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ALL LETTERS PRINTED AS RECIEVED. ISKCONFUSION? re: Helter Shelter: Hare Krishnas, Hardcore and Ray from Outer Space by Gavin Brown. November, another month and another Discorder. Almost as soon as your mag hit the streets, my attention was called to Mr. Brown's article. As I read the article, my intelligence was assaulted (and insulted) by a barrage of misinformation, accusations and bad journalism. So much so, lhat I find it necessary to dissect it and regurgitate it point by point. Right off the bat, in the firsl sentence, the looks of the devotees are compared io "half-baked rejects from 'Kung Fu'". Right away Mr. Brown is manipulating the minds of the readers lo think of another human being on an entirely superficial, bodily level. But since society in general is so concerned with looks and fashion, this remark was probably greatly appreciated by all the so- called individuals who are threatened by anything or anyone so blatantly different from the accepted norm. The first sentence also marks the beginning of repeated lurid and negative imagery, which is very prevalent throughout the article. The next claim is that the devotees "ensnared" into the movement are "young, semi-educated, uptight middle class whites". Actually, in the two years that 1 have been associating with the devotees, I have met people from very diverse economic, racial and educational backgrounds. Cull awareness, deprogram- mers and the dangers of ihe decadent cult life-style are next up. Wilh all the misinformation, which I will get tolater.abouiihe life-style of Krishna consciousness, the word "awareness" is very out of place in this article. The word cult isn't even clearly defined in the article, so what is the question of "cult awareness"? The Latin roots of the word cult actually mean "to cultivate and to worship". Yes, I am cultivating Krishna consciousness and yes I do worship Krishna (which, by the way, is a name for God meaning "All Attrac- Since Mr. Brown is so against these "decadent cults" he must be in favour of deprogrammers. I'll give him my address so he can hire some guys to kidnap me, force me to take drugs, drink beer, have meaningless sex and eat Big Macs. Then I'll be a normal guy and good ol' Gav wouldn't mind hanging out wilh mc then. Wilh ihe success of "cult awareness" and deprogrammers "people fled cults, faced reality and became managers of Domino's Pizzas". If this is Mr. Brown's version of facing reality, he has a serious His ridiculous version of "facing reality" is followed by more unfounded accusations regarding whal it means to be in a cult in the '80's. The label "pseudo-guru" is used, implying that Srila Prabhupa- da, the founder-acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, is exactly lhal, a "pseudo-guru". On ihe contrary, Prabhu- pada was very active in pointing out the unscrupulous activities of many so-called gurus and self proclaimed gods. Not only does Mr. Brownlump Srila Prabhupada in with ihe same "pseudo-gurus" Prabhupada diligently opposed, but he gives a very limited and biased history of Prab- hupada's life. Mr. Brown's version is lhat Prabhupada "abandoned his job and family" and "came to New York to basically teach a bunch of polheads yoga". The reality is that Prabhupada first met his spiritual master in 1922 in Calcutta. It was at this first meeting lhat Prabhupada's guru suggested that he spread the science of Krishna consciousness in English to the people of the West. In the years that followed Prabhupada started his translation ofthe Bhaga- vad-Gita (one of ourmain scriptures) andin 1944 started his own magazine lo present the philosophy of Krishna consciousness in English. It was in 1950 that Prabhupada retired from family life. This is an ancient practice for men to retire from worldly affairs and concentrate on spiritual life. It is most dissimilar to the Western conception of abandoning one's family and job According 10 ihc Vedic custom the wife is taken care of by ihc remaining family and society. She is treated much like a widow, for her husband is considered materially dead So you can sec that by ihc lime Prabhupada came lolhcU.S.in 1965 he was already firmly established as a spiritualist and preacher of Krish- The claim lhat the Krishna sect "follows a bastardized form of 500 year old Hinduism, started by I-ord Caitanya" is both historically inac- c. Their lhal Lord Cailanya, who is Krishna himself, appeared on the Earth 500 years ago to teach the besl method for spiritual life in ihis present age. The falsehood lies in the claim lhal what Lord Cailanya laught was "a bastardized form of Hinduism". I .ord Cailanya's teachings were directly from the Vedic scriptures, the scriptures we follow in Krishna consciousness. Hinduism, a term which isn't even found in the Vedas, is in fact a bastardized version of Vedic knowledge. The next part of Mr. Brown's article is one of my f avounte. 1 always hke it when a person tries to present himself as an authority and present "facts" aboul something lhat I do everyday. What I'm referring to is Mr. Brown's presentation of the "decadent cult life-style" of Krishna devotees. We are vegetarians. The eating of meat destroys the quality of compassion. To say we don't use spices is ludicrous. Anyone who has ever tasted our food or read any of our cookbooks could attest to this. We do avoid onions and garlic not only because of the smell but also because of the agitating effect ihey have on ihe body. Many yoga groups avoid these types of foods because of the adverse effect these f<xxls have on meditation. The vegetarian diet is not "lacking in protein and nutritional value". It does not leave one "lired, anemic and open to suggestion". Mr. Brown obviously knows nothing about vegetarianism. A vegetarian diet has been proven time and lime again to be healthier than a diet con - sisting of diseased, drug-laden corpses. Mr. Brown's lack of information concerning vegetarianism crops up again near the end of the article when he refers to the "vegan feast" at the lemple. Vegan refers lo a diet which docs not include dairy products. The diet followed devotees is termed as lacto-vegetanan, as dairy products play an important role in our diet. Do your homework Mr. Regulating sex life is basically a way tolessen the bodily conception of life and increase ihe spiritual. One cannot realize unlimited spiritual potential when stuck in the confines of a limiting concept of life. Sex life forces one to think on a bodily level. Sex life means exploiting the body of another living entity to satisfy the senses of your own body. Whal is your body after all? Is it really you or are you the soul, or life-force, inside the body? Think about it. Two other points that Mr. Brown has forgotten to mention is that devotees also abstain from intoxication and gambling. We avoid i keep the mind clear and alert. It is nol possible lo under stand higher spiritual inilhs, or even to remember your name, when your intelligence is polluted by intoxicating substances. Slaying away from gambling reduces our lendency lo cheat and helps lo keep one's mind focused on spiritual topics, not on our own material gain. Mr Brown's claim lhat devotees support themselves by selling flowers and cookbooks is another example of his incomplete information regarding the life-styles of dev olecs. It is true lhal wc sell bixiks Nol only cookbooks but a great vari - ely of spiritual litcralure All of Prabhupada's translations of the Vedic scriptures are highly respected and many arc used by universities and libraries throughout the world. Items such as flowers, candles or paintings are sold by some devotees as a way lo make ends meet. Bul whal Mr. Brown has overlooked is lhat many devotees hold normal jobs to support themselves and their fam- Uies. I myself have a job al a marketing research firm downtown. So beware, the person next lo you in the office or the classroom just might be a cull member. The first lemple program of the day starts at 4:30 AM. Attendance is recommended bul not forced. lust like everything in Krishna consciousness. Prabhupada has given us a process by which we can attain true spiritual knowledge and eventually love of God. It is up lo the individual to take to the process. Krishna consciousness is something that comes from the heart of the individual, il cannot be forced or faked. The program lasts 3 1/2 hours and consists of the singing of different prayers, personal meditation and a class on the philosophy. Breakfast is then served. After breakfast the devotees with jobs go to work, those wilh specific temple services attend to iheir duties. Mr. Brown's blanket statement of every devotee working 'til 6 PM is mostly incorTcci. Ihe amount of work a devotee does depends on his or her individual commitment and occupation. Once again what a devotee does between the time their service is done to the time they take rest and the amount of rest one takes is entirely dependent on the individual. Ihc process of chanting Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna, Krishna, hare, Hare, HareRama, hare Rama, Rama, Rama, Hare, Hare is a very standard common sense procedure. By controlling the 2 senses of speech and hearing the mind can become focused on the object of meditation. Ihe mind and the senses can be purified through sound vibration. Since the Hare Krishna mantra is a transcendental sound vibration it enables the mind to perceive spiritual existence. It's just like if we hear from a university professor aboul a certain subject our material ignorance is removed. Similarly, by hearing this transcendental sound of Hare Krishna our spiritual ignorance is removed. Attending the moming programs and chanting Hare Krishna does not leave me confused, exhausted, really stupid or really malleable. On the contrary, this process sharpens my intelligence and enlivens me physically and spiritually. Give it a try Mr. Brown, you just might like il. If il is still "obvious the Krishna's (sic| are a wheel" I guess that's a matter of opinion. All I know is lhat the lifestyle I've adopted is by far more natural and healthier, physically and mentally, lhan any olher alternative available. As for Mr. Brown listing the criminal activities of some devotees and then saying il is representative of ihc entire movement is ridiculous. It is clear lhat ihc criminal activities listed go against the basic principles of Krishna consciousness. tSKCON wenl through a major overhaul in 1986 to remove the unwanted ele ments. Prabhupada used to stress that "punty is the force". If one deviates from the principles of Krishna consciousness then they will fall down. It is unfortunate that many devotees in positions of authority strayed and misused their position for their own personal gain. One familiar wilh the philosophy and ihc teachings of Prabhupada can see thai these criminal activities are the fault of the individual and nol reflccuvc of the majority of sincere devotees. If anything the crimes listed are a reflection of the sick society we are raised in and confronted wilh every- The accusations of Prabhupada "profiting horrendously"from the misdeeds of some devotees who weren't even following his mosl basic instructions are totally unfounded. Making such accusations without sufficient evidence is slander. It is obvious that Mr. Brown is unaware of such finer journalistic points. Furthermore, these accusations are very insulung to anyone who has come into contact with such a pure soul as Snla Prabhupada. The scenario lhat ISKCON is some huge corrupt organization preying solely on the straight-edge hardcore scene is ridiculous. Ihe devotees of our movement reach all levels of s<x:iety. The interest ISKCON has shown in the hardcore scene is a direct response to the interest that members of the hardcore scene have shown in the philosophy of Krishna consciousness. Mr. Brown's altitudes about straight-edge shed more light on his own ignorance and closed minded- ness. If he is in favour of killing others (the use of animal products), killing himself (drinking and drugs) and Ihe exploitation of others for his own sense gratification (meaningless sex) I have no other choice but to doubt his intelligence. He resorts once again to accusations and labelling by referring to slraight-edgers as "misogynistic" (Mr. Brown misspells it as "mysogynistic") and "dumb white kids". I still can't figure oul Mr. Brown's reasons for calling straight-edge kids misogynistic, but the use of unsupported accusations seems lo be a major pan of his journalistic style. The next few paragraphs are nothing more than a personal attack on Ray Cappo. It is already clear that Mr. Brown disagrees with Ray's outlook on life, but instead of defeating Ray philosophically he just resorts to name calling. I guess that's par for the course. Ray has been the recipient of tons of bad press. These things happen when you're outspoken and refuse to live your life the way society wants you io. Hey. isn't lhal what hardcore is supposed lobe ■bout? Mr. Brown slates lhat with all the money in ISKCON the organi zation can fUxxl ihc hardcore scene uuli Vines and records, his true thai a lot of Vanes and groups arc presenting K nshna philosophy but these arc individually funded projects. liven ihe projects thai arc done by full time devotees (a lot of the bands and Vines are done by people inter cslcd in the philosophy and not living ai any temple) arc privately funded by the individual. Once again Mr. Brown has overlooked ihe facts and is presenting misinformation. When describing the Shelter gig that ux)k place at the temple on Sept. 15. 1990, Mr. Brown poinls out ihc slage wa.s constructed from picnic tables and there was no PA present. Where was lSKCON's multi-millions? I'd sure like lo know because I'm the one that built ihc slage from whatever I could find, made the posters on a pholixxipier and put most of the posters up. The lake from the gig was split 3 ways between ihc 2 bands and the temple kitchen lo pay for the feast. So you sec K rishna-core is the work of dedicated individuals presenting a philosophy that has changed their lives in a positive way. We are nol trying to brainwash, manipulate or control. Wc are just trying to make people think aboul who they really are and show them that they can live their life in a more peaceful, positive way. Thank you very much. Rob Dickson P.S. Mr. Brown also states in his article that the band Vegan Reich incorporates Krishna philosophy in their music. I've never heard this band, but I have seen a letter written by one of it's members in MRR. I found his letter very violent and negative. If they are influenced by the teachings of Prabhupada ihey have badly misinterpreted ihem. ISKCONGRATULATIONS! Dear Airhead & Mr. Brown: very impressed wilh your November '90 article on Hare Krishnas and Ray. I was astounded wilh the facts of the story (as well as the down to earth language) yet couldn't help but wonder if you had a close shave with our wonderful frenz in person. Anyway it was a treat to read such a lively story about a relatively unlikcd issue. Keep doing what you do best and if this isn't your best... C poW! oya. Have a good one, holiday greetings and all that shit. T.C. Shankar Point and counterpoint, or hairy head and shaved head, if you will. Mr Brown and Mr. Dixon each managedlogel his own beliefsacross and misrepresent the other's. I'm not personally acquainted with Mr. Dixon, but I canaltesl that Mr. Brown is a non-smoking, non-drinking, non- meat-eating young man who has never had any sex at all in the lime I've known him, let alone some of a meaningless nature. We suggest, Dear Reader, you check out the CONTO ON PAGE 6... JANUARY 1991 5 JANW tRY CONCERTS TUESDAY 1 • THURSDAY 3 Closed FRIDAY 4 From Los Aneeles. Epitaph Recording Artists BAD RELIGION with special guests COFFIN BREAK SATURDAY 5 GREEN HOUSE with guests CATHERINE WHEEL SUNDAY 6 Showcase MONDAY 7 Showcase with THE DIVINERS, SALLY CANT DANCE, and THE FINKS TUESDAY 8 CHARLES ON CHARGES with guests P.K. RIPPER WEDNESDAY 9 ULTRAMARINE with guests THURSDAY 10 EVIL TWANG with guests FRIDAY 11 Columbia Recording Artists from Seattle ALICE IN CHAINS SATURDAY 12 T.T RACER SUNDAY 13 SOUL SURVIVORS MONDAY 14 Showcase with THE LOCOS plus three other bands TUESDAY IS BOOGIEMEN, GRAMES BROS., MEDUSA'S RAFT and R.M.I. WEDNESDAY 16 KELLY BROCK AND THE CELEBRATION with Y-KNOT THURSDAY 17 Open FRIDAY 18 LAST WILD SONS SATURDAY 19 HARDROCK MINERS SUNDAY 20 Open MONDAY 21 Showcase • TUESDAY 22 GRAFFITTI with special guests ALLAN HAMMER WEDNESDAY23 DEAD HEAD COOL and PURPLE CITY THURSDAY 24 Open FRIDAY 25 TOASTERS from New York SATURDAY 26 SHE STOLE MY BEER SUNDAY 27 OH YEAH MONDAY 28 Open TUESDAY 29 Open WEDNESDAY 30 SHE with guests THURSDAY 31 From Newfoundland. THOMAS TRIO AND THE RED ALBINO TJ^E T < WLT JMT _F> i * ia&ss&f-* i -_^__?__?__• CONTD FROU PAGE 5... Bhagavad Gila and Monkey on a Stick (John lluhner and Lindsey Gruson, 1988) and make up your own mind. JELLO 1... Dear Airhead, I am responding lo the review of die NOMHANSNO/Jello Biafra show. What was ihis Bruno person thinking about. I can't see how anyone could possibly criticize Jello for the work he docs. When you see a band, don't they usually do songs from an LP or anything else they have recorded, why would you think Jello would do anything different. And just how many limes has this guy seen Jello perform. What Jel lo is saying is important and wc arc lucky he is free to say what he wants. Because if we don't fight for our rights as musicians and artists you might not sec or hear Jello Biafra or any other band you might happen to like. And as far as Jello sporting a goalee, WHO CARES. Wc should all be free to look and dress the way we wanl, it is such an unimportant point (besides I thought his goalee looked cool) Over all I thought it was a GREAT SHOW!! and and a important one for ihe scene (what's left of il) H.P. ...2... Dear Airhead, Afler 1 saw Boolsaucc at the Town Pump and Jello Biafra and NoMeansNo at the Commodore, I was really anxious lo see whal ihe inevitable Discorder™ review would be like for these two concerts. I liked them. I really like Boolsauce, and I think every other member of the capacity audience did too. I didn't hke it when some guy jumped on my head trying lo get on the stage, but lhat's beside ihe point. Bul anyway, Boolsauce were like a cross between... well, one of the guitarists looked like Flea with long hair. The music was hard and fast and funky and (dare I say it?) totally awesome. I was pretty disappointed wilh the Beat Assimilator's excuse for a review. No offence. Beat, but I think Boolsauce deserved more than four mostly lame questions. As for the NMN-Jello show, I thought il was one of ihe best (punk/ hard-core/loud & fast)conccrts I had ever seen. I'm pretty new lo the Dead Kennedy's and Jello Biafra, so I'm nol as jaded as Bruno, but I thought Jcllo's performance was really great. Some DK's music would have been good, but NoMeansNo more lhan made up for it. As for the stage diving, what can I say Bruno? I always thought that was part of the scene. They were playing at the Commodore, not the Orpheum. And I didn't have to really worry about jack-boots until I saw D.O.A. & GBH Dec. 1, but that's beside the point. Mike Fitzpatrick P.S. What happened to Roland? ...3! Dearest Airhead: RE: Bruno's Review of Nomean- sno/Jello Biafra Who is Bruno and who could care anyway? More importantly though, who let him wank out his whiney little opinions aboul Jello Biafra and Nomeansno? First of all, the "Quincy punk" behind him who asked where Ixgal Harassment was from was probably only making a joke lhat wcnl well over Bruno's thickhead. Even if he wasn't there's no need lo explain lo the rest of the Discorder readership how to read a poster. And Shovlhed sounds like Yes at the wrong speed? I guess Brunomu-v/have sniffed a lot of glue in his past... and this, as well as his witless taste in music, I could forgive him, bul where docs anyone involved in any way wilh underground post-punk "alternative" music get off calling Jello Biafra "paranoid" and a "geek"? Jello has contributed more lo both underground music and the fight for freedom of speech lhan virtually anyone else ever. How can anyone deny it, let alone call his credibility into question because he didn't shave? It's ridiculous. Was he supposed to show up in a purple mowhawk? Is his Mr. Biafra's "rhetorical and reactionary spoken rants" do have a point, although missed by many: to aboul the overwhelming crimes of world governments, specifically ihe U.S. and ils allies. I'm terribly sorry Bruno if you've heard what he has to say before, bul I assure you there are slill literally billions who haven't. If plutonium aboard the space shuttle isn't a big enough issue lo beat inlo the ground, whal is? Bruno's atu- ludc of "I've heard this before" is exactly the sort of short-tenn attention and ignorant, vapid apathy that requires Mr. Biafra to repeal himself. So continue joking about blacklists Bruno, and I'll continue wondering: when they kick al your front door, how you gonna go? It's been a long time since punk rock, and this alone is a telling comment on how grim our current socio-political situation really is. So next time, like the song says Bruno: "Trash a Bank ifyou got real balls". Vehemently, teD dAVE P.S. Nomeansno is one of my very favorite bands, and, I agree, seeing them is always a treat. Thanks for playing "No Paradise" boys, catch you next time. Also, thanks to Murray Acton for last month's Airhead letter. While it's debatable whether Jello has contributed more lo "the fight for freedom of speech than virtually anyone else ever," you are right about Bruno. How dare a jaded whiney witless thickheaded goatee- less wanker criticize Jello. After all, Jello was up there fighting for everyone 's (except Bruno's) right to have an opinion and express il, no matter how unpopular or controversial. Another thing for you to chew your cud over, teD dAVE: the person who let Bruno "wank oul his whiney little opinions" is ihe same edilrix who printed your letter here. Confidential to M.F.: The man's name is the BEAT ASSASSINATOR. He did an INTERVIEW with Boot- sauce. Before you start bitching, gel Ihe facts straight (or at least read more carefully). Roland is kaput. NO, NOT THAT BETTY COOPER Dear Airhead: Murray Acton's wonderfully worded letter, (except for the misspelling of "allot") was a blessing to my moming. I, as a woman, have always disliked many of the Dayglo Abortions' lyrics—bul lhal has not stopped mc from seeing their gigs and enjoying at least the musical side of it. Freedom of speed] ii as important as food and water, my only concern being the sentence "Anyone can tell a lie if they know without a doubt what truth is." Ihis destroys his whole concept. This jusl might lessen the flow of the truth to stamp out lies... maybe I'm just splitting hairs .. but... more knowledge docs not mean more lies... which, I know, is what Murray dear meant to say. Thanks for listening. Yours Truly, Betty Cooper I Mur viewpoint! r censorship article o Formal check out page 13. CZECH THIS OUT Dear Airhead Sir, I am writing to you in the name ofthe independent Czech periodical VOK- NO (Window in English). I should hke to ask you for help. Even though it may sound strange, VOKNO can be said to have been, very probably, the lasl truly underground periodical in Europe. Ihc radical lumaboul in Czechoslovakia has made it possible for the two editors of VOKNO to be set free, and ihey arc bolh out of As you may know, all lhal happened in late November 1989, just when VOKNO celebrated 10 years of its underground existence. What a strangely impressive balance sheet: lOyears-15 issues-and a total of 15 years in prison for the two leading editors, Ivan Jirous and Franiisek Starck who are no terrorists, bul were prisoners of conscience. Their only crime was iheir hard work for an alternative cultural periodical, work often judged by ihe authorities ofthe totalitarian sialc as highly subversive. I know thai it is difficult for you to visualise the conditions in which we had lo work in the past; perhaps it will be easier for you to imagine the difficulties we are now facing in having to start, more or less, from scratch. For many years we had been condemned lo live and work in conditions of a special kind of information blockade: and wc are now turning lo you lo help us in clearing away the ruins of that blockade. Wc arc hoping to provide a kind of modest information centre, a kind of slock of cultural information from all over Europe, and we hope that you will find yourselves in a position lo help us in this. It would be an expression of solidarity. We shall be happy if you can send us your periodical but the convertibility of the Czechoslovak currency is slill a distant future dream, so that we are unable to pay, and anything you are able to send will have to be a present. We shall be grateful for any kind of help and expression of solidarity. Yours sincerely, Lubos Drozd Editor - VOKNO 6 DiSCORDER This is a test. Randomness has infested the planet. I repeat: randomness has infested the planet. Especially after a December 10 upset which saw Za Za and the Angels take Medusa's Raft by a nose. One very large nose. But suffice to say fellow finalists Bent and Windwalker were not assailed by the sound stylings of Medusa in the Shindig final. Instead, Za Za and the Angels added their subtle wanderings to the evening. Like The Maisha Trilogy, Za Za operates on a very hypnotic level. One could call it relaxation, or one could call it sleepy. Either way it's dreamy. Bul more to the point, what did Medusa miss out on? The answer is concrete enough: tons of fabulous prizes. But let's talk about the fabulous First Prize: 24 hours at Mushroom Studios (album quality), 20 hours at Fluid Studios (album quality), and, the real cream, an opening spot for an out-of-town band on a Perryscope production (the big boys). Please note: 2nd and 3rd Prizes ain't so bad eilher. How many 44 hour sessions does il take to cut a 45 minute record anyway? A fairqucslion, since possibly the only (absolute) rule in Shindig is No Vinyl (participants cannot have released an album in public prior lo entrance). I'm not talking about the dangers of hurling broken records down your street. Functioning in a studio takes practice. Except in ihc case of Elvis Presley, who fortunate. He is nol the only one. The list of exceptions is longer lhan a gorilla's arm in the entertainment business. My hopes arc that there is some semblance of reality here and a good band will-pump oul a sure footed demo in this time. A demo is necessary equipment. Il allows a band to send tapes, write letters and make phone calls (siar stuff). A goixl gig, ihe aforementioned cream, is the key to ihe backside of the music business. Eilher it's a hell of an opportunity or a soft push into ihc lion's jaws. So, in sum. Shindig is a very good start. Congratulations to tins year's finalists and especially 1990 Grand Prize Winners Windwalker! P.S. 