BEEN TO THE NEW SCRATCH STORE YET? Canada's independent music specialists: Alt. Country • Ambient • Avante Garde • Black Metal • Comedy • Digital Hard Core • Electronica Exotica • Experimental • Garage • Grindcore • Hardcore • Hip Hop • Indie Rock • Jazz • Noise • Pop • Post Rock • Power Violence • Punk • Ska • Soul • Spoken Word • Stoner Rock • Street Punk • Emo i Oldies • Trash •^VVV* Catch K Recording artist(s) the Microphones live and free at Scratch 5:00 PM Wednesday October 20 ■ IiilliMlil-lHE OUT NOW ON SCRATCH! JUNGLE Long Time, No See CO Scratch # 34 Worthy of all the hype, Jungle's full length debut rocks in a spirited and glorious manner that boldly leads Canadian Rock into the next millenium. Y2J is D. MOEBIUS Blotch CD Scratch # 32 Moebius, Founder of Kluster/Cluster. One of the fathers of Kraut space rock. His name said in the same breath as Can, Tangerine Dream, Neu, Faust, and company. We are proud to release his second ever solo album. 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Issue 200 • Octobi 1999 That Magazine From CiTR 101 .9fM www.sonar.bc.ca Features Marine Research Swayzak Guided By Voices Herbaliser Mix Master Mike editrix/flake: barbara andersen ad rep: maren hancock art director: robert horsman production manager: tristan winch design: chad christie, rob, mike josephson, ken paul photography and illustrations: jason da silva, ann goncalves, tobias van veen production: julie colero, chris dryden, mike godwin, ann goncalves, michael-owen liston, christa min, cat moore, gabby resch, anthony schrag, todd silver contributors: tania a, mike c, julie c, chris c, glen d'c, sean e, robin f, martin f, jamaal f, anna f, hancunt, John k, bill k, z k, Jamie m, janis mck, luke m, christa m, gibby p, anthony s, tesla v, tobias v, nat x programme guide: anna friz charts: julie colero datebook: barbara distribution: matt steffich us distribution: anyone but tristan publisher: aaron nakama Columns Vancouver Special 7" Videophilter Kill Your Boyfriend Palinkas Eats Das Book Under Review Real Live Action Charts On the Dial Datebook 10 12 13 15 16 5 6 7 9 18 19 21 25 26 28 30 COVER PHOTO BY ANN GONCALVES © "DiSCORDER" 1999 by the Student Radio Society of the University of British Columbia. 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Call the CiTR DJ line at 822.2487, our office at 822.3017 ext. 0, or our news and sports lines at 822.3017 ext. 2. Fax us at 822.9364, e- mail us at: citrradio@mail.ams.ubc.ca, visit our web site at http://www.ams.ubc.ca/media/citr or just pick up a goddamn pen and write #233-6138 SUB Blvd., Vancouver, BC, V6T 1 Zl, CANADA. printed in burnaby __3ML_ EB55SE *! bay-area Wicked Crew W/doors@9 mug Czech CD Release. Enjoy "BreakiiY Beats In All Direct!. Czech's latest i ' ml: FWUH presents Deez. $8/do< ■ AIRTIGHT The d'n'b Sunday J LINTON KWESI JOHNSON FEVER; DJ Rasou! ii Vancouver Special Recorded live, this eight-song EP can't hope to compete with the high-quality production values of the Brundlefly and Star Collector CDs. Still, there's lething about the end r that : STAR COLLECTOR Demo Model 256 (Independent) Star Collector is named after a Monkees song (which I've had in my head ever since picking up this CD), and in a way that makes sense. Early Monkees songs were carefully crafted (by crack professional songwriters), flawlessly played (by studio musicians), and perfectly calculated to be million- sellers. Demo Model 256 has that same kind of slick, almost "greatest hits" feeling to i * the course of its 12 songs, which is kind of weird since this is Star Collector's debut CD. Of course in most ways there's no link to the hapless Monkees: this band writes and plays its own songs here, and the colour-photocopied fold-out cover includes adequate visual ; us of the Star Collector's hip, post-modern vision of popular music. Is this perfectly huge mid-to-late '60s/early '70s boy power-pop tion, based on the best elements of recent compilations such as Poptopia! and The Roots of Power Pop, designed to mock the listening public's seemingly insatiable hunger for Cheap Trick, Badfinger, and even Trooper-style catchy arena rock? Well, some might say so. Some might also say that the guitar solos tend to be needlessly long, but I don't care. The big ringing chords, mod-ish riffs, and happy boy- harmonies make me smile, and every one of these hooks succeeds in reeling me in. A smattering of the strongest tracks: "Skyscraper," "Turn You On," and my own favourite, "Motorcycle." (<starcollector@hotmail.com> <www.angelfire.com/ca2/ starcollector>) BRUNDLEFLY Locked in This House (Lotusland) Ian Somers, who sings and writes the songs for Brundlefly, has a likeable, anguished, gravelly voice, and most of these 14 songs are bleak, pained creations with thoughtful post- Seattle-sound arrangements Catchy as many of these songs are musically, the darkness of the lyrics and that voice makes for a CD to be listened to with care — recently heartbroken friends just might make off with it if they get the chance. Even "New Girl," with its very singalongable and uncharacteristically happy chorus, is grim and creepy in the verses — which, of course, is part of Brundlefly's spooky <brundlefly_band@hotmail.com> (1327 Venables St., Vancouver, BC, V5L2G1) LAVISH Demo EP (Independent) rell-si > tfie mostly slow, gloomy arrangements and snarly, sneering, nasal female vocals of this band Contrary to their name, Lavish is quite spare-sounding, with very little keyboard in evidence but several ominous bass and guitar-driven Barbara Manning ish moments. The singer sometimes slides into a kind of snotty/pained near- yodel, which is especially effective in "Our Son," the oddly satisfying, Valium-paced Eddie Money cover, "Two Tickets to Paradise," and the rocking, obvious single here, "Happy/Sad." Sometimes the best lyrics are indeed the most straightforward — how can you beat "I am happy/You are sad" for saying it all? (address unknown) I am the mother of all cows. I'm kind of fat and I have bad skin. Oh, and I'm really mean and I know it so the following bands don't have to tell me. Technically, there's nothing wrong with JOYELLE BRANDT. She can almost sing in tune and she plucks her acoustic guitar accordingly, but there's just something wrong with someone who proclaims that she sounds like Sarah McLachlan Brandt's songs are not uncomfortable, I wouldn't even go so far as saying that they're bad, but they're just not good. She might even be famous someday. People seem to love wishy-washy females with guitars. (<rowan@intergate.bc.ca>) I remember talking to someone about ISIS SPEAKS She seemed very nice, but unfortunately, this band is not They sound like spacey jazz for kids In "Cruise Blues" a woman sings nonsensical sounds while someone else snaps their fingers in the background. "Diamonds are Forever" features lyrics about slavery and nuclear war with the added dimension of the sounds of whips cracking, (address unknown) The YACHTSMEN hail from Victoria. They have that Beach Boyish charm that some people like, but the B-side of their demo tape has a bunch of crap by somebody named DJ N-oying. Whoever it is samples Nine Inch Nails' "Closer " At least they chose the perfect name. Annoying is right. (4335 Blenkinsop Rd., Victoria, BC) :alled I'm not sure what this band is called. They used to be called Fridge Art Tiara, if I'm not mistaken, and on this tape they're called BOY VS. GIRL, ne that they're Nevertheless, they are a boy and a girl, playing mostly acoustic guitar. The girl sings better than the boy, but together they sound kind of nice. I'm not sure what's going on with all of the backwards record samples. (<henville@direct.ca>) When I say something is good, my judgement may be distorted because I've spent hours listening to things that are really bad, but when I heard HOT HOT HEAT's demo, I felt like dancing. They've got a synthesizer/drum based sound, and the vocals are composed of two guys yelling. I listened to this tape more than once because I wanted to. I want to see them live; hell, I'd even buy their CD if they had one. (#7-4275 Burbank Cres., Victoria, BC, V8Z 6T4) Send hate mail and death threats with demo tapes to me (#233-6138 SUB Blvd, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1). • r-THE DINNER IS RUINED BAND IXJ OCT 01 . VANCOUVER, BC @ THE BRICKYARD OCT 02 . PENDER ISLAND, BC @ TBA OCT 03 . VICTORIA, BC @ THURSDAY'S OCT 04 . VANCOUVER, BC @ MARINE CLUB THE DINNER IS RUINED BAND A MAGGOT IN THEIR HEADS CD IN STORES OR SI 2 BY MAIL SIANSPHERIC ELSE . ON SALE OCTOBER 2« H'l.'lli'l.'i'.'l.'liH.-l.MI.'H.'l.'.li/.l.'W*^ Eat, dance or relax knowing ALL the money from your ticket purchase goes directly to the Nature Conservancy of Canada. Jazz Now magazine writes: "Rich Norman has upped the ante in modern jazz drumming. The pyrotechnic display of lightning fast licks you expect as the grand climax of a jazz set here becomes routine accompaniment. " Count Bassie & Duke Ellingtons' drummer, Butch Ballard, says Rich Norman is "flat out the best drummer I'M n2()v. Friday, October 22nd, 9:00 pm at the Mercury Restaurant 1191 Richards St. Vancouver B.C. Phone at: 602-2380 Tickets $ 10 through Ticket Master, $ 12 at the door 5 nm&°M°m, inrr nch ■ you're given the benefit ol m having a nice, ordered i all the j hi into your schedule? It's been a while since I've turned lo the turntable — when you work around music as much as I do, you often don'l have it in you to listen to more once making it home. True, I have been distracted by a whole lot of 19th century literature, but I should be able to listen to something, no? I mean, I haven't even made it past disc one of my Magnetic Fields box set' I'm hoping that maybe I will be able to absorb philosophical and historical babble that little bit easier once I crank up the drone of my Bowery Electric or dig out all my post-rockers which are currently covered in four and a half months' worth of dust. I'd really like it if lhat new Five Style could help me write a better essay. For the moment, though, I will be content with a column that sort of makes sense rA -•■.-• .*m-.••' \ Any of you readers seen that Detroit Rock City movie? I sav< a few trailers, and it looks like a goofy tale about some young longhairs out to rock it up with KISS The soundtrack to this movie is rocktastic. Lookoutl has put out a split 7" featuring the DONNAS and Kiss on clear vinyl, and I'm sure all of you rockers are going to need to have this The Donnas do a cover of Kiss's "Strutter" in their usual super-sultry-voiced style, with some extra fantastical wailing guitar solos to boot. I have never quite gotten this whole Donnas craze which seems to have swept the nation, but after hearing "Strutter," it all makes a little more sense Also new to the world of Kiss, I was surprised at how much I enjoyed their song, "Detroit Rock City " I now intend to go out and purchase all of the Kiss Psycho Circus comic books and action figures. Um, no (Lookout!, PO Box 11374 Berkeley CA, 9471 2-2374 USA) More stuff I just don't under- BY JULIE COLERC stand: Why is it that, if you are a garage-rock band, you will probably have the opportunity to put out skads of releases when you're, well, not very good? The LOUDMOUTHS are the fuel for my latest ponderance of this question They get to put out releases with excellent packaging (the "Gone Drinkin'" release from '96 has a great cut-out doll design) on coloured vinyl, but the music just isn't that hot I'm sure they have a lot of fans in their home town. Now, I want to make it clear that there are good garage-rockers out there, and I don't really know heads' from tails, but this band is boring They got their gimmick and ran with it, maybe a bit too far The songs sound the same from one release to the next, and it's all just a big screaming mess. I hope these guys live far away, so they don't come and beat me up. They look tough I'm not tough enough to take the Loudmouths on, but I'm sure some of you are These three 7"s are all on different labels, so Irack some of them down if you're into girls in leopard print tanks with bangs and ripped fishnets screaming mod fight songs and "babyl", and boys in Converse holding it all together (Woundup Records, Box 3695, Kansas City, KS USA/66103/702 Records, PO Box 204, Reno, NV, 89504 USA/New Red Archives, PO Box 210501, San Francisco, CA,94121 USA) On to something a bit quieter, and quite a bit better. Here's music to do homework to: PAUL NEWMAN and SONNA, two instrumental bands, take turns doing the same song, "Way to Breathe No Breath," each band giving it a new flavour. The Paul Newman track has a bit of electronic percussion, and moves along at a pleasant pace. It's got good repetition and sweet sounds. I didn't find this track nearly as "lonely" as the press material told me I should Maybe I'm just not alienated enough Maybe if I read some of them Acme comics and then give this another whirl... Oh, so sad The Sonna track is a good deal more sparse than the Paul Newman, but also sounds really, really good. I didn't even realise, after the first listen, that this was the same song done differently. That's a good sign. More diversity tends to lead to more goodness, in my books. I like Is quiet and charming. Nice speed, nice feel, nice packaging — it all works (The Temporary Residence Limited, PO Box 22910, Baltimore, MD, 21203 USA) Anyone out there sad that BRAID broke up? I remember enjoying their full-length last summer, and the singles they've put out since then have been pretty decent. These guys are pop- punk-emoooo, and they do it well enough to not make me vomit This new single, "Please Drive Faster", is making me reminisce of trips to Seylynn Hall and cute little punk rock boys Ah, how sad that I'm the eternal morpher, and can probably never go back. So I'm taking back my strongly pronounced dislike of all things emo as I realize that Braid are kinda neat. The kids like them. I don't mind them. Does this mean the kids will like me? Nah I could draw those x's on my hand like Bif Naked s got. She must be straightedge hardcore. No bother in politicizing this — fun is fun and Braid is fun and Braid is done so tough nuts! Buy this and weep. (Polyvinyl Record Co, PO Box 1885, Danville, IL, 61834 USA) One more single to try out, and this one's an epic — but should I really expect much less from Michael Giro's new project, the ANGELS OF LIGHT? This ex-Swans star is capable of many magical things when given a multitude of instruments and a little room to explore sound. I have never listened to much Swans, but Giro's recent project The Body Lovers was quite interesting, and the full- length that this single comes from is excellent. The songs on this single, "Praise You" and "God Servant," are both stellar, but maybe I'm just a sucker for strings, full sounds, and a deep and doomy voice. The lyrics are quite dark, but they work like a charm. I think this single is probably considerably more accessible than most Swans or Body Lovers work, so it could be a good record to try if you're at all curious about the music of Michael Giro. (Stripmine Recordings, 1031 Park St., Jacksonville, FL 32204 USA) • think smiley, think small. new album. 