ANNIVERSARY ISSUE! DfficORDER ¥A guide to CITR fm 102 j^v- -*- CABLE10O DiScORDER AFTER FIRST YEAR ON FM ¥A guide to CITR fm 102 *~* pari Finn CITR SHIP STILL AFLOAT The CITR survey (p. 3) is not intended to support the claim that Canadians are the most surveyed people on the planet. Rather, it's the means by which you can help CITR carve future paths along the radio frontier. Where the station goes reflects where it stands. But before it blazes new trails, its members need to know how strong the foundation is. That's where you come in. The survey is part of CITR's first anniversary celebration since going low power FM. The Student Radio Society of UBC fittingly flicked on the switch to, its FM 101.9 frequency on April Fool's Day last year. For the first time ever, UBC Radio was legitimately on the air. The past year has been one of keeping the ship afloat. "There were leaks then and there are leaks now," says outgoing CITR president Jeff (No. 1) Kearney. "In the first year it's always easy for organizations of our kind to lose touch with what they're supposed to be doing. Perhaps they get over their heads a bit and then disaster occurs, but that hi happened to us. We're still 1 stable." But keeping the ship aflc doesn't necessarily mear going at a good clip. "Since wel got the FM license, we've maintained the same speed while the rest of the industry here has speeded up," incoming president Steve Robertson says. "Once of the major objectives over the next year will be to re-establish CITR as true ground breakers. Hopefully we'll have resumed our place in the Vancouver local music scene as the radio station that is two steps ahead of the other stations, rather than just one." In order to stay ahead one must know what the rest are up to. "The major industry papers out of New York have stated that major FM stations, such as the superstar stations, will be adding 80% new music," explains music director Noel Baker. "Canada can expect a 40% increase in new music additions to major playlists so that many things CITR plays will become very normal programming in commercial radio." Baker doesn't expect this "explosion" in Canada to make things any more difficult for the station. "CITR will still be in the forefront of all that because there's always a lot of intereting things happening to keep us ahead of the game," he says. "There are always artists who are on the fringes and ahead of those who are always getting the major airplay." The direction the industry is taking should help the local music scene in Vancouver, according to Baker. "We'll see an upsurge as more local bands finally get some sort of commercial success, which in the past was denied to them because of their not wanting to compromise certain artistic ideals." Having a radically different outlook is program director Chris Dafoe. "Programming is going to reflect my tastes," he says. "I'm going to throw everybody off the air and do it all myself. We're going to go country and western. "But seriously, the music will continue to reflect the tastes of the people who work at. the station, as well' as the community of which they are part." puses," remarks news director Harry Hertscheg. "Later this year we'll be establishing student correspondents at SFU, UVic and such local colleges as Capilano, Langara, etc. "We're trying to emphasize stories rel ati n g to students of al I ages, education of all kinds, research of all types, local community news and all that interesting social-political- economic-cultural stuff." As society becomes more educated the trend in news wilt be away from the muckraking and sensational events oriented stories that dominate the air waves today, according to Hertscheg. "There's way too much emphasis on the latest fatality highlights. A greater profile should be put on news from which you can learn. 'Which information is more important, what happened in _ war todaybr what Man learned about war today?" takes ; The sports department has its We si CITR's play-by-play coverage is beginning to expand beyond just university sports. "We recently broadcast the B.C. boys double-A basketball championship final from the Agrodome and it even looks promising for us to go to Bermuda to cover a pre- Olympic soccer match," he says ^^^ Although CITR's public affairs programming hasn't had the illustrious year sports has had, the fifteen minute spoken word features in the morning have improved over the years. welt getting more information across to people! "We have an ahour set aside per week that groups can use to get across to the general public," says Dafoe. "Two hours a week are set aside other collage and post- secondary educatiqqjinstitutes iSuch as SFU, CapLgHJIJPollec jngara, etc. ance at playin< f\\ also be ex) 4 a.m. se® week'^kj. There's n go frorn^p^e, but U$ A way-ay... The news department also has plans for collaborating with other post-secondary tions. "Since CITR is Grel Vancouver's only full-fledged FM student radio station, it's important that the CITR news diet reflects the tastes and concerns of all local cam- goals, too. "We're trying to focus on amateur sport because the professiona1 sports scene in Vancouver is quite extensively covered, and therefore, some of the other sports don't really get the □ they d^^ ~ wart. fitly thur I at UBC's Big ■ in recog- jtstanding Sution to UBC athletics. Combined total of seventeen Thunderbirds football, basketball and hockey games were broadcast, including live coverage of the Atlantic Bowl national football semi-final from Halifax. "The Award before, and it will also give added interest to the UBC athletics program," Stewart believes. %tt they're still in th#5 development phase. "They're hard tOKJo," says public affairs director Rob Simms. "It takes a lot of effort, energy and time to do those type of shows. "People have to be really into it to want to doit. To be a really good, thorough interviewer it kes a certain amount of skill, . .trive to be reasonable. analytical, non-partisan and political, while presenting a wide range of views. People need to be informed and preferably not in a condescending mannerthat is so prevalent amongst major media types." Since CITR's studeni members also have to spendj certain amount of time doj