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Groovy 20 COMIX ARE ALL I READ It's "Bob's Favorite Comics," not Leigh's 21 LOCAL MOTION Let's get Janis - she listens to everything!! 22 REAL LIVE ACTION Bug Head, Babes in Toyland et al 23 UNDER REVIEW John Zorn, Fugazi, The Cynics and bts more 24 DISCORDER DATEBOOK What's on, what's hot, what's hip and what isn't 26 ON THE DIAL It's like TV Guide, but it's for radio 28 SPINUST It's a list regarding spins, okay? 29 EARTH GUY Scott Fearnley 5 DANCING ON THE CLOUDS Marc Yuill and Julian Lawrence 11 ROLAND THE HAPPY WANDERER Geoff Coates 20 SOCIALIST TURTLE Colin Upton 21 BORDUM Bryce Rasmussen 27 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY EDITOR Kevin Smith ART DIRECTOR Scott Chernoff PRODUCTION MANAGER Bill Baker EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Chrte Buchanan, Paul Funk, Viola Funk ASSISTANT TO THE ART DIRECTOR Geoff Coates ARTIST Scott Fearnley WRITERS Bartholomew, Grandee Englehart, Christopher Kovacs, Andrea Luplnl, Pete Lutwyche, Janis McKenzie, John Ruskin, Lloyd Uliana, Leigh Wolf PHOTOGRAPHERS John Sinai, Leonard Whistler WORD PROCESSING Randy Iwata, Alice Lorlng COVER PHOTO Leonard Whistler SPINLIST Jas Uppal ADVERTISING Mike Harding, Lloyd Uliana ADVERTISING PRODUCTION Randy Iwata SUBSCRIPTIONS/MAIL DISTRIBUTION Robynn Iwata PROGRAM GUIDE/DATE- BOOK/DELIVERY FRIEND Randy Iwata ACCOUNTS Barbara Wilson TECHNICAL SUPPORT Ted Aussem DISCORDER Copyright © 1990 by The Student Radio Society of the University of British Columbia. 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Recording Artists FREEDOM WITH SPECIAL GUESTS SATURDAY MAY 19 .^T< MONDAY NIGHT METAL SHOPPE PRESENTSl ROADRACER RECORDS J_X RECORDING ARTISTS REPRISE/WEA RECORDING ARTISTS WITH SPECIAL GUESTS SATURDAY JUNE 16 ALL AGES WELCOME / TICKETS AT ALL TICKETMASTER OUTLETS 652 COLUMBIA STREET • NEW WESTMINSTER • 526-8675 JUST THE "FACTS" Dear Airhead, In your article "Avant Garde Artist", Rick Gibson wrongly criticized Lifef. e for not protesting against th' langley poundkeepers shooting of dogs in the head (March 1990). If Gibson had checked ihe facts he would have discovered that Lifeforce convinced the Langley Township Council to stop shooting pound dogs in January 1990. If he was so concerned why didn't he protest it? The media has blown out of proportion Gibson's publicity stunt of crushing animals for "art". He had no profound statement about art. He had no insight into life's problem. His press release in December 1989 made it clear that his only goal was to kill "small animals" as a new "art medium". I enclose the facts about this bizarre incident. I hope you will give the public both sides of the In respect for all life, Peter Hamilton Director of Lifeforce Thanksforthe "fads." Thepoint, however, would seem to be that there was such an uproar over one ral, which was destined lo die in the stomach of some reptilian pet, yet unwanted dogs are still being killed, now by injection instead of being shot (possibly more humane, but dead is dead), and other Sniffys continue to end their lives as petfood. ITS A DIRTY JOB... Dear Airhead, Ok, Discorder... you've had it. I'm really sick of it now. You can print this as a letter to Airhead or as an actual article, I don't care. All I know is that somebody has to do it since you people are obviously so braindead-lazy you Anyways, here it is: THE REAL LOCAL MOTION: Here it is folks, the "let's bring Vancouver up to date article" from the lame-ass Discorder. This month, we'll take a look at the vinyl happenings in Vancouver in the last while. Over a year ago, a big vinyl deal went down with three local Vancouver bands that most hep cats are already aware of. The most talked about deal has definitely got to be THE SCRAMBLERS and their infamous Penta agreement. Contrary to popular rumor the band has not been thrown off the label for being rude, drunk, and just downright obnoxious. No, the execs at Penta like that sorta stuff and therefore THE SCRAMBLERS album has not been shafted! The record is just a mere six months- late and counting... Second in the deal was BRUNO GERUSSI'S MEDALLION who was signed to WEA Records and have since put out a garage-pop type LP entitled "In Search Of The Fourth Chord" and is a great offering of fun tunes. But we wouldn't know that right? God knows DISCORDER didn't review the album! The last band was Copywrite. This band (who's members include a couple of guys from SLOW) got the best of the bunch. They were signed to Geffin records of L.A. and were basically given $25,000.00 to record with to make the best damn album possible. What did Copywrite do with the cash? They spent most of it on hot dogs, beer and other fun stuff... besides recording costs. What is happening with the Geffin-Copywrite connection now? You got me, but there ain't no album in the near future, that's for sure. On the brighter side of things in the Teamworks part of town, Bob's Your Uncle has been officially signed to a major record label from L.A. so we should be seeing and hearing a great follow-up LP to their first vinyl offering from Zulu back in '87. Also in anticipation is a full- length album from Vancouver's Kings of rockabilly, the Nervous Fellas. The Nervous Fellas were signed a while back to Nervous Records of England who assure us there won't be much more of a I guess there isn't much point in mentioning the two new album releases from both D.O.A. and Spirit of the West. Both bands are now on major labels. New Vancouver releases have also come from'those young, playful punks Curious George, on an independent label, and also from CiTR's own "garage king" Nardwuar the Human Serviette, on his very own indie label. Curious George's LP, "Children Of A Common Mother" is an absolutely excellent offering of really fun punk music in the tradition of the Sex Pistols and the Stooges. I often find myself slamming with my cat when rocking to this LP. Nardwuar's record is another rocker but in a different sense. This record, entitled "Oh God, My Mom's On Channel Ten!" is a garage-rock compilation album featuring fourteen garage bands from all over North America. From Vancouver, local garage legends, THE ENIGMAS appear, as well as two up and coming garage bands THE SMUGGLERS and Nardwuar's own band THE EVAPORATERS. What makes this comp. really special along with the variety of great garage tunes is nutty interview segments between songs of Nardwuar "versus" such notables as Jello Biafra and ex-U.S. president Gerald Ford. Also included in the package is a hilarious booklet featuring pictures and bios on all bands included. On the smaller side of things. Dirt has been in the studio lately recording a soon-to-be- released EP. Also in midst of album making is the aforementioned garage-rock outfit THE SMUGGLERS. Other bands like the HARD ROCK MINERS and SARCASTIC MANNEQUINS are holding back from the indie- thing, in search of a minor-major deal (with no pun intended). I kinda wish these bands would" put out an indie record so we can have something to listen to while we wait! Yes, one could argue that these two bands, as well as many olher bands, put out tapes. But let's face it, TAPES SUCK. You know it, I know it. Take ROOTS ROUNDUP for instance. They just put out a brand new tape! What a waste! Tapes are nothing. They can hardly be counted anywhere past the demo file. But back on track... also searching for a deal is the small but mighty Chris Houston. Whether he plans to do another solo album or an LP with his brand new band EVIL TWANG (featuring Art Bergmann who's second solo album jusl came out, as most of you should be aware) is unknown but either would surely be entertaining, thought provoking and disgusting. And s far a zine. No one wanted lo review the BGM record so il wasn't reviewed. Thai's how it works (or doesn't). Bobs Your Uncle's EP was on Criminal Records, not Zulu. We've reviewed Curious George live, reviewed their LP, and did a feature on them. We've given our own Nardwuar (He writes for us don't ya know. Check out his Cramps interview in this issue.) coverage in the past. Wilh Nardwuar being one of our own there is the little problem of conflict of interest, however. And how can any of us be objective about a project by someone we love so much? Also, Dirt has done some recording, but the outcome of which is as yet undecided. Finally, the Smugglers should actually have a single oul on Get Hip Records (The Cynics' label) come June or July. JUVENILE MASQUERADE Yo, Airhead, Those coming to Viola's defense have missed the point. Most everyone will agree that reviewers shouldn't lie about their opinions and that reviewers with an attitude are more interesting to read. However, Viola's reviews consistently gloss over such important elements as Music and Performance and dwell over the deeper questions of cloths, hair length, who knows who, and does anyone cool-enough-to-count- as-human-by-Viola's-standards like the band, etc. It's fine that Ms Funk's "pieces" see print, but as reviews, they are juvenile. Fred Maycatt P.S. I don't like Hell's Kitchen, either, but at least it doesn't masquerade as something it isn't. PRIVILEGE AND MOTIVATION Dear Airhead, I am appalled by some of the ignorant people who work in the record business. As a journalist for a small college in Calgary, Alberta, I have had the privilege of reviewing alternative rock concerts and records. I have taken great pleasure meeting n : people. But s have come across some rude s the vinyl happenings in Vancouver in the present and near-past. Next month DISCORDER will try to bring you more REAL LOCAL MOTION but will probably fail. Oh, and one more thing. Just in case you're deaf and blind, NOMEANSNO put out they're best album so far earlier this year entitled "WRONG", which has been selling like wildfire throughout North America and Susan Ferran *** most of the released albums listed are available at local indie record stores such as ZULU, SCRATCH, or TRACK. So we are "braindead-lazy" and "lame-ass," eh? And you write one letter that tells all about the local scene. BIG FUCKING DEAL. Once is never enough, so put up or shut up. Ifn you got whal il lakes, do something on a regular basis rather than an oh- so-easy one off potshot. But about your specific points... Why is the Scramblers record soooo late then? Could it be that Penta lost its distribution deal with Elektra in the U.S., and the whole future of the record label and its acts is up in the air. The unpaid individuals who contribute to Discorder deler- of the maga- Just lasl Friday, I had a chance to catch Jane Siberry live, and what an exciting performance it was. Yet, an incident occurred lhat left me wondering what is happening to this world. While preparing to take pictures of Jane, I met a rude and obnoxious speciment. He was an American photographer for a few major record companies in Canada. He told me the most dementing thing that left me pondering my self-worth. He said, "The record companies and music stars couldn't careless if some two time bit newspaper covered the concert." I had to question this generalization and his motivation for even being in the record business, maybe the title and Anyways, I was really astonished by his comment. I personally think the university and college newspapers keep the al- They help underground bands wilh media coverage and support. These papers are the medium of communication between the community and the underground bands. Maybe if it wasn't for tiny little newspapers like the Reflector, Jane Siberry might not have gotten as far as she has (just a speculation). I just wanted to inform your readers lhal they should be lucky that there are free papers to read for information. Keep up the good work and putting out creative il- of Discorder. Thank you, Nikol Mikus Calgary, Alberta. ARE THE BEST FUCKING BAND IN THE WORLD WITH YOUR HOST NARDWUAR THE HUMAN SERVIETTE By phone Irom Marseilles France: Who are the Cramps? Nick Knox, Poison Ivy, Candy Del Mar, and Lux Interior. What is the bands' average age? The line goes dead. By phone from L.A.: Hey Ivy, remember I was trying to talk to ya before? Ya, I called you from Marseilles and I was just getting a bunch of noise. I couldn't hear your voice, only a very loud screaming squeak! .~- Now that you are back from your Euro pean tour where are you now? In Los Angeles. Have the Cramps ever been to Vant^l^ before? Oh yeah, lots i imps eveXbet s of times When was your first time her«$f *|j| Oh boy, let me think, it was probably '81 or '82. Ya, the first time in Vancouver m played the Commodore Ballroom. One of the things I remember is the guy brought me a... the guitar I'd been playing was a Lewis which was a Canadian make and I'd never seen another one. I found an ad fer another one when I was in Vancouver and this guy carried the guitar down to the gig to show it to me, and I bought it. So you have a piece of a Vancouver instrument them? Ido. My Lewis; it's a great guitar. It'swhat I played "Surfin' Dead" on. { You've covered a few old ancient rock- | abilly tunes and stuff like that. Do any old I fat rockabilly guys come up to you and get | mad that perhaps you're "borrowing" 8 their tunes? ■j* No, I've never had anybody bet mad. t o don't think what we do should provoke I, them to be mad, 'cause we are honoring j them. We've met some rockabilly guys '5 from what we do. We've met Sleepy La | Beef, we 've met Ursel Hickey and there's J a lot more I'd like to meet. 6 DISCORDER But they've never been upset that you took their song or played it in concert or anything like that. Like Hazil Adkins? No, they should be honored that we covered their songs and credit them. I can't imagine why somebody would be mad about something like that. They would have to be out of their minds. The only thing I heard about someone being mad was Rufus Thomas because "Can Your Pussy Do The Dog?" is inspired by his song "Can your Monkey do the Dog?" and I think he didn t like the obscene way that we rolled 'Ihe Dog." How did ya find the song "The Crusher" by '60s burn-outs the Novas? We got it off a compilation album that we had found in England, while we were at Miles Copeland's (I.R.S. founder and Stewart's brother} house. We were staying there cause we were going to be playing at the Lyceum in London. iB^ We bought the record in the afternoon, went home and played it on his record player, and decided to play it that night at the Lyceum. Everybody figured out it was pretty close to Drug Train" so that we already kind of knew it, and that's We first Hme we did it, the same day we bought the record. Are there many Cramps bootlegs around? Seems like about a hundred. Does the sight of om cause anger to run rampant through your body? Well, to some degree because they exploit our fans. They're usually horrible quality, they cost$30anti up, and they're packaged in a deliberately misleading way. A lot of our fans want to own every song we ever covered, so what the bootleggers will do is re-titte them. They'll give a new title to a previous song of ours. They'll call "Psychotic Reaction," "A Walk Down Broadway" or they'll call "Bacon Fat," "Big and Fat" and these are all deliberate attempts to suck money off our fans. Have you had any interesting opening acts lately? Yeah, the show we just did at the Town and Country in London was great. There was a band called Ug and the Cavemen who dress up like cavemen, barefoot with leopard skin print things, and do all, like, cavemen songs. They do "Go Gorilla," "Be a Caveman," all these covers, caveman things. This incredible Elvis impersonator, that was a Vegas guy who's living in England. I guess it's a tax problem or something. That was a good opening act. How did the Cramps all meet? Were you, like, in a record store and were you, like, both looking at a rare Hazil Adkins single, and both trying to grab it at the same time? No. Actually, when we met Candy Del Mar, we were trying to grab a parking spot atthe same time. We were in a parking lot of a liquor store, and they didn't have enough parking spots for the store, and we were both kind of challenging each other for the parking spot. And then she recognized me and Lux and that's how we met. Nick, we've known forever, it seems. We were introduced to him from a friend of ours from Cleveland who knew Nick and knew we needed a drummer. Wasn't Nick in a band called the Electric Eels? Ya, he was in the Electric Eels, and this guy Bradley, who's dead now, introduced us to him. Didn't Nick's brother also once play in the Cramps? His cousin Ike did. That was after Brian Gregory left? Oh, way after. That was after Kid for awhile, and then we had another guy playing, Click Mort, and then Ike played with us again for a tour. He was just helping us out kind of as a favour 'cause we didn't have anyone to tour with. What other guitarists have the Cramps churned out since Kid Congo? Ike Knox, Click Mort... We've had various people hired, like Fur, who played with us for two months. Actually, before Kid was a girt called Julian Grindsnatch and she's in the "Urgh" movie with us. Were you and Lux from Cleveland originally? No, Lux is from Akron and Nick is from Cleveland. And what about yourself, Poison Ivy? Umm, I'm from... many places, mainly... I was in Sacramento when I met Lux hitchhiking. Then did you just decide to form a band right off the bat? No, we didn't do that for a while. We were just pretty much interested in each other. Did the New York Dolls, in any way, inspire Lux and yourself to get a band together? Are they a big influence on the Cramps? Oh huge. We love the Dolls. We saw them a bunch of times, and I think that was really the final band that made the Cramps form. I think that was one of the best bands there ever was. What do you think of what Buster Poin- dexter is doing now? If he's happy what he's doing, I guess he's earned it from having been in the Dolls. Tm certainly not interested in that particular thing that he's doing now. But he is David Johansen, and the Dolls really did something special, something magic. Who did the Cramps play their first gig with? The first real gig we did was with Suicide, a band out of New York that used to play pretty frequently in the late 70s. We were kind of a regular co-bill with Suicide; they'd headline and we'd open for them. We also played with the