'ALKALINE, available now. the new release from choke Now Available •FOREWORD', the much anticipated follow up to NEEDLESS TO SAY', one of EXCLAIM MAGAZINE'S top ten punk albums of 1998. GUY SMILEY ON TOUR WITH GOOD RIDDANCE: CHOKE ON TOUR WITH STRUNG OUT: October 9 Vancouver. BC October H Saskatoon. SK September 23 San Fran.. CA October 2 Winnipeg. MB October 10 Kelowna. BC October 15 Regina. SK September 24 Bend. OR October 4 SaultSteM. ON October 12 Calgary. AB October 16 Winnipeg. SK September 25 Portland. OR October 5 Brampton. ON October 13 Edmonton. AB MORE DATES TO BE ADDED September 26 Vancouver. BC (w/o Strung Out) September 27 Kamloops. BC October 6 Toronto. ON September 29 Edmonton. AB October 7 London. ON September 30 Calgary. AB October 6 Ottawa. ON October 1 Regina. SK October 9 MontreaL ON MORE CHOKE QUEBEC AND MARITIME DATES TO BE ADDED PO Box 352,905 Corydon Avenue • Winnipeg. MB. Canada R3M 3V3 www.smallmanrecords.com • tel* 204.452.5627 • CDs $12.00 PPD smallmanrecords. Video Philter My year is ruined. I was not invited to the 1999 Vancouver International Film Festival Opening Gala. Rubbing salt into my socially inept wounds, this Opening gala, the first one festive s that I vited tc will be the last Opening Gala of the millennium! I don't know if this grievous oversight on the part of the official festival inviters was a result of drastic budget cutbacks (in which independent music/lifestyles magazines catering to the needs of free-thinkers in Vancouver were deemed undeserving of VIFF graft) or my free-thinking, independently toasted boozing at previous Opening Galas. Maybe my mail carrier is going in my place. Whatever the reason for my enforced absence from the only Vodka-sponsored event on my one-event social calendar, I will now be forced to spend the night before the festival sitting alone in my apartment, drinking crantinis and holding imaginary conver sations with Vancouver's film community elite. Really, the only difference will be locale — and the fact that this year I'll be naked. Shaking myself out of this B- list malaise, and without further whimpering, I will for your planning pleasure attempt to strip bare this yea s festiv logue. Viewed al fresco, there are some noticeable changes to this year's line up. Replacing the standard, and much loved, Hong Kong action flicks enjoyed in festivals past [Beast Cop [VIFF 98], Once Upon a Time in Triad Society [VIFF 97], Fong Sai Yuk [VIFF 93]) are a collection of Japanese horror films guaranteed to chill your bones just in time for fall. Taking the X-Files vibe world-wide, Japanese cinema will hopefully bring all of its atmospheric, contemplative charms to such spookfests as Ring and Ring 2, Iwo could-be- Cronenburgian tales of evil videotapes, murder and insanity told in the race-against-time investigation style of DOA. Audition is a spin on the dark side of the entertainment industry with director Miike Takashi at the wheel. It's described in the festival guide as "an extremist psycho-thriller featuring scarred thighs, home addresses which turn out to have been boarded up for years, drugged whisky, acupuncture needles, piano wire and some quite terrifying time slips...it's calculated to make you think twice about everything from ballet lessons to paranoid nightmares." Just what the evil doctor ordered on a wet, windswept Vancouver night If the Japanese horror series seems a little too. normal to you, there's always the Walk on the Wild Side series Another change in the standard VIFF MO, this weekend midnight series, traditionally the home of films that the other movies are afraid of, will not be at the sparkle-curtained Caprice theatre on Granville St. in 1999. Instead, the rock-hard seats at matheque have estling butts foi the Pacific C the honour c the festival's tures. The hands-down (in the popcorn, nervously grasping at the kernels) most exciting happening in the witching-hour I this year s tfie at Gastown's indie addition to the Vancouver filmic scene. Each evening's events will include an 8pm showing followed by a party at which festival guests (read: directors, stars, fabulous people) will illuminate wine-swilling patrons about the fine fea-. ture just experienced. Seating is limited to 100 swillers and the roster of films looks discussion- Vamp program Besides the UK treats, an ambitious of visual challenges awaits, including Tekhne, a "discussion on the merits applications of technology in the arts" and Spectre the Spectrum, "an altern nd of history to our century, in which the evil empires of technological masters are excoriated and ridiculed, and the technological dream of the 'information age' is flipped over like a damp rock." On October 1 Oth, when the festival lights dim for another year, I'll be slipping back under my damp rock. Luckily, it's equipped with a modem, and my scathing criticism/euphoric endorsement of this year's lineup will, along with some words of wisdom from various festival guests, hopefully grace next Ultraviolet A Special Police Unit battles humans with the Code-V virus — commonly known collectively as vampires — whom they think are trying to make the rest of us schmucks subservient to their master race. Seen it all before? Probably not, and if you have — in the guise of such cult creepies as Twin Peaks, Homicide and The Kingdom — wh cares? Ultraviolet was||appjness shown in the UK in six parts; if you're reading about this bloodsucking |Somc days you feci pretty good. Like things your b^char^ ZZ «'« S°>nS your way. But dont worry. It wont lost for long. 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This is a shame, really, because even though you may have to wade through expose yourself to a variety of stories, art, and artists, some of which could soon become your favourites. One of my favourite anthologies is NON, put out by Red Ink Publishing. to the artistic styling of Aaron Kuehn. He plays with art, computers, words and even panels in a style that is unique. It's so damn artsy that his name should be Art, not Aaron. It has drooling monkeys, intelligent swipes at pop culture and non- sequiturs. What's not to like? The second issue is better than the first! With the third issue, NON got bigger, featuring a scrumptious punk , seems to capture ■tent girls at their They speak s beai what nostalgic. The plots are heavy but the art is light and clean. It is almost autobiographical, but not in the bunch, two of them stand out. There is Henry Ng with his tiny bodied, big headed girls Sheri and Kathy — who could be contenders for the Sanrio crown if they weren't so darn sadistic. The other artist is David Choe. His story, "Slow Jams," is a cut-and-paste, misspelled mess that is all about life and everything in between. It is so aimless and perfect. It's real. The latest issue of NON (#4) has just come out and it's a book! It is gorgeously coloured and square bound, featuring a ton of people from the indie Gehweiler [Bomb Pop & Other Stories) with her hollow-eyed, skinny youths who debate love and loneliness over pinball; Brian Ralph [Cave Man) with his little key pal and his big, bold art. But my favourite is David Choe's continuation of "Slow Jams". It reads like someone's diary: embarrassing and heart-wrenching at the same time. His art is both simple and artoonish I life are jumbled nd with letters the variety. He writes and draws the way my brain works, pure chaos. The issue ends with Jordan itinuation from #3, but his work s storytelling n ("Find you're too tired to do anything these days? You need crack!"). I can't say the art improved from the first issue On a related note, Cra just released a small min. "The Last Lonely Saturday." , but I promisi ke you cry. • house, drum i bass, techno, hip bop, dub, trance, ambient, jazz, me groove, proq/esswe, breakbeat, new i used, import i domestic, a 12% magazines, qe#t vibe, fresh pe, be ethic, fine twnq, honey drop, extra strength, fiction, kikqirl, & much rw$e to c$8% OPENING OCTOBER 16TH t02~1252 BURRARD ST.(SOUTH Of DAVIE) -893 8696 BOOMTOWN VICTORIA - 10S-561 JOHNSON ST. -(250) 380 SOQO &wm&$s®m .. * . . ,;s,.#r,* Tolerable twee pop? Yes, it is possible Just ask any fan (and there are lots of themj of dearly- departed bands Talulah Gosh and Heavenly Boy, could those people put together a good song or what? Returning to tour North America after 7 years, the newest incarnation of all things pop and good stopped off in Seattle for an all-ages gig. I was scared as all get-out when I got the opportunity to speak to Amelia Fletcher, former member of both the above-mentioned bands, and now responsible for the equally good, if slightly more "mature" project known as Marine Research. Calvin still loves them, and so do I. So cute So pop. So smart. Just take a look. DiSCORDER: For those not in the know, names and instruments, please. Cathy: I'm Cathy and I play keyboards Amelia: I'm Amelia and I sing and play You were speaking before the tape was rolling about dedicated fans. I know a lot of people who are quite obsessed with previous incarnations of Marine Research. How has it been over here? Amelia: We were iervous that Heavenly fans would be a little bewildered by — or unsure of — Marine Research. [We expected them to] shout out for Heavenly stuff. We thought that when they heard that we were a bit different, they'd be disappointed Actually, everyone's been really good, and has seemed really excited. Cathy: We were quite surprised, because we haven't been here for a long time. It's been a while since the last Heavenly record came out, and we weren't quite sure whether people remembered, or even still cared. When we came here, we thought that we'd have to convince new people It's been a mixture of dedicated older fans and some new fans The thing about being on K Records is that it means something here in a way that it doesn't, so much, in England. People who might not have liked us when we were on Sarah might like us [now]. You're touring before the release of your record. Do people know what's going on? Amelia: We weren't meant to We were meant to get the record out first, but we managed to not get it finished in time, and it was too late to change the tour. We had all booked time off of work and we wanted to time it with YoYo. I was very nervous that our audiences would be extremely small; I talked to the people at K about it, and they all assured me that it would be fine. They sent CDs out to radio stations and journalists, so, actually, there have been tons of people at all the shows. Cathy: Most people haven't had the opportunity ia: Some people have heard various things on the radio, and people have heard 'Queen B', which was our first single Why did you choose to include the .'Queen B' single on the full-length record? Amelia: It was quite a limited pressing, and it sold out Rather than keep a 7" in print when lots of people can't even play vinyl these days, it seemed more sensible to take it out of print and put it on the CD. Is there any special story behind the label you released that single on in the UK? Amelia: Where It's At Is Where You Are... Cathy: is going to take over the world! That's the story That's a line from a Huggy Bear song. Amelia: It is He's just a real fan, he's really cool. It was really nice doing something on his label. It came at a time when we weren't too sure of I was quite nice to have someone saying, 'You're brilliant!' At the time, no one else was saying that to us, so it was good. Cathy: It's like how people go to halfway houses where they get lots of encouragement so that they can be let out into the real world. Amelia: He was like our psychotherapist. [laughs] Were you recording things before this single came about? How long had you been back together? Amelia: We actually were together and practicing for quite a while before we recorded that single, six months at least. How did this regeneration come about? In the K bio, it says that DJ, your drummer, convinced you all to play, but then I'd heard elsewhere that you all were playing on your own. Cathy: All of us except for Amelia were doing other bands. Basically, what happened was that the four of us who were in Heavenly all realized, at different points, that we quite missed it [There was] a definite period after Matthew died when we didn't want to dp anything, but then I think everyone was probably sitting at home thinking, 'Yeah, it was kinda fun.' Amelia's story was that Rob and I took her out for lunch and convinced her to do it again, but I don't recall that at all. Amelia: It's totally true! Cathy: Amelia and Rob were both starting, but it was fairly slow progress. I thought that because Where's It's At Is Where You Are is such an indie label and comes out of the scene that Heavenly was a part of, that this person [DJ] who was doing dance music on the label was bound to have that same indie background. It turned out that I was right, he was an old Heavenly fan. He came along to the first practice, as a programmer, and he sat in the corner. He said, 'How am I meant to practice as a programmer?' and sat in the corner iooking really glum with his head in his lap; at the end of the practice, he said, 'I don't think you really need a programmer, I think you need a drummer.' We thought he was trying to get out of it, but then he said that [he used to drum], and so we said okay. The word being used to describe your new record is 'mature.' Cathy: We are older. But do you think that that automatically reflects on a record? Amelia: When we first started, one of the things I felt I would never really be able to do, just because I hadn't done it in such a long time, was jump up and down on stage in a punk rock, immature way. The first couple of gigs I was very still, but now I'm so used to doing it again that I could pogo with the best of them. Because we did have a gap, it did feel funny coming back. Heavenly somehow remained very youthful sounding, even though we were growing older; because we never really had a break, we never had a chance to review that. Having had a break, it just seemed really natural to come back sounding mature, certainly mellower. Cathy: I think the last Heavenly album did sound slightly more mature than the one before it, but I think this is more than that same difference. It's something to do with what sounds you have that makes it feel mature. It's thicker and denser now, a bit like a peach when it gets squidgy and ripe, more than when it's perky and still has yellow skin. Amelia: You mean we're squidgy now? Cathy: I think we are kind of squidgy! To use a word that Amelia uses and Pete really hates, it 'sits'; it's not like a barking spaniel. It's more dignified. If you took the average beats per minute of this record, I'm sure they're lower than the last Also in the K press material there were articles from the British press. It seems that with the new band comes new interest. Was there an interest in Heavenly? Cathy: There was a very negative interest. One piece compared you to the Cardigans. Amelia: I don't really understand that. Cathy: I think that's another way that being on K makes a difference. Sarah was always an uncool label; virtually every Sarah band got slagged off in the press at home. Amelia: It was only a critical thing. Lots of people loved Sarah. Critics didn't like Sarah, I don't know Cathy: Because they weren't cool. They didn't get pissed and take drugs and pick up girls and do the sorts of things that music... a: They refused to play by the rules. The result of that was that their bands sold less records than they might have done, but fair enough. I respected them for it. I had heard how horrible the UK press is. Cathy: It is pretty vicious Amelia: It's quite up its own ass, really. Even now, with Marine Research, we've got so many journalists that love us and want to write about our stuff, but unless you get the editors, who are basically in their own little world and only know about the biggest band, to agree to let someone do a feature, you're stuck. In Melody Maker, we have journalists arguing for us, but we're probably not going to get a piece because the editors aren't into it, and we're not Suede. Cathy: It's not just music journalism at home. I think that the standards of journalism are pretty darn shoddy. It is amazing coming here, not just seeing music papers, but how all papers are better researched and more objective, rather than some emotive analysis of something, which is what everything is like at home. K is probably a better label to get your stuff out on. I've never seen your first album. Heavenly vs. Satan. Amelia: We are going to re-release that at some point, it's just that I've been rather feckless about organizing that. At some point those songs will be available Cathy: Don't say that! It's subject for a hot legal dispute in the high court at the moment. As scon as that's resolved, it will come out. Amelia: Yes, our lawyers ... Cathy: We've blown billions. I read in an Avocado Baby interview that they considered Talulah Gosh 'punk rock.' Are you punk rock? Is that what your ethics are about? Amelia: It's interesting, there's ethics and then there's aesthetics. I think our ethics are very punk rock, we're very DIY, we do practically everything for ourselves, apart from what K does for us. Everything that Fugazi stands for is also what we stand for, ethically. Aesthetically, we're absolutely nothing like that! We're not really into making the loudest noise we possibly can or creating a stir, or even lyrically, writing things that are going to change the world. Lyrically, we're even more introverted than we ever were. Our lyrics are really quite internal now. That's something I noticed. Heavenly's P.U.N.K. Girl single was quite ... Amelia: Political. You were/weren't involved in the riot grrrl scene? Cathy: Exactly. We were/weren't. That's exactly how it was. 