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Four hours later, I found myself enjoying the incarceration that Otis never got, courtesy of the Chicago PD and the Cook County Illinois Penal Service. There I was with my two amigos Chuck the art dude from Toronto and Alexi the thealre dude from New York, cruising along in search of the Windy City's watering holes. A certain illicit substance, whose users have included the rich, the poor, and the Vice-PTesidcnt, was produced. We began to imbibe. A car rolled up carrying two white guys dressed so straight-looking as to make them invisible; suddenly they were out and on us. The substance was quickly tossed and our evening with Chicago's finest began. Cop Number One, sporting the mandatory 'stache and a cheapo Hawaiian shirt, yelled "You guys are smokin' somethin'!" "Nah, not us. Must be some other guys. We're just walkin'," said Alexi in his best Brooklynese. "You guys think I'm stupid?" said Hawaiian shirt. He and his partner, a guy looking even dqrk- ier with an "I'm bad" unshaven face comboed with a leisure shirt, poly- pants and runners, had us do the spread-em against their car and the bad-ass talk began. "You guys holdin' anything? If I search ya will I find anything?" Hawaiian shirt asked. We answered no in unison. Poly-pants, wielding a flashlight cum nightstick, said he'd seen where we'd tossed "it" and proceeded to look in the wrong direction. Hawaiian shirt produced two sets of bracelets and cuffed the three of us together. Poly-pants returned without the evidence. No evidence no arrest, right? Wrong! Into the back seat we went and off for a little ride. At this point I thought, OK, they 're gonna play good-cop/bad-cop with us: "What d'ya think, should we run 'em in? I don't know. Maybe we should." Tell us about how stupid drugs are and then let us go. I turned out to be partially right; they proceeded to tell us what a nice neigh borhood we were in- only moderate amounts of graffiti anil garbage— and how its respectable inhabitants paid alot of money not lobe harassed by hoods like ourselves. Then they | went through the speech about how narcotics possession is a felony and we could be looking at some serious problems. As they rambled on, the three of us sat there like kids listening to their parents give them one of those "when I was your age" speeches. But the little 'round the block rule I'd | expected ended up becoming a quick tour of the city culminating with us pulling up in front of Barney Miller Land, otherwise known as the old | precinct house. Hawaiian shirt, having finished the lecture, asked us "How much money you got? Anya you guys got more'n fifty bucks?" We looked at each other and the notion struck me that yes, Virginia, this is how big city cops operate. For fifty bucks each they'll offer to take care of all the paperwork and let us go. Wrong again. Hawaiian shirt went on to explain that if we had more than fifty bucks we'd be required to post bail, so we should hide any money wc had. At this point our attitudes began to change. We realized these guys were serious about ONE JOINT! We | stuffed our cash down our crotches and they led us into the station. When you're led into a police station in handcuffs, and you start mingling with large shitkicker-rcd- neck-cops and lowlife street trash, it's hard not to hit the panic button. But the three of us avoided the urge to yell "Look, what're you doing? You don't have any evidence, so you don't have us for possession and you got no case, so let us go!" because there'sno percentage in arguing with cops, especially in a foreign land. Instead we sat quietly as Hawaiian shirt and Poly - pants filled out their arrest report and made quasi-racist comments about how easy it was dealing with us a.s opposedtotheirusualclientelle.Then they explained the deal we were going to get. "We'll charge ya with causin' a disturbance and set the bail at fifty bucks, but ya don't gotta pay it," said Hawaiian shirt. "An' we'll set the trial date for September 26th, but ya don't gotta appear. An' we'll just check ya for priors an' you'll be out inna hour. Still time to get to the bar. The other guys'll be drunk, the ladies'U lx- yours, right'.'" Mo later we were facing two ugly fat greasy jailers who wouldn't have looked out of place robbing graves. They had us empty OU1 pockets, pull our shoelaces and lx-lls, and have a seat in a nice empty cell. The jaildoor slammed shut and we exchanged can you-believe-lhis-bullshit looks. Alexi wanted to start ranting and raving, but shortly after moving in we wen- given a cellmate. Our first guest of the evening was an inebriated black guy whose first utterance, after checking out the accommodations and sprawling on the other of the cell's two benches, was "I'm tired of talkin' to you muth erfuckers!" He rolled over as if to sleep, lay there motionless lor a few Seconds and then got up, He asked me for a cigarette, banged the bars a bit, and asked again. This was to go on all night, like a broken record from hell. "Hey man, ya gotta cigarette? No? That's okay, I think I gol one (banging on the bars). Hey! You gotta let me outta here! These other muiher- fuckers can stay, but I gotta get out! I got important business to attend. I gotta eat! I'm ready to post bail! Could you please let me out? Hey man, can I borrow a cigarette?" All this interspersed with people in other cells yelling for our roomie to shut up. About thirty minutes later we heard commotion outside the jail and the grave robbers reappeared with a black guy who wa.s bleeding and obviously upset over the prospect of incarceration. They wrestled with him in front of our cell, and then we had our second guest of the evening. The notion that someone's pugilistic skills were about to be tested crossed all three of our minds. However our new friend opted out of violence and instead conducted the ranting and raving that Alexi had missed out on. "White-ass pussy mutherfucker smashed me inna face!" the bleeding guy said as he bounced off the cell walls. "Pussy white mutherfuckin' cop smashed me! Hey, you guys Arabs? Where ya from?" "Canada," said Chuck. "I heard about you muther- fuckers." "Hey, shut up," yelled the drunk. "Tryna sleep!""You shut up!" said the beat-up guy. Then the drunk was up, the two interfaced briefly, then performed a conciliatory African-American handshake. Shortly after that, one of the grave robbers showed up with a police lieutenant and the beat-up guy was removed from our cell for a little chat. Later he was taken to another cell, no doubt after being told thai if he'd forget the little matter of being assaulted by an officer, they wouldn't make him spend anymore lime in a cell with three causing a disturbance types. All was quiet now, sort of. Alexi tried to conduct some form of pseu- do /en meditation lo kill time. Chuck attempted sleeping on the concrete floor and I sulked and looked at my watch. The drunk slept on the other side of the cell between bouts of "Hey man. You got oneol them cigarettes?" We then recciveil our third roomie of the evening, a young guy who was neither beat-up nor drunk, instead he wa.s just BAD. His first action upon arrival wa.s lo call out to the othcrcells to see if he knew anyone. He proceeded to chat long distance with a colleague who had been incarcerated for a parole violation. Tiring of eavesdropping, the drunk told the new guy to shui up. The new guy flashed his colours. "Don't fuck with mc, man! I'm a fuckin' gangsta, man! I fuck you up!" Surprisingly, the drunk apologized and asked for a cigarette. He was rebuffed. The gangsta pointed at us. "Where they at?" "I don't know man. That's ihey thing over there. This our thing here!" As if on some strange cue, the drunk came over and asked me for the 80th time for a cigarette. He tried the gangsta again to sec if perhaps he was holding out. The gangsta exploded. "Look! I already told you! I don't have a mutherfuckin' cigarette! They don't have a mutherfuckin'cigarette! Now get outta my face, or I'll fuck you up!" The drunk dutifully passed out and the gangsta reciprocated by going through the drunk's pockets and taking his cash. As they say, snooze ya lose. Finally, three and a half hours after we first got tossed in the can, after I was sure we'd either been forgotten, or they'd found out Alexi was an illegal alien, or worst of all, some clerical error had us being shipped to the State Pen in Joliet, we were freed. After lacing and belting ourselves we returned to the scene of the crime. There, lying on the ground as plain and obvious as two white cops in K-Mart clothes, was a healthy- sized roach. We smoked it. Fuck you, grave robbers. Fuck you, Hawaiian shirt. FUCK YOU, AMERICA! by Jerome Broadway JANUARY 1991 9 COFFIN BREAK SJ__? Collin Break lie I ihrcc-piece from Seattle who play a raw mixture of hank OR pink and grunge. They have several singles, an HP and an album, Rupture, on Seattle's C/Z Records and a recent Sub Pop 7": "Lies" b/w "Pray " After a blistering set at the Cruel lilcphant lhat had even the mosl jaded and destitute members of the early punk scene dancing, we conicrcd the band for interrogation. On guitar and vocals is Peter, on bass and vocals is Rob, on drums is Dave. You're the most polite band we've ever seen! You apologize to people. You thank people for holding up your microphone stand... P: Wc hate pretentious asshole mu- R: It doesn't pay to piss people off. D: We don'tliketo bum bridges...It's just nol worth it, you know? We are jusl good-natured young boys. ******************** wanted to put Do your mothers still like you? D: Yes. our mothers all support us. P: Well, not totally. My mom's not too thrilled on the "Just Say No to Religion." She actually loaned us some money to do T-shirts "as long a that 'Just Say No t on it!!" You guys tour constantly, obviously to get exposure. Is that part of your philosophy? R: I've got a good quote from Phil, in Slam Suzanne. He said "Well, didn't everyone tour? That's what I thought." You know, it's like, that's what wc expected. It kind of went along wilh playing gigs at home, men you want to tour. It's a natural progression, and that's whal you want lo do. And people go "why do you tour so much" and il's like, you tou r in the spring, you tou r in the fall. Doesn't everybody do thai? What kind of a draw would you 10 DISCORDER The thing is, the kids that put on all ages shows have good hearts. They want you to play their city, so they pay you enough that you'll want to come back. r first single wilh them, and they said "Yeah, great." Wc went ahead and gave them the artwork and Ihey bailed on it, and then they would have nothing to do with us. They would distribute us, but they wouldn't have us ******************** on the label. And then, all of a sudden they go "We'll give you money lo do a single." So we went "Okay fine. We'll do it." Why not? We gave them the artwork and the songs. It's not like a normal Sub Pop band which is like "We're going lo give you the artwork and we're going to tell you what to play." So we did one single and that's it. P: We also put out the single hoping that some people might pick it up that normally wouldn't pick up a Coffin Break record, 'cause you know Sub Pop is so fuckin' cool and all that. D: The depressing thing is lhal Sub Pop is bigger lhan any band on the label. They're doing somelhing right, but something wrong too. ): Yeihl Yet the) do! ihe) iio ': Wc don'l gel I crowd like Nirva- la or Mudhoney or my oi those lands, hul we're buitdin I'.pl.O i fun ir ma longli you prefer ail X-linm-ly. Il's ; the business side ol all-ayes ueslionahlc? : Yeah, you sometimes can get :rcwcd. Bin we sell so much more icrchandiscatall ages shows il usu- ally makes up for the business as pect. Iheihing is, ihe kids that put on all ages shows have good hearts. Iliey're net some slimy bar owner that's out lo screw you. Ihey wanl you to pl«y iheir cits, so they pay you enough tiial you'll wanl to come back R: We'd rather do thai lhan make $3(X) in a bar where you have to go, like "Look, we had lour people on the guest list, and you're going lo charge us forthisorlhai." You have- to nickel and dime every thing Vou just recorded material for a new album which is due oul this spring. Are you happy with il? R: You heard it tonight P; We're trying "> release albums less than I year apart, which we've done so far Someday we'll probably settle in, but wc have like, fifty- five songs, ,uhI only about thins I): Plus all the compilation! lhat P: Wc'regoinglodoa Rave Records split single with Victim's Family Lei's play word association P: Nol much R: Queen Ann D: Magnolia: that's a pan of lad. I): lat R: I weni on lour with him for six weeks He's a good guy, but he's gol his nuxxls just like everyone else. And my lasting impression of him you're a good guy! Dickless. R: lalcnlless. P: I disagree! Itiey'vegotten belter. My word is "guts" for them. Sir Mix-a-l.ot. I): Ihe only rap wc really listen lo is Icc-T. P: I listen to NWA. R: I listen to fuckin' "We got lo pray.pray just makeit today." Amen! "We Are The Eggplant. lurijh get now in a place like San Francisco compared to your first tour? P: Wc actually draw really good in San Francisconow. When weplayed by ourselves the first lime, we probably played lo like 50people, and the last time we played for about 600 people. D: We didn't wait till we sold a lol of vinyl to lour. We actually loured on a single that nobody had really heard of. Il was rough. Spend $3 a day, make like $75 a night. Now it's easier. We' ve golmore records.more touring. We know ourselves better. On the posters you're billed as "Sub Pop/C/Z Recording Artists," but almost all of your records are on C/Z. R: We put a single out on Sub Pop. Al firsl we approached them. We EGGPLANT: LEONARD A Few Words with the Band by Mindy Abramowitz Eggplant is a band I happened upon one fateful day while browsing through the CiTR listening room. Their second and most recent album, Sad Astrology, revealed itself to be fresh and interesting On that self-same day, I discovered to my delight that Eggplant was on tour from California, and would be playing at the Town Pump I eagerly agreed to interview them. It was thus that I ventured out to Gastown on a cold and drizzly Tuesday eve to meet singer/guitarist Jeff Beals, singer/guitarist Jon Melkerson and bassist John Kelly. What did you guys do today? Jeff: I went to the Beatles' Museum and got a couple pins Jon: We went to a game room and then we went to Nelson's—the bar underneath—and we saw a strip show Then we took a nap Jeff: Then you did laundry. Jon: Yeah, we did our laundry today. Big day in Vancouver. I thought you would've gone to Science World; your album cover made it seem like you're really into rocket science. Jon: We probably did the typical thing, but it was within walking distance... Where does your name come from? Jeff: We kind of wanted a name that wouldn't pin us down, so that we could play all kinds of music, 'cause we get bored sometimes. So one day we were all listening to that Beatles song The one that that's not what they say. Yeah, isn't it "We are the egg- men?" Jon: Now maybe it's too late to change our name, cause we just signed a ten record contract and we have to keep the same name. Jeff: Yup Ten records and fifteen years in: I w tt of this band! goes "I am the walrus go "Coo coo ca joo, w< eggplant..." And we wer eggplant, thafs a cool n Jon: But then you w Uh, they Do people in Seattle generally like museum today and you found It's a good name. Do you like the vegetable at least? Jeff: Well, I tried it, but... Jon: It's failed the test every time. How didd you guys get together? Jon: In highschool. We just played on and oft, and eventually just got more and more serious, until the next thing we know, we're playing shows in our area. Then we decided to put a tape out and it got picked up and from then on it just happened. I heard some Beach Boys influences on Sad Astrology. Jeff: That's what people have been saying! We never thought that, but the producer on this, about a week after we got into the project, went outand got Pet Sounds We're not even into the Beach Boys Well, do you surf? Jeff: Yeah, we all do that. Maybe that's where it came from. John: "Sad Astrology" sounds like "The Hop" the way you guys do your vocals during the quiet part It's kind of cool... "Sad Astrology" IS a cool song. I like the story behind it [a girl who promises her boyfriend that "she would lovehim 'til the stars fell from the sky"]. Jeff: It's kind of like those songs I used to hear on the Oldies station; [there's one in which] this girl was crying about how she would love this guy till the rivers ran dry and time stopped and until the stars fell from the sky. So I was thinking what a burn it would be if the stars did fall from the sky. I made a little Super 8 video. The whole thing happens like a big nightmare. After the song ends, the guy meets up with the girl again and she says, "Oh. I still love you!" and he goes, "You do?!" She says "I'll love you until time stops!" The last thing you see is he looks at his watch and taps it. Have you thought about doing videos? Jeff: Well, yeah When we getback from our tour Our manager has been setting it up. We talked to a guy who goes to UCLA film school and he's really interested in working on it. He thinks along the same lines as the thing I did before, even without seeing it. How about your gigs; what kind of crowds do you play to? Jeff: It's re,illy mixed. You've got the really arty looking folks and then there are the regular college kids, Jon: When we played in Seattle we played to these three Deadheads. Itwas hilarious. They asked us to go n ishroom picking with them. Back at home it's pretty diverse, too We're not like a big attitude bar- We're not like a Sub Pop band A lot of people can like us; a lot of variety. My mom can like it and some ntense biker can like it too. John: Yea when we played with the Young Fresh Fellows there were some people who hadn't gone out in years an 'hey liked us a lot. And they were around thirty-five. They bought a tape and everything. Wayne Horvitz is one of the most accomplished jazz keyboard players around today, collaborating extensively and pursuing a solo career, running his own band and producing. He plays keyboards in John Zorn's jazz-meets- hardcore-meets-movie music project, Naked City, which includes Bill Frisell on guitar, and was recently in town to do a duo show with Frisell as part of the Time Flies improvised music festival Appearing rather shy and unassuming at first, even embarrassed to be on stage in Ironl ol people, he was soon abusing his Grand Piano, throwing his whole weight on the keyboard, leaning into the back to pluck at the bass strings and placing paper and weights on the strings to modify the sound. His use of electronics was equally adventurous, Irom screaming fuzz-box synth lo growing and decaying sample loops and distant echoes Discorder talked to Wayne Horvitz over the phone from his home in Seattle. You'veplayed in Vancouver as a duo with Bill Frisell: was this a one-off or part of an ongoing tour? It [was] nol part of a tour, it [was] an individual engagement We do these gigs from time to time, at least a couple of times a year. Are these shows mostly improvisation or do you have a strict plan? The first time we did it was sort ot by accident We played in bands together, we did this Walt Disney thing tor Hal Wilmer [Stay Awake various artists covering Disney tunes], and then someone asked us to do a gig, so we put together some material. Once we did a gig in Italy and they wanted film music specifically. But the last couple of times, it has been a few tunes ot Bill's, a tew tunes of mine, we always do a lew pieces that are complete improvisation. So it's a mix. So it's like taking time off from regular engagements. Yeah, it really is. It's sort of like the icing on the cake It's one ol the easiest and most pleasurable ot What is it that attracts you about Bill Frisell's guitar playing? It's sort ot subconscious at this point We're really good friends, we ve played together for so long I guess initially, when I first heard him, it was his unique choice of notes People always talk about his sound and I like his sound, but that's not the point. His phrases are unique and very melodic There's been a lot said about Bill Frisell's use of electronics. Where do you stand with regard to using electronics in your music? I've gone trom being an innovator to being hopelessly outdated in about two and a half years. I got a DX7 when it was new on the market and I've kinda stuck with it. I'm not interested in anything else really I use a sampler a little bit. But I like having one keyboards that I know how to program. Even the new DX7 I don't like so much, because you can't manipulate the sounds while you're playing Most electronic keyboards are sel up for doing work in the studio or lor use on stage with al! the sounds predetermined. So obviously you prefer the immediacy of playing live rather than studio