--I BEAT FARMERS - Viking Lullabys CADILLAC TRAMPS - It's Allright D*NOTE ■ Babel FACE TO FACE - Don't Turn Away KMFDM - Angst LAGWAGON - Trashed 1160 Robson Street «. Royal Shopping Centre/West Vancouver Guildford Town Centre/Surrey ' HMV Ignition - OFFSPRING Unknown Road • PENNYWISE Let's Go - RANCID Wet Pants Club - SMUGGLERS Ultramega OK - SOUNDGARDEN Foolish - SUPERCHUNK 1 Willowbrook Shopping Centre/Langley Richmond Centra/Richmond * October 1994 3 S£gg°2£g3 Dear Airhead/Grant Lawrence, Andy from Insult to Injury here. Thanks for the great review last issue. Imagine my surprise to find out i am in "another all-female Vancouver band"! Wow! this explains alot...i can't wait to tell the other two fellas in the band. It's also neat how 3/4 of our band is close to 30 years of age yet still are able to produce "juvenile harecore"...cool. Grant also liked i\>t* I** *vVvs all the "stuff to read on both bands"...but wait, why couldn't he read the guys names, or (evidently) the lyric sheet? If Juvenile means naive, unexperienced or childish, hke (i think) he meant—i wonder if he read the words at all? I'll enclose a copy of our lyric booklet—you make the call. You can get these booklets at our shows...but you wouldn't know that because hke all the juvenile-girl-bands in Vancou ver you won't see us at the Hungry Eye, Starfish Room, Town Pump etc....and DiSCORDER don't do D.I.Y. Yer Pal, Andy Editor, This is in regards to your review of my 'zine, Pool Dust, and who- Well, you got one thing right: besides skateboarding, I am working on two degrees at a university, I write, I take pictures, yes, I do more than skate. However, your review paints me, as I am the sole Pool Dust worker, as some sort of sexist bufoon propagating stereotypes. I feel I must write in my defense. First, the pictures in question were paid ads. Regardless of any stance I might take on sexism, censorism, morality, etc., first and foremost I am a very low income student and it would be very difficult for someone hke me to refuse a chance at coming closer to breaking even. Second, one must define sexism and exploitation, and from those two come a shitload of others such as art, erotica, pornography, etc. which lead to discussions of beauty, acceptability, morality, etc. My pri- "CHIPMUNKS & SQUIRRELS" FANS DELIGHT! YouVe read 'em right here n DISCORDER! Now, for the first time anywhere - THE FIRST OFFICIAL PAPERBACK COLLECTION OF MICHAEL AUSHENKER'S CHIPMUNKS & SQUIRRELSJ^OMIC STRIPS! flit*** ;. be one of the first 1 8 8 to 'i order and you'll get a "•!•:•:• copy personally doodled ixv& autographed to vbu by ;X;the cartoonist! READERS & RETAILERS - SEND YOUR CHECK OR MONEY ORDER OF $6.9 5 PER COPY (includes shipping & handling) TO: ORIGINAL SYNDICATE fy 355 N. LA BREA AVE. LOS ANGELES, CA 90036 >w 4 - 8 weeks delivery (in ««*%- me for the holidays) mary concern is whether or not the ads harmed anyone, incited anyone to violence or acts of degradation against women. I doubt it. Third, if you think nudity is offensive, you might be experiencing what is known as a 'knee-jerk politically-correct reaction,' a.k.a. a 'hang-up.' Finally, look at the magazine you write for, specifically pages 4, 10, the Pansy Division centerfold (my word!), 16, 17, 21, and 27. Nudity/ sexuality abounds. I hope you'll 'do the right thing' and quit writing for that smutty rag, Discorder. On the flip side, women da sell skateboards; granted it is usually to narrow-minded hormone-driven teenagers. Too bad, however, one always has the right not to support the shop, but not the right to supress freedom of ideas, including advertising. It really works both ways. A final fallacy: because of the nudity in Discorder, I feel alienated as a boy to go into shops that carry the magazine. I went so far as to quit my job at the record/comic shop because they carried your 'zine. Is that far enough? Oh, and by the way, I don't like to see pictures of people eating hot dogs with lizard legs and tails sticking out. Jerks. Sincerely, Chris Lundry Pool Dust *zine POBox8S664 Seattle, Wil 98145-1664 P.S. Your 'Grunge City' cheap shot was way off the mark. My 'zine covers primarily punk, and you would have noticed that if you got past the back page. Dear Chris, Hello, my name is Trish Kelly. I am the person who wrote the review of your 'zine in Discorder. I am glad that you wrote a response to that review and now I would like to respond to the justifications you offered. I'm really sorry that you are working towards a double major. that must be really rough. I can understand that you must be short on money. I am very sorry that someone so privildged as to have a chance at a college education is willing to exploit other human beings to achieve that degree of success. But I guess maybe it is just me that believes that if you have to stand on the backs of others, it really isn't worth it. I don't buy your justifications. Next point: I find it so interesting that someone should be so against "political correctness" because it restricts our languauge and diminishes it, but that same person will do the same thing to another person by calling them PC. I know the tactic. If I say something that challenges your idea's or questions if they exist, you will call me PC and that kills the conversation. I am not politically correct, I am concerned with how my actions affect others. How can you in one sentence say that it is true that girls sell skate boards, but then in the next sentence accuse me of having a hangup? Actually, maybe I do have a hangup. You see, when I read your 'zine, I get caught up in the fact that I know I am not an equal. I don't identify with the dope smoking boys in their big protective clothes, I identify with that naked (or half naked) girl standing all exposed to the weather and your critical eye; I identify with the girl in the picture who knows that girls have nothing to do with skateboarding. If you were displaying naked people as a means of liberating them, that would be one thing. But you are exposing them and exploiting them for your own You have complete control over what your paid advertisers give you. You are in control of what you print. If you can't find other sponsors and you can't afford it, then you shouldn't be doing a 'zine. I know it is possible to publish without those ads because I write a 'zine and I have managed to go a whole year without any advertising. And yeah, it is expensive and comes out of my pocket, but if you are doing your 'zine because you love to, not because it is your economics class project, you would find a way to do it without those shops. You see, if you really didn't want to be sexist and were against those land of ads, you could do something. You could tell them no and they would listen because if your 'zine is a good place to advertise they will want to be in it. You are just perpetuating sexism and the division that your pri vilidge includes. I'm glad that you do more than skate. And I'm really glad that you are in school. Exactly what year do you take Ethics? Sincerely, Irish Kelly Right on sister! And by the way, Chris, in your summation of DiSCORDER's naughty bits you missed some good offensive dog humping on page 25. - ed. All letters are printed as received (unless otherwise stated), so don't blame us if you sound like a bone head! POETRY&FICTION DiSCORDER WANTS YOUR ORIGIN ALPOERTY AND SHORT FICTION FOR PUBLICATION. SEND ALL SUBMISSIONS TO: CIO DiSCORDER #233-613& SUB BLVD. Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6T1Z1 OR Fax your stuff to: (604) S22-9364 OR Call Scotia at £22-3017 to read your stuff on CiTR! Oh no! I forgot to renew my Discorder subscription! I'd better get Wendy to put a check in the mail today! We were worried about exploiting lovable cartoon character Casper to sell magazines until we remembered the first rule of advertising: Dead people don't sue. 1 2 issues $15.00 LISA $15. US Foriegn $24.00 Send a cheque or money order to: DiSCORDER SUBSCRIPTIONS c/o CiTR #233-6138 SUB BLVD. Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6T1Z1 t October 1994 WE'VE GOT TEN COPIES OF THE SEMPER UB1 SUB UBI i « ' COMPILATION CD (INCLUDING TEENAGE FANCLUB, HOUSE * LINE ASSEMBLY AND SARA CRAIG) PLUS TEN PAIRS OF JOE BOXER SHORTS STINKIN' UP THE PLACE. WE'LL MAIL THEM TO YOU IF YOU PUT YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND A (CLEAN) SNIPPET OF YOUR FAVOURITE UNDERWEAR AND SEND THEM IN TO: GINCH C/O DiSCORDER MAGAZINE 6138 SUB BLVD. VANCOUVER, B.C. s ntggmmz A Small Ray of Light by Sara&"3u\*)an Suddenly and with £reat force my body was elevated and slammed violently against the \na\\ as if by Some invisible force as if Vn a cheap horror movie. And then the bloody thing ' was gone ; O^Ctt-sHStt&i-i^l Of course, x dismissed the episode as a lucid nightmare. . . But on the other hand, x have always prided myself on j bd\Jir>£ -90 open mind. , VfhaV doe's th;s have, -to do \rJ»>Vi anything? A vgeefc after this happened, my life began in earnest. r went to luncheon at my favorite There was a new waitress work;, restaurant" Bof one most maintain some level of decorum. ^_, She seemed to me "to be one of "those types" 5o x invited her for a drinVc th^ following evening «30(i She accepted. Otherwise vie ^ $ot aloncj f ^\ splendidly ' v^r Even though she was 19 years old she displayed exquisite --and i+ wasn't but a few drinfcs later &M We were bacfc at her place. ^^^T O 6 October 1994 Devoting some of my space to public service this month, I've prepared a little quiz for you diligent cinephilistic readers out there. Answer each question Yes or No. 1. Do you ever go to movies alone? 2. Do you ever watch a movie before 11:00 am? 3. Have you ever watched more than four films in one day? 4. Have you ever watched a film in fast forward just to say you've seen ill 5. Have you ever missed a day of work to see a movie? 6. Do you need to watch a movie to have a good time? If you answered Yes to one or more of these questions, you could be addicted to film. Search deep within yourself. Has your need to escape the harsh reality of life on 20th century Earth in the delicious fantasy world of cinema superseded your grasp on the here and now? If, as you read this, you are nodding your head in agreement, you will have to face the facts. You're Your options are limited. You can seek help, but why bother? Help is usually costly or involves believing in a god, both of which are much worse than spending your days with a horde of good flicks. My advice is to call 685-8352 to get the low- down on this year's Vancouver International Film Festival and gorge, GORGE, GORGE! From September 30th to October 16th, 375 presentations of 250 movies from 40 countries will be projected onto the screens of Vancouver's finest theatres for your information and delectation. As usual, the emphasis is on independent, smaller budgeted films and, also par usual, there is something for every- You have an avid interest in life in the Palestinian refuge camps? No problem. Gay porn is your cup of tea? Got it. Jean-Luc Godard sets your thighs aflame? The festival's got a double shot! Many of the series feature at previous festivals make a return this year. Faultlines: Nonfiction Films of 1993 is "an expanded program of documentary films exploring political, ethical or biographical themes" and continues the VIFFs commitment to providing a forum for the world's great documentarians, young and old. The selection this year covers topics as diverse as gays in the American military (Coming Out Under Fire, Dir: Arthur Dong), Tiananmen Square (Moving the Mountain, Dir: Miachael Apted), Tangiers resident and US expatriot Paul Bowles (Paul Bowles: The Complete Outsider, Dir: Catherine Warnow & Regina Weinrich), and self-promoting sarcasm queen Sandra Bernhard (Sandra Bernhard: Confessions of a Pretty Lady, Dir: Kristiene Clare). The stand-out must-see is last year's Academy Award winner for Best Feature Documentary, / Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School. "Filmmakers Alan and Susan Raymond roam the halls and classrooms [of an inner- city school in North Philadelphia] as 725 African-American pupils attempt, with varying degrees of willingness and success, to defy poverty, violence, and drugs in order to receive the most basic education." The popular late night Walk on the Wild Side series is back and this year looks better (read a lower gore quotient) than ever. Says Sandy Gow, series programmer, in the festival program: "Only one feature comes to us from conventional distribution sources...It means that the chances of ever seeing the majority of these wonderful films in even .specialized theatres...do not look good at present. This is not to say that a distributor with a few cajones might not come along and change this equation, but these days distributors of that variety are pretty much on the endangered species list." Midnight on Fridays and Saturdays during the festival's run (with one additional daytime screening of each film) might be your only shot to see such titillating extravaganzas as: Green Snake (Dir: Tsui Hark), "a classic Hong Kong sword-and- sorcery action-genre period piece," Dellamorte Dellamore (Dir: Miachael Soavi), a "hip, irreverent" film in the vein Return of Living Dead, Love and a .45 (Dir: C.W. Talkington), yet another psycho- white-trash-lovers-on-the-larn flick, and Toward Within (Dir: Mark Magidson), the Dead Can Dance performance film. I've got my most jaded, baddest attitude ready for Second Cousin, Once Removed (Dir: John Shorney), which "borrow's] influences from '40's hard-boiled melodramas, the French New Wave, and early '60's cop shows...The film is a non-stop run of droll comedy, genre references, and wonderfully defined charac- Just as exciting as a midnight stroll through the nether world of off-beat film is the most acclaimed and fastest growing series at the VIFF: Dragons and Tigers: The Cinemas of East Asia. Now the "largest and most adventurous program of East Asian cinema outside of East Asia," the series will, for the first time, hand out some cash in the form of a Young Cinema from Pacific Asia prize. Adjudicated by an international panel, the award will go to the "most creative and innovative first or second feature by a new director." The films nominated include Japanese takes on young love both heterosexual (The Window is Yours, Dir: Tomoyuki Furumaya) and homosexual (/ Like You, I Like You Very Much, Dir: Hiroyuki Oki), a "hallucinatory decent into the lower depths of pre-Olympic Seoul (La Vie en Rose, Dir: Kim Hong June), and "a poignant account of love in the city" (Vive L'Amour, Dir: Tsai Ming Liang). Also making triumphant returns in the 1994 version of the VIFF are the series Best of Britain, Cinema of our Time, Canadian Images, and the conjuctionally held Trade Forum. In its ninth year of providing discussions with and addresses by some of the leaders of the North American film industry, October 6- 8 the forum will be geared towards aiding and abetting the folks of the BC film industry who helped generate a reported 857 million dollars worth of economic excitement last year. The coup de grace of the forum's line up of key-note speakers and panelists was confirming enter tainment law giant (who may or may not be described as 'friendly') Peter Dekom for a special luncheon. With clients like Tom Hanks, Arnold, Sly, and George Lucas, it is highly likely that Mr. Dekom will know what he's talking about