Sudden Death Publications Free or $1, you decide INSTITUTIONALIZED Music, Biking, Beverages, and More Issue # 1 Winter 1998 WHAT’S THIS ALL ABOUT? This is the first installment demise it was going to a Music section of in what I hope to make a bunch of different people “Institutionalized.” This regular publication. For including four unfortunate rag will cover some of the years I have been reading droogs in Japan. Well, other things that I like ‘zines written by people some of the people who other than music, hence from all over the world were getting the Bhatt- the lead-in “Music, Biking, and decided that it was zine started writing their Beverages, and More.” time to seriously try to own reviews and sending With a broader range of start my own. I also used them out. I was so topics people who do not to write a rag called the pleased with their reviews listen to hardcore, punk Bhatt-zine but decided to that the Bhatt-zine was rock, or ska music will end it after the Murphy’s ended and left for others also be able to enjoy this Law Halloween ’97 show. to carry on. ‘zine. The Bhatt-zine was something that I did in Two months have gone by I guess part of the some capacity for about a and I have not written any inspiration for year and a half and sent new Bhatt-zines and have “Institutionalized” goes to out over e-male (sic) to a missed writing. I also Lee Greenfeld at Sound bunch of unfortunate need something to keep Views. I love reading droogs. The basic idea me awake until 7 a.m. Sound Views and have behind the Bhatt-zine was This is not a revival of the read the phrase, “Don’t to write about the shows I Bhatt-zine, but hopefully just sit there. Do was going to in NYC, or something on the next something …,” too many elsewhere, for my friends, level. I do not plan to times. I hope you enjoy both of them. Over the write reviews of the shows this piece of garbage. year and a half I started I go to, but would love to sending it to more and receive reviews written by dr.bhatt more people, until at its others for inclusion in the WHAT’S INSIDE: Music Section: Raybeez Memorial Show; 1997, The Year in Review Biking Section: Central Park Courtesy; The Riverside Park Half-Pipe Beverages Section: The Patron Saint of Ides; An Ode to Ides More Section: The Youth of Today Judge Too Quickly; On My Absolute Lack of Taste, Class, or Anything Resembling Style MUSIC SECTION RAYBEEZ MEMORIAL SHOW - Photo by e.Bowla before the Raybeez Memorial Show CBGB’s 10/12/97 Back Row: Toby Morse H2O, Jimmy “Gestapo” D. Murphy’s Law, Roger Miret Agnostic Front Front Row: Midori Miura, Michi This is the one of the last review. This show was Raybeez of Warzone. The quality Bhatt-zine reviews incredible and only hope line up: Agnostic Front, I wrote. It was for the to do it justice. Murphy’s Law, Madball, Raybeez Memorial Show Unfortunately, the cause H2O, 25 ta Life, and S.F.A. at CBGB’s. I have edited it of this phenomenon was down from the original the death of Raymond The four of us head down four page version that was Barbieri, a.k.a. Raybeez of to CB’s on Sunday sent out as the “Best Bhatt- Warzone. afternoon. We are hangin’ zine Ever.” This will be out front and Roger AF the only time I revive the Friday night the one they comes by. I say hello and Bhatt-zine, for better or call e.Bowla came to NYC introduce him to Midori worse. The biblical theme from Boston with two and Michi. I tell him they is purely accidental; I am friends from Japan, Midori came from Japan for this Hindu. and Michi. We make an show. He asks if we have exodus for the Scofflaws tickets. I tell him we don’t 10/12/97 Sunday 3 p.m. -- show and I pick up a copy and Roger says, “don’t CBGB’s -- Agnostic Front, of the Village Voice. The worry about it, we’re Murphy’s Law, Madball, show of Biblical going to get everyone in.” H2O, 25 ta Life, S.F.A. proportion is listed, but So everything is cool. Sold Out. A CBGB’s It is with great pride and Sunday Matinee tribute to I bought the “In Memory sadness that I write this the recently departed of Raybeez” shirt. As it MUSIC SECTION says on the back, “No One e.Bowla loved it too. I saw the only one supporting Gets In For Free.” Even if him going nuts in the pit. him, but at 110 lbs. it only you were on the guest list H2O are so DAMN good takes one. I got a really you had to pay $10. This it is not understandable, good roll in during the last is a pure example of what even when you are seeing song, Some One Is Going hardcore is all about. All them, so you phoolios are to Get Their Head Kicked the money went to pay for only lost sheep. In. Steve sang back up on Raybeez’s funeral, help a couple of songs and it out his fiancée, and make I have never seen or heard was awesome, totally eerie a donation to a local Madball before. They are sounding. I wish I knew support group for street fucking awesome! Since how they did it. I didn’t kids in his name. CB’s got this was my first Madball get any beers, other than no money from the door experience all I can say in the eye, but e.Bowla got or t-shirt sales. about them is they were a beer. Any way their set great. Madball played NY was great, as usual. So we still don’t have HardCore exactly the way tickets and S.F.A. and 25 I like it, not too hard, good Agnostic Front!!! Wow, ta Life have already vocals, good guitars, and they were awesome too! I played. Jimmy Gestapo not too fast. During the just asked e.Bowla if I and Roger AF are about to Madball set the singer could stop writing here walk in and Jimmy looks from Killing Time got up but he said no. Sometimes over at me and asks if we there and they played nothing said is better than have tickets. I say no. He “Fool’s Day.” trying to say something yells over to Roger to get that can’t possibly do the stamp and we get our Murphy’s Law, why do I justice - kind of like stamps. e.Bowla, Midori, even review Murphy’s military justice. They and Michi went to get Law anymore. This show played all the great some breakfast but I had was awesome. It has been Agnostic Front songs. to see H2O, they are the eight years since Roger sang some songs best band out there. At Murphy’s Law has played with his brother. A shout this point e.Bowla knew CB’s. It was awesome. out was made to Vinnie about H2O but it wasn’t They started with Cavity Stigma’s son little Vinnie, until he came in and saw Creeps and followed with the only shout out of the H2O did he understand Panty Raid. Then they night. I loved the H2O. He now moved on to Sarasota and Agnostic Front set; at CB’s understands H2O and even Midori and Michi every band sounds their why they are the best were impressed by the best. Hearing Agnostic band around. height and duration of the Front at CB’s, I roll I got during this song. understand why CB’s H2O kicked ass. They I couldn’t believe it sound system is world played old songs and myself. Midori and Michi famous. Roger dyed his songs off the new CD out quickly figured out that hair red, didn’t wear his this past Tuesday. I don’t the reason I get good rolls bandanna, and didn’t take have it so I still don’t is because I only weigh off his shirt so he did not know the new songs. It 125 lbs. I carried another look so intimidating. I did was sick nonetheless. I skinny guy. I asked him not mosh during this set. moshed, rolled a good after the set how much he I wanted to see Agnostic amount, sang some, and weighed, 110 lbs. I gave Front; I normally wear loved every minute of it. him a good roll but I was glasses. Last time I saw MUSIC SECTION Agnostic Front was at The fell a couple times when I this tribute for Raybeez’s Palladium during the was up on stage family. They didn’t have summer of ’92. They only dancing/skanking during to give money to charity in played a couple songs that Murphy’s Law’s set. Back Raybeez’s name, but this time because the bouncers to Ag Front. They killed is what hardcore is about. were stopping the kids it. They might be 35 years from getting up on stage old but they still kick ass. Until this show me and and Roger got mad. He e.Bowla thought the best responded by trying to e.Bowla and I were trying show we ever heard of drop a monitor on one of to think of a better show was the Beastie Boys, the bouncer’s head.