school work, the station always in need members. "It "takes people to run thju^PTace," newly-elected preoiMfit. Steve Robertson says^jp^ave to be far more orqa^Paso that we can morejjprctively channel those^Mpple to be more nn such key areas as jction, public service "announcements, promotions and public affairs." More training for the deejays and news people is another aspect that needs to be stressed in an effort to improve on air quality, according to newly- elected vice president Jennifer Fahrni. "We need to improve our delivery and be less sloppy," she says. "Now that we've been FM for a year, we have more obligations than when we were just on cable FM." A major obligation is meeting Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC) regulations. However, recent changes to programming regulations will allow FM stations to repeat songs more often as well as permit campus and community ■stations to advertise more Vweely in order to better secure funding But that will not likely affect CITR, according to station manager Sonia Mysko. "There's no need to be concerned about broadening advertising policies because we don't advertise on air," Mysko says. And we don't want to increase the number of times we play a song to more than once a day." ■ysko is CITR's only paid nember. As a result, she to deal with unruly dunteer types every day. "One ^as to feel very much part of the peers," she says. "It's important for me to keep a fairly high profile because once it stagnates, then there's less incentive for volunteers to get excited. "One thing that's a problem in commercial radio — as it is with any sort of paying job — is that many people are in any given industry because they know they're getting their pay cheque." While CITR's student volunteers make up the rank and file, the station's alumni can be expected to play an "Survey" p. 3 MELODY PIMPS SHELLOUT Opening act for one of the City's hottest shows so far this year, the Melody Pimps played 'em their way at Sub Ballroom, March 4. Show featuring the Pimps along with The Scissors and Rank and File was a s(h)ell out! photo - Kevin Fleming DISCORDER April 1983 CffitDiSfcOimER fflllOS Cable 100 Contributors Rick Anderson Chris Dafoe Harry Hertscheg Werner Janke Mike Johal Mike Klassen Dean Pelkey Steve Robertson Paris Simons Ian Warren Editors: Jennifer Fahrni Mike Mines Features Editor: Michael Shea Reviews Editor: Jeff Kearney Printing: Web Press Graphics Ltd. Distribution Manager Harry Hertscheg BLACK SWAN is one of the city's origin; shops. Initially specializing in jazz, folk and blues, the fc expanded providing a carefully selected, yet diverse representation of current domestic and imported rock, electronic, 20th Century classical and ethnic music streams. A generous exchange program enables us to present one of the best used record selections in Vancouver. We also stock music publications and carry tickets for many local concert productions. 2936 W. 4th Ave. 734-2828 FULLY LICENSED jl traditional Q&co-Roman Quisiae ._ 4510 W. 10th Ave. Vancouver, B.C. Tel: 228-9512-3 FREE DELIVERY MOBILE SOUND •We spin to suit* LOW RATES 228-3017 Dear Airheads and Space Cadets: Here I am writing again to voice my disapproval of the selection of hands for the Tribute to West Coast Music. Whatever happened to the West Coast bands that have been slugging it out in Vancouver for several years. DOA, 54-40, Modernettes, Actionauts, Los Popularos, Redrum, Maurice and the Cliches, Corsage, Braineaters, E, Beverly Sisters, Buddy Selfish — to name a few. We the listeners, should take direct action and continue to boycott the heavy metal maniacs that dominate this year's ballot (who listens to the Pinheads, anyways?) CITR should get together with Bud Luxford and the artists I have listed above. Then if you could get them all together in one place (say Thunderbird Stadium) have a great big pat on the back party (you all deserve it). Have a party, but not for the cause that Terry Quinn is set on. Esperanto is not the universal language as Mr. Quinn stated in his press release. There is only one language that is universal. It has been in every culture since the beginning of time. Mainly... ...MUSIC. Thanks for listening; Struan THE RANK and FILE Austin Texas "best country band of '82" appeared at UBC's SUB Ballroom March 4 and brought along enough energy to have the capacity crowd bouncing ofl the walls by nights end. At the edge of country music's frontier, this is a band to Dear Airhead: You finally have a good LP in your neglected LP feature Surfin with the Astronauts, but your little write has many historical errors. First, the Astronauts were not a Denver based group, they were a Boulder, Col. based group. Boulder, home of such groups as the Moonrakers and the Survivors, was Colorado's rock scene. Second, the band was hardly just an instrumental group. Of the LP's I have by them (seven LP's) only ten songs are instrumental, all the rest are vocal. Even the featured LP has four vocal tracks, third, The Surfin with the Atronauts LP came out in 1963 not 1964. The back sleeve of the album even says right on it, copyright 1963. Fourth, to say that their first LP is the best is a very subjective statement. To retaliate, here's an equally subjective statement, that the fourth LP Astronauts Orbil Kampus (A-OK) istheirbestLP. It's a classic early style (1964) of dance/garage/punk rock ad dance/garage/punk rock and their second LP (Everything is A-OK) and their seventh (Down the Line) LP their attempt to rip off the British Invasion (on '65 LP) tie for quality with their first LP. Although I do agree that they have the best versions of Miserlov and Pipeline. Yours Astronautically, I Hillender Protozoan Enzymology 6 Dear Mr. Airhead, How are your molecules; not receiving too much oxygen I hope. I'm writing in regard to our supposedly "improving economy." If we relate music to life situations, then presently we are not coming out of this slump as our government would have us believe. As opposed to let's say 1 !4 years ago then, I would have to say music is more bleak than ever. There are a few bands around that tell the truth. We did have the Cure and Theatre of Hate but alas they are now defunct. Tell me, who is going to speak out