when he deigns to speak about his profession. For those seeking entrance to the hallowed land of filmmaking, Oct. 5th has been designated "New Filmmakers Day" and will feature panels that tackle the difficulties of getting started in show biz. Resources (Funding Agencies and Organization, Preparation and Pitches), Developing Your Portfolio, and Unions and the No-Budget/Low Budget Filmmaker are a few of the undoubtedly informative panels planned. Though the festival has some pricey options for involvement, there are many that will sound sweeter to the impoverished pock- etbook owner. A Gold pass, entitling the bearer to all screenings except galas is $175, but for seniors and students the pass is renamed "Silver" and the price is slashed to $100. You can catch any matinee screening with a Daytime pass for $50 and any midnight showing with a Walk on the Wild Side series pass for $25. Advance discount tickets are sold in books often for $60. Regular single performance tickets are $7 and $5 for matinees. Whatever you can shell out for, go wild and turn here next month for a round up of the biggest thrills and disappointments of this year's festival. Note: DiSCORDER and Tania Bolskaya take no responsibility for any addictions that may result from the advice given in this column. The 13th Annual Vancouver International Film Festival presents My Generation (Canada, 84 min.) A collection of short comedies about sex, family, miscommunication and extinct mammals. Peter Lynch's Arrowhead features Ray Bud, a bored post-teen from suburbia who takes the audience on a hilariously trivial tour of his environment. Body Follies is Kathy Sperberg's multi-media piece that parodies cliched 1970s ideas of non-verbal communication. Porcaria is Filipe Paulo's sexcapade featuring a Portuguese immigrant couple, their gay lodger and an Icelandic telephone repair man. Anthony Couture's Around About Tuesday proves to be a mock-cinema verite comedy about a family feud and a disastrous funeral. Cinematheque: Oct 2,7:00 pm and Oct 5,10:00 am. Vancouver Centre Pacific Cinematheque Caprice Ridge Hollywood Tokyo Cowboy (British Columbia, 94 min.) No Ogwa is captivated by the wild west of Hollywood movies; determined to live that dream, he sets out from Tokyo to Canada to become a cowboy. Ridge: Oct 1, 7:00 pm; Van Cen: Oct 3, 4:45 pm. Double Happiness (British Columbia, 100 min.) Mina Shum's debut feature is a hugely entertaining story of a young aspiring actress walking the line between her traditional Chinese family and the contemporary Western world she grew up in. Ridge: Sep 30,7:00 pm; Van Centre: Oct 2. 4:15; Cinematheque: Oct 9,2:00 pm. VANCOUVER Darker Side of Black {Great Britain, 55 min.) A confrontational walk through hip-hop and dance-hatl culture by director Isaac julien (Young Sout Rebels). Van Centre: Oct 7,7:30 pm; Cinematheque: Oct 8, Noon. Johnny 100 Pesos {Chile/USA/Mexico, 90 min.) Johnny Garcia is a misguided teenager involved in a botched robbery that escalates into a siege. Director Gustavo Graef Marino's stunningly directed black comedy-thriller is based on a real event. Cinematheque: Oct 1,230 pm; Hollywood: Oct 9,7:00 pm; Cioematheque: Oct 12,10:00 am. Across the Moon (USA, 100 min.) Two women (Elizabeth Pefia and Christina Appleaate) form an unlikely union and decide to live together after their boyfriends are incarcerated. Dir. Lisa GoteJieb s film features a rousing soundtrack by Exene Cervenka. Caprice. Oct 1,7*0 pm; Ridge: Oct *, 4:00 pm. Mod Fuck Explosion (USA, 70 min.) San Francisco filmmaker jon Moritsuqu creates what is surely the wildest take yet on the Romeo and Juliet story. World Premiere. Caprice: Oct 7, Midnight; Cinematheque: Oct 8,4*0 pm. Totally F***ed Up (USA, 79min.) Gregg Araki (The Living End) follows the lives of six racially mixed gay/lesbian teens tn Los Angeles. Van Cen: Oct 10.730 pm; Cinematheque: Oct 12.4:15 pm. Toward the Within (USA, 75 min.) Mark Magidson's astounding concert film based on the Dead Can Dance duo's eighteen-date tour of the United States and Canada, in support of their last album "Into the Labyrinth". Caprice: Oct 8, Midnight Ridge: Oct 10,930 pm. FILM B.C. Tel Film Festival Hotline 685-8352 (noon - 9 pm) Advance Tickets at Pacific Cinematheque Cash-Outlet (Noon-7pm) Charge-Line 685-8297 (noon - 9 pm) The Vancouver Sun Guide available at participating theatres, libraries & usual outlets. Clerks (USA, 105 min.) The "slacker" generation lives! Director Kevin Smith —a Vancouver Film School dropout — chronicles a day in the life of a Quick Stop Grocery store clerk. Caprice: Oct 4,930 pm; Van Cen: Oct 9, 430 pm. Fun (USA, 95 min.) In Rafal Zielinski's film, two adolescent girls murder a nice little old lady out of rage masquerading as a lark. Fun, of course, is not.. Hollywood: Oct 1, 2:00 pm and Oct.14,9:45 pm. ? E^°£K33 October 1994 AH right, I'll admit it: To music concerts because I enjoy the atmosphere; it's a valid excuse to get a little dressed up for outrageous price for a cafe latte to sip while wandering around the performance hall at intermission without feeling guilty, and to pretend for a moment that I've driven there in my BMW (nobody has to know it was actually an AMC, dripping oil out of every seal) while admiring the art works on the wall or perusing the program for the evening's performance. But by far the most important aspect is the enjoyment of the music: I find something both stimulating and settling in its structured expression of artistic talent, both on the part of the composer and the musician. I want the music to take my thoughts away from anything but itself, to overwhelm me with complexity of interwoven rhythms and melodies at one moment and to entrance with poignant lyrical simplicity the next. Given this, perhaps you will have a vague idea of how I would feel if a work were to suddenly make me start thinking of a long since past first-year physics course. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Before I go any further, I should explain that I went to the concert put on by the Vancouver New Music Society on September 18th, the second of two concerts they hosted featuring French pianist Anthony de Mare and German composer and cellist Michael Bach. Both of these artists are considered to be first-rate by anyone's standards. De Mare has received numerous awards including a prestigious First Place at France's International Competition of Contemporary Piano Music and both First Prize and the Audience Prize at the Dutch International Gaudeamus Interpreters' Competition. He is a regular performer of modern piano works in both Europe and North America and has made recordings with the BBC as well as the CBC. Michael Bach is considered to be an expert on modern cello technique, having literally written the book on the topic (well, at least a very influential text titled Fingerboards and Overtones) and has recently been active in the development of a new curved bow for the cello which will allow for a greater diversity in playing. His own playing style emphasizes the instruments harmonics, overtones, and phenomenal sustain and, under the nom de plume of Michael Bach Bachtischa, he has composed a large number of works, many of which are available on CD. The program for this concert sounded very promising, starting with "De Profundis." Based a letter written by Oscar Wilde while in prison for his sexual orientation, "De Profundis" was written in 1991 specifically for de Mare by the American composer Frederic Rzewski to be recorded as accompanying music to a film that is still in production. The letter itself is a tribute to the strength of Wilde's spirit and his desire to transform the "degradation of the body...into a spiritualising of the soul" and, given the lofty nature of this origin, I was expecting an equally lofty performance from the piano. It was, but not in the way I had expected. The work called for de Mare to hum, sigh, groan, sing, and tap on the piano case, as well as play the piano by more traditional means in between reading sections from the letter. This sounds a little bizarre, but it worked. It was an impressive performance, and de Mare managed to play, turn pages of music and do the humming, tapping, howling, and honking of a bicycle horn all at the same time. The most surprising part was that the added sounds (for the most part) did a pretty good job of helping to set the tone of the work. In particular, de Mare's 'mute-trumpet' humming effect was very realistic, convincing me for a few moments that it was in fact being computer-generated from a sampler. If I were to compose a work dealing with the same topic I would choose a more serious approach, but that is the composer's perogative and I must admit that the work was very entertaining in performance. Unfortunately, I suspect few musicians will be willing to take the time to add this work to their repertoire, so the only chance to hear it may be in the film it was composed for. If you're interested, it is being made by Lawrence Brose and will be released in 1995. (The program notes don't give the work's title.) The second work of the program was "ONE13" by John Cage and Michael Bach Bachtischa. It is my understanding that Cage is considered to be one of the giants of modern classical music, studied and emulated by a great many newer composers. Although I had not previously heard any of his works, this reputation was enough to interest me in this his last work completed only shortly before his death in 1992. The program notes describe the work as 'a twenty-five minute meditation on one pitch and its many subtle gradations' but I was undaunted; this, I believed, would be a measure of the composer's art. I expected that the piece would utilize complex rhythmic themes to make a single note musical, but I was wrong. The work consisted entirely of one note being played on the cello in a limited variety of ways: plainly on one string, as a chord on several strings, with a normal bow or with a curved bow on nearly limp strands. This last effect was especially disagreeable, producing a strong scraping noise with only the faintest hint of the note coming through. On several occasions I thought that I could hear more than one note (presumably overtones in the instrument) and I found myself contemplating not the music but the sort of acoustic waveform that would result from mixing of the primary note with its first harmonic. It was at this point that Physics 121 started rearing its ugly head: let's see, that would be A sin(wt + d) + B cos(wt + d), but d is 0, so it must be something like A sin(wt) + B cos(wt) + An sin(2wt) + Bn cos(2wt)....oh wait, is the music still playing? If the purpose of the work was a meditation then I guess it failed on me, but then perhaps the fault is my own. I know Cage is considered to be a musical great, and the audience was impressively quiet, so maybe it was just my own shallowness. Whatever, I didn't really like the piece very much and can't say I would like to hear it again, although it wasn't outright offensive or irritating like some modern works. If I should ever want to relive the experience, I think I could just as well sit in the dark and contemplate a dripping tap. After the intermission the program continued with a short work for solo cello written and performed by Michael Bach (Bachtischia). Entitled "C-A-G- El," the work is described as a short homage in memory of John Cage, to be performed in the pitches (you guessed it) C, A, G, and E. A clever idea, I'll admit, but not much to listen to. It was, as near as I could tell, just more of the last work but with a few different notes thrown in for variety. Mercifully, it was a short work and Mercifully? Well, I had expected the final work, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, to be a reprieve. Written for piano and cello in early 1967, the work was described by its composer as being best considered a combination of two separate solo pieces in which the piano and cello eventually come together to form a single work. If this was two solo pieces then the piano was really shortchanged. Most of the work consisted of long drawn-out single tones on the cello with (very) occasional triple forte outbursts of atonality from the piano. As the work progressed I did note that these interruptions became somewhat more frequent, but I never thought that they complemented or accented the cello in a way that I would expect in a single unified work. Also, as the work neared its end the cello part become increasingly discordant and finally lost what little appeal was left by switching to rapid and harsh pizzicato playing. The program notes state that "Zimmermann's music does not travel well." All the better if this was a representa- I left the concert in disappointment. Although I liked the first work in a strange way and I can admit that the works by Cage and Bach(tischa) took tal ent to perform and perhaps were just over my head, I can't really excuse this final work or even take it seriously. I am afraid that fallen into the trap of thinking that anything new and strange is artistic. Perhaps the roots of the problem lie even deeper, as the program notes quote him as stating that the piano and cello 'are too distinctive to allow for a smoothly operating combination.' I beg to differ; I have heard any number of works in which the two do an excellent job of complementing each other. The problem, Herr Zil n the ii but in the composer. I would go on, but it seems that I am running out of space for this month and must get on to an overview of what's to be found in October's musical calendar. Since we're on the subject of the Vancouver New Music Society, I should start by mentioning that they will be premiering an opera written by their own music director, Owen Underhill. Called Star Catalogs, it is described as the 'dream of a dying astronomer', with mysticism, alchemy, heresy, and truth. I have to admit it sounds interesting and I may find myself going to one of the performances which will be on the 21 st, 23rd, 26th, 28th, and 29th of the month at the Russian Hall (600 Campbell St.). All performances are at 8:00 and tickets are available at CBO (280-2801). The VSO starts off this years Great Composers series with a concert of W.A. Mozart's "Overture to Marriage of Figaro," the "Symphonia Concertante for Winds," the "Divertimento for Strings," and the ever-popular "Symphony No.40." The concert is at the Orpheum at 8:00 pm on the 1st and 3rd of October and will be proceeded by a half-hour talk on the life of Mozart to be held in the Patron's Lounge at 7:00. It will also be presented at 2:00pm on the 2nd, but without the In the VSO's "Tea and Trumpets" series, CBC host Otto Lowy will assist conductor Clyde Mitchell in leading the symphony in a program about the life and music of Antonin Dvorak. The program will include some of the composer's wonderful Slavonic Dances in a performance at the Orpheum on October the 12th at 2:00 pm. If you're more into the 'Pops', Newton Wayland will lead the orchestra in Big Band Memories, featuring music by many of the swing-era greats on the 14th and 15th at 8:00. Finally, as a celebration of the VSO's 75th year, the Vancouver Bach Choir and guest soloists including Judith Forst, Jon Kimura Parker, Corey Cerovsek, Edith Wiens and Tracy Dahl join the orchestra in a program of oper- composers including Elgar, Tchaikovsky, Strauss and Bernstein. Additionally, Canadian composer Jean Coulhardt's commissioned "Celebration Fanfare" will be premiered. This evening of assorted musical tidbits will on the 7th at 7:00 pm. The Friends of Chamber Music Society will open their 47th season with the London Chamber Orchestra in a program of Britten's "Simple Symphony," Elgar's "Serenade," Vivaldi's "Concerto for Two Violins," and Bartok's "Divertimento" on the 18th, at 8:00 in the Playhouse. Early Music Vancouver's season opener will be on the 29th, featuring the Pacific Baroque Orchestra in a program with works by Bach, Handel, and Avison to be held at 8:00 at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, 189 W. 11th Avenue. I'm out of space for this time, so until next month good listening! HEY VANCOUVER! COME TO SEATTLE! 