior medium for rock and roll type music. Singles sound in- credible, the bass is full and natud I and the guitars are rich and warm. Also, by bying singles, you can di- tty support some of the best in- aependent bands and labelswithout I throwihg your money at Sony and Philips for so called superior tech- iology. Why spend $1 6on aCD that I 1 RELIGION - "American ~as~robhl~reardedonanabueJ~sL, 3nN "Stealth" (Sympathy). wuipmentto makesony morecake m he grand daddies of Los Angeles hen You can spend 3 or 4 bucks punk have some news for us, greed have something cool and col- + religion =corruption. Nothing lectable that sounds great. Go to ground breaking here, but it has that purfavorite record store ademand mid tempo, minor key, melodic vylll. Tell them you won't be rail- groove that we know and love so roadedb~multinatbnalcor~orations. well. Hopefullythis is ateaserfor an or try mail order. Some of these upcoming album. They're &out ei~gleswere given to SLUG for re- due, rd say. iw, but the majority I ordered and RED AUNTS - "Retard Jenny ght wah my own hard earned Jones"picturedic(Sympathy).Disc ~~gh,soI'lljustsam~leafewofftheof the month. Fantastic art work. A top of the stack. completely hilarious reworking of the The good people Constant Clash classic and 3 other songs in I Change wordssent us abundleso the vein of early Red Cross or Mad I'll hit those first. Society. A real toe tapper from the DAISY GREY - "Alive" Daisy Wahl famity and friends. "--y is actually Terence D. H. doing MONO MEN - "I'm HanginMbAw moodyacousticthing.Forthose "Teen ~~gsIn Trouble" (Rise ~uwhoonbknowhisworkinthe Records). Faster than a nitro burn- ;>lunchand Bad Yodelers I urge YOU ing funny car, more powerful than a tochdthisobt. Terence hapre%' monster truck rally, the Mono's offer mlgu~andadamngoodsongwriter another custom slab of crank case I to boot. A nice change of pace from rock. Killer graphics courtesy of a bcal legend. Frank Kozik and red vinyl. GIVING TREE - Samantha bM JESUS CHRIST SUPERFLY - Garden. A bonus suprise, I bve wigShirbhURocketScientisr(Rise nutting something I've never heard R-~S). Smart ass, snot rock in f on and being blown away. Unex- the vein of Angry Samoans. JCS petted twists and turns, strong packs plenty of punch. As always, melodies, tasty hooks, dreamy Zen great graphics and colored vinyl. I ns and the occaisional Power woukl recommend anything on Rise

i+nsingers. PROCESS- "SteelJaws" (Con- DOC HOPPER - They look like version Records). Fairly boring the Had Ons and sound like De- sludge rock P.E.T.A. prwaganda. scendents. Is this what the world These rich kids have too much time really needs? Idon't thinkso. Purety on their hands, fourth form. WHITETRASH DEBUTANTES OUR VOICE PRO CHOICE4 .. "Bill Dakota" b& "Bad in Be&', band compilation (Hands On These folks are hella fun live, but it ards). Two locals, NSC and doesn't translate to the studio. It nilger Overbad, hook up with Sari wunds like Ginger is reading the Diego's Heroin and N'fC's Born lyrics. (Come to thinkof it, last time Against on this benefit for the Utah ( saw them she reading the lyr- Dw? Choice Coalition. R's a mixed ia). A remarkably flalperformance. 1. NSC is the stand out here with od hooks and relevant lyrics. A -Phi/ Harmomic worthy cause, a mediocre record. 1 heavily from a pack of Buck ciga- can safely observe from a distance rettes$and mutter out in their native through their binoculars as the tongue, occasionally yelling out, fin- bloated White People waddle up to nos: The Silversmith, State Line ishing off the last of thelr drink and the tables and shit and piss on one (where aricketyold cowboythatlooks jammerlng.at the dealer to bring the another, swilling down drink upon The Wonders frighteningly a lot like acancerridden cocktail 'girl" around for another. drink and sucking down cigarette John Waynewinksits neon eye while The sun is about ready to rise in upon cigarette, throwing their money puffing on a cigarette and points to Utah, and the white trash gamblers on the taMes asquickiy asthey empty 01 Wendover the parking lot), Red Garter and, four are stirring in their JC Penny's cof- thelr bowels and bladders in the toi- It's grey evening as a cold fog of 'em, count 'em. If you backedyour fins, readytotakeon the casinos and lets, and blaming their wretched ex- drifts aimlessly over the quiet street car to the east side of Wendover, the odds that are stacked against istence on and everything that and Roy Orbison sings of lonery mashed the accelerator down to the them, one more time. In the little they brought- with them. The Great people through a hollow can of a floor with your foot and dropped the coflee shops lnslde the casinos out Whites are, drowning in thelr own speaker. I step off the Silver Smith engine into gear, you'd be past the of shape cadavers smoke Magnums apathy and stupidity, and casino casino and out into the small parking last casino on the west side before and tell the waitress that they're not towns