now? Most of what you have been playing lately is pure rubbish; Bedtime for Bonzo, etc Surely you can do better than that. Anyway I hope this is just temporary because like I say, if your music reflects the current theme then all I can say is "What a load of bollocks." I'm right C. Speaking for my own oxy- gorged molecules, I hope that the demise of bands like T.O.H. and the Cure, whose last album was a lifeless, self-indulgent drone, signals a resurgence of the energy that has been lacking in a music scene dominated by the post-Joy Division bands. Melancholia ad nauseum. Perhaps you should get out more, pasty-face. -Ed. Hi Airhead, I wanted to drop a line and let you know I enjoyed the layout and articles in the March issue of Discorder. I got a copy at A&A as I was feeding my vinyl habit. Dean Pelkey's review of the Eurythmics was great and CITR's signal from high atop the Student Towers is a welcome relief to the "status quo" playlist of other stations in the area. My only beef is that it doesn't reach far enuf south! A big POTB for CITR. I also thought I should mention Airheads Anonymous — where Airheads can help each other. Are you a member yet? You have to be a bona fide "vinyl junkie" to get a membership. Oh well....I hope everyone voted for Video Veggie by The Scam for Single of the Year. It sure beats workin' for the weekend! If the Day-Glo Abortions win Group of the Year, I expect Chris Dafoe to form the band and cut a disc. Personally, I voted for Dik Regrett & the Amazing Ray Guns as Club Act of the Year. I saw them at the Rock Box and their original techno-pop was superb. Keep on discording, Red Squirrel Flying/ Rowdy Puppy Records Blaine, WA. United Snakes of America Dear Ms. Airhead and H.R.H.; Hi, how are you, I'm o.k.; I guess. So your Majesty, how did you like Vancouver? I never heard you say thanks in public so I was just wondering. I mean we did go to a lot of trouble for you. Like we did clean the. ocean and replace a carpet and kill flowers and make 7,000 kids miss school. Not to mention all the advertising time missed on our advanced TeeVee system. I just can't recall you ever saying thank you personally even in the speech to open B.C. place you didn't write. Anyways, your welcome. PS. Do our taxes pay for all of this pompous B.S.? Signed; A British Citizen My husband and I had a marvelous time. Thank you for cleaning your ocean. It looked very blue indeed. -H.R.H. Hey, where's my question? -Another cruelly neglected Ed. page 2 NHSw f2>AC*0 S. WRITE i\j/|U THEAIRHEAD /l^ &WIN! CITR LISTENER'S SURVEY 4. At what frequency do you listen to CITR? 101.9 FM_ 5. How often do you listen to CITR? 5. Do you have any problems picking up CITR's signal on the 7. If so, explain 8. What aspects of CITR do you like? (Please check) Music News Sports Public Affairs Generic Review Folk Show_ Music of our Time Fast Forward Random Radio Sunday Brunch Rabble Without a Pause Mini-Concerts Public Service Announcements Final Vinyl Jazz Show No commercials^. 9 What aspects of CITR do you not like? (Please check) Music News Sports Public affairs Folk Show Rabble Without a Pause Generic Review Reggae Show Fast Forward Random Radio Final Vinyl — Sunday Brunch Music of our Time Jazz Show Public Service Ai No commercials Mini-Concerts 0. Are you a UBC student? yes no 1. Are you a student elsewhere? yes no 2. If so, at which institution? it changes or improvements would you li (Attach additional comments if necessary) PLEASE CLIP THIS SURVEY AND MAIL TO: CITR. University of B.C. B.C. V6T1A5 or drop by Room 233 of SUB. Thanks for your coopera •LIGHT ROCK •LOOSE FUSION •ELECTRONIC •MAINSTREAM* •FUNK •REGGAE •UPBEAT* come to SUB GAMES ROOM Downstairs Student Union Building University of British Columbia Hear the sounds of the group of 50 Latest electronic video games "Truly a unique experience in audio and video manipulation." Clljfy CUJ^ _ CITR DJ -8 LANE 5 PIN BOWLING -9 BILLARD TABLES -50 ELECTRONIC VIDEO & PINBALL GAMES Open: Monday to Saturday 8am -12:45 at night Sunday 10am - 11:30pm Any Advanced Bookings — Please call SUB GAMES ROOM 228-3692 CITR SURVEY cont'd from pg. 1 ever-increasing role in the future. "The alumni will really become important as the station continues to grow and look for alternative areas of funding," says outgoing president Jeff Kearney. "Although the full results won't be seen for five to ten years, the people retiring will bearoundto provide a base from which new people can learn, and that will help things become more consistent." Equipment replacement is also looming as an important issue in the near future. "There has been no major technical upgrading since we moved into SUB in 1968," informs chief engineer Rick Anderson. "Failures are beginning to happen at an increasing rate and it's frustrating to our listeners when we have to shut down to fix the problems. We intend to be replacing some key audio-processing equipment (console board) and try and alleviate this problem." Although there's no point in going stereo now because it would make the low power signal even more difficult to pick up, the new equipment will allow CITR to go stereo when it gets an increase in power within the next five years, he says. "But let's face it, when you get really detailed everybody gets turned off. They don't want to read about consoles and stuff. Most people don't give a damn, all they do is listen for the music." Well Rick, you can't say we didn't give you a chance to talk about it. Probably the most important issue CITR must face is how to secure those financial resources that are necessary for plans to come true. "Plans for the future are merely dreams, without financial intravenous," newly-elected bsusiness manager Harry Hertscheg says. "We'll betrying to expand our revenue generating operations such as DISCORDER April 1983 CITR mobile sound and benefit concerts in order to be less dependent on the whims of Students Council." CITR's operating expenses are over $50,000 a year — $30,000 of which is subsidized by UBC's student Alma Mater Society, while the other $20,000 is generated from Pit discos, Hot Air Shows, outside discos and concerts. "Our business operations are also a means for members to earn some part time income, as well as being