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ADMISSION IS FREEH r PUB »!N THE BASEMENT OF THE STUDEMT UNION B presents.- iHdid Oct 11 OroverFur Universal Lounge Act Arthur Ellis Oct I The Papillomas T8A R Oct25 Squeeky Marjorie Cardwell Orbit in Bloom Come on down to the Railway @ 572 Dunsmuir Street Check out hot local bands every Tuesday Plus the ever-popular "jokes for beer" 10 October 1994 Sparser andpoppiersounding than its predecessor Smeared, Sloan's second full length album, Twice Removed, has brought the band to greater heights of popularity in Canada while at the same time surpassing the quality that they 've displayed in previous recordings. Breaking out of Halifax, Nova Scotia couldn 't have been easy, but in the two years since Sloan's Geffen debut was released literally dozens of other bands from the Atlantic region have received unprecedented exposure throughout Canada and the rest of the world. I spoke with Patrick Pentland of Sloan just before their fantastic show with fellow Halifax band Thrush Hermit at the Howden Ballroom on September 10... Twice Removed is a lot different than Smeared: What did Geffen think of the sound of this one? There were people who had heard it as it was being made and before it was mixed - I think it waa the higher up people that don't even listen to the records, but who try to make the decisions - 'We don't know how to market this because we tried to market you one way and now you're a different way' - and you know, we made the record and we knew we were probably going to take a lot of flack for it but we made it anyway because we wanted to. We're still on Geffen as far as I know - that could change - but I don't know. The response has been more positive since the record has been out. They were sort of taken aback but not hke 'We couldn't put this out - you guys are going to have to do something...' I thought the new album waa very Posies-esque... I guess so...Yeah, the Posies are a good example of a band who made a record and the label didn't hke it and told 'em to go do it again. It can happen, but you gotta kinda play the game a little bit, you know? People have to be able to work with you and you have to be able to work with people; I think it's a trade off sometimes, like everything else in life. But we're very comfortable with the record. How long are you on Geffen for? Well, it's a six record deal, including Peppermint - that was thrown in as maybe something for the future. There's an op'jon period coming up and they could very well scy 'See ya later,' but I don't think they will. And if they did, well, we've got Murder. Sloan are responsible for \ Halifax'new-found fame \> for reasons other than their i own performing or | songwriting abilities: Murderecords is a record |; label that is owned and operated by the members of Sloan and Colin McKenzie Starting out with a release ; of Sloan's first EP Pepper- | mint, the label has since \ gone on to release CDs, j and seven inchers for bands from the region like Eric's Trip, Thrush Hermit, and Hardship Post, to name afew. How much are you involved in Murderecords? We're totally involved in the corn- All four equally? No, it's more Jay than anybody else...and then Chris and then me - Andrew lives in Toronto so he's not really involved that much. We're there working every day when we're at home whether it's just a few hours or all day. The whole point of it isn't to make money these days, it's just to promote some bands in the area so they can tour - like Thrush Hermit are now with us and have something to sell, they've got a publishing deal and look eventually at [being on] a bigger label. Hardship Post just signed with SubPop, so it's working as a success in those terms. I think in the future it'd be nice if it could make enough money to at least float itself and help us put out bigger projects, but for now at least we' ve got a distribution deal with MCA (in Canada) which helps a lot. Is anything happening with Murder in the States? distribution within a year, which would help a lot, because it's really difficult to get Thrush Hermit or whatever in those cities. The people at Geffen are helping us out with that too, like calling people [and saying] 'Checkout Murderecords - this band Sloan are on this label!' How much control do you let the bands on Murder have? At first it was going to be complete control for the bands, but then we realized that not all bands have an idea of what they want to do for artwork or what they want to do for this or that. Hardship Post are pretty self-sufficient - Thrush Hermit as well - but Hip Club Groove didn't know what to do and we sorta had to help them out. Hip Club Groove are opening for you on part of this tour... Yeah, in Ontario - Superfriendz and Hip Club Groove are going to be meeting up with us in Thunder Bay. They're going to do eleven shows with us. Hip Club Groove are hip-hop: How do your audiences react to that? They've never been outside of Halifax so we'll have to wait and see. I guess the people who see us are a little more open-minded [so] it wouldn't be such a big shock to have a hip-hop band [opening]. Superfriendz are a little more power-pop or something stripped down a bit - even that might be a bit weird. But I think it'll be an interesting show - unfortunately not out here. In the past Halifax bands would go to Montreal or Toronto and then break up - no one ever made it out of Halifax: Did you ever consider leaving? The fall before things started to happen, Chris and I didn't have girlfriends and Andrew wanted to move to Toronto because his fiancee lives there. We were sort of considering moving to Toronto more just for fun, just for a change of scenery, and then when things started to happen we were away so much anyway we didn't want to go to Toronto, there wasn't a reason for us to leave. Now even if I wanted to move I probably couldn't, not just because of the per ception, but [because of] the business end of everything - and our management's there. We get to see so many other big cities anyway... How's the reception in the Stales? It's a bit up and down: It's good up on the eastern states and near the borders, but otherwise we've still got a lot of work to do. Had you already had some level of success on the eastern seaboard with Halifax being relatively close? Yeah, we've been there more. I think in the States to make any headway you have to keep going there all the time, and then people will get to know your name because you're always playing. Do you find that you like bands less because they get popular? No, I don't tend to do that -1 don't know that Chris does either. I think that that can happen though, I think that's something that we always feel: If you're in the public eye more, you're more likely to get picked apart or 'Oh they're big time now, I hate them, I like tliis little band more.' That's cool, but I was never into lhat. If my vourite band got huge, that'd be great - hke when Nirvana got so big I'm sure there were people saying they sold out and that's ridiculous, it's just more people hke their mu- People I know in Halifax keep telling me it's so small - they'll sec you on the corner or in a bar, and you're just..yourselves: Is there any of that stardom in Halifax towards yourselves or other No, I don't think so. It's hard to tell because the people we hang out with all the time are people in those bands, you know? Or else just friends who've known us for a long time...but we don't get stopped and asked for autographs or anything hke that. Sometimes we get people yelling at us from across the street, "Sloan Sucks!" and you gotta think a) "I hope they don't beat us up," and b) at least they know who you In addition to the work being done through Murderecords, the east coast music scene is also gaining attention through SloanNet, an internet discussion group/mailing list that was set up by friends of the band in the last year. To subscribe, send the message "SUBSCRIBE" to gen4114+sloan<& husky l.stmarys. How does it feel to have something like SloanNet named after your band? It's a bit weird - it's kinda spooky. I actually went on it -1 was at Cliff's (Cliff Gibb, drummer of Thrush Hermit and regular contributor to SloanNet) house and we were up 'til like four in the morning drinking beer and I said, "Get me on this thing! 1 wanna check it out!" because I had never seen it. I ran through it and left all these messages - it was really stupid. But it's interesting...I guess they do discuss Sloan and other bands and I think that's really good for the area. I think it's helped a lot [with] promotion for the bands, but I think it's more just a forum for people to talk, and they could talk about anything... There's been comment about changing the name because there wasn't enough talk about Sloan! I guess it's cool that they named it after us, but it's also weird because there'll be these items Cliff was telling me about... 'Chris Murphy was seen in the university bar with somebody...' You guys were spotted leaving the airport fJ Thursday morning. Oh really? Some of the stuff is so ridiculous to Some of it does get a little trivial... As long as it doesn't get Ahhh, I can rest sweetly at night now. The new Lush album, Split, is finally out. They're touring. Life is good. A while ago, lead singer Emma gave DiSCORDER's own Shazia Islam a half-hour of her valuable time to discuss the trials and traumas of an aspiring, somewhat famous young artist. Subjects from politics to techno were on Emma's mind that day and she had no trouble getting them out of her head and on to our tape. For your reading ease, weVe gone one step further and committed them to paper. DiSCORDER: Why was there such a delay before Split came out? Emma: To us it wasn't such a massive gap because we've been working continuously since the last album. We toured for a whole year in 1992, finishing in December. When we started writing in January, we wrote about sixteen songs, demoed them in June, looked for a producer - which took three months - found Mike Hedges, started working in October, finished in April because we had to remix the whole album again with Alan Moulder, and then it was released in June. So it was a long time but there wasn't a big break where we weren't doing anything. I think people think we just took time off working or something. Spooky did quite well. Was there a lot of hype for Split? Well, you know, there were a lot of expectations, but I don't think anyone really knew what to expect. It was like 'How is it going to be received?' I think we did pretty well. It hasn't charted as high as Spooky did, but we still held our ground pretty well. But hype - what do you A lot of expectations, I guess. Well there was obviously expectations by a lot of peopi I hope we fulfilled them. Who did the arrangements? Well, myself and Miki do all the writing and we arrange everything from the bass to the rhythm guitar [to] the backing vocals to everything. Apart from the strings - we' ve got strings on four songs on the album and we got outside arrangers to do that - myself and Miki do everything really. How did you meet up with Mike Hedges? We sent him a demo in June, actually, and he didn't really reply to us for awhile. We fried other people in between but they couldn't do it or they weren't into it or they just couldn't fit in the time. Then we thought 'Oh, what happened to Mike Hedges?' So someone phoned him up and he said, 'Oh yes, I really liked that tape and I think I could probably do it' We talked to him and had a long chat with him and it worked out really well because he wanted to do a co-production [and] that suited us fine. What was it like recording at Abbey Road? I mean, did you feel close to the Beatles at all? Well, we were only at Abbey Road for like a week [and] we weren't in studio two which is the Beatles' studio. We were up in the penthouse, just a small little studio up at the top. It had these really flashy mix- it was hke. What were some of your major musical influences for this album? I don't think we've been listening to any music that was that different to what we normally listened to from before. I mean, I think that this album is very diverse. You've got sort of punky, poppy songs like "Hypocrite" and "Blackout" and then you' ve got obviously the slower songs hke "Never Never" and "Desire Lines." To mention bands that have influenced us - anything from Joy Division to Blondie to Wire to Siouxie and the Banshees to Tim Buckley. It's very diverse. Everyone in the band has quite different tastes in music really. A lot of songs on Split deal with personal issues like unhappiness and depression • can you tell me a bit about that? We've always written about personal experience really - all our songs in the past have been autobiographical. I think people are picking up on the lyrics a lot more now because you can hear them whereas you couldn't really in the past. The theme is quite introspective, but that's not to say that we're depressed people. I just did an interview and the guy was going on about 'Oh your life is such a mess' - it isn't actually. I think it's just a bit of therapy writing songs about problems you've had in the past and just getting them out. But it's not to say that the songs are haunting Your album sleeve certainly looks interesting. What are the books there for? There are pictures of like stacks of books. The photos of the lemons and the books and the sticks are Vorn' s work who usually does the sleeves. This guy sent him all these photos and he really liked them. He's got loads of others - hke a paperbag, a lampshade - things like that. Very stark images. I think they're quite good. It suits the record quite well 'cause I think the record is quite stark. When we first saw the sleeve, we had cold feet about it actually. It was so different from the things Vorn has done for us. But we hke it What inspired you to write "Love Life"? I sat there thinking what should I write this song about. Well, why not London, because it's obviously very important to me. Especially when you go on tour and you're away from home a lot. I mean, there's so many good things about London and so many bad things and I tried to put that in the song. There's sort of a darkside, but I still love it here. I'll probably never leave. It's such a great city. A bit dirty though. Are you guys involved politically at all? 