'as a similar thing again, actually, we IO BY JULIE COLERO were really ethically involved. I set up gigs for Bratmobile and Bikini Kill in England, and Huggy Bear. We were totally part of all that, but nobody really realized that Heavenly was, at least in England, because we didn't go [whole bunch of Cathy: This country's much better about having a ew of what that whol 't find it a contradiction. Like thi Amelia: Most venues are pretty relaxed, nothing like here. When I was booking this tour, I forgot about the issue. A lot of the gigs we've been playing have been 18+ and 21+, and I've felt really guilty about that. Some of the places we've been doing in-stores as well, to try to get those who are younger to come along and see us for free They don't get the best show, because it's usually a rubbish id, but at DJ: We've actually ended up on bills with some of the most noisy, abrasive bands, particularly those American bands. Aggressive, gritty bands. Cathy: We played a gig with Fugazi in England. They, nicely, wanted us to. English people were like, 'Oh, they're playing with Fugazi.' It lends a sort of credibility. Music journalists, on their own, would never think that we could have the slightest connection to Fugazi. Do you have any preference to what types of shows you play? Amelia: Foolishly, on this tour, I didn't really think about it. In England, although there all laws about licensed venues, it's so flexible. I've been going to gigs since I was 14. My brother used to go and see the Damned and the Clash when he was, like, 10. Cathy: Everything is all-ages effectively, if not staying in rrass-edly aside. motel and impersc nal place . We've chanced They were loudly upon amazing plac js to stay. t's been a cultural Amelia: We were saying that it's one of the better things about touring when you're a little older. Your friends tend to be a little older as well, which means they've got nicer houses. When Heavenly first came to Olympia, we stayed with Candace as well, and at that point she had a tiny one-room flat that was really quite rank. It was alright for one person, but it was really bad for seven! This time, she's got a nice house. There's the plus-side of maturity. The minus-side is that if we had've stayed in any rank places, we wouldn't have stood it. 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Which is not to say that it also does not have its downfalls, says Broon "There are a lot of people who don't get paid Because you are small, you don't have any control and people exploit you But most of the people are really The British independent scene also has its own politics, including the "British DJ Mafia," a term coined by Mixmaster Morris which describes the powerful hold a handful of select, popular progressive-trance DJs have on the clubs: Broon They definitely control a lot of the British music scene. We have very few gigs in Britain; we get a lot of gigs in continental Europe There are big names in Britain, and they are pretty boring, really It's pop music now James It's good, it's positive, because it means you have a healthy underground — and that's always where it is interesting anyway. We tried to run over Paul Oakenfold, actually In the same day we were driving around London, we saw one of the Chemical Brothers ond we tried to hit him We were doing a service We all take a good laugh as James, tongue-in-cheek, goes on about hitting the "Garth-looking" Chemical Brother. More beers are ordered Joking aside, James and Broon are serious about their music Diverse artists such as Ministry, Mr Fingers, Kraftwerk, Human League, Public Enemy, and DJ Premier are some of their influences It was Maurizio and the Basic Channel sound, however, that really caught their ears "Especially on Snowboarding in Argentina," says James. "We had M4 [a Maurizio release]," adds Broon, "and we just went 'wow' " "Jesus Christ ... this is like, dub music," interrupts James. Broon continues on: "Up to that point, we had been making fo, | ning* The experienced Swayzak was this past July when they came to Sonar on a North American tour Performing a very live electronic set (not something all that easy to do), they proceeded to play thumping tech-house that kept the sweaty Sonar crowd going well past 2 AM. Before the performance, I had the chance to catch up with James and Broon, the semi-shy minds behind Swayzak. James and Broon have known each other for ten years, and started making music about six years ago. Broon hails from Glasgow, Scotland and James from somewhere unidentified in Britain. Before music became their lives, they both worked as A&R and Promotional reps at then U2-owned shad Many would take the chance to criticise Swayzak for not expanding their sounds through different machines and for being heavily sample-based. But when you consider what they have done with so little, you realise the brilliance behind, and between, the sparse beats "There dre a few secret weapons as well that we can't divulge," adds James "We've got a few analogue synths, but we've got to sample them anyways," says Broon. "For the new album, we've got another sampler, and a drum machine, and a few more toys. There is a bit more depth to the new one. It will seem more full than the first. The fir- worked on it on a part-time basis. Bu on it." Broon pauses to take a sip of something dark, and James continues on: "The first album is like a collection of tracks. We put them out on our own label, and then we put them together to put out the album. This one we started with nothing — we had to come up with 10 songs that would work as an album. We have many different influences, and we do different styles all the time. We were worried it would be really disparate and all over the place, but now it's fine, it's finished." James and Broon go on to reveal the origins of the debut LP: "The first cident,' ,ays hop music really, then we started making real deep stuff, just from listening to [M4] " Talking and finishing each other's sentences, the British/Scottish mixed accents are as fluid as their music. I asked them whether or not, in light of their recent publicity, they considered themselves a part of the "underground": James Don't know We have a small label, we put out a thousand 1 2"s, we play a lot of clubs wilh sometimes no people, we don't get Broon: But at the same time, we're crossover. There are a lot of people getting access to our music. We're not totally underground, yet we're not mainstream. James: We're not exclusive. We made a video and got it shown on MTV. The thing is to get the music heard — I think obviously the further you go up the ladder, the more difficult it gets. Broon: People like Terry Francis [British deep-house producer], you know, they've been underground for 10 years, and now he's making a big name for himself. He'll be a part of the mainstream British DJ- culture soon. And he's playing the music that we play. weather. Swayzak's ,ty mountain forests. One thing I had to ask about was the music often conjures up imagery of raining, mi: Does rain have an influence on the music? James: Well he's Sco'ish! [pointing at Broon — laughs] Broon: Definitely I come from one of the coldest, darkest places on 'Airth It's beautiful — Scotland is beautiful, and it's definitely an James: I think it's the rain and the weed. And darkness. It gets dark about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and it gets really kind of boring, and you just stay inside. It is nice to escape into warm noises. Some of it is quite happy, and some of it is quite sad, often in the same song. Depending on how you feel, it can set off different emotions. We all take another swig of our drinks. Broon looks up shyly, and reveals a bit about how they go about production: "Basically a bit like what Basic Channel and the Chain Reaction guys — you've got very little equipment, and that's why the music's minimal You don't have any money, and that makes the music like that. We've got one sampler, an old guitar, and Cubase, and that was it." " ^^ "" "Everything's been an accident," adds James, "we finally got around to putting out a 1 2" single after about 3 years of working together. We did not know what or where our music would fit in. And we went around to all the shops, to see who would stock it. Discovered that most of the shops weren't stocking it. But there were a couple of good underground shops that just sold shitloads of it, and we're like 'wow, that's amazing.'" They then ran into an old friend from Island Records, who was running his own label in New York. Two days after hearing a copy of the 12", he called them up and said, "let's do an album." Swayzak said all right, and the rest is now tech-house history. The new album is more on the Detroit techno tip, say the two. "We came back from the Winter Music Conference after hearing a bunch of electro, and came home and did two tracks in a week that were like 430 West, Octave One And we were like 'ooooh,'" says James. Expect elements of Detroit, some straight up vocal house, some very Rhythm and Sound influenced material, and some collaborations with Benjamin Zephaniah, a British dub- poet and ex-burglar who has been nominated for Poet Laureate. With a track record of innovative and intelligent music, house and technoheads should watch for the new Swayzak album, which hits stores in early 2000. • Luke Meat met wifh legendary Guided By Voices frontman Robert Pollard before their show at the Starfish Room July 28th, I 999. ^*- %P $ DiSCORDER: Could I just clarify some rumours that have hovered over the band? Robert Pollard: Okay Rumour: Bob Pollard has written over 2500 songs. That's probably correct; I mean, I don't count 'em, but somewhere around that number. I have a big suitcase full of tapes of songs, and we recently went through them and tried to put 'em on CDs. Well, we went through maybe one eighth of the box and that was 150 songs right there. Rumour: Bob Pollard knows the titles to all of them. [The band nods in agreement] Well no, not all of them, but I can remember titles pretty well. Rumour: All of these songs are about your ex-girlfriend. Well, my wife was my first girlfriend, so I don't have any ex-girlfriends. Rumour: Guided By Voices never sacrifices hummability to practice art for art's sake. Definitely. It's always about the songs whether or not they're catchy. And you can tell Wayne Coyne [of the Flaming Lips] that! So you're not a fan? It has nothing to do with being a fan, I simply don't own four CD players to listen to that album [Zaireeka]. Actually, a friend of mine mixed them all together on a four-track so you could hear it all on one tape at once and the songs aren't really that interesting. Well there you go! Rumour: The band has 12 cases of beer backstage at every show. We're pushing 12, we push 12 ... they keep 'em coming! Craig Marks from SPIN envisioned you 'hunkered down before a gig, engaged in a game of RISK or recounting last week's episode of The X-Files.' Is that an adequate analogy? Not at all, not at all. It's funny because at one time SPIN magazine were very good to us. In that case, did you get Jim Greer to kick his ass for spreading such slander? Ha ha. Jim was a member of GBV but no, nothing like that. *_* <-$ Garrfeff felr \Trrf<~ej> By Lilice Meat You live in Dayton, Ohio, where my hero, Les Nessman [of WKRP fame] is from. You mean the actor or the character? The character. Now, is there such thing as the Buckeye Newshawk Award [award won by Nessman's character 5 f/'mes]? The what? Is there any award given to Ohio radio personalities for doing superior hog and agriculture reporting for the Tri-City area? Well ... I really don't know what you mean. Were you living in Ohio when Jerry Springer was Mayor of Cincinnati? Well, yes, he was mayor of Cincinnati. Was he a good mayor? Uh, I didn't really pay attention at that time. Oh, okay. The NHL is introducing the Columbus Bluejackets this year. Now, Ohio has never had a professional hockey team before ... That's not correct. Oh. I'm sorry. The Cleveland Barons [sic], that's right. However, do you feel that more hockey will: a) raise morale, b) lower morale, or c) do nothing? I'm afraid it will probably do nothing. Americans are too interested in their football and baseball to get excited about hockey. What's the best thing about Dayton? The pizza. We definitely have the best pizza in the world ...and beer. What's the beer of choice? Bud Johnathan Valania recently did an article on the band in Magnet... Is that out yet? I don't know; I just read about the article on the Internet, which mentions 'the Kim [Deal] and Bob feud.' Would you care to comment on that? Now, now It's interesting that you use the word 'feud', since it takes two people to be in a feud, and I have nothing against Kim. She simply is no longer on speaking terms with us. It's more of a Kim Deal/Dayton, Ohio feud. Okay. If the Who played at this year's Woodstock, do you think the crowd's response would be: a) better than 30 years ago, b) worse than 30 years ago, or c) no response at all? Pete Townsend said that the first Woodstock was really bad for them, right? I thought they were greatl So did I. Uh, I don't think they would've been any better than when I saw them four years ago on the Quadrophenia tour. It was pretty bad. Pete plays his guitar up here now [indicating high up on his neck]. 'College radio' is now a moniker like 'alternative' or 'punk'. Do you feel that college radio still has an important place in '90s rock and roll? Definitely. Definitely. I mean, those were the only stations that played us in the beginning. Going from Cleveland's Scat Records to Matador, and now releasing Do the Collapse on TVT Records — what influenced the change from Matador to TVT? We wanted to be distributed by Capitol, but the deal between Matador and Capitol fell through, and TVT were very anxious to do an album with us. With your high kicks and microphone twirling, do you ever hit anyone in the head? All the time. All the time. What was your weirdest gig ever? New York, about three weeks ago. I fell down three Four years ago you played the Commodore, in Vancouver, BC ... [interrupting] What's the Commodore? It's a really, really big room. Was that for some music festival? Yes, Music West '96. That was a great, great show! I agree. For the encore, though, you just simply took requests. Can you do that with the new band? We don't do requests anymore, but the new band and I have gone over about 75-100 old songs and we're adding more each night. Nothing against the old band, but the new band allows me to work with more freedom than before. You recently played a show Youth, the day they lost their their equipment. Any word or No. They found the Ryder truck a c ago, but it /ith Sonic in with all heir stuff? pie of days mpty. Oh, I 'was going to check your equipment to see if you had any weirdly-tuned Jazzmasters. No, but we loaned them our gear the day after they had their stuff stolen, and all our guitars came back in really weird tunings! [laughter] Who's the weirdest celebrity fan of Guided by Voices? Peter Wolf — I don't know if that's weird — David Crosby, Phyllis Dillei. Are you serious? No. Cameron Diaz had Waved Out in her CD player apparently. Jim Greer told me that. With songwriting, when you collaborate with someone, does that make it a GBV song, and when you write it alone, does it go on the next solo album? It depends on what record it's going on. Most times I collaborate it goes on either a GBV album or a Robert Pollard one, or under a pseudonym or something. I just did some backing vocals for J Mascis, so that's his. I didn't really collaborate, though. I just did what he told me to do. One final question. I know you're a big White Album fan. Why don't we do it in the road? Because no one would be watching us. 