Ramones a lot in New York. You guys were featured in that video "Live at Knappa State Mental Hospital," Was that a real show? Ya, it was. How did that get arranged? / dunno, I think at that time it was Howie Klein or somebody in San Francisco that set that up. Wejustshowed up and played. It was a real gig. An incredible show it was, featuring a lot of Brian Gregory on guitar. Where is he nowadays? Is he still around L.A. or Hollywood? No, not at all. We haven't kept in touch for about ten years. We're not friends. Was he a bad boy to the Cramps? We're not friends. A few years ago you recorded "Songs the Lord Taught Us" at Sam C. Phillips' Studio. Is he still alive? He certainly is. He's alive and very kicking, very youthful, young. I think he's a vampire, 'cause he looks younger now than he did in the '50s. Where was "Stay Sick" recorded? We laid the tracks down at a studio called Music Grinder in Hollywood, which is a great studio. It has this huge room, I think it used to be a brewery or some kind of factory. It just looks almost like an aircraft hanger; it's all wood and concrete. We mixed at a studio called Record One, which is a studio owned by Ocean Way, which is really the best studio in Hollywood, in LA., maybe in the world. This time, you, Poison Ivy, produced the Cramps? / really have on all, to some degree, you kno w. But it tva. just kind of meaningless to keep saying the Cramps, 'cause I was producing them. Have any other artists requested your producership? We 've produced friends of ours from back East, the Mad Daddys, a group from New Jersey, and another New Jersey group called the Sickidz. Are the Sickidz still around? No, they're not. There's a group no< called Pink Slip Daddy with some of the members, and I think they just came out with a new release. What about Enigma Records, are they treating the Cramps nicely? Hopefully they are paying for this phone call, right? We have an unusual deal, even a lot of major artists don't have the kind of deal we do. They've given us complete artistic freedom, and not only at our request, but they really want us to have it. I think they really feel we 've proven something by now, so it's a nice position to be in. I mean they really are getting behind us; us doing what we do. They're not trying to change us. They seem to be taking us quite seriously, and I appreciate it. Hallucinogens? Have they ever played a part in the Cramps act? I suppose that's just one of our many influences. I mean, we've all done them, so you can't turn back on that. There's no going backwards there. So that's definitely an influence. Poison Ivy, what is your favorite Poison? Oh my... C'mon you know the answer. No, I don't. Strychnine! Only in moments of supreme faith. Actually, we just came from Spain and we were really hoping, but we didn't have time, to find some absinthe there, 'cause it's something that's very hard to get except in Spain and parts of Europe. I've never tried it, so I was kind of intrigued by that. Who is Kurt Perkheiser? I don't know. Who is Chris Wallace? / dunno. I don't want to answer those questions, they're rude. Reading is fun and healthy. Do you have any fanzines that you, like, browse through? / liked the one... I think it's done now, Maybe Tm shy. "Sleazoid Express" was a good one. I also like the little magazine that Hollywood Book and Poster puts out. What about "Kicks Magazine"? That one is a little too anthroplogical, kind of like from the Margaret Mead point of view of "Look what I dug up." They're not like the people they write about. Are there any movie or TV appearances coming up for the Cramps in the future. Yeah, actually today! We're doing a TV thing today for a show called "After Hours." And we do a lot of television in Europe. Don't you have some association in the shady past, dear Ivy, with Miriam from "Kicks Magazine"? She was a drummer, briefly, in the Cramps, a long time ago. At that particular time she disliked rockabilly. She didn t like the music that we make, or she was putting it down all the time. All she liked was the Dictators and various new bands. Now she writes about rockabilly and says she loves it, so beats me. One evening in Hollywood do you go out and groove to the scene, and check out new bands at all? Not very much. We mainly kind of have our own little world here at home. We go out once in a while, but basically keep to ourselves. What about Hollywood's favourite children, Redd Kross; are they sort of the bastard heavy metal sons of the Cramps? They're good. I dunno if they are any of those things, but they're a fun band and I dig watching them. And Mick Jagger and Ray Davies, have you ever met those two L.A. faves? No, I haven't. Do you ever express a desire to? No, not particularly. I certainly admire Ray Davies a lot, but I almost don't feel a need to meet people I really admire. Who do you think is the Cramps' biggest critic? / have no idea. I'm not sure that we would pay that much attention to the Cramps' biggest critic. What is the most mis-matched gig the Cramps have ever played. Like you guys playing with Depeche Mode or New Order? Umm, probably a show we did in Dallas Texas once, at some small club. We were sandwiched in between two bands that both were, like, huge guys with beards. We were the middle bill, and the opening act and the headline act did Jimi Hendrix songs and Doobie Brothers songs. And we were in the middle of that in Texas, and we were not welcome there... that was kind of frightening. I was wondering Ivy, do you think that John F. Kennedy possibly was murdered by Richard Nixon and CIA? Boy, I don't know anything about that. Tm afraid that's not one of my big departments. American politics? Ya, I don't think Tm too authoritative on that one way or another. What about Canadian politics? / know even less. Do you know who the Prime Minister of Canada is? No, I don't. Thanksforyour time, Poison Ivy, see ya in Vancouver! Bye. Backstage at the heavily securitized Commodore Ballroom April 12th: After a mind-boggling Cramps show in which the band played every single tune off "Stay Sick!," complemented by old standards like "Primitive," "Mystery Plane," "Tear it Up," "Psychotic Reaction" and "You've Got Good Taste," I managed to lasso Lux into answering a few Crampsian questions. Yes, Lux Interior, the lead singer who earlier in the evening had sweated up a storm, punked out, fondled his leather "uniform" and even rolled around in mock sexual positions with a very willing, plasticized Vancouver human barbie-doll. Lux, when did ya first star to sing and yell, and become a crazy rock 'n' roller? Well, when I was very young my brother used to play "You're Cheatin' Heart" on the piano and I remember that was the first song I sang. "St. Louis Blues," was another song I sang, just at home with my brother playing piano, and then I sang "Hey Jip!" with a band called the Perpetual Davenport... and that's all I remember before the Cramps. Do you think you need a bit of training to do vocals? No, you need training if you're gonna be a crooner. So you did have training? No, I didn't have any training. How about Ivy, did she get much rock 'n' rolling guitaring lessons before she started? No, she's really smart. She just learned it by listening to records. What was you r first studio attempt? I was looking at a song on the record "Rockabilly Psychosis and the Garage Dis- cease." Was that yer first venture? No, that was the second time we were in the studio, and that was when we recorded "Gravest Hits." But the song you're referring to, "Red Headed Women," was a much better recording when we recorded it. Later on Jim Dickinson added synthesizer to it and all kinds of little funny noises. I don't like that version very much. The original version is just the four of us and him playing piano, and him singing, and that's good. But I don t like that synthesizer shit! Why did you move to L.A. The Great Hollywood? 'Cause I love L.A. It's a real great city. Outside of Spain, I wouldn't think of any place else I'd like to live these days. Except I do like Vancouver. Vancouver's awful nice, except I don't know much more about it, except what ya see when you're here for a couple of days. Yvonne De Carlo is from Vancouver. / know that. And Eroll Flynn died in the British Properties of a cocaine overdose with his fifteen year old lover. I have a great movie of him and his fifteen year old lover called "Cuban Rebel Girls." It's pretty boring but that girl is a real knockout. Did Brian Gregory... / don't answer any questions about him. What movies have the Cramps been featured in? Uhh, none that I'd care to say anything about. We've been in some movies but we'd rather make our own movie. "Near Dark"? Yeah, that was a good movie. I like that. That's the way vampires should really be. They're all Hell's Angels really. All vampires today are Hell's Angels. Here's an appropriate question, Lux Interior. Do the Cramps give many interviews? Well, I dunno Because I want the scoop. I want the Cramps scoop. Like, everyone around town is doing Cramps articles, can you give me the Cramps scoop. Like a one liner, give it to me please, Lux! Don't make me work for it. There's no Cramps scoop. 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She is i story-telling folk such, she worb best | in intimate live situations. Whilst her billing As < "Lesbian Jewish Peminist with i severe flattop ind combat boots" leids to expectations of in mgry, confrontational performer, in reality she is open, honest ind yes, frink, but into cotnmunicition rather thin confrontation. We Hiked to Phnnc when she wis list in Vancouver in January, before her show at the Town Pump. Are your audiences getting bigger? Yeah. Well, after ten years of opening for other people and trying to win them over into my audience most of the time, I have a pretty good mix, which is my favorite - just to have a very eclectic mishmash of all kinds music out there that's very good and very sincere and then there are always those people that're gonna jump on the bandwagon. After doing wha! I've been doing for so long, wanting a folk thing to happen for so long, just when I had given up all hope, all of a sudden it's the fad. I take a poke at myself in that song too, because my first album was called "Folk Singer." That came out in '85, before the term had struck, and it was very difficult to be sitting there not being able to get a record out, no one taking me seriously, and all of a sudden Wow! it's the folk music revival! Everybody wants to be a folk singer. How important is it to you to advertise yourself as a lesbian Folk Sin|er"? I don't feel that I advertise myself. I feel that I let people know that I identify. My music isn't exclusively for lesbians, most of it has nothing to do with my sexuality. My sexuility is not i bigger part of me than that song seriously? I mean, you'd have to be pretty unconscious to swallow that one whole. There's a lot of humour in my voice. Even though I'm singing the original lyrics, you can tell I'm cracking up when I'm singing. I do it as a consciousness-raising number. They play "I Enjoy Being A Girl" on Muzak a lot, too. It's a very popular show tune ofthe '50s. Doris Day did it and Pat Suzuki. How did the album cover come about? I really wanted to do a spoof on all these teen idol covers. Those gorgeous covers of the late '50s and '60s, which were so beautiful and I just thought it would be a lot of fun since the first record was so stark, so black and white. In your song "Take Off Your Swastika" you criticize people who wear swastikas as fashion accessories. The Cult recently got into trouble in the UK because You opened for The Smiths, that audience would be quite different from your usual audience. Well, now people are coming to shows where I'm headlining and saying, "I saw you at The Smiths." I think it's really important to play for ill different audiences - making myself available and accessible to go out on tour and support other acts. It's often really a challenge for me to win over someone's tudience, but it only benefits me to try ind build my tudience ind expand my ludienoe to include everyone. Do you still get nervous before you perform? I always get nervous but I've come i long wiy. Years ago I used to get nervous when I woke up on the morning of a show. I'd look at my clock and go, 'Ten hours 'til soundebeck!" It was just hell! But the minute I'm on stage I'm okay. It all goes away, I'm comfortable. Who do you listen to? I listen to Van Morrison, They Might Be Giants. I'm a big fan of k.d.'s. When I'm in my car I listen to top forty country radio. I like it because there's a lot of humour. Do you listen to any children's artists? I like Raffia lot I'd like to do a kids' record one day, or do a little tour of kids' bookstores or something. When you write a song like "Bloodbath,*' where do you start from? Emotion. That song comes from feeling helpless and angry. Because whether I like it or not, it doesn't really matter that I'm a woman, that I'm a lesbian, that I'm treated as a minority. I live in a country that does nothing to help the black people in South Africa, and I'm white, so I'm the oppressor. I'm part of the problem, what can I do to be part of the solution? Do you see yourself as someone with a political agenda, who jut happened to start singing? No, I'm a folk singer. I write songs that tell stories. That's the music I grew up listening to, the records that my folks had when I was a kid. The music was always very simple, and really a vehicle for the lyric; and my music is really very simple. I'm not a fancy guitarist; it's really a vehicle for the lyric. I feel very comfortable with the folk format and the ballad. I think it's an excellent way to communicate and to tell stories. What do you dunk of the current popularity of folk music? You took a swipe at the image in your song "Folk Singer." What do you think of Tracy Chapman? I think she does a good job. I think she's a positive example for young women. I think there's a lot of my hair or my shoes. You can see my hair or my shoes. When I was growing up, there were very few lesbians that were out, and I thought I was the only one. So I've made a commitment to just be out I feel good about who I am. I have received a lot of support from the women's community and I've made it my job to go out in that big world and just be who I am, come out as I think young people should have a chance to grow up and be whoever they are, whether they're heterosexual or gay or lesbian, and know that they can have happy and productive lives. It's frustrating to me that most of the time the media chooses to focus on my sexuality more than my music. And that's the price I'm paying. You sing "I Enjoy Being a Girl" almost completely straight. The humour comes in because we know who's singing it How would you feel if that song started letting airplay without the commentary - does it worry you? No, because I think in this day and age who can take Billy Duffy wore a swastika T-shi and Ian Astbury has stated that he enjoys "Nazi chic." Does this depress you, given the huge popularity of The Cult amongst young audiences? Saying that it's acceptable in a fashion sense is being completely ignorant ofthe historical symbolism of the swastika. They're not stupid people, they're very smart people, and it's very irresponsible. That's what's difficult to swallow -if you're a performer in public, with a lot of younger audiences, you know people look up to you and there's a lot of Cult fans who are gonna get [swastika] T-shirts so that they can be cool. When I was in punk bands in LA, which is where I wrote the song from direct personal experience, I had people all around me wearing swastikas 'cause it made the old people in the street mad, 'cause it pissed their parents off; they got a reaction -I think it gave them a sense of power. These weren't stupid people either. The song was written in rage. Being a Jew, being a lesbian, the swastika to me is a symbol of absolute oppression and death. When I perform this song I talk about how fascism and anti-semitism and racism and homophobia aren't things that disappear. The song is still very contemporary, and it's sad. You're Jewish, and you're seiual politics. What's your standpoint on Middle East politics? I don't think either party is right. I think Israel is wrong a lot of the time. I've been working on a song about this. I grew up in a nice, white, middle class Jewish family, where they sell Israel bonds at temple on the high holidays, Israel is the promised land, the land of milk and honey - Israel can do no wrong. Israel was perfect in my mind. It's the way I grew up and I swallowed it whole. It wasn't until not very long ago I had a political discussion with a friend, and they said, "How can you be so Wind?" I said "What do you mean? I'm a Jew, Israel is it." Then I had my eyes opened up to the situation- fighting and killing each other over a piece of land. And when I was at the Vancouver Folk Festival I met a woman there, a yiddish folk singer, an Auschwitz survivor, and she lived in Israel for fifteen years and she moved back to East Germany because she couldn't live in a country where the Israelis did to the Palestinians what the Germans did to the Jews. That just hit me. That was really, really powerful. What does being Jewish mean to you? It's a sense of family, and tradition, that I love. I don't focus on how mi- sogynous the Jewish religion can be, or all the places where women are excluded in Judaism. Often lesbian women talk of alienation from the family because of the choices they made. You talk of love and support It can't have been easy for your family to accept the choices that you made. It's been a long time. I've been out for fifteen years as a lesbian. I came out when I was seventeen, moved out of the house because I couldn't be a lesbian in their home. I spent a lot of time and a lot of energy communicating with my family, and through a lot of work on both our parts I'm very close to my family today. But it did not come easily and it didn't happen overnight. I've redeveloped my relationship with my grandfather in the past two years. My grandmother would always take me aside and I could always identify with her when no one else would have anything to do with me. She was always there. Since my