'Cause England has a very colourful political scene. We never sang about politics as a band. We've done some political things like we gave a track to the anti-poll tax album [and] we did an anti-racism thing last year. We've never got that involved with rallies and the hke because we've not that political lyrically, you see. There's a lot of bands who sing just about politics, racism and sexism. But obviously it effects your life. I think people, from what I can tell, are more political here than in America - kids, that is. I guess it's just more in your face How did you feel about being lumped in with the 'shoegazer' bands back when it was a pretty popular label? Well it wasn't particularly pleasant. It was a very negative tag. It was like 'Oh here are all these introspective, middle-class bands and Mummy's given them their guitars and they play this music that's so lightweight and it's got no substance." That's what it was really, so at the time it was a bit irritating - especially since we started three years before that But these things pass. No one mentions the word 'shoegazer' anymore over here. They're onto newer things now. How did it affect your band to be labelled shoegazers? I understand there was a lot of bad press and pressure involved? I think we did okay because there were some other bands who did get lumped in with that shoegazer scene who got a really bad deal in the press. Namely Chapterhouse and Slowdive. They were not even slagged off but just ignored because of this shoegazer rubbish. But we managed to keep going and keep getting good coverage and people are still interested. I think it also has to do with personality. I think our personalities were quite opposite to the introspective thing. We're actually outgoing and lively people, (laughs) Then on the Hypocrite EP there's actually people called Spooky who remixed the track "Undertow" on the album and we used that as an intro tape. A lot of it is really good, very experimental and very sort of new sounding. But then there's a lot of rubbish as well, (laughs) And it's not really dance music anymore. It definitely came out of the dance scene but it's getting into more electronic music. So what do you think of Slowdive's 5 EP? The techno influence is there. I never heard it. (laughs) Have you ever heard of a band called C-Field? No. They're a bit like that. Hard techno with guitar and female vocals. I don't know if they've made it over to North America. Maybe one day. Do you think you benefited from the exposure you got playing LoUapalooza in '92? Yeah. I mean, we were going on about one o'clock in the afternoon so we weren't playing to a full house - most people wanted to see Pearl Jam or the Chili Peppers. But it obviously got our name out a lot more [and] we sold a lot more records. There were some really nice people - all the bands were very supportive. They weren't hke 'Oh well, I'm in Ministry and I'm not interested in little Lush.' It was very equal. We had a good time. And I think in America, people are a lot more supportive and open-minded then they tend to be here. Really?! Yeah. People here tend to be a lot more snobby hke, 'Well you're not trendy so I don't know what to say to you.' It's a bit like that over here. When is your sound heading? Is it going to be much the same stuff? en about. :'- personale^^l^c^really ^ ; past graphic ' )le are pic! i lyrics a lot more now because you can hear them whereas you couldn't re in the past." There's been a great rise in techno music in England. What are your thoughts on this scene? I really like some of it I mean, we've got a remix; we've had a few techno remixes done actually. We had one done by the Drum Club - they did a remix of a track called "Stray" which is on Spooky. Jt's hard to say if the songs haven't been written yet I think we're getting better all the time. Well, it was great talking to you and I think I speak for all of you fans when I say that we hope to see you here one day soon. One day. We'll try. It October 1994 PTTWERK "I still don't think I've grasped even a port of what's ii this release, but I keep going back for more, entering I this strange, sometimes shocking world nearly alone, " accompanied only by a dictionary, a bible of cultural references, and the emergency pager number of a competent therapist." Georgia Sfroight Monday October 31 Queen Elizabeth Theatre 9:30 p.m. On Sale Now! Tickets available at all ■ Outlets, or Charge By Phone 280-4444 [}ljt| Management: Nigel Best Management Int. (905)619-6767 HM,£(,)! I£il£j (ontatt Barenaked ladles at baienaked1@aol.tomor NBXTC@aol.tom E»t ihm f3 s^^a^ A slimy thing happened to me on the way to the New York Theatre to see Grrrlapallooza, the September 10th show featuring music by Fracas, Yvette, Ten Days Late, Sook-Yin Lee, Tickle Trunk and Bif Naked, plus spoken word by Trish Kelly and art work by Jamie Gri ffiths, Lisa Hill and Suzanne MacRury. While I was waiting for my bus a guy walked across the street, asked me how I was doing, and then retreated to his side of the street where his car and his girlfriend/ lover/wife were waiting for rum. They immediately ducked into the car so she could yell at him for awhile, and then, apparently appeased, the two of them started to fool around. In the middle of their 'getting it on,' Mr. Wrong turned around and winked at me. She caught the glance, smacked him, and they swiftly switched back to fight mode again. Within two minutes they were back in necking mode, this time taking turns watching me. Then my bus pulled up. They cranked up their seats and drove away, leaving me wondering how I had somehow been both the stimulus for and spectator of that little sex show. (I would rate Ihe experience a 7 on the Slime Factor Scale where 1 is bone dry and 10 is oozing). Needless to say, I was pretty anxious to escape into the safe confines of the chick-friendly Grrrlapallooza space that night when I finally arrived at the New York Theatre. I'd already had enough crap for one evening and it was only 8 o'clock. The organizers of genres together," said Meegan. "They had a few folky kinds of people and us — whatever we are — and Pansy Division and Fifth Column. So, yeah, I guess that was the idea. It was sort of a first for the Music West Conference to have something that was unified under one flag instead of being just a bunch of bands thrown together." "It was run well, but initially we had a lot of reservations about being part of it because we didn't really want to be pigeonholed. We'd never presented ourselves in the scene as being a dyke band. We don't really write about that. To us it's a separate issue from our music. As a lyric writer I look at us a strong women's band. I think we're more about women's issues than gay issues. So we had a lot of reservations. But Fifth Column was on the bill and they're a band thai we respect. They've been around for a long lime. They're feminist They're pretty strong about what they're doing. That made it seem like we had allegi Unlike Stonewall was a Riot which ■ a specifically queer event, Grrrlapalc didn't demand of its perfo investment in exposing their identities - it was quite obvious thai almost everyone on stage was a girl. "Exactly," said Meegan. "We're not coming out as girls." As a newcomer to Vancouver I've been totally impressed by the strength of the local music scene, especially by the number of women involved. But I've been equally disappointed by how apolitical the scene is. Vancouver band members may use their songs and their music to present their views on countless issues from date rape to apartheid, but it's rare that you see a whole group of bands playing together to support a cause. In the face of this kind of apathy, I was really excited when I heard about Grrrlapallooza because I knew the organ- the same women who had put together the Rock for Choice cassette compilation and show as a fund-raiser for a local women's health centre last spring. I asked Meegan how that show went. "I thought it was a big success. There were a lot more people than I'd thought they're would be. Definitely I" came from the younger s grrrls — which is very cool. I totally re spect those women, but there was a huge lack of an older audience. I guess maybe you have to appeal to them some other I pointed out that all of the bands who played at the Rock for Choice show were pretty much entrenched in the punk scene, which is mosdy supported by a younger crowd these days. Grrrlapallooza, on the other hand, featured a much more diverse group of performers. "I think so," agreed Meegan. "That was definitely a consideration when we were deciding who was going to headline. Bif Naked comes from a completely different scene. She has her own following that has nothing to with the other bands." Granted I'm new to the Vancouver , but Rock for Choice was the first e I'd encountered a project here that integrated politics and music. I was recently in Ottawa where events such as Rock Against Racism happen all the time and I wanted to know whether or not there was any sort of history between politics and i Vancouver. Meegan isn't a real ir in the scene either, but she agreed that there didn't seem to an abundance of politics meshing with music in the city. The one politically active community she did identify was the punk scene, who, she said, put on the Food Not Bombs show and incorporate a political edge in their m Getting back to the topic of the Rock for Choice show, I asked Meegan about the s of that show in terms of raising money. Along with bands - all of which played for free - the show featured speakers from the BC Coalition for Abortion Clinics and the actual women's health centre that funds were being raised for and raised two thousand dollars. Five hundred of those dollars went to Rock for Choice in the States, a condition that was not entirely agreed upon when the project was first undertaken. "There was a miscommunication," explained Meegan. "I contacted Rock for Choice in L.A. and started the project in conjunction with them — they helped me along the way with ideas and sent me information. I don't think anyone had e done a Rock for Choice show in Canada simply for the reason that we don't have 5 problems here. In order to use their monicker and tag the event under Rock for Choice and sell their merchandise most of the money was actually supposed to go to them, and I didn't under- £y kmis+4 JweS' stand that initially. But at some point it became clear to them that I had already contacted a local clinic and had promised to give the money to them. So the people in LA. were flexible; I felt that it was fair to give them a quarter of the money. But the money from the tapes is all staying local and I'm making batch upon batch of that tape - they've been selling all across Despite the success of the Rock for Choice Meegan decided against making Grrrlapalooza a fund-raiser. She felt that if it was to have a political edge it would be better lo have information booths. As well, she wanted to be able to pay the bands playing the show. g^ sss"wP^ "I'm in a band and I know it's brutal. You can do benefit upon benefit, and, it's great be a part of stuff hke that but at some point you've got to buy guitar strings." As a showcase of women talent, Grrrlapallooza was by definition politically charged: It targeted a particular subset of the population and gave them a forum. And in borrowing from riot grrrl feminism the visual appearance of its title, the event claimed all the connotations that go along with the 'grrl" spelling: girl opinions, girl emotions, and more importantly, girl power and girl control. Grrrlapallooza was organized and operated by women in order to let women speak. The growl implicit in the word grrrl is not a coincidence. It means that Grrrl zones are those where we can turn the tables around and be in control. If you're astute enough to notice that growls usually imply aggression then you're probably also observant enough to notice that women have a lot of reasons to be angry. Riot grrrl 'zines and music are important ways for young women to communicate and affirm each other. But just as riot grrrl 'zines are meant to be read by guys as well as girls so that guys can glean some insight into the girlworld, Grrrlapallooza was pretty much out there for the entertainment of anyone willing to listen and Over two hundred and fifty people showed up (including a reporter and photographer for European EUe). It was probably the most diverse crowd I've ever seen at a gig in Vancouver. With a ratio of three females to every one male, there were representatives of many different age groups and races. The variety of the performers was probably a major reason for the variety of the crowd. Fracas, a three piece from Victoria, started out the show. They were awesomely fast and frantic, if almost incomprehensi ble in the vocals department. But their best stuff was purely instrumental, the most memorable piece beginning with the wail: "Mom, sometimes I just don't feel fresh!" I felt very at home right away. I don't think very many people had heard of Yvette before she took the stage that night with her acoustic guitar. Once she started to play, however, she completely mesmerized the audience. It was hke ani difranco had given a surprise performance. Yvette sang so loudly and beautifully that it almost hurt to listen to her. The thoughts she revealed made me feel that I'd walked in on a conversation I wasn't supposed to hear. Someone sitting on the floor nearby summed up my feelings with the declaration, "Who is this women. She's fucking amazing!" Trish, the spoken word artist for the night was somewhat shy and quiet at first, so much so that I felt sympathathelic nervousness for this small person who was unable to hide behind the safety of a either band or an instrument. But as her performance progressed she seemed to grow bigger and stronger until her whispers seemed yells. Twenty teen-aged girls mobbed her as she walked off the stage, depleting her 'zine reserve completely. At this point in the show I was thinking that while I was having a super time and appreciating the respect people were showing the performers by sitting quietly on the floor, I began to wish the audience would get off their butts and party. I was pretty happy when Ten Days Late hit the stage and rocked everyone off their feet and into the mosh pit. (Yvette was, by the way, the most dangerous woman in the pit) They played a great high energy set that was punctuated by frequent on-stage collisions of the guitarists and their vampire-like lead singer Tickle Trunk played the best set I'd ever seen them play, complete with Meegan's incredible David Lee Roth-like aerobics and frequent clutches of a nonexistent cock. Their enthusiasm both won over and exhausted the audience. After that the crowd stayed at the stage. Sook-Yin, who claimed that Ten Days Late was her new favourite band, entertained the audience with vibrator stories. (I think she collects them.) She ended her set with a piece she called "Vocal Improv With Vibrator" whereupon she brought a turn of the century vibrator on stage, turned it on beside the mic and then mumbled, hummed and sneezed alongside her sex toy. When Bif Naked finally got on stage by herself, decked out in a flowery Beverly Hills 90210 dress, 1980's Nike runners and lots of tattoos, the crowd was pretty happy to just sit down and watch her. Her first few pieces were spoken word and she delivered them hypnotically on knobby knees while taking frequent drags of a cigarette that she looked almost too young to smoke. Then her band came on stage and she warbled tunes in a whiskey-and-cigarette abused voice, played a bit of air guitar, and got every one up and dancing again. There were moments that I lapsed into the feeling that Grrrlapallooza was just another run-of-the-mill rock show with decent bands, but little things happened all night to remind me that this gig was especially cool: I caught a glimpse of two women necking between sets; I discovered a pro-choice banner on a wall; a woman dedicated a song to her wife; slides of the work of local women artists accompanied the musical performances. It was the little details that made Grrrlapalloza special. Reccurring themes in the songs and stories included abusive fathers, voyeurism, rape and sisterhood. If you are accustomed to having your experience reflected in lyrics at local gigs, then this might not strike you as a big deal. But then you're probably also a boy, you're most likely white, and you're almost certainly straight. Grrrlapallooza was a direct response to the saturation of the music industry with straight white male voices. People often cry reverse sexism in response to women-focused even's. But if anyone wants to give Meegan a hard time, she's prepared. "I'm sure there's mumblings and grumblings: why aren't there guy bands?! But there's millions of guy bands that play all the fuckin' time...And there were men playing: Bif Naked has guys in her band and Fracas has a male drummer. It's not like you had to be an all women's band. It's about women's energy." According to Yvette, "a women's thing is always kind of special because there is always a really interesting energy when you get a whole bunch of women in one room. I never knew any of these performers. But tonight I felt that women will take over the You can buy a copy of the Rock for Choice cassette compilation in Vancouver for $7 at Zulu, Sam's or Scratch records. 