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In retrospect, looking at how our production style has evolved, I think it's a good thing, that. I mean, we're just from a fairly white suburb of London, there's no rappers around ot all. We've always had a common love for sorta funky music and hip-hop. Rather than not make any music, we decided to go ahead and make instrumental, hip-hop inspired music. Being inspired by soundtracks and cinematic music as well, we're able to develop quite a deep, layered, orchestrated, musical, instrumental style. Then we found ourselves working with rappers, like we knew Fabian and he was on ihe first album. Remedies. By the time we did Blow Your Headphones, we got to know What?What? and we did another track with Fabian and Big led. Then just before we finished Blow Your Headphones I put the band together which is like reforming my old funk band, the Profiteers, and we just stand. It was a real hit or miss thing but the band turned out to be really successful. We did a lot of tours and shows. For instance, we met the Dreom Warriors last summer In Toronto at the Waterfront, t was going to ask you how you got to work with the Dream Warriors 'cause being from Canada everyone here knows them. Well, we've known them since their singles came out 11 years ago or whenever it is their stuff come out. We're nearly 30 so we've been around a while. We were playing down there and they came down and just did a bit of guest rapping with us when we played live ond we hooked up from there. If was through the Dream Warriors I got Bahamedia's phone number. Roots Manuva has been with Ninja Tune and Blaze, he's a really good underground London rapper. He'd been doing work with Vadim ond Mabb Deep and Vadim's got his own label but he's also a Ninja artist so [we] kinda hooked up with him through that. The more we travel, the more people we meet. ____r m You said you put together the band from an old funk band you were in. How did you hook up with Ollie? I Bt We're from the same area. We went to the same college. We were aware of each olher, we had heard our names mentioned in different circles, [but] it was awhile before we met up. By the time we had met up I had been playing guitar for twelve years and I had given up and I had bought a bass and started making beats with a sampler, also jamming with a drummer and o keyboard player. Ollie had had a sampler for a couple years as well. We just had a common interest when we set out and basically as soon as we hod a couple records out, Ollie was doing a lot of DJing nround the world, and I thought I'd make the Herballser Into a larger project as well. It's just gone very successfully. Your sounds are pretty different. It's like you're coming from different sides. Ollie definitely seems to have more of a hip-hop kinda That was the trumpet player in the band. I met him about four years ago. It's like a smaller, songy kinda Herbaliser thing. It's quite retro. Like a funky, soul thing. I read in another interview that you don't keep on top of what's new and hip and all that kinda stuff. What inspires the Herbaliser to keep changing, then? Um, I don't think we do, i think we just get better at what we do. We're still inspired by music that we were inspired by five years ago. It's quite a lot of mechanical processes to go through in the music that we make 'cause it's 90% samples, so we have to take records off, then EQ them into the sampler, then we chop them all up into lots of pieces, spend a lot of time editing them, getting different things in tune with other parts. That takes a long, long time. We're better at that and going through those processes. [A very loud airplane landing is heard on Jake's end.] What's that? Do you live by an air base? What the hell is that? No, that's my studio. Train Track Studios. I've got a mainline railway just right next to my studio. Well, what is your studio like? Other than being by train tracks? tt's nice and organic and warm. When I went on tour with the Ninja Tune Dj tour last summer —- last May, actually -— I bought so many records that when I came back 1 had to knock down a wall. I used to have two studios; I've now made il into one big control room with lots of cables, a big mixing desk, speakers and lots of records. And a massively fast Apple Mac. I love it. We made our first two albums on o Mac Classic ][. Primitive. ________.. Okay. This is kind of a weird question. I never realized this but I was told that British hip-hop was intimidated by American hip-hop, d_ you see that at all? f wouldn't say we felt intimidated otherwise we wouldn't be doing it. I think peopt have been aware [that] in the past Americans were very dismissive of British hi hop. Whereas now hip-hop has become a whole global ... like a patchwork quilt. (t's been in France, Germany, Italy, Australia, Canada and England. People in Japan — there's big scenes everywhere. People are obviously influenced by Ameucan stuff. In the last few years, it seems like mainstream in America has com- pleiely lost its values and principles of ihe original hip-hop disciplines. It's taken the underground acts, like the people from San Francisco or the Bay area and British producers like Vadim and Mark B, the Creators and us to start challenging things. We've been accepted in America now. We're selling records there. We're gonna produce two tracks on the new Bahamedia album. And Rove, she's quite a famous rapper from LA. She's in London and we're going to produce tracks on her new album as well. After this point, the being shacked up, r onversation degenerated to gossip about Ollie and T-Love :ord stores in Vancouver, and where to buy pot. • II MB M -^_^__T__f ______ mm ^^ ^^ ShawnChappelle JoelleCiona PeterCourtemanche AnnaFriz EileenKage BHIMullan «S fff Cff ^S _____r somewnere a 9rouP of dazed musicians crawl out from the rubble and into the future where the Information Age is purely a memory front records 002 CD Release Periomance October 27 8pm Free Admission § the Western Front Special CD price of $5 at the launch CO Available at finer record shops or by mail order $15 fincludes tax and postage) Western front303 f. 8th Ave. Vancoaver BC Canada V5T iSi wwwMntbc.ca I M _■ ix Master Mike is beyond cute. Always I Jwl raising one eyebrow at you to accentuate l_V w I t/ie verbal, he is as playful as his music, mbut way more laid-back. You should have seen him mbounding around the network of metal stairs that Mcrawl up the back of the Holiday Inn, eagerly tstriking poses for Ann's lens. After speaking with Whim for a while though, I began to glimpse the Maggressive personality that roughs up records and mbrings you the hardest hitting beats. So expert is MMix Master Mike with his hands that his tactile Mscratching seems to cut grooves not just in your s but down your back, straight to your rump. UDiSCORDER: Mix Master Mike, how was ■Victoria? ■Mix Master Mike: It was cool. Seemed like (there are a lot of kids are out there, I saw a lot of lb-boys and b-girls, lotta DJs ... they're really ■ hungry [for the music]. When I walked out on ■stage I got a warm welcome. I was happy. iHow are your teeth? Last time you ■played here you had to cancel due to ■abscessed teeth. ■Yeah, yeah, I had some major surgery done on Jmy jaw, because I had some poison in my jaw ■as about to burst and kill me. |Shit. ., like, life threatening. ■Really? ■Yeah, it was really serious. That's why I couldn't out here. I feel real bad that I couldn't out here, but I had to take care of my ■thing. Bit's a good thing you're not an MC. Do ■you ever dabble in rapping? Do you find ■that, being around so many rappers, ■you all of a sudden bust out with a ■rhyme? -lot at all. There's always instrumental h crazy music going on in my head, it's a psychedelic instrumental vibe. Yeah. ■ if you could collaborate with anyone, ■living or dead, who would that be? ■ Sun Ra. And his whole orchestra. ■what other jazz players do you want to ■ hook up with? lohn Coltrane, of course Miles Davis. ■Anyone living? ■ No, all my heroes are dead. ■what's the most frustrating thing about ■being a DJ? (Finding the lost break you've never found before, s beat records, and beat mining and digging ■through crates and trying to find the one you're ■ looking for, just really obscure breaks. You know ■ the title but it's just hard for you to find, you hav d go to all these used record stores, and you' >nstantly just searching for stuff. Sometimes it ge ■ frustrating, but I end up finding other things too. Does being a DJ mean that you don't b same problems as more visible, commercially successful musicians? Can you go places and just be 'Mike' and not have fans on your ass? Well, I'm not having problems, but pretty much everywhere people know me. In Japan they chase me with their mixers and stuff like that. They want me to sign their mixers and they chase me down the street. It's cool, it hasn't become a problem yet, but I know how it can become a problem, hanging out with Ad-Rock for eight months. Because he's the babe-est of the Beasties. That's my boy. By the way, me and Ad-Rock are coming out with an album. We're collaborating on an instrumental record. Are you experimenting with playing different instruments? Yeah, like drums, Moog organs. So is that gonna be on the album? \ Maybe. Us it coming out on Grand Royal? It'll be under whatever we make up. k Do you think it has become necessary ^ to include live instruments in order to k advance hip-hop, keep it from going k stale? Or do you think that element % has always been there, in hip- k hop's jazz and funk roots? s far as the advancement of khip-hop? Maybe. It sort of ^branches it out, widens the k creativity of the whole hip-hop . Like me, I'm learning k how to play stuff here and ind I feel like it send hip-hop |_into other directions. mber the Razzmatazz album, k by Guru. Just listening *°^ that alburn^ I can tell that^ Guru thinks that^ he invented the^ fusion of hip-hopl and jazz. No, I don't think i think the Beasties They [the Beastie Boys]^ had an album out by the^ time you started DJing.* You were 14 started, right? Right. Were they an influence on you? Yeah, huge. So when they approached you to play, did you wet yourself? It wasn't that unreal 'cause, you know, I had my V own crew, the Invisibl Skratch Picklz, and I' doing shows with them, tours, so they recognized^ me and they knew what I was about. And wher Adam Yauch wasn't home I would leave these messages, like scratch messages, on his machine. And one ended up on Hello Nasty. Yeah, that was one of the actual ones. It just drove him berserk. This was while I was working on Anti- Theft Device. They called me up and they sent me some plane tickets. Mike D. got on the line: 'What's up Mike?' I was like, 'Yo, shit, fly me down, cool.' So were you happy with Anti-Theft Device and Surprize Package, with how they turned out? Did they turn out the way they sounded in your head? Yeah, I think so. I just want to say that 'Three MCs and One DJ' is the number one video in Japan right I just saw it two days ago. It's fucking great. Whose idea was it? Uh, mine and Adam Yauch's. Is that someone's actual basement? That was our dungeon. That's our practice facility in New York City, we call it the Dungeon. Do you still live in San Francisco? On the outskirts of San Francisco, yeah. Do you think that hip-hop and turntablism revived rock and roll? With all those shitty bands coming out, like Limp Bizkit, all those shitty top 40 bands that have jumped on the l bandwagon of mixing hip-hop with rock \ and roll ... ^k Actually, I hooked up with Tommy Lee. He's doing ' solo album called Methods of Mayhem, motter of fact I've been in the studio with him k [for] like the past four months, just hanging out, staying over at his house, working on :. So I'm trying to bring the hip-hop INTERVIEW BY CUNT E. F3ESH PHOTOS BY ANN GONCALVES T... whiter than fmy ass? ' 't know, Fhe's got to get rid of the F Motley Crue vibe, because Fthe Motley Crue vibe is not ^happening. Trie cut his mullet off, Fwhich is a good start. FYeah, he's got dreads now. f [Hysterical laughter from Hancunt and Ann] Yeah, it's funny. It's cool though, but he's cool, he's cool people. £ So do you think though that hip- I hop and turntablism revived "commercial rock and roll? Saved it j from the slow death that happened Jr after the commercialization of garage Frock, aka 'grunge'? fYeah, I think that hip-hop has taken away from ind roll, if anything. Just became more r popular, more of a money making business than /rock and roll music, you know? There's been a lot of talk lately, saying 'Hiphop has come full circle.' Do you agree or disagree? I think it's more recycling itself, it's just changing constantly, just finding its way back, coming forward and finding its way back again, as time changes the music changes with it. People think it's dying, rap is dying. Because of Jay-Z and Brandy & Monica and that shit? Yeah, and all the collaborations. It's just getting watered down and stuff like that. I agree sometimes with that, but there are some underground artists keeping it real, alive. But that's why I have my music, I want to bring back the raw element of hip-hop and the basic backgrounds of just music, the music aspect. That means getting it out of the hands of white money ... Yeah, yeah, I mean kind of like wheeling and dealing with them, you know what I mean? As long as you have your own creative control, you're fine. So would you say that Rockit was a seminal recording for you? Yeah, I used to DJ in my bedroom, and I turned on my TV, and I seen Grandmixer DST vith Herbie Hancock, and I sa th ving the nething to i ' 3 be. xd back Foundation? The Global Skratch ... ? Yeah, it's on the Invisibl Skratch Picklz website. You guys started this foundation called the Global Scratch Foundation? The Global Skratch Foundation? Yeah, do you know anything about this? No, I'll have to call my man up. 'Yo Q, what the fuck? What are you doing, trying to start a foundation?' No, I just have a lot on my plate, you know? Who came up with the name Galactic Butt Hair? Not me, no, not me, you know me, not me. I love it. You love it? Is it too far out for you? No, that's Q-bert for you. That's Q-bert, that's my boy. So you're more down to earth than Q-bert, would you say? No, I'm pretty, I don't kn You just don't have a butt hair fetish.. No I don't. I don't put those two words together, I don't want to share that with^ people, you know? You prefer to keep the hair up_ here and the butt down there?i Yeah, yeah, yeah. I hear contradictory. rumours that A-Track isi part of the Invisibl, Skratch Picklz Yeah, he is, honorary though. I'll tell youj what it is, it's me ar Q-bert, then D-styles and Shortkut, andj then the hone nd forth and creating , scratching, and it did_f And what about Grand Wizard_j Theodore? Theodore, Flash, Theodore's the inventor of_ and I give him much respect.^ inducted into the DJ hall of fame.l Which honour has meant the most toj you? Really, the most rewarding is being able to fly tt Beirut, Lebanon, and take hip-hop there. Being th* first hip-hop act to fly to Lebanon and play to the kids I in Beirut. It was incredible, you go there and pe< [are] in biker boots, tight jeans. They're into tec music and dance music, electro. After we perform, I we plant a seed and we flew back there, ever) [was] wearing hip-hop hats; everybody thought theyj had to get a name chain like me, they were copying 1 our tricks. So where haven't you played that youi would like to play? I don't know. Cairo, Egypt. The only place I haven't| So what's a tweak? A tweak scratch? When I pull the plug from the wall the turntable and the record drags and it's powerles So I'm manually controlling it with my hand. And you invented that. Did you give I yourself the name Mix Master Mike, or was I it given to you? It was given to me, by a close friend who's like, here with us today. I went to high school with back in 1985. He just decided that you were the master, I he said, 'You're the master, you're the mix! master!' That's what he said, yeah. Three Ms. It's always b Two more questions. What do you think are I the most innovative, promising trends in the I future of turntablism? I'm taking it to video games now, branching out, | making video games out of the music. Then, interactive media might be one of the I promising trends in the future of I turntablism? Yeah. So you're going to do a video game, where I you get to make your own Mix Master Mike | song? No, right now I'm doing a snowboarding game with I a company; they're going to actually mak snowboarder that looks just like me. Are you big into snowboarding? Have you I visited our Canadian 'hills' yet? No, I want to. What else does the future hold for Mix| Master Mike? A movie. Yeah, I'm directing and doing the scor* a horror movie. Oh really? Can you elaborate? Not really. Is it going to be scary? Oh yeah. Serial Wax Killer stuff. Yeah.