grandmother died it's been very difficult (for my grandfather), and I found myself just being there all the time, being very involved with the funeral, being close with my family and being with my grandfather. My grandmother had been sick for a long time, and last ha- nukkah my grandfather took me aside and put his arms around me, gave me a kiss and he said "Sorry." My grandfather is not a man who apologises and will never admit that he's wrong. He said that he loved me. 1 still get choked up thinking about it. We've become very close and he's proud of me now. You're optimism is impressive. Is it because you have a reference point to a time when things were wane? I'm not happy (about the state ofthe world), and I'm angry, and I get frustrated, and I feel small, and the world can't change fast enough for me. But I've learned, I think, to challenge it I'm just as angry but it doesn't always work when I'm communicating to be that angry. It's easier and more effective to channel my anger in maybe different ways, add more humour, deal with issues in a way that doesn't hit people over the bead, in a way that lets them open up, think about an issue without shoving the issue in their face. It's hard not to [shove the issue in their face] sometimes. ^^^BH flu a ■if! fllr Er/* im/k ih\ 'fA«^» *w^B ^C$i &2f______P^5t _j_-_j_P^- "t 10 DISCORDER , 22SES_* wiPUPrW *t J UBC STUDENT UNION BUILDING LOWER CONCOURSE • ALL AGES WELCOME © © V V 0 Ml [p © [§ IT VANCOUVERS ALTERNATIVE RECORD STORE DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER 534 Seymour St. 669-6644 RECORDS • CDS • CASSETTES RAP » REGGAE » POP » HOUSE » JAZZ « SOUL « ROCK » BLUES "It seems to be some sort of neoclassical thing again and music at the moment is now at the point where it's trying to justify itself" Ellard: It's an ignorant question in a lot of ways. A lot of people say, "Why don't you sound like Bruce Springsteen?," you know, bij rocky. You ha Bruce^m^^ machines ingsteen icing packages as I used to do nusic He produces his stuff. I There's nothing produce my < by Lloyd Uliana Join the Rhythm of Machines.Fridays 12:30-4:00 AM "A machine... the definition of a machine is a very broad one. Anyone who has used a spade is using a machine and to criticize shovelling snow as being less fluid and artistic because the person didn't get down and use their hands is a sort of spurious criticism. To extend that a long way, I'm using a very basic connection here, but the machine is simply a tool. It's just an extension of your arm. It's an extension of your brain. If you really want to look at the whole position, you can say that your body is a machine that is run by your mind or your soul or whatever. It's very much about where you see yourself and your work starting and ending. I see myself starting with ideas and the ideas of oth_ work with and going throi lot of machines. Not only HHH sizers and stuff, but the P<9^^H> work with and yourself fori machine; and the tour you on is a machine. The whole process of i sort of machine and I don't these machines are different elcept their usage is very poxy. Peoph use synthesizers don't often try get to know each machine very They just acquire more of t which is crazy! Completely craz; That's why you get so much nothinj music around." Tom Ellard is Severed Heads. A seemingly permanent fixture on dance music charts in recent years with such singles as "Big Car," "All Saints' Day," "Greater Reward," "Hot With Fleas," et cetera, Ellard is responding to an accusation that the use of synthesizers (i.e. machines) carries with it a lack of spontaneity and instinct. Ellard and video-originator/mixer/cohort Stephen Jones opened their Rotund For Success Tour (with MC 900 FT Jesus) in Vancouver in early March. Lloyd Uliana met up with Sydney, Australia's Tom Ellard. 12 DISCORDER vague way of done. It's saying, "I pletely aT>iu4_JI<WI^Wl_a*<"noise collages, and other experimentation that make up your first three albums ("Since the Accident," "Dead Eyes Opened," "Blubberknife") and appear occasionally on "Come Visit the Big Bigot" and "Bad Mood Guy." Do you have any intentions of ever pursuing that style again? E: Yes, yes. That stuff is still being recorded. The band is a very large band. There's only two people who actually stick their mugs on the covers (Ellard and Jones), but there are a lot of people who pick and choose the stuff including the people who I work with at Volition Records (Australia). I record a lot of stuff and then we sit around and work on what's going to turn up under the banner. The conditions are that it has to have been the sort of stuff that we're putting out now. But there's certainly other material that can be used. The reasons for the change are reasonable. Number one, experimentation for experimentation purposes is a wank. You experiment to find the things that you find personally satisfying and then you explore them. I am personally satisfied with the sort of nuances that I'm working with now on "Rotund For Success." On earlier records I really feel like there's a hand pointing down and going, "Hey, this is wacky, this is interesting, wow, they're using this technique. It's very futurist, wow, I haven't heard anything like that." That's fine for a while, bul if you keep on doing that you're a wanker. Those little hands have to be swept away. Every little sound on "Rotund For Success" has actually got just as much work and detail input into it but it's not with neon signs all over it. Rotund has a lot of really strange ways of coming about sounds, but we're not advertising it anymore. D: "Big Car" sounds really philosophical ("Here are sights I may not see / Shine a light on me / Here are paths I may not tread / Shine a light on me") What's it all about? \E: None of the songs are about anything particularly specific. When <;._%>u disguise real world situations, they sound philosophical. That's all philosophy is, anyway; taking a problem in the real world and tum- d generalities. 'A lot of the songs I'm writing at the moment just tend to be about what you'd really like to be doing with your life and the reality of it. Lifafts so short and you really should >t going for it, but you just don't |it around to it. Then you wake up rand you're old. "Big Car" and "Greater Reward" and all these songs aren't all about this, but they do tend to relate to the difference between reality and what it could be and that's a big preoccupation, I suppose, on my part. D: It's hip to dance again and the corporate labels see dance music as some sort of saviour. Where do you see it heading in the '90s? E: What's going on at the some folk music revival. That's what the majors are playing at anyway. The majors have found folk music as some sort of saving mechanism which means they don't have to support dance music. Dance music was the thing that was going to keep them going, but it's tricky and cantankerous, whereas folk music you can get everyone into it from six years old to sixty years old. I think dance music is going lo become more and more of a ghetto. I don't have much confidence in it. Obviously some people could come along and correct me quite wisely in that respect. There's so much stuff which is just like turning on a drum machine and away you go. There's quite a legitimate concern: "Why am I buying this stuff... fuck it all off!" There is good stuff going on in dance music, but it's going down the google hole with all the bad stuff. It's like the indie punk stuff of the late '70s. There was lots of really nice singles around then, but there was just so much schlock that after a while you just didn 't feel like buying it anymore. All these sorts of poxy bands that came along at the end of D: It just seems that the line between what is considered underground dance music and what is mainstream dance music is disintegrating. For instance, not in this country, but certainly in the US, support for the Severed Heads has allowed for crossover into the Billboard charts. E: Yes, but crossing over into Billboard doesn't really signify all that much. It means more within the industry than it does to the average listener. As far as the average listener is concerned, we don't exist. For our fans, I suppose they just see that we've softened and with the softness has come more attention. We have softened in a way, but that's only part of it. That's the ice cream on top of the rock. Music...you start off with constraints and the constraints become less and less and then it becomes options and then it gets to a point where it's almost mandatory to be as grotesque and overbearing as possible. You've seen it in painting, where you've gone from very studied portraiture over to all sorts of bullshit, basically. People just started throwing paint at a canvas and saying, "There you go." Then they've tried to justify that by saying the act of throwing the paint has a legitimacy. Then people started calling the bluff and it is just garbage. It seems to be some sort of neoclassical thing again and music at the moment is now at the point where it's trying to justify itself. D: It's "At the Movies" time. I'm going to bark out a band name and have you reply with some opinions on them, alright? First off, Depeche Mode. E: They write great singles and their albums are terrible. The albums are really stodgy but the singles are quite nice. They write nice pop songs. By all accounts they go on about world peace and love, but basically, they 're just rock and roll attitude. "Save the trees, chicks after the show." I think Daniel Miller, the producer, is the real star of that particu- Nitzer Ebb. Nitzer Ebb don't seem to have much of a sense of humour to them. D: Midnight Oil. E: There's two aspects to Midnight Oil. Aspect number one is the songs which again, I find really dull. It's like "Johnny B. Goode" and variations on that sort of sound with a couple of English producers thrown "That's all philosophy is, anyway; taking a problem in the real world and turning it into generalities." lar exploit. It's particularly more pleasant than most music, so thumbs up to Depeche Mode. D: Einsturzende Neubauten. E: I just find the whole sort of thing dull. In Australia there's this joke; it goes, "I've got spiders crawling up my anus." 'Cause there was this band who thought they were Neubauten and this line came along: "I've got spiders crawling up my anus!" Everyone just laughed and left. They're a "spiders crawling up my anus" band... bash-bash-bash-bash-aagh!- bash-bash-bash-bash-aagh! It's fine, but I'm not interested at all. D: Nit: rEbb. E: I just find there's something missing. Half a record. The record I have should have been done at two levels. You could buy the CD and there should have been another CD with all the melodies that you could play along with it. It's really DAF all over DAF were sort of kitschy and that was nice. They had that big sort of brutal guy - "Roar! Roar!"- and they get the little girlie singing and stuff. That was more funny than And then there's the political aspect of it. A Midnight Oil concert is basically the big bald guy up on stage going "Fuck the Americans" and everyone in the audience going "Fuck the Americans" like "Sieg heil, sieg heil." It's like a political right wing rally with all these bald guys in the audience and the bald guy on stage. The words are good but the way they are forced makes it sloganeering. If you' ve got space in a newspaper you've got media access for one reason and they exploit it for other reasons. Not so much Midnight Oil because I do believe that Peter Garrett in his political activities in Australia has earned some respect for his thinking. But there's this band that did a Vietnam veteran's song and they got their half page in the entertainment section. It was all about a Royal Commission that was going on for the Vietnam veterans. And they're saying, "It's all lies. The vets are right. The government's lying. Blah blah." The commission hadn't finished. None of the findings had come out and yet here was some bunch of dildoes coming on saying, "We know. We're a band, we know." And they're getting media space. That sort of thing's just got to be stomped on like cockroaches. VANCOUVER'S HOTTEST BLUES NIGHTCLUB MAY 1 -5 Mark Hummel Band MAY 7-12 Amos Garrett MAY 14 Oliver and the Elements MAY 15-19 Luther Johnson MAY 21 Oliver and the Elements MAY 22-26 The Belairs MAY 28 Oliver and the Elements MAY29-JUN2 Pontiax DON'T MISS JACK LA VIN'S JAMS: SAT. 3-8 PM {SUNDAY BLUES MARATHON JAM SUN. 3 PM-MIDNITE OPEN EACH NIGHT FROM 9:30 pm -1:30 am OPEN WEEKDAYS FROM 11:30 am MONDAY highball night TUESDAY classix night WEDNESDAY with dj slick no cover cheap draft THURSDAY with dj david hawkes no cover cheap draft FRIDAY industrial hell with dj david hawkes SATURDAY dub hell with dj george mania SUNDAY 8-12 big drink specials all visuals by steve 1275 SEYMOUR A ROOTIN' TOOTIN' iHSiiiaiis arch 22nd, 1990, a day that ... jo down as one of the worst days in the history of Canadian radio. For it was on that day that the final episode of Hootenanny d on CiTR Song, the _ Jeja Voo- ., Love Battery's en the Eyes," and that Mel "whaling songs" thing. But .. .Jootenanny without 'em. il, not only ns of music and the lives of its stars, but about the world nrnnnH us. Where else could you here to get a throw rug ember of the I" ily quite well. We ... s one time roi icott's three-headed sister, and _if Valerie's on again off again affair with Loverboy vocalist I Thling Again: Scott fail ing he had to "\ sweatshop." Bill countered fc saying that he had to "s**"*"* at the workshop." Yet rhere they really got the wa I WHAT ARE YOU DOING SATURDAY NIGHT ? mm DAYS ft. •fflflWJ'.'ll-llrlliTl msic played e could ponder a past, present or iture liaison between Bill and Val. But don't forget Scott and his catchphrase, "Nah, I got nuthin' to say." Between the witty banter of "Bill and Scott," as they were affectionately known, and their kooky post-punk guitar grunge music, there was... that gal, that voice. The one they - when something puzzled tl "Let's Ask Valerie." Sure, Valerie usually told them what they'd be asking and often laughed at her "~e listened intently to tales of her upbringing in that Irish neighbourhood in Australia, of her ploits, her London theatre career, and her Arctic and Amazon adven- SATURDAYS <L\30-9O0 PM. IWUlll.l.lIJ.IUll drunken nearly-incoherent slu against the station they < ingly referred to as "me o Mama," they ir by a cei the til burgers and forgot to eat thei Hey, we even got dating tips and a guide to bondage. After fifteen years, Valerie finally got her own theme song. Of course, the Monkees were commissioned and after spending a ioushunk to support the local band scene. "Im discovered her favourite TV Jalloween parties, and that cash is the perfect Christmas gift. We also heard of "assholes at Shenaninans" Hir.y ■HilMili-H .. ..ras about this time that the t's Ask Valerie Army (LAVA) ap- ared on the scene which sig- illed the beginning of the end. II and Scott's jealousy of a 5-10 lent during their 4 1/2 >ur show (with a fan club 15 000 rong) became too great a strain, with drugs lain, but this time, without the on't try this at home, kids" warn- gs. They began bickering in front stunned studio audiences. The miliar HSN slogans of "Working gether to keep BC strong" and eating sworJ- 5 *7 don't care about what somebody says. Like they say, I'm controversial." I ollywood, California HI 990: After 3 days of driving up and down the Pacific coast highway, I here I sit dizzily watching a tacky, live-stage version of the Conan story. "Wow!" my lady friend exclaims as she watches in amazement. "God, that's entertainment," I say. "But they haven't got it right. Conan should gave a lot more muscles and Sonja should have a much larger chest — actually, they both should have much larger chests." "Shhhh!" she says as the hippie wimp-style flat-chested Conan steps up and grabs a sword sticking out of the stage floor which causes him to be engulfed in an horrendous amount of smoke and lasers. A shadowy figure emerges from the smoke. It is... Conan! Except that his hair has magically changed colour and his body has suddenly swollen, inflated by some strangely invoked steroid spell. "Gawd, when is it going to end," I mutter. "Shhh, it's okay," my lady friend says as she and at least 500 other females ogle Conan's chest and other parts of his anatomy. Mature as Samson wasn't this sexy, nor as well developed. Come to think of it, neither was Gina Lollobr- idgida! When the torture ends, I attempt to wash off the female hormones which I feel have drenched me. I then make my way towards the telephone. I have other kinds of chests (and hormones) on my mind. "Where are you going?" my now seemingly unimpressively endowed lady friend asks me. "Aren't you going into the gift shop with me?" "No." I go to the phone and dial the number. "Hello. R.M. here." I reintroduce myself and ask when it would be convenient to come over and interview him. "Around six o'clock. Is that alright?" "Yes, that will be fine." As we leave the home of cross- dressing cartoon characters, otherwise known as the Universal Studios Tour, we come across Hollywood's rush hour traffic, which is in its usual state - a standstill. Eventually we get moving towards Russ' house. "Who is this Russ Meyer guy anyway?" she asks. "We are talking about one of the few people that has pretty much total control over the films he makes. He was a photographer for Playboy, then he made "The Immoral Mr. Teas," "Faster, Pussycat, Kill! Kill!," "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls," "Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixcns"... I can't begir describe what he done!" "Oh..." We pull up to the front of his house. "This is it," I mutter to myself as I pull my equipment from my car. I go up to the front door and ring the bell. After a suspenseful minute or so, he answers the door. "Come on in. You'll have to excuse me, as I am in the middle of this basketball game." "That's alright," I say as I study the interior of his humble abode. We sit down in his living room. My companion looks around at the multitude of press clippings, nudes of Russ' leading ladies, and foreign posters of his films. I had never in my life seen so much Suddenly I realise that nothing is reading. It is