a vehicle for people to become more familiar with CITR," says Hertscheg. A major vehicle for getting people to become more familiar with CITR is DISCORDER. But the guide to CITR is more than a promotional tool. "We'll have stories that deal with portraying the culture and society we live in," says DISCORDER co- editor Mike Mines, who is also the outgoing vice president. "DISCORDER will always question the values of the mass culture. It'll be able to provide an alternative look at music and counter-culture. "It also provides a vehicle ior advertisers to reach a significant market that is beyond the average, typical consumer. A lot of advertisers are just looking at what the average is, but they're not really going after the large fringe that exists in Vancouver." "We want to expose people to what's out there and expose them to an alternative form of broadcasting," emphasizes DISCORDER co-editor and incoming vice president Jennifer Fahrni. "CITRistotally different than any other station. And it's much more fun to listen to." Now you know where CITR thinks it's going. The survey also gives you the opportunity to help navigate. Next year's birthday survey will reveal where the path through the cultural frontier has taken us. --Duffy McAirhead photo: Jamie Sikorski DOA shared,the SUB Ballroom stage with Braineater and Lcc Popularos March 11. Joey and friends kept true to form creating a mood of carefree banadon (to the Nth degree). page 3 DISCORDER April 1983 THE MEMBERS Uprythm Downbeat (ARISTA(US)) The Members are alive and judging by this album, very well thank you very much. The undue stress they caused me by taking two years to come up with this, their third offering, has been more than compensated by the punchy, danceable, dubwise direction that the band has taken. This direction, with drums and bass mixed up and a good dose of brass, seems to have been such a natural, effortless progression from their last album that one would think they were born playing this brand of 'funk'; unlike many other bands who evidently rushed out to their local bookstore panting for copies of 'How to play funk' as soon as some bored and mischievous scribe decreed it The latest thing.' Within ten tracks on Uprythm Downbeat there is a conspicuous trio of singles: the opening, tongue-in-cheek Working Girl, (released light years ago), the catchy Boys Like Us and a dub of the Radio single. The latter especially, although good, is really pushing it; come on fellas, short of ideas? Or does someone have their (commercial) fingers in the till? Quite forgiveable, though, is the inclusion of their version of Model. Although it seems obviously unfair to make a comparison, I say this one has more balls than the original by those Jolly Germans, Kraft- werk. I mean, at least you can sway to it as opposed to the 'look serious and contemplate it' mood of the electronic piece. The second track on side one, The Family, comments drily on the pressures and obligations inflicted by the family, be it linked by blood or by corporate contract: "If you need money we'll give you a loan/If you need a job there's work to be done/New York, London, Milan too, all you gotta do is keep it in the family." Listen to the Bunnymen's Pride and then listen to this Chair man of the Board, the fourth track on the first side is a dancer's delight, good and solid; music to Rock the Boat to. The second side continues the styles set by the first, opening as it does with three more solid rhythms, each supplemented with the omnipresent but stylish brass arrangements: Going West, Radiodub and Fire In My Heart. The next track, You And Me Against The World is, at first listen, the weakest. But wait — is that an experiment with a mutant form of country music? Any doubts about the album are forgotten, however, on listening to the last track We The People, possibly the best track on the album. Gone, for once, is the dry humour for which The Members are noted. Anger and bitterness are once again to the fore as the song churns out heartfelt pleas and searching questions: "Who bears the scars of pain? What crimes are committed in our name?" Revolt while you dance! This is an excellent album. Buy it. —Sukhvinder Johal Pig Bag Lend an Ear (Y RECORDS UK IMPORT) I was on my way home from work at the Bureau of Music Standardization when I first noticed it while alone in the elevator. My foot was tapping against the floor and as I watched my knees began to bounce and shake. Pretty soon my fingers began to snap in time. I immediately realized something was wrong and began to search frantically for the source of my rhythmic twitching. Then I noticed the muzak. It wasn't ordinary elevator muzak but something faster, more rhythmic with an incredible funky bass line, wonderful afro/latin drum sounds, and a bit of jazzy vocals thrown in here and there. The more I listened the more I found my body wanted to dance around the elevator. This wasn't right I soon decided. The Bureau of Elevator Control (we in the business call it BEC) couldn't allow this so I had to find its source and if possible, destroy it. When you work for the Bureau, you're always on the job. My search led me upstairs to the elevator control station. I was forced to break down the door and eliminate several men dressed as technicians with .357 magnum. I'm sure Clint would have understood. Anyway, as I suspected these men werefalsetechnicians who had taken over the controls of the elevators and were playing this record over the sound system. I examined the record and noticed that it was produced by one Simon Underwood, ex- member of The Pop Group and current member of whatever foul gang had hatched this evil plot. I looked at the record label and saw the name Pigbag. Definitely a name not friendly to the authorities. They would have to be dealt with. I decided to listen to a bit of the album before I destroyed it once and for all. The first track, Weak At The Knees I had heard in the elevator but the second was even worse. Hit O The Deck it was called. The vocals of one Angela Jaeger and the bouncing bass and flowing sax literally hurled me across the room in a frenzy of spastic dancing. The next song was equally as bad. Ubud with its whirling percussion and conga solo