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The band became known as Tristan Psionic and consisted of Sandy Mcintosh and Mark Milne on guitars and vocals, Ross 'Tim' McLochness on drums and Wool on bass. Mark explains how they got their unusual monicker: "Originally [the name] came from our bass player's dog, Tristan. We found some pictures in some guitar magazine of some heavy metal guy going by - a comic onion with a big, fat, orbiting satellite ring. In line with their off-beat 'Canadian' sense of humour, the two Unyonheads also created a mascot named Mr. Stinky. An onion himself, Mr. Stinky appears on all Sonic Unyon products sporting superfly sneakers and a cartoon- balloon salutation: "smell ya later." And, as a Sonic Unyon press release points out, the choice of a stinking vegetable as a mascot is in keeping with the all-Canadian aspect of the project: "French onion soup is made with onions and we all know Canada is part French." As is the case in any local independent music scene, rising bands depend on promotion primarily through live gigs in the early stages of their careers. With this in says Mark. As the Sonic Unyon family grew larger, so did the company's band roster. Each newly signed band released a cassette for the label and the final products feature top-notch sound, packaging and production. Tliis attention to quality is now a trademark for Sonic Unyon products. "Too many people in this business are totally unprofessional," laments Sandy in Eye Weekly. Not ones to alienate the CD-only crowd, the Unyonheads recently released a compilation of Sonic Unyon bands that featured tracks not available on cassette. Not If I Smell You First features twelve stellar bands, including the likes of Toronto's hi lead and By Divine Right, Eric's Trip, Otis Haynes (with two members of Sloan), a solo effort by Chris of Eric's Trip, and the Sonic Unyon players, Gleet (now Sian), Gorp, Shal- had to add another We put all these pieces of paper in a hat and picked out Psionic. It means psionic powers, and we thought the dog might have some kind of mental telepathic powers we don't know about. Kind of a silly The foursome played, and played hard. Soon all the kids on the block were talking about the hot new band and things were looking up. But - what next? How would the world find out about these talented young men? With their feet firmly planted in Hamilton soil, the band resisted the temptation to sell their souls to any of the countless hungry American interests and instead decided to do it themselves. Mark and Sandy started their OWN record company. One of the duo's first moves was to establish an original name accompanied by a fresh logo that local concert goers and record buyers would recognize. Thus was bom Sonic Unyon Records and their logo and with their name, logo, and fun mascot in place, the Unyonheads started to promote their company through sponsorship of local Hamilton-area gigs. Conscientiously deciding to support an all-ages scene, Sonic Unyon presentations soon generated their own following and the label's notoriety quickly spread. "We didn't want to start a scene, but we've made one," Mark apologetically was quoted in the Ontarion. "We didn't mean to. Scene or no scene, the word of mouth generated by live gigs will only take a band so far; eventually some form of recording network is needed to distribute their sound to a successively broader range of listeners. Sonic Unyon began their own homegrown distribution network recording local musicians under the Unyon label: "Sandy and I started putting out cassettes - one of Tristan Psionic and another by a band called Sponge, who are on both [Sonic Unyon] compilations," ble Charger), and Tristan For vinyl enthu- Sonic Unyon offer a smaller sampling of their pungent talents. It's a 7" record entided Smell Ya Later that includes Sponge, Shallow, Gleet, and Tristan Psionic - truly a compilation worth it's weight in onion rings. Even with a total bands, Mark is currently signing other local Eastern-based acts, release on Sonic Unyon records is a full-length offering from the heavily British-influenced Treble Charger, entided ncl 7. This album blends elements of My Bloody Valentine with the sounds of another Canadian great, Neil Young. Another exciting quirk of Sonic Unyon records is their monthly newsletter The Stink: the Official Sonic Unyon Records News Source. Used as a medium through which to contact media and fans across the country, the 'zine includes inside info about the company, upcoming events and releases, recipes (like perogies and sonic un- yons!), and fun facts about Hamilton and Canada. (For example, did you know that Hamilton is the self-proclaimed 'donut capital' of the world, with over 49 Tim Horton's outlets? Or that Canada's mascot, the By Sean Raggett beaver, eats onions to stay warm during the winter months?) Used by the fellas as a way to gauge the label's success, the newsletter has become very popular. "[The newsletter] was originally monthly, but then our mailing list got past the 500 mark so we had to make it bi-monthly; now it's tri- monthly because 43 cents times 550 people starts to add up and since we've been on tour we've collected so many more names - it's gonna be pretty expensive to keep up with it," Mark commiserates. How do the two entrepreneurs find time for the label they originally treated as a side project, especially in the wake of such an over- whelming positive response for Sonic Unyon projects? According to Mark, the label eats up more of their energy than Tristan Psionic un dertakings: "It's not like we want to [direct our energy] one way or the other, but it's probably about 60:40 [in favour of] the label. It's starting to consume a lot of our Even while facing a host of seemingly never ending commitments to the Hamilton scene, the members of Tristan Psionic recently released their own full-length CD, Feves: the Sounds of Tristan Psionic. The 'donut rockers' also recently completed a nation wide tour with Moncton's Sub Pop signees Eric's Trip. Their stop in Vancouver included an incredible all-ages show at the Anza Club with Pluto and Weezer. Life on the road has been good to the group. "It's fantastic - this has been the best tour," enthuses Psionic drummer Tim. "[Eric's Trip] are ex cellent to play with - they're virtually always in good moods." Tristan Psionic's typical set consists of a noisy mesh of guitar- soaked melodies amidst a solid backup delivery from the rhythm section. Their Vancouver show impressed me, most notably for the fact that Tristan Psionic possess a finely-tuned stage presence most young bands lack. Mark and Sandy are believable on guitar and vocals; Wool is lovable with his exuberant stage antics, and Tim supplies a freslily creative rhythm on drums. Together as Tristan Psionic, the Hamilton foursome embrace an innovative style of contemporary college-pop diat is in no way diffused by a transfer from live action to CD Do the accomplishments of these two youthful indie-music biz whizzes seem impressive? They should. Sonic Unyon records have accumulated a small family of recording artists, a nationwide fan base, and a successful independent Canadian record company in under a year. The smells of Sonic Unyon records are permeating the country. When asked about the label's shiny professional image among music lovers, college radio programmers and local musicians, plus their glowing reputation for good production, full colour covers and top quality t-shirts, Mark seems mildly astonished. Contemplating the possibility that fans might appreciate the duo's efforts and Sonic Unyon's positive effect on the Hamiltonian (and Canadian!) music scene, he pauses a moment, composes himself, and nonchalantly replies, "I guess so. Everyone seems to think we're organized. I think they're misled, but whatever they want to think..." Catch Tristan Psionic LIVE AT THEIR ALL-AGES GIG WITH Pluto, November 1 2th at Crosstown Traffic Write Sonic Unyon Records at: PO Box 59347 Jackson Station Hamilton Ont. l8p 4x2 f? HS^rf^ If anyone didnt notice my abscence from this column last month, it was probably because Trish Kelly did such a wonderful job of replacing me. I say, "Thanks Trish, you rule!" because good last-minute replacements are hard to find and count on. As it turns out, it looks like it might be a permanent one. Sparkmarker, Final Notice Records, disco dancing, Gest Quest Co-op, Anticentre, eating, writing this column, having fun, sleeping, working 9-5 and hanging with my baby brother and sister to do anything half-assed. So I've re- asessed my interests and sadly Van. Spec, wont be a part of my future. The fall of the Anti-centre (it closed in August, not that anyone noticed) and the lack of organization needed for the Gest Quest Co-op are blessings in disguise for me. I'm going t band and the label, hopefuly giving myself more time to to do the neccessary things (like eating and sleeping) and maybe even find time to hang-out, socialize, or just go crazy. If only I could find a way to get rid of the 9-5 and still be financialy secure, then maybe I could find the time to return my phone- calls.. .Hmmm...doubt it. Saying good-bye now seems easy but I know next month I'll be missing all the great and not-so-great fanzines and music that I've been recieving for the past year-and-three-quarters-to-be- exact. Funny thing is, some people still think Tom Milne has been writing this column, which has been fine with me 'cause he got all the hate-mail for giving bad reviews. But enough babble, there are reviews to be written and people to piss-off. The job must be done - and let me tell you, its been a great job. How's that for a last minute brown nose? Thought so. FANZINES HANDS OFF! 01 (7 X 10 - 44pgs $4 (CANS) ppd) This is cool. A compilation of artists donating their talent to benefit Washington The witty and brings home many important issues dealing with homophobia. As one artist suggested, you could help educate the public by buying 10 copies of this comic and sending them to your family and friends. Of course, it will offend any of the religiously uptight people your know - like the lady on Skytrain who was reading it over my shoulder and suddenly got up and stood five feet away from me. I think I'll buy 10 more, it works great. (501 N. 36th St., Suite #350, Seattle, WA 98103) NOT JUST ANOTHER COOKBOOK 01 (oatmeal in a bag) (81/2X 11 -56pgs $?ppd) 'Zines like this make writing this column worth it, honestly. Beautiful original layouts with tons of interviews, reviews and writing. I had a fun time just looking at the pictures, a lot of which seem to have been taken by Shawn Scallen. A lot of coverage on the local scene in Ottawa and a really neat personals section which has photos of perspective pen-pals. Cool. Interviews with Lockjaw, Sloan, Black Eyed Peas, King Cob Steelie, Silly, and Redd Kross. (917 Beauclaire Dr., Orleans, Ontario KIC 2J5) ...SOMETIMES I'M A PRETTY GIRL 01 (5 1/2 X 8 1/2 - 20pgs $1 ppd) A local 'zine by a very pretty girl. Sometimes these personal 'zines are so honest that you cant help but take a long look at yourself and question everything. You know, I think everyone could benefit from doing a personal 'zine, it helps get all that shit you've always wanted to say but couldnt off your chest. And if you pick it up, start reading it and then say you cant be bothered to read it anymore, well..J think you might need to read it the most. The revolution starts from the inside, with you. (PO Box 1457 - Station A', Vancouver, BC V6C 2P7) Random Thought! 