probably the most embarrassing moment of my life — my equipment is failing and I am struggling to get it to work. "I'll be over here it you need me," Russ says as he gets up to watch the rest of his Lakers game. In light of what had transpired, I check my equipment some time after the failure. Of course, it works perfectly, without plausible explanation for the earlier problem. The only thing I can suggest is perhaps the ghost of Martin Bormann, so mischievously portrayed in many of Russ Meyer's films, interfered. Well, I am still at a loss as to what happened, but fortunately Russ later consented to do the interview 16 DISCORDER You have a dislike for Canada Customs. I was wondering why? Why, your whole structure is archaic. In censorship, in stickers that have to be on videos, particularly Russ Meyer's. It's almost run like a police state. Police can knife in, and knock over a guy's store and impound his video cassettes, the whole shebang. Well, it's not really quite like that. I'll put it this way: I cannot release my films in Canada. Have you tried? Yes, we've tried to release them, and feel that there'll be no problem. It's the poorest market, short of Korea, that I have experienced. What was the problem with the Koreans. They're thieves. Well in the future, would you ever consider releasing your films in Canada if the problems were cleared up? Sure, I'd release them in Canada. We've dealt with this, my distributor and I, for too damn long, with what was her name, Mary Brown, the woman who had two-foot long feet... You're talking about the, uh... ...built like a hoe handle. No, no, I don't take any heart from this. I encounter your people always at trade shows. They have the same story, "Oh if we could just get your films up there." I only had one guy who had the balls, and I can't remember his name. He bought forty cassettes, but he had to have them shipped to his brother-in-law in Kentucky, then brought them across the frontier in the boot of his car. So I have a total negative attitude towards your Customs, and your customs. Well, from my own research just before I came to meet you, I sort of agree with what you're saying, in terms ofthe censorship, because I found a couple ofthe rules in their guidelines to be very ridiculous, concerning anal sex, or the suggestion of anal sex. And I used "Beneath the Valley of the Ultravix- ens," as an example. And the Canada Customs guy said, "No, I'm sorry, they talk about it." And it's best to forget it. I'm not going to lose any sleep over it. The hell with it. Occasionally a brave soul will send his money and we'll send him a cassette, and it goes. We don't send it UPS or anything, we send it regular mail, certify that it's a video cassette, and they get them. We had one guy in B.C. that didn't get his. Really? Sent it twice. Each time the eagle- eyed guy who looks more austere than some Sandhurst second lieutenant intercepted it. Going on to some of your films, a friend of mine was wondering why "Faster Pussycat" was out, and "Motor Psycho" wasn't. Because I didn't feel like bringing it out. It takes time for me to master these films, video masters, and to have the time. And now I've done it, but it still isn't out. It's ready for German television. Someday it will be on video. When I'm ready, when I get rid of my book, BRM, the "Breast of Russ Meyer," and do a sufficiency of fishing, then it will come out. I just don't feel like doing it now. I have the master done, but I haven't the time to devote to distributing it. Have cassette boxes made and all that. I have more important things to do. You've just sold some films to German television? We don't sell them. We let them have license to show them in West theatre, fortunately, as far as I remember, 'cause it was part of a midnight show series, I don't remember the motorman's punch. I seem to remember the pubic hair remaining intact. Well, I don't know who had the print, but we had some difficulty with a schlock operator out of Montreal showing my pictures without justification. So a lot of my films have been shown in 16mm. We had a Canadian distributor who had been licensed by an American whom I am seeking to incarcerate. The Canadian distributor seems to be an alright guy, you know, submitting a lot of evidence to me where the pictures have played in 16mm. so high - that would go to the Sloan- Kattering Institute - that he couldn't possibly afford me. I don't like Mr. Waters, I don't like his films, and I don't like what he does when he interviews you. Okay. Now, who else do we hit? When does your video come out? Of what? Of "The Breast of Russ Meyer." When I'm ready. How long do you expect it to run? I don't know, maybe a year, maybe two years, maybe five years, who knows. I've got many other things to do. Do you know what the running time of it would be? "You have the Meyer obsession, the obsession for tits. Big tits. Meyer's obsession for satire, the send-up. Nobody makes a better Russ Meyer picture than Russ Meyer." Germany. They will show ten films, uncut. That's a ritualistic thing for me. If you have to cut, don't play it. I just sold one to Finland. No cuts; "Supervixens," the bathtub stomp, the dynamite up the ass, all of that. Canada though, oh. You know what we had to do when we showed "Supervixens" on screen? No, I don't. We had to punch out the nether regions of all the girls, pubic hair, with what we would call in the United States a motorman's punch. Like they used to have on buses and streetcars. In order to transfer your ticket, you'd have to have it punched, you have a little hole made in it. So, ridiculously, I punched out all the areas that showed pubic hair. Really. It was like, watch the bouncing ball. When I saw "Supervixens" in the I guess because of things like this motorman's punch essentially destroying what you envisioned for the screen, I guess this is one of the reasons why we're not going to be seeing "The Breast of Russ Meyer." Oh, you couldn't handle that, no way could you handle that, there's so much pubic hair. There's even a hardcore sequence with me and Kitten Natividad. Oh no, you haven't got a chance, a ghost of a chance. It's just concentrated tits and sex, unrelenting, non-stop. John Waters referred to it as "Berlin Andertits," and said it would probably run around twelve hours. Fatuous man, I don't particularly care for him. He's got a lot of opinions. He offered me a job in his new movie. I was pleased to price my fee It used to be about seventeen hours, probably four hours. I've got much work to do, much work. And I don't feel like working. You see, you've got to be hungry in the film business, to work hard, and I'm only working on the book. That's my only interest at the moment. And when do you expect the book to come out? I don't know, I won't say any more. When it's ready. When it's ready. Yep. And as you were telling me, it's going to by around ninety dollars. A hundred and thirty-eight fifty. A hundred and thirty-eight fifty. In two volumes. You're only doing a limited run of this book? Five thousand. Five thousand. A normal person wouldn't be able to order this through their bookstore. No, there's only a few bookstores that are buying it, because I don't give any discounts. They have to pay. The consumer would have to pay more than a hundred and thirty- eight fifty. But by and large the bookstores just want to own it. You take a certain amount of stringent quality in the way your films look. As you were saying earlier, the transfer of the videos has to be good for videotape. I've talked with a couple of people who have worked with you on transfers and they say you're a real stickler for detail. Quality. Quality. This goes through all of your videotapes? Yes, they're all handled the same way. They cost a great deal. "Motor Psycho," for example, cost nearly 4500 dollars, four thousand five hundred dollars US, transferred from film to one-inch masters. It's in a vault and it will sit there. The Germans have their master, that's all I The Germans, when are the Germans going to be showing their film? They're going to be showing it later this year. They're going to pay roughly a million dollars to show them twice, ten features, no cuts, starting with "Mr. Teas," up through and including "Vixens," no cuts; you know, at the time that little Hans is down eating his strudel and his wurst, at eight o'clock at night, atthe family hour. Well, that's always pleasing. Let's see, how do you feel when film critics and fans attach symbolic meaning to your work? Well, I think it's fine. Whatever they want to say, it's great; all these kinds of ideas as to what Meyer's trying to say. Some ofthe more well-known film critics in North America feel that you are the only true auteur of the cinema. Russ, have you always found it difficult to give some of your creative powers to others? You have the Meyer obsession, the obsession for tits. Big tits. Meyer's obsession for satire, the send-up. Nobody makes a better Russ Meyer picture than Russ Meyer. There used to be a little running gag through some of your films involving Martin Bormann. Yes, regrettably, the gentleman, Henry Roland, passed on over the Great Divide. I used him because of incorporating him originally in "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls," and then I decided for him to become a running gag, as it were, in other films. I helped with his hospitalization; kept him up to snuff as far as the Screen Actor's Guild was con The famous movie critic and friend of yours, Roger Ebert, whi is still the only film critic in North MAY 1990 17 100% COTTON T • SHIRTS • We print with Polyfab water based textile dyes • No toxic chemicals or solvents • Soft Touch, never cracks • Beautiful, rich colours Mon-Fri 9:30 - 5:00 .Sat 11.00 - 3:00 clothworks 6«9;°'27 textile dyers and printers 132 Powell Street, Vancouver America to win the Pulitzer Prize, has never made any secret of the fact that he co-wrote the screenplay to your 1970 movie, "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls." Well, he essentially wrote "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls." We co- wrote, he and I, the treatment. Man by the name of Manny Diez did some additional writing on it because Roger had to leave after thirty days, and that's all the time he had available to us. But he essentially wrote the script, yes. Well, he thinks that it holds up well as an expose of Hollywood decadence. Looking back- He not only thinks, he knows. He knows. Well, looking back, did the film turn out the way you envisioned It? Certainly. But I didn't do a film on Hollywood decadence; it's Meyer's decadence. There's a lot of this... ...statement about Hollywood. It just happened that we set it here, because it was a proper place, better than in Kanarsi, y'know. Right. Would you say that Hollywood is still the same as it was back in 1970? Only more so. I think probably that so-called film "tycoons" are trying with even more v igour to take advantage of young frails (ed. note - '40s expression for girls) who 1 come out here. Nothing has changed. It still has a very immoral kind of backyard. [Hollywood people are] very prone to take potshots at my films, but on a personal level so many people relate. [It's] what we would say, not all that nice. Do you go to other people's films? Uh uh. I don't go to films unless they're what I call gut-pulling movies. Y'know, a lot of violence and head-bludgeonings and so forth. I saw a picture called "Impulse" the other night that Sondra Locke did. The girl that was with Eastwood. She did a marvelous job. It's a wonderful film, but it doesn't have any names, so it'll probably do its job and.... What's good is that a girl did a great job. I really admired it. Name a couple of other films that you liked. Oh, any Clint Eastwood film; I go to see him. But that's essentially it. So I guess it would be pointless to ask you if you have any directors you enjoy. Clint Eastwood and Don Siegel, who I guess doesn't do much work anymore. Those are the people, essentially. Okay. Out of all the women you've been involved with, I guess the most famous lady has to be your ex-wife, Edie Williams. No, she is not the most famous, not at all. In fact, Edie does not even fit into /In nis ■»- * CUBAN ___!__>_'. REVOLUTION 1 u yT. o\d protege , kin her.*"* starf»n<3 rote i^f '* 'm>Tk.' 'no escape..;™?™1* the seven top women I have been intimate with in my life. Who are the seven top? I wouldn't say all that to you. You can read it in the book. You have to draw conclusions, because I don't say "You are number six," or "You are number four." Edie Williams was a girl I met at Fox. She was a starlet there; she was under contract there. It seemed myself, "Why are they?" I don't know. I really don't know why, but I'm pleased. You said to me that the films would outlast the "Rambos" and the "Star Treks." I don't think there's any doubt about that. The true test is if someone can lay down some money and purchase a cassette for themselves to look at over and over again. Apparently, by "Apparently, by and large, the only films that people can enjoy over and over again are mine." like a good way to complete my repertoire would be to marry a starlet. And it seemed as though we were only married for forty-five minutes. We were actually married for four years. And she was an attractive lady, and very aggressive in the sack. When we were speaking. But she is not the most important or the most renowned, the most significant, or the one with the best body, or anything of that nature. A fine lady, and let's leave it at that, all right? Shewasjustupin town a few years ago doing her act, an auto-erotic "love dance," which involved audience participation. Ah, whatcer. Russ, people that dislike your movies point to the fact that you use ordinary women, not actresses, and they can be from any profession, with the only qualification being that they have an attractive face and very large breasts. The word that I... They're not ordinary women, they're really very special ladies. And it's always been extremely difficult to find women that would qualify. Certainly the main thing is their boobs. They've got to be big. They 've got to be cantilevered. They've got to be gravity-defying. They've got to have a wasp waist, lyre-like hips; svelte, y'know. Long, attractive legs; nice face. Not ordinary ladies by any stretch of the imagination. Well, I've heard a lot of people who've disliked your films use the word "infantile." Does that ever anger you when you hear this? No, I don't care about what somebody says. Like they say, I'm controversial. When you do the film, you control every aspect: the writing, obviously the direction, the editing. Is there anything else that you keep your hands on? Oh, I handle all facets of the film. I'm responsible for everything. It's my conception to begin with. I execute it, film it, edit it, create the advertising, then get out and sell it on the road. That's all past; that's years before, y'know. Did you ever think that your films would be so long-lasting? No, I never did, and I have to ask and large, the only films that people can enjoy over and over again are mine. I mean, with all this stuff about "Citizen Kane" and the "Rambo" films, whatever... You just can't look at these films over and over again. You can with a Russ Meyer film. Apparently there lies the rub, the secret. Who knows what the secret is? Maybe because they're cartoons. They're simple. You don't have to strain to hear someone saying something because everybody usually speaks in bellows. I really don't know. As I said, I'm pleased. I guess the same thing goes for a movie like "Faster Pussycat," which seems to be enjoying a lot of notoriety lately. Well, there's talk now they may put it on the stage in England. People are approaching me on that matter. So it'll be a musical, will it? I have no idea what it will be. I don't think fP*Mll he aaqriusical. We're all very much looking forward to your book when you have it completed. That won't cross the frontier, only by smuggling it in. Pubic hair. It will have pictures of pubic hair, will it? Yeah, there's even some full-frame close-ups of it. Looks like a brillo brush. There's alotof nudity; there's 2300 pictures. Not any are going to be censored for the sake of the Dominion. You'll have to slip it through, y'know. also, interestingly with regards to the press and people who want review copies, there are no freebies. No freebies. What people will have to do what are interested to review it and so forth, they will pay what is called the wholesale price, which will be above ninety dollars at the present time. It could go even higher. And they will make out a cheque to the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute, which is one of my favourite charities, and that's where the money will go; for people who wish to review. They have to be certified people of the press, whether it be radio or television, or newsprint. No critic will get it for free, no way. The only person that I have promised a free copy was the vice-president of Playboy, who has agreed to do a very ambitious article on it. There'll be about twenty people, one of which is Hugh Hefner, who has been very cooperative and helpful, and a few ladies that I care a great deal about, and some personal friends. There'll be about 22 copies given away. The rest'll be sold. So Roger Ebert will probably be... Oh, he'll get number one. He'll get number one. They'll all get numbered. Roger will get number one. Will you autograph these? Each one. Each time someone buys a book, its value will escalate twofold. It will be a real collector's piece. Well, I'm certainly looking forward to It. "Motor Psycho," as we talked about earlier, is not available on video. Is there any other titles that are currently not available? Sure, there arc a number of them, but even 'The Handyman" will be available someday. It's been put on tape, but I have no time to do the advertising. I have a book to do, and that's more important. Someday they will come out, someday. The Federal Republic will be showing them over the television network in Germany. I guess because of the book you haven't had time to go to some of the usual hangouts, as your friend Roger goes over to Cannes every year. No, that's not a hangout for me; I don't go to those