| Yeah. Yeah. • Palinkas Eats We arrived at DV8 at ten o'clock on a Wednesday night to find it almost packed. This ildn't have been so bad in nd of it- ad to sit in the upstairs he upstairs is hot, smoky and iped for space — not too different from the dox when I think about it. When ( finally arrived . the first round of drir and appetizi nd a few ciga- Not bad for ten dollars. Looking back n say that my dining experij at DV8 wasn't bad at all My drinks were good, the food was tasty, and the portions were than adequate Of special though, was the service Every time the server walked by, one of us ordered s He was a good sport about it ■idering he had to carry stuff up the sta One of us was also one of those finicky diners with tons of questions, complaints, and requests. There weren't that many hipsters there, and the DJ they had spin- too bad either. Considering all that we ate and drank (three appetizers, four entrees, three desserts, four s, a bottle of wine, three >chas, I i pints of beer), the bill :r two hundred dollars asonable, espe- iidering my share was plus tip. • Das Book fateful night" that mi story worth reading s journey through sad of the I abuse she suffered, the dire ROBERT BUDDE Misshapen (Newest) YVONNE JOHNSON AND RUDY WIEBE Stolen Life: The Journey of a Cree Woman (Alfred A. Knopf) Rudy Wiebe, besides being one of the finest writers in the country, is one hell of a mentor. The man is not only prolific at turning lines, but helping others turn them as well. Two cases in point: Misshapen by Winnipeg writer Robert Budde, and Stolen Life: The Journey of a Cree Woman, old Rudy's collaboration with Yvonne Johnson. Each book is clearly prairie ... clearly Rudy, but distinct enough to be valuable Budde is a sweet, sweet guy from 'Peg city who, coinci- dentally, taught me when I was a starry-eyed first-year at the University of Manitoba. He's responsible for getting me interested in writers like Rudy Wiebe and Aritha Van Herk. interest that I' but I'll ji and tell you i book. It i< magic re* -i asshole ally | No shit. Equal parts nd metafiction, engaging tale involving a turn- of-the-century freakshow. Based partly in reality, factual characters like Jojo the Dog-Faced Boy and the Bearded Lady become fictional in Budde's imagination. Budde writes revolutions and births and deaths into their histories and makes their stories as fascinating as they probably were to the multitudes who once ogled them. What Budde makes clear, though, is that running off and joining the circus made out to be. The tired, hungry, exploited performers had to put on a different face for the crowds but, behind the scenes, they were fighting a monumental battle with the Barnums and "% Jkflre !_0(,r pareots... get dreads! I worry bo/ ^z DMDfAX .ii '*** iKrt'Sog tioned. With the help of the old man from Edmonton, she has produced a book that echoes the work of Rigoberta Menchu Woman has recently released in a paperback ,n from Alfred A Knopf :an be purchased at all BY GIBBY PEACH the Baileys It's this sort of working-class heroism that I found particularly appealing in Misshapen. But that's not the only thing: it's wonderfully written, brightly imaginative, and a sure sign of more great work to come. Even better, it's available from a small, independent bookseller called Newest Press, based in Edmonton. Rudy significant role in Newest and has used his Midas touch to help Budde turn this thing into gold. Hopefully, folks will pass by the latest Mordechai Richler or Margaret Atwood and pick up some real CanLit. Toronto sells enough books. Prairie Pride, kids. Prairie Pride. Stolen Life is a little bit different. Rudy didn't proofread. He didn't edit. He helped write. Yvonne Johnson wrote. She is currently in prison serving a life sentence for first-degree murder. Yvonne doesn't deny her crime, so it's the harrowing story of what led her to "that important read. Forget Old Man and the Sea, this book is a real story of hardships endured Yvonne's edi be described best. Her inte other hand, c in its ability to expose the injustices faced by indigei n throughout the world. n the And it's wonderfully written. ques- Stolen Life: The Journey of a folks Rudy works. 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When the brain and voice behind Swans decided to write a love song — an album of love songs — for his estranged and departed Jarboe, he recruited a battalion of players and more instruments than can be listed. Nonetheless, even the most thickly layered songs seem quiet and lonely. This is partly due to a country aesthetic which brings to mind the eerie deadness of certain American folk art forms. I have to laugh at myself for comparing New Mother to Shaker cabinetry or Mennonite quilting, but the association sticks. Giro's work has become startlingly introspective and graceful over the past couple of years (anyone who has heard the Body Lovers will agree) — even his lyrics, which are often embarrassingly heavy-handed and Gothic, come across as less blatant. The country atmosphere feels authentic even when peppered with synthesizers, tabla, xylophone, and dulcimer. Those acclimatised to the oppressive darkness of Giro's earlier visions may find themselves dazzled by the relative brightness and potential of these new songs. zkray BEDSPINS Oral Exciter EP This one totally came out of right field — or should I say the right coast? This extended player from Halifax quartet, the Bedspins, came out late last year and has not received a lot of press anywhere in Canada, which is a real pity. Singer/songwriter/guitarist Charles Dickinson has a real knack for writing self-deprecat- ingly trad prog-pop lyrics and music which jets you back to the when every schmoe with a guitar decided he/she would release an album, and, for some wacky reason, it seemed to work both aesthetically and aurally. The fine lead guitar work by Chad Murphy — cousin of famed Murphy Brothers, Chris and Matt — adeptly leads this short six-song (and one secret ALBUMS • ZINES • RECORDED MEDIA track) album through blues- and country-tinged rock and pop and a quirky surf instrumental called "Strange Days Revisited." The addition of Dawn Hatfield's (of Johnny Favourite Swing Orchestra fame) baritone sax on "Here and There" and "Hey Mama" makes these tunes feel like a cross between the music heard at the blues pub our parents now spend their weakends at and early '80s art-rock jazziness. The Bedspins is more or less a studio band at this time, but I am really looking forward to the day leadman Dickinson decides to yank the Bedspins out on a tour. The band's cheesy enthusiasm is that infectious. Spike ERIK BELGUM & INERTIA ENSEMBLE BLOddER (Innova) I have never reviewed spoken word. This is odd, considering I am majoring in Creative Writing. I never really thought about mixing sound with word. Well, I had, but I thought that was a good opening sentence. And it's not a bad opening sentence is it? BLOddER I have never heard of before. My instinct tells me that the creators of this project are from the ultra-postmod- of that deconstruct everything from image to sound to word to CD. I like that. A lot. The sounds are honestly pretty neat; the over-lay of words, schizophrenic repetitions, returning to old sentences over and over again like they're layering the very fabric of the nar- The sounds focus mostly on violent crime. The first two tracks are specifically concerned with death and the pointlessness of nience store is held up, someone's life flashes before their eyes Someone else dies when a police car runs out of control and Mig up onto the side walk. An interesting aesthi One might go as far as gest that this project is the Natural Born Killers of spoken word. It's as good a metaphor The CD itself (it's a double, by the way — 99.17 minutes of deconstructionalist spoken word) is perfectly packaged: the cover art depicts a person recorded on black and white photo capturing the malaise and disassociation of humankind with its surroundings and the angst of being a white male in North America. Yeah, whatever. Anthony Monday DEERHOOF Holdy Paws (KRS/5RC) Hey it's Blonde Redhead, but more prog, and they sound pretty boring. Wait a minute ... this band is called Deerhoof This band puts out Olympia-styled art- rock, complete with lyrics that make no sense at all, high- pitched vocals, some grainy guitar licks, and odd rhythms. Unfortunately, I find that the ideas within their songs don't fit together properly or flow well at all. They're too long for what they are, and well, they don't do anything for me. To put it bluntly, Deerhoof sounds like they have a good idea of what makes for good songs in their genre, but they don't meld together very well as a band, and thus they are not very nice to listen to on Chris FOLK IMPLOSION One Part Lullaby (Interscope) Lou practiced for this going the luxury of wr recording as they hav I, John & sounding than anything w heard from the Folk Implo* there are more reviews on page 22. yes there are. Lineups ^ fclftft °ggiro*f OTRposse! automatic Slim TBA W PRESENTED BY: Thunderbird Radio Hell ^5^_= CiTR LOL.9 fM AVOluE CUSTOM DRUMS 101.9 fM &£Tumm GRAPHIC OeStQN t,\;;: ■_ r name... Your -ban CRRFT5MRN TATTOOS' 21 St£ga]5l3& i told you there were more reviews here, non-believer. kinkin Dare Moment of Truth. Plus there Surprised, os well as the lurking angst of the Kids soundtrack stuff, and I guess that it's a testimony to the character and skill of these very fine musicians that One Part Lullaby is more folk than implosion If /ou're anything like me you like yr meat done RARE or just RAW (those are metaphors — I'm a vegetarian). But I wasn't disappointed. Instead of having an overcooked mess on my hands, One Part Lullaby is tender and Havour- ful I love metaphors, don't you? Hancunt FRANKLIN franklin (Tree) Pennsylvania's Franklin play decent post-punk with an obvious reggae/dub influence. This band has been around for quite a few years and it seems that time has definitely had an effect on their sound. Originally a very screamy and energetic band with more of a punk side to them, Franklin has gone for more of the long jam-out oriented type of songs on this effort. This is not a far cry from June of 44's last two albums, but Franklin's take involves less artsy noise and more lyrics. The thing I've always liked about Franklin is their distinct vocal harmonies, ond on a number of tracks on this album they show off their voices, particularly in the super- catchy "Major Taylor," which combines an excellent dub bassline with some good lyrics and an inventive vocal harmony. The album as a whole doesn't really keep my attention the entire way through, but every song does have its moment. If you haven't heard this Franklin yet and are into dub-influenced indie-rock, this might be worthwhile listening. Chris GANG STARR Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr (Noo Trybe) It's been out for a while, but I'll give you the run-down anyways: Full Clip consists of favourites, remixes, and b-sides from duo Guru and DJ Premier, aka Gang Starr. Thirty-three tracks on two discs (or four pieces of vinyl) provide a definitive look at Gang Starr's previous five studio thre Like "Greatest Hits" collections from great groups, this is a great album Don't let my redundant tone spoil that fact. Despite the fact that lame-os like K-Ci & Jo- Jo appear on the album (while way cool "family members" like Bahamadia do not) Guru's love of jazz and conscious lyrics make up for it the entire time His thoughtful, multi-leveled approaches and responses to "bitches" ond "gangslas" provide the proof that some newcomers claiming to be conscious, like Canibus, are full of shit and still sucking on their mamas' tits Speaking of child-rearing, Guru's frequent references to his son turn me on big-time Not 'cause I'm trying to make an incestuous Oreo cookie with me in the middle, but because there is something infinitely wonderful in hearing someone other than Sinead O'Connor or Will Smith discuss parenthood. Hancunt THE GO Whatcha Doin' (Sub Pop) Stupid rockers Silly boys. How long is the attention span of today's youth that they expect us to still be interested in bands rehashing the old lock sounds? I like The Go alright, but I don't really know if they're anything So they rubbed me the wrong way right off the bat by recording their first song so that it sounds poorly mastered and about a million years old. Arg. If I wanted that sound, I'd listen to crackly old Kinks records. The fact that they are so openly ripping off everything good is no surprise, it's just weird to see them do it so ... precisely. Once the sound quality improves, this CD is a lot easier to enjoy. The lyrics are trashy and the guitars are thrashy — you can dance to your heart's content. This record, unfortunately, doesn't have any special qualities that make it stand out from the current onslaught of rock revival specialists. It is good, but not great. No legends being made here, only stolen from. Julie Colero GUIDED BY VOICES Do the Collapse (TVT) Robert Pollard is a big pompous idiot I hate his guts Everything I read about him makes me want to rip the pages up I want to draw moustaches on every picture I see of him. When I recently saw Guided By Voices in Vancouver, I was hoping that his pants would split because they were too tight for him Robert Pollard really wants to be a rich rock star. For Do the Collapse, he enlisted the help of Ric Ocasek with hopes of becoming radio friendly So what about the music? Underneath the shiny coat, it's the same GBV Happy, guitar rid- ' atchy And I listen to would be, if it weren't Merritt's music. You've got your sad love songs, your happy bits, and a couple of plain old oddities on these three discs chock-full of this albur pompous idiot too. Christa Min IQU WITH MIRANDA JULY Girls On Dates (K) Before I had ever heard anything about IQU I was told by our illustrious Music Director, "They just kinda play music and chain- Listening to this single makes me think al! the smoke has gone to their brains. Not in a bad way But there are some definite weirdly-fun/odd things about these people. Definitely some lack of oxygen in the brain cavity. But in a really good way. Miranda July provides the vocals while IQU breaks up some funky shit. Good, odd electronica. The vocals tell the story of Ms. Sting (pronounced "Staves") who has witnessed the bizarre death of Mr. Mosel. The victim then proceeds to ask the young Ms. Sting (that's "Staves") on a date despite the fact he cannot speak. ("Oh, I get it, you're building a language, how cute.") If you are don't understand this review, be thankful. Get the CD. You still won't get it I don't think I do. That's not to denigrate IQU. No, it's a good thing to make music and audio art that push the boundaries of established modes and tastes. IQU succeeds And they're not just some crazy folks who smoke too much, they make some excellent music. The remix of this single is beautifully relaxing. Get this piece of music, if only to play to your straight-edge friends to prove how wacky you truly are. Anthony Monday MAGNETIC FIELDS 69 Love Songs (Merge) It's no joke: Stephin Merritt has actually gone and written 69 songs about love. True, all his songs are about love, but 69 of them all at once? Yikes. That's a lot of mushy stuff, right? Well, it * There st five "hits" on each of the three discs, plus a bunch of almost real- goodies I was pleasantly surprised to discover that, of the 69 sary or over-the-top Even these few excessive tunes will be welcomed by most Magnetic Fields fans, who seem to be willing to take anything that Merritt dishes up and cuddle it to death. Why? Merritt is the man with the golden tongue and the clever sense of sound, and he knows how to write a good pop song His use of wacky keyboards, banjo, song, either If you're a Magnetic Fields fan, you probably already own this — people were fighting over the few copies of the box set that Merge made available If you're new to the world of Mag Fields, start with disc one and collect all three. You'll all have Merritt's painfully catchy lyrics embedded in your heads in mere seconds, and you'll be much better off for it. Julie Colero THE MICROPHONES Don't Wake Me Up (K) When I was at YoYo a GoGo, I lost count of how many bands Phil Evrum played in. The Microphones is kind of his solo project. Evrum is what Leonard Cohen would give birth to if he could breed with a drum set (He sounds nothing like Cohen's real son.) Don't Wake Me Up is full of quiet noise, distorted/acoustic guitars and accordion loops. The back bond v, rt of out of tune, but they're charming. I remember seeing the Microphones perform: Phil and friends huddled in a circle, sharing a microphone, singing an Eric's Trip song. How nice. Christa Min NO KNIFE Fire in the City of Automatons (Time Bomb) No Knife are not breaking any new musical ground or blowing any minds with their guitar-led (and for lack of a better word) "emotional" indie-rock, but for what they are doing they are definitely doing a great job. Fire in the City of Automatons is made up of completely catchy, melodic songs with very inventive, dueling guitar hooks and full-sounding vocals. Each of the 12 tracks sounds like No Knife has spent a lot of time and care writing it, they have a great BRICKYARD S°"\evo\^re in Kt\U o? cons^ciyehcQ <_-oc\o\>$r— HW.