work? Yeah. I also don't like having a bunch of keyboards to play. On a project like Naked City you've got so many different keyboard sounds and styles in very short spaces of time. How do you do all that? Technically, set-up wise, I don't use that many keyboards. There's a little bit of over-dubbing on the records, but all of it we can reproduce live. I use two DX7's, a sampler—mostly for samples of hard-core bands that Zorn made me do—and also acoustic piano which is a large part of the band, as it is in the duo with Bill The Naked City music is so complicated, is It still fun to play live? Yeah, it is fun, 'cause it's kinda this peculiar, complicated madness. It's the first time in my lile I've had to do what a traditional rock keyboard player does: fill in all ol the holes And that's a challenge for me, I'd never done much ot that I might literally have live or six different sounds that I'm using on each tune, and so between tunes it's complete madness to change all my settings and get a new set-up It's particularly strange in John's band because the whole song might only last twenty seconds It's enjoyable, we never do the same set each night: often we do a new tune each night, that we learn at sound check, so it keeps your mind occupied What were your early influences? Musically, they were rock influences 'cause that was what my elder brothers were into: San Francisco bands, the Stones, the Beatles, Hendrix, that sort of thing. A little later I got interested in electric Miles, Omette, Cecil Taylor, The Art Ensemble of Chicago. What sort of training have you had? I had two years mandatory piano lessons when I was young, then I quit. When I decided I wanted to play a musical instrument, I was infatuated with hard-core blues. When I made up my mind that I wanted to play, I wanted to play like Otis Span Which is a big joke, I'll never be able to play like Otis Span. Later in college, I did study some jazz, but pretty minimally. What's happening with your band, "The President," at the moment? It's been on the back burner fa a while. I've been doing so much production and stuff, but I've got another record in the works. I'm looking to find some new players, 'cause the problem with the old group was that almost all of them were leaders in their own right, so it was pretty hard to get them all together. I've laid a lot ot tracks down already and after Christmas I'll try to go back and wrap that up. You l- e lots of projects going on simultaneously, it seems: what is the most important direction for you musically? I have jeen producing a number of things and that's been new for me. I produced Bill's last two records, the last couple of records of my own and I'm about to produce a record lor The Hieroglyphics, and a big band project called the New York Composers Orchestra, that I play on and write some of the music tor as well As much as I enjoy that, it's not my primary priority It's still performing my own music and composing. And, to tell you the truth, the constant search to learn to play the piano. ^te Lutwyche Ifyou didn't even try to see SnufTand Samiam you suck. These two great bands put on one ofthe best shows I've seen in years, even better than Verbal Assault in Seattle, or F\igazi—so there! We managed to catch Snuff guitarist/vocalist Andy and Snuff drummer SnufTbefore thcirCruel Elephant show awhile back. Unfortunately, we wore out Samiam, except their guitarist James, whilst eating natehos before the interview. cSNUFF by Flex Your Eric and Ruling Ray SNUFF > CROWD : KAS MASTER What's it like travelling in a van with 9 other guys? S: It's good as long as you've brought your slippers. Snuff is still a three-piece? S: Yeah, unless me brother shows up. In ringland he shows up with his trombone and just plays along. So that's your brother that does that on the "Fllbbid- dydibbidy dob" 12"? S: Yeah... What about the poll tax? A: It's rubbish. S: Bailiffs arc supposed to be coming around my hou: the time. They enjoyed themselves didn't they! Big packs of people getting chased by police and chasing police, running around central Lon- l for don. A lot of It was Just looting. Do the police in London carry guns? They only gel gui if J: We're going to record another album in December i New Red Archives, who' done our other records. Are they cool to work with? J: Yeah, its Nicky Garrett from UK Subs. He's an honest guy, works really hard at keeping the label going. Totally a great my stereo. They haven't turned up yet and they're six weeks late already. How big were the poll tax riots? Did the media blow it out of proportion? S: I wasn't there, I was in the Basque country of Spain at thing with a gun is So there's no real problems with people getting killed by guns? " It's rare. Ix>ts of knives. A: In pubs it's always glass fights...I'm definitely more seared of a gun than of a glass. I've heard stories of how it's so easy to get a handgun in the States. S: We were in a supermarket and saw them for sale... J: Wc saw this place In Virgin ia when we were tou ring. There- was a big sign on a barn that said *MILK AND AMMO.* David Hawkes brings you THE PIXIES EXCLUSIVE! JANUARY 1991 11 Skinny Puppy recently released their seventh album Too Dark Park. Currently on a North American tour with Tankhog that wound up at the Commodore December 22, cEVIN kEY called the ol' Discorder from Dallas, TX. I really like Too Dark Park. It's really different from your other stuff; a lot sparser. Why is that? proached this record was very much like the way wc used to approach our older recording, not so much our recent last four albums, but the three albums before that. There was more of .1 sponl.i neons met hod of wri ting and recording. For the other al bums what there's beer is a lotol preproduction clone on the song writing and so jn .ictii.ility I think..over I pen od of time there's been more and more time spent things and I think what we wire losing was a little bit of the spontaneity involved and the whole tun of working with captured sounds and stuff and working with them immediately as far as coming off the radio ariwavev It's just part of the proctl this tinx- trying to define what it is th.it we wanted to do in the future and what it si wedidn't want to repeat. So 1 mean it was I step to .111 era, back wards, where wc were doing things 1 little differently I really enjoyed Cybcraklif (collaboration wilh Bill Lccb). That was such a low budget recording and it's too bad we couldn't have done more; in reality all that recording is eight-track stuff. It's without any heavy-duty budget or effects or anything; it's totally at home style recording. ? aP~ throughout the yeai together and he called up the next day when we were in the studio doing Cyberaktif and he wants to come out, so we went to pick him up. We had a song, actually i t's a song on the 12", the Meltdown version, we had that up and it's just sort of a fun thing, we weren't taking it too far. We reworked that song for the album and the album version is completely different and it has him doing the vocals and piano stuff on it; it's radically different from that song on the 12". Were you happy with Rabies! Like I say to everybody, Rabies was like a home away from home: it was a party, it was a holiday, it was a day off. it was everything to do with still being around as yourself but only not doing what you regularly do... As a whole album it's something that represents that whole time period where we were largely just about to fall apart and wc did fall apart and our association with (Ministry's) Ai Jourgensen was, at the time, fun but God I'm glad that's over with. I've heard he's kind of overbearing and takes things It's not so much that. He tries to create turmoil within. He likes to watch rats go crazy in a cage, so to speak... I le'U throw in adjectives and see what happens and he's really good at that. He's also a nice guy and every thing but... he's so heavily into drugs and ev erything like that, you can't even go near him without him wanting you to join the club and stick a need le i n your arm or do something and we just said "Aw fuck, forget that!" He's going to be dead within a year if he doesn't stop his lifestyle. I le's got ,1 revolting thing happening right now m the sense that the people in Chicago really, really ]ust hate him now because certain peo pie that have been involved in circles of his have died ot overdoses and stuff. Now they've got this big sign outside ofthe gigs when we pull up: "Alienate Jourgensen: Puppy needs to get rid of this guy" and all this stuff. Is Ogre still involved wilh the Revolting Cocks? 1 le had a falling ou t with those guys, it's about time, really; he's hopefully concentrating more on this. 1 le's his own character, he's the ki nd of guy youcan'tsay anything to I le s there for right now and we're putting along and everything looks promising. Our album is selling at the rate of 5,000 a week right now. Too Dark Park has once again surpassed the last album. We're up near 75,000 copies sold already. So you'll be making albums for a while? Well, as long as we can continue to sell morealbums than the last one, to us it's good. But of course, we realize ourselves that we're not trying to getn thing like that. It ju: pens it's working 01 Windwalker have their shit together. Although they've only been gigging for three months now, their set ia constantly changing and expanding, incorporating diverse musical tastes like The Gun Club, Rites of Spring, The Cult, Soul Asylum, Black Sabbath, Fugazi, Short Dogs Grow, Jr Gone Wild and many others. Their music reflects mood and emotion while maintaining a sense of S: Also, one of the only labels? good places to play, The P: We got a letter trom Cruel Elephant, might MCA who read about us in close down. Seattle's Backlash; they want photos and demos. What's the groupie scene like? Would you hesitate to re- S: Underage. lease stuff on a small WINDWALKER : WINDWALKErc Husker Du, Sonic Youth way: small labels and if it works maybe try to go onto a big label. A: I wouldn't mind either but it comes down to what we want to focus on: catchy songs or more creative, weirder type stuff. P: Right now we're just trying to focus on it all, bring diversity to the music, but getting involved in a crappy deal puts incredible pressure on the like what happened with the Adversity STEEL POLE BATH TUB by felicity dunbar and torn mil tie What do you call a band lhat Lives the Bo Diddley philosophy "You should eat all you can whenever you can," gorging itself or Marsha Brady, tulips, Ennio Monicone, Frank Grow, butterflies circuses, Black Sabbath, and various other noises, substances, instruments, collaborators and locations, only 10 loudly puke i all up again over iheir Listeners? Steel The 2nd [album. Lurch] doesn't have a theme al all [The clip of a girl talking aboul slashing her throat] wa from a suicide teenage selfhclp lape; I gol il from the library. Cause Christina's obviously aboul suicide. pOle We have a full jaz_ band lhat plays in smaller clubs... We don't really have a name, we've only called it the steel pole bath tub quartet because there's another saxophon player lhal plays... We're going 10 [record], I'm working o my clarinet; I gotta get belter. t>at h The Tumour Circus thing is the three of us, Charlie from King Snake Roost and Jello Biafra and we jusl basically were a band for a week and recorded twelve songs.... There's gonna be a collectors' [single) bul [it's] ihe greatest collectors' idea I've ever heard: it's a defective record. Il's gonna be a picture disc of an x-ray ol a two headed baby and all the discs are gonna have holes drilled through ihc grooves.... It's lolally col lectors'bul whal good isil? You can lislenlo the first half and then il goes "chunk" and ruins your needle! Totally arbitrary.... tllD One thing we're really enjoyed about Canada was the weatherman.. His whole mouth was full of novacaine. He'd just come from the dentist! He still went on!We couldn't believe we were here on this day. 12 DISCORDER Censorship a/k/a The C-Word mg^^^^sm^m^^m^ p*" hi Lkit m iiliiil mi j mm m i \i Hi n ml «m -#w — ill H ii i (i mi > i m*m |k/hich the word "censorship" has popped up all too frcqucn| ^he 2 Live Crew and Ice-T situations. Such caa^s have sparkcl siblq^pects ofthe issue. Instead, talked to Wo people™ho arc part of a group jel the most immediate effects of censorship in our society: the underground artist, or more specifically in this case, the underground musician. You're probably aware of a recent Canadian contribution to the censorship sweepstakes: the Dayglo Abortions/Fringe Records obscenity case. About two years ago in Ncpean, Ontario, the young teenage < Dayglos' record. Daddy w access to resources which your average citizen could. He si their backing, was able to push Any defence of the group rested eventually made it to the Ontario I had no business trying to reguh is preparing an appeal so it's quite nunicipal police officer brought home a copy of y offended by the record's content. Being a cop, he had s of justice rolling a little quicker than I record to^js buddies at the station and, thanks to > a local complaint into the courts, ision and the Constitution so the case Fere a jury decided lhat the government ■person's ireiiUom qj^xpression. Apparently, the Crown Possible the case isn't over^to. And even if it is dead, this case has already had some noticeable effects. I talked to Murray /^^>n from the Dayglos (before the court case was actually decided) to get his opinion on the whole situation, and Rob Wright of NoMeansNo, who was involved in the recent benefit gig for Fringe records. 444 I1U11LLL U I Oil? ^ff-fff^SWrt- ■¥*w **^ 'i .iiii I" i ! M "I i in ■ ■ ■ i mn ni in un ii^ ml mmm m*em>m+m—*+*e+mm I ■Mil itten by Tom Milne *Pmmj* -^ ■■■■Hw*s******M**e******^ - ■J Do you think this is a case of a group of concerned individuals trying to do what is morally right, or are their goals more far-r officcr^^p started it lotivated bt Dayglos were convicted? What's already started lo happen is lhat they've started busting people. The prosecution has a lot of confidence right they realize that the defence can't really afford to defend itself that well censorship? I think one of the things thai the prosecution had going for it is that it happened to be the Dayglo Abortions that got busted first. If it was Leonard Cohen, it would be muc irder for them lo make a For example, if somecon- : old guy looks al a punk wilh orange hair walking down ihe street he's horrified, because jmething alien and strange, 'if he knew the kid, watched grow up, he'd know it's ing other than a form of something bothered me or offended me I could go a lot farther. What would happen if the and the less thatj flowed lo heaj less quahj ihe less can become. That's why you get people flocking to organi- like Ihe Klan, just be- :hey don't understand. It all has to do with education that turns die lights on and gets rid of the fear. themselves. I try wTn^lelters, but I gel more response and get published more down in die Slates. I've even heard from the Civil Liberties organization in the Slates, bul never from ihe one in Canada. ■a. Ir. __1_ Why did youl for Ben H« Records? We also did Jello when he hi and it's really a benefit gig i of Fringe larly vulnerable lo people oimpose their judgen think of a case wlfl.h has been_ won by a government i censorship, especially works of art, but such cas cost tons of money and Be Hoffman has spent in total a mosl 85 thousand dollar That's very close I point and it certainly would be for any olher company i guilty, the verdij guilty, but nexfcnc he gels ; record and il haMome obscene] ganda? That's certainly how your average citizen who doesn't know where a band like the Dayglos is coming ~~"" o view them. My response to lhat is don'l throw the baby out wilh ihc bathwater. There's a lol of ul ihere and there's a lot icty and you jusl cannot ay. If you try doing is jusl itting y! " DaygW spccifil :ord theyW their recording sludia^ fyers had lhal they could ilcd for producing obscene material. Instead, they suggested that theJ)ayglos take the lyrics frorafftr songs and ncone in the of the gov- and gel ihem lo say :lher they thought lhat 'U be iculcd or not. Is that what Do you think this ecu lion an excuse to censor ideas from some ofthe more fringe elements of society: Of ci government to ^oingi that the govemmBf is evil and it's pressing do' poor folks. There' people out there look at the Daygli Isn't that similar to someone on the lef t migI Nazi propaganda and plain that it shouldn't be allowed? I think thei take their work to a lawyer andasking Do you think we can get away ilh this?" lecially since many artists ticipate in the role of mentators un society, which often includes criticizing the government. If yotu^JB^fcdomof cxprcs- :edom of tolerant ai this little slime lhat's what |f~ pie are ifl just noble, moral, gooamannered, en- lightenedJ^J're scumballs as liule animals. And the Dayglos huge and valid point^ song^Wiit dog- farts and Oh J^T my shit ilinks. PeopJ^Biitdoes slink When the good ihey make a ^bout everyone being just imal and don't [seriously. a JANUARY 1991 13 Mr. Fitzroy (Bunny Diamond) Simpson is a truly genuine person. He took time oul of a busy schedule lo meet with Discorder and share his thoughts and opinions about the music that the Mighty Diamonds have had such a positive influence on. Respect due every time. The Mighty Diamonds, being an institution in the industry, must have seen a lot of styles come and go in reggae. What changes have you seen in the music; has it developed mort into the 'dance-hall' style or has it stayed with the 'ro#s' • style? Well actually what happedfcd, over ihc past four or five yearsT the DJ thing ('dance hall' style) kind of take over, since Bob Marley dead, you know, it's most people think that Bob Marley Ls the only one who was travelling with reggae, but there is a lot more people. When Bob want to kind of change up your reggae music, and kind of waler itdownlike for commercial purposes... But if ihe Diamonds should sign up with a company again, I don'l ihink they Ci change the Diamonds musiJ because they tried il once, and we go through rough times a an album called Ice and Fire, got bad reviews and such, but wc go back in the studio and we have to suck STRAIGHT to Jamaican style; wc don't have to change much. Do >ou find record have their own Ideas iihout sound reggae should h. ™^r than^^Bing to authority oTjamai Yes... one time we were on with a big company but ihc contract fell through from 1980, right, ever since, we never get signed with a next company, but it is our strong faith and influence from Jah thai keep us going on more different sound systems playing music in thesame hall, competing for the most original and well mixed selection of music | and the precedents they ; face rtf re) heard the D| ub plate sped yet^^B'ou on any di i you musical phenomenon to people? Well, I tell you what happening, most of these sounds right ney' ve^^Papproi I artist^^Hcall it specials,' I your^^B(system)mighthave wc just .song sp*9*Htafor yi Like specially for "Stone Love" or specially for "Gemini," using their name in the song and changing the lyrics a little bit. Right, a dub plate for your specific sound. A lot of sound (systems) have been approaching the That's where people go to hear current music, whatever the style may be. Yes, Bunny Waller sings dance hall music, but I think s Right, that's not "Dance Hall" music, that's DJ music. Just one aspect of but I f them ^^Bue gfling people the DJ's^^Hore popu- ih.ii is here bday nd gone tomorrow business. By the middle of next year, I don't think that you are going to sec a lot of people around, like now how you see some DJ arc hotter lhan nuff oiheT DJ's, but mosl DJ can't last longer than nine months., ha ha... Marley die, reggae music kind of drop, right, but I think it is coming back now. You know, more and more company getting back into it you see, like Virgin record company was in it ally picked up on reggae, at least to the extent that they did in the late '70s before Mar- ley's death? Well, you see what really happens, without these record companies behind the musicians, just artists by themselves, you can't really go nowhere. And without a radio station, for somehow or some reason I feel that some people behind the music, at some of thecommercial stations, some people hold it back for years now. Like, if you don't be careful, some of these companies 14 DISCORDER the road. We are very popular, a lot of people know us, so, we just keep the faith and keep rolling without the backing of a big company, and I hope that one of these days a company will see )nds and nMthem back album, becausi^kin really ly music y< rk. I don'l that has caused a lot of these problems, but we are still here waiting and working... Diamonds, as a matter of fact we did one the other day for a sound (system), and a lot of sound man keep coming lo us yet we don't really have enough time to do a lot of this work. But I think it is iforreggae.j sts in thej I them p some people what they call "Dance Hall" music, 'cause when ihe Diamonds were mak- Unfortunately that does seem to be too often the case, except for the truly talented big names like Ninja and Shabba. It's all part of the culture. ihenora t*specials,^B^ou seel iblem with ^^H suchl you mentioj|^Hunnyl ;oing bacj^^rd time| classic of them around a bit, and adding them to a new, computer based rhythm or primarily Interestingly, the sound system featuring Bunny Wailer singing for them, "Silver- hawk," boasts having paid him the largest amount ever for any dub plate, demonstrating his popularity and the respect he brings... Yes, that is very good for the usic, and for all artists. In fact, lverhawk approach us, Gemini approach us, and in ihe coming year, you are going to hear a lot from the Mighty Diamonds; dub plate, dance hall, studio w ng with Messenjah I that are a few band you see rising, or have al promise? Well, to tell the truth, I like Messenjah still you know, they are a nice band, and also I have the opportunity to see a band called Lamb's Bread. There are a couple of good bands around, but.. him. If you like, try to change the type of lyrics that he try to put over... like, some people sing protest music, some people sing lovers music and of you lake someone who sings protest music and put them on lovers music, that is not really what is inside of him. That seems to be the key feature in any article or review written about the Mighty Diamonds; sweet harmonies backed by militant lyrics. "do you approach a song len you are writing? Well it varies, sometimes you have the music first and sometimes you have to make a rid- ;tch your melody etc., someone will say "Write a song about this or lhat" but I say "Just write a song." For me personally, I love to write street lyrics. I love to write music about the struggle. Mu: y Di you see... the problem is that some bands really sound good live, but the trick in this business is to make ihe record. To make the hit record that can reach out to people: that is really the trick. break- Definitely the power behind the music... Yes the struggle of the ghetto, struggle of thej rpeople^ when establisnVHyou hal sfore youcQ| hayg, say into what your album sounds like? Well sometime when you sing M_*'r3fe7musl|y»h _fthS OhCttd bWjTW W_7i Mo^fft^c-rthey™* «r* SHll playing greafWusill. *-ofr|s, rt%as daJt Ml *T*nW.. CS^_33naveJI hKrJK^eKVeclyoa_h<_^^ Yeah, and we've been travelling even more places in these times right now. People know the Diamonds all over the world, we 're breaking new ground even though we don't have a company, so we just keep working you know? A lot of people are unfamiliar with sound clashes [two or ha ha... so tell me really what is "Dance Hall" music? ...Ken Booth make dance hall music, John Holt make dance hall music... Bob Marley make dance hall music.. You're an artist and it's your time, you come on the scene, and you reign, but there is always a next artist that come on the scene