kinds of things. I go fishing somewhere, or in search of a large breast. I don't have any hangups. Do you search locally for large breasts, or do you... I don't search anymore. I've got all the breasts I need, enough to complete a "Mondo Topless Too," spelled TOO. Well, Russ, it's been very, very nice talking to you. Glad you got it this time; that your equipment's working. Hopefully it is. Bye. To hear more of the wit and wisdom of Russ Meyer, listen to Moving Images, the movie and entertainment show on CiTR, Friday, May 26, and Friday June 1 at 10:30 in the morning. You can catch three of Russ Meyer's classics locally at the Vancouver East Cinema from May 18 through the 27th. Meyerfanatics can enjoy themselves with "Beneath the Valley of the Dolls," "Supervixens," and "Beneath the Valley of the Ul- travixens." Fans who miss this presentation will be able to catch these same films playing at the Roxy in Victoria from June 29 through July 13. Finding Meyer's films on video requires a diligent search of the appropriate video shops. Special thanks to Jim H. for assistance in research, and to Philip W. for transcriptions and editing. MAY 1990 19 ISM Hey wow. Finally unearthed that kooky blue Slurpee flavour again, at the Sev-Elev at AlmaA 10th.'Cept instead of just "?Mystery Flavour?," they're calling it "Blue Raspberry," which kinda destroys the mystique a bit. But then, nor does it taste the same as it did last year, so maybe it ain't even the real thing. On a depressing note, it seems NO Dairy Queens, not even the trusty old one back in Surrey across from my parents' place, put an extra sprinkling of the chocolate bar atop one's Blizzard anymore. Nor does the server-person masterfully flip the Blizzard upside-down before handing it to you. Is tradition, ritual, sacrosanct custom, going to Hell in a handbasket in the DQ empire?! Goddamn it, I say. A serendipitous discovery of mine in the chewing- gum realm was made at Best Quality Produce (3100-blk. W. Broadway), where you can pick up a 5-stick pack o' Lotte gum for $.25, or 4 packs for $.99. "Be always happy with excellent taste and flavour," proclaim the blue wrappers of each piece. God knows I go through it at a rate that could sustain the Korean economy singlehandedly. It's that really mushy, chewy, malleable Hell'sfKitchen BCANZ 'TOOAY kind of gum that stays that way even after lengthy chewing. Slick. Just up the street, the Hollywood Theatre has some highly eatworthy cookies, the saucer-sized kind, going for a dollar apiece. Crammed with both white and dark chocolate chunks and better than many I've had at the Van East. Your zits will thank you. Remember disco-white with green lettering and yel- low-and-red accents? Yes, the old Popcorn Twist package has gone the way of the dodo, supplanted by a staunch conservative royal blue dealie with tasteful red and yellow lettering. Tasteful! Yeccch. The whole essence of Popcorn Twists is TRASH, dam- nit! Without appropriately tacky packaging, I predict the wormy little vermin will plunge into the stale depths of obscurity, dragging the whole corporation right along with 'em. Bonus day at the Hastings Sev-Elev recently, whence I happened upon a 3 - for-the-price-of-2 pack o' King-Dons at $.98. Crinkly white plastic wrapping instead of the usual anonymous tinfoil, which destroyed some of the Star Trek quality of eating the darned things, but hey. Good value for the money anyway. Went and checked out Olympia Oyster & Fish Co. for the first time this year a couple days ago; and yes, the food still kicks butt. (Kicks fin?...)Sixandahalfbucks'll get ya a heaping platter o' cod & chips with a dollop of cole slaw and a tall cold Dad Root Beer. And the conversi tions to be eavesdropped upon from an unobtrusive comer of this little joint rival any in the Only for sheer interest value. Lotsa customers are greeted by name; the counters are lined with '50" s greasy spoon style condiment containers; and lip-smacking chow, neighbourliness, and a lack of pretension (rare on Robson St) are the order of the day. In fact, why am I telling the outside world about it?! Robson at Thurlow. Mind-bendingly groovy fish posters too. 20 DISCORDER "BOB'S" FAVORITE COMICS The SubG*nlu»0*> Comic Book fl Publlihed by Rip Off Pre«, Inc. In the beginning there was lack and Bob said, "Let there be slack." In the wake of such sublime sooth, a group of abnormal mortals founded a church in HIS name and called it The Church of the Sub- Genius. Following the slogan "You'll Pay To Know What You Really Think," HIS followers have created the ultimate religious marketing vehicle in an era of such entities. Unfortunately, the comix version of the SubGenius System® pales in comparison with the seminal documentation the Church cranked out during the previous decade. The origins of The Church of the SubGenius are shrouded in deep mystery. What is known is sketchy and comes from dubious sources. Legend has it that Malcalypse the Younger (Kerry Thornley, a close personal friend of Lee Harvey Oswald) found a copy of the Discordian Bible (The Principia Discordia) in a bus terminal washroom in Far East, Texas on a dark and stormy night. Realising the document to be his passport to full-breasted women and imported liquors, Malcalypse/ Thornley began to spread the word of BOB to those potentially secular beings who really needed to believe in something.... anything. Thus began the publishing history of one of the greatest written conspiracies of the modern era. Heralding the advent of the four comer- stones of this great Church — Sex, Violence, Religion, and Philosophy, the initial zealots took these words to imply complete freedom of thought and process and thus, the holy crusade to destroy the conspiracy was underway. The SubGenius Comic Book is the divine revelation of the Reverend Ivan Stang (one of the few humans to have actually met BOB), who in the last ten years has published three books: 'The Book of The SubGenius," "High Weirdness By Mail," and "3- Fisted Tales of 'Bob,'" and St. Palmer Vreedeez, who is the design mind behind this sporadic nonsense and a well- regarded practitioner of "Primitive Victimization" and Bulldada. Together, these two rejects from the Society of Jesus have compiled concrete evidence that Oswald acted alone, that Einstein was an alien, and that Crest really does prevent cavities. The Church itself has a long history of publishing engaging ideas and bizarre Leigh R. Wolf ¥rE__^M 'Vnl—~Z^KT1' ' M_____ci B postulations such as "Jehovah is an alien and still threatens this planet." An example of their more sublime attitudes is this excerpt from the classic "Brag Of The SubGenius," which was transcribed from a cassette recording made at a seance in 1973: "Yes baby, I'm twenty-three feet tall and have thirteen rows of teats! I am too intense to die, I'm insured for acts o' God and Satan! I'm a fission reactor, I fart plutonium, power plants are fueled by the sweat from my brow! I circumcise dinosaurs with my teeth and make them leave a tip! I pick the GOD DAMN terror of the fucking gods out of my nose before I hock out a lunger and extinguish the Sun! YEEEEEEHAW!" This comic, their first, fails to measure up to their previous publications. Done in a traditional anthology style, "BOB'S FAVORITE COMICS" is a hard-boiled attempt to shock and amuse while reinforcing the SubGenius ideals of sensory overload and total disrespect for authority. Artists such as Jay Kinney (Co-Editor of "Gnosis") and Paul Mavrides (Co-Creator of "Anarchy Comix") have contributed their work to this thirty-two page romp. Cutesy cartoon doggies undergo vivisection, friendly policemen turn out to be alien co-conspirators, saints rum into sodomites before your very eyes, all this and more for $3.50 (Can). What more could you ask from a comic book? Well, more laughs per page for starters. How about less schlock and more shock; artwork that doesn' t appear to have been lifted from the pages of Police Digest; less overt sexism and more raw sexuality; and perhaps apotto piss in when all that is being offered is poor performance? At its best, "BOB'S FAVORITE COMICS" is rather scathing in a middle class sort of way. At its worst, the comic bores a hole into your head while trying desperately to laugh at itself. Deadly dull stuff indeed. Could it be that the time of BOB is long past and all that is left of the original pata- physical premise that en deared the Church to thinkers of original thought is the moneygrubbing aspect? The Church of the SubGenius seems to be going yuppie mainstream and the effect of such a BIGTIME mindset is apparently fraying the edges of the original concept. Perhaps since the assassination of J.R."Bob" Dobbs in 1984, the High Priests of the Church have succumbed to the forces of rampant capitalism and have begun to recruit investment bankers to their cause. This would explain the overall tone of dead metaphor that reeks like spoiled tuna on a hot summer day. The idea of The Church of the SubGenius going mainstream is rather unsettling. Far gone cults are like sexual secrets; when cloaked in mystery the excitement is almost unbearable but when revealed to the light of day they seem rather bland and ordinary. That said, one hopes that the second issue of "BOB'S FAVORITE COMICS" is more hip and less hype. Having been a fan for over a decade I am certainly willing to let the Church have the benefit of the doubt though I will pause before I fork over my shekels if and when #2 appears at my local comix outlet. MAY 1990 21 ///II111III/////II1I1III/////II1U11I/////I The Town Pump presents Recording Stars from Pittsburgh, Penn. THE CYNICS With Vancouver s newest Hit makers THE Smugglers & from Bellingham: THE MONO MEN Plus a Special Guest appearance by Garage legends The WORST Tuesday May 22 TOWN PUMP 22 DISCORDER This month brought me one of the largest bags of demo tapes I've ever seen - what follows is just a taste of all the good stuff that's at the station right now (call up and make a request or, better yet, go see these bands play somewhere): Bruce A and the Secular At- avlsts-"By Request" "All Torn Up" Bruce et al have come a long way since I compared them to early Frank Zappa (will they ever forgive me?) in this column. While they always did have those clever, catchy lyrics (ie "Girls in the Shower," one of those rare demo tape songs to make the transition to being sung absent-mindedly by lots of people at work and so on), there was a quirkincss to their sound that might have held off some potential fans. But now it looks as though Bruce has come around to songwriting more in the tradition of what he did with the Secret Vs. Catchy guitars and impassioned vocals add to the big pop sound and these songs have the sort of early punk- type pop sensibilities that just might win over the occasional commercial radio MD —let's hope they do. Planet of Splders-"Hey" This is the first demo I've heard that was recorded in "The Sonic Studio," which belongs to SFU's Communications Department, and I can't say that I'd recommend it. Perhaps the recording facilities can be blamed for the muddiness here, and the way the guitars (with too much midrange) sound like keyboards. It's also unfortunate that "Hey" probably isn't the band's most memorable song - "I Had," the second selection on the tape, is more representative of their harder (and better) side, and was the song that stood out most in their Shindig performances. Stylistically Planet of Spiders are a lot like the Gruesomes and other recent garage-'60s bands, but usually with a cleaner and more controlled sound. I guess it's just going to take a better recording to do them justice. Evan Symons-"The Spider and Ze Watch" Angela Symons (nee Rancourt) is singing her own lyrics here, which would make you wonder why it's Evan who's got his name on the tape if this weren't the only song where she does. While the vocals themselves are all right, as is the musicianship, this song simply goes on for too long, which leaves the listener with the feeling that it's just tuneless and confused. 'The Spider" has its moments, but Evan and Angela probably aren't gong to make a big splash with this o sitely produced, played, and sung. So what if these aren't their best lyrics? Don't listen to the words, just enjoy the Tankhog-"Reptilion" (sic), "Tears" Wow! Tankhog out- powers the competition. See thru Flowers-"To Cynthia Gray" Robin Plaits (bass, guitar, vocals) now sings and strums for another Victoria band, 64 Funnycars. On the whole, this tape is an odd combination of primitive recording techniques and relatively high-tech effects (mainly on the vocals), and these seven songs do suffer from the flatness that often plagues studio projects (since there are only two people in the band. I'm just assuming it's a studio project). In spite of the not-so-great recording quality, some of this sounds very pretty (one song goes so far as to be a little reminiscent of '60s BeeGees) and "Cynthia Gray." the first and best song, is short, simple, and (in the finest pop-rock traditions) also has a chorus that'll stick in your head. Green House-"Spring Will Call" Like everything else on this tape (previously on our playlist: "Dive") this is exqui- While I, myself, find it hard to sing along with lyrics like "She's a reptile," and this is hardly to be confused with Slow (in spite ofthe two bands having more than a mighty bass player in common), I hope, at the very least, that people will stop acting like Mudhoney is the only band worth banging your head to in this part of the world. Jimmy Roy's 5 Star Hillbil- lies-"Everybody's Talkin'" Quite simply, this is beautiful sounding. Yes, the music's more hillbilly than rockabilly, which means you can't jump around to it much, but this tape is awfully nice to listen to. I just wish someone would tell me where it was recorded And now the tapes you can buy for your very own (either in the shops or from the bands themselves): Roots Roundup Get Rooted. In an ideal world, there'd be a new Roots Roundup tape every summer to listen to while lying out in the sun somewhere. Fortunately, it often seems to rum out that way - this one has arrived in stores just in time for the good weather. These eight songs may be the best-sounding to ever emerge from Profile Studios. My favourite (playlisted at the station) is probably "Sleepin'," which mixes up an immensely pleasurable combination of harmonicas, horns, guitars, and words that are somehow both sad and good-natured and only contribute to the cheerful tone of the song. Buy the tape! Drums Along the Gardiner- Boronto. "My Hometown" and the title song are the two playlisted at CiTR, but "She Said No" and "Beergut" (at least) are also bound to stay in your head for a while. My copy of this tape has been rattling around in my car for a couple of months now, and this has given me time to evolve a theory about punk rock recording: mainly that music in this genre, when made immaculate by 24-track studios, lots of EQing, effects, and noise reduction, almost always loses something of its essence. Happily, this isn't what happened with Boronto. There's just a lot of sing-along-able sneering, growling, and yelling with a nasty blur of guitars and thudding drums. Although, as you may have guessed, they're from Toronto, once-Vancouverite Pete Moss fronts the band. (Also buy their "Fish" single - the one with the Indian chief on the sleeve.) Wages of Sin-Wages of Sin. This tape, and its playlisted song, "Pretty Blonde Enigma," are this month's most pleasant surprise. These are the new-and-improved Wages, with poppier, more powerful and varied songs, enthusiastic backup vocals, and an unstoppable beat. The lyrics are tantalizingly tricky to make out (there is a lyric sheet, but I don't know if it comes with the tape or only in the promo package) but usually worth the effort and, ultimately, appealingly simple. While all four of these songs are catchy, "Pretty Blonde Enigma"probably is the most. Never mind that Gary (the singer) said the song could be about me - bet he says that to all the reviewers. Bug Head Jojoka Town Pump Tuesday, April 3rd It would be easy to dismiss Jojoka as pretentious artwank, what with Mark Critch- ley's banks of synths, Sondra Lockwood's "serious" lyrics and posturing and the slow motion big screen video backdrop, but that wouldn't really be fair. Jojoka's chosen multimedia performance style is difficult, both technically and as far as audiences go - going on stage at the sparsely populated Town Pump with a fish strapped to your chest takes a lot of guts. When the separate elements of video, sound, movement and voice did mesh cohesively, the result was startling and very enjoyable. False colour water videos combined with ethereal keyboard and voice to create a mesmerizing montage. All too often though, the performance was held up by technical hitches and Mark Critchley's determination to show his versatility on electric piano, guitar, synths and drum pads. The minutes between songs that were spent setting up his colossal hardware arrangement spoilt the continuity of the performance and distracted the audience. I always thought that the technology was there to make complicated changeovers unnecessary, and when you go on stage with that kind of backup, you have to make sure its going to impress or else risk the title of "Wealthy Music Hobbyist." As I've said though, when it worked it was great, and a refreshing change from Town Pump guitar bands. Bug Head were excellent. From Seattle, the band consists of a drummer, bassist and keyboard player, but really the group is expanded by their lighting engineer and two dancers, who give the show its visual impact. They play dance music, specifically House. The basic beats and samples are on tape, and the musicians play over this, crashing in and working the piece to a frenzy, or sometimes stopping altogether and letting the tape carry it. The dancers intensify the energy, as do the pulsating slides, and when Bug Head are in top gear they kick out incredibly powerful chunks of rhythm. The drummer, freed from timekeeping constraints by the tape, pitches in snapping cross-patterns a la Keith LeBlanc, and the bassist alternates with the tape in playing slap or hard dub. What this band do is pretty well unique around these parts, and adding the live facet to House