09 (5 1/2 X 8 1/2 - 12pgs free but send $1 postage) So how's Trish going to be able to constructively criticize her own zine? Well, I guess we'll wait and see. For now I can tell you that Trish is a very busy girl. A lot of her spoken word performances slip into or from this 'zine, so if you like one you'll probably like the other. Very much like a diary, but to criticize (it's my last chance) I would say that the layouts could improve - type writers just can't hold their own. I'm sure that by the time you read this issue #10 (and it's gonna be big) will be out. (Box 33 - 345 E. Broadway, Vancouver, BC VST 1W3) YOU RIDE A HORSE RATHER LESS WELL THAN ANOTHER HORSE WOULD 01 (7 X 8 1/2 - 28pgs $2ppd) A 'zine spawned from a radio show of the same name on another local college radio station. (Duh, I wonder which one?) Beyond the silly name are pages of silly, silly... stuff. Not only witty reviews of records, 'zines and shows, but reviews of cartoons, the local buses in Vancouver, and movies seen or unseen. Good humour always brings a smile to my day and I found lots within these pages. As far as layout goes they could use some improvement, but the content is original and they promise to get better with future issues. (PO Box SLOT-June '94 (8 1/2X11- 20pgs 2$ ppd) Sometimes I have this odd desire to visit Winnipeg, but luckily I come to my senses before I buy a bus ticket. I dont know where these desires were spawned had some- with it. A delightfuly fi^pS aproach to splicing feminism a printed with Vancouver's own cub, Mary Fleener, and King Cobb Steelie. Layout & la Macintosh computer, but hey, it works and it's the graphics and photos that liven it up. Ummm buy it and see what I'm writing about. (PO Box 26143 - 116 Sherbrook, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3G 1E4) MUSIC Fraser Valley Champions (compilation CD) This is a very well packaged and recorded compilation featuring 10 Fraser Valley bands (that's right, Clearbrook, Abbotsford, Langley, Port Coquitlam - beyond the 'burbs) that actually catch your attention. Compilatons usually suck and I avoid them unless a favourite band I like is on it, but after just one listen I was saying, "Hey, this is good." Favorite bands included Red Deer, Howard Verses Willy and Diesel Division. This was put out by the Veritable Shrine Musical Co-op, who must be doing something right 'cause this CD is red. (Veritable Shrine - 6122 Glengary Dr., Sardis, BCV2R3H4) (demo) "-******;;■:. "Jit This local band " has been very active in the last 8 months, this demo being proof of that. Recorded in Victoria in one weekend by Jason Flower from Mexican Power Authority - and when the vocals are affected (in one of the songs) like a death metal monster it shows. My over-all impression was one of "this is their first band," meaning it doesnt hit you in the face bud hope they keep it up because in time...who knows. The funny, funny lyrical satire with a political message is a real highlight and hey, it's punk. (Break Even Records - 2185 Amity Dr., Sidney, BCV8L1B2) All Right* Reserved Losing the Past (cassette) I saw this band open for Swing Kids and Indian Summer awhile back and they really rocked. They seemed quite like a standard straight-edge band as far as looks go but I know that's not what they are. The recording is quite good and definitely deserves some attention. Hopefully they'll come back and if you buy the tape maybe you can sing along when they play. (515 Willacy Dr. S.E., Calgary, Alberta T2J2C7) ALL AGES SHOWS Sept. 3* The Evaporators, Karp (from olympia), Two Tonne Bowlers & Goblins at Crosstown Traffic - 316 W. Hastings 8pm $6 Oct. S The Vague Fanzine show with Cinnamon,10 Days Late Staked PLain & The Cowards at Crosstown Traffic 8pm J5 Oet. 22 Furnace Face, Trigger HAppy, DBS & Ponyboy at the new York Theatre 8pm $8 Oct. 29 Itch, Woo-Woos & guests at Crosstown Traffic 8pm $6 FACIEIiLLER the many CHRONOMETER 18 October 1994 y^f^~^k^j\ U^A"> \^ 1 m \ vh4J [ " \I\TJ Ml/ it \^M \%r\ n £<^\ j The following reviews represent the personal opinions of Grant Lawrence, who, by the constitutional laws of Canada, is still entided to his own opinion. But let's leave Canada and its crummy rights for a moment, shall we? Local throb-lovers Superconductor have recendy released a track on an Italian double 7" pack entided UP!. Their tune, "Scum (That Is What You Are)," is a largely experimental, non-melodic screedier and a disappointing departure from the material on their powerful Boner LP. The pack also features a barrage of other bands, including American acts The Chrome Cranks (noise infested cacophony), Janitor Joe (sludge rock), Atomic 61 (a noise-punk dirge heavy on percussion), and Italy's Sinatra (basically a Yankee clone). Highly recommended for those who enjoy the sounds of heavy machinery. (Helter Skelter, 00162 Roma, P. le delle Provincie, 8, Italy; also available through Scratch Records) On the uglier side of the local front, my box was recently polluted by a split single of two rather unknown local bands: The Muscle Bitches and Vampire Fruit (although according to the credits both bands seem to have the same members). Putting it as mildly as possible, the Muscle Bitches' a-side "Save the Nymphos" is utterly disturbing speed-metal, complete with a demonic 'narrator' and a fucked- up female 'nymph' engaging in a call-and-answer type of thing - shiver. On the flip side, Vampire Fruit slip into Gwar territory with more repulsive riffs, zombie-like chanting and over-all horrific music. I pray this thing is some kind of joke or else we may have some very disturbed and mixed-up folks in our scene. (Baptist Cracker, #210-119 W. Pender St., Vancouver, B.C., V6B 1S5) You know, it may not seem this way right now but I really do hate to be this negative; I just can't bring myself to he to you. So here we go again...Four groups have come together for a 7' compilation on Toronto's new Sonic Unyon Records. Tristan Psionic (apparently all the rage in TO) lead off the disk sounding like a harder-edged Sloan minus the talent and are followed by a band called Gleet trying to sneak by with some thoroughly boring ethereal crud. The other two bands, Sponge and Shallow, just play more dull indie pop and try desperately to rock. Oh lord, won't these Toronto losers take a hint from fellow easterners the Leather Uppers and learn how to DO IT! Otherwise, keep it outta my face! (Sonic Unyon, 2076 Churchill Ave., Burlington, ON, LR7 3T7) Lance Rock Records, that strange litde rock'n'roll label from Nanaimo which keeps on putting out the damnedest good stuff, has a new release out by Atlanta, Georgia's brilliant The Subsonics. Like the bastard children of Buddy Holly and the Velvet Underground, this incredible three-piece spit out three venomous rock'n'roll stingers entided "Looking Over My Shoulder," "Fly," and "Spooky Tricks" (the lat ter two being instrumentals). This band really is superb and should be huge, so please, do something about it won't you? (Lance Rock Records, 1223 College Drive, Nanaimo, BC, V9R5Z5) Another three-piece that turn it up just a Id' bit louder thean The Subsonics and play that new hard rock the kids all love so much is San Diego's mighty Fluf! I certainly dug Fluf's first album and bits and pieces of the second one and, luckily for me, the band's new single "Moody as the Day is Young" captures the Fluf I enjoy most: hard, over-driven, highly melodic pop. People keep saying these cats sound like Dinosaur Jr., but since I've never heard that particular band I just wouldn' t know. What I do know is that Fluf's O has got a great voice and "One Trick Pony" is a great song. (Goldenrod Records, 3770 Tansy St., San Diego, CA, 92121, USA) When it comes to pure unadulterated rock'n'roll energy, Japan's new hodge-podge barrage of garage bands have got an edge on the rest of the world. Such is the case with the latest hell-raisers The Registrators. Taking their cue from fellow countrymen Teengenerate, The Registrators' Set Me Free EP features five tracks of pumped-up, super-fast, lo-fi punk rock'n'roll. The recording quality is fairly shitty (exacdy the way it's supposed to be, although it did mar my enjoyment slightly), creating highly-charged static from this very great new band. Watch for it, cuz in six months their name will be everywhere. (Snuffy Smile, 401 Honogh-M, 2-36-2, Yayoi-cho, Nakano-ku, Tokyo, Japan) Another obvious influence on The Registrators' rage is one of my all-time favourite combos, New York's rock'n'roll kings The Devil Dogs. The band's latest outing is a split with New Jersey's Mad Daddys and is a another boss cut in the long line of Devil Dogs great- crash V burn cover of an obscure doo-wop song entided "Ragdoll." Over on the flip-side, the Mad Daddys unwittingly prove that it doesn't get any better than the Devil Dogs with a tired take on the Monkees' "Steppin' Stone" that should have remained in the garage along with the countless other versions of that song. (Demolition Derby, Tervuursesteenweg 1H-1820 Perk, Belgium) The Mad Daddys notwithstanding, New Jersey does have its share of hit-makers, such as the improbably fabulous Shitbirds (although they may have flown the coop to LA). Teamed up with New York's Simon and the Bar Sinister; for a four song, all-instro rock'n'roll party on the Sympathy For The Record Industry label. The Shitbirds two cuts have the inexplicably Canuck-themed tides of "Kickback 1812" and "Canadian Carwash" (maybe they're on the soundtrack for that new Michael Moore movie about the USA invading Canada) and both kick absolute butt, although I must admit disappointment in not being treated to lead-singer- bird April March's heavenly pipes. On the flip, Simon and his players try twangin' along to keep up with the Shitbirds' sonic pace but can't quite make it. But then who could? Also on the Sympathy label is the very first thing I've ever heard from San Francisco's notorious Diesel Queens. Politically incorrect in the extreme, this is flat-out sleaze-ball punk rock. Side A is a circa '77 assault on the Dion and the Belmonts' tune "The Wanderer" which chops along very merrily. On the B-side, "Codpiece Nation" sounds like it may be a bit of a departure for the Queens as 80% of the song is just strumming guitar accompanied by gritty lyrics all about that "sweaty leather patch that cups superheroes' nuts." Another great couple of records from Sympathy. Finally, from the heart of the Los Angeles scene, is a new series of seven-inchers with all their proceeds going to help keep East LA's famed coffee-house/art gallery/ punk rock palace Jabberjaw alive and open. The first record in the series features four 'favourite' high- profile rock acts: Unwound, Hammerhead, Slug and Helmet The music, as you can probably guess, is extremely harsh and hard-hitting. Some may consider these four exclusive tracks a treasure but I just find them to be an ear-ache - an earache for a good cause, mind you! (Mammoth Records, Carr Mill 2nd Floor, Carrboro, NC, 27510, USA) © A November 11 and 121994 SUB Ballroom The DJ, MC, and Dancer competitions takes place Friday, November 11 at 6:00pm sharp The Group competition will take place on Saturday, November 12 at 6:00pm sharp A Street Art showcase will take place both evenings during the event Contestants may enter in more than one category Each performing unit must submit a cassette with their entry forms to qualify Entry Deadline: November 4,1994 Entry fee: $5 per person Rules are available at CiTR and other locations in your area Entry Form (One entry per person) Name Address City Zip/Postal Code Phone Number Stage Name _ Group Name _ Circle the categories you are entering: DANCE LSaaiail Sony Music BHSSIX PdyOram Send Your Entries to: DJ SoundWar c/o CiTR #233-6138 SUB Boulevard, Vancouver BC, Canada V6T 1Z1 Phone: (604) 822-3017 Fax: (604) 822-9364 eMail: citr@unixg.ubc.ca MM (1>( [^Roland (& f$gg°mim CANADA'S LARGEST AND BEST KNOWN RECORD STORES IN CONCERT FRIDAY, OCT 7 at the TOWN PUMP KING COBB STEELIE; A POCKET HISTORY Iph, four grown men, big record collections, too much free time, an re to entertain. K.C.S. b spawned...the shitheap of mediocrity awaits. April 1992. After a year of exhaustive test marketing; K.C.S. record two songs, "One1 A Heifer" and "Duotang". They are released as the universally hoarded seven inch singl is still unclear, th* single is given away. An internal investigation b still March 1993. Seasoned road veterans of the Golden Triangle K.C.S. look for new ways to leach their bank accounts. A full length album b recorded. Toronto indie maverick Raw Energy foolishly agree to release the first IOCS. CD produced by Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Manet lynchpin Don Pyle. April 1993. K.C.S. fullflll years of repressed teenage fantasies and tour the nation. Brave New Waves and college radio play the record way too much, while forget to remove it from the Top 30 for six months. May 1993. In flagrant violation of the austerity measures imposed by band accountant Al Okada, K.CS.remix "Deadly Lampshade" from the K.C.S. debut. The CD single "You Said A Mouthful" features the vocal obstacle course of Kathryn Rose and the primordial drone of Cyrus Sundar Singh along with some rather cryptic bunny artwork. August 1993. K.CS. enter the studio with indie rock producer extraordinaire and pool shark, Suva Albini. They attempt six songs in three days. Let's not talk about it. January 1994. Another national tour, another crippling debt -enter Satan. K.CS. signs a world wide, trans-lunar publishing deal with Wamer/ChappeH. Their pupils are March 1994. Stopped at the U.S. border trying to flee the country, K.CS. are forced to record another album. The band asks universal dub emperor Bill Laswell (Sly and Robbie, P.I.L., Iggy, Feb, George Clinton) to direct them to the path of enlightenment. Recorded In Toronto and mixed at LasweU's own Greenpoint Studio in Brooklyn N.Y., the album includes stellar performances by Change of Heart's Ian Blurton and really gone August 1994. K.CS. release their second pall of slop and bleating, "Project Twinkle " on lunamoth/EMi. The first obligatory single and video b "Triple Oceanic Experience". All '1 be unfurled under the banner "national tour" in late CAN'T FIND IT? Sam's has Western Canada's largest selection and most comprehensive request service. ON SALE UNTIL OCT. I4TH AT 568 SEYMOUR ST. FOUR FLOORS OF FUN! FIFTH FLOOR - SAM THE INTERACTIVE MAN - COMING SOON! SAMS CLUB IS HERE! SEE INSTORE FOR DETAILS. THE RIP-OFFS Got A Record (Rip-Off Records) Ah yes, an ultimate DIY rock'n'roll album by those men in the robber outfits from San Francisco, The Rip-Offs. Got A Reconlxs a loot bag full of raunchy songs, all of which have been knawing al the back of my brain since my first few spins of this blood-red vinyl platter. The Rip-Offs are a lo-fi, down and dirty punk rock'n'roll band with attitude to spare, and the fourleen tracks on Got A Record prove that along with the chips on their shouMers, tattoos, and nylon face-masl the men of The Rip-Offs have j- some genuine songwriting abii % and many a catchy melody. Co! ining members of past fabulou' S F bands hke Supercharger and th Ylr. T Experience, this band ha> ;;reat overall presence, both in tl r songs and their hilarious then Just check out the front cover: a iiazing coup d' etat featuring th< boys posing candidly in the Sail mcisco Police Department's c inal line-up room! This one's jiure goods Grant Lawrenc DINOSAUR JR. Without a Sound (Blanco y Negro) As a follow-up to successful 1992 album, Been e, J Mascis has completed this * her twisted yet pleasant Dip ui Jr. disc. Change and musu i olution are obviously not lop :orities for Mascis: Everythir. n Without a Sound is typical oi forts. On the othc id, consistency in the guis well-con structed rock songs accompanied by J's abrasive guitar-playing has its good points. Mascis has perfected the art of using familiar guitar riffs that entice his audience into his personal hell of loneliness, despair and failure. The lyrical content of the album can be summarized by the words of the first song, "Feel the Pain": I feel all the pain, then I feel I find the quieter songs, such as "Outta Hand" and "Seemed Like the Thing" easier to enjoy but there are plenty of up-tempo rockers to balance out the sorrowful mood of the Vince Yeh JALE Dreamcake (Sub Pop) Well here it is, the long awaited full length release from the much-hyped Maritime foursome Jale. Dreamcake, produced by Brad Wood (Liz Phair, Shrimpboat), consists of twelve sparse and sombre songs which are reminiscent of Tsunami or Velocity Girl but with more of an emphasis on harmony and backing vocals. Lyrically, the songs on Dreamcake deal primarily with relationships, as titles like "To Be Your Friend" and "Love Letter" suggest. On the whole, the album is a bit bland and plodding. The one exception is the Breeder-like opening track, "Not Happy," which stands out from the rest. Dreamcake has its moments but it fails to generate much excitement for these Fred derF L7 Hungry for Stink (Slash) Anyone who goes to see the new Ollie Stone movie, Natural Bom Killers, has got to admit that watching Juliet Lewis kick the shit out of a red-necked creep to the dulcet tones of L7 is powerful, powerful, POWERFUL! On this new release from the gals, all the songs are anthems of female power. They're messy and crunchy and make you want to go out and do something reckless. One song in particular is reason enough to go out and buy Hungry for Stink: "Shirley" is the kind of song that makes you wish that the dynamite lady at the monster-truck show, the one