behind you. Everybody sings dance hall music... dub plates with Bunny Wailer as of yet, but Bunny Wailer is a very special type of person, he likes to do his own original type of stuff, and by appearing in the sound system business Bunny is setting them straight, going in there for a purpose, and giving them a proper taste of how music is supposed to be heard, none these slack lyrics and all that. tion, but sometime itdon't work. You see what really happen, like a producer from Trinidad tell me once, he say that if he is producing an artist, he has to let the artist come out from his inner- man; let the artist put out what inside him. Ifyou try to twist and turn the artist too much you find that you get his music starting to water down, that is not really joritxi writing or is* it balanced between... Well it balanced between, Judgey write, I write, Tabby write, sometimes wecombine... and what been going on now is that I have been doing a lot of producing... for the Diamonds and one or two other people, without a company right? But whenever I find a good song that I produce, that is a strong one, I'm going to just keep it in my bag, it's what I'm striving for. That is the direction the Diamonds are working for. Take a handful of platinum-selling acts, a gaggle of their zealous fans, and cross them w Vancouver City Hall. What do you get? HARD ROCK AND TRUANCY by the Man Sherbet Cinder blocks blanked by a coat of latex beige. Bland and unidentifiable as any back alley walls nearby. Lying between Fairview's condo-encrusted slopes and downmarket Mount Pleasant are warehouses, rows of them. A plethora of nondescript companies exist here: printers, computer wholesalers, couriers. Only the strong aroma provided by a coffee company stands out, for it is something unique on streets full of sameness. A few brave residents are left heTe, but they 're besieged by small businesses all around. Mostly this neighborhood is descended upon by day, by employees who dutifully carry on the productionof widgets. However, within one building is the deadened, half-lit ambience of a recording studio. Here they've produced the greatest air- credibility and no selling power, just a famous past. Bruce Fair- bairn put them to work, that is, between visits to Alcoholics Anonymous. Their presence at Little Mountain was so nonchalant they rehearsed on ihe grassy boulevard out front on sunny days. Eventually their album. Permanent Vacation, was released and Aerosmith were on the comeback trail. Two multi-platinum successes proved to the recording industry they were on to something here. Little Mountain Sound, in the backwater known as Vancouver, became THE hot studio. Soon Whitesnake recorded their biggest seller here. Motley Crue did their stint, then The Cult recorded iheir hit mainstream LP, Sonic Temple. A virtual Who's Who of Rock passed through Vancouver to record AND to relax. punching anthems of the last decade. This is Little Mountain Sound. In 1986, a group of generic strutters visited Little Mountain, drawn by the talents of in-house producer Bruce Fairbaim. The act was called Bon Jovi and they recorded Slippery When Wet. The LP's title was a tribute to Vancouver strip clubs and the latest on-stage shower craze. Slippery sold over 8 million copies; it was the number one besl seller of 1987. Hundreds of Bon Jovi-types sprang up from lhal success and a boy can hardly hold a guitar now without having the complementary streaked hair and pout. The year Bon Jov i was killing them, five more men occupied the studios. When they arrived, haggard and beat, no one thought much of them either. These guys were the Dennis Hoppers of rock. They had little Little Mountain inadvertently became the Betty Ford Centre of recording studios. A lot of these acts had been on a long binge beforehand. But now Motley Crue boasted that they drank orange juice during strip club visits. Steve Tyler visited the Naam to fuel up on vegetarian dishes. It was a nice marriage: these guys came up to Vancouver to get healthy and record, and we got rock star- sighting reports daily. Did you see Modey Crue jump on stage with those guys at the Coliseum? No, but did you see Bon Jovi jump on stage at 86 Street? And so on. Bon Jovi and Aerosmith eventually came back to record new albums but it wasn't so sleepy around the studio anymore. The fans began arriving on Little Mountain's doorstep: autograph-seekers, groupies, and kids with nothing better to do. Motley Crue first brought ihe kids out in numbers, and the first fan toting a spraypaint can. The plain back wall of Little Mountain studios subsequently sported the words, painted in black, MOTLEY CRUE ROCKS. It became customary; the fans needed to get the names of their own favorite acts on the wall. GUNS'N'ROSES!!!, SKID ROW, AC/DC, POISON, SLAYER.METALLICA.Italso became a message board for dialogue between those fans who might have just missed each other. SUE WUZ HERE, POISON SUCKS, and the grateful THANKS BOB ROCK & BRUCE FAJRBAIRN - YER GREAT. Quite by accident, the plain back side of a building became a landmark. This collection of scrawls represented the spirit of the suburban rock fan. They were the social equivalent of cave drawings left by early man. Someday, 3000 years hence, when Vancouver city is forgotten and Little Mountain recordings are relegated to classic rock playlists, an enterprising archaeologist might have unearthed these writings and surmised we were a culture of rockers. But two cooks stepped in and spoiled the broth: Vancouver City Hall and David Lee Roth. The swaggering ex-Van Halen front man is no stranger to the power of rock'n'roll myth. Dave could spend night after night recounting Van Halen hyperbole. And while he was in Vancouver that's what he did. He 'd have a table reserved at the Cecil strip club for him and his cronies, he'd start to talk and everyone would listen. If common fans gol too close, burly men stepped in and ordered them away. This is what Dave meant by getting back to his roots: go to a public place and pay thugs to keep the public back. Dave's slay in Vancouver was classic hype. First he told everyone he was slaying at the seamy Nelson Hotel to make the singer and the band feel rougher. Close at hand cat fights between whores kept him and the boys awake nights, you see. Once, says Dave, he chain-sawed ahole in the wall of a Nelson suite to make it larger. Where did he get the chainsaw? Had he befriend- I: MIKE KLASSEN ed a logger? Little Mountain was no longer the "Betty Ford Centre." Thanks to Dave, it had turned into a summer camp, "Meatballs IV" if you'd like. He kept a very high profile, riding his mountain bike around downtown, or between the studio and his real hotel, Le Meridien. And after all this exposure to our fair town Dave concluded, "You know, the best thing about Vancouver ain't the beaches, or the mountains, no. It's thestrippers, man!" Perhaps he's right; lord knows Dave has visited more places than most of us. As a tribute to Vancouver's pronounced best asset. Roth hired the Mad Artist team lo airbrush a G-strung gal on Little Mountain's back wall. And-lhe cheek!-DAVID LEE ROTH spelled across her bare, swollen chest! At once the back alley behind Little Mountain Sound was no longer a place of pri vate worship for rockers. Onlookers came, and so did the press. No doubt the hard-core loiterers were incensed. She was a nice- lookin' babe, yeah, but the wall had been desecrated. The hardest of the hardcore hangers-on were two unidentified girls, described by workers next door as being no older than 16, and dressed like tarts. In good weather they 'd stay up most of the night outside Little Mountain. A picnic table sits across the alley where employees of a micro fiche company dine and take coffee breaks in summer. Most mornings the staff went out there though, the table was covered in new felt pen doodles, styrofoam coffee cups, and burger wrappers, compliments of the girls. This pair pushed the bounds of decency when they started writing on the wall. Roth's stripper got the worst of it, and the rest of the wall was treated to the girls' can commentary. The wall was ugly, sure. Even without the graffiti it was ugly. But the two girls saw to it that it was profane. Another unidentified player got involved at this point. Someone painted a bathing suit on Lady Roth one night with a brush and there was no saving her. If our archaeologist discovered the wall in that state, the findings would suggest this was a society in chaos. At last, City Hall responded to complaints about the wall. First they notified Little Moun tain Sound that they required a permit for their back-alley beauty. Little Mountain applied for the permit which would have cost them S134.00. But finally the gloves came off. Con trary to official policy whichsays do not censor, the city ordered the studio to paint over the whole Afterwards, the studio posted a little protest sign directing complaints about the new paint job to the Mayor's office. But complaints are of little use now. It's unlikely Roth will buck-up for a new mural, or that the wall will ever regain its old splendor. At best, we can hope when they're done restoring the Sistine Chapel, they might try their hand at Little Mountain. Sadly, our archaeologist will conclude that we were a boring lot. Left are cinder blocks blanked by a coat of latex beige. Bland and unidentifiable, with only the memories of what lies underneath. LITTLE MOUNTAIN SOUND : MIKE KLASSEN JANUARY 1991 15 Saturday, December 1,1990: the end of an error. It was to be D.O.A. s last show ever, and even the signs taped to the door proclaiming a second "last" show ever could not totally ruin the moment we all knew would come sooner or later. After several incarnations, six albums and innumerable other records, the hardest working men in mac jackets had finally packed it in. It was a show where you expected to see faces you hadn't seen for years; some people say that happened. Not to me. In the same vein, you sort of expected there would be a little good-natured spitting, and that maybe Joe would even take a piss off the stage for old-times' sake, but body fluids aren't what they once were, and in a way, neither was the whole scene that night. There were some especially troublesome moments, notably when Joe announced " For those of you at your first Commodore show, we don't throw beer cans at the band." At least someone had the presence of mind to immediately square him in the chest with one. Incidents like this and the money-grubbing second last show not withstanding, D.O.A. was fucking great that night, and must be remembered for being one of the best bands Vancouver has ever seen. With that in mind, Discorder called several people who we thought, for one reason or another, might have something to say about the whole thirteen- year affair, and asked them for a story. Here is D.O.A. as seen through the eyes of those who in some way were there, makin' the D.O.A. scene. If anybody asks my most memorable reminiscence about touring with D.O.A. it would have to be the time an unnamed-band member gave us all those little, crawly, creepy things. - Dimwit (4 Horsemen and ex D.O.A. drummer) It was Jello Biafra who asked me to book D.O.A. at the Mabuhay Gardens [in San Francisco]. A little before D.O.A.'s sound- check on the day of the gig, their dirty, sweating, smiling roadie, Zippy, came in carrying a bundle of equipment. He was followed shortly by the rest of the guys, each carrying different pieces of their own equipment; they had hitchhiked to San Francisco to play their first real road engagement in the States. This 'nothing can stop us' attitude totally knocked me out. I became a fan before hearing D.O.A. play a note. The next show, Joey was banned from the club for having a couple of quarts of Canadian brew backstage (a major negative with the alcohol control folks). Finding himself in the alley behind the theatre, Joey kicked over a few trash cans and was promptly apprehended by two of the city's finest. The cops, though, somehow iden tified with the angry Joey Shithead, and made him sweep up the alley rather than hauling him off. Later, one of the cops joined Jello in persuading us to let him back in to perform. During the next performance, Joey "whipped it out" and, in a graceful arch, sprayed the audience, resulting in everyone demanding free drinks. - Dirk Di rksen, "The Marlon Perkins" of SF Yeah, I do have a few stories to tell about D.O.A. There was the introductory phone call to the Georgia Straight from a guy who 16 DISCORDER called himself Joey Shithead and who had a punk show (one of Vancouver's first) by his band. The Skulls, to announce [and] meeting the very same Joey at Japanese Hall afew weeks later he was unconscious. [Or] putting D.O.A. on the bill of the first Georgia Straight battle of the bands at the Body Shop on Hornby-this was 1978, remember, and having a punk band in a top 40 club was a willful act of subversion- land having] to announce that fifteen-year old Chuck Biscuits had been named best drummer and then run for cover when D.O.A. fans were told the group had lost to a sunny California-styled group named Scarecrow. This... reminds me of the debut of The Potatoes. This was February, 1980. The Potatoes were Ron and Gren- ville (both future members of Bruno Gerussi's Medallion), Dave Saul, and myself (singing and playing drums). Ken Lester had asked us to play three nights with the band at the Buddha, and as February had been named B.C. Potato Month, the idea of playing our first gig with D.O.A. seemed serendipitous. The agreed upon fee was seven cases of beer. For the first night, I had Don Bettsgive me a skinhead haircut. It might have been Don's idea of a joke, but it endeared me to Chuck Biscuits, at least until he heard our band. "Power-pop" he complained, 'I hate pop." Dave, however, who'd made the unfortunate choice of dressing like a member of the Knack (white shirt, skinny tie, vest) was having a little more trouble adjusting to the teeming, gobbing, shorthaired, tatooed misfits slamming into one another in front of the stage and never recovered from one punk grabbing his harmonica for a quick blow before handing it back. Toits credit, D.O.A. rallied to support us, and even Chuck told us the Potatoes were a much better band by the end of our trial by ordeal. We only ever received six cases of beer, though. - Tom Harrison, Province Rock Columnist Wanna know what D.O.A. stands for? The Who. No, that lead guy, what's his name, he's a nice guy. and I have to give them credit for one-upmanship... No Fun could never [have a final concert followed mere days later by another final concert]. - David M (Yeah, that David M) My first D.O.A. gig was at a noon-hour concert at West Van High School in 1980. I attended nearby Sentinel, but went down to West Van to see this show. I think it cost just 50* to get in. The classic D.O.A. line up of Shithead / Rampage / Biscuits had just splintered, and this show featured Joe with Dave Gregg on guitar, Simon Wild on bass, and Andy Grafitti on drums. I recall the audience being divided on D.O.A.'s artistic merit. There was a growing number of people who were into punk rock, and they were all at the front getting into it. In the bleachers, however, were the majority of the audience who were either dumbfounded and silent or-toudly vocal about their feelings that D.O.A. was not 'real men's' rock. These were the guys with cords from Bootlegger and feathered hair who were into exciting new bands like Boston. Classic rock now caters to them exclusively. Anyway, D.O.A. dedicated "I Hate You" to them. They were on a mission. There have been many great shows, but the best D.O.A. gig would have to be their inspired performance as an opening act for David Lee Roth at The Coliseum in 1988. Poison ran out of hairspray and couldn't make the show, so D.O.A. filled in. It was a similar situation to the one above; D.O.A. was playing to the unconverted but rose to the cha I lenge adm irably. Perhaps the funniest, if not worst D.O.A. gig occured in 1982 in a warehouse on Hastings across from Woodward's. The line-up: Shithead, Dave Gregg (sporting a Hare Krisna haircut), Chuck Biscuits on drums, and Dimwit on bass. The show kicked off with the newly re-christened "Fucked Up Ronnie" and the band burned through their set in the usual high intensity manner. About half an hour into the show they started a song but Dimwit screwed up the intro and Chuck startsd yelling at him. This brotherly spat continued until Dimwit threw his bass down and walked off stage. Joe picked up the bass and they did another tune, but something bothered Chuck and he left. Various people appeared on stage to finish the set, but things went quickly downhill. The evening finished with a rasta drummer and a reggae version of some D.O.A. song. As a live band, I think they were one of the best; they encompassed what a rock band should be and i didn t take things too seriously. They were £ the best band in town and now there isn't 2 one. - Ian Noble, Perryscope Productions I went to see them playing with Wasted Lives in March, 1979 atthe Ukrainian hall there in Burnaby, you know; we borrowed my friend's dad's car, and we went out there to our first punk gig. There we were, standing there in a corner at the back of the room, wearing our Point Grey team jackets, looking sheepishly at the crowd, and Joey Shithead came on stage and yelled "You came here for this!!" and unclogged his nose all over the crowd. But when they played they were brilliant, tight, and out of sight. And the crowd went wild... when they finally left the stage, everybody was chanting "D.O.A D.O.A. D.O.A.," and they wanted more, but then Joey came on, and said that someone had beat up the cleaning lady, and everybody had to leave because the cops were there and all. and when we left, sure enough, there were the police and this beat-up cleaning lady. - Greg Garlick, Discorder Writer When I was a little kid, I went with my Mom to a Wendy's burger place on Cambie and I had a single-double-cheese-everything but before I could eat my burger, I had to go to the washroom. Just as I was walking in to the urinal, an unpolitically correct local rocker emerged, much to my surprise and fear. Wow, I said to myself, that's Mr. Joey Shithead of the legenday punk rock combo D.O.A. Later, at the table, still trembling as I slurped up my Frosty, I said "Mom, I just saw Joey Shithead coming out of the bathroom." "I know," she said, "I saw him doing up his fly on his way up the stairs." Who'd have thought that years later on my show, Joey would bring up washrooms again, this time by saying "Aaargh and like a Serviette-what do you do, you wipe your ass with it? Arr harr harr." - Nardwuar the Human Serviette, CITRDJ I guess when I think of them, I just think of how much better they got. When they first came to Seattle in 1978, to a club called The Bird, they weren't very good. They were just a primitive punk band: very wild, punk rock; I don't think I would have thought that much about them if I hadn't kept seeing them through the years, and they turned into one of the most powerful bands ever. It's really sad that they're breaking up. They were really one of the greatest bands. - Kim Warnlck, The Fast- In 1978,1 went out to D.O.A.'s shambling house way the hell and gone out in Burnaby, and interviewed them for Vancouver Magazine. There was a beer strike on so I brought a bottle of Vodka out there, and me and Shithead sat around and talked, and finished the bottle of vodka. We'd heard that some bar out there had some American beer of some sort, so we went out there. It took a long time; we were drunk as newts on this bus and I kept falling on to other people, which was quite an embarassment for Shithead, who's quite a big dude, and can drink a lot and not show it. Finally we went in to this bar, where we spent tons of money, and then Joe got into this snit because he was trying to steal this woman's money-she was an old wino-and I wouldn't let him steal it, so we went out to the street, and he said " You think you're fuckin' better than me, don't you?", and I said "No, I think you can't steal that woman's money." I got really pissed off, and I said "Fuck-I don't care. I'll take you on here," so I got my bag off my shoulder, and I took my watch off, and I said "Let's fuckin' do it!" and he just fuckin' grabbed me by the throat, and heaved me over this hedge. So there I was, and we realized the absurdity of it, and went back into the bar. - Les Wiseman, West Coast Correspondent, TV Guide Magazine I was thinking about the time when D.O.A. and Quintessence records were having problems with each other, and one day I came to work and the front windows were totally plastered with D.O.A. posters. I thought it was hilarious, but I didn't think it was so funny when it turned out I was the one who had to clean it off... it took me two hours. D.O.A. were always like that; they had causes, but were sometimes a little narrow-minded and never realized it affected other people. I don't know if I should say this in print, but it seemed D.O.A. were always the first to raise ticket prices. From three to four dollars, then four to five dollars... it seems ridiculous now, but it was a big deal back then. Anyway, I remember at their first or second gig at Japanese Hall when Shithead took a piss off the stage and semicircled the audience - the audience formed a semicircle, but the grossest thing was seeing this guy just standing there just falling on the floor and slipping, and I was thinking "This is fucking sick." In fact the first time I met Shithead was at Japanese Hall. We were sitting at this bench table, and eventually I said "Uhh... I know you... you're Shithead! What are you guys doing, are you forming a new band?" and he said "Yeah we're getting a new band and we're gonna be called The Marchin' Morons," which was the original name for D.O.A., but they never played as the Marchin' Morons. Then there was the time I played in The Stimulants with John Doe. I d never played drums, but I got a call on the night of the show, and they needed a drummer. By 8 p.m. I was playing drums. We were on the bill with D.O.A., The Stiffs, and Victorian Pork and we were fucking awful. After we played, Shithead came up to me, and - remember this was only D.O.A. s second gig - and said "Well. kinda rough there, but ya got the spirit, if you just keep goin', eh." I just thought it was very nice of the guy, I mean... we knew we sucked, but he was always very supportive of musicians around him. Victorian Pork were headlining that night, and they were THE band at the time; people liked them and didn't really like D.O.A. that much, and after they'd played, half the hall was yelling "Victorian PorW Victorian PorW", and the other half was "D.O.A.! D.O.A.!" This was a really bigchange in Vancouver's music thing, because that turned out to be Victorian Pork's last stand. They pretty much broke up after that and D.O.A. became the punk band that they were that night and held the ball from then on. - Grant McDonagh, Owner of Zulu Records I remember we were all out in New York, and all these people were there, Jello Biafra, Ian Tiles, and so forth, so we had this entourage of about 25 people from the West Coast, and we invaded the New York scene. While we were there, Joe asked me if I would manage D.O.A., and I said "I don't know much about managing a band" and he said "Well, we don't know much about being a band." I met them when I was at Rock Against Racism in Chicago, it was the first one in North America, and D.O.A. was supposed to have a fairly prominent spot, but the old leftists who were putting it on were fairly freaked out by them, especially by the song "Nazi Training Camp" and made D.O.A. play at noon, instead of like 8 p.m., when they were supposed to play. Anyway, my ride met up with this girl, and wanted some privacy, so I asked the D.O.A. guys whether I could get a ride on to New York, and so that's how I first met them. They kept raving about an article I wrote in