had me thinking of the smoke filled jazz bars and cantinas I us,ed to frequent during the days of my ignorant youth. I decided to take a quick listen to side 2 and noticed that while it wasn't as all encompassing as side 1, it still exerted a dangerous effect on the listener's will. I picked up the album and placed it in the cover I had been holding, noting the title; Lend An Ear. I knew the record was dangerous but I couldn't put my finger on exactly why, then it all came to me. There was no beeping and popping of synths, no endless boogie guitar riffs, no shrill over/under sexed 1869 WEST 4th AVE. VANCOUVER, B.C. 738-3232 Maurice And The Cliches C'Est La Vie (RMS RECORDS) My associate, Dave Jamieson, is on holiday so it's the case of the uninformed reviewer; politely known as 'objective'. This reviewer admits that he is not familiar with Maurice and his Cliches. CITR's copy of C'est La Vie has written on it — "Local Boys Make Good", in regard to their first LP release on the Los Angeles-based independent RMS label. Now I wonder just how much faith their record company places in this band. Consider the rather bland album jacket: no i r !** women/men in tight pants screaming in high-pitched voices. It was all horns, drums, and bass with occasional forays in blues/jazz vocal stylings. It was different, it was foreign, it was happy. It was something we couldn't have here. I checked the name of the company Y Records and noticed that it was British and could only be bought as an import here. I picked up the phone and told agent Legpin to close down all the import stores. I looked at the record, deep in thought. This was music of quality and craftman- ship. Only the Brits could be so bold. Well, we'd stopped them this time. But I wondered as I broke the record into little pieces, what would have happened if the Brits had managed to get a general release for this album? —Dean Pelkey producer, no personnel, and no photo of any band member (unless one includes the drawing of the rather fashionable gent on the front). Nothing. But who cares about the sleeve, right? Well, I'm sure the band and its fans would. Enough of that; now what about the music? The music has potential, but it is lacking in imagination and energy. The imagination, hopefully, is lying dormant; it's tough going from the bar circuit into the studio — give them time. Maurice and the Cliches tend to live up to their name by using a lot of pop hooks. The energy, hey Maurice (roll the r), you need a good kick in those black trousers. Get angry, get happy, get something! butdon't get bored behind the microphone. I kind of like Social Casualties and Skyline; upbeat and laid-back, respectively. The album consists of mostly upbeat tunes, and the production is what you would get on a tight budget. More energy andfancier producing is what is needed here to help this veteran local band reach their potential. —Michael Klassen The Birthday Party The Bad Seed EP (4AD UK IMPORT) "It is the cruelty that cements matter together, cruelty that molds the features of the created world." —A. Artaud The Bad Seed is perhaps the most profound apotheosis of real life horror ever. Nick Cave and his compatriots have struck at the sordid underbelly of the madness, moulded it, and have finally let it loose in the form of a four song EP. This release consists of two slow songs, two more upbeat. Fears of Gun and Sonny's Burning are veritable monsters, page 4 running back and forth between the line of a thrashing metal beat and the vigorous timing of an out-of-sync offbeat bass, elephantine drums and a guitar occasionally scratching, more often spitting out dark notes. With his unit in order, Cave permeates the atmosphere with his doggerel drawl, flexing and bending his vocal chords like a mixed-up Cale-Reed-Morrison apparition. Pleading and screaming he makes his way like a captive accused of the most insidious crime of all — to be born....born into the world wild, wild world. Deep in the Woods is a kind of Gothic horror come to life. The forest, personified, dumps the women's honey body into the well and the worms scrawl their cruel design 'D-l-E' in her belly. The song closes with a kind of pent up energy, racing toward the edge that seems symbolic in a star which bursts and shudders in the last moment of its ecstasy before plummeting into nothingness. The end, intone Cave. The essence of The Bad Seed is captured in the closing song, Wild World. A slow, plodding base drum with a wiggled out of proportion bassline and the slightest nuance of guitar structure upholds the buttress for Cave's forward and backward stroph and anti- stroph pleas. What isbroughtto mind is the torture of contemporary existence, hostile and beautiful at the same time. The Bad Seed rings out of the listener a kind of last minute surrender. Its dark foreboding ramblings are as optimistic and lively as one might get seconds before the button is pushed. It is a statement vibrant and alive, and insignia of the present to capture each moment as it comes and squeeze the living breath out of it, for and to maintain the act of life itself. Artistically The Bad Seed is inseparable from the fixations of the modern, the cause of I of the modern, the cause of language and sound to interact. I am certain Pope Bill Buroughs is nodding his head approvingly. —Werner Jahnke DISCORDER April 1983 ! SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY ER.DAY SA™DA j 7am '- 9am I lO.m £w AaMcNtiSnY | 11.