who usually blows herself up during half- time, would jump into the truck with the biggest tires and mow down all her opponents. This music makes you want to run or hit something. It's hke uppers for your ears. Everything becomes hyper-real and makes you anxious. You're faced with an enemy and you're all keyed-up to say exactly what it is that you've always wanted to say but never have and then you do and you feel STRONG! Your esteem kicks in and raises your blood pressure and you feel that you can be true to yourself. This music is hip-swingy and naughty. And it's sexy. You could either hate someone or love someone to this music which is good because neither are mutually exclu- This music makes you want to tie your Barbie™ to your bumper and drive around the world just to see how unmarketable she'd be when you got back. Know what I Kirsty Smith again. Other stand-out tracks include "Lori Meyers," which relates the feelings of a porn star ("You think I sell my body, I only sell my time"), and "Jeff Wears Birkenstocks," a gentle dig at the Grateful Dead phenomenon. Perhaps these guys just don't understand the spiritual implications of Jerry's guitar solos. One final note: For those of you who are easily offended, there is still some of the juvenile humour that has made this band a mainstay with the skater set. Consider yourselves warned. Geoff Wherrett NOFX punk in drublic (Epitaph Records) Punk rock can be an exhilarating musical experience; it can also be really tiresome when it's delivered by a bunch of adrenaline-fuelled suburban fools from California shouting pointless slogans. While NOFX certainly fall into some of these categories, their skills (fast rhythms, great harmonies, kind guitar sound) and finely honed sense of lyrical humour allow them to rise above most of their rock'n'roll breth- punk in drublic, the band's latest release, provides further proof that NOFX do indeed rule. The first two tracks, "Linoleum" and "Leave It Alone," are straight forward hard- drivers which managed to make this : feel like he was sixteen THE RHEOSTATICS Introducing Happiness (Sire) they're happy they're happy they're different they're happier happiness is elastic pop quiet shouted you can tell they are Canadian, not like Bare Naked... they don't fawn, subtler than past maybe Whale Music or Molvalic is better to get first still the best band in the world (frontal nude of band members inside) original new wave rock. Tom Glenne RANCID Let's Go (Epitaph) Along with the fact that this album was released in one of the most original, collectable packages ever (a double ten-inch on white vinyl with a gate-fold sleeve), Rancid's whopping twenty-two titles on Let's Go are song-f or-song the catchiest punk I've heard since...since Rancid's Radio Radio Radio EP released earlier this year. The tunes (and I mean tunes, folks) weave their way through a Rancid-eye view of San Francisco, Berkley and Oakland, providing a strong social commentary highlighted with such violent themes as young death, dope, booze, guns and punks. All the songs rage with an incredible energy rarely captured on record and they show off the amazing songwriting and performing talent of those four mohawk-sporting punks who look hke they'd be better qualified to beg for change than to put out an awesome rock'n'roll record hke this. Grant Lawrence VARIOUS ARTISTS Fraser Valley Champions (Veritable Shrine) I hke the idea of local compilations: Lotsa bands, lotsa songs, and exposure to music that may otherwise never see the light of the laser on my CD player. The Fraser Valley Champions Compilation, put together by the Sardis-based Veritable Shrine Music Organization, features nine bands over seventeen tracks, starting with Darkest of the Hillside Thickets' "A Thousand Fists." Kinda hard rockin' and catchy, but only marginally so. Their second song, "Big Robot Dinosaur," sounds something like Evan Dando singing for Primus and is equally mediocre. Blender Children is next with a humdrum folk- singer-doing-grunge thing called "Bag of Tricks." The band's other song, "My Namesake," also has that cliched grunge element, but singer Harry Friesen's straining vocals do spew a lot of energy. Maybe it's the angst of having to drive so far to Vancouver to play clubs or see out of town acts or the influence of Seattle bands, but there's definitely a streak of anger and intensity throughout this disc and especially in the two tracks by Diesel Division. This is metal a la grindcore and is good for what it is, but neither "Bloody Minded" nor "Beyond the Wheel" is to my taste. Both are as heavy as a cement block and about as melodic. The one track by Flywheel, "Sonic John," is hardly mind-blowing, but it's Sonic Youth-y atonal/noise-background sound is promising enough to make me want to hear more from this band. The same cannot be said for Jonathan Wrath, however, who can only offer a couple of bland Nir- vana-wanna be tunes. Probably the best pair of songs on the CD come from Howard Verses Willy. Both "India" and "Deep in the Park" are rather formulaic 'college rock' songs which alternate distorted choruses with cleaner sounding verses, but their pretty decent nonetheless. Another couple of stand-outs come from Draining Faces, who tap into the 70's groove of Urge Overkill on "Weak" while getting into a heavier, almost speed-metal sound on "Pieces." Not spectacular, but not bad either. The Seattle influence rears its ugly head again on Molypod's "10th Eats," a rather boring song with stale sounding drums bored me. The band's other track, "Will," has an almost industrial flavour and can best be described as o.k. Red Deer close the compilation with a bouncy number that features distorted guitars and whiny vocals. A good listen for the first two minutes, but after that it just drags. It says in the liner notes for this disc that "...if you come away having spent your ten bucks and enjoying the sound of at least one band that you have never heard before, the whole of Veritable Shrine benefits, and we thank you. If not, charge a friend five for it." So, have I got any takers? Brian Wieser Introduce Yourself Advertising You got something you want to sell? Now's your opportunity to have 20,000 copies of your ad circulating around town for a month...for less than the price of that new jacket you've been thinking about. Way less! Call Kevin at 822-3017 for more info Zl October 1994 DEBUT BBQ A backyard in Mount Pleasant Saturday, September 3 Now this is the kind of thing that should happen more often: a show featuring a whole bunch of new bands in a big ol' backyard in East Vancouver. It all started around 4:00 pm with every man's man Beez singing some solo songs to an ever- growing audience of East Van scenesters, followed by the new group Petrolia playing terrifically loud guitar rock. It was during Petrolia's sonic assault that the first of several angry neighbours - wondering why a bunch of weirdos were holding a show in the middle of the afternoon in their neighbourhood - showed their faces over the fence. But no cops - yet. The disgruntled neighbours were quickly tamed into submission by the cool accordion/guitar/beat-box rhythms of cover girl Wandering Lucy, who was followed by the hilarious Pocket Caligula (featuring local painter and toga sportin' Ted- Dave along with a few other cronies from Knock Down Ginger) playing some great Violent Femmes-esque ditties about art school and lovin' this town. Next up was the evening's star attraction Meow. Decked out in fur bikinis and rockin' hard, this latest all-girl 'sensation' finally managed to attract the attention of the police. Fortunately the cops were so charmed by the fur-clad Meow that they delayed shutting things down and allowed the band to belt out its last dose of kitty garage. July Fourth Toilet then collectively stumbled on stage and attempted to perform, but they made such a racket with their rendition of "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" that the cops made everyone move inside. Not a big problem - it was getting dark and chilly and most everybody had had their fill of barbecued tofu dogs and sweet potatoes. Once inside, Rob Dayton and the rest of his Toiletries continued their musical mayhem until around 9:00pm when it was time for the final act of the evening, the Mary Janes (who have just changed their name to The Tonics, by the way). A star-studded combo featuring members of Kreviss, Tankhog, Show Biz Giants and Bum, the Mary Janes' drunken, instrumental party rock made for a great finish to a partial- -* larly original and fun event. Long live the back yard BBQ! Grant Lawrence Lollapalooza '94 Cloverdale Race Track Tuesday, August 30 If there is any justice in the world, Lollapalooza will never rear its don't-give-a-fuck-how-crowded-it- is-was-we're-here-to-make- money-so-stand-in-line-for-an- hour-and-buy-a t-shirt-and-an- overpriced-Coke-and-listen-to- some-rock'n'roll-but-nothing- Canadian-please- 'cause- that- would-be-helpi ng-someone-else's- music-industry-hope-you- enjoyed-the-show-now-hurry- a radio ■PP^! protest to life Ji H kf support gay/ R"^ lesbian/ bi-sexual : x '*' teZ ■sr |lp programming, a radio c jk-.v protest against censorship. o JJ.5* j|k.-±? t iHaV^ip*^ a radio protest IT! iur; Mv. J, U against homophobia. CiTR 101.9 fM 1 6- 1 f\ \ ■'■? 1 10pmr» - home-to-bed-kids head in these parts ever again. It was hot, dusty, and way oversold and the acoustics were rucking scandalous - unless you were suffocating in the moshpit directly in front of the stage you were subjected to an echo from hell. Green Day came on stage right on time and set off a stampede in the parking lot that was quickly halted by the hour plus line-up at the ONE entrance to the festival sight There really should have been a riot considering how many people had to miss the best band of the day. L7 were up next. Why oh why do people hke this band? How did the appropriation of everything vulgar and tasteless in male cock- rock get redefined as female empowerment? How can people willingly subject themselves to Jennifer Finche's fingers-on-a- chalkboard screeching? Nick Cave was cool but he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. He should stay away from both sunlight and the outdoors. And unidentified flying objects. After Nick left the stage in a huff I decided to check out the 'Mindfield' and the second stage. The former was lame and overcrowded and the latter was so close to the gouging is behind us. I hope you mainstage had a better time than I did. Gigantic as to be an Les Vegas lead insult to the Breeder Rancid Kim Deal playing on Ten Days Late is rudely it. Not to DBS interupted mention the SUB Ballroom by the NaziMC Friday, September 9 Beastie who I have been going to CiTR for a Boys' wouldn't year now and I have always MCA shut up and wondered what that big room (left); let people across the hall from us is. Turns George chill out and out that it's the SUB Ballroom. Clinton relax in the The night of this show, the SUB reaches sunshine. I was bursting at the seams with out to was fifteen year-old punk rockers and, touch the especially compared to the last time I saw funk impressed Rancid play at the YoYo Music (below). when he Festival, this crowd was very Ace resorted to tame. Where were the usual crusty photos by taunting punks? Well, I saw a few panning resident kids into downtown earlier that day, but at lackey and moving $10 a head they were probably special closer to the still downtown by the time the effects stage by Kings of Oi! hit the stage. genius insinuating Opening for Rancid were Tania that they locals Ten Days Late. I love the Alekson. were heavy sound of this band but I probably can't stomach the rock star attitude they have -1 was very disappointed when one band member told me it sucks opening because "you sell less merch." Next up were local cuties DBS. Everybody loves DBS because they are fifteen and play in a band. 'Iheir sound was far better than anyone else that night and they are really good at what they do, but at the same time they lose great points in the originality department - the names Green Day, Bad Religion and Seaweed all come to my mind. Like cute little puppy dogs, these boys will need to develop something more lasting than youth if they are to keep gay if they didn't. Yep, pretty damn cutting-edge. Back at the mainstage, Kim Deal justified her appearance on the cover of High Tunes magazine a few months back by grunting and growling her way through all the hits with a suspiciously twisted grin on her face. By far the best performance that I was actually able to see, though George Clinton and the P-Funk All Stars were a very close second. When the Funk is in the house, you just can't stop yourself from having a good time. That's exactly what I thought of the Beastie Boys when I saw them at the Commodore a couple of years ago, but out in Cloverdale every song after the first two sounded exactly the same. Now granted this was as much the fault of the echo as of the band, but I still found myself yawning and plotting my escape before the B- Boys were even halfway through their set. And escape I did, well before those oh-so-precious and self- important Smashing Pumpkins got anywhere near the stage. If any one thinks that rock opera is dead, they probably haven't heard these immaculately coifed little love children. So, another day of corporate and their hair all punked out in 'hawks. Oi. They played then- stuff, the bass was once again amazing, the hey hey choruses were perfect, but I was disappointed. I don't know which has changed, Rancid or my expectations of them, but they bored me. I'm not sure exactly how many encores Rancid did, because after two I decided I really had to pee or get sick, so I left that mysterious room called the SUB Ballroom and headed for the SUB bathroom. Trish Kelly The Fall Good Horsey Starfish Room Tuesday, September 20 When we heard that Mark E. Smith and the funky bunch were coming to the Starfish Room we immediately cancelled our dates (yeah, right) for the night and muscled our way into the sold-out show at the Starfish Room. 