Public Enemy about Rock Against Sexism, where I had used D.O.A. as a bad example; you know. Randy Rampage used to invite the audience to suck his cock and all ttrat, and they kept saying if they could get the guy who wrote that, they'd break his neck and so forth, and of course it was me. When they found out, they just about hit the roof. I thought that was a really good time then. - Ken Lester, Ex-Manager of D.O.A. It was actuially pretty funny when we met Ken Lester, he asked us if he could get a ride from Chicago to New York, and we said " No problem." We got to somewhere out there in Ohio, and we were pretty broke, so we said "Ken, now ya gotta buy food, 'cause we got no money an' we got no food." He said "Okay, well, I'll go get a seven piece Colonel Sanders' bucket o' chicken", and we said "No, Ken, it's gotta be a 21 piece." "OK, uhhh twelve piece." And then we started pummeling him, and then he came back with a 21 piece, because he knew he was going to get left in the middle of Ohio if he didn't come back with the goods. - Shlthead's version as recorded In 1988. They were bold and refreshing, and ascerbic in a way. Thei- songs were real comments on the times, Vancouver's big answer to the Sex Pistols... I was thrilled when they did my song Takin' Care of Business, and they asked me to be in the video with them, and it kind of gave me new perspective on myself seeing my songs done in a more aggressive style for a different audience. Whenever I'd go on stage with D.O.A. it was incredible to see the crowd reaction; I'd only seen that on TV... it was kind of neat. Maybe we can do like these TV shows that go off the air cause they don't have good ratings, and all the fans write in and the show comes back on... maybe we could have a movement to bring back D.O.A. Maybe have D.O.A. day every year at the Commodore. I'm sad to see them go -1 like the guys very much. - Randy BTO Oh, you mean like when Joey pissed over the van... or the time he pissed into the mail slot at the bank, that was fun. Or like how D.O.A. wouldn't let me take off with their van so I could go sleep on Stonehenge. Back in 1982, Joey used to live in the room next to mine at The Plaza, and I used to have to listen to him and his future wife, Laura, "get it on" every moming...EVERY morning. And Joey, even though things got pretty outrageous around here from time to time, he was a bit shy about the noise, and so one moming he stuck his head through the door and goes "Hey! Taylor! What kinda music do you like to listen to?" and I said "AC/DC! As loud as you can play it!" So every moming I woke up to Hell's Bells. Joey was always really thoughtful... it was a lot of fun living with him. - Gary Failure, Plaza Resident Since 1982 I remember when Joe pissed off the stage at their third gig, and of course the last person in Vancouver to ever do that, or anything like that, would have been about four years before, and that was was Iggy Pop, but even he didn't go to the extremes he was known for. At the first D.O.A. show this one guy went into the bathroom and slashed up his face with a razor. It was really goreville. Hmm... I wonder if Joe knows where I live in case he wants to come around and punch my face in... "The Greatest Band With No Integrity" There's a good thing for the band... That's the one place they always failed, all through their career. Like this thing where they played the last show and then they do another show... after the huge buildup to this one night, and not having a second thought about doing this second show. That's the sort of thing they've been doing all along. In some ways that'sgood; they never think about other peoples' perception s of them... I like that idea, but over the years, they've done things to make them look the opposite to what they are. They never thought about things outs ide of themselves. I think this is one thing that screwed them up a bit. Like Grant (McDonagh) and I have a lot of tapes of their old shows... I don't know if they know about them, but they never had that "Grateful Dead" attitude [of allowing anyone to tape their shows], which I think is what it was really all about, but they never seemed to think so. But they were always up front about who and what they were; a lot of bands sort of shy off the political thing because they look for sales rather than trying to say something, but D.O.A. always stuck to it. Which was great. - Don Betts, Black Swan Records The one thing that stands out when I think back to D.O.A. happened at a New Year's Eve gig at Stalag 13 (now a parking lot next to the Vancouver Playhouse offices on West 8th) that featured D.O.A. as the headlining act. Back at the bar (actually a garbage can filled with Hi-Tests and ice) I'd had just enough to drink that by the time the band rolled on stage I was more than ready. Up at the front, dust and spit were flying as D.O.A. peeled through their set, and I was right along for the ride. As they launched into FUCK YOU, my beer-addled brain suddenly decided it would be best for me to jump up on stage. Stage diving wasn't the rage back then, especially with a stage only six inches high, so the next best thing was to grab Wimpy's mic and join in on the chorus. What better way to usher in the new year than with a defiant " Fuck You!" (not that that even occurred to me at the time)? Well, I got one defiant "Fuck You" in before I felt the sole of Wimpy's boot kicking me flat and hard in the small of the back, sending me flying to the floor, face first, to bite a mouthful of old-car dirt and empty beer cans. I got up, dusted myself off, and waited for someone to say something (or laugh at me), but no- one did. No- body gave a shit and the show kept going. Cool. That's just the way things w - BUI Baker JANUARY 1991 17 the cruel elephant!the bijoux COOL AS FUCK FUCKING DIG IT SAVES YOUR FUCKING SOUL Noteables Irom Aug 2nd on to preistlme and It I didn't mention your lav* don't comt whining to me. Thonki to all ot you who comt to the cruel elephant ond to thoie ol you that haven't been, my opinion of the iplneleu manei with which you atioclate (and maybe belong) Ii clear. To the i * happy new year t here's to a happy heolthy mutic icene In Vancouver H BREAK m.iI to nol ihowlng up - COFFIN rtt band to throw up In the parking lot - UK DIRT... Moil demonic » itlng band - GOD BULLIES... tand that wreaked the moil havoc - DAYGLO AIO&TIONS... land thai drew Ihe moil people Inlo a head drill bounce ofl fhe wall piycholreniy - SNUFF... Cooleit band nobody thowtd tor - TAI... First band - SPUNK with THE BOMBSHELLS Band with the ttupidett name - LADY JUGS 0 PLENTY... Wont band that never thowed up - CIRCLE OF III HEALTH... leit quote Irom our Sound God RON ALLEN: 'You know what I like about punk rock?... Nothing.'... Sand that lays luck the moil olten - MARY... Band to play here the moil olten - MARY... Loudeit bond to play (they ihatlered 2 w_li on the Drat floor) - TT RACER... land that Ron Allen hotel Ihe moil - OCTATRACKTER... Sand with Ihe moil feedback - STEEL BATH TUB... Production company wtth the loweit ihow attendance (3 ihowt) t moil Illegible (pail 10 leet) pollen - PAISLEY... Sand with the cooleit imoking locked - URGE OVERKILL... Band members-«4ti the way cooleit moloicyclei - PAUL ol TT RACER (BMW), YODA ol DOSE PUMP (BMW.), KERR ol THE WONGS (BMW.)... Band leait likely to play anywhere but probably win here - NG" . Band that put up the moil poiteri in their bedroomi - PEE WEE MANSON tor TANKHOG... Band with the highest comedy type banter - MR T. EXPERIENCE... Band that played with Ihe least notice - SONS OF FREEDOM.. Band least likely to play here but might anyway - NOMEANSNO... Least -relentioui rock gods - SKIN YARD... Band with the coolest glow-in the dark IUFFER... Band moil fearful of media stereotypes - 17... Band I guitar ioIoi • OCTATRACKTER... Moil misunderstood - SUPER- Band with the only naked singer - GORILLA GORILLA (with BIF NAKED)... Band most likely to get signed to SubPop ■ LUNG... Band you don't want to fuck with - THE WONGS... Largest veteran punk rock line-up - ART BERGMANN, BRIAN GOBLE a JOHN CARD as CHRIS HOUSTON'S EVIL TWANG with our own RON ALLEN at God of Sound... Best 3 piece all-girl bl SCRAWL... Band with the mosl e«-members (42) - THE UNREST... Band me with the highest unpaid bar tab - STEVE HAMM ot TANKHOG... Peisor gave the biggest helping hand to The Cruel Elephant t whom all forever indebted to - LAURIE MERCER (I love ya ba prefentioi T shirts - I lands that moy come In the new year: TAD, UNION CARBIDE INC., COP SHOOT COP, MELVINS. NIRVANA, JR. GONE WILD, NOMEANSNO, MARY'S DANISH, HELMET, LOVE BATTERY, BUFFALO TOM Some of thete shows may be under very short notice. 1 176 GRANVILLE STREET DEDICATED TO POPULAR BLACK-AMERICAN DANCE MUSIC NEW YEAR'S EVE TICKETS $10. DANCE CONTEST EVERY THURSDAY. 990 NIGHT EVERY FRIDAY. 871 BEATTY STREET DOWNTOWN FULL ENTRANCE SECURITY WED lOPM - 2AM I THURS - SAT 9PM - 2AM BY ANNE JEW Representation of minority groups alone accurate. In the white, male dominated world of film, stereotypes abound from the Asian seductress/ druglord/houseboy to ihe black hooker/pimp/maid to the gay hair- dresser/killer/pedophile and the list goes on and on and on. More recent liberal coverage of minority issues are usually smothered in sentimen- lalism and continue lo be patronizing and condescending. So here is a random list of movies lhat at least attempt to portray real lifestyles if they don't already succeed. For the most part they are accessible movies which can be rented from your local video store. They arc American and European, mainstream and independent. By nomeansis this a complete list. The Color Purple (1985) This film has has been rightly criticised for being a whitewashed sentimentalized adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Alice Walker and for only hinting at the lesbian love affair between Celie(Whoo- pi Goldberg) and Shug (Margaret Avery). But nowhere else in mainstream Hollywood film are so many black women cast in such strong and diverse leading roles in a story thai completely supports and validates female relationships. Directed by Steven Speilberg of E.T. Chan is Missing (1981) The search for his missing friend Chan takes a middle-aged laxidriver (Wood Moy) and his nephew (Marc Hayashi) through a superb and insightful tour of San Francisco' s Chi - natown. From the great scenes of a noisy, crowded Chinese restaurant in which we see a table full of patron s fighting for ihe bill to seniors dancing toSpanish music in Manilatown, a real sense of the people and the place is captured in contrast to the usual inaccurate background roles that Chinatowns are cast in. The diversity in the "types" of Chinese people is evident in the roster of characters and their views of Chan as the two investigate his disappearance. Also Chinese political intricacies and the question of "what is Chinese?" are wound into the pic*. PelerWang.diredorofAGreatWall, is cast as a Samurai Night Fever cook. Filmed in black and white for $22000. Directed by Wayne Wang. Dim Sum: a Little Bit of Heart (1985) This is a more straightforward story of a daughter and mother (Laureen Chew and Kim Chew-real life daughter and mother, respectively) relationship and their cullural differences. Set again in San Francisco, it is funny and poignant and again questions Chinese American idenli- New Mexico along the Interstate called the Powwow Highway is entertaining and somewhat culturally insightful. The characterizations are a welcome departure from the "group" or "sidekick" native slereo- movies, but the film's controlling forces appear lo be main! y white and American. Adapted from the novel by David Seals and directed by Jonathan Wacks, producer of Repo Man. Notably, Farmer won the Best Actor at the 1989 American Indian Film Festival. Sunday, Bloody Sunday (1971) Daniel (Peter Finch) is a gay, Jewish doctor involved in a love triangle with Bob (Murray Head), a bisexual artist and his heterosexual female lover Alex, a career counsellor (Glenda Jackson). This film has been praised for making homosexuality incidental to the slory and the lives ofthe characters rather lhan pushing it to the forefront or just hinting at it in the background. Great performances, especially by Finch and Jackson. Directed by John Schlesinger. My Beautiful laundrette (1985) A really great film focusing on Omar (Gordon Wamecke), a young gay Pakisuni-Brii in London and his experiences wilh colonialism, capitalism, race relations and homosexuality. His best friend and lover is white, lower class Johnny (Daniel Day Lewis) whom he employs at his laudromat, creating an interesting role-reversal. It also satirizes the "Raj" nostalgia of films like Passage to India and Gandhi. Quick, witty, wry dialogue written by Hanif Kureishi, son of a Pakistani father and a Contrasting iheir Liberal London lifestyle is Ran (Indian movie sur Shashi Kapoor),Sammy's father who returns lo England after taking part in fascist political atrocities. Also cast is Roland Gift of Fine Young Cannibals who is laid by Rosie. Again written by Hanif Kureishi and directed by Stephen Frcars. Virgin Machine (1988) Dorolhe (Ina Blum), a West German woman, goes to San Francisco in search of her mother and to research ties. Also directed by Wayne Wang. Other, but much less interesting films by the same director are Slamdance (1987) andEata BowlqfTea (1989). Powwow Highway (1988) This film relays the experience of two different Cheyenne Indians in a comedy, action, drama, buddy, road movie format. Buddy Red Bow (not played by a native bul by Hispanic actor A. Martinez of daytime soap opera Santa Barbara fame) is a cynical activist involved with the India Mov (A.I.M.). His friend Philbert Bono (native Indian Canadian Gary Farm - er of Blue City Stammers and The Big Town) is a more spiritual and loving contrast. Their journey in a beat-up '64 Buick from Montana to white British mother. Originally filmed in 16mm for Britain's Channel 4 by Stephen Frcars. Also commended for making homosexuality incidental to the script. Said Frcars, "Normally films that deal with immigrants are depressing and bleak, treating them like victims. But here Ihey are as funny, rich, vivacious and corrupt as the rest of us." Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987) This movie encompasses almost everything including sex, poverty, marriage, love, race, class, violence and politics in Thatcher's England. It centres on Sammy (Ayub Khan Din), a Pakistani, and Rosie (Frances Barber), his English wife, involved in an open marriage and living in a violent multiracial neighbourhood. ic love i rstheui derground lesbian scene. Quirky and gnlty with dynamic scenes of women-only nights at a stripbar and diverse lesbian characters embracing non-mainstream lifestyles. Also a funny and interesting contrast between her unsatisfying relationships with men in a somber West Germany and her "coming out" in the Slates. It has been lauded for its unconventional approach and for not depicting "nice" lesbians. Filmed in black and while and in German wilh English subtitles. Directed by Monika Treut. Desert Hearts (\9»5) Based on Jane Rule's novel Desert ofthe Heart, il chronicles a divorced university professor's (HelenShav- er) romantic involvement with a lesbian casino dealer (Patricia Char- bonneau) in Reno in lhel950s. Allhough it is regarded as one of the first films to portray positive lesbian roles, it has been criticised for following Ihe conventional Hollywood narrative and internalizing homophobia. Also cast is Audra Lindley, Mrs. Roper of Three's Company. Directed by Donna Deiich who also directed the television adaptation of The Womenof Brewster Place(1989) starring Oprah Winfrey. House Party (1989) Besides being a fun movie involving teenagers, rap, boy/girl relationships and family relationships, it also counters black and teenage stereotypes. Atthe party only one character gets drunk and he is regarded negatively by everyone else. The main entertainment is dancing and rapping. Also when two of the characters get inlo bed they decide not to have sex because neither of them has a condom. Set in midwest America, it takes urban black youth out of the Harlem- L.A. scenery usually found in films. Directed by Har- vard-grad Reginald Hudlin and produced by his brother Warrington Hudlin, both graduates of the NYU Film School. Annie Hall (\V75) Woody Allen's Oscar winning film casts himself as a Jewish comedian who falls in love with a shiksa (Diane Kealon).... If you haven't seen it yel, you should. Slaying the Dragon (1989) Probably not in video stores, but definitely worth looking for is this documentary on the roles of Asian women in the American media. Il examines portraits of Asian women from ihe evil seductresses to the Suzie Wongs to the present Connie Chungs. Directed by Deborah Gee. 18 DISCORDER SECRETS ENTRUSTED TO A FEW BY JUDITH LAHTI The last Re/Search publication, Modern Primitives, took us through the realm of body modification from tattooing to pee-pee piercing. Now the Re/Search core of Vale/Andrea Juno and their crew bring us FREAKS: We Who Are Not As Others by Danici P. Mannix, and The Atrocity Exhibition by JG. Ballard. Like any other Re/Search publication, these books are beautifully laid oul, easy to read and crammed wilh graphics and photos. FREAKS: We Who Are Not As Others The author spent three years as a sword-swallower and fire-eater in a carnival side show, living among and performing wilh "Freaks" of all kinds. Pinheads, midgets, giants, misshapens and those seemingly "normal" till the moment the bizarre is revealed. I'll admit the first thing I did upon purchase was spend time absorbing the pictures. Sure, I'll read the text, but lemme at them pictures dude. And that's human nature. The stories are true, these people are real ('cept the "grifts" or fakers), the photos are graphic and the carnival is coming to town boys. This combination gives a concise, proud look al folks"whoarcnotas others. "The 10 chapters include: The Wild People, The Not-So-Jolly Fat People, Look Ma—Three Hands (Mr. Mannix possesses a droll sense of humour) and The Gentle Giants. Mother, Am I a Boy or a Girl? is the chapter on hermaphrodites. The subjects in this book seem dated today. Much included here is lame compared to what we're used to seeing on, say, the evening news. Here nostalgia reigns; even the cover with ils "old fashioned" aqua- green colour evokes a sense of the past. Does the side show exist today? And where do the "Freaks" haunt? The Atrocity Exhibition Re/Search take care of their friends and JG. Ballard is indeed a good buddy. Ihe earlier Re/Search #8/9 was a comprehensive history of Ballard cently published guide to the books sold ai AMOK's store in LA. The guide is under ten bucks and gives detailed accounts of all sorts of publications/propaganda available from the store. Invaluable. 360 pages of insight.) calls the Atrocity Exhibition "ihe essential Ballard work. Clinical. Obsessive. Fetishislic. Erotic. Violent. Nonlinear." Il's very odd—that's whal I say. A bombardment of images, body pans and med - ical situations. The mosl infamous passage from this book is entitled "Why I Want to Fuck Ronald Reagan." Wow, eh? This was written in 1968 and even mentions the word "assassination" in the first line. Ihe three page story is a clinical study of the then-Guv of California, from his facial rigidity lo genitalia and, of course, hairstyle. Ihis edition includes five additional fiction pieces and extensive annotations. Along with photos by Ana Banado and medical illustrations by Phoebe Gloeckner, you're on your way. Re/Search books are an education in extremes. Othcrtcxls include: Incredibly Strange Films: Fantasia is not included. Interviews wilh directors of the infamous and obscure. Genres such as Biker, with the Atrocity able, this enigmat- If pressed to explain Ballard one could say he's the original cyberpunk from the '60s. Put fantastic literary, medical, futuristic, poetic, optimistic / nihilistic, sexual, political and movie-siar-siudded imagery inlo a bag and hurl il inlo space— The AMOK sourcebook (Pardon me while I digress for a moment: this "fourth dispatch" is a re- Mondo, LSD and Women in Prison flicks. A perfect counter balance lo Ixonard Mallin. Industrial Culture Handbook: A reference book describing the art of Cabaret Voltaire, Mark Pauline (of Survival Research Laboratories), Boyd Rice and others. Gory, graphic and gratifying. Ihe history of early tions wilh John Waters, Henry Rollins, Jello Biafra, Abbie Hoffman, Karen Finley and more. A chance to meet a wide variety of under/over ground malcontents as they discuss theirmosl devious ex pi oils. Ihc only Re/Search book with a disclaimer! William S. Burroughs/ Throbbing Gristle!Brian Gysin Interviews, collages and writings from these unique people. Rare and unusual material. A must have. William S. Burroughs Dead City Radio Island The lille of William S. Bur roughs' first recordings with inslru mental backup is perfect. A ghostly quality follows many of die tracks, though the reading is never dead, or worse, dull. Ihc 17 pieces (mosl under three minutes in length) have Bill reading from new and old writings, including "Apocalyspsc" from a catalog produced wilh the late Kcilh I faring (to whom this album is dedicated). Olhcrsarc"AThanksgiving Prayer," "Love Your Enemies" (often the best revenge) and a wonderfully dry reading of "The Lords Prayer" backed by Chns Stein. Burroughs was recorded al his home in Lawrence, Kansas. Al 76 WSB sounds in fine form. Never a fast talker, the words fall from his mouth in a slow drawl. Occasionally words arc lost, yel will be picked up on repealed listens. Among the live- unpublished texts included is the short and amusing "Brion Gysin's All Purpose Bedtime Slory." Ihc oldest text is "You Gol Any Eggs lor Fals" from Naked Lunch. Hal Willner, long involved in recorded arts projects, was co pro ducer of the album. Willner also chose the NBC Symphony Orchestra to back WSB on five cuts. These recordings were made almost 30 years ago yel still lend an urgent ambience. Olher musicians backing WSB include John Cale (stirring piano), Sonic Youth (a very short instrumental of 40 seconds), Donald Fagen and Lenny Pickett (who co- wrote four tracks and leads a hot band). The oddest thing on this album is Burroughs singing "Falling In Love Again" from the 1930Marlene Dietrich film, "The Blue Angel." This saddest of love songs so apropos for one who has led a mosl extraordinary life, is sung in Gcr- Dead City Radio is released at a time when olher poets are recording wilh music. The successful John Giorno compilations and Allan Ginsberg's "Ihe Lion for Real" arc examples. Humour and healthy cynicism abound on die Dead City Ra- Pn iks.lnl MONTH: In my struggle to end literary snobbery, I declare Star the mag o the month. It deserves this title; the superb weekly publication has information (some call it gossip), health tips, the Royals, Dear Meg (a juicy agony column). What People Are Wearing and oodles more. AU this for 89 cents! Starcan be picked up just about anywhere, especially those 24 hour places. I must stress thai Star is not like other rags such as the Globe. It's great. So good in fact that I' ve clipped pages formy journal. These include: —Bart Simpson is really a woman and ten other wacky little known facts aboul TV's zaniest —Movie star David Hassel- hoff buck naked except for strategically placed Shar-pei puppies. Yum. —One of those separated al birth? photos with Sinead O'Connor and wooden dummy Knucklehead Smith. Pre-Sinatra incident. —Loads of Twin Peaks stuff. They were the firsl national mag to investigate Snoqualmie, Wash. Greal" supporters" of Dave Lynch. Ihis is die stuff to read while your laundry spins, while stuck in traffic, while taking a bath, while escaping reality for a bil. Ihe Star is amazingly abstract. It's wailing for you. Go on, I won't tell. 20% OFF SALE DEC. 26-31 ___rggp albion books 523 Richards St. Vancouver 662-3113 20% OFF SALE DEC 26-31 THE BOOK £ comic EMPORIUM Vancouver's