^ts of * BJW roVD+tMS [T>Tra\j,sB<vy«r [WTl <*5* Vert | paxsy Oc^oW$*s*S cXobrXttAocT ■ |FfU"Tr*Mi€ WW Ja*y**ftesvr..£ V©Ac\"\c*Aorn>*ji ^Mt7-Porn SlSlAGXQo-1, p\.K°ufcW VoavK| .Sj'Tc-.t-n UW\1\s' [litres Part-y gt MirexWF/o.S/0 L^mM<*ntAoe*;iu H^pUy£rt+MoS*«c _.cv\'-tt\e"3os octo\?«v criSiS + MAZ^n<*s\W •oc.T©\*trCK6$ ,*5 3 22 October 99 knack for playing indie rock that flows really nicely. Their music portrays a sense of urgency without resorting to (often unnecessary) screaming, cheesy power-chord choruses, or overly earnest lyrics. This is what I would venture to call rock that is quite polished, definitely tasteful, and somewhat guitar heavy, but still very easy for almost anyone to listen to. Good stuff! Chris OCOSI [IN] (Negative Air Research) Paul Molyneux and Simon Smerdon pretend to be Ocosi. Meanwhile, Mick Harris mails in his drum bits and gets to be the invisible English master behind an otherwise Canadian dark rhythmic release I like Mick Harris. I never listened to Napalm Death and there were a couple of tedious Scorn CDs, but he's done so much wicked death ambient and played with so many cool people that I have to plug anything with his name on it. [IN] isn't the greatest thing I've ever heard but it has potential. "Yous" sounds like one of those unpleasantly dull Scorn tracks — six minutes of a single, unvarying drum beat. Fortunately, "Comascene", "Bwoing", and "Suck Radius" are all fine examples of rhythmic sombience. It doesn't stand up to half of Harris' original work, but such is life. zkray JOEL R.L. PHELPS AND THE DOWNER TRIO Blackbird (Pacifico) Joel R.L. Phelps is the best songwriter in the entire world. Christa Min RED HOUSE PAINTERS Retrospective (4AD) Before y'all rush out to get this new Red House Painters record, you should probably know that it's one of those "greatest hits and other miscellaneous scraps" albums. Retrospective is a double CD representing the band's 4AD years. The songs on disc one were selected by 4AD from their own releases, while those on the second disc — demos, live tracks, and out-takes — were selected by the band's Mark Kozelek. I suppose disc two is meant to be a privileged peek into Kozelek's own personal shoebox of warbly cassettes and long forgotten master tapes, but I'm more interested in listening to disc one's more familiar album tracks, whose highlights include the charismatic Kiss cover, "Shock Me", and hypnotic epics like "Drop" and "San Geronimo." In small doses, the songs are thoroughly engaging and Kozelek's voice is, to quote the liner notes, a "natural wonder." But listen to Retrospective's entire two and a half hours at once and the 1980s style production (chorusy guitars, overused delays and reverbs) becomes aggravating, the songs don't capture the listener like they normally would, and Kozelek's beautifully dreamy voice seems dreary and monotonous. Retrospective's first disc is an adequate summary of the Red House Painters' 4AD discography but I find disc two more or less a throwaway. The live and demo versions of album cuts generally differ surprisingly little from the released tracks. If the outtakes were really that great, they probably would have found their way on to an album by Wow, I guess I'm sounding a little harsh in my critique I really do love the Red House Painters; I'm just more interested in their future than their past. I'd much rather hear some fresh material than assorted leftovers. If you care to check out Retrospective, be sure to listen in moderation. Fred derF RHYTHM ACTIVISM Jesus Was Gay (G-7 Welcoming Committee) Jesus Was Gay is (if you buy into the liner notes) at least the 37th release from Montreal poetry/music collective Rhythm Activism. Founded by Sylvain Cote and Norman Nawrocki in 1985, these cats specialize in politics, humour, drinking, playing those rubber band things you put in your mouth, and just generally causing a scene. The music is a kind of folky, circussy, gypsy-like chaos with a lot of fiddle and very little bona fide singing, so you may want to listen to this one before committing to a purchase. If, however, you can get into the leftist anarchy and good-times humour of the lyrics, oil else will slip away into irrelevance and you'll be begging to support the movement. Besides, at $1 1 through the mail, you can hardly afford not Jamaal ROAD RAGE Nothin' to Declare (Radical) Being a Martin myself, I must give this band points for writing a song with lyrics like, "You know he's coming round your place/ And he'll be coming in your face/ Old Martin what a cool guy" as Road Rage does in the song "Smarmy Martin" off their first full-length release Nofhin' To Declare. This album, originally released in Europe by Bomb Factory Records, has been re-issued by the American oil/ska/punk label Radical Records (home to Blanks 77, Social Scare, Inspector 7, etc.). Road Rage describe themselves as "'77 style English punk" — a description I'd agree with — but the sped-up tempo and grade school sing-song choruses that surface on certain songs are rather more characteristic of a band signed to Fat. This record is certainly well done and easy to sing along or wave your fist to, bar the questionable lyrics on track 3 ("What's Your Gender"). However, it does not necessarily stand out from other fast-paced, drinking, fighting, obnoxious English punk bands. If the Exploited were to force themselves upon the Toy Dolls (who from the union would have a baby which spent a lot of time in the orphanage with Snuff) you would have Road Rage. Fartin SQUAREPUSHER Maximum Priest EP (Nothing/Warp) And in this corner, Tom Jenkin: (aka Squarepusher) starts with the most slow, melodic, echoing track I've ever heard from him. Sounding like a cross between Pole (without the bass) and a funeral oration, the heavy- handed marching of the song lines up mourners in black at the death of the nation's favourite android. The echoing sounds are apparent in the title — "Our Underwater Torch" — and then move on into the more familiar d'n'b of "Decathlon Oxide " A somber, pallid mist is cast over all of these tracks. Death mood Underwater death, being suffocated by strong-armed scuba divers. Piono chords and humming, rotating washes drift in and out of a morphing, sometimes junglish, sometimes Autechre-cold analogue-ish d'n'b/breaks drum patch that sucks the listener down beneath the subterranean depths of the deepest ocean canyons. At the bottom, you discover a demented lounge-party featuring all your relatives in '70s polyester, as apparent in the loungey-slow odd quirkiness of "You're Going Down," a song which comes complete with utterly fucked Mr. Bungle-styled bass guitar and vocals. "Cranium Oxide" sounds like a torture session with a car battery, while the AE mix of "Two Bass Hit" continues on in the same off-key underwater glockenspiel-beat fashion, and the Yee-King mix of "Circular Flexing" ends up winning as the standout track, working the same underwater sounds, pushing them to the background of the eerie complex intelli-d'n'b which becomes rife with squelches of the glow-in-the-dark-deep-sea-fish kind. Sharks unite! Tobias VARIOUS ARTISTS Soundtrack: Enterprise (Unforscene) What is this? Where is this movie playing? Why does it have William Shatner rapping a monologue from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar? Isn't Duran Duran dead? Bertine? Manufacture with guest vocalist Sarah Maclachlan??? Stop it. Just stop it all now. I've had just about enough. Anthony Monday udtai tke diAc&ide/i mo^Jze^i Uitested to-: anliaa and cam&um, ant keU,kecUle£,{te<u4, pumd, lua UIwwaJu dmunAtnack, bu, daaUd lm^,c(Hl,ev&,lfUqaft,li&aAt^^ to- betiy, Incnbalti&n-, macy anay, mecca msimal, milteumm pAaject, new- had tkmcfA-,piu^d/iee, public imaae ltd., dupencHOKk,tiU, tmdenAticJzi, w~eakentkani, and a wJwle lumcli af otketi din^- that li hand, to- nememb&i at //:35 p<m. goods for the urban reuolution motherland 2539 mam st. uancouuer, be 604.876.8721 OCTOBER LISTINGS FRIDAY, OCT. 1 SUBSTANCE CHARLIE DROWN HARDWARE SPEED RELIGION SATURDAY, OCT. 2 TOASTERS EASY BIG FELLA SUNDAY, OCT. 3 SPEEDEALER JP5 FELCHERS TUESDAY. PQ. 5 BLINKER THE STAR LEETCHDRIVE THE DIRTMITTS THURSDAY. OCT. 7 ABERRATION MODUS OPERANDI FREAKS OF NATURE FRIDAY. OCT. 8 THE GET UP KIDS CLOSED CAPTION RADIO ALL STATE CHAMPION SATURDAY. OCT. 9 GOD AWAKENS PETRIFIED G.R.A.V.E.L. TRACTOR WEDNESDAY. Oa. 13 DON CABALLERO KAREN FOSTER SAUL DUCK THURSDAY. Og. 14 SQUARE THE CIRCLE SAM VERSION FRIDAY, pg 15 VEAL OH SUSANNA ZUBOT & DAWSON SATURDAY. Og 16 WILLEM BREUKER KOLLEKTIEF MONDAY, OCT. 18 JAILBREAK V WITH DJS SLIM, YANN SOLO & JASON HOPE TUESDAY, pg 19 STRANGEFOLK THURSDAY. Og 21 TEMPLAR FRIDAY, OCT. 22 BOCEPHUS KING TIME WAITS SATURDAY. OCT. 23 FREAKWATER GIANT SAND SALLY TIMMS MONDAY, Og 25 STEREO TOTAL THURSDAY. OG. 28 BLONDE REDHEAD THE BLACK HEART PROCESSION TWO TON BOA FRIDAY, Qg. 29 JOHN POPPER SATURDAY, Qg. 30 METAL DE FROMAGE SUNDAY, Qg. 31 ROY PATTERSON 2?.E[^»S®SB Real Live Action LIVE MUSIC REVIEWS HERBALISER Thursday, August 26 and Saturday, August 28 Sonar/The Rev, Edmonton I like the Herbaliser a whole lot. Everything they've ever recorded, I dig This was my heodspace as I headed out to Sonar to see Jake and Ollie and their eight-piece band. Of course so did the entire population of Vancouver Admittedly, when a show is disgustingly packed, I don't have as much fun It's hard to see what's going on, it's hard to dance and everyone is all slimy with sweat Some people, however think seeing live performances like this is more fun, not me (even though I did get elbowed by one of the "stars" of Breaker High]. Anyway, my grumpy self edged my way up to where I could see the Herbaliser busting out Instantly I knew why they were the hit of the Montreal International Jazz Festival: a percussionist was going crazy, the horn players were great, Jake was hiding in the background and Ollie was behind the decks. Unfortunately, from where I was thing Ollie was doing, no samples floated my way The Herbaliser was tight and it was exciting to hear "Mother" and "Ginger Jumps the Fence" performed by a full band. They played a short set thanks to jet- lag and Roots Manuva s cancellation, so the night ended early. Then, two nights later, I was lucky enough to see the Herbaliser in good ol' E-town (that's Edmonton, not a druggy haze of ecstasy). The venue was smaller, the city houses fewer hipsters, and I was able to comfortably watch the band. I could even see and hear Ollie, definitely my favourite member of the Herbaliser. They were just as tight and played the exact same set but, because I was in a better mood, I loved them a bazillion times more. They made me wanna dance, not scowl. Another cool thing about the Herbaliser is that even if you don't like what they're playing, they're such talented musicians that they're awesome to watch anyway. Viva the Herbaliser! Tesla Van Halen THE SMUGGLERS PANSY DIVISION THE CATHETERS Saturday, August 28 Piccadilly Pub I've never really listened to the Catheters in the past, but I think I may start They failed to motivate the crowd, but they did play some good rock and roll I had a little trouble getting "Manada" to "Dick of Death' to "Bad Boyfriend" with overh ■cdotes ir ahead only as a formality It was one of those pretty sad, bad aftertaste, "is rock and roll dead in Vancouver?" kind of finales You known what I'm talking about Jamaal MOGWAI GANGER Wednesday, September 15 Starfish Room Donning their wooly sweaters and Poinde; from across the Lower Mainland surfaced en at the Starfish Room to hear the latest in so-called Glaswegian post-rock. Ginger'", and I can only imagine he was joking. Ganger opened amidst little hoopla with Natasha on bass, Craig on guitar, Stuart on keyboards and both James and Pat the bus driver on drums. Their first few songs were of the familia niety: quiet guitar s building into heavy bas; riffs, mile-a-minute guitar slashes and machine-gun drum rolls, and then settling back into _ ar dro Ganger has built a repute around the ol' guitar i do, and they c_ _ unleashed its full potency on this night. Many songs, like "Cats, Dogs and Babies' Ja "Upye", upward of I utes as Crc _ Natasha threw themselves into extended jams. Wobbling to and fro like so many into their performance on the account of my inability to see the stage and the constant chatter of clearly unimpressed pan- sies sitting all around me, but they still warrant further investigation. Just a note to all you local bands: when opening up a multiple band show, insulting the audience for their lethargy is neither an intelligent observation nor a good way to whip up cowd support. They worked it, they owned it, they took it home. Like a gay Chixdiggit with a little less blow and a little more polish, Pansy Division had the Picadilly Pub in their back pocket. Their music was poppier than I had anticipated, but they sounded fantastic Their set flowed seamlessly from With my brand to the Core 7" safely packed away in my bag, I was ready for the main event, but let me tell you, I was in no way envying the Smugglers' position following Pansy Division. It was going to be difficult, but Vancouver's own seemed ready to rock. Rock they did but, alas and alack, the crowd wasn't with them. Maybe too many people left before their set, or maybe their aging fan base just was, or maybe their most enthusiastic supporter had such a small penis he felt the need to push unsuspecting frontliners onto the stage until there were no more people on the front- lines. Whatever the excuse, the vibe died. Their encore went Although tens of thousands of miles away, Glasgow and its musical ambassadors have developed a very large (albeit self-consciously composed) Vancouver following. Belle and Sebastian, Looper, and bis are just some of the celebrated Scottish acts to have filled the Starfish Room within the last year. And following in the musical foot-steps of such other bands as Slint and Eleventh Dream Day are now Mogwai and Ganger. These two bands are lending new credence to a very old Saturday Night Live quote ("If it's not Scottish ..."), and a full house on a Wednesday night testified to that fact. Only once "Ganger? I Cudahy, who hawked CDs and "Blur are shite" t- shirts between drum sessions, and presumably drove the tour bus to and from the gig. After a short change of sets, Mogwai appeared onstage and eased into "BMX." Looking much like the first portly cuts of a church league rugby squad, Dominic, John, Stuart and Martin were content to