™ OF Noon J FORWARD 1 BRUNCH €b 1pm | 2pm | 3pm j WITHOUT A PAUSE MATTERS0 I "Z2T | 4Pm : 5Pm 6Pm magazine — : —7-^ ^— ■"■ ■■■: 7Pn, I 8 pm NIGHT | 9pm THE | | 11 Pm VINYL KK | JAZZ CONT'D I Mldnlgh I ,.m RANDOM 1 I 'urn j j 1 ■;'■ 3am | •- l j ■ [rA|R CITR-FM 102 Cable 100 | j £&, alternative .J Listener Request Line 228-2487 1 : J music programming FINAL VINYL proVe: MUSIC of our TIME Hello. Welcome to the first in a series of articles filling you in on CITR's special programs. This one introduces Music Of Our Time, heard Sunday mornings from 8:30 a.m. to approximately 12:20 p.m. Many people still think that this time does not exist....little do they know. The program is currently hosted by Jay Leslie and Paris Simons. You can reclaim reality from weekend indulgence by the sound of 20th century classical music hmmmm. Modern Classical? "Isn't that a contradiction in terms?" you may ask. Well, I mean music mostly from the classical tradition. We can fly from symphonic to electro-acoustic to jazz to minimalist percussion music without batting an eye. Stay tuned in April for an interview with the father of avant- garde interdeterminacy, John Cage. One thing I should make clear: 'serious' music is not humourless, and neither is our program. Witness occasional cameos ranging from P.D.Q. Bach to Lenny Bruce. Also, we can pass on enough music trivia to stump your friends and shock your neighbours. Some music may demand more of your attention than you expect, but if it's good, it's worth it, right? Why shouldn't you hear in one show works by such diverse composers as Claude Debussy and Laurie Anderson? Usually, there will be something different to awaken you, no matter what your musical tastes are Another thing — we are not afraid to play a whole piece, whether two minutes or over two hundred minutes long. Our audience is generally warned far in advance if a monstrously long composition looms in the offing. Those out there who have listened in before know that at 10:30 a.m. we present the Vancouver New Music Calendar, a listing of concerts and events of 20th century music coming up around the city in the following weeks. We also present you with special features on composers and performers, often focusing on local (even U.B.C!) people. These can generally be heard around 11:00 a.m. A wide- ranging program, to be sure. Let us rouse and stimulate YOU on Sunday mornings. Who knows? Maybe your acoustic idea(l)s will be rearranged by CITR's alternative approach to hangovers. Indulge your ears in Music of Our Time after all, variety IS the spice —Paris Simons Why Pay More? Super Deals on Wheels Rent or Buy A fine selection of '78 and '79 city tested vehicles 350 ROBSON STREET 688-0001 ADVERTISE HERE Call 228-3017 CLASSIC LPS Fridays 11 pm Transformer, Lou Reed — 1972 Futurama, Be Bop Deluxe — 1976 Fast Product, Compilation — 1980 Pretenders II, The Pretenders — 1981 Pure Pop For Now People, Nick Low — 1977 NEGLECTED LPS Sundays 11 pm 3 April - Them, Them A true, little known psychedilic relic. This is Them after Van Morrison left. The band consisted of newcomer Jerry Cole and holdover Alan Henderson. Though this LP bears no resemblance to the original group, there's some great acid-tinged guitar here. (Happy Tiger Records - 1968) 10 April - Take a Heart, The Sorrows An almost forgotten British R&B group of great potential. Their one LP was a package of raw and dynamic Brit rock including the title track, their lone chartmaker. This record is still in print on a Spanish pressing. (Picadilly - 1966) 17 April - Creation, The Druids of Stonehenge A pure slice of moronic psychedelic garage rock American style. This LP includes strange and wonderful renditions of "I Put A Spell on You" and Dylan's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue". (Uni Records) 24 April - Big City Blues, John Hammond Possibly the best LP by this stammering white folk-blues artist. His stutter disappears, however, when he goes great renditions of Chuck Berry, Willie Dixon and Bo Diddley standards. (Vanguard Records). MINI CONCERTS Friday 1 April Bow Wow Wow Saturday 2 April The Sound Monday 4 April: Jerry Lee Lewis - Sun Years Tuesday 5 April: Grace Jones Wednesday 6 April The Clash - Rarities Thursday 7 April Delta 5 Friday 8 April Buzzcocks Saturday 9 April TBA Monday 11 April Pebbles, Nuggets & Boulders Tuesday 12 April The Shaggs Wednesday 13 April Bob Marley 1963-67 Thursday 14 April The Fall Friday 15 April Dils/Nuns/Rank and File Saturday 16 April Lene Lovich Monday 18 April Elvis 'Mr. Country' Costello Tuesday 19 April John Cale Wednesday 20 April Jack Ruby Thursday 21 April The Sex Pistols Friday 22 April Stiff Little Fingers Saturday 23 April TBA Monday 25 April The Shoes Tuesday 26 April Wall of Voodoo Wednesday 27 April Little Feat Thursday 28 April Scritti Polltti Friday 29 April Stranglers Saturday 30 April Teardrop Explodes photo: Mike Johal Art Bergman in front of capacity crowd at UBC March 11th. page5 DISCORDER April 1983 ^Y7@§ ©ltd (gapoppug OPTICAL SERVICES LTD. VUARNETS for Spring ON SALE CHEAP SUB Bldg., Main Floor 222-2254 w* from the 60's $18—$20 —BLACK JEANS $22 -OVERDYED JEANS $22 -ZIPPER T-SHIRTS -WARRIOR JEANS -BOY OF LONDON JEANS -ROCK BUTTONS & T-SHIRTS -STUDDED WAISTBANDS AND BELTS 837 Granville St. Phone 687-8207 ODYSSEY IMPORTS Meet WALL OF VOODOO In Person Sat., April 30, 2-3 p.m. 866 Granville St. Phone: 669-6644 QQ=E<8P 10%Off EHEEHQ anything in the "ON PRESENTATION OF THIS AD" -LOTS OF SUMMER SPORTS EQUIPMENT & CLOTHING- Lower Mall SUB "Across from The PIT" 9-5 Mon.-Fri. 12-2 Sat. SATURDAY 9:30 am 4 pm APPOINTMENTS 2241922 224-9116 CHAKGKX VALUABLE COUPON WORTH $3t OFF ANY HAIR STYLE Maximum — One Coupon Pei Poison. Good only on presentation of this coupon. ClnnReport: page 6 VISA IN U.B.C. VILLAGE NEXT TO BANK OF COMMERCE albums - april 1983 TW ARTIST ALBUM DISTRIBUTOR 1 RANK & FILE 2 ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN 3 DEAD KENNEDYS 4 WALL OF VOODOO 5 SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES 6 THE STRANGLERS 7 FAD GADGET 8 THE BARRACUDAS 9 THE MEMBERS 10 D.O.A. 11 THE REVILLOS 12 IGGY POP 13 T.S.O.L. 14 UB 40 15 THE SOUND 16 THE BIRTHDAY PARTY 17 PIGBAG 18 LOU REED 19 SHAKIN' PYRAMIDS 20 PHIL SMITH 21 VARIOUS ARTISTS 22 THE DAMNED 23 BLACK UHURU 24 BANGLES 25 BAUHAUS 26 JAH WOBBLE 27 MAURICE & THE CLICHES 28 VARIOUS ARTISTS 29 RICHARD HELL & THE VOIDOIDS 30 RAMONES 31 THOMPSON TWINS 32 LENE LOVICH 33 MICHAEL SMITH 34 SOFT CELL 35 WALTER STEDING SUNDOWN PORCUPINE PLASTIC SURGERY DISASTERS CALL OF THE WEST A KISS IN THE DREAMHOUSE FELINE UNDER THE FLAG MEAN TIME UPRHYTHM, DOWNBEAT WAR ON 45 ATTACK ZOMBIE BIRDHOUSE BENEATH THE SHADOWS LIVE ALL FALL DOWN THE BAD SEED LEND AN EAR LEGENDARY HEARTS CELTS & COBRAS THE PHIL SMITH ALBUM PILLOWS AND PRAYERS STRAWBERRIES THE DUB FACTOR BANGLES THE SKY'S GONE OUT BEDROOM ALBUM C'EST LA VIE LA. ROCKABILLY DESTINY STREET SUBTERRANEAN JUNGLE SIDEKICKS NO MAN'S LAND Ml CYAAN BELIEVE IT THE ART OF FALLING APART BLINDED BY SCIENCE