Largest Selection of Almost New and Used Paperbacks and Magazine Back Issues Large Range of Hard Cover Books Thousands of New and Collector's Comics We* Buy, Sell or Trade 1247 Granville near Davie 682-3019 3347 Kingsway 430-3003 Open 7 Days a Week ALL STOCK WITH THIS AD JANUARY 1991 19 BLECH Ich Wollte Meine Schuhe Zer- schneiden Heute Imagine taking a 1930's Berlin cabaret act and updating il for the 90's. Imagine lhat this cabaret act featured ihc lound ol llolger C/.ukay, Klaus Nomi, I Moon, the Kronos Qui tct .uuIj liberal spimklii of big hand and |.i// rcl gees. Then you won almost be able lo COST a drug ad- German ba ml ol the I Blech (German for tin). Rupert Volz and company oiler the listener a refreshing change of musical pace. Ihe music evokes ihc feeling and texture of edge, images ol ihe film Cabaret and even ihc King's Singers' excellent tribute to the Comedic Harmonists of pre-war Berlin, come lo mind. The music ranges from the somber rendition of lleinnch Heine's poem "Die Ein- 0 the "She's So Clean," a song aboi diet. A Spanish influence flavours the iracks "Spanisches Begracbniss" and"I_i Vida.""DerZertreltcneMan Blues" pays hommagc to Weill and Brecht. Ihe disc is rounded off by the decadent carnival atmosphere of Pypl Garda. All in all a thoroughly enjoyable recording; one of this year's most interesting and offbeat releases. Peter Sickert COCTEAU TWINS Heaven or Las Vegas PolyGram/4AD IJz Eraser's otherworldly vocals and Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymondc's velvety fluid expanses of sound create a slate of al- statc of being simUar lo lhat of being a five year old dozing in the back of the parents' car as they drive home on the late night rain slicked streets after a large family dinner. There you are lying in the womb like warmth of the gently rocking car, the hiss ofthe tires on the wet black top, r performed by Bepi Crespan Ihe the comforting half heard murmurs of the parents, the regular heal ol ihe windshield wipers, ihc pallet of the ram, your belly happily full of good food and you feel warm, safe and content. Ihis is the music of the Cocteau Twins. Heaven or Las Vegas is the seventh installment of the ten year musical Odyssey of the Cocteau's, and offers ihe further re fincmenlof their ether like sound. It is music that exists in your semiconsciousness, music lhal eludes your grasp like the dying memory of a dream or like the expenence of having a word on the lip of your tongue, you can sense its meaning and structure but you can't articulate it. Ilea venorljas Vegas is very good. Especially outstanding are the hazy "Cherry Coloured Eunk," the plain "lol/epohtik" and the captivating "Iceblink Luck." Incredibly seductive Peter Sickert DANIELLE DAX Blast the Human Flower WEA / Sire Danielle's gone mushy and soft. I Ier clevermusic has been watered down Ihe once intriguing sound has given way to clumsy quasi-hardrock nffs and unappeallingly smallzy disco thumping. True that her clever lyrics still peek through every now and then, but the heavy handed compositions do iheir best to dilute their impact, a great pily. The two mosl tolerable tracks "Bayou" and "Daisy," interestingly enough, are produced by Dax; the remaining cuts, produced by Stephen Street, are on a whole quite annoying. Perhaps I'm just in a rotten mood, with Christmas, the rain and all lhat, but Dax's newest is definitely a lost opportunity and well below her usual standard. Peter Sickert GODS ACRE Ten Gospel Greats Wax Trax God's Acre are a three-piece from Chicago. Ten Gospel Greats is their first full-length LP, though they've had numerous singles, including a track on C/Z Records' Teriyaki Asthma Volume 4. This album highlights God's Acre's brand of power chord guitar grunge, with pleasingly heavy bass and drums Admittedly, this is nothing very new, lots of '70s guitar effects and the like However, God's Acre are really good at whal they do. Solos aren 't totally out of control and the vocals are good 'n' raspy. Compansons lo Sub Pop bands are kind of inevitable, but I can say wilh some confidence that God's Acre put the majority of the Northwest scene to shame. Apparently the band is used lo these compansons, as the accompanying press release explains how God created the world on the firsl day, ihcn the guitar, then long hair and bell bottoms, then Seattle, then rock music. Good n' noisy grungc- KID SENSATION Rollin' With Number One Nastymix Nastymix can do no wrong these days. All their releases are very well produced, and RoUin' With Winner On* is no exception: this is once smooth package. The only negauve thing is that this Kid Sensation effort sounds almost loo much like Sir Mix- A-Lol's Seminar (another greal Nastymix release, by the fay). Bul standable because Lot played a role duction and perfc here. The Kid has a greal "pissed off" voice and some of these beats rip it up. Rating: 9 Gold Rope Chains out of 10. Bye. Greg Elsie MARY'S DANISH Experience A&M / Chameleon Despite being packaged to look like Jimi Hendrix' Expenence, no one is going to dispose of their Hendrix collection in favour of this band. Given a fair shake, this album is quite listenable and even enjoyable. Mary's Danish has a polished garage band flavour ai limes reminding one of Bob's Your L'ncle or more remotely the B- 52's without ever sounding like either. The one track lhal, ironically enough, did start to irritate, was the cover of Hendnx' "Foxey Lady," which managed to include a couple of Zeppelin riffs. This band isn't a substitute for Hendnx, but if you're looking for another album lo enjoy, give this one a spin. B. Arschome NOISE UNIT Frequency Response Antler-Subway Noise Unit is a collaboration between Eroni Line Assembly's Bill Ueb and Rhys Fulber and Klmik's Mark Verhaegen and combines the best of both bands. Noise Unit fuse I'LA's aggression and Klinik's minimalism with very satisfying results. There's some interesting noise experiments such as "Forgotten Realms" and "Paranoid Mars" or the heavily rhylhmic"Agitale"and"Fecl the Anguish": a must for techno fans. June ROLLINS BAND Turned On Touch n'Go/1/4 Stick Admittedly, I love Rollins. This is a biased review if ever there was one. However, lhat said, this is still an amazing album. Turned On is a double album recorded live in Vienna in the fall of 1989. Highlighted is the sheer intensity of thai dude Henry Rollins. Yeah, he's nasty, he's depressing, he's heavy. Whal do you expect? He's a dude! The Rollins Band is unquestionably one of the mosl talented musical monsters in the arena of sweaty, tattooed, gnnding crunch. Il's hard to classify what Rollins does. It's notquite hardcore. At some points it's funky (Andrew "Ten Ton Bass" is GOD), at others il's a strain of twisted metallic blues. It's super loud, way heavy, and, as Henry would say, HARD! Definite standouts on this puppy include the wrenching "Down and Away," "Turned Inside Out" and "Oul There "Oh baby, this is a wonderful piece of work. Rollins better olay here before I die. Mikey VARIOUS ARTISTS Towering Dub Inferno ROIR ROIR is a cassette-only label out of New York, specializing to a degree in reggae and dub. Towering Dub Inferno is a "best of*' kind of sampler, if you're inlo dub style reggae this sel is worth checking oul. Side One starts with Lee Scratch Perry's reworking of "Satans Dub"; a 1988 collaboration wilh producer Bull- wackie. A light groove from Scratch. Then it's history lime wilh the first of two rare iracks from the early Sherwood/Dub Syndicate session "One Way System." The dub continues with Scicnust, Ras Michael, and Prince Eari doing a cul by Japanese percussionist Pecker (named afler the bird, nol his dick) as 21st Century Dub. "The Beggars Suite Pi I, U, & III," features some pretty silky vocals and tasty inslrumentals. Opening Side Two are German rockers Puis Der Zen working under the wing of Ace Dub Wiser The Mad Professor at Checkpoint Charlie. The Professor reappears again later with punk legends Ruts D.C. in a remix of "Pleasures ofthe Dance." Not quite as powerful as the original on Rhythm Collision Volume 1, bul then again, the original is pretty hard to find these days. I'm slill waiting for Volume II. ) Of I! Japan's Mute Beat, whose Skataliie- influenced horns add a pleasant lease. Black Uhuru, Niney The Observer, Sanchez, The Dub Syndicate, and the RoirTape embarrassment Roots Radics add lo 60 minuiesofdub.Ofallthe sessions Roots Radics have played, why "Joy To The World" is here is beyond me. Nonetheless, Towering Dub Inferno is well worth ihe price of admission Norman Van Ras- Co-Pilot performed by Ruud Gullit Many questions enler one's head when making lhat trek stateside. Eor instance: "Why does ihe Scottish Lodge in Bellingham never have any vacancies?" or (looking around Seattle as tourists so often do when in Seattle) "Why do all these cars have their windows smashed in?" Yet another could be "Why are we bringing along all ihese cassettes to listen to?" So I sez "Shaddap and keep pushing, the show starts in less lhan an hour!" SLAVEK HANZLIK Spring in the Old Country Festival/MUSA Driver: Expecting Croatian war chants, no it's Slavek Hanzlik and his band of merry fiddlers. Co-Pilot: Sounds like a Friendly Giant jam. Maybe il's D: All strings. There's a banjo in there along with lhat country fiddlin'. The third track ("Bill Cheatham") is the intro for Hillybilly Jim on WWF. CP: Perfect for CKVU's 'Pioneer Moments' where they are making maple syrup or building a lodge. RICK POLTARUK When Spring Comes Festival/New World D: Sounds like ihc 'Raised on baseball, Canadians' baseball' dude. CP: R&B, Yale Hotel fare. I can see him on the Variety Club Telethon. D: Yeah, he kicks the Mclloyds' collective ass. He's from Vancouver, huh? CP: Well his label has a Vancouver address, bul in the liner notes he thanks the folks up in the NWT. D: Did you hear lhal? Rewind it. ("I said I'm walkin' Baby. You know what I'm doing? I'm putting on my brand new Nikcs. I'm walking all over your face. I'm walking all over the house, then I'm walkin' out the front door, you won't see me no more".) So he's a wifebeater who's looking for a sponsorship from Nike, like "Rick knows R&B...just do it." Now we get to "Trailin' On": "The bright sky threw i wind. I've landed on the road again. I'm leaving...Trailin' on." CP: Must have been a Liulest Hobo themesong reject. D: Or a commercial for some high fibre cereal. So overall we can say When Spring Comes is a mix of R&B with some country elements. Get this boy a the PAULINE ESTER Le Monde Est Fou Polygram/Polydor CP: Big band, jazzy-influenced. D: Not really in a poppy vein, but more pop lhan jazz. Sophisticated French pop which should do well in France but not here. They've got different standards/ concepts of pop music over there. It's not Canadian content so there really is no reason for Canadian stations to be playing this. CP: French movie music, but not for radio. D: Yeah, bul lhat's what every anglophone says about e pseudo-African chanting in it. D: I heard the word 'pamplemouse' in "Feline" which reminds me of a good story. Once I had a really bad sore throat as I often do at this time of year and since milk builds up excess mucus, I was looking around the house for some juice and the only thing we had was this 48oz tin of Libby's Grapefruit Juice. So I drink it down. Keep in mind lhat I hate grapefruit juice from cans. So anyway, I finish the can and suspicious, I open it up to find the tin had rust splotches on the inside. I swore I would never again purchase Libby's products. Anyway, Ester could probably get away wilh an album like this but aside from CJVB, Vancouver radio isn't thai keen on attracting a specific French market for its advertisers at the expense of possibly alienating other groups of listeners. CP: Side two is the same as side one. D: Well lhat's good because we can listen to this tape twice in the lime it takes to listen to the other tapes we brought only once. 20 DISCORDER Demo Director Dale SawyerV TOP 50 CASSETTES' AND DEMOS 1990 (in absolutely random order)' FYF - Banned from the Railway Club The Rock-way Revue ■ *l Could Love I You*/ *Oo I Move You?* Pur-Ins • 3-song demo The Surrealsts - iFish! The Jazzmanian Devils - Happy Hour I Wallmen - Nemllaw: You are the Wallmen! The Mint 100-The Mint 100 Show Business Giants • The Benevolent! Hom ;;;*r1ary • Amgod.Mary, and "Gallows Pole* I Roots Roundup - Get Rooted! Jojoka • Jojoka Bent - Death Tnp 1990 The Hoover Effect - The Eighteenth Wonder of the World Neighbours - Live in 79 Planet of Solders • Underground and | Planet of Spiders ; Terror-T & The Beat Assassinator - The I Life and Times Bruce A and The Secular Atavists - Both! 3-song demos ie Perfume Tree • "Dreaming in Winter"! Hlroshl Yano - Wind's Picture Drums Along the Gardiner • Boronto | The Last Wild Sons - The Last Wild Sons| Pork Queen • From the Cain Toad Sessions Watch CNId ren • 9-song demo illy Faryna • Return of the Repassed «#♦*! - Bnght Red Paint b - 8-song demo \ rttlrlees - Mood Swing i Brisson • 6-song demo Guzanos - Hermanos Guanos Snakesqiirt • Songs for Casualties |i Natural Elements • Winter Moon The Smalls - The Smalls Medda-Physkal - Medda Physical | :?The Nlghtstalkers - Cloud Nine in Outer I Space Laughing Hands-EE The Polka Dogs - The Pol ka Dogs | Ironing Pants Definitely - IPD Eden's End - 6-song demo Tony Baloney's Dance Ensemble • 5- | song demo liHIgh Speed Sacrifice • Chain Saw Guitar| Bacteria - Identification Honest John - 8-track Madness The Long Named West Coast Band - | "The Palm Tree Song* Vox Popul - On Beyond Zebra | The Picasso Set - "Bitter Lemon*/ fBetrayed (by Rita Hayworth)7*Toytown*| The Hollowheads • 3 song demo Furnaceface • Let It Down Za Za and The Angels - Rare First Recordings Windwalker - 3 song demo Bias Ply-Hate Not to say there weren't many other fine! tapes to keep me busy throughout the year, i Local bands also put out some extremely'! fine CDs and vinyl last year; 8ob's Your| Uncle's Tale of 2 Legs album and Tank! hog's new CD spring to mind immediately. 1 And after seeing Wings ol Desire for the if second time recently, I decided to check | out Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds' new! album The Good Son and I have to concur;! with Pete Lutwyche in that it's a gorgeous, | moving work-easily my top record for the! year. Thanks to all the bands and artists | who sent me demos in 1990, and let's | nope fer even more in 91. Jj Wowcee, iwo vinyl things from the Fastbacks in a very short time! Their wild'n'fun LP came oul aboul iwo months ago, but the Fastbacks' lunc "I>ose" on the Steve Priest Fan Club split single they share wilh co-Seat- tie-lypes Gas Huffer is surprisingly disappointing. Its sound makes il seem like you're sitting in a long hallway and one room at one end has Kurt, Kim and Nate playing, and another room way down at the very far other end of the hall has Kim singing. Somethingisn'tquitcright, and unfortunately it's lacking in the energy that we've grown lo expect from them. On theoiher side is "King of Hubcaps" and it's yet another fast, rocking single song from Gas Huffer. They've been on so many (well, three or four) compilation 7"s. When oh when will we ever see a big chunk of vinyl from these guys? One thing tho' is thai with these evenly spread out, consistently tasty hors d'oeuvres. Gas Huffer followers are sure lo be kept drooling for their next release. Two new, ralher interesting releases from that Cruddy Record Dealership, one by the Young Fresh Fellows entitled "Motorbroke" b/w "Equator Blues" and the other "Dancin' iniheMoonlight"b/w"Do You Care Theme" by the Gun Sharp'ncrs (who actually sound suspiciously like the aforementioned Fellows, hmm...). May I please ask one question? Have the Fellows gonecompletelyloopyorwhal? Firsl "Divorce #9" b/w "Halloween 347" and now this. Oh to hear Mr. Mc- Caughey's voice once more, unal tered. More weird vocals, more weird sounds! Very odd! The oddest by far here is "Do You Care Theme" which consists of... well, I'd belter not ruin the surprise. Only for hardcore YFF fans or for those of you who've gone completely loopy too. And there's yet another Young Fresh 45, ihis one on Pravda Records. Of all these recent YFF lunes "Two guitars, bass and drums" comes closest to that ol' familiar Fellows' sound, but if you prefer the hard'n'heftier Fellows check out "Someone I care aboul" which features ex-Fellow Chuck Carroll with some nifty organ bits. Seattle's Bent - not to be confused with Vancouver's Bent (both of whom have virtually ihe same logo, mind you il's yel to be determined who was first) - have had their 7" "Actual Footage" b/w "Black and Dreams" out for some time now. I saw it first in a record bin in Seattle thinking it to be the Shindig '90 finalists from up here, but nope this Bent is something very different. Strange lhat it's their Canadian counterparts whoare the ones comingacrossasratherSUB-grungy wallofguilar-POPish. Here you get bleak, distressing lyrics (which are scrawled out for your reading pleasure) and a sort of disjointed mix of jazz-funk-melal. Il's been done better elsewhere, bul this is okay I guess. Mad Mad Nomad, lasl heard on CiTR with their lunc "Ecstasy," now have a fashionably coloured (while) vinyl single out and about on Green Monkey Records called "Keeper ofthe Cage" b/w "Double- Edged Dreamer." Real slick and polished stuff this is, in fact, they could stand to back off a little production-wise. Overall.sortofWalk- aboutsian but a bit heavier and funkier. Gotta say one thing about The Smugglers first-ever solo vinyl endeavour "Up and Down" b/w "Seattle Bound," it sure looks good. Almost too good. 7" fanatics will gobble this one up for thai cover alone. The second release off the Nardwuar label comes complete wilh a mini booklet wilh mini band and fan club info. "Up and Down" has been around for quite a while now, so I've not much lo say aboul il except il features ihe voice and tambourine of Young Fresh Scott Mc- Caughey and Posie Jonathan Auer respectively. A fairly bouncy romping fun tune with lots of harmonica. As for the flipside, "Seattle Bound" is prefaced by an interlude between Kim of the Pandoras and Nardwuar —brief and kinda pointless but it's more interesting lhan ihe tune itself which drags a bit and is basically just more idolization of the F.mcrald City. Hey guys, can't wait 'til you're twenty-one, eh?! Ever heard of US draft policies? Hell, if that means five Canadian lives will be spared yes, please go to Seattle, stay for more lhan 48 hours and don't bring your passport. Let's see what Kim Pandora has to say when your scorpion -bitten -mustard-gas -frosted sub- 120 pound corpse arrives back at Edwards Airforce Base in a five- foot purolator envelope. Stick with the Nard and pass on the Tug. With Seaweed's new 7" on K, don't be cxpectin' any major changes from their past 7"ers. That is, it's cool as cool as cool can be. The vocals on "Dccrtrap" don'l sound quile as tortured here as on "Just A Smirk" or on their combo-45 "Three's Company" with Super- chunk and Geek. They're somehow much clearer. Near the end suddenly bang! it seems like a completely different song. Along with "Carousel" two more songs to shake yer hair lo. Plus it comes in a nice 'n' simpleblack sturdy cardboard sleeve. The Mr. T. F'xperience is re knowned for being lame on record compared to their live sound but "So I-ong Suckcr"/"Zero" (1 .ookout) is a great piece of pop punk that totally rocks. Even so, I'd ralher see them live any day. Conversely, I gotta say Coffin Break arc better on vinyl than in person. The band Sub Pop once scorned now has a single oul on the mighty label. "Iics'T'Pray" features heavy guitars Seattle style wilh slight punk overtones and some definite pop sensibilities. If you like this, check out iheir album out on C/Z records which is even better. Blecarrgghhh. Unholy Swill's "Tapewonn" (Noiseville) is ugly, ugly music. Kind of like Rancid Hell Spawn without the "pop" overtones. Distorted growling vocals and nasty guggling music that unfortunately gels less interesting with repeated plays. Nice corpse on the cover though. I picked up the No Control At the Country Club Live compilation (Nemesis) almost solely for the Bad Religion tracks which turned out to be much the same as the album versions. Carry Nation and Visual Discrimination both put in some passable but generic thrash. Instead remind me of some old Cal skate- core band, not exactly a style dear lo my heart. But overall this little record is very well recorded and mixed, giving it a great live sound. I've heard Nemesis records have a whole hot slew of live 7"s, well worth checking out. The word "noise" comes up naturally when talking about the Cows but their latest songs on Amphetamine Reptile are memorable lo boot. "Slap Back" is a total noise masterpiece complete wilh a catchy, distorted bass riff, gorling guitar and cool droning vocals. "One O'Clock High" is more upbeat but still noisy as hell. The Cows will be around long after bands of similar ilk pass I suspect Youth Gone Mad's "Life, Sweet Life'7"Oki-Dogs" (Posh Boy) is one of those limited edition re-releases lhat you can't mailorder from the label and good luck finding it in the stores. This is really hot early punk wilh lots of energy and groovy male/female vocals. "Life, Sweet Life" strangely enough sounds like a punk rap lunc with a tough driving intesity and satisfyingly sarcastic lyrics. If other Posh Boy re-releases are anything near this good it might be worth killing someone in order to obtain ihem. BY ADAM & TARA SLOAN I lello! Tnis is the first installment of a monthly rap column concentrating on local and Canadian happenings. We'll also sum up new releases, but instead of emphasizing ones which sell in the tonnes, we'll look al those which are taking rap in a fresh, responsible, new direction. So no mention of the likes of Vanilla Ice, OK? If rap is to survive it must be used to educate, or al least not fall into ihe trend of all style, no sub stance, big production dance tunes with meaningless lyrics. Ifyou arc a local rap act, send your stuff in lo us care of Discorder and if you have anything good oul Ihe sleeve! The Devil Made Me Do It (Tommy Boy) is packed with bass and smooth raps like a mix of LLCoolJ and Rakim I finally gol my hands on a copy of Ice Cube's debut solo CD, AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (Ruthless/Priority), and he's definitely slammin' without N.W.A. With his "mc against ihc world" allilude, it's obvious Ice Cube isn't going to get ganked again like he was by N.W.A.'s business manager Jerry Heller. 'Hie 16..*) iracks were produced by the l\iblic Hncmy production crew and Ice Cube's Lcnch Mob. It is ultra messages, and MC J and Cool G released So Listen (Capitol), their clichcddanceablerapalbum.lt seems thai the only way to gel signed in Canada is lo come up wilh sale, danceable rap, further proven by the Dream Warriors' singles "Wash Your Face In My Sink" and "My Definition..." (MCA/Island/4lh & Two interesting albums have reached my ears in the past month. The first is Intelligent Hoodlum (A&M) by the 18 year old rapper Tragedy. This guy has something to say, apparently having had a hard childhood, but most of the tracks lack real conviction. Still, not bad for an 18 year old. Marley Marl produced, so you get something smoother than I personally like and lots of little piano samples, a Marley trademark. The secondalbum ismorc important. It's by ihe new act Paris and it kicks a lot of knowledge; check copied bca CiTR playlist is As Kosher As They Wanna Be (Hot) by the 2 Live Jews, a takeoff on the 2 Live Crew with and very lame produc- I-'inally, here's our list of the ten besl albums of 1990. 