are their secret, sacred burial lotfilledwith American carsthat have you managed to shift into fifth. Hit going to eat this blessed morning, grounds. Casino towns are where their dashboards littered with maps, overdrive and Wendover is disap- but could she bring them lots of cof- they go to release their pressures, to oil bottles, food wrappers and ciga- pearing in your mirrors. fee? And they do: while 1 was in one unwind, to have a good time in rette butts. One run-down Lincoln But UtahnsloveWendover. They coffee shop, the waitress brought a cramped, smoke filled, darkliltledens wlth Utah plates has an empty fucking love it. It'sthelr Arcadia, their steaming pot of javaover to my table and lose all their money while they babyseat in the back, Ws restraining Xanadu, as they speed in telr cars the moment that I took a drink from destroy their kidneys and lungs. arm down as if to prevent the child toward the setting sun, they roll into my cup and set it down on the formica. Yeah, a real blast, a real hoot. from getting back into the seat. Wendover long. after it has past, -I lovecoffee, but enough had become , Just outside of Wendover, to the Acrossthestreet arodeodown grins liquored up and ready to play. Hot enough and I had to beg off when east, are two prison-like rest areas wickedly down in the empty street, damn! Let me at them tables and a she brought the small cauldron situated on either side of the free- ,

an evil face that would make can of real Budweiser. Yahoo! ---around forthksaveathga acoU- wap+kemgorrthgsootMcWc' Pennywisgshrrddwr tn TsTeerlng ~hegarnin~rGimTo~~c~i--paid my tab for yogurt and 0.j. and identical to the one on the north side shadow. 'We'll buy anything!" a sign nos are small by comparison to an went into the bathroom. save that it has a viewing platformfor .proclaims from the dark windows of illegal gambling house somewhere Even the bathrooms are sleazy the zombies to drag themselves up, the pawn shop that supports the devil in New York. Compared to Las Ve- and small time. Fluorescent light Wheezing and complaining about clown. They'll buy anything, even gas, they're nonexistent; sneeze that makes you feel like you're in a their heartburn, wondering why their your soul. while you're walking through and large meat freezer and once white left arm has suddenly gone numb Across the street from the evil you'll miss the dim neon bar with the toiletstall doors hide the oeoale in- again, so that now ethereal wallets clown pawn shop is the Heritage Inn. two whitetrash, long pasttheir prime, side as they cough their luigs ;p into and contemplate on how long it will It looks like a mausoleumthat some- overweight hookers. One is crammed thetoilet bowls, clutchingthe smooth take beforethey can refill it and head body turned into a motel. Shit! Just tightly into her brown leather mini- porcelainsides and praying they can backout to Wendover for somemore look at all this space in herel We skirt, her hat legs threatening to tear make it back to the tables, that thelr rest and relaxation. could put in thirty, forty rooms, at apart the seems, a small matching luck won't run out on them before That's Wendover in acoffin-like least! top which shoves her small breasts they diehackingup bloodand phlegm nut shell. If you go there, take my Casino towns are weird, evil together. showing off the tattoo on on their knees. advice; check into the Motel Six at places. Casinotowns like Las Vegas her sun-bumedchest,complimenting The illiterate graffiti onthe inside the easf end, buy a case of King are cesspools of disease and alco- the other on the right shoulder, talk- of the stalls is indicative of not only Cobra, a couple of jizz mags, lock holism. Young, beautiful prostitutes ing about how she 'Won't be seen in the species of people which frequent your door and watch MNwell into selling their pussies for a fix to forget one of them godamned rice burners. this infested oasis, but also of the the next day. Maybe you'll forget their past, all that they used to be. Fuckin' slants." The next time that qulcksand that America is being why you're there and be abletooblit- , Wendover is different. Wendover is she'll be seen in a dingy little road sucked down into. Such elegant erate any nightmares of memories evil on a budget. side cafe somewhere outside Las colloquiallsrns as; 'Buy American or you'll have of the place. Maybe. If Wendover is the kind of town Vegas, where she probably started Die," or how about; 'Kill all Fags," you're lucky. But this is a casino where the only things to do are life as an innocent, wide-eyed waif 'I've got a cure for AIDS, six of 'em in town, and casino towns are built and gamble, eat, watch television, fuck, from Iowa with apretty summer dress my gun." White Americans are be- survive on luck, so who knows? drink and redecorate the living room and a deep lustingfor a shot of heroin. coming increasinglyviolent from illu- Perhaps you'll stroll by the roulette with your brains. The place where Late, late at night, after the car- sionary pressure that they feel is table, push through the Alzheimer the card dealers go home to their toon shows have gone off the air for being crushed down upon them: By cases, throw a crisp ten-spot on the trailer, pop open a beer and watch all the little kiddies left by their par- the darkies and the slants, by the table and come home a millionaire in t.v. until about four in the morning ents in thechild care rooms, I wander gooks and the niggers, the chinks a limo supplied by thecasino owners