Music changes it from a cold, machine music to real life sweaty dance workouts, with musicians who are able to react to the crowd and alter the mood appropriately. What pissed me off was the lack of support for this gig. Okay, they're not big names but they have had exposure, on CiTR and at a gig at the Commodore earlier this year. It always amazes me why people are willing to pay $25 to see some English "alternative star" bore (Matt Johnson?) play songs that sound just like the album versions, in exactly the same way as the previous night, or even six months ago in another continent, with no acknowledgement of the audience at all, yet they daren't risk six bucks on a couple of new bands who are actually still into the idea of communication. At the Bug Head gig not only were they relaxed enough to take time out to sing "Happy Birthday" to one of their dancers (now I know why they're an instrumental band!), but the audience all got invited to the after gig party! If you're into dancing (and if you ain't, you're dead) then next time Bug Head come to town go see them. They combine the funkiest Acid House with the intensity of a live band, and they love what they're doing. Peter Lutwyche Babes in Toyland Marshmallow Overcoat Numb Club Soda Tuesday, April 10th If Angus Young was a girl, instead of the manly Australian guy that he is, (s)he would probably still have picked up a guitar, donned a parochial school uniform, and formed a band. And that band just might have been Babes in Toyland. This all-girl Minneapolis trio a Totally N-Tol- erableTuesday in April somehow tolerable. (Just ask the head-bobbing Superconductor members who remained in awe at the front of the stage throughout the Babes' set.) What the band lacked in song variety and virtuosity they more than made up for by their extra loud crunchy guitars that complemented the wildly, flailing, screaming antics of the Youngesque lead singer. After an "ambitiously long set," the steadily growing crowd was ready for headlining Numb, but Marshmallow Overcoat, a garage-y five piece from Tucson, Arizona, took the stage. The few eager dancers who were encouraged to gyrate might have briefly mistaken Club Soda for a UBC frat dance. The confused were quickly brought back to reality as Numb began their orchestrated mayhem. With lights, smoke, and a somewhat forced sense of impending doom, the four members of the local industrial/noise ensemble took over. Lead singer Blair Dobson tore into the crowd in more than one way. He also announced that this was to be the last local show for Numb. This is bad news. A Numb show is a brilliant amalgamation of a frenetic Big Black performance, interesting arrangements and sounds, and a Graceland dance mix. Although industrial music has become something of a Vancouver mainstay, with several offerings to choose from, Numb has managed to remain unique and avoid the trite and boring Gothic gore that has become so much a part of the genre. This is definitely a plus for fans of loud noise/thrash music who have something other than black in their wardrobes. If you ever again get the chance, remember, a night with Numb is worth a slight hearing loss. Lisa Christiansen VERY BIG VERY BLACK VERY COTTON VERY COOL AND IN VERY LIMITED QUANTITIES ONLY 15 DOLLARS (BY MAIL PLEASE ADD $2 POSTAGE AND INCLUDE YOUR COMPLETE ADDRESS) Einsturzende Neubauten Haus der Luege (Some Bizarre) Wow. EN have truly evolved. Never mind the glorified press-release liner notes ("EN's music now sounds uncannily prophetic, their previously reviled lessons in dissonance, disruption and disfunction fully vindicated by scientific studies of natural chaotic patterns..." blah blah blah). It's my bet that were these songs to be performed/mutated at a free- for-all venue like the Expo bowl, just as many people would leave. On the other hand, this is their first album that doesn't demand listening to on headphones, which should come as a relief to all those fans who have to worry about their hair staying up. Overall, the band's sound is a lot cleaner, more connected and concrete (figuratively now, not literally as in the past). "Haus der Luege," translating as "House of Lies," reads like an epitaph for the '80s and a precognition of the '90s in one. A soundtrack for our days, to be sure. "Ein Stuhl in der Hoelle" is the closest EN have come to a capella, the lyrics accompanied only by "footstomps and amateur tap dancing." "Timeless and haunting Central European folk blues" the liner notes also say. Yeah, I guess. But I'm loath to slap pat synopses on EN's stuff, especially the amazing components of this album. "Hirnlcgo" ("Brainlego") captures so terrifyingly what it must be like to be schizophrenic, that if it weren't for the inherent humour to lighten it up, it'd descend into a parody of itself. And so on. No filler here, unless one looks at it from the perspective of EN being elevator music for the criminally insane, in which case it's all filler, and damn good filler at that. Those highfalutin' liner notes do, if you read far enough through them, yield a pithy quote by which "Haus der Luege" may be summed up: "Nor does God get off lightly." Amen. Viola Funk Cows Daddy Has A Tail! (Amphetamine Reptile) "IF YOU ARE OFFENDED BY SCENES OF SEXUAL ACTIVITY, DO NOTENTERTHESE PREMISES." This album could do with a warning sticker to that effect on its cover. Course, the depiction of Wilma Flintstone as a three-breasted frog serves the purpose just as well. Yup, you got yerself another kooky 'n' warped band from some part of the Mid-West, and one that kicks butt at that. Though the tu- nage occasionally bogs down into (or should I say, "speeds up into") kinda generic hardcore mode, as on "Camouflage Monkey" and half of "Bum in the Alley," for the most part the Cows serve up a hefty platter of UNDER REVIEW juice-oozing, mind-bending muck. A Mid-West interpretation of grunge, if you will. Lines like "I saw a girl...She was so pretty/ She made me understand...That she was the girl to finally make me a man..." don't score high on the originality meter, true. But a few lines later you come across a gem like "I am a waffle and you are the syrup/ I am covered with square dents, you are sticky and sweet." Eat your heart out, Aunt Jemima. Rife with sexual warpifi- cation, "Tail" should be avoided by anyone the least bit unclear as to her/his gender identity, because it'll screw your mind around 24 DISCORDER badly. These are a bunch of troubled boys (?) alright. But hey, all the more fun. The band's musical acumen - feedback, pulsating bass seeping out of every crack, obnoxious homet-attack gee- tars — provides the ideal foil for the twisted lyrics. And dig those total '70s FM radio echo chamber vocals on "Chasin' Darla." "You say I'm not a- way-ay-ay-ay-ake..." Notwithstanding all these pluses, the record would be worth buying for the title "Part My Konk" alone. WAAAAAAY! Viola Funk Prong Beg to Differ (CBS) This is Prong's first release for a major bigtime label. Fortunately, the band hasn't sacrificed anything musically for their new bosses. For the unhip, Prong is a throbbing, grinding, super-heavy three piece from New York. Comprised of ex- members of Damage, Swans and the Radium Boys, Prong rides the fine line between metal and hardcore punk. Thankfully, perhaps due to the group's punk rock background (two members work at NYC's CBGB's, the ultimate hardcore homeland), Prong is far more intense, intelligent and innovative than the speed-metal freaks they are often compared to. Prong's sound is difficult to describe. I'd call it a sort of "Metallica shuffle" played with great restraint with respect to speed and flaming guitar solos. Also, Prong has a refreshingly honest and simple approach to the issues dealt with on "Beg to Differ" (cool punk rock stuff like society, conformity and the fall of civilization). So, check out Prong, one of the best "whatevercore" bands around. Mikey Jiggle Death Spiritual Healing (Combat) Right on, dudes! These guys play soooo fast! "Spiritual Healing" is, like, a totally crucial album. I mean, these guys thank their instruments! Yeah, and on "Living Monstrosity" they sing about cool stuff like killing women who have kids bom addicted to drugs. Check this out: "Some say she's naive/ She' a stupid bitch/ Some say to forgive/ Guilty, she must die." Yeah, right on! The next song, "Altering the Future," is about killing women who have abortions. "Life for a life should remain the rule... look to the past is what we should do/ When justice was done and justice was true." I couldn't have said it better, man! Oh yeah. Death think so much of themselves that they credit every masturbatory guitar solo. If that isn't enough, the singer sounds like he's drowning in oatmeal, and all the band members wear fat guy muscle shirts. Bitchin' dude! By the way, does anyone want my Death cassette? Mikey Jiggle The Cynics Rock 'n' Roll (Get Hip) On their last album, "Twelve Flights Up," Pittsburgh PA's Cynics offered up sounds similar to "Surrealistic Pillow" period Jefferson Airplane. There are none of those allusions on "Rock 'n' Roll." The Cynics have dropped the Wurlitzer organ and turned up the guitars in order to blast out some straight ahead, unrestrained rawk 'n' roll. Lead singer Michael Kastelic sings/yells so hard it sounds like his voice will pack it in after each song. The adept rhythm section combines with Kastelic's primal vocals and guitarist Greg Kostelich's stinging riffs to create fourteen songs of tightly wound '80s garage rock. Credit must go to Greg Vizza, whose deft production gives the album a crisp, unencumbered sound. "Rock 'n' Roll" is the Cynics' best LP and one of this year's finest independent Greg Garlick The Cynics are playing the Town Pump on May 22nd. Burton Cummings Plus Signs (Capitol) My first exposure to Winnepeg's second most famous son was the dreadful expansive ballad, "Melanie." Full of trite sentiment, the song was only pushed to hit status by the movie of the same name, which, incidentally, stan-ed our poor, hapless Burton. Of course, I knew him by reputation as the impassioned wild man of the Guess Who -1 probably saw a reunion concert on television at some point. On this comeback album. Burton gets intensely personal. He strips bare his everyday existence to reveal his failings. He tells us what contributed to this revival. The album paints a portrait of a guy - yeah, just an ordinary guy, somewhat of a poet, though aren't we all? - who's reached an impasse, dealt with it and emerged from it all with a new outlook on life. No excuses are made for past failings. "Plus Signs" signals a new spurt of activity for this volcano from the age of the dinosaurs. The key line can be found in the first single, "Take One Away," where Burton sings: "Mama, I've joined the church, y'know." No, not that church, but the sacred ground of the unknowable. The ether of the mind, man. Culling inspiration from Stephen Hawking's "A Brief History of Time," Burton has come up with his philosophy of a temporal conscious plane existing within the great being that is the universe. Ironically, the only clunker here is the track, "Cerebral World," in which he spells out his new understanding. In five different places on the record he mentions the influence - or manipulative quality - of time, in each instance pronouncing the word "time" differently so as to emphasise the very malleable nature of it. On "Bridge in Time" he evokes the names of the past, Johnny and the Hurricanes and Henry Mancini, repeating them over and over like his own personal mantra. Bells and a sitar-like drone fill out the soundscape to produce a nether-worldly effect. Hypnotic. However, the real pay- off comes when you've sat through to the end of side two to discover the Vegas-y (hints of a possible career move, hmmm?) "Boring Dreams" and the timely "Free." Both celebrate the liberation of the mind from its snares of logic and old habits. Burton sends a compassionate and congratulatory slap on the back to the people of Eastern Europe, but he is really addressing the home front, his audience, with the lines "You will find lessons in the teaching and learning, and you will walk prouder 'cause you will be free." More often than not. Burton's new '90s sound is nothing special. But it'll get on the radio where deeper thoughts are few and far be- Len Morgan John Zorn Spy Vs. Spy Naked City (WEA) These two records were released within six months of each other, and both demonstrate New York saxman John Zom's ever increasing romance with the extreme. "Spy Vs. Spy" is the name given to Zom's collection of Omette Coleman- penned songs. Zom tears strips off the Omette mystique and pays tribute to the jazz great's compositional skill at the same time. The "treatment" each of these sixteen songs receives consists of the band playing the characteristically brief theme once or twice, the dual saxes then breaking off into spastic squeals and honks, mad-dervish style drumming from the two drummers and a rudimentary sort of key feeling applied by the bassist, who is alone in his venture to hold some semblance of order. They all return to the theme. And end. This is done at an incredible breakneck pace. They swiftly kick into another song, performed in the same manner. The sheer relentlessness of this approach mimics Or- nette's trait of using repetition to the point of making your ears beg for a respite. And it's all plated with the same emotional ambivalence that Ornette applies to his art. The music is exhausting, and certainly to be taken in a full dose for recommended effect. As the ubiquitous "they" say: in short, a masterpiece. Now take "Naked City." Smack dab in the middle of this album is a little three minute surprise. The only way I can try to describe it is to ask you to imagine the last time you suffered from a really painful toe stubbing. Or maybe you've lived through a true mishap, the featured memory of which is a short but seemingly interminable burst of the most excruciating pain that you could ever believe possible. Or maybe you've given birth. Imagine that pain... tenfold... imagine the soundtrack to that pain. Imagine that soundtrack being as close to you as the nearest record store. Imagine that those eight songs (average length: twenty seconds) are but a brief portion of an hour's worth of the most varied musical sandwich you can bite into. Do I need to say more? Surf, reggae, boogie- woogie, sleazy lounge jazz, funk, be-bop, rhumba and the above mentioned punk rock blitzkrieg. And that's just one song. "Naked City" might as well be a retrospective of the whole John Zorn trip. He has assembled the cream of the American avant garde - pared down from the number that appeared on The Big Gun- down. He treats familiar ground with Morricone and Omette Coleman covers and, like his Spillane opus, this album could sport the warning: "completely concerned with crime" (that ofthe inner- city television/ movie crime drama variety). The inside sleeve of the CD features a colour illustration of a tattoo- festooned man holding his hand up to his head, apparently to hold in the blood gushing from the place where his ear - now sailing through the air - had been. Both albums are only available on cassette and compact disc. Len Morgan Stumpy Joe Day Dreams 7" (Estrus Records) Stumpy Joe is a new, young, power-pop garage band from Seattle whose debut single on Estrus Records is excellent. "Day Dreams," the A-side, is an amazingly catchy garage song with all the right elements to be a real underground/ college radio hit. Complete with raunchy, clear and powerful vocals, intelligent lyrics, Replacements-style lead guitar, and a groovy, rocking rhythm section, Stumpy Joe is a band that ain't gonna miss. "Day Dreams" gives me a picture of a band who' s young and inno - cent, with incredible potential. The flip side, "Basket- case," tops off a great single. Lyrics like "You're the Grand Marshall of the parade of my mistakes" makes this a superb Another plus is the very cool, limited edition red vinyl. Hopefully, we'll see a full LP from these guys on either Estrus or Popllama Records really soon. Available from local indie record stores, or direct from Stumpy Joe c/o Estrus Records, P.O. Box 2125, Bellingham WA, 98227, USA. Especially riveting is the power of lead singer Manon Briere, whose vocal chords go into spasms as she shouts out the lyrics. The course, dense layer of sound of the music adds to the sense of unleashed pent up emotions, frustration in particular, evoked by Bri- ere's vocals. This album is a fine debut from a band who can definitely give Fugazi a run for their money. Greg Garlick Fugazi Repeater (Dischord) The three best hardcore Stumpy Joe are at the Railway Club, Monday, May 28. Tyler James Bloodsister Bloodsister (109 Records) Out of New York's Lower East side comes Bloodsister, a band consisting of five female thrashers, blasting out the grungiest rock 'n' roll this side of Killdozer. Produced by Don Fury (responsible for producing bands such as Agnostic Front and Guerilla Biscuits), this LP delivers a strong throbbing wall-to-wall sound to berate anyone's frontal lobes. This is not to say that Bloodsister's debut LP is migraine material but, with the volume cranked, it could cause a mild stroke. bands in the world are: Victoria's Nomeansno, England's Snuff, and Washington, D.C.'s Fugazi. The best of these three is... whoever has the most recent release. So for the time being, it is Fugazi. After seven, six, and three track EPs, their fourth release is a full length album. Eleven songs of intelligent, emotional intensity create- not by speed, volume, nor complexity, but by honest, thoughtful songwriting and solid musicianship. But don't these qualities have to be present in all good hardcore songs you may ask. Yes, but Fugazi put something else into their music that I can't quite put my finger on. Perhaps its that Fugazi's songs fit any mood, frame of mind, or time of day. It's happy or sad, early moming, late night, and mid-aftemoon music. Fugazi's "Repeater" is just the thing to listen to no matter what you are trying to do, except maybe trying to fall asleep. Or perhaps the difference is Ian MacKaye.ex of Minor Threat, Pailhead, and Embrace, and the originator of the "straight edge" movement. Or it could be that Fugazi are the ultimate in