lounge unemotionally about the stage. Martin banged the skins in the shadow of an amp stack, and John played much of the show seated with his back to the crowd. But Mogwai's music betrayed their apparent detachment; songs like "Stanley Kubrick," "Ex-cowboy," "Cody," and "Helicon 2" soared in spite of it all, and "X- mas Steps" gave new meaning to crescendo rock. Sadly, much of the audience seemed bored by Mogwai's slower bits, and the floor was more conversation area than viewing area — which made me wonder, "Why pay good money to see Mogwai if all you're gonna do is blab?" Sure, Mogwai may not have the stage theatrics of Van Halen or the Jesus Lizard, but they do play some pretty rod tunes worthy of everyone's attention. At least nobody was sitting in front like preschoolers at a puppet show (how lame is that indie trend?). Mogwai finished the show with "Mogwai Fear Satan" and a final, ear-popping assault of guitars that damn near tore the heads off of the first few rows of audience members There was no encore and virtually no demand for one The second star of the night was guitarist John Cummings who had injured his hand in Seattle on Tuesday (twelve stitches!), and yet played on. Jamie Maclaren CIBO MATTO RADIO Saturday, September 4 Starfish Room Radio . one word: agony. You're not cute or funny. People already wrote "Fishheads," "Da Da Da" and "Planet Claire," so give it the fuck up. By the way, stop singing .. please. At this point in the rather long day I wanted stupid fun or a nap, and besides a few good basslines or keyboard bits I was getting neither. The ability to disguise your intelligence as a rump-shaking good time is far more difficult than it is to show artistic maturation, or so it seems. However, a fit of inspiration struck Cibo Matto in the fifteen or so minutes prior to exiting the stage and all was right with the world. Even the misguided good heartedness which brought the openers back on stage to provide vocals didn't wipe away my smile. Encores are ludicrous as a rule and it was time for that nap, so maybe you can ask one of the less discerning members of the packed house how that went. . surely not as well as the real end of the set. Sean Elliot VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC Countdown: The Odd and Even Decades February 13, 1998 and September 18, 1999 Hotel Vancouver Pacific Ballroom Ther culture s that we remember not because they were perfect, but because they were presented with perfect integrity. The nature of Vancouver New Music's Countdown concerts, with their radical relationship to the mu cal material, worked. Mus representing every decade the twentieth century w* explored in two 6-ho evenings. Owen Underhill conducting was magnificent, i Canadian contemporary mus The players were also at th compilation: Greatest Hits of the Twentieth Century. Instead, they attended something more bition; good, great and novel pieces were each heard as genres unfolding over the last hundred years. Listeners disagreed about what strain of music was legitimate, which in turn meant a cultural dialogue was in progress on and off stage. Such banter is not abundant in Vancouver; we find it easier to admire our flora and landscapes. If any recent project equaled these concerts' healthy and constructive influence, it needed a better press agent. Music lovers in the Lower Mainland must familiarize themselves with Vancouver New Music and their mandate. With such an organization in this city, there is no risk of being cut off from the world of contemporary music. John Keillor KELLY JOE PHELPS Friday, September 1 7 St. James Community Hall One chair, one mic, no opener, no backup: apply any stripped- down-straight-no-chaser cliche here. Before the music, we all packed into the pews of this former church like eager sardines (enjoying more than a little heretical freedom by drinking beer in the kidney-bruising seating] Kelly Joe Phelps wan dered out on stage in his characteristic longshoreman wear, and from the first tuning e transported to e place where feeling without :r felt so good. f the badn Most ot the songs from his latest disc, Shine Eyed Mister Zen, but he played some old standards (like an intense and slow "Limn* Track") and a few unreleased new tunes. Kelly Joe quipped after the first song, "If you get to the end standing, it's a happy song," and it's true that he is the master of the murder ballad, the train-leaving-the-station blues and old weepers like a hypnotic version of "Good Night Irene". What sets him apart from other country blues guitarists is his dense, freeform guitar style coupled with a blurry voice like a perfectly pitched groan. His tunings are dark and moody; occasionally he ng a beat This I the first time I've er a year, and he even indulging in some Glenn Gould esque humming along with the lap steel riffs. Those of us lucky enough to get in were deeply moved. As for the rest people didn't seem to know what to make of Meme America. I think I'm in love The Automaticons, a very "rock" band from LA featuring Tamala Poljak (of Longstocking) on guitar and vocals, were a little too heavy lal for my tastes Their double uitar i lault while he's II playing THE NEED THE AUTOMATICONS MEME AMERICA HOTEL 6 Saturday, September 25 Trout Lake Community Centre made the community centre's reinforced windows shake but I was too keyed up, breathlessly anticipating the Need, to care. I find it very difficult to overemphasise how good the Need is. Hyperbole tends to be met with disbelief. Despite the fact that this was my third time seeing the Need play live, I felt like a wide-eyed innocent, newly seduced and transported Everyone at this show looked so young and unwashed; it was great. Hotel 6 was a trio of young-looking ladies playing Bratmobile style guitar pop. pletely dead for all but the very last song. Nonetheless, they seemed cheerful and confident and impressed me a little. I'd heard a few' things about Meme America: vague whisperings and such. I know they played this year's Olympia Women's Mudwrestling (which, sadly, I had to miss due to previous commitments). I was very surprised and delighted by their short and innovative perfor- playing keyboards and singing, the other on guitar — played chilling, often brilliant prog freakiness in near-total darkness while a small television set showed their film. The movie, they said, was about "the first baby born to two women." Slide guitar and slow synthesized beats lent the music a scary, hypnotic quality. Most by their magnificence. Rachel and Radio, looking very cute and dirty with their matching tattoos, sliced unstoppably through a mess of new songs. Even "Girl Flavoured Gum," the only Need tune I've ever considered sub-standard, sounded perfect. Expertly executed death metal riffage, lots of starts and stops, flying cymbals, all the e best ind adorable bai i them have their babies. r \. we're so dumb. apparently, the photograph of pavement @ the vogue in last month's real live action did not depict pavement at all! it was a picture of us. maple, you see what happens when you put flakes in charge of a mago- zine? s y ^TlNEUPS ^ OctpBer\i9 Unqeraj_i|-*_5 watcliprheCh^^nets Rou*^d^Vr^*4j Oqt^b^r 26 The^yrf*ftonaS the CiTR Automat,c^«m bands wifh PRESENTED BY: Thunderbird Radio Hell Your name... Your -band... 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Send mail to ajordomo@unixg.ubc.ca" with the command: "subscribe citr-charts"* aci&kesi dttant ainul oxdabesi indie kcum jam- ..«. ^k-.—.. ..,:U »...L„., ~r;rn\ * ___£___ 1 Ar*\i\A L()_.r fk__ linki rUr%nn**A k*»fr*.r__ ! ^/miI/***! k 2 the wontons 3 reflector 4 the disgusteens 5 holly golightly 6 the kamikazes 7 lullaby for the ... 8 the catheters 9 north of america 10 smash up derby 1 1 the angels of light 1 2 solex 13 readymade 14 subway thugs 15 piggy 16 fatal flyin' guilloteens 17 jackson phibes 18 mates of state/fighter d 19 the tentacles 20 quixotic nothing personal all-night cram session ebb&flow the kids know how bayonet point blow all the hell! praise your name randy costanza the block alone s/t calypsos to please. danger west! old devil moon split the touch s/t nint peek-a-boo paper brigade longshot kill rock stars zaxxon virile action saddle creek to rock empty montesano zaxxon virile action young god matador endearing oink! peek-o-boo reanimator black noise top ten 1 public enemy there's a poison going on 2 diggable planets reachin' 3 black eyed peas behind the front 4 various artists lyricists' lounge 5 roots manuva brand new second hand 6 lou donaldson cosmos 7 herbie hancock headhunters 8 charles mingus blues and politics 9 public enemy it takes a nation of millions... 10 the roots things fall apart 1 david lester 2 hot hot heat 3 full sketch 4 the radio 7 John ford 8 pepper sands 9 the reverberators 10 (the) polo convoy 11 s* o'hara 12 les saints 13mr underhill 14 belle bete 15 saturnhead 16 Victorian pork 17 slough of despond 18 team strike force 19 the yachtsmen 20 money hungry newly e light changed before i could blink tourist in your own town soundtrack kinder surprise don't make me sorry distance shitkicker el perro loco Vincent's victory no one has a clue but you ta mere after the rains love stains the red king is gone uhoh days marched across november bomb at the party catch that summer breeze barbara's top ton undiagnosed symptoms 1 hurts to focus eyes 2 right foot hurts in a.m. 3 breathing painful 4 mosaic of non-migraineous lights after standing up/sitting down 5 memory loss 6 mortally agonising pain in jaw 7 chronic but unproductive cough 8 locked muscles in upper back 9 left wrist ceasing to function 10 memory loss On The Dia YOUR ON-AIR GUIDE TO CiTR 101.9 FM SUNDAYS AR£YOUS£WOUS?MUSK 8:30 AM- 12:00PM Allolnmeismeosuredby its art. This show presents the most recent new music from around the world. Ears open. 1HEROCKRSSHOW12KJ0-3.O0PM Reggae ir.no all styles and fashion BLOOD ON THE SADDLE 3:00- 5:00PM Reokowshikaughl-in-yer- boots country UPGlOSS&CIGARETTESolt.5:00- 6:00PM British pop music from all decades SAINT TROPEZ alt. 5:00-6:00PM International pop [Japanese, French, Swedish, British, US, etc.), '60s soundtracks ond lounge. Book your jet sel holiday now! QUEER FM 6-00-8-OOPM Dedicated ) the gay lesbia bxuoI, and transsexual communities ol Vancouver and listened to by eve one Lots ol human inteiest featun all I 1 and gender HEUO INDIA 8*O0-9:00PM GEETANJAU 9:00 10:00PM Geetanjali features a wide range ol music from India, including classical music, both Hindustani and Carnatic, popular music from Indian movies from the 1930s to the 1990s, semi- classical music such as Ghazals and Bhojans, and also Quawwalis, etc. THE SHOW 10:00PM-1:00AM Strictly HipHop - Strictly Underground — Strictly Vinyl With your ■V hosts Checkmate, Flip Out & J Swing on the 1 & 2's. THE CHILL-OUT ROOM 1:00- 4:00AM H.p-hop ond R&B with DJ Klutch, techno and house with DJ Decter lotsa great tracks-come smell what we're cookm'! Stay up late and listen. MONDAYS BLUEGRASS FOR BREAKFAST 6:30-8:OOAM Join your hosts Master T Rudolph and Joe McLeod ol the clan McLeod for a skillet-lickin' good olde tyme. The best in bluegross and down-home groove. BREAKFAST WITH THE BROWNS 8:15-11:00AM Your favourite browrv sters, James and Peter, offer a savoury blend of ihe familiar and exotic in a blend of aural delights! Tune in and en|oy each weekly brown plate special. Instrumental, trance, lounge and ambience. BLUE MONDAY alt. 11:00AM- 1:00PM Vancouver's only industrial electronic-retTO-gorh program. Music to schtomp lo, hosted by Coreen. POP SCENE alt. 11:00- 1:00PM SOUPEDUJOUR 1:00-3:00PM Feeling a little French-impaired? Francophone music from around the globe, sans Celine Dion. A WALKABOUT THE WORLD 3:00-4:00PM EV1LVS.GOOD4:00-5:OOPM Who will triumph? Hardcore/punk from beyond the grave. BIRDWATCHERS5: 00-6*OOPM Jon the sports department for their eye on the T-Birds. POLYFILLER alt. 6:00-7:30PM AUDIO VISUAL alt. 6:00- 7:30PM Critical theory, debate and dialogue on art and culture, set to a soundtrack of breakbeat, worldbeot and other eclectic sounds. PIRATE RADIO 7:30-fcOOPM For merly "Love Sucks," now at a new 1HEJAZZSHOW9O0 PM-1240AM Vancouver's longest running prime time ■azz program. Hosted by the ever-suave Gavin Walker Features at 11. Oct. 4: Such Sweet Thunder Duke Ellington's tribute lo William Shakespeare Oct. 11: An 80th birthday tribute lo master drummer Art Blakey wilh Free for AIL Oct. 18: Block Codes From the Under- ground by Wynton Marsalis and today he is 38 Oct. 25: Lionel Hampton, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown and Buddy Rich-say no morel VENGEANCE IS MINE 12:00- 4:00AM Hosted by Trevor. It's punk rock, baby! Gone from the charts but not from our hearts-thank fucking Christ. TUESDAYS X-l 6:00-8:00AM WORLD HEAT 8:00-9:30AM THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM 9:30- 11:30AM Torrid trash-rock, sleazy surf and pulsatin' punk provide the perfect scissor kick to your head every Tuesday mom. There's no second chance when Kungfu is used for evil with drunken fist Bryce. Kilfyoal! TRAGIC ANIMAL STORIES 11:30AM-1:00PM Talesofpuppy love gone awry, and of baby ducks crossing the slreet, all backed up by a sad soundtrack of various indie-rock bands for your own en|oyment and education. Cry in your beer please THE SELFISH SHOW l*O0-2:00PM BELT OUT THE BLUES 2:00- 3:30PM Music for families and little HIPS TITS UPS POWER 3:30- 5:00PM Feminist radio the way we like it. BBC WORLDNEWS SERVICE 5:00- 5:30PM RADIOACTIVE5:3O-6:0OPM Activism, issues and fucking up the corporate powers 'hat be. Fl£X YOUR HEAD 6:00-8:00PM Hardcore and punk rock since 1989. http://flexyourheod.vonc ouverhardcore.com/ RADIO ELUNIKATHIKO 8:00- 9:00PM Greek radio. LA BOMBA 9:00-10:00PM WITCHDOCTOR HIGHBAU alt. 10:00PM-12:00AM Noise, ambient, electronic, hip hop, free jazz, Christian better living LPs, the occasional amateur rodio play, whatever. SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT reggae linkup are you serious? ROCKERS SHOW BUM ©U 733 S___D__)I___ BaB____?AST Breakfast vith the Brovns UK MINIM./ pop scene SOUPE M JOUR X-1 •wefiMtitE** Tragic AnlMat S+oriei BELT OUT THE BLUES QUl-l-l^ I'M HfllO iNoii &i*T*MJ*U TH6 SHOW! (frip-fop) The Chill-Out Room evil v». good Birdwatcto po_.Yrn.utr6/ Audio Visual 11ale ladio THE JAZZ /HOW VENGEANCE \S :»!NE! flips tits lips POWER Elcx your head suburban jungle Spike's tAusicai Pint an<l f/eedle* I h c c t h e i tabic the shake DJ in a Co Ma 044s Reel Music fTAHD AMD BK CUM TED OWAJ>/Atf LUNCH Steve and Mike onomatopoeia show rfryenes and reasons .llrlfJfJ LJ t I t <r> I, J |N| (g£tf_7(_)__: _F UM 1HSHI HiUDD Skat's Scene-ik Drive These are the breaks Citti Twii S\«r Raoio <LLINIKATHIKO Venus Flytrap/ w 11 c h d o c I o i highball AURAL TENTACLES KJlHist COast poppin' an<i roMe+itoey whv/ fry the way str8 outta jattundfrar *tra I i I S I f I D D I Oot For Kicks LIVE FROM THUNDERBIRD RADIO HELL COCKED H READY/ PLutavEN fffAjttlS^UAjt) & For Eost Side Sounds/ African Rhythms Shitrnix +he «v>ornin_7 the Mornlny After *4« _5S&ATS__ l*,(5*ars®t/ RADIO FREE AMERICA (Groove ju-mp- _t1K Soul free/ earwax VENUS FLYTRAP'S LOVE DEN olt 10:00PM-12:00AM Join Greg in the love den for a cocktail. We'll hear retro stuff, groovy jazz, and thicker stuff too. See you here... and bring some ice. AURAL TENTACLES 12:00AM- 3:00AM Warning: This show is moody and unpredictable. It encour- oges insomnia and may prove to be hazardous to your health. Ambient, ethnic, funk, pop, dance, punk, electronic, synth, blues, ond unusual rock. WEST COAST POPPIN' 3:00- 6:00AM 100% west coast rap. Huge giveaways, with your host like no other Shawn Powers. WEDNESDAYS SUBURBAN JUNGLE 7:00-940AM A perfect blend of the sublime and absurd, with your refined and exotic hosts Jack Velvet and Carmen Ghia. FILIBUSTER 9:00- 10:00AM what ever it is, leave the radio on and go back to sleep. SPIKE'S MUSICAL PINS AND NEEDLES 10:00-12:00AM Spike spins Canadian tunes accompanied by spotlights on local artists. Weekly "Vintage Vancouver" segment takes a look back at this city's musical past. THE ETHER TABLE 12:00PM- 1:00PM If a collective of Belgian satanists ever put reverb on a flock of geese, I'll find it and play all 28 minutes! Dark ambient and experimental and noisy stuff. Barbara listens to too much old vinyl. THE SHAKE 1:00-2:00PM DJ IN A COMA 2:00-3:OOPM MOTORDADDY3:00-5:00PM "eat, sleep, ride, listen to Motordaddy, RACHELS SONG 5: 10-7:30PM Info on health and ihe environment. From recycling and conservation projects to diet, health, and consumption and sustainabilily in the urban context. AND SOMETIMES WH Y all. 7:30-9:00PM sleater-kinney, low, sushi... these area fewofourfaveoh-writ BY THE WAY all. 7:30-9:00PM Let's give alternative media a chance-VIVA VINYL! 