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(Mon. 4-5pm) LITTLE TWIN STARS, more of that indie rock we (Friday, 1:00-2:30pm) moves to Wed. 8:30- 9:30am, STR8 OUTTA JALLUNDAR moves to alternating Tues. 10pm- 12am. Cooleeee!!!! Ahem, this is just a litde reminder: if you have an idea for a show, then come on up to the station and talk to the programme director. We want (need) your ideas, bub! WHOM Sc HOW ARTS l.n McKinnon Harry Herttcheg ENTERTAINMENT SECRETARY VICE Fern Webb m Raggett VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR RESIDENT SERVIETTENAHDVVUAR BUSINESS UNE 604/822-3017 DJ LINE 804/822-2487 (UBC-CiTRJ MUSIC DEP'T. 604/822-0733 NEWS LINE 604/822-5334 FAX LINE 804/822-9364 &m&m& FRI30 IDAREYOUTOGOTOTHK GIG JASON PRIESTLEY! Nardwuar the Human Serviette presents Karp, thee Evaporators, Two Tonne Bowlers & thee Goblins at Crosstown Traffic (all-ages)...El Caminos <Sc dbs at the Hungry Eye...Sandra Bernhard at the Vogue...Rumplesteelskin & Omnibol at the Starfish...The Wingnuts at the Malcolm Lowry Room...Babe Gurr w/special guests at the Railway...The Tea Party, Triple Joy <fc the Gandharvas at the Commodore...Friday Folk at Koemer's i(^x»eTei^~Steafa£JJjnrujan at the W.I.S.E. Hall (8:30pm)...Baba Faridart£Queii&>ir^Smt Love i Aunts at Ihe Town Pump...Alternative DaRst^flght at Gradtland...Wig at the Waldorf I lotel Pol ynesian jAnge.JpeShadow (7pm) L Wolf £ * at UBC Cinema... SAT 1 Truman's Water, The Suprem^bicks & Blai^ascjlpuie Starfish Room...Sandra Bernhard at the Vogue!rfkam^fffiDiva,J&^TooXh Corny bine <fe Grace at the Hungry Eye...the Selecter at the Towpr^mp...CassanrJi Wilson at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (8prn^SMeaven &Jte' Commodore...Veda Hille with spoitgg^gf4hvMs^S&^Jla»x*I'*' Jill Fraser at the @ Gallery (9pm)...Techno & Dance Night with DJ Noah at Graceland...Equinox with DJ's Taylor (LA.), Marx, Little T, Markem X & Quickfix (893 0203)... Country Dance w/Kay & The Tall Boys at the W.I.S.E. Hall (8:30pm)...Junkhouse at the Rail way... Lloyd Jones Struggle at the Yale... Latin Explosion at 86 Street (8prn)...The Shadow (7pm) &. Wolf (9:30pm) at UBC Cinema... SUN 2 Thinking Fellers Union Local 0282 & Superconductor at the Starfish Room... Rock 'n Soccer Ball featuring Junkhouse, Colin James, Art Bergmann, Rhymes With Orange, Pure, West End Girls, Tone Loc & Pharcyde, Annette Ducharme & Terry David Mulligan at the Commodore..Ed Wood Jr. Night at the Railway...The Shadow (7:30pm) & Wolf (9pm) at UBC Cinema... MON 3 CiTR & SCRATCH RECORDS PRESENT RUINS, HEDGEHOG & ROUGHAGE AT THE ANZA.Sam Phillips, T-Bone Burnette & Friend at the Starfish...Julio Iglesias, Bobby Collins at Ihe Queen E...Escape Goats at the Railway... TUE 4 CiTR PRESENTS SHINDIG AT THE RAILWAY CLUB.Juho Iglesias at the Queen E...Heavy D & Ihe Boyz at the Coliseum.Debbie Davies at the Yale...Disco night at Ihe Commodore... WED 5 Vinyl with DJ's T-Bone <fc Dickey Doo at the Slarfish...Debbie Davies at die Yale...Frayed Knots, Insomniacs & Belly Button Window at Ihe Hungry Eye...Memphis Slax al the Town Pump...The Ratjackets at the Railway...Reggae Night at Graceland... Matters of the Flesh at the Fireball Arts Centre...American Friend (7pm) & Paris Texas (9:30pm) at UBC Cinema...Latin Beat at the UBC Grad Centre (8:30pm)... THU 6 SUB-SONICTHURSDAYS FEATURING THE RATTLED ROOSTERS, MAHONES AT THE PIT PUB (NO COVER)...Tinga Tinga with DJ's Flyte & Friendly Planet at the Twilight Zone.The Bottle with DJ's Clarence & David "Love" Jones at the Picadilly...Tinsley Ellis at the Town Pump...Matters of the Flesh at the Fireball Arts Centre.House & Dance Night at Graceland...Debbie Davies at the Yale...Rhythm Method w/special guests at the Railway...Unplugged Folk/Rock Coffee House & Jam night at the UBC Grad Centre (9:30pm)...American Friend (7pm) & Paris Texas (9:30pm) at UBC Cinema... FRI 7 Kim Mitchell, Blu Bones & itch at Ihe Commodore.King Cobb Steelie at the Town Pump...Friday Folk at Koerner's (no cover)...UHF at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (8pm)... Veda Hille & her band at the Railway... Debbie Davies at the Yale... FunJcadelic at the UBC Grad CentrcThe Ludwigs at Cafe deux Soleil...Matters of the Flesh at the Firehall Arts Centre...Alternative Dance Night at Graceland...Airheads (7pm) & Speed (9:30pm) at UBC Cinema... SAT 8 CiTR PRESENTS GIRL TROUBLE, THEE SMUGGLERS, ZUMPANO ATTHE STARFISH ROOM...Vague Special featuring Ten Days Late, Cinnamon, Staked Plain & the Cowards at Crosstown Traffic (all ages)...Lee Aaron & the Headstones at the Commodore...The Ludwigs at Cafe deux Soleil...Veda Hille & her band at Ihe Railway.Cajun Dance at the W.I.S.E. Hall (8:30pm)...Matters of the Flesh at the Firehall Arts Centre...UHF at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (8pm)...Down By Law, Atom Smasher & Sourpuss at the Town Pump...Debbie Davies at Ihe Yale... Midnight Shift with DJ's T-Bone, Ursula & Dickey Doo at District Coffee. ..Noah's Arc (techno & dance) with DJ Noah at Graceland...Evolution (the reunion) with DJ's Jon Williams, Tony, Maxx, Mike Stevens & Donald Glaude (206 236 3193)...Airheads (7pm) & Speed (9:30pm) at UBC Cinema... SUN 9 The Mahones at the Town Pump...Gail Bowen & Friends; gospel, blues & jazz at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre(8pm)...Matters of the Flesh at the Firehall Arts Centre...Kung Fu II at the Railway... Airheads (7pm) & Speed (9:30pm) at UBC Cinema... MON 10 L7, Melvins & Wool at the Commodore (all-ages)...Tammy & the Americans at the Glass Slipper...Milla at Ihe Town Pump (nocover)...Matters of the Flesh at the Firehall Arts Centre... Hazel Motes at Ihe Railway.Tannahill Weavers at the W.I.S.E. Hall (8pm)...free Tai Chi at the UBC Grad Centre (12:35pm)... TUE 11 CiTR PRESENTS SHINDIG FEATURING GROVER FUR, UNIVERSAL LOUNGE ACT, ARTHUR ELLIS AT THE RAILWAY CLUB...Disco Night at the Commodore...Matters of the Flesh at the Firehall Arts Centre.Pool Tourney at the UBC Grad Centre (7pm)... WED 12 Stephen Fearing & Veda Hille at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (8pm)...Reggae Night at Graceland..Vinyl wilh DJ's T-Bone & Dickey Doo at the Starfish...Matters of the Flesh at the Firehall Arts Centre...Insomniacs <fe Ford Pier at the Railway...Latin Beat at the UBC Grad Centre (8:30pm)...What's Up Tiger Lily (7pm) & Annie Hall (9:30pm) at UBC Cinema... THU 13 CiTR PRESENTS THE SPINNANES AT THE STARFISH ROOM...Sub-Sonic Thursdays featuring Funk N Stein at the Pit Pub (no zd October 1994 cover)...Stephen Fearing, V eda Hille at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (8pm)...Unplugged Folk/Rock Coffee House & Jam night at the UBC Grad Centre (9:30pm)...Arrogant Worms at the WI.S.E. Hall...Matters of the Flesh at the Firehall Arts Centre...Knock Down Ginger w/Gloriosa at the Railway.Tinga Tinga with DJ's Flyte & Friendly Planet at the Twilight Zone...The Bottle with DJ's Clarence & David "Love" Jones at the Picadilly... House & Dance Night at Graceland...What's Up Tiger Lily (7pm) & Annie Hall (9:30pm) at UBC Cinema... FRI 14 itch, Bushytails, dbs, WooWoos at the Southjpril (all I ages)...Oktoberfest at the Comma^ife...Tom Russell & AndjeJPHardin a ! the WI.S.E. Hall (8:30pm)... AlierflaUwDaiicc Night at Grac#nd...Matters of the Fleshy at the FirehaJMprts Centre..j;unkadelic jgpe UBC Grad JohnZ Masada at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (8pm)...The Stoaters at the Railway.Oktoberfest at the Commodore..Matters of the Flesh at the Firehall Arts Centre... Midnight Shift with DJ's T-Bone, Ursula & Dickey Doo at District Coffee...Techno <fc Dance Night with DJ Noah at Graceland...Sin with DJ's Ursula, T-Bone, Dickey Doo & Mick Shea at the Lux...Four Weddings & a Funeral (7pm) <& The Client (9:30) at UBC Cinema... MON 17 Reading Railroad at the Railway...Bryan Adams at the Hungry Eye.cheap night at the Hollywood..free Tai Chi at the UBC Grad Centre (12:45pm)...ZooBoogaloo with DJ Spun-K at the Starfish... TUE 18 CiTR PRESENTS SHINDIG FEATURING GOB, THE PAPILLOMAS, TBA AT THE RAILWAY CLUB...Disco Night at the Commodore...Strains at the Station Street Arts Centre (8pm) (2 for l)...free Tai Chi at the UBC Grad Centre (12:45pm)... WED 19 MC 900 Foot Jesus, Consolidated, Spoonman at the Commo- dore...Reggae Night at Graceland...Vinyl with DJ's T-Bone & Dickey Doo at the Starfish...Elizabeth Fischer w/special guests at the Railway...Strains at Station Street (8pm)...Latin Beat at the UBC Grad Centre (8:30pm)...TBA (7pm) & Company of Wolves (9:30pm) at UBC Cinema... THU 20 SUB-SONIC THURSDAYS FEATURING ECONOUNE CRUSH AT THE PIT PUB (NO COVER)...Don Ross & Clive Gregson at the W.I.S.E. Hall (8:00pm)...Elizabeth Fischer w/special guests at the Railway...Unplugged Folk/Rock Coffee House &. Jam night at the UBC Grad Centre (9:30pm)...Strains at Station Street (8pm)...The Bottle with DJ's David "Love" Jones & Clarence at Ihe Picadilly...House & Dance Night at Graceland...Tinga Tinga wilh DJ's Flyte & Friendly Planet at the Twilight Zonc.TBA (7pm) & Company of Wolves (9:30pm) at UBC Cinema... FRI 21 Coal w/special guests at the Railway...Steve Coleman A Five Ele- menls at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (8pm)...Friday Folk at Koemer's (no cover)... Oktoberfest at the Commodore...Alternative Dance Night at GraceIand...The Star Catalogues at the Russian Hall...Funkadelic at the UBC Grad Centre...Strains at Station Street (8pm)...TBA (7pm) & The Mask (9:30pm) at UBC Cinema... SAT 22 Facepuller, the Many, Chronometer at the Hastings Community Center (all ages)...Furnaceface, Trigger Happy, Ponyboy, dbs at the new York Theatre (all ages)...Oktoberfest at the Commodore...Coal w/special guests at the Railway...Vin Garbutt at the WI.S.E. Hall (8:30pm)...Strains at Station Street (8pm)...Midnight Shift with DJ's T-Bone, Ursula &. Dickey Doo at District Coffee...Techno&. Dance Night with DJ Noah at Graceland...Dubtribe with DJ's Quest (Seattle), Czech A T-Bone at the Lux...TBA (7pm) & The Mask (9:30pm) at UBC Cinema... SUN 23 Cowboy Night at the Railway...The Star Catalogues at the Russian Hall... Strains at Station Street (8pm)...TBA (7pm) & The Mask (9:30pm) at UBC Cinema... MON 24 Grrrls with guitars at the Railway...Strains at the Station Street Arts Centre (8pm)...cheap date night at the Hollywood...free Tai Chi at the UBC Grad Centre (12:45pm)...ZooBoogaloo wilh DJ Spun-K at the Starfish... TUE 25 QTR PRESENTS SHINDIG FEATUING SQUEEKY, MAJORTE CALDWELL ORBIT IN BLOOM ATTHE RAILWAY CLUB...Disco Night at the Commodore...Strains at Station Street (8pm) (2 for l)...free Tai Chi (12:45pm) & Pool Tourney at the UBC Grad Centre (7pm)... WED 26 The Star Catalogues at the Russian Hall.Scibble at the Railway...Strains at Station Street (8pm)...Vinyl with DJ's T-Bone & Dickey Doo at the Starfish Room... Reggae Night at Graceland.. Latin Beat at the UBC Grad Centre (8:30pm)...Birdy (7pm) & Heathers (9:30pm) at UBC Cin- THU 27 SUB-SONICTHURSDAYS ATTHE PIT PUB FEATURING PEOPLE PLAYING MUSIC, JAZZBERRY RAM AT THE PIT PUB (NO COVER)...Attila the Stockbroker at the Railway-Standard Changes at the Glass Slipper (9:30pm)...William Gibson at the Vogue (8pm)...Unplugged Folk/Rock Coffee House & Jam night at the UBC Grad Centre (9:30pm)...Tinga Tinga with DJ's Flyte & Friendly Planet at the Twilight Zone...The Bottle with DJ's David "Love" Jones & Clarence at the Picadilly...House <fe Dance Night at Graceland...Strains at Station Street (8pm)...Birdy (7pm) & Heathers (9:30pm) at UBC Cinema... FRI 28 Hard Rock Miners at the Railway...Friday Folk at Koemer's (no cover)... Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick at the W.I.S.E. Hall (8:30pm)...The Star Catalogues at the Russian Hall...Strains at Station Street (8pm)...Alternative Dance Night at Graceland...Atlantis with DJ's Markie- Mark, Garth, Carlos, T-Bone, Quest, Mario & Kipp at Pier 48 (206 292 1478)...Psycho (7pm) & The Exorcist (9:30pm) at the UBC Cinema... SAT 29 itch, WooWoos & guests at Crosstown Traffic (all ages)... Bill Bourne & Shannon Johnson at the W.I.S.E. Hall (8:30pm)...Hard Rock Miners at the Railway...The Star Catalogues at the Russian Hall...Strains at Station Street (8pm)...Midnight Shift with DJ's T-Bone, Ursula <& Dickey Doo at District Coffee...Techno & Dance Night with DJ Noah at Graceland...Halloween Party with DJ's Ursula, T-Bone, Dickey Doo & guests at 940 Richards (689 7734)... Jazz Yo Azz with DJ's Clarence & Luis at the Anza...Hallow's Eve with DJ's T-Bone, Dickey Doo, Czech & Quik Fix (89M*203)... Psycho (7pm), The Exorcist (9:30pm)AThe Rocky Hon, * Pn*ur< Six <* (midnight) at the UBC 30 New Sci-Fj Horror at the WrWay...Gj*ln*l Gyani at the Vancouver ^** Exorcist (9:30pm) at the ION 3flj<Jawnaked Laflfs at thelQiMXfn E...Halloween Bash at the Railway...cheap date night at the Hollywood...free Tai Chi at the UBC Grad Centre (12:45pm)... ZooBoogaloo with DJ Spun-K at the Starfish... 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Eric's Trip's second full- length lor Sub Pop hcai t-achingly moves closer to die essence ol their particular songwriting style: biographic melancholy captured very, very quietly. Hiss, click, crack, pop. And yes, they are Canadian. O 1498 S 9.98 Daniel Johnston • Fun for (hose of you who might not be familiar with him, Daniel Johnston is a really strange guy from Austin who has been making tapes and records tot quite a long time. He has lots of neat friends like Sonic Youth, Half Japanese and the Butthole Surfers. His songs are deceivingly child-like and they're funny and they're sad Wthey have lots of wisdom. They can make your bad O 16.98 ' G=) 10.98 Liz Phair • Whip Smart If I were Lb Phair, I would be sophomore effort, tons of attention, high expectations - yikes. Good thing Whip Smart is such a great record. Characteristically singing about the resoundingly real and salient issues of everyday life and employing the tactfully appropriate and powerful use of the word "tuck," Whip Smart further establishes Liz Phair as a dynamic, creative and crucial contemporary singer songwriter. O 1498 S 9.98 Pizzicato Five • Five Against Five This Japanese band has been releasing incredibly catchy dance-oriented-with-a- tunst records for years but this five-song mini-album is the first to reach our shores. It's fun and cool, so be the first on your block to buy it and be prepared for Pizzicato Five Mania, 'cause it's a coming! O 10.98 Smog • Burning Kingdom Redefining the term "brood" in newly expanded musical terms, Bill Smog's introversion is enabled most accessibly. Drums and strings provide rich and effective in the Burning Kingdom, displaying a creative possibility up til now unexamined by Mr. Smog's Sparkmarker ® Products & Accessories Vancouver's virtuous nice guys' do-it-them- selves full-length rocks in a big, loud and heavy way, demanding that these local pleasantly righteous faves have "mighty" permanently fixed to the beginning of their name. Take note, folks: this disk compiles some previously released 7-inch stuff. O 9.98 The Wedding Present # Watusi Changing gears from the Albini-produced Sea Monsters record, David Ge4ge + Co. are back with a warmer, poppiet sound on Watusi These Brits have never seemed to get the exposure they deserve, but this record adds unique guitar sounds and distinctive vocals, all washed over with trembling keyboards and even some trombone, it can at least be our little secret. And hey... it was recorded in the same studio as Hearts Bad Animals, so you know it has to rock! O 16.98 ' S 10.98 Various Artists ® Rock Stars Kilt counter-culture poprockarama. Featuring current, brilliant non-stars Smog, Free Kitten, Helium, Rancid, Team Dresch, and many more that you won't read abc>ut in People oi Us O 12.9 S 8.9( 1 4.< >8 Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 ® Strangers from the Universe Heaps of praise are moved again for one of Zulu's favourite San Francisco bands. Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 entertain more than they perplex - but they do that pretty well too. Shrugging off descriptions and definitions as limiting and ing, Thinking Fellers whip up another unique release for your enjoyment and exploration. O 1498 S 9.98 We also have box sets, collectc t-shirts, and all manner of oddities and stuff. Look for yourself! O = cd GS = cassette S3 = pho. Coming soon on Zulu Records the Label! Lavinia's Tongue, Sook-Yin Lee's debut solo album!
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CITR-FM (Radio station : Vancouver, B.C.) |
Publisher | Vancouver : Student Radio Society of the University of British Columbia |
Date Issued | 1994-10-01 |
Extent | 28 pages |
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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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