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CiTR 101.9 fM presents the mighty lemon drop THE OCEAN BLUE and JOHN WESLEY HARDING LULAUGHTER ! THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22nd THE COMMODORE PRODUCED TICKETS AT ALL TICKETMASTER LOCATIONS, BY TRACK RECORDS AND ZULU RECORDS PERRYSCOPE charge by phone 280-4444 CONTENTS FEBRUARY • 1990 Issue #85 RABID CURIOSITY Lloyd Uliana discovers that curiosity killed the puppy 6 DEMONS Lachlan Murray and a different kind of house act 9 AN INTERVIEW PRIMER KIT You know it's going to be a bad day when... by Rob Boper 10 ...BUT WAS IT ART? Laurel Wellman snoops at SNAFU for snubbed sniffy snuffer 13 VOX HUNT John Ruskin on the scent of things that smell 15 JESUS AND MARY CHAIN The stigma of stigmata - Rob Boper talks to Jim Reid 16 NORTHLAND NORMAL The rovin' ear ain't rovin' no more. By Christopher Kovacs 30 AIRHEAD No, no...he writes the answers 5 COMIX ARE ALL I READ Melody: The True Story of a Nude Dancer 22 RAG BAG Betty Cooper talks to a salty sea dog 23 LOCAL MOTION HEY! Let's get Janis...she listens to everything! 24 UNDER REVIEW You say: "What's new, man?" We tell ya 25 REAL LIVE ACTION G-e, Bamff, 'n' Superconductor 26 DISCORDER DATEBOOK What's on, what's hot, what's hip and what isn't 27 ON THE DIAL It's like TV guide, but it's for the radio 28 SPINUST "__£ don't ____/£ a top ten list here at CiTR" 29 EARTH GUY Scott Fearnley 3 SOCIALIST TURTLE Colin Upton 19 ROLAND THE HAPPY WANDERER Geoff Coates 19 DANCING ON THE CLOUDS Marc Yuill and Julian Lawrence 21 EDITOR Kevin Smith ART DIRECTOR Scott Chernoff PRODUCTION MANAGER Bill Baker EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Viola Funk, Usa Marr WRITERS Betty Cooper, Lane Dunlop, Michael Klassen, Christopher Kovacs, Janis McKenzie, Lachlan Murray, John Ruskin, Uoyd Uliana, Laurel Wellman, Leigh Wolf GRAPHICS Geoff Coates, Scott Fearnley PHOTOGRA PHERS Captain Ned, Bob Forcler, Mandel Ngan, Kelly Wood, WORD PROCESSING Alice Hul, Randy Iwata, Alice Lorlng PROOFREADING Alice Hul, Randy Iwata, Robynn Iwata COVER Scott Chernoff SPINLIST Chris Buchanan ADVERTISING MANAGER Mike Harding ADVERTISING PRODUCTION Bill Baker SUBSCRIPTIONS/MAIL DISTRIBUTION Robynn Iwsta PROGRAM GUIDE/DATEBOOK Randy Iwata ACCOUNTS Barbara Wilson TECHNICAL SUPPORT Alexandra Johnson DISCORDER Copyright © 1990 by The Student Radio Society of the University of British Columbia. 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Dear Airhead, Dear Airhead, Maybe it's just been over- I have to take exception to saturation or ennui on my part, last issue's music review of but for awhile Discorder seemed Chiefs of Belief. I think Chiefs a bit lacking in spark. The last of Belief are an excellent band couple of issues, though, have (especially the keyboards). The generated some strong reactions, songs are tightly put together with which I'd like to share with you. no loose ends. This is a strong First, how long have you band and the keyboards are rich THE MAN SCAN been planning D-Magazine? It's and intricately played without by the Man Sherbet cohesion and attention to detail being overpowering. are frightening and brilliant. Up Personally, I don't think there with National Lampoon's your reviewer knows what finer moments, but scarier, like they're talking about when it A Monthly Overview of People Who Are Spoiling Our Fun the Ridley Scott/William Gibson comes to synthesizers! And futurist visions. Nice one, folks. <Yo 6138 SUB Blvd anyway, why don't they sign their Person in Question #1 - John Gray: crotchety writer and one-man Which made me think about full name? Canadian culture factory. the rest of the writing in the is Vancouver, B.C. Chris' sister The Beef - Those damn video cabaret's on CBC's "Journal" sue. Style, not content. The lan V6T 2A5 program. guage in a few articles ends up in GILLIGAN IS DOG BACK the same kind of phony street WARDS Advice - Burn your ACTRA card, go milk cows for a year. slang you parody in D.A.T.