SLASH (US) WEA FRINGE PRODUCT A&M POLYGRAM CBS MUTE (UK) CLOSER (FRANCE) ARISTA (US) FRINGE PRODUCT SUPERVILLE (UK) CAPITOL ALT. TENTACLES POLYGRAM WEA (UK) 4AD (UK) Y (UK) POLYGRAM ZULU CHERRY RED (UK) BRONZE (UK) MANGO (US) FAULTY (US) A&M LAGO 3 (FRANCE) RMS (US) RHINO (US) RED STAR (US) WEA POLYGRAM CBS MANGO (US) POLYGRAM CAPITOL HOT AIRSHOWSURPRISE! The last week of April was a busy one for Vancouver music. On Sunday the 27th, the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences held its Third Annual Tribute to West Coast Music. Held in the Holiday Inn Harbourside the evening was a slick, boring, predictable evening of self congratulation. On Monday the 28th CITR and The Pit held the finals of the Hot Air Show. That was another story altogether. The finals were the culmination of seven months of competition, featuring over forty bands. After seemingly endless quarter/semi/demi/ hemi finals there remained four bands. From the first segment of the Hot Air Show was Ground Zero, a hard •jock/metal band led by DOA alumni Randy Rampage and former Avenger Brad Kent. From the December segment were the Actionauts. Redrum, whose two song demo Danger Never Know Your Name topped CITR's singles playlist, and popular club band The Beverly Sisters rounded out the evening. The Actionauts opened the evening and despite the annoyance of a broken bass string in the middle of the first song, put together a good set culminating with the monstrous Hell Bound Boogie Boy, a metal song to end all metal songs that featured guitarist Tony Baloney and soloing madly through the crowd aboard the shoulders of singer Gust Vassos. Red Rum followed with a characteristically tight and economical set that, although short on flash, possessed a feel that is distinctly Red Rum; understated visually, but with its own sense of musical power. The evening then lurched to the other end of the musical spectrum as Ground Zero took the stage by force. Loud, nasty, dirty, the band stuck its fist in the solar plexus of the audience, driving those not already 3/4 deaf or completely numbed by alcohol to desperate measures. At about 1:30 the Beverly Sisters kicked off the final stage of the Hot Air Show, packing the dance floor with thoroughly besotted bodies with their funky, hybrid sound, the result of tossing the bands various influences into a blender and seasoning with sweat. As the last sounds of the Beverly Sisters faded the judges ballots were collected and taken to the subterranean shelter, equipped with sophisticated calculation devices (a pencil and a piece of paper). The results were tallied and in the grand sporting tradition, the high and low scores were eliminated. After numerous checkings and recheckings, Master of Ceremonies Mike Mines, his bow tie crushed, the rose in his lapel wilted, a shadow of his former dapper self, emerged into the spotlight with the results. "In fourth place, winners of $250...Red Rum" "In third place, winners of a Photo session with Dee Lippingwell....Ground Zero." At this point Ground Zero guitarist Brad Kent began screaming obscenities at the crowd and the judges. Several spectators reported seeing Neal Hall, music critic for The Vancouver Sun and one of the Judges, grab Kent by the lapels and tell him to keep his opinions to himself (or words to that effect). A scuffle ensued and bouncers had to separate the two men before Hall, who stands about 6 feet, and Kent, considerably smaller, trashed the judges table and spilled the last round of drinks. Unaware of the fracas, Mines continued with the results. Pausing briefly, Mines announced the second place band. "And in second place in the year's Hot Air Show I Finals....the Beverly Sisters." The shocked silence of the I crowd was broken by four of I the Actionauts twitching and I writhing on the floor, kicking I their legs and shouting. So just who are t Actionauts? What kind of I music do they play? Well, in I their latest configuration they I are Tony Baloney (former I Melody Pimp/Thirsty Soul/ Bludgeoned Pig) on guitar, Gust Vassos on singing and I falling down. Sam Salmon I (yes, his real name) on I keyboards, Jazbo on Bass and I recent addition Andy Graffiti (Buddy Selfish/UJ3rk5 and drummer about town) on | drums. The band cai together about eight months I ago, formed by Baloney, Vassos and Salmon. For a I brief period they featured | former Young Canadian Jim Bescott on bass, while Graffiti is the third drummer to appear with the Actionauts. Vassos described the | bands' sound as "Greco-lndo- African Heavy Metal (sorry I asked) while Baloney calls it I Pomp Rock. This confusion is I typical of the reaction to the I Actionauts. In agig earlierthis I year, backing 54/40 at John I Barley's the band elicited | confusion stares from t crowd. Nobody quite knew I what to think of them. The Actionauts, however, plan to put the ball in the | public's court with a record, combining tracks they have I already recorded at Ocean Sound, produced by Nick Jones, with the tracks that result from the twenty-five hours of recording time at Little Mountain Sound that | they received as first prize ii the Hot Air Show. Congratulations to t h< Actionauts and thanks to al the other bands who appeared I in this year's edition of The Hot Air Show. The Hot Air Show will return in September, unwieldy and unpredictable as ever. --CD I ClnnReport: singles - april 1983 1 THE THE 2 IMPLOG 3 REDRUM 4 SHRIEKBACK 5 NEW ORDER 6 54-40 7 SPEAR OF DESTINY 8 SOUTHERN DEATH CULT 9 LEISURE PROCESS 10 UB40 11 MALCOLM McLAREN 12 SPECIAL AKA 13 SPLIFF 14 GABI DELGADO 15 BEAST 16 THE TEARDROP EXPLODES 17 MALARIA 18 THE CURE 19 POPULAR HISTORY OF SIGNS 20 JUNCO RUN 21 THE THE 22 ROBERT GORL 23 ELVIS COSTELLO 24 RUTS DC 25 BAUHAUS 26 U2 27 TEARS FOR FEARS 28 EGGHEAD 29 THOMAS LEER 30 ANTI-NOWHERE LEAGUE Perfect Breakfast/She Creatures Danger/Never Know Your Name Lined Up Blue Monday Sound of Truth A Flying Scotsman Moya Cashflow I've Got Mine Soweto War Crimes Blick Vecht History of A Kiss Possessed You Disappear From View Your Turn to Run Let's Go To Bed Dancing With Ideas No More Uncertain Smile Mit Dir Head to Toe Weak Heart Lagartija Nick New Year's Day Change Fragrant Game All About You For You prepared by Shea and Sondhl SOME