motivational music. They are the best at making you re-think your goals and inspiring to achieve them. Whatever it is that makes Fugazi special, the proof is in the puddin'. So find a copy of "Repeater," pay attention, and don't waste any time. Bartholomew Grant Hart Intolerance (SST) Remember Grant Hart... the drummer from Husker Du? Yeah that's right, the one who wrote better songs, had a better voice, and didn't get a major label deal. His debut album, "Intolerance," is on SST but don't expect "Land Speed Record II." Like ex-Husker Du guitarist Bob Mould's album, "Intolerance" does not share many traits with his old band's sound. Rather than a heavy droning guitar, half the songs are soaked with a Mel- lotron organ in a hip shakin', not headbangin', groove. The opener, "All Of My Sense," is reminiscent of the keyboard work in Santanas' "Black Magic Woman," but in a good way. The second cut, the rockin' "Now That You Know Me," forays into a "Highway 61" era Dylan, with a great lead harmonica. The first single, "Twenty-five Forty-one," the address where Hart lived with an old girlfriend, relates the sadness of moving out of a much loved apartment and the unwelcome end to a relationship. ("It was the first place we had to ourselves, I didn't know it would be the last.") This kind of personal politics and love gone wrong lyrical content, which also appears in songs like "Fanfare In D Major," "The Main," and the tres smooth "You're the Victim" (of yourself and no-one else"), remains from the Husker Du days. By moving away from drumming, in favour of keyboards, Grant Hart not only has a lot of piano and organ in the background, but he also provides an organ based instrumental entitled "Roller- Rink," as well as the hymnlike "She Can See The Angels Coming." The sloppy production, which gives the album a more intimate feel, seems to be intentional. With a bit of editing this could have been one excellent EP. As it is, it's still a pretty good LP. Because of the quality of "Intolerance," I'll buy Hart's next album even before hearing it; and while I've heard Bob Mould's record, I haven't bought it. Bartholomew The Fall Extricate (Cog-Sinister) Every once in a while a band comes along that no matter how good they are musically, they can't be enjoyed because of the obnoxious and arrogant lead personality. Some examples would be Morissey of the Smiths, Paul Weller when he was in the Jam (there was nothing enjoyable about the Style Council) and Steve Albini of Big Black / Rapeman. Most people would think that this would apply to Mark E. Smith of the Fall, but just the opposite is true in this case. The obnoxious arrogance of M.E.S. actually heightens the pleasure when listening to the band's albums, including their fourteenth, "Extricate." This album, their first 'post-Brix' album - Brix being Smith's now ex-wife and guitarist on the Fall's last seven albums — proves that she was not an essential element in creating the disjointed rhythms and venomous lyrics which have come to represent the Fall's music. We hear Smith chanting "You You You You You You know I hate you baby, you maladjusted little monkey," doubtfully a reference to Brix, in the song "Black Monk Theme Part I." We also hear him actually SINGING "these are the finest days of my life" in "Bill is Dead", and we can't doubt him on this point. On "Extricate" we get a virtual short history of the Fall: the pseudo dance tracks, the stream of consciousness grunge, the full throttle pop tunes, and even the well chosen cover ("Popcorn Double Feature"). All the things that the Fall constantly flirt with are represented but with much better production this time. Bartholomew MAY 1990 25 DISCORDER DATEBOOK TUESDAY 1 MartoSebe.ty.n and Muzsltas at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (8pm. SI5)... Ken Mitchell's two one act comedies Dick * Jane Grow Up and Heroes continue at Station Street Arts Centre (8:30pm)... Matador by Al Mo- dovar continues at the Vancouver East Cinema (7:15 & 9:35pm)... John Gray's musical Rock and Roll continues at the Vancouver Playhouse (until the 26th)... Roadklll featuring a soundtrack by Teknaculler Raincoats. Cowboy Junkies, the Ramones and others continues at the Ridge Theatre (7:30 & 9:30pm)... UBC Film Divisions Persistence of Vision '90 at the Paradise Theatre (7:00 eV 9:00pm)... King ol Heart* (7:00pm) and Diva (9:00pm) at Starlight Cinema... Paintings by Houthang Seyhoun on exhibit at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (until the 28th)... Asian Art Exhibit opens at the Asian Centre Auditorium featuring works by Liang Shlh-Feng, Letty Shea. Johnson Susing Chow. Kel Szeto. Gu Mel. and Tlnyen Chen (until the 27th)... Art exhibits at Community Arts Council: Shawn Westlaken's Recent Works and Anita Wong's Vessels In Ceramic in the Lower Gallery, and Joseph Wong's The Vanishing Countryside... Aurora Australls Photographic Works continues at Presentation House Gallery (until the 27th)... Antonio Mun- tadas' multi-media work Stadium IV on exhibit at the Charles H. Scott Gallery (until the 6th)... May works 1990 opens... WEDNESDAY 2 Chris Houston and the Smugglers at the Railway... Hot Wednesdays at the Pit Pub. music by CITR... Steel Kiss by Canadian playwright Robin Fulford opens at the Vancouver Little Theatre (8:30pm. S10). Dick* Jane Grow Up and Heroes continue at Station Street Arts Centre (8:30pm)... Matador continues at the Vancouver East Cinema (7:15 &. 9:35pm)... Roadklll continues at the Ridge Theatre (7:30 & 9:30pm)... Stephen Frears' My Beautiful Laundrette (7:00pm) and Sammy and Rosie get Laid (9:00pm) at Starlight Cinema... May works 1990 continues... THURSDAY 3 CITR presents The Chills from N ew Zealand and 11th Dream Day at the Town Pump... Cool Thursdays at the Pit Pub. music by CITR... Steel Kiss continues at the Vancouver Little Theatre (8:30pm. $10)... Dick ft Jane Grow Up and Heroes continue at Station Street Arts Centre (8:30pm)... Matador closes at the Vancouver East Cinema (7:15 &. 9:35pm)... Roadklll continues at the Ridge Theatre (7:30 & 9:30pm)... My Beautiful Laundrette (7:00pm) and Sammy and Rosie get Laid (9:00pm) at Starlight Cinema... Celebration of the 30th anniversary of Nltobe Japanese Garden's dedication... Mayworks 1990 continues... FRIDAY 4 CITR presents Spirit of the West with Luka Bloom at the Commodore... Teenage Head and Last Wild Sons at the Town Pump... The Second City Touring Company opens at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (8pm)... Steel Kiss continues at the Vancouver Little Theatre (8:30pm. $10)... Dick ft Jane 26 DISCORDER Grow Up and Heroes continue at Station Street Arts Centre (8:30pm)... Denys Arcand's Jesus of Montreal (7.30pm) and The Declne of Ihe American Empire (9:45pm) at the Vancouver East Cinema... Roadklll continues at the Ridge Theatre (7:30 & 9:30pm)... Vincent: the Ufe and Death of Vincent Van Gogh (700pm) and Amadeus (9:00pm) at Starlight Cinema... 1990 Quickie ROHO National Wheelchair Basketball Championships at War Memorial and Osborne Gymnasia.. SATURDAY 5 CITR presents Spirit of Ihe West at the Commodore... The Hollowheads, The Picasso Set and Cartoon Swear at the Scout Hall... Teenage Head and Last Wild Sons at the Town Pump... David Raven Band at 86 Street... Luka Bloom at the WISE Hall!... Steel Kiss continues at the Vancouver Little Theatre (8:30pm. $ 10)... The Second City Touring Company continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (8pm)... Dick ft Jane Grow Up and Heroes closes at Station Street Arts Centre (8:30pm)... Jesus of Montreal (7:30pm) and The Decline of the American Empire (9:45pm) at the Vancouver East Cinema... Roadklll continues at the Ridge Theatre (7:30 & 9:30pm)... Sound ot Music (2:00pm). Vincent: the Life and Death of Vincent Van Gogh (7:00pm), Amadeus (9.00pm). and The Rocky Horror Picture Show (midnight) at Starlight Cinema... 1990 Quickie ROHO National Wheelchair Basketball Championships at War Memorial and Osborne Gymnasia... Out of the Cradle and Into the Creek fish release program at Kanaka Creek Regional Park. Maple Ridge (10:00am- 2:00pm)... Mayworks 1990 con- SUNDAY6 Nardwuar the Human Serviette Presents Ugh! Glgantor at the Smash Gallery with Untamed Youth from Missouri, the Rattled Roosters, the Evaporators, and the Smugglers... The Rave-ups and Chickasaw Mudpupples at the Town Pump... The Second City Touring Company closes at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (8pm)... Jesus of Montreal (7:30pm) and The Decline of the American Empire (9:45pm) at the Vancouver East Cinema... Roadklll continues at the Ridge Theatre (7:30 8r 9:30pm)... The Land Before Time (2:00pm). Vincent: the Life and Death ot Vincent Van Gogh (7:00pm), and Amadeus (9:00pm) at Starlight Cinema... Stadium IV exhibition closes at the Charles H. Scott Gallery... Vancouver International Card Show at Heritage Hall (10:00am-5:00pm)... 1990 Quickie ROHO National Wheelchair Basketball Championships at War Memorial and OsbomeGymnasia... Mayworks 1990 closes... MONDAY 7 TheMteslonand The Wonderstutf at the Commodore... Untamed Youth and Chris Houston at the Railway... Francois Truffault's The Little Thief (7:15pm) and Milos Foreman's Valmont (9:15pm) at the Vancouver East Cinema... Roadklll continues at the Ridge Theatre (7:30 & 9:30pm)... Cousin Cousin* (7:00pm) and La Lectric* (9:00pm) at Starlight Cinema... TUESDAY 8 Steel Kiss con tin ues at the Vancouver Little Theatre (830pm. $10)... The Little Thief (7:15pm) and Valmont (9:15pm) at the Vancouver East Cinema... Roadklll continues at the Ridge Theatre (7:30 &; 9:30pm)... Cousin Couslne (7:00pm) and La Lectrlce (9:00pm) at Starlight Cinema... WEDNESDAY 9 Stein Festival Party with Sarah McLachlan, BID Henderson. Skywalk and Metropolis Dance at the Commodore UBC Summer Strings Concert at the Recital Hall (12:30pm). . Hot Wednesdays at the Pit Pub. music by CITR... Steel Kiss continues at the Vancouver Little Theatre (8:30pm. $10)... Spike Lee double bill with Do the Right Thing (7:15pm) and School Daze (9:30pm) at the Vancouver East Cinema.. Roadklll closes at the Ridge Theatre (7:30 & 9:30pm)... Romero (7:00pm) and Salvador (9:15pm) at Starlight Cinema... THURSDAY 10 Cool Thursdays at the Pit Pub. music by CiTR... Steel Kiss continues at the Vancouver Little Theatre (8:30pm, $10)... Do th* Right Thing (7:15pm) and School Daze (9:30pm) at the Vancouver East Cinema... Simon Fraser University Stud*nl Films at the Ridge Theatre... Romero (7:00pm) and Salvador (9:15pm) at Starlight Cinema... FRIDAY 1 1 CITR presents Scramblers, Sissy Boys, Brain- eaters reunion and Elvis Lovechlld at the Commodore... Forgotten Rebels at the Town Pump... UB40 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre... Pacific Coast Music Festival in the Old Auditorium. SUB Ballroom, Freddy Wood Theatre, and Dorothy Somerset Studio (4:00- 8:00pm)... St**l Kiss continues at the Vancouver Little Theatre (8:30pm, $10)... Murmer of the H*art at the Ridge Theatre (7:15 &. 9:30pm)... Canadian Premiere of Chopsticks and Matzo Balls (7:30 & 9:30pm) at Starlight Cinema... SATURDAY 12 One Riddim, Benny and th* Sunders, Tropical Breeze, Dido, and Soul Survivor at the Commodore... Forgotten Rebels at the Town Pump... Pacific Coast Music Festival In the Old Auditorium. SUB Ballroom, Freddy Wood Theatre, and Dorothy Somerset Studio (9:00am-6:00pm)... Thurman Baker and Joseph Jarman at Tom Lee Music Hall... Steel Kiss continues at the Vancouver Little Theatre (8:30pm, $10)... Murmer o( the Heart a t the Ridge Theatre (7:15 & 9:30pm)... Gone with th* Wind (2:00pm), Chopsticks and Matzo Balls (7:30 & 9:30pm) and Depeche Mod* 101 (midnight) at Starlight Cin- SUNDAY 13 CITRpr*s*nts Sons of Freedom at th* Paramount.. Bobby Watson and Horizon at the Arts Club Revue Stage... Murmer of th* Heart at the Ridge Theatre (7:15 & 9:30pm)... Charlotte's Web (2:00pm) and Chopsticks and Matzo Balls (7:30 & 9:30pm) at Starlight Cinema... MONDAY 14 sam w*is from Seattle at the Scandalous Folk Club... Flggy Duff from Newfoundland at the WISE Hall (830pm).. New Work by Alex Varty by Vancouver Pro Musica at the Glass Slipper (8pm)... Murmer of th* Heart at the Ridge Theatre (7 15 8c 9 30pm). Chopsticks and Matzo Balls (7:00 & 9:00pm) at Starlight Cinema... TUESDAY 15 St**l Kiss con- tlnues at the Vancouver Little Theatre (8:30pm. $10)... Murmer of th* H«art at the Ridge Theatre (7:15 8i 9:30pm)... Chopsticks and Matzo Balls (7 00 & 9:00pm) at Starlight Cinema... WEDNESDAY 16 ubc Summer Strings Concert at the Recital Hall (12:30pm)... Hot Wednesdays at the Pit Pub. music by CiTR... Steel Kiss continues at the Vancouver Little Theatre (8:30pm. $10)... Murmer of th* H*art at the Ridge Theatre (7:15 & 9:30pm)... Chopsticks and Matzo Balls (7:00 & 9:00pm) at Starlight Cinema... THURSDAY 17 SonsolFr**- dom at the Town Pump... Cool Thursdays at the Pit Pub, music by CiTR... Steel Kiss continues at the Vancouver Little Theatre (8:30pm, $10)... Murmer of the Heart at the Ridge Theatre (7:15 81 9:30pm)... Chopsticks and Matzo Balls (7:00 & 9:00pm) at Starlight Cinema... FRIDAY 18 CITR presents Toots and th* Maytals and Mango Dub at th* Commodore... Bob's Your Unci* at the Town Pump... Steel Kiss continues at the Vancouver Little Theatre (8:30pm, $10)... Th* 2nd Annual B Festival opens at the Vancouver East Cinema... Murmer of th* Heart at the Ridge Theatre (7:15 &. 9:30pm)... My Life as a Dog (7:00pm) and Bab*tt*'s Feast (9:15pm) at Starlight Cinema... SATURDAY 19 D*IAmltrlat the Town Pump... Steel Kiss continues at the Vancouver Little Theatre (8:30pm. $10)... Th* Second Annual B Festival continues at the Vancouver East Cinema... Murmer of the Heart at the Ridge Theatre (7:15 8r 9:30pm)... Some Ilk* It Hot (2:00pm). My Ufe as a Dog (7:00pm). Babette's Feast (9:15pm), and Th* Rocky Horror Picture Show (midnight) at Starlight Cinema... SUNDAY 20 Roots Roundup at the Town Pump... Th* Second Annual B Festival continues at the Vancouver East Cinema... Murmer of th* Heart at the Ridge Theatre (7:15 & 9:30pm)... Who Framed Roger Rabbit (2:00pm). My Lit* as a Dog (7:00pm) and Babette's F*ast (9:15pm) at Starlight Cinema... MONDAY 21 CITRpr*s*nts Psychic TV at th* Town Pump... Reggae Sunsplash '90 at the Thunderbird Stadium (2:00- 6:30pm) with Burning Spear, Freddie McGreggor, Marcla Griffiths, Shinehead, U-Roy. Shelly Thunder and th* S09 Band, and MC Tommy Cowan... Th* Second Annual B Festival continues at the Vancouver East Cinema... Murmer of th* H*art at the Ridge Theatre (7:15 & 9:30pm)... Th* Big Chill (7:00pm) and Th* Decline ofthe American Empire (9:00pm) at Starlight Cinema... TUESDAY 22 citr Pr*s*nts Michelle Shocked at th* Com- modor*... Steel Kiss continues at the Vancouver Little Theatre (8:30pm. $10)... Th* Second Annual B Festival continues at the Vancouver East Cinema... Murmer ot th* Heart at the Ridge Theatre (7:15 & 9:30pm)... Th* Big Chll (7:00pm) and Th* D*- cllne of the American Empire (9:00pm) at Starlight Cinema... WEDNESDAY 23 Christy Moor* at the Commodore... UBC Summer Strings Concert at the Recital Hall (12:30pm)... Steel Kiss continues at the Vancouver Little Theatre (8:30pm. $10)... Hot Wednesdays at the Pit Pub. music by CiTR...Th* Second Annual B Festival continues at the Vancouver East Cinema... Murm*r ot th* H*art at the Ridge Theatre (7:15 & 9:30pm)... Wh*n Harry m*t Sally (7:00pm) and Manhattan (9:00pm) at Starlight Cinema... THURSDAY 24 Thesiio'sat the Town Pump... Opening reception for Sonic Boom 1990. the fourth annual open festival for young composers, at the Glass Slipper (7:30pm, $8/$6)... Cool Thursdays at the Pit Pub. music by CiTR... Steel Kiss continues at the Vancouver Little Theatre (8.30pm. $10)... Th* Second Annual B Festival continues at the Vancouver East Cinema... Murmer of th* H*art closes at the Ridge Theatre (7:15 8r 9:30pm)... When Harry m*t Sally (7:00pm) and Manhattan (9:00pm) at Starlight Cinema... FRIDAY 25 Dr*adZ*pp*Hn at the Town Pump... Sonic Boom 1990 at the Glass Slipper... Steel Kiss continues at the Vancouver Little Theatre (8:30pm. $10)... Th* Second Annual B Festival continues at the Vancouver East Cinema... Festival of Environmental Films at the Ridge Theatre... S*x. Ues and VWe- otap* (7:00pm) and Last Tango In Paris (9:15pm) at Starlight Cinema... SATURDAY 26 Dharma Bums at the Town Pump... Sonic Boom 1990 at the Glass Slipper... Steel Kiss closes at the Vancouver Little Theatre (8:30pm, $10)... Rock and Roll closes at the Vancouver Playhouse... Th* Second Annual B Festival continues at the Vancouver East Cinema... Festival of Environmental Films at the Ridge Theatre... Doctor Zhivago (2:00pm), Sex, Lies and VW*otap* (7:00pm) Last Tango In Paris (9:15pm), and Eraser- head (midnight) at Starlight Cinema... SU N DAY 2 7 Ian Tyson at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Th* Second Annual B Festival closes at the Vancouver East Cinema... Aurora Australls: Photographic Works closes at Presentation House Gallery (until the 27th)... Asian Art Exhibit closes at the Asian Centre Auditorium... Festival of Environmental Films at the Ridge Theatre... An American Tall (2:00pm). Sex, Um and Vld*otap* (7:00pm) and Last Tango In Paris (9:15pm) at Starlight Cinema... MONDAY 28 Rachel Page at the Scandalous Folk Club... Ian Tyson at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Exhibition of paintings by Houshang Seyhoun closes at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Festival of Environmental Films at the Ridge Theatre... Bagdad Cat* (7:00pm) and Sugar Baby (9:00pm) at Starlight Cinema... TUESDAY 29 Ian Tyson at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre.. Festival of Environmental Films at the Ridge Theatre... UBC's annual graduation ceremonies (9:30am 81 2:30pm) in the War Memorial Gymnasium.. Bagdad Cafe (7:00pm) and Sugar Baby (9:00pm) at Starlight Cinema... WEDNESDAY 30 ubc Summer Strings Conc*rt at the Recital Hall (12:30pm)... Ian Tyson at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Hot Wednesdays at the Pit Pub. music by CITR.. Festival of Environmental Films at the Ridge Theatre... UBC's annual graduation ceremonies (9:30am & 2:30pm) In the War Memorial Gymnasium... Heavy Petting (7:00pm) and Sh*'s Gotta Hav* tt (8:45pm) at Starlight Cinema... THURSDAY 31 cool Thursdays at the Pit Pub. music by CiTR... UBC's annual graduation ceremonies (9:30am & 2:30pm) In the War Memorial Gymnasium... Heavy Petting (7:00pm) and She's Gotta Have It (8:45pm) at Starlight Cinema... VENUES VENUES CHARLES H. SCOTT GALLERY Emily Carr 1399 Johnston Street. Granville Island 687-2345 CLUB SODA 1055 Homer Street 681-8202 COMMODORE BALLROOM 870 Granville Street 681-7838 COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL 837 Davie Street 683-4358 8* STREET MUSIC HALL former ExpooSite 683-8687 FIREHALL ARTS CENTRE 280 East Cordova Street 689-0926 GLASS SLIPPER 185 East 11th Avenue GRUNT GALLERY 209 East 6th Avenue 875-9516 HERITAGE HALL 3102 Main Street PACIFIC CINEMATHEQUE 1131 Howe Street 688-3456 Pin INTERNATIONAL GALLERIES 36 Powell Street 734-8001 PRESENTATION HOUSE 333 Chesterfield Avenue. North Vancouver 986-1351 RAILWAY CLUB 579 Dunsmuir Street 681-1625 RECITAL HALL School of Music. 