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___Ww Weatfiefi Cancu^i^num; LOW'-iyippi Hots Can. You IKBta Minivan^ (fang Violfjicej Rockstar ]\|§ WHATj DO YOU THINK 0| THE BAND? * CiTR 101.9 FM presents... the longest ninning music battle in Vancouver jjfobwmMw &%« WJHMW @<^ * NOVEMBER LINEUP mm 4th Body Politic Hidden Fortress MORGAN THE BUTTLESS CHAPS The Magician THIEVES CD-EP CARTOGRAPHY CD/LP The Stereo Three 11th SundayTrucker US US US i Oj-U Zombie Pistolero and His Guns Hermetic j Fur Bearing Animals ^> 2^ Language-Arts The Sappers j Lakefield ^ Evenj Tuesday nigkt, skows at 9 PM Tke Railway Club (Seumour/Dunsmuir) * Bands subject to change. ,#; For the latest schedules and results, visit: http ://shindig.citr.ca OUR GREAT SPONSORS: k/Lji .THEHIVE lll«Sl /"*•_ S~\ V i< J I. meBamtilln' ambassadors HINT RECORDS RELEASES ARE AVAILABLE FINE RETAILERS LIKE THESE! 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Nu Sensae, the Mutators or Twin in Vancouver with the strong music commu Ad Manager Crystals maybe? nity that has built up around underground CatherineTlana Thanks and keep up the good work! venues in Vancouver. Art and culture often -Elijah Albright benefit creatively from being on the fringes Under Review Editor of society. Those at the edges see things and Melissa Smith Those of you who agree with Elijah will think in ways that those in more comfortable Datebook Editor probably be interested in looking at the inter situations do not, allowing them to incorpo rate new ideas into music and art. Melanie Coles view with Gang Violence on page 18. We haven't covered Nu Sensae, the Muta On the other side of things there has been RLA Editor tors and Twin Crystals due more to circum a lot of talk in both mayoral campaigns of the Brock Thiessen stances than any dislike for the bands. benefits of creating a vibrant cultural scene in Layout + Design •futures Zj% The Emergency Room, though, has been a Vancouver and it seems at least possible that Nicole Ondre touchy subject for us in the media. We haven't upon election our new mayor may extend an really wanted to report on it too explicitly as olive branch to Vancouver's beleaguered scene, Contributors. we don't want it to be shut down. Same goes though what form that comes in will remain Miranda Martini Vancouver's music community gets together to for some of those other fun venues that occa to be seen. City hall is the place that most de Becky Sandler Andy Hudson \honour the passing of Hegel Lobbyists drummer. sionally show up in Real Live Action or grace cisions about Vancouver's venues are decided. David Sienema our calendar, but are only semi-legal at best. This is good and bad. If it becomes easier to Bryce Dunn Art,aji%tt'Minh&..........«.............6|| Reporting on that scene draws attention to run venues in Vancouver, the need for places like Dan Fumano it, which is good for any bands who are hop the Emergency Room will diminish and the Alex Smith \A fosk at th^ art projetfsfbrought on, a national ing to make money. People who know about brilliant scene it has fostered around it will grad Mine Salkin font by agfbup of heal Musicians., Alex Hudson them will pay to see them, buy their T's, etc. ually fade into memory. That's the downside. Rosalie Eckert-Jantzie piiipbi&prs Late&ito Menu*...> 8j| The downside is that as Gang Violence What I think outweighs this, though, is the Nathan Pike drummer Bobby Siadat points out in the in benefits Vancouver will get from having a di Luke Meat VQenrtys told u. what romtars like to eat at night terview the more everyone talks about places versity of choice for bands to play at legally. Aaron Goldsman ^s-weaskeasome^^Sials^ftto makej'/avj,„0., Justin Langille like the Emergency Room the more likely They won't have to work as hard to find some E.E.Mason these places are to be shut down. where to play, but easy venues will mean more Mark Richardson Piper Davis. 1JK. i%:.$*.^.„„\ 1€|| However, at a certain point a venue, such bands and that will mean bands will have to Rob Willis \Locdl genre-jumping songstress gives -us tbe as the Emergency Room, has existed for so work just as hard to get a step above the com MeUssa Smith long that it is in the public eye enough that petition. As it still remains uncertain whether Collapsing Opposites' wownhw on what she's learning in Spain. - it is an elephant in the room. Obviously, some anything will come of the campaign postur November Calendar police and city workers know about its exis ing, I may be speaking to soon, but if Vancou The HfroaiHT B^'hers..*....;....*,...!! ver's music community is asked to work with . Aisha Davidson tence. They have been sensible enough to turn [Dedicated roots artist^May sombre^ melancholy^ a blind eye. Looking the other way will only "the Man," it's not the end of the world. Photo & Illustration music, jbut 'this articlefyjisnt a downer* -pfom'iiei work for so long and at a certain point the city Cheers, Gerald Deo - needs to start working towards legitimizing Jordie Yow \pj Adam P. W.Smith Ryan Walter Wagner Looks TjAke Ra*||.«...„.." lfi| those who are using and running places like Freddy Harder fIokot the environment, has shaped Canada's mi&~ Amy Scott-Samuel Laura Hatfield mc scene and created soinjfbfourgreatest music. Aisha Davidson David Sienema pang Violenca.^:... ^...k.Z.Ji$| DTSCORDFR SF.FKS Caroline Ballhorn Louise Reimer ]Ap#hy interview witb^his local act about-their FFATTIRFS WRITERS ANT) (gth$;inv(_ic andthi&m TVshow ever,- t ~,m\ Program Guide TTIITSTRATORS! Bryce Dunn Charts ©DiSCORDER 2008 by the Student Radio Society of the University re you a writer who happens to be hopelessly long-winded? Or Luke Meat of British Columbia. All rights reserved. Circulation 7,000. Subscriptions, payable in advance, for Canadian residents it Ado you have some ideas that won't be contained within the typical Distribution used to be $15 for one year; $15 US for Americans; and $24 CDN review that make up the majority of music magazine elsewhere. 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