1. X Clan: To the East, lilackwards (MCA/lsland/4lh & B'way) 2. Public Enemy: Fear of a Black Planet (CBS/Def Jam) 3. Boogie Down Productions: Edutainment (BMG/Jivc) 4. The Jungle Brothers: Done By the Forces of Nature (WEA/Elemal) 5. The Afros: Kickin' Afrolistics (CBS/Def Jam) 6. Ice Cube. AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (Ruthless/Priority) 7. Paris: The Devil Made Me Do It (Tommy Boy) 8. Ice-T: Freedom of Speech, Just Watch What You Say! (WEA/ Rhyme Syndicate) 9. A Tribe Called Quest: People's Instinctive Travels... (BMG/Jive) 10. Urban Dance Squad: Mental Floss For the Globe (BMG/Arisu) JANUARY 1991 21 |£_>HiNdi£ 14 MONDAYS, 27 BANDS LATER SHINDIG'90 WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO THANK A FEW FOLKS: THE BANDS. PRELIMINARIES ELBORE JAMES, VASECTEMOIDS, SUN DOC SUN, PICTURE PAINTINGS, DARKLING THRUSHES, PHINEAS CAGE, PURPLE CrTY, SHINY GREEDY, SMILEYS, AUNT ACID, FROM BEYOND, NAKED YOUTH, WATER POETS, BLUE LAW, BUCKNAKEDS, THE SESSION, OCTATRACKTER, MIND THE GAP. SEMIFINAUSTS TOXIC JIMMY, BARON VON FOKKER, RATTLED ROOSTERS, SUPERCONDUCTOR, MAISHA TRILOGY, MEDUSA'S RAFT. FINALISTS BENT, WINDWALKER, ZAZA 4 THE ANGELS. THE JUDGES. RICK ARBOIT (NETTWERK PROD.), DAVE BADANIC (CJIV/ l TOUCH'N'COS), BILL BAKER (CiTR/DiSCORDER], GAVIN BROWN (DiSCORDER), DON BULL, AL CAMPBELL (ED BANGER PROD.), PAT CARROLL (CiTR/THE PICASSO SET), JANET FORSYTH (THE RAILWAY CLUB), PAUL FUNK (CiTR), VIOLA FUNK (DiSCORDER), CAR- NET HARRY (CiTR), KATHRYN HAYASHI (CiTR), BRIAN HOHM (CiTR), RANDY IWATA (CiTR/DiSCOROER), VALERIE JUNIPER (PROXIMA CENTAURI PROD.), BRENT KANE (FESTIVAL RECORDS), GLENN KRUGER, DAVID LEA-SMITH (THE PICASSO SET), MIKE LYSENC (CiTR), PETER McCULLOCH (TIMBRE PROD.), GRANT McDONACH (ZULU RECORDS), JANIS McKENZIE (DiSCORDER/ TOUCH'N'COS), USA MARR (CiTR/DiSCORDER EDITRK), TOM MILNE (CiTR), IAN NOBLE (PERRYSCOPE PROD.), ELLIE O'DAY (O'DAY PROD.), DON OSBORN (SOCAN), BARRY PAYNE (CARGO RECORDS), JEROME PRINGLE (CiTR), JUNE SCUDELER (CiTR), FRANK SIVERTZ (CiTR), ALLAN SLATER (THE RAILWAY CLUB), KEVIN SMITH (DiSCORDER), SHANE SPARKS (CiTR), BRUCE TURPIN (CiTR), LLOYD ULIANA (CiTR/DiSCORDER), JONATHAN WONG (CiTR). MCS. BILL BAKER, GARNET HARRY, LISA MARR, BRUCE TURPIN. JOKES FOR... BILL BAKER, DON BULL, GARNET HARRY, DON OSBORN, BRUCE TURPIN. THE SPONSORS. MUSHROOM STUDIOS, FLUID STUDIOS, PERRYSCOPE PRODUCTIONS, SIERRA STUDIOS, BULLFROG STUDIOS, RAD STUDIOS, DEADBEAT STUDIOS. THE VENUES. THE RAILWAY CLUB AND THE TOWN PUMP. AND ALL OF YOU WHO CAME OUT TO WITNES CiTRioi.9rM Tunisha Scott and Gillie Baldwii THE GIRLS NEXT DOOR Greetings from Seattle! Welcome lo 1991 and the beginning of a beautiful friendship. This monlh we're bringing you some of the Northwest's finest musicians lop len lists of 1990. Hope you enjoy it and look for us in future issues. Peace on Earth good will to everyone, our brothers, our sisters and the family gun. Roky Erickson Tribute Album 6. Cunsharp'ncrs "I■"" 7. Boogie Down Production- 1990 8. The Flaming Groovies- Grealesl Grooves 9. Love - "Re-released Remixed" 10. Deee-Lite - World Clique 11. Dan - My best fnend and a greal gi | Captain Morgan of The Squirrels 1. The Squirrels - What Gives? 2. They Might Be Gianis Flood 3. The Posies - Dear 23 4. Dcvo - Smooth Noodle Maps 5 Jonathan Richman Jonathan Goes Country 6. The Raiders - The Legend of Paul Revere 7. The Fastbacks - Very, Very Powerful Motor 8. Iggy Pop - Brick by Brick 9. The Blue Hearts - The Blue Hearts Scott McCaughey of The Young Fresh Fellows 1. Neil Young - Ragged Glory 2. The Fastbacks - Very, Very Powerful Motor 3. The Posies -Dear23 4. Nick Lowe - Party of One 5. Untamed Youth - More Real Gone Gassers 6. Girl Trouble - Thrillsphere 7. Robyn Hitchcock 8. Original Sins - Self-destruct 9. Mono Men - Slop Dragging Me Down 10. The Dharma Bums - Bliss Ken Stringfellow of The Posies (list du lpee un cdee un sengle) 1. The Fastbacks - Very, Very Powerful Motor 2. The Squirrels - What Gives? 3. The Fastbacks - "Gunk Fred" 45 4. Nirvana - Silver 45 5. Redd Kross - Third Eye ('cause they're cute!) 6. The Fastbacks - WPM 7. Dharma Bums - Bliss 8. The Fastbacks - Furry, Furry 9. Grand Funk - Live album 10. The Gunsharp'ners - "P* 45 Jeremy Wilson of The Dharma Bums 1. Neil Young - Ragged Glory 2. Nirvana - Silver 3. Thin White Rope - Sack Full of Silver 4. The Chills - Submarine Bells 5. Various Artists - 10. Ihe Cramps - Slay Sick Kurt "Sometimes you have to break the rules" Bloch of The Fastbacks and The Young Fresh Fellows LPs (In no particular order) Utge Overkill - Amencruiser The Digits - Hornet Pinala Ihe ITuid - Glue Mr. T Experience - Making Things with Light Ihc Posies - Dear 23 I Tat Duo Jets -Flat Duo Jets Jawbreaker - Unfun The Sharing Patrol - The Sharing Patrol Ihm White Rope Sack Full of Silver 7"i (ditto) Pop Defect - Without I Top Nirvana - Sliver Dope, Guns, <& Fucking in the Streets Volumes KIMWARNICK-KE I STBINGFELIOW : TUNISHA SCOIT Joey Kline of Audioasis on KCMU 1. Sieve Bade - The Hard Way 2. The Posies - Dear 23 3. Neil Young - Ragged (Jlory 4. The Desert Rose Band - Pages of Life 5. The Squirrels -What Gives? 6. The Dharma Bums - Bliss 7. The Fastbacks - Very, Very Powerful Motor 8. Redd Kross - Third Eye 9. Mojo Nixon - Otis 10. Ringo and his All Star Band 317A CAM5/F3F VANCOUVER, B.C -687W8B F >Ot4'T * *W^A Kx>£ "BOXING >AY We'll tc G,o5<fcol t><zc. 315, 2.fe, A.nfll 2.7. THE BEST IN LIVE ; RHYTHM & BLUES EACH NIGHT $ 1300 GRANVILLE (AT DRAKE) % FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL I 681-YALE VANCOUVER'S HOTTEST BLUES NIGHTCLUB - 12 Dec. 31 New Year's Eve with Guitar Shorty & The Demons Closed Guitar Shorty & The Demons Oliver & The Elements Zora Young from Chicago Oliver & The Elements Royce Proctor Gail Bowan Jim Byrnes Oliver & The Elements Feb. 2 Mark Hummel Jan. 1 Jan. 2 Jan. 7 Jan. 8 Jan. 14 Jan. 15 -19 Jan. 21-23 Jan. 24-26 Jan. 28 Jan. 29 DON'T MISS JACK LA VIN'S JAMS: SAT. 3-8 PM / SUNDAY BLUES MARATHON JAM SUN. 3 PM-MIDNITE OPEN EACH NIGHT FROM 9:30 pm -1:30 am OPEN WEEKDAYS FROM 11:30 a JANUARY 1991 23 WEST -, INDIES tjfa RECORDS *\ & TAPES I • CDS ■ TAPES • VIDEOS ■ MAGS 1859 COMMERCIAL, VANCOUVER, BC, V5N 4A6 TEL: 254-4232 MAIL ORDER SERVICE AVAILABLE DEREUCTS/GAS HUFFER The Cruel Elephant Saturday 1 December It was gonna be ihe perfect rock and roll evening: Gas Huffer and The Derelicts at the Cruel Elephant, then a healthy sprint down the street lo DOA'sfinal show! Heck, what could possibly be belter? What could possibly go wrong? To start things off, we missed the beginning of Gas Huffer, whose set came complete with their hil single "Firebug." Gallopingguilars. Growling crunchy vocals. Noihingnew or exciting,you say? Come on. Standard Seattle fare? Nosireebob. These guys are different. These guys are hot, plus they've got true fashion sense. They got style. Their bassist wore the most stunning red longjohns. In other words, these guys were everything The Derelicts weren't. What The Derelicts were was pretty standard grunge punk rock (man). Sucking on beer cans. Falling over. Fingering one and all. Sneer. Sneer. Sneer. "Fuck you." "Fuck you." "Fuck you." Ho hum. Was it all a joke? If so, sorry, I didn't get it. The rather youthful be-hooded- sweatshined crowd seemed to love il. For me though, it was just real disappointing so we hastily departed for the Commodore where the highlight of the evening turned out to be some plastered dude enquiring loudly and repeatedly, "Have you lost yourluggage?!"Itwas too cryptic. It was too late. If only Gas Huffer had played on... Kris Lawrence DOA/GBH/Av Commodore Ballroom Saturday 1 December So it was DOA's last gig, eh? Yeah. ..till their next show. Oh well, JANE'S ADDICTION : LYDIA SC il was rocking anyway Aversion opened up, quile impressively actually, Ihrashed a bit and were gone GMI was really cool, almost stealing the show from DOA. TTicy played a lol of their older tunes plus some I hadn't heard before. I hap pened to be near ihc slam pit during their sel, standing behind some real ly tall guy who kept mc from being knockedovcr. It seemed pretlyharsh in there: stage-diving galore. 1 saw- one guy go down and get totally trampled by ten anarchic feet before being pulled up again. Later I saw him standing at the bar in :i daze, probably braindead. By the iune DOA came on. the place was pretty packed, al though I don't think it was actually "sold out" as was claimed. Just an do another show I bet; maybe they just don't really want to give it up. The band was tight as I'd ever seen, playing all-time favorites as well as some parody covers like "King of the Road" and "Singin' In the Rain " Al one point, while wielding a live chainsaw, it seemed likely Joey Shithead was going lo get slammed over by an ovcr-cnlhu - siastic fan and drop the buzzing machine onlo the heads of the f rcn zied crowd. Punk rock! But by the third encore I just had to laugh: it all got to be a bit much. Il probably won't be long until a DOA Reunion Tour starts making the rounds but whal the fuck, they were great and I enjoyed the show. Sad to see DOA lost from the Vancouver scene...at least for now. Angie Finley The first time I saw DOA Idrank too much southern comfort, puked, and stage-dived inlo a concrete floor. Since then I've given up the booze and slowly given upon DOA. With each successive album, the band lost spiriland power, their music nose-diving into a gross parody of Canadian bands whose images adorned the black concert of the '70s. Oul of a retarded loyalty I kept going to shows and lying about how much I liked their new stuff. So, like a jaded trooper, 1 forked over 10 bone s.andheaded for the Commodore on December 1. The crowd was as expected: fal- assed, disco-glam secretaries, pony-tailed, mus- tached, cowboy-booted butlboys, and ihe snivelling remnants of Vancou- •T'm on Welfare" punk scene. Basically the same crowd DOA has been attracting for the last three years. Aversion played some crappy fast tuneless stuff. GBH, on the other hand, were far worse than crappy: they were truly pathetic examples of a raging mohawk hardon gone limp and soggy. Their pathetic ineptitude at emulating the wanking Def Leppard melal they dream of playing was only further highlighted by the obligatory complement of retro geeks with big-face clown hair ,in«l Sid Vicious lapping upthecus lard oozing out of these idiots' no) cs Ihmk's nol dead, just really bkxxiy pathetic. After all ihis, DOA was almost ami-climatic. TTic band emo lionally wind-milled their way through the old stuff, luckily avoiding most ofthe p<x>-p<x> from the last two albums. The whole mise en scene, however, alienated the crowd from the band. They'd become a bunch of old guys covenng DOA songs, adeptly but without the raw power of yesteryear. I'd kind ot ex peeled to get leary-eyed at this final gig but for mc the band wasn't even there, jusl a giant hole filled with multiple images of my dad playing a guitar and figuring out how much he made tonight, including t shin sales. Bruno SARCASTIC MANNEQUINS The Town Pump Wednesday 5 December How 'bout dem Mannequins!! TTic last time I saw them, all their hair was blonde and all their tits were laped. There was some doubt concerning costumes ihis lime, however, I was not disappointed. Alter taking a swig of stoul and having a good look, there was Beez in a lan, brown, being double double breasted suit. His "Avengers" outfit almost made me spew everywhere. The Mannequins were back and the laughs were there. I didn't get the "wine & cheese" tune, but the new songs really rocked. Wilh the Mannequins pulling more power and heaviness into their songs, you just can't lose. Beez was sporting his hot new bass from Toronto, Brad was pounding on a bare minimum kit and ol' Shy was just plain happemn'. The bonus as always wa.s having Conga Master Dave as guest star for the first few lunes. There should have been a lol more people, but at least the babes were a-dancin' and a- groovin'. I couldn't help but do my own thing eilher wilh songs lhal good. Middle of ihe week lame-os can go to hell. An hour and a bit show is not nearly enough for this kind of original, jump up and down talent. Kevin McCandless THE ACCUSED The Underground, Bellingham Saturday 8 December Bellingham's scene can be summed up in one hyphenated word: inbreeding. As we descended the stairs into the rec-room like, all-ages Underground we were bowled over to find we'd discovered the missing link, and that was just the opening band. As the crowd head-banged io some generic speed metal crap hi gh - lighted only by occasional SOB -type lyrics from the bassist. Definitely no rocket scientists in attendance. The Accused, however, are one of the few bands who walk the speed melal fence on the side of good. Their set was looser than I've ever seen ihem, more like a practice session, bul they still played all the good stuff like "Takemy Time,""Fuckin' 4 Bucks," and mucho new stuff from their latest, "Grinning like an Undertaker." Intense crunchin' tightness! A highlight was "Straight Razor," a brand new tune taken from a forthcoming EP. Fronted by the always spastic Blaine Accused, the shortest growl- r around barnng standing up" Danzig, The Accused ■.(Hiked so hard it was worth driving io nowheresvillc just to sec Ihem. Bruno ihc 14-song, hour- long concert. With no stage bet the band and the |Ji crowd, il was nice u to see that nothing was badly bumped or knocked over in spite of ihc thrashing going on. TTic band was in good spirits wilh "Joe bass guy" wearing a Christmas cracker crown, "Kevin guitar guy" pul ling a lol of good facials and "Joe drummer guy" doing a lol of smiling & head banging. The Chi-man was as usual full of moves. You just can't gel a better front man than that. He jumps, he's in your face, and has a cool voice to boot. To top it off, at the beginning of "Mold Collection," he got himself passed around the front half of the crowd for a while. Pig Master gelling old? No fuckin' way! Despite a pce-wee sound system, the sound was great. The raw feeling was a really nice change. TTic Fle- phant on New Years is going lo be great! Kevin McCandless JANE'S ADDICTION, PIXIES, PRIMUS PNE Forum Monday 10 December I went to see Jane's Addiction but the Pixies stole my heart. Their trance-like stares hypnotized the hell oul of mc as they played with an intensity that is not to be taken light-- ly. Don't get me wrong, the other ing, bul wt SARCASTIC ..thePixi Primus was already swinging when I arrived. They were pretty funky, surprisingly, because their album isn't really. Just goes lo show you how a Memorex replica can affect a band. I have been deceived. Ihc Pixies, as aforementioned, just blew mc away. The crowd, hoi and cattle-like, swayed rhythmically lo their sometimes fast, sometimes slow, sometimes... ethereal lunage. I really enjoyed this band except for one aspect: the Barbie in bondage hanging from the drumsel Interior decorators from hell sel up the stage for Jane's Addiction Christmas lights and various items of voodoo idolatry were strung and placed all over. It looked pretty neat, actually. But the band was not as supcr-energclic as I had expected. The floor was one thrashing mass. The smell of blood, sweat, and probably tears was overwhelming even if the band wasn't. After spending ap proximately ten minutes trying to get oul ofthe slam pit, I was back so far lhat I couldn't see them much anymore anyway. All in all, the gig was a major happening bul Jane's Addiction could have tried a little harder. An- > were awe gie Finley LEONARD WHISTLER JANUARY 1991 25 I 0KA1loy<A\ A urtTA fou. turf? ourTlHK«_" 81V BiTcrii/v'j r^-rW>r- W "*wBL-'-t ,u ML LI C*o(- ,**r tMrWTTMf fwcxjr B//vz Gct/J Kt/-6f\t #r- o/vf " >4n»ft#M*r- Tmrpj; u//**( /«» /* -worh _,,«;_• , Bkt~ / 7 lf$ IEFP/A, «4**>-r& f*._0W, wrrH tfvt P^M MOWH CpEKft / I So. **>/• VOW ru». NO now ,Vu* 'VI9aJBTT%S. ARE vmm ri.tt iT'n- . , I ) WELL , Hew -THAT WE M/tl/E *W/h M CJ.E>MEI> UP, JT vuAUNA -TOAsT |\Aa' ■" TVflg we'fti QOAJAM *6*» *ftf1/»*T KOOKf iYoofrE* I 9LAWCK ... NticX WEfcK , ©p. ,K* , /*<*7\mf W&d • jfe VfrWiV 1 TUESDAY CiTR World Beat Night at the Pit Pub. Sylvia Grace Borda exhibit at AMS Art Gallery... First Night Art Walk continues in North Vancouver Marian Pennar Bancro It exhibitat the Vancouver Art Gallery,,. Whal OoesSheWant?acompilation exhibit at the Vancouver Art Gallery... 2 WEDNESDAY CiTR Hot Wednesdays at the Pit Pub Ted Polkinghorne exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre Gallery... Sylvia Grace Borda exhibit at AMS Art Gallery... Tom, The Piper's Son at Presentation House Hosanna at the Vancouver Playhouse... First Night Art Walk continues in North Vancouver,.. Marian Penner Bancroft exhibit continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery... What Does She Want? a compilation exhibit continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery... 3 THURSDAY CiTR Cool Thursdays at the Pit Pub Nutcracker Cincinnati Ballet at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre... Hank Williams - The Show He Never Gave at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Ted Polkinghorne exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre Gallery... Michael Speler exhibit at A Walk is. ..Sylvia Grace Borda exhibit at AMS Art Gallery... Tom, The Piper's Son continues at Presentation Mouse... Hosanna continues at the Vancouver Playhouse... First Night Art Walk continues in North Vancouver... Marian Penner Bancroft exhibit continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery... What Does She Want? a compilation exhibit continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery... 4 FRIDAY Bad Religion and Coffin Break at the Town Pump... Nutcracker Cincinnati Ballet continues at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre... Hank Williams - The Show He Never Gave continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Ted Polkinghorne exhibit continues at the Vancouver EastCultural Centre Gallery... Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is... Sylvia Grace Borda exhibit at AMS Art Gallery... Tom, The Piper's Son continues at Presentation House.. .Hosanna con tinuesatthe Vancouver Playhouse. . FirstNight Art Walk continues in North Vancouver.Marian Penner Bancroft exhibit continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery... What Does She Want? a compilation exhibit continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery... 5 SATURDAY Green House and The Catherine Wheel at the Town Pump... Nutcracker Cincinnati Balletcontinues at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre... Hank Williams - The Show He Never Gave continues at the Vancouver EastCultural Centre... Ted Polkinghorne exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre Gallery... Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is...Sylvia Grace Borda exhibit at AMS Art Gallery.. Tom. The Piper's Son continues at Presentation House... Hosanna continues at the Vancouver Playhouse... First Night Art Walk continues in North Vancouver Marian Penner Bancroft exhibit continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery What Does She Want? a compilation exhibit continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery.. 6 SUNDAY Slayeranrj Testamentat the PNE forum Nutcracker Cincinnati Ballet continues at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre... Ted Polkinghorne exhibit continues at the Vancouver EastCultural Centre Gallery Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is. Hosanna continues at the Vancouver Playhouse Marian Penner Bancroft exhibit continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery What Does She Want? a compilation exhibit continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery Comic Book swap meet at Heritage Hall... 7 MONDAY Diviners, Sally Can't Dance and the Finks at the Town Pump.. CiTR Classics Nightat the Pit Pub... Ted Polkinghorne exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre Gallery... Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is Hosanna continuesat the Vancouver Playhouse Marian Penner Bancroft exhibit continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery... What Does She Wart? a compilation exhibit continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery... 8 TUESDAY Charleson Charges with T.K. Rlpperat the Town Pump CiTR World Beat Night at the Pit Pub... Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is Hosanna continuesat the Vancouver Playhouse... Marian Penner Bancroft exhibit continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery... Whal Does She Want? a compilation exhibit continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery... 9 WEDNESDAY Ultramarine at the Town Pump... Paul Simon at the Pacific Coliseum... Slayer and Testament at the PNE Forum.. CiTR Hot Wednesdays at the Pit Pub... Katarina Thorsen exhibit at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is. Hosanna continues at the Vancouver Playhouse.. .Marian Penner Bancroft exhibit continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery... Whal Does She Want? a compilation exhibit continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery... 10 THURSDAY Evil Twang at the Town Pump.. Hank Williams • The Show He Never Gave continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... CITR Cool Thursdays at the Pit Pub... Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is... Hosanna continues at the Vancouver Playhouse... Marian Penner Bancroft exhibit continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery... Whal Does She Wanl? a compilation exhibit continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery . 11 FRIDAY Alice in Chains at the Town Pump... AC/DC at the Pacific Coliseum... Hank Williams - The Show He Never Gave continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centie.. Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is Hosanna continues at the Vancouver Playhouse... Marian Penner Bancrolt exhibit continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery... What Does She Want? a compilation exhibit continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery... 12 SATURDAY TT Racerat the Town Pump... AC/DC at the Pacific Coliseum... Qirty Dozen Brass Band at the WISE Club Hank Williams - The Show He Never Gave continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is Hosanna continues at the Vancouver Playhouse... Marian Penner Bancroft exhibit continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery.. What Does She Want? a compilation exhibit continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery.. 13 SUNDAY Soul Survivors at the Town Pump... Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre...Michael Speier exhibitcontinues at A Walk is... Hosanna continues at the Vancouver Playhouse... Marian Penner Bancroft exhibit continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery... What Does She Want? a compilation exhibit continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery... 14 MONDAY Locos at the Town Pump... CiTR Classics Nighl at the Pit Pub... Piano Power IV at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is... Hosanna continues at the Vancouver Playhouse... 15 TUESDAY Boogiemen, Grames Brothers, Medusa's Raft, R.M.Iat the Town Pump... CiTR World Beat Nighl at the Pit Pub... Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is... Hosanna continues at the Vancouver Playhouse... 16 WEDNESDAY Kelly Brock wilh Y-Knot at the Town Pump... CiTR Hot Wednesdays at the Pit Pub... Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is... Hosanna continues at the Vancouver Playhouse... 17 THURSDAY CiTR Cool Thursdays at the Pit Pub.. Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre.. Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is... Hosanna continues at the Vancouver Playhouse... Lola MacLaughlin Dance presents Civilizations and the Greal Rivers ol History (Part 1) at Canada Place... 18 FRIDAY The Lasl Wild Sons at the Town Pump Music and Text at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre. Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre Francois Houle Quintet at the Glass Slipper Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is... Hosanna continues at the Vancouver Playhouse.. 19 SATURDAY Poison at the Pacific Coliseum... Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts at 86th Street Music Hall Music and Text continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Creatures of Habit at the Glass Slipper Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is... Hosanna continues at the Vancouver Playhouse... 20 SUNDAY John McLachlan at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre.. Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre ..Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is... Hosanna continues at the Vancouver Playhouse... 21 MONDAY CiTR Classics Night at the Pit Pub... Vancouver International Card Show at Robson Square Conference Centre... Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is... Hosanna continues at the Vancouver Playhouse.. 22 TUESDAY Graffltli with Alan Hammer at the Town Pump.. CiTR Wodd Beat Night at the Pit Pub... Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is... Hosanna continues at the Vancouver Playhouse... 23 WEDNESDAY Dead Head Cool and Purple City at the Town Pump... CiTR Hot Wednesdays at the Pit Pub Steven Ley at the Vancouver fast Cultural Cenlre ..Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is... Hosanna continues at the Vancouver Playhouse... 24 THURSDAY CiTR Cool Thursdays af the Pit Pub... Gary Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues East Cultural Centre... Michael Speierexhibitcontinues at A Walk is...Hosanna continues at the Vancouver Playhouse... 25 FRIDAY The Toasters at the Town Pump The Pursuit of Happiness at the Breakers...Gary Fjellgaard continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Jay Clayton and James Knapp Collective at the Glass Slipper... Michael Speierexhibitcontinues at A Walk is.. Hosanna continues at the Vancouver Playhouse The Royal Canadian Air Farce at the Massey Theatre... 26 SATURDAY She Stole My Beer at the Town Pump... The Pursuit of Happiness at the Breakers... Gary Fjellgaard continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Jay Clayton and James Knapp Collective continues at the Glass Slipper.. Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is... Hosanna continues a! the Vancouver Playhouse... 27 SUNDAY Oh Yeah at the Town Pump... Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Ralph Towner and Denny Goodhew at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is... 28 MONDAY Ferron at the Breakers CiTR Classics Night at the Pit Pub... Vancouver Secondary Schools present Theatre Feslival at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is... 29TUESDAY CITR World BoatNightat the Pit Pub... Vancouver Secondary Schools piesent Theatre Feslival at the Vancouver East Cullural Centre. ..Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is... 30 WEDNESDAY She atthe Town Pump.. CiTR Hot Wednesdaysat the Pit Pub .. Vancouver Secondary Schools present Theatre Festival at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Discover Dance presents Margie Gillis at the Vancouver Playhouse... Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is... 31 THURSDAY Thomas Trio and the Red Albino at the Town Pump... CiTR Cool Thursdays at the Pit Pub... Vancouver Secondary Schools present Thealre Festival at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is... STUDENTS - WELCOME TO ___PftRfl9ISfk VANCOUVER'S BEST SHOW VALUE! GREAT TRIPLE FEATURES! SEE 3 FILMS FOR ONLY $2.50! ENJOY THE BEST IN MOVIE ENTERTAINMENT AT THE LOWEST TICKET PRICE IN TOWN VANCOUVER'S ORIGINAL DISCOUNT THEATRE & STILL THE BEST! ALL SEATS ALL DAY WE WANT TO MAKE THE PARADISE YOUR FAVOURITE THEATRE 24 HR. SHOW INFO: 681-1732 JANUARY 1991 27 ________-ilk'I >7:V*~«HM ARC YOU SERIOUS? MUSIC 8:00AM- 12:00PM Ihe newest new music cordings composers with Ion Crutchley THE BRUNCH REPORT 12:00-12:15PM News, sports, weather and more with the CiTR News. Sports and Weather Departments THE ROCKERS SHOW I2I5-300PM Reggae with George Barrett THE SUNDAY NEWS MAG 5:00 5:30PM Coverage and analysis ot UBC News plus news and sports, dafy editorial commentary entertainment reviews and reports on events here at UBC HEARSAY 5:30-6:00PM O'R's literary arts program needs YOU to submit your works for on an performance ELECTRONIC SMOKE SIGNALS/DECOMPOSITIONS 6:00-8:OOPM From the global cultures of resistance hosted by Horaco de la Cueva. alternating Sundays wrrh De-C om positions RADIO FREE AMERICA 10:00PM- 12:00AM Jom host Dave Emory and colleague Nip Tuck for some extroodinary political research guaranteed to make you think twee Bring your tape deck and two C-90s Originally broadcast on KFJC (Los Altos. California) ___B_lnC]; I-J:V-0_____B THE MORNING SHOW 7:30-8:ISAM From the famous siren to the not- so-famous BBC Radio News Reel. wake up with the CiTR Morning Show News, sports, weather and scenic view reports, features. en- James and Peter offer a savoury blend of the familiar and exotic in an excitingly luscious blend of aural delights! Tune in and enjoy each weekly brown plate special THE AFTERNOON REPORT 1:00- 1:15PM News, sports and weather MEKANIKAL OBJEKT NOIZE 1:15- 3:00PM JUNE: Best Techno Releases (in no particular order): I. Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park (Nettwerk) 2. Frontline Assembly - Caustic Grip (Third Mind) 3. Nitzer Ebb - Showtime (Capitol/Enigma) 4. Revolting Cocks - Beers, Steers * Queers (Cargo/Waxtrax). 5. Consolidated - Myth ot Hock (Nettwerk) 6. Lead Into Gold - Age ol Reason (Cargo/WaxTrax) 7. Various Artists • Another Wofld(Antler-Subway) 8. Cyberaktif - Temper 12* (Cargo/ WaxTrax) 9. My Life With the Thrill Kill Kurt - Contessions ol a Knte (Cargo/WaxTrax) 10. Nose Unit - Frequency Response (Antler-Subway). BOXER SHORT BOYZ 7:00-9:00PM Wear boxer shorts and walk with confidence Jerome Broadway and Garnet Timothy Harry alternate weeks THE JAZZ SHOW 9:00PM- 12:00AM Vancouver s longest running prime time jazz program. Hosted by the ever-suaveGavinWalker Features 7th Aura. Miles Davis most important album of the past decade. Fans put off by Davis' post-70s recordings ought ot lend an ear to this one Down Beat s Album of the the late Charlie Rouse It was corded while tenor saxophonist Rouse was thelonious Monk hand man but away "rom Monk. Rouse and a hand-picked group that includes trumpet great Blue Mitchell and Walter Bishop Jr at the piano 21st The Sound at Jan was the name of the most famous TV production of this music Four days before the actual shooting all the participants gathered in Columbia Records studios and played. Billie Holiday, Count Basie. Mai Waldron. Coleman Hawkins, et al. A master- 28th Dynasty & Jackie McLean's latest album The great alto saxophonist playing as wel or better than hedid in the'50sand 60s. With his great band which includes Rene McLean (tenor and soprano) _______ HI 4-1.7:Y*--«_B BLOODONTHE SADDLE 1:15-3:00 Country music to scrape t THE UNHEARD MUSIC 300-5A0PM Demo Director Dale Sawyer provides some insight into the best and the worst of the newest Cana- B.C. FOLK 5:30-7:OOPM The thoughts and music of B C folk' artists, hasted by Barb Waldern AVANT PIG 7.00-9:00PM Avant- garde thuggery with Pete Lutwyche First Tuesday each WOLF ATTHE DOOR 9:00PM-12:00AM The latest in dance music and interesting drama every second week With Lupus Yonderboy ___r:J40M4.1»7:V_*--___i MY HEADS THROBBING 8:15- 10:00AM In an ideal universe, there win be recordings from the UBC School of Muse on the first show of the month. Otherwise, the usual shit Hosted by Paul Funk UVE FROM VENUS 10:00-11:00AM Tinkty women's music with Jane TiHy SWINGIN' SINGLES 11:00AM- 12:00PM Do you like singles? I do. tool Jan me Felicity Dunbar and smell the rubber each week! HANFORD NUCLEAR PIZZA PIE 6:00- 7:00PM Vacancies atthe ScotLod or Scoish LogeH Keep on decking them AK-to-OR halls with hunks o JIGGLE 7:00-9O0PM I0BEST 1.Sock- eve 45- 2. Dickless 45' 3. Dickless live 4. Dickless our buddies 5. (Cruel Elephant waitress) Ariana: the only reason to go out 6. We finally realize you just can't hate enough 7. Some guy asking us if we want to smoke a "doobie" at fhe Monsters of Rock Festival in Finland 8. The re-emergence of the "Rubenesque" figure. 9. Joey Jeremiah gets naked Doogie Howser gets laid. 10. Jesus Christ Our Lord. soundscopes, grungy old prog- rock albums. Twin Peaks and Burroughs With Chris Brayshaw NOW YOU HAS JAZZ 10:00AM- 1:00PM Jazz with Tommy Paley. special feature af noon FLEX YOUR HEAD 3:00-5:OOPM -HARO— —ER1C- —CORE- ARTS CAFE 5:30-6:00PM Be in about Art. theatre, film and any other cultural event happening in Vancouver With Antje! TOP OF THE BOPS 6:00-7.00PM Musical c hef Marc Coulevin boils up a tasty pot of gumbo stew OUT FOR KICKS 7:0O-9flOPM PAT CARROLL'S 10 MOST SIGNIFICANT THINGS OF 1990: 1. Switched to an environmentally friendly laundry soap. 2. Bought my first CD (The Posies Dear 23) 3. Bought my last LP(TheWaterwa»Cs 1st LP. S4 new) 4. Had my taxes done by an accountant 5. Discovered my milk won't stay in the fridge 6. Beat my ridiculously tall (6'6". 2351b) roommate over the heod with his own beer can 7. Discovered while people will pay youtowrrte.it won't replace the milk in the fridge that vanished that week 8. Learned that ifyou phone "411* and ask for information in ony city in the world, they' II put you through for free (and you thought call waiting wascool) 9. Saw Nick "The Jesus of Cool' Lowe play in person (Bumbershoot. Main Stage. Seattle) 10. Saw Judas Priest in the Pocific Coliseum on Halloween (Rob Halford to crowd "Thank yo Guy four people c "Rob. you're fucki l_:lli7:VM! good in any direction 2. My cat Sarah, died. She fell out of my 5th I window I now have a it [d ,, windows. 3. Having never s Smiths and wishing l did, I am now trying to see them all only separately: two years ago I saw Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke with Sinead O'Connor, this year I saw Jonny Morr with The The. Onry one more to go 4. Got married And got a CD player for a wedding present 5. My friend Clodogh moved to London and then came back. Len didn't move to Toronto od got m I filed tc NARDWUAR THE HUMAN SERVIETTE PRESENTS... 3:30-4:00PM lOMighty Fin* 1990 Kicks ond Perky. I.Jack in the Box Ultimate Cheeseburgers (The A&W Mozza Burgers of the 90s) 2. The Cruel Elephant-one look of the od promoting this place tens it all a brand new Vancouver capital of Beautiful British Columbia 3. Wha/WoveFanzme#19and Psychotronic Video Magazine #7 that constantry. year after year. never fail to disappoint unsuspect- jf Wave (S6 [ 17 Erie i. ON Almost got to interview Henry Rollins. 8. My apartment finally got an intercom system 9. Saw Bessie night 10. Saw Die Hard II even though I haven't seen Die Hardyet Live bands from 10. 3rd Big Sun 10th Phmeas Gage 17th Bombshells 24th BC SOUNDOFREAUTY 11:00PM -1:00AM Experimental Radio, with Vision! Contributions welcome Practitioner Anthony Roberts MEGABLAST! 1:00-4:00AM 'tiffin weights II make ya bigga. but lift me and you H be a dead-ass nigga' Bushwick Bil. Geto Boys. N6J1H9 Canada) deals with all tt underground musical "rock schlock" an eager student of 20th Century popcultureneedstoknow On fhe other hand. Psychotronic Video (S5 ppd from 151 First Avenue. DeptPV. New York. NY 10003). which also contains some record ond book reviews, is required reading for any "human been" into trashy, bizarre, farout. ongst-filled. teenage, primo. mondo movies 4. Uoo's Lair Arcade on Granville guaranteed to penet rate yer mind. skuU, soul and belly 5. Seeing a trailer for Terminal City Ricochet m the Capitol 6 before the plo-yuppie smash hit Pretty Woman 6. Furnace Foe* and Me Mom and Mor- gentaler 7. Local Vinyl and CD releases yeah. Vancouver still has although Seattle won the 1990 h o' wax chucking contest by at k 12-2(notcountmgexchange) V get em next ye-um-ah-or the Vancouver VinylandCDSquod were Th* Nervous Felas), ChRtara, Tom Northcott, Dirt, Inner Anger, Paleface. Infinite Regression, EQ, Tankhog, and Bob's Your Uncle, in SCRAMBLED EGGS 8:I5-I0:30AM A virtual potpourri of sounds from the smooth to fhe crunchy Music to help you get your toost down MOVING IMAGES 10:30-11:00AM Join host Ken Maclntyreas he takes you on a tour through the silver soundtracks. THE INTERNATIONAL VENUS FLYTRAP NETWORK 11:00AM-1:00PM Greg s gonna play lotso' hip hop py. roppy stuff ana he's gonna say lots o dumb things Tune in. brothers and IT'S NOT EASY BEING GREEN 1:15- shysters sue Puppy, 54-40, DOA, Phaedra, The Waterwalk, Moev, NUMB etc Subhumans who. without having played a note in years, tied long departed Sub Pop label losers Cat Butt by having a record clocking in ot S40 US (according to one Emerald City merchant) ». L. Fletcher Prouty's Secret Teem since 1973hos revealed, among of herrhmgs. how ROCKERS SHOW ELECTRONIC SMOKE../DECOMPOSITIONS ONE STEP BEYOND/RADIO FREE AMERICA IN THE CRIP OF INCOHERENCY JliUI-HtiiH-iHH -IM-liMdl-llMI-l, * SPORTS DIGEST ' FACING THE MUSIC MEDIA CONTROL OPEN COUNTRY JOY/OPEN SEASON -•■-{•mfJal-l-l? 'rH.UI'H:!:):!;. UVE FROM THUNDERBIRD RADIO HELL NOISE ONE/ NARDWUAR/ NOISE TWO l.1l?LVJrl:]Jv'»1:*i THE YAP GAP NICOLAI CEAUCESCU. EMPTY STOCKING FUND successful governmental coup spearheaded by the CIA 9.'1990s Motorsports International Garage in Seo-Town-Mervins. Mudhoney. Nirvana and Dwarves-1960s Spanish Castle in Tacoma-Wailers. KERENTAFFEHRZ 28 DISCORDER Soncs. Franfics =■ H wrtlneverdie 10. *** Movie Food ol the Gods (1976 Science Fiction) Marioe Gortner, Pomelo Franklin Based on a novel by H G Wels Strange, natural growth oozing from the soil on Bowen Island turns rats, worms, and wasps into giant monsters An AIP feature YOU cant HOME VIDEO INTERNATIONAL 6:00- 9:00PM Movies remixed for radio Taping this program is strictly pro- FOR THE RECORD 6:30-6;4SPM Ex cerpts from Dave Emory's Rodo Free America Series HOMEBASS 9:00PM-12:30AM Dope lams and fresh beats for a groovy evenmg with DJ Noah on the wheels of steel NICOLAI CEAUCESCU S EMPTY CHRISTMASSTOCKING 12:30AM- 4:00AM Smell the Walkman 1990 Top 10: ULIANA: artist/release/reason: l.MODE/Vto/ofofLP/reminds me of Euro-vocation 199 2. any PANKOW/remmds me of Euro-vacation 1990 3. MADONNA/"Ju»tify My Love'/sexy sexy sexy 4. BLOODSTAR/Sroodsfar LP/we worked the band. we moved some units 5. NITZER EBB/Showffm* LP/ favorite interview this year 6. CARNIVAL OF FOOLS/*love Will Tear Us Apart"/some wopacelli band redoes thrs Bob Seger classic Better than Young's. Giro's, and Curtis', but not Jarboe's 7. VOLUME SICK/"Sex Bomb'/Downing zombie twin sister ». PUBLIC BATH/ ALCHEMY CATALOGUE/Garlic Boys, Subvert Blaze, Om oide Hato- ba and Playmate/Japanese-core Gongs a-plenty We worked the bands, we moved some units 9. THE SHAMEN/-Pro>Gen7same as #7 10. GEORGE MtCHAEL/'Moth- er's PrideVHeal th* Poin'/great one-two punch A lot like" Bad Boys Running Wild" ond "Rock You Uke a Hurricane." He really is a sensitive, caring guy \***mi\ |i] :l»__Y&i_H- THE SATURDAY EDGE »:00AM-12:00PM STEVE EDGE sTop Five Things of 1990: 1. Manchester United winning the cup 2. Thatcher being stabbed in the back by Tories. 3. Tregor en Fete in Brittany. 4. English Folk Fests in August 5. Great response to the Rogue Folk Club's Concert Series POWERCHORD I2:I5-3:00PM Vancouver'sonry true metal show, locol demo tapes, imports and other rarities Gerald Rattlehead ana Metal Ron do the damage IN EFFECT 3:00-5O0PM The Hip Hop Beat brought to you by DJ's Somethin' Smooth. BZ Jam and Chazzy B. and Rhythm Sniper J. THE YAP GAP 5:30-6:00PM Hear figures in the Arts world talk about their works, other people's works and anything else that occurs to them Hosted by Antje Rauwerda RADIO FREE PARKING 10:00PM- 1:00AM A radio show with a life- force all its own. Mixes come from seemingly nowhere much like the radio signals you pick up. An aural parking lot for the muses. No expectations. No disappointments. THE ELECTRIC ENEMA 1:00-4:00AM No heavy disco beats allowed. The crack CiTRSports Team covers the UBC Thunderbirds in ice hockey and basketball varsity action Play-by-play action pre-empts regular CiTR Stay tuned for CWUAA playoff schedules ICE HOCKEY Friday January 18th at 7:30pm vs University of Alberta Saturday February 2nd at 7:30pm vs Unrversityof Lethbridge Friday February 8th at 7:30pm vs University of Saskatchewan Friday February 22nd at 7:30pm vs. University of Calgary BASKETBALL Saturday January 12th at 8:00pm vs. University of Lethbridge Saturday January 26th at 8:00pm vs. University of Alberta Saturday February 9that 8:00pm vs. University of Calgary B.C. High School Basketbo* Final Saturday March 16th, Km* to be announced. CfTRwould likerothankeveryonewho helped moke this year's Shin<_g the biggest and best Shindig ever! *************** <•]: [tin :oi»M«i»ri 4-* < a _■■__-_■ Tuxedomoon D/v/ne (Crammed Discs) Various Artists-Compilation Another World (Antler -Subway) Front Line Assembly Caustic Grip (Third Mind) Ferron Phan/omCen/r»(A&M/Chameleon) Noise Unit Response Frequency (Antler-Subway) Skinny Puppy Too Dork Park (Nettwerk) WillamS. Burroughs Dead ciy Radio (MCA/Island) Poison Idea Feel Ihe Darkness (American Leather) Squirrels WhafG/v#«?(Pop»ama) Gang of Four A BriefHistory oftheTwentieth Century(WEA) Pogues Hell's Ditch (MC A/Island) Sammy Davis Jr Decca Years (MCA/Decca) Delerium SyrophenfcarKDossier) Tankhog Houseot Beauty (Zulu) A Split-Second KlM of fury (Cardne/Antter-Subway) Fastbacks Very, Very Powerful MolorfPopllama) Echo* the Bunnymen Reverberation (WEA/Korova) Jazz Butcher Cuff of fhe Ba»emefj/(PolyGram/Creation) Waterboys Room lo Roam (MCA/Chrysalis) Charlatans Som#fri»nd/w(PolyGram/Situation2) Mad Professor Science and the W»chdocfor(Ras/Arilia) Daniel Schel & Karo The Secret of Bwlch (Crammed Discs) Inspiral Carpets l«»(WEA/Mute) KodelV Powewe-XCargo/KK) Cocteau Twins He//or Lo* Vega* (PolyGram/4AD) Exene Cervenka Running Sacred (Capitol/Rhino) Mad Professor MadProfe€sorCapturesPatoBanton(Ras/Ar<liia) Sisters of Mercy Vision Thing (WEA) Shriek back The Dancing Years (MCA/Island) Danielle Dax Blast the Human FlowerOMEA/Sire) FiggyDuff WeatherOuttheStorm(A&M) Public Image Ltd Greatest Hits, So Far (A&M/Virgin) Various Artists -Compilation Holly Word(Rhino) Primus Frizzle Fry (Caroline) r_N Call the Ambulance Before I Hurt Myself (Nettwerk) Posies Dear 23 (WE A/DGC) Dead Can Dance Ak>n (PolyGram/4AD) Copernicus. Nu//(Nevermore/Ski) Insted W*)afWeBe//eve(Epitaph) AgonyColumn God, Guns 4 Guts (Big Chief) Exit Condition Day* of W//d$k/e* (Meantime) SunRa Purple Nighl (ASM) Sofa Head VVTtaf a Pred/camen/(Meantime) Blowzabella Vanilla (Festival/Green Linnet) Youssou N'Dour Se/(A&M/Virgin) Don Cherry Multlkull(A&M) 2 Live Jews As Kosher as They Wanna Be (Hot Productions) AC/DC 77»e/?azor'« Edge (WEA/Atco) Chumbawamba Slapt (Touch & Go/Southern) Various Artists - Compilation Hard To Believe (CID Rollins Band Turned On (Touch & Go/1/4 Stick) Crime and theCity Solution Paradise Discotheque (WEA/Elektra) Morrissey Bona Dray (WEA/Reprise) MackaB BuppteCuffure(Ras/Arilia) Lard Last Temptation of Reid(Attemafive Tentacles) Darling Buds Crawdaddy (CBS) Soul Asylum AndfheHor*el?odeon(A&M/Twin\Tone) Mr. T Experience Ma/t/ngr/»/ng*vWrht/gh/(Lookout!) IntelligentHoodlum Intelligent Hood/um(A&M) Hindu Love Gods Hindu Love Gods (WEA/Giant) Eggplant Sad Astrology (Dr. Dream) Skinner Box The Pfayhou*e (Toxic Shock) Various Artists-Compilation Ou/ofMa/or* (V.I.S.A.) Lush Gala (PolyGrom/4AD) Various Artists - Compilation Red, Hot t Blue (MCA/Chrysalis) Various Artists - Compilation.... Where the Pyramid Meets... (WEA/Sire) Accused Grinning Like an Undertaker (Cargo/Nastymix) Hawkwind TheXenon Complex (Enigma) The Barracudas Complete EMI Recordlngs(CapiJo\) Kofi B/ac/r...w#hSugar(Ras/Arilia) Tangerine Dream Melrose (Private) Various Artists - Soundtrack Marked lor Death (MCA/Island) Gabor. G. Kristof /.eCr/du'e__rd(Crannmed Discs) Inner City Fire (A&M/Virgin) Tony Bird Sorry Africa (Festival/Subtropical) Daddy Hate Box Sugar Plow (New Rage) Cat Rapes Dog God, Guns A Gasoline (Cargo/KK) Malhavoc rhe(?etease(Epidemic) Sacrifice Soldiers ot Mlsforfune(f ringe) Mustang Lightning Texas Voodoo Surf (Rumble Cat) Velvet Monkeys Trie Rake -Original Score (Rough Trade) GirlTrouble Stomp and Shout and Work lion Out! (Dionysus) KronosQuartet B/acfcAnge/*(WEA/Elektra) LLCoolJ Mama Said Knock You Out (CBS/Def Jam) Slayer Seasons /n fhe Abyss (Geffen/Def American) Muddy Waters Can't Gel NoGrlndln' (MCA/Chess) Doughboys ,.., Happy Accidents (Restless) IceCube AmeriKKKa's Mosl Wan/ed(Ruthless/Priority) Big Daddy Kane 7ds/e of Choc oto/e(WEA/Reprise) Kinghorse Klnghorse (Caroline) Hell Toupee Hell Toupee (Hot Head) Paris The Devil Made Me Do //(Tommy Boy) Various Artists - Compilation Cajun Volume One (CBS) Coup De Grace Coup DeGrace(Red Decibel) Willie Dixon The Big Three Trio (CBS) God's Acre Ten Gospel Greats (Cargo/Wax Trax) Mussolini Headkck Blood on /heflag(A&M/Virgin/Caroline/PIAS) Afros y/c/ffn'AfrofeffcstCBS/RAL/JML) to ^s** o A HARTS I Front Line Assembly I KMFDM. . I PrimalScream IB Eat itself I Meat Beat Manifesto. I SkinnyPuppy... n:r«]ri_M;W»VJ*_Htl "Stone Cold Crazy" CD-Single (WEA/Elektra I "Keep II Up" 12" (Crammed/SSR I "Lle*"/"Pray"7"(SubPop J Three Chord Monte 12" £P(Touch & Go/1 /4 Stick I Not for anger and despair, but for peace and a kind of home - suicide note of Lewis Hill, founder of KPFA Berkeley. 1957 ____■_■ t*\ _¥:!l :1 J f:V_T:H -\ IJ t'/ k» ^I*_^BH Public Enemy Fear of a Black Plane! (CBS/Def Jam) Various Artists Oh God My Mom s on Channel /0/(Nardwua ) Breeders Pod(PolyGram/4AD) Various Artists Like a Girl, I Wanl You lo Keep Coming (Giorno) Various Artists Another World (Antler-Subway) Coffin Break Rupture(C/Z) Urban Dance Squad Menial Floss for /he G/obe (BMG/Arista) Consolidated Myth ot Rock (Nettwerk) Muslimgauze /n#/faj(o(Extreme) 808State PO(WEA/ZTT) Various Artists Ob/e/r/4(Ladd-Frith) Spirit of the West Save This House (WEA/Stony Plain) Boogie Down Productions Edulalnmenl (BMG/Jive) Jello Biafra & NoMeansNo ,., Last Scream of... (Alternative Tentacles) The Fall fjrfrico/e(PolyGram/Cog Sinister) LlwybrUaethog Be?(Concrete/Pinpoint Various Artists Terminal City Ricochet (Alternative Tentacles) Jungle Brothers Done By Ihe Force of Nature ONEA/Bterna) Cocteau Twins Heaven or Las Vegas (PolyGram/4AD) Tackhead Friendly As a Hand Grenade (MCA/TVT) Uzume Taiko Ch/ra*/>/(Festival/Aural Tradition) Bad Brains The Youth Are Getting Restless (Caroline) Clock DVA Burled Dreams (Cargo/Wax Trax) Bobs Your Uncle Tale ot Two Legs (Dr. Dream) Various Artists This Is the New Beatl (PolyGram) Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E New Funky Nation (MCA/lsbnd/4th & B way) Caterwaul Porfenf Hue (MCA/IRS) Moev Head/Down (Nettwerk) Gwar Scumdogs ofthe Universe (WEA/Metal Blade) Frightwig Ph one Sexy (Bone) Dead Milkmen MetaphysicalGroffif/f/(Capitol/Enigma) The Squirrels What Gives? (Popllama) The Residents rhe King and I (Capitol/Enigma) Slayer Seasons In the Abyss (WEA/Geffen/Def American) Nitzer Ebb Showtime (WEA/Geffen) Shirim Klezmer Orchestra OfAngeteandHoraeradfc/KNorrheastern) Fastbacks Very, Very Powerful Motor (PopWama) Strawberry Zots Cars, Flowers, Telephones (BMG) Lee "Scratch" Perry From the Secret Laboratory (MCA/Island) Bloodstar B/ood*/ar(Red Decibel/Desert Engine) XCIan To the East, Blackwards (MCA/4th & B'way) Art Bergmann Sexua//?ou/e//e(MC A/Duke Stree ) D.O.A Murder(Alternative Tentacles) Foetus Inc Sink (Cargo/Wax Trax) John Oswald Plunderphonlc (Fun Music) Stranglers JO(CBS/Epic) Chills .. Submarine Bells (WEA/Slash) Tankhog House ot8eaufy(Zul_) The Fluid Glue (Sub Pop) A Tribe Called Quest Peoples Instinctive Travels and... 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Publisher | Vancouver : Student Radio Society of the University of British Columbia |
Date Issued | 1991-01-01 |
Extent | 32 pages |
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Rock music--Periodicals |
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Language | English |
Identifier | ML3533.8 D472 ML3533_8_D472_1991_01 |
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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 |
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AIPUUID | f82bf7bf-3cfd-4426-ade2-f1507e185d7c |
DOI | 10.14288/1.0050124 |
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