when they choke down a couple of back through the cramped casinos, and- the - -spics. - -Swastikas - - drawn in: ~ithacouplgo~i~~salo~fl- -0leeQi~y~flv&b *me imitation- ctieckingm lie31enteTe.Allthi correctly are signs of the socially forthe ride home with an open invita- Nyquill, recheck the lock in the door white trash have gone home; they retarded and inbreed moronic mob tion to come on back, hear? Then and try not to think as they lie on their can hear their names being called rules mentality which has crept over again, perhaps you'll just lose your :bed staring at the sun they know is from the mist outside and the last America like filthy clouds swollen with hard earned ten bucks, then be rising outside their closed, curtained Seagrams and seven did nothing to pus and urine ready to dump their pushed aside by some half-aliveold .windows. They'll get out of bed afew mute their cries, sothey drift up out of defecation over the United States of woman in a wheel chair, pushed to hours later, crack open few amphet- their chairs and return to bed, zom- Amerikkka and drown all in its putrid the table by a smiling lizard in a amines and drift up to the casinos, bies going back to their graves. The storm, and this time their will be no cheap suit with a gilt nametag that :.smile at a few people, say a few only people left are the Asians and Ark, or a smiling, benevolent Noah says the reptile's name IS "Mike," "words, try to force down some food. the Mexicans/Americans. They're standing on the last dry hill, prepar- encouraging the corpse to bet more ;?hen hit the gambling tables for afew much more serious at this small time ing to shove off into the turbid, turbu- of her welfare and social security rnvick ones before having to go to gambling stuff then their fair skinned lent waters and save us all. checks on the shiny spinning wheel, ork. Life's abitch. In Wendover, it's counter-parts; it's four o'clock in the Such places like Wendover are and not to worry; the casino will washed up old whore with AIDS. morning, time to buy a share in the microcosms for the greater problem gladly accept two party checks. In Wendover there are four casi- American Dream. They smoke at large. A place where scientists -Anonymous 1 LIMITED D ELlUERY Page 26 May 1993 SLUG

we are ail Dorn wnn). I ney continue If'\ 5~6PRESENTS I to submit themselves to the system- atic, seemingly ritualistic abuse from THE removing the card from his wallet the media, which, of course, can do and handing it to Victor. 'I've recog- nothingbut perpetuatethiscyde.This nized now that, even in the company Victor, is the master plan. A sheep THURSDAY SUICIDE KIN6 of others, I'll always be alone. planet, happily munching away on THE SCENT of a Juniper bush. $ornewhere on the outside. As is this information and technology while, ALTERNATIVE Here and there. minatina with saae card. Though I am sure that it's self what people truly desire slips away. and exhaust from aspeed b0at.k imposed.'Victor had put the card into No... is snatched away by those pow- the narrows, miles of twisting water his wallet and so, to this day, he still ers that be. filled miniature canyons. Lake ten- caries it. And so on. Truly free people, Victor, arevery tacles, streaking off into a screaming Victor sails deeper into the ever hard to control. Yet if their perceived narrowing canyon. Is it so twisted to tentaclesblue desert. alive NO^ with an rainbows,octopus, theseswirl- happiness is contrived, made to ap- DOGHOUSE choose solitude?Tofileoneselfaway; pear as true freedom on the outside, ing in dark waters. Thousands of deprivation of everyday social en- the battle is then won. All behavior, puddles of oil dancing amongst the counters? And still, surrounded as every action predictable and con- I BIRDMAN1 reflections of red and orange cliffs, he is, by thousands of faces, mean- trolled. The ultimate freedom I sup- kept in step by the rhythmic click, ingless facades, simply plywood pose. No responsibility. No reason click, click of a Budweiser metro- fronts. Supported from behind by for apology.' nome, slapping itself against a rock two-by-fours. But no words spoken. RichardandVictortherestopped, Victor slipssilently along thepath It is true that one day Richard in front of the casino. Victors face of one such waterway. On his back, and Victor had walked along watched the dirty sidewalk, neither his hands and feet stroking the wa- Freemont Street. 