7"s new and old, local cassettes and demos. FOLKOASIS 9*10-10:30PM Fealur ing the latest local and international releases in folk/roots/world music, phone interviews, in-studioguestsand more. Requests always welcomed! STRAIGHT OUTTA JALLUNDHAR 10:30PM-12*00AM LetDJsJindwa and Bindwa immerse you in radioactive Bhungra! "Chakkh de phutay." Listen to all our favourite Punjabi tunes—remixes and originals. HANSKLOSS'MISERYHOUR 12:00- 4:00AM Mix of most depressing, unheard and unlistenable melodies, tunes and voices. THURSDAYS FIRST FLOOR 3:00-6:OOAM AGAINST ALL ODDS 6:30- 8:30AM REEL MUSIC 8:30-10:00AM Soundtracks ond classical. STAND AND BE CUNTED 10:00- 11:30AM DJ Hancunt urges women to get down with their cunts while listening to women in jazz, funk, rap, soul, worldbeat, disco and beyond. ELECTRIC AVENUES 10:00- 11:00AM Once a monlh, the folks from Avenues spin their favourite CANADIAN LUNCH 11:30AM- 1:00PM From Tofino to Gander, Baffin Island to Portage La Prairie. The all- Canadian soundtrack for your midday snack! STWE&MKElKW-l-OOPM Crashing the boys' club in the pit. Hard and fast, heavy and slow. Listen to it, baby, (hardcore). ONOMATOPOEIA 2:00-3:00PM Comix comix comix oh yeah and some music. With Robin and Jules. RHYMES AND REASONS 3:00- 5:00PM CULTURE CAVITY SEARCH 5:00- 5:30PM REELS TO REEL alt. 5:30-6:OOPM Movie reviews and criticism. OUT FOR KICKS 6.O0-7:30PM No Bidcenstocks, nothing politically correct. We don't get paid so you're damn right we have fun with it. Hosted by Chris B. ON AIR WITH GREASED HAIR 7:30- 9:00PM Roots of rock & roll. UVE FROM THUNDERBIRD RADIO HEU. 9:00-11:00PM Local muzok from 9. Live bandz from 10-11. COCKED AND READY alt. 11:00PM- 1:00AM NOCTURNAL TRANSMISSIONS alt. 11:00PM-1:00AM You adjust the lighting, DJ Satyricon mixes the sounds. Radio that could only happen after the sun's gone down. Songs and soundscapes for the naked cily. PLUTONIAN NIGHTS 1:00- 4:00AM Late night vinyl. Occasional skips. Cheers. FRIDAYS SHADOW AT DAWN 6:00- 8:00AM with DJ Goulash CAUGHTINTHERED8: 00-10:00AM Trawling the trash heap of over 50 years worth of real rock 'n' roll debris. Stick outyo' con. SKA-TSSCENEHKDRIVEI 1<WX)AM- 12:00PM E-mail your requests to Djska T@hotmail.com THESE ARE THE BREAKS 12:00- 2:00PM DJ Splice brings you a flipped up, freaked out, full-on, funktified, sample heavy beat-lain trip, focusing on anything wilh breakbeats. Versatile at any style. UTTli TWIN STARS 2K)0-3:30PM Underground, experimental, indie and women. Jacuzzi space rock at its finest. NARDWUAR THE HUMAN SERVIETTE PRESENTS... 3:30-4:00PM BUCK NOIZ 4:00-5:00PM Filling in for Clinton. Essays, poetry, social commentary, and conscious music from a Black radical perspective. If you can't take the heat listen to Z95. NOOZE & ARTS 5:00-5:30PM FAR EAST SIDE SOUNDS alt. 6:00- 900PM AFRICAN RHYTHMS alt. 6:00- 9:00PM David "Love" Jones brings you the best new and old jazz, soul, Latin, samba, bossa & African music from around the world. HOMEBASS 9:00PM-12:00AM Hosted by DJ Noah: techno, but also some trance, acid, tribal, etc. Guest DJs, interviews, retrospectives, give aways, and more. SHITMIX alt 12:00-3:OOAM No beatmatching. No crossfading. No indiefascism. No progassblasting. NoPhish. Just a mix. SATURDAYS THE MORNING AFTER 3:00- 8:00AM THE SATURDAY EDGE 8:00AM- 12:00PM Studio guests, new releases, British comedy sketches, folk music calendar, and ticket giveaways. 8-9AM: African/World roots. 9AM- 12PM: Celtic music and performances. SAREGAMA 12:00-1:00PM POWERCHORD 1:00-3:00PM Vancouver's only true metal show; local demo tapes, imports and other rarities. Gerald Rattlehead and Metal Ron do the damage. LUCKY SCRATCH 3:00-5:OOPM From backwoods delta low-down slide to urban harp honks, blues unesters and crooners in the blue egree. Blues and blues roots with our hosts Anna and Barry. RADIO FREE AMERICA 6:00- 8:00PM Extraordinary political research guaranteed to make you think. Originally broadcast on KFJC (Los Altos, CA) GROOVE JUMPING alt. 10:00- 1:00AM PIPEDREAMSalt. 10:00-1:00AM SOULTREEalt. 1:00 -4:30AM From doo-wop to hip hop, from the electric to the eclectic, host Michael Ingram goes beyond the call of gospel and takes soul music to the nth degree. EARWAX alt. 1:00- 4:30AM ..."noiz terror mindfuck hardcore like punk/beatz drop dem headz rock inna junglistmashup/distortda source full force with needlz on wax/my chaos runs rampant when I free da jazz..." Out. —Guy Smiley REGGAE LINKUP 4:30-8:30AM Hardcore dancehall reggae that will make your mitochondria quake. Hosted by Sister B. CiTR 101.9 fM WHOM HOW Production ShaneVc Promotions > | Record _brarian Julia jSecrelary < Sports A : Station Manager Aaro Traffic Dredor Janni President Arihc Rachel's SONG: Community events Social justice issues Spirituality Health and food Environment Philosophy Direct action Cultural studies Counterculture Pro-democracy Interviews Music Literature Reviews Prizes Political issues Spoken Word Entertainment Internet radio Contextual Infinite mind RACHEL'S SONG WED 5-7:30 pm www.instantdemocracy.com DON'TLET'EMPUSHYOUAROUND! DISCORDER WANTS TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THE COLD UNFEELING WORLD YOUR TALENTS! SEND'YOUR WRITING AND/OR ART TO: 6138 SUB BLVD, VANCOUVER, B.C. V6T1Z1 AND MAYBE WELL GIVE YOU A SHOT AT THE BIG TIME. 29nm&^^m Datebook SUBMISSIONS TO DATEBOOK ARE FREE) TO HAVE YOUR EVENT LISTED, FAX ALL THE RELEVANT INFO (WHO, WHERE, WHEN) TO 822.9364, ATTENTION "DATEBOOK." DEADLINE FOR THE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OCTOBER November issue is October 1 3th! TUE 26 CiTR PRESENTS SHiNDiG@Railway Club WED 17 Diana Krall@Orpheum; Tongue, Hancunf@Sugar Refinery; Closed Caption Radio,Distortion Felix@Brickyard THU 28 Blonde Redhead, The Black Heart Procession, Two Ton Boa@Starfish, Indigo Swing@Russian Centre; James Brown@QE Theatre, Diana Krall@Orpheum, Ron Sexsmith, Emm Gryner@Richard's FRI 29 John Popper@Starfish, Gordon Lightfool@Orpheum FRI 1 Substance, Charlie Drown, Hardware Speed Religion@Starfish, Groundswell UK@Brickyard, Life at the End of the Century Performance Art Cabaret@Vogue, Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill@VECC, DJ Touche@Sonar SAT 2 Toasters, Easy Big Fella@Slarfish, Big Band Trio@Auditorium, Spacious Couch@Chameleon, July Fourth Toilet, Capozzi Park, Young and SexyOMs. T's Cabaret, Burt Neilson Band@Brickyard; Mother Trucker, Hi TestOPic SUN 3 Speedealer, JP5, Felchers@Starfish; Fantastic Plastic Machine@Chameleon, Mr T Experience, Gadjits, Nobodys@Brickyard MON 4 Nights of le Roi@Sugar Refinery TUE 5 Blinker the Star, Leetchdrive, Dirtmitts@Starfish, lamb@Sonar; Travis Baker@Sugar Refinery; CiTR PRESENTS SHiNDiG@Railway Club WED 6 Chemical Brothers, DJ Shadow, Velvet, James Holroyd@PNE Forum, Bossanova, Early Mart, The Radio@Brickyard THU 7 Aberration, Modus Operandi, Freaks of Nature@Starfish; New Electric Riot, Nasty On@Pic; Bliss Magazine Release Party@Performance Works, Moxy Fruvous, Tory Cassis@Richard's; Link 80, Superchief, Ring@Brickyard FRI 8 The Get-Up Kids, Closed Caption Radio, All-State Champion@Starfish; Insane Clown Posse, Twiztid@Croatian Cultural Centre, Colorifics@Sugar Refinery, Mount Pleasant, Silver Tongue, Engine of the Future, Following Horus@Brickyard SAT 9 God Awakens Petrified, G R A V E L.,Tractor@Starfish; Soul Crib CD Release Party@Chameleon; Miles Holloway@Sonar, Borderline Disorderly with Kiss & Tell Shorts@Video In; Hell Caminos, New Wave Hookers, New Town Animals@Pic, Heavy Metal Parking Lot and beyond: the Films of Jeff Krulik and Friends@Blinding Light, Technicians of the Sacred, Wow, Mary Ann Turbo@Brickyard SUN 10 CiTR PRESENTS 31 l@Rage; Heavy Metal Parking Lot ond beyond@B!inding Light MON 11 Nights of Le Roi@Sugar Refinery TUE 12 CiTR PRESENTS MXPX, TOO BAD EUGENE, NO MOTIVE@Croatian Cultural Centre, Ben Harper@Orpheum; Jack Smith's Flaming Creatures w/Bruce Baillie's P-32 Pilot and Sa/ute@Blinding Light; CiTR PRESENTS SHiNDiGORailway Club Amsterdam Cafe 302 West Cordova (Gastown) 683 7200 Anza Club 3 W 8th (Mount Pleasant) 876 7128 Arts Hotline 684 2787 Astoria Hotel 769 East Hastings 254 3636 Bassix 217 W. Hastings (at Cambie) 689 7734 Backstage Lounge 1585 Johnston (Granville Island) 687 1354 Black Dog Video 3451 Cambie 873 6958 Black Sheep Books 2742 W. 4th (at MacDonald) 732 5087 Blinding Light 36 Powell St. 878 3366 Boomtown #102-1252 Burrard (at Davie) 893 8696 The Brickyard 315 Carrall St. 685 3978 Cafe Deux Soleils 2096 Commercial (the Drive) 254 1 195 Cambie 515 Seymour 684 7757 Caprice Theatre 965 Granville (Granville Mall) 683 6099 Celebrities 1022 Davie (at Burrard) 689 3180 Cellar Jazz Cafe 361 1 W. Broadway (downstairs) 738 1959 Chameleon Urban Lounge 801 W Georgia (Downtown) 669 0806 Chan Centre 6265 Crescent Rd. (UBC) CiTR 101 9fM 233-61 38 SUB Blvd 822-3017 Club Vesuvius 1 176 Granville (downtown) 688 8701 CN Imax Theatre 999 Canada Place 682 4629 Columbia Hotel 303 Columbia (at Cordova) 683 3757 Commodore Lanes 838 Granville (Granville Mall) 681 1531 CNB Skate and Snow 371 2 Robson 682 5345 Cordova Cafe 307 Cordova (Gastown) 683 5637 Croatian Cultural Centre 3250 Commercial (at 17th) 879 0154 Crosstown Music 51 8 W Pender 683 8774 Denman Place Cinema 1030 Denman (West End) 683 2201 Dr Sun Yat-Sen Garden Main Hall 578 Carrall St. 662 3207 DV8 51 5 Davie (downtown) 682 4388 Fifth Avenue Cinemas 2110 Burrard (at 5th) 734 7469 Firehall Arts Centre 80 E. Cordova (at Main) 689 0926 F.W.U.H. Beatty 552 Beatly 687 7464 30 WED 13 Don Caballero, Karen Foster, Saul Duck@Starfish; George Winston@Vogue; Jack Smith's Flaming Creatures etc.©Blinding Light; Honeysuckle Serontina, Siobhan Duvall, John Bates@Brickyard THU 14 Square the Circle, Sam, Version@Starfish; Weird Al Yankovic@GM Place, Afro Celt Sound System@Vogue; Dziga Vertov's Man With A Movie Camera w/Eye of Newt Collective@Blinding Light, SMAQu-2@Sugar Refinery; Liplickers, Spy 66, Vertical@Brickyard FRI 15 Veal, Oh Susanna, Zubot & DawsonOStarfish; Flat Is Beaut/ru/OBIinding Light; The Excessives, Hell Caminos, Fuzz 58@Brickyard SAT 16 Willem Breuker Kolleklief@Starfish; Mo'Funk Fest '99 (feat. Millennium Project, Crash, Mo'Funk Collective)@Pit Pub; Funk Da'Licious@Chameleon, Live, Cyclefly@Vogue; BOAC Magazine release party (feat Tranvestimentals, July Fourth Toilet, Roswells, Wrong Numbers)@Blinding Light, Flat Is Beauf/7u/@Blinding Light; Diesel Boy, Another Joe, Babblefish@Brickyard; October Crisis, Francois Houle@Sugar Refinery SUN 17 Tom Waits@Orpheum; Flat Is 8eauf/fu/@Blinding Light MON 18 Jailbreak V with DJs Slim, Yann Solo, Jason Hope@Starfish; Echo & the Bunnymen@Richard's, Quartet Arthur Le Blanc@Stanley Theatre, Henry Rollins@Vogue TUE 19 Strangefolk@Starfish, CiTR PRESENTS SHiNDiG@Railway Club WED 20 Robert Michaels@Vogue; Saddlesores, Emerald City@Brickyard THU 21 Templar@Starfish; Browning, Tiefisher@Railway FRI 22 Bocephus King, Time Waits@Starfish; Mecca Normal@Cafe Deux Soleils; Fugazi's /nstrumen/@Blinding Light, Strong Like Tractor, Jesse's Girl, New Town Animals@Brickyard SAT 23 Freakwater, Giant Sand, Sally Timms@Starfish; David Wills and the Dynamics, Dynagroove Horns@Engineers Hall; Ivanna Santilli@Chameleon; Fugazi's /nstrument@Blinding Light; Nefro, All You Can Eal@Brickyard SUN 24 Public Enemy@Rage; Beta Band@Richard's; Fugazi's /nsfrumen/@Blinding Light MON 25 Stereo Total@Starfish; Linton Kwesi Johnson, Dennis Bovell Dub Band@Sonar BORDERLINE DISORDERLY Lesbian art collective Kiss & Tell is bringing TWO PERFORMANCE WORKS TO VlDEO IN Studios on Saturday, October 9th at 8 pm. Tickets are $5-8 (sliding scale). For info, call 872-8337. LIVE AT THE END OF THE CENTURY a "performance art cabaret" at the vogue theatre featuring music, dance, poetry, and visual art from tons of local folks. October 1 st. Call the grunt gallery for info: 875-9516. BACK OF A CAR MAGAZINE At the Blinding Light, October 16th. the release of the beeman@istar.ca. VENUES • BARS • THEATRES • RESTAURANT • RECORD STORES Frederic Wood Theatre (UBC) Garage Pub 2889 E Hastings (downtown) The Good Jacket 225 E. Broadway (at Main) The Grind Gallery 4124 Main (Mt. Pleasant) Hollywood Theatre 3123 W. Broadway (Kitsilano) Hot Jazz Society 2120 Main (Mt. Pleasant) Hush Records 221 Abbott Street Jericho Arts Centre 1600 Discovery (Pt. Grey) Jupiter Cafe & Billiards 1216 Bute (near Denman St) La Quena 1111 Commercial (the Drive) The Lotus Club 455 Abbott (Gastown) Luv-A-Fair 1 275 Seymour (downtown) Medialuna 1926 W. Broadway Minoru Pavillion 7191 Granville (Richmond) Moon Base Gallery 231 Carrall St. (Gastown) Naam Restaurant 2724 W 4th (Kitsilano) Neptoon Records 5750 Fraser St Orpheum Theatre Smithe & Seymour (downtown) Pacific Cinematheque 1131 Howe (downtown) Palladium 1 250 Richards (downtown) Paradise 27 Church (New Westminster) Paradise Cinema 919 Granville (Granville Mall) Park Theatre 3440 Cambie (South Vancouver) Piccadilly Pub 630 W. Pender (at Seymour) Pitt Gallery 317 W. Hastings (downtown) Plaza Theatre 881 Granville (Granville Mall) Puff/Beatstreet 4326 Main (at 27th Ave) Puff #14-712 Robson (at Granville) Purple Onion 1 5 Water St. (Gastown) Queen Elizabeth Theatre Hamilton & Georgia Raffels Lounge 1 221 Granville (downtown) The Rage 750 Pacific Blvd. South (Plaza of Nations) Railway Club 579 Dunsmuir (at Seymour) 822 2678 822 9364 872 5665 322 6057 738 3211 8734131 662 7017 224 8007 606 6665 251 6626 685 7777 685 3288 608 0913 7387151 324 1229 665 3050 688 3456 688 2648 525 0371 681 1732 876 2747 682 3221 681 6740 685 7050 708 9804 684 PUFF 602 9442 665 3050 473 1593 685 5585 681 1625 Richard's on Richards 1036 Richards (downtown) Ride On 2255 W. Broadway; 2-712 Robson St. (upstairs) Ridge Cinema 3131 Arbutus (at 16th Ave.) Scrape Records 17 W. Broadway (near Main) Scratch Records 726 Richards St. Seylynn Hall 605 Mountain Hwy (North Van) Shadbolt Centre for the Arts 6450 Deer Lake Ave. (Bby) Singles Going Steady 3296 Main (at 17th) Sonar 66 Water (Gastown) Starfish Room 1055 Homer (downtown) Starlight Cinema 935 Denman (West End) Station Street Arts Centre 930 Station (off Main) Sugar Refinery 1115 Granville (downtown) Theatre E 254 E. Hastings (Chinatown) Thunderbird Ent. Centre 120 W. 16th St. (N. Van) Tribeca 536 Seymour Tru Valu Vintage Robson (downstairs) Vancouver E. Cultural Centre 1895Venables (at Victoria) Vancouver Little Theatre 3102 Main (Mt. Pleasant) Vancouver Press Club 2215 Granville (S.Granville) Varsity Theatre 4375 W. 10th (Point Grey) Vert/Futuristic Flavours 1020 Granville (downtown) Video In Studios 1965 Main (Mt. Pleasant) Vinyl Rekkids 76 W. Cordova (Gastown) Vogue Theatre 918 Granville (Granville Mall) Waterfront Theatre 1405 Anderson (Granville Is.) 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Title | Discorder |
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CITR-FM (Radio station : Vancouver, B.C.) |
Publisher | Vancouver : Student Radio Society of the University of British Columbia |
Date Issued | 1999-10-01 |
Extent | 32 pages |
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Rock music--Periodicals |
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FileFormat | application/pdf |
Language | English |
Identifier | ML3533.8 D472 ML3533_8_D472_1999_10 |
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Discorder |
Source | Original Format: Student Radio Society of University of British Columbia |
Date Available | 2015-03-11 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
Rights | Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these recordings must be obtained from CiTR-FM: http://www.citr.ca |
CatalogueRecord | http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1190017 |
AIPUUID | c7426aa4-5bfd-432b-9b44-632ec1cbbca5 |
DOI | 10.14288/1.0050121 |
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