-A- Dear Airhead, View. There's a difference be Gilligan is coming to Van tween vibrant, earthy colloquial mm couver! !! This is true. During the Person in Question #2 - Carole "Two-term" Taylor: former ism and the mindless overuse of !$%r lErm'ifl Y "Boat Show", an event dwarfing spokesmodel turned politician. gibberish. You know who you the birth of Christ and the Har The Beef- Her overly publicized departure from City Council. are. You're not idiots; don't go monic Convergence put together, out of your way to sound like us ina way that's atleastmargin- WHAT TO DO? will take place. The spiritually Advice - Leave hubby Art, move into a basement suite in Mount ally interesting or unique. Dear Airhead, blind shall see, the emotionally Pleasant, park your Mercedes-Benz on the street. Then there was something While one ofthe attractions While sojourning in a hungry shall be fed, and the in a previous issue that stuck in of the punk sub-culture was the parked car, in the park on a downtrodden shall rejoice! Bob Person in Question #3 - Michael Williams: Mr. "Yours Truly" my mind like a fishhook: Janis' egalitarian, socialist, anyone can Monday night... we decided to Denver will be here soon. Help hisself, self-possessed representative of Toronto "blackness," and suggestion thatpunk and artrock do it attitude, the fact remains: drop you a line, because some spread the word of salvation to Much Music Veejay. are antithetical. Seems to me the some people are better musicians thing must be done! the masses! Gilligan! Gilligan! difference is more one of social than others. Some people are Let us elaborate. We first Sincerely, The Beef- Referred to future "Journal" talking-head Laurie context - whose clique you're in better potters. Some people are appear to be 16/17 yrs and also AI-Ubhaid,official clukker Brown's "tits" on national television. - than philosophy. Both... spe better carpenters. We are (proba live miiiiiiiiilles from town. We for the Elainester cies?... are based on intolerance bly) all equal in terms of the don't appreciate the fact that Pee Ess. Look, I've been pro Advice - Run for political office, in Haiti. with mediocrity (which I'll get value of human life, but (fortu every hardcore band plays those moted! Bok. Bok. Bok. to in a minute). They react either nately) our talents are focused in particular places where people with complexity or brute force, different areas. Sure, everybody of our age are NOT ALLOWED! or both: Nomeansno comes up draws the line between creativ Where the hell do these bands with some pretty interesting ity and incoherence in a different expect us to mosh? At the local rhythms, and Glen Branca can place, and there are times for all Jehovah HALL?! We have just be as obnoxious as the Forgotten of us when we just want to hear been refused at Club S oda, where Rebels without even breathing comfortable sounds (define as we went to mosh to Death Sen hard (Incidentally, when I heard you will: some of us are comfort tence. I must say we are rather that Billy Bragg had said that he able with Nurse with Wound, perturbed. So since we are so thought 'art' should be spelled others with Zamfir). But appar young and naive... Shall we go with acapital 'F', itremindedme ently the idea of working hard to and discover god for something 0 f the quo tation of the high rank produce something valuable is to do? Maybe disco? ing Nazi who said something like, an idea that has been scorned out Thanx for listening to our "When I hear the word 'culture', of existence, ironically, both by childish ravings.