'These cut-outs...' spoke. Looking up then, as Victor ter. The sky itself passing before his Richard had said. 'Are only cartoons did. A maelstrom of people swirling eyes, passing for a sky, though it is like those that you might find at along Freemont Street. But Richard only a sliver of a sky. Not like a hall of County Fair. What you have here are had vanished into that flow. A thw- miiors when on his back, but, rolling generic - prefabricated bodies.' His sand salmon, swimming up streamto onto his elli, the water is that mirror. hands wagging too and fro, pointing ~pawn.Dashing themselves against holding in its reflect that sky, splinter out various passers-by. 'The heads the rocks though not bleeding, sky. Puffs of water vapor and con- and hands areomitted, allowing that. . still... alive. trails. The compact little canyon for a small fee, one can place ones SOME IMAGE appears, moving holding within its confines, every own head in, say ... slot A. Hands - across the dark water, rousting Vic- breath, every stroke of his hands. slots B and C. All quite charming. tor, shaking him backto now.Turning These sounds reverberating off the Quite innocent. Endless variations onto his back again, he sees a hawk high and reintroducing themselves on the same theme, like a television soaring above, though only for a to his ears. Audio delay, as it were. sit-com. However, once concealed second. It disappears beyond his Like his voice in the telephone behind this body, the fairgoer under- impaired field of vision. He holds his mouthpiece, bouncing from a satel- goes a strange metamorphosis, breath. Waits. Heart thumping softly lite. A second later, repeating its losing his gwn identity while the under his ribs sends the blood to his message In the earpiece. The voice photographer focuses. Leaving in head and ears. He waits an eternity at the other end? Flashing across the fact, a world teamihg with ballerinas and then, there it is. Appearing from Atlantic, from Ankara, Turkey. and muscle men. It would seem a overthe cliffs,overthis sweatydesert. 186,000 miles per second and find- perfect scenario. The same desert his people had ing its way to Las Vegas and Victor's Unfortunately,-though there are moved across for centuries. NO! Ks ear. Finding the words, in broken quitevisiblechangesontheoutside- not the same desen. His forefathers transmittion to say, in fact, Mariawas The inside, the Ego, remains intact. desert was not the future sight of a not there. There you are. The voices Un-altered as it were, by all of this low level nuclear waste storage fa- of hundreds of people. All meshed technical revamping of the body. This cility. His forefathers desert did not together In a dull rushing nolse at the creates a severe contradiction be- play host to C.U.P. coal fueled elec- receiver. The language of satellites. tween what is visible, therefore, tric power plants, uranium mines or whining and beeping. 'known". And that which is less tan- pleasure boaters floating abour on a Then, Victor had found a way to gible. That which can only be com- make believe lake on house boats. put the phone down, to disconnect municated through speech or art, if Perhaps Richardhad been right. Vic- himself from that technological din. you don't find the latter concept ex- tors' forefathers had survived quite Now, technology playing no part, cessively offensive. well for centuries without compact aside from the Glen Canyon Dam Now you discover yourself face discs, cab1eT.V. orwar. Now, it would which wascreatorofthis whole mess. to face with the true nemesis. This seem, none of them could do without But these sounds analog; his breath, dichotomy being the tragic lack of it. Cultural reprogramming. the water, the beer bottle smashing communication, or the lack of ones Victor lies in the late August heat In against the rocks, even a faint rec- own ability to communicate ideas a man made lake in Southern Utah, ollection of Maria's voice in his head. andlor desiresthrougha perfectface, listening to a discarded beer bottle Science playingfut its hand. Queens in a perfect world. So when the Fair clacking against a red rocK. A Native beat tens and Victor, having afist full has ended and all the animals have American in a strange land. ONE EYE of Queens, has now set his sights on been put away, these poor souls are Despite all these things around him. Kings. left with squeaky clean - well toned Aside from the fate of being placed Richard had once given to Vic- bodies, but tragically deformed, or on a world full of robots. Victor bobs tor, a Klng of Hearts. The lonely sui- might I say, misinformed minds, re- on the waves, watching alone hawk. cide ffing. The very King that had quiring them to seek advice and ac- a smile on his face. acqulred Richardhis largestwin ever. ceptance from others rather then re- 'I can't use this.' Richard had stated. lying on their own faculties, (which --r. bradfordyates SLUG May 1993 Page 27

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