BIZARRE (UK) LOG (US) DEMO Y (UK) FACTORY (UK) MO DA MU BURNINGROME(UK) SITUATION (UK) EPIC DEP INT (UK) CHARISMA (UK) TU TONE (UK) GEMA (WG) VIRGIN (UK) AMDUSIAS (US) MERCURY (UK) JUNGLE (UK) FICTION (UK) MELODIA (UK) MO DA MU Some Bizarre (UK) MUTE (UK) F Beat (UK) BOHEMIAN (UK) BB (UK) WEA MERCURY (UK) DEMO CHERRY RED (UK) WXYZ (UK) REVAMPED 'TETRAS OPTIMISTIC Bush Tetra's Cynthia Slay photo: Jamie Sikorski "If you don't get out of New York in the winter, you turn into a drug addict." So says Pat Place guitarist for the Bush Tetras, the four piece primal white-funk band that made their first Vancouver appearance in late February. Place, who formed the band with singer Cynthia Slay three years ago, after stints with the Contortions and James White and the Blacks, looks like she could use a bit of a boost herself. She's just emerged from the van the band has been driving up and down the West Coast, two hours late for soundcheck, only to find that the hotel the Tetras have been booked into doesn't exist. So it's melting snow and fear of smack that bring the Bush Tetra's to Vancouver. It couldn't be much else. The band hasn't released anythinq since the 1981 Rituals EP, produced by Topper Headon of the Clash, and are without a record contract. And while the band has a four song EP recorded there are, as yet, no takers. The band has also undergone personnel changes. Gone are original bassist Laura Kennedy and drummer Dee Pop. Pop went west to play with Jeffery Lee Pierce in the Gun Club. The whereabouts of Kennedy remain a mystery. In their place are Bobby Albertson on bass and former Contortions James White and the Blacks Raybeats drummer Don Christenson. The change came about, according to Slay, because of a sense of disillusionment in the band. "We were playing a lot, but the feeling in the band was bad and we weren't getting anything accomplished. Everybody in the band got pretty lazy, people got pretty jaded and our sound suffered." According to Place, Pop was just going through the motions behind the kit; "The drummer was going through the whole set at the same tempo, which is not the way we are at all", so it was out with the old rhythm section, in with the new. In a band as rythmically based as the Bush Tetras such a change is inevitably reflected in the band's sound. The addition of Albertson and Christenson gives the band a meatier sound. Slay says "We still do funk , but it's a lot more developed. Our sound has gotten a lot thicker. It hits you from the bottom, it hits you from the top, it comes at you from all sides." Christenson describes the band's music as "Soul Music, with a new social realist twist, a dash of humor, and a big dash of the macabre. Actually we're just a bunch of jaded embittered creeps from the music industry 'cause we never made it bit like the Go Go's." The change has had a big impact on the band's shows. The rhythm section is tighter and, as Albertson puts it, "we don't fall off the mountain as often." There's a manic edge to the Tetras shows. "We used to be a more visual attraction, what with the three girls up front, but now people are reacting a lot more, bombing the stage, getting up and dancing onstage. Last night in Seattle there were these girls who got up and were singing DISCORDER April 1983 The Charles Bogle Phonograph Dispensary Imports New Wave Punk-Rock Blues-Folk Classical Children's 4430 W. 10th Avenue, New & Used LP's Rare Records Collectibles Sound Tracks I Comedy & Old Radio Shows 224-0232 Vancouver, B.C. If you hear it on CITR you can buy it at Charles Bogle SHOWCASE ApT^Tl^^u™ From Montreal RATIONAL YOUTH "Their Only Vancouver Appearance!" Advance Tickets $5 °° —No Minors, Pleas* S.U.B. Ballroom, U.B.C. SHOWCASE APRIL 23, 8:00 DEAD KENNEDYS Advance Tickets $7 ° —All Ages Welcome— S.U.B. Ballroom, U.B.C. Tickets Available at... Zulu, Odyssey Imports, AMS Box Office • PIT SHOWCASE •ONE NIGHT ONLY* CATHOLIC GIRLS From New England • APRIL 7 * 8:30 pm Tickets Available at the Door with me," says Slay, "I mean it was great, no one used to sing with us." The Luv-a-Fair show was considerably more sedate, the former auto-body shop adding its own deadening effect, an effect the group found rather disturbing. Slay taunted and exhorted the crowd, tearing the notebook from one particularly catatonic spectator as he sketched, and tossing back into the crowd. At one point Place abandoned the stage, leaving her guitar feeding back, while the band crashed through the Troggs' Wild Thing, returning halfway through the number with a beer from the bar. The rest of the band kept the song going, propelling it forward through the mutated sound of the guitar playing itself. Even in Place's absence, the Bush Tetras didn't fall off the mountain. Without a record contract, however, the bands' future might be on shakier ground. Despite this problem there is a sense of optimism in the band. "The thing is," says Christenson," most bands don't stay together long enough to really become a band. There's bands popping up every three weeks, and most of 'em end up putting out one' indie single and then breaking up and forming other bands. After three years this band is finally becoming a real band. Bobby and I have been in a lot of other bands, and after a while you get' jaded cause you're not making it. But with this band we're determined to stick with it, not because of the money, but because we're doing something we like." So while there's nothing available from the Bush Tetras Mark II yet, you can expect a four song EP, including Fear, It's so Weird, Who's gonna Pay and one more, all produced by Joe Blaney, who also worked on the Clash's Combat Rock on thestandsin the near or distant future. For those who need a fix in the meantime, there are a number of releases from the old band; The Rituals EP on Fetish UK, a couple of singles on 99 Records of New York, Things That Go Boom in the Night and the wonderful Too Many Creeps, and a Reach Out international- live cassette. Also available, although probably difficult to find, is a Don Christensen single project under the name of IMPLOG, entitled Breakfast/ She Creatures, now sitting comfortably in CITR's Top 10 Singles. -CD. page 7
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