6361 Memorial Road 228-3113 RIDGE THEATRE 3131 Arbutus Street 738-6311 SCANDALOUS FOLK CLUB. 127 Lonsdale Avenue. North Vancouver 926-2663 SCOUT HALL Francis Road and #1 Road, Richmond SMASH GALLERY 160 West Cordova Street STATION STREET ARTS CENTRE 930 Station Street 688-3312 STUDIO 5B Main Building. Lan- gara Campus 324-5227 TOM LEE MUSIC HALL 929 Granville Street TOWN PUMP 66 Water Street 683-6695 VANCOUVER EAST CINEMA 2290 Commercial Drive 253- 5455 VANCOUVER EAST CULTURAL CENTRE 1895 Venables Street 254-9578 WISE HALL 1882 Adanac Street (right behind the Cultch) 736- 3022 WITH TV AN* 10$ CrlAA//V!tC5... W0U/ AK YOU SERIOUS? MUSIC SAM-NOON The newest new music: Ugetl. Dho- mont. Schnlttke. Lutoslowskl. BktwWte. etc. Information on concerti. record- Be rto and Gloclnto SceU (maybe) THE BRUNCH REPORT 12-121SPM Newt. sports, weather and more with the CITR News. Sports ond Weather Department!. THE ROCKERS SHOW 12 15-3 OOPM Reggae. Rock Steady and Ska with George Barrett. BLUES AND SOUL SHOW 3-5 OOPM Lachlan Murray provides the best o( blues, rhythm and blues, funk and soul. THE SUNDAY NEWS MAC... 5 5 30PM CUR'S in-depth current affairs/news v Coverage and analy- UBC News, plus news and sports.doly editorial commentary. en- Brown at his best with Roach and Roans (drums and tenor saxophone) One of the most Important Jazz groups ever 28th Phorooh Sanders' first featured recording tonight caled Touhid" was like a bkstf from a hot furnace when Issued In 1966 Sonde™ on flute, otto ond tenor saxophones along wtth 'out' gultor master Sonny Sharock. Music that chatanges and confronts Hke a Spike Le events hereatUBC.allnacomprehen- sK/e and comprehensible magazine pockoge And we promise, no traffic HEARSAY S3O-60OPM The best In Iterature. ON RADOI Hear what our contributing outhors have to say Poetry, rodso plays, creative non- fiction, short stories: the best of the bunch. Please contribute! Get In touch wthKlm. Richard. Antje. BarbaraorChrls at 228-3017. DE-COMPOSITIONS 4-i:00f>M Eclectic music and caustic alphabets Spoken word Alternates Sundays with... ELECTRONIC SMOKE SIGNALS 6 8 OOPM Information, news. Interviews, political anatyls from the global cultures of resistance. Hosted by Horaclode la Cueva » Sundays wtth De-Composl- RA0IO FREE AMERICA 10PM-MIDNIGHT Join host Dave Emory for some extraor- dnary political research guaranteed to make you think twice. Bring your tape deck and two C-Ws. Originaly broadcast on KF JC (Los Altos.CA). IN THE CRIP OF INCOHERENCY 12- 4.00AM So what it Barry doesn't show up anymore? Who gives a shit? Guldo and Trtni stl do. THE MORNING SHOW 7 30-B1SAM See Monday for details. RADIO FILM THREAT 5 30 6 OOPM Brought to you from the environs ( CFRU Radio Guelph. this show promis< to present the of THE AFTERNOON REPORT 1-1 15PM See Monday for detodi SLOOD ON THE SADDLE 1:16-3:00»M Country music to scrape the cowshlt off your boots to. With yer host-poke. Jeff THE UNHEARD MUSIC 3-5 OOPM Demo Director Dale Sawyer provides some Insights Into the best and the worst of the newest Canodtan music. And he's not teing you which is whlchl THE CITR DINNER REPORT 5-5 30PM See Monday for details. BC F K 4-70C PERMANENT CULTURE SHOCK 9 00- 12:00AM Permanent (per-md-ndnt): lasting. Intended to last. Indefinitely; CuHure Ck*_har): (1) the cMbatlon of a given race or nation at a give n time or over al time; 0) the raising of microorganisms in speciaty prepared medio for scientific study; Shock(sh6k): (1)violentcofcion.concussion. (2) sudden and disturbing mental and physical impressions. just just sitting ducks. UVE FROM THUNDERIIRD RADIO HEU 10 0OPM-120OAM Janice McKenzie ploys the local demo tunes, whte Peter. NardwuaKand sometimes Ed) introduce the live bands at 10»h "List of Mn Arson- (a new Patrick "wonderboy' Sampler project). MECA1LAST1 12:30-4:00 AM Concepts, noise, Radio Deutsche Welle now you can request whole shows!. band speck*, turntable feedback- gammon courtesy uncle miffy. stagnating creativity: welcome to late night NOW YOU HAS JAZZ 8 15-10 00AM. JAZZ FEATURE FROM 11:00AM-12:00PM Join me. Tommy Paley. on a new day! Now on Thunda/s with an extended one hour featurel A morning of stories, anecdotes. JAZZ, ond humour(maybe) Tommy might be the answer to your question, or he might not...moybe you dont have a question., t nothing else. Ifs worth getting up ford know I do.) ii a rvl2:pr y Barb Woldem and AVANT-PIC 700-900PM Avant-garde thuggery with Pete Lutwyche. First Tuesday eoch month: World Music Exploration NEW NAME! mvw-.-mm THE MORNINC SHOW 7 30-8 ISAM See Monday for details. Host Luc CHnsdaie. WHITE NOISE 8:16-10 00am The bastard love child of 70s progressive and 80s electronic has changed time slots!. Improvised fusions of traditional ihythms from around the globe. Burroughs. Pynchon. "unreleased IVe sets' and more. Hosted by Chris Bray- In the Kwa language of Yoruba, there are two words for radio: "Ghohun-ghohun" (snatdier of voices), and "A-s'oro ma gb'esi" (that which speaks without pausing for reply). CiTR 101.9 fM is both. Listen and find out for yourself. But first read ON THE DIAL. May 3-BMe Holiday May 10-W52 (Dances and BoHods LP) May 17-Dave Brubeck Quartet May 24-Eric Dolphy (Out to Lunch LP) HANFORD NUCLEAR PIZZA PIE 10:00- 11:00 AM Fueled only by a lump of string cheese and a single Crunch Berry... It's Rowena bouncing about the Pocific Northwest Coast. Lookout. Boiingl JIGGLE NOON-1:00PM Mikes mom took away the car. Gov's got a bus pass, and Ifs the same old crap that nobody likes. JIGGLE JIGGLE JIGGLE ti the cows come homel New Time.Daisy gets to sleep In... THE MORNINC SHOW 7:30-8:16AM From the famous siren to the not-so-famous BBC World Service, wake up with The CITR Morning Show. Information to go: news, sports, weather and 'scenic view' (read: radar) reports, features, ent ertalnment reviews and Abe rta Hog prices. Wake up wtth Stefan and a yard f ul of smtes and happiness. Weekdays! THE AFTERNOON REPORT 1-M6PM Lunch goes down better wtth The Afternoon Report. Tune In for no frlfc news, sports, and weather. SOUND OF BEAUTY 3 6:00PM ExperimentalRodto.wtthVlslonl Featuring environmental sounds, found noises. Information/propaganda and the worlds primitive and experimental musics from the auditory fringe. Live! Contributions welcome. Practitioner Anthony Roberts. SPORTS DIGEST 5:3O-6:0OPM Join the CITR Sports Department for all the latest In Thunderbird varsity sports action and sports everywhere else for that matter. Interviews, tool THE JAZZ SHOW 9:00PM- 12:00AM Vancouver's longest running prime time jazz program. None of that late night craveyard/eorty weekend Jazz. Features atll. Hosted by the ever-suave Gavin Wafcer... 7th Oliver Nelson accomplished many things In his short Ve (1932-1975)..he mastered al the saxophones, wrote, composed (Jazz. classical, movies)...we'! hear his soprano saxophone tonight. Nelson was one of the 14th Juion Prierfer (who Ives In Seattle) has always been one of the most ca- pabietrombonistslnJc__ Hi Roach. Herbie Hancock. David Holand. Here he b on his first album under his own name. "Keep Swingin" 21st -Sonny Rollins Plus Four* Is In reality the last studio recording of The CWford Brown-Max Roach Quintet before Brown's untimely death In June 1956 ARE YOU SERIOUS? MUSIC BLUES AND SOUL SHOW n ai ii if 8 9 10 11 ■, 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 THE CITR DINNER REPORT 5 00-530PM See Monday for details UVE FROM THE KNITTING FACTORY 6 00- Located in North Soho. the Knitting Factory Is the workroom for the New York Downtown music world where musicians experiment with rock, folk and Jazz conventions. These performances were recorded In late 1989. TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY HE MORNING SHOW - BBC RADIO NEWS REI 17th CrispeH & Cyriile/Bittova * Fatt 24th Third Person Jlst Dan Byron plays Mickey Katz/Ka- hondo Style. Upcoming shows: Gods £k Monsters. X- Legged SaHy ond Dr. Nerve. BIC DUMB SEX 7-900PM NEW TIME! Richard Gere knows the DatolLama Biondie did a theme song for a Richard Gere movie. Pat and Lisa have looked at the cover of a Biondie ARTS CAFE 6:30-6:00 PM Be updated, be wtth it. be informed about Art. theatre, flkn ond ony other cultural event happening In Vancouver. With Antje! BREAKFAST WITH THE BROWNS ELECTRONIC SMOKE SIGNALS/ )E COMPOSITIONS SUNDAY MAG PLAYLOUD (THIS IS NOT A TEST) ONE STEP BEYOND/RADIO FREE AMERICA IN THE GRIP OF INCOHERENCY SPORTS DIGEST YOU PAYS YOUR MONEY YOU TAKES YOUR CHANCES THE JAZZ SHOW WITH GAVIN WALKER ENVIRONMENTAL SCATOL- OGY 1- ANOTHER SIDE OF BLAND BLOOD ON THE SADDLE UNHEARD MUSIC CURRENT AFFAIRS BEAT HEADS VERSUS WOLF AT THE DOOR AURAL TENTACLES WHITE NOISE MID-DAY PHALLACY PAULA'S MUG CURRENT AFFAIRS FLEX YOUR HEAD ARTS CAFE PERMANENT CULTURE SHOCK OPEN SEASON NOW YOU HAS JAZZ TOP OF DA BOPS scon B. SYMPATHY SHOW LIVE FROM THUNDERBIRD RADIO HELL MEGA BLAST! SCRAMBLED EGGS MOVING IMAGES THE VENUS FLYTRAP SHOW .VALUE OF NOSE RANDOM SAM.. HE RECORD HOME VIDEO I.N.T.E.R.N.A. T.I.O.N.A.L STOMP ON THAT BOPPA- TRON JOIN THE RHYTHM OF MACHINES mm POWER CHORD EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG RADIO FREE PARKING THE MORNINC SHOW 7:308:16AM See Monday for detaits.(Wake up wtth Stefan and a yard ful of smiles and MOVING IMAGES 10:30-1 l:0OAM Join host Ken Modntyre as he takes you on a tour through the silver screen's bock lot of life wtth film news, reviews. Interviews and soundtracks. VENUS FLYTRAP 11:00PM-100PM - " » Is your guide " ITS NOT EASY SEINCCREEN 1:15-2:30PM The greenest of the CiTR DJ crop try togermlnate and take root on the air Ifyou are interested In CITR programming possibMties. phone the Program Director ot 228-3017. ABSOLUTE VALUEOF NOISE - PART ONE 2 30-3 30PM AND PART TWO 4-500PM Found sounds, tape loops, compositions of organized and unorganized ouraHty. power electricians and sound collage Uve experimental music. 100% Canadian Industrialism NARDWUAR THE HUMAN SERVIETTE PRESENTS... 3:3O-4:0OPM Hoody hoody hoody hoody hoody! Chimichangas! THE Cm* DINNER REPORT S-6:30PM See Monday for details. HOME VIDEO INTERNATIONAL 7- 9:00PM Radio adaptations of movies. Taping this program b strictty prohibited. STOMP ON THAT BOPPATRON 9PM-12:30 AM The donee floor beat brought to you by DJ Mick Hard. Pin them neediest JOIN THE RHYTHM OF MACHINES 12:30- 4:00AM Exploring the relationship between post- night-out anxiety, the complexity of human movement performance, and Tear ligaments to 242.KMFDM. Pankow, etc.... Hosted by Uoyd Uliana. Upcoming Interviews: Nitzer Ebb. Bor- ghesia.Klir* and Suicidal Tendencies.. THE SATURDAY EDGE SAM-NOON Steve Edge hosts Vancouver's biggest and best ocoustic/roots/rogue folk music radio show. Now in Its fifth year on CiTR! UK Soccer Report at 11:30. THE BRUNCH REPORT NOON-12:15PM News, sports, weather and an approprt- POWERCHORD 12:16-3:0OPM Vancouver's only true metal show with the underground speed to mainstream metat local demo topes, imports and other rarities Gerald Rattlehead and Metal Ron do the damage. IN EFFECT 3-S00PM The Hip Hop Beat brought to you by DJs NtelScobie.ChazBarkerand BIITzotzolis. THE YAP GAP 5:30-600PM Hear figures In the Arts world talk about their works, other peoples works and anything else thot occurs to them. Hosted by Antje Rauwerda EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG 4- 8.00PM You'd think you were hottoo ifyou had DISCORDER CITR provides free aktlme for Community AccessbygroupsandlndMduc«_ If you or your group would Ite to soy something to someone somewhere, please cal the Program Director at 228- 3017. it 1800 wi campus and beyond Opportunities abound! Wheeee! Programming, producing, editing, writing, engineering, operating, announcing, hosting, etc etc etc. Come by the studios during normal office hours We're located In Room #233 on the second floor of the Student Union Butdlng. Or phone us at 228-3017. And yes. Jen Ke»y. everyone iswelcome regardless of age! So come on by and see for yoursen Wei. the school year Is coming to a dose, which means that a new CITR executive wi soon be grappling wtth fhe reigns of responstoWy of participating in the running a radio station for another twelve months The new names are as follows: ARTS DIRECTOR ANTJE RAUWERDA CURRENT AFFAIRS DIRECTOR STEFAN ELUS DEMO DIRECTOR DALE SAWYER DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR UNDA SCHOLTEN MOBILE SOUND COORDINATOR LINDA SCHOLTEN MUSIC DIRECTOR LLOYD ULIANA 8t RANDY IWATA NEWSDIRECTOR STEFANELLE PRESIDENT ROBYNN fWATA PRODUCTION MANAGER. MKELYSENG PROCRAM DIRECTOR.... KIM TRAINOR PROMOTIONS DIRECTOR DOCrTTA FONG SPORTS DIRECTOR JEFFPATERSON TRAFFIC DIRECTOR TOMMYPALEY VICE PRESIDENT BARB ELGOOO VOLUNTEERCOOR0INATOR.. BILL BAKER BUSINESS UNE 228-3017 DJ UNE 228-2487 (228-CFTR) NEWS UNE 222-2487 (222-CiTR) FAXUNE 228-6093 STANDINUNE ROOM 233. SECOND FLOOR OF THE STUDENT UNION BUILDING. 6138 SUB BOULEVARD. UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, VANCOUVER. BC V6T2A5. CiTRs newest arts program exposing the written word as art needs youl Be they poetry, prose, radio drama, etc. if youwould Ike toreod your written works out on Hear Say. or If you would Ike to have your works vocalised foryou.Just phone the Hear Say coordinators at 228-3017. More so that most other shows, the success Hear Say realty depends on Its contributors. That means you dear reader. MUSICAL EXPRESSION! CiTR welcomes ol musics wtth open ears, lyouwannasubmttanymaterial. just remember to include Important deta* like names, phone numbers, addresses, etc. Send/oddress to the attention of the Demo Director or the Music Directors please. Thank you MUSICAL EXPRESSION II SpinUst and Demo List have had a bit of a face Ift. The three lists you see to the right should reflect the frequency of airplay of new releases and other keen things received by CiTR 101.9 fM over the past little while. SINGLE MAGNETIC PARTYCLOTHES is the listing of the more frequently played songsf rom demo and cassette submissions SHORT GROOVES is the listing of the more frequently played seven-Inch and twelve-inch multi-track and extended play albums and short compact discs. LONG GROOOOOVES is the listing of of the more frequently played long play albums and compact discs. Any type in- bold foce signifies Canadion content. Fore more Information on these lists and any other matters concerning CiTR's broadcast of musical eipresslon. please contact the Music Department. SINGLE MAGNETIC PARTYCLOTHES APRIL 1990 JOJOKA •Crow* TANKHOG 'ReptHUon' MOBILE SLUDGE DEWATERING UNIT "23, Drunk and Nowhere' PAULA REMPEL •Letter ROOTS ROUNDUP 'Bouiderdath' PLANET OF SPIDERS "Hey" TRAMBUNG MIMSIES ■Ride theWHdSurf You...' HOUOWHEADS Interesting Shoe*' THE WORST The Creepy Thing' PUKE THEATRE ■Angzt tz to CooT SUCTION •BUnd Choke- ROOTS ROUNDUP Sleeptn" CHIEFS OF BELIEF ■RatseaHancT DRUMS ALONG THE GARDINER 'My Hometown' EARTH LING 'Surprise Me' SUPERCAUSTIC FERTILIZER 'Sweating Bullets' TOUCH AND GO'S 'Stupid Gkf HOWE SOUND •Somebody GkT MC TERROR T 'Rapptn' Rhythm Rhymln" CHRIS HOUSTON 'Just Once for Kicks' GERRY HANNAH 'Wind over Wafer SANDY SCOFIELD 'Angels' EARTHUNG •Garden ot Earthly Delight' THE RATTLED ROOSTERS •Pretty Thing" BARON VON FOKKER 'Post Modem Youth' BRUCE A AND THE SECULAR ATAVISTS 'By Request' DRUMS ALONG THE GARDINER 'Boronto' CHRIS HOUSTON "Wish # was you' THE INTOWCATORS 'Mighty Idy' HIROSHI YANO Stone Cutter" JIMMY ROY AND THE FIVE STAR HILLBILLIES •Everybody s Tahdn" ROUTE 666 'King Shlf SEETHRU FLOWERS To Cynthia Gray' T.T. RACER "1990s" ROUTE 666 'Goodness' SEA ELEPHANTS 'Lay your Burden Down' SARCASTIC MANNEQUINS 'Eye Swallow' DIRT 'Headlights' HARD ROCK MINERS 'Not the Blue Tall Fry' BRUCE A AND THE SECULAR ATAVISTS •Alt Tom Up- FLYING BULGAR KLEZMER BAND •IshaTsFreylekh- ELIZABETH FISCHER •Pair ot Dice" SMUGGLERS '5-4-3-2-1" PAT TEMPLE AND HIGH LONESOME •No MoonHghTrAlter Fke- SISTER ELECTRIC 'IntotheWUd*" JOJOKA 'Dogs Awaiting' CATHERINE WHEEL •Slowing Down' SHE-DEVILS ON WHEEL- '30-9-89 (excerpt)' MARY '101 Knights' LOUISE B. 'Speedwell Caverns' TANKHOG Tears' JACK FEELS FINE •Black Sky" GERRY HANNAH ■Night of theorem' PUKE THEATRE */ love You. 1 Wanna Smash Your Face' IMAMU BARAKA 'Its Fine how It Stands' KING APPARATUS •Made for TV CHURCH OF DOUG 7 Heard the Angels Singing" ©#•*! (CARTOON SWEAR) "Shoes" GREEN HOUSE "Dive" GREEN HOUSE "Spring wm Come" HARD ROCK MINERS •Making Ihe Bed Rock- THE BOY ALLIES ■Happy Cat- NEIGHBORS 'Footsteps' JR. GONE WILD "One Gun Town' THE LUDWIGS Talking lo You' HARMONIC DESTRUCTION 'Pretty Picture*' SOUND BUTCHERS "Moming Sky TEN COMMANDMENTS 'She Ain't no use fo me' PAINTED POETS 'Despite all this' CHARUE MOROW •BPforbp' GAIL LANDAU 'Here Comes Confusion' MARILYN LERNER 'Naladam and Naleve' RAWUNS CROSS •Shaken Up' MUCH LIKE PEOPLE -White Home Coof THE MAD 'This is only a Test...' BANG TWANG "AM of Ihis to You" BRAIN DAMAGE "White Ues" BLAIR PETRIE AND S. TISCHLER The Nlghtrider" HONEST JOHN "Circus ot Smiles" ANDRASWAHORN •Paris Is a Big City THE PALM SISTERS 's Song Demo" THE SPLINTERS "Go Away" RANDY WARD PELLES "Symphony X* FLESH -Death" FYF "Whack Me" WAGES OF SIN 'Pretty Blond Enigma" LONG GROOOOOOOVES APRIL 1990 VARIOUS ARTISTS - SOUNDTRACK Terminal Cly Ricochet Alternative Tentacle* VARIOUS ARTISTS - COMPILATION Oh God My Moms on Channel 101 Nardwuar SPIRIT OF THE WEST Save thk House WEA/Stony Plain COWBOY JUNKIES Caution Hone* BMG BLOODSTAR Bloodstar Desert Engine THE CHILLS Submarine Bells WEA/Slash ATILLA THE STOCKBROKER Tues July 4th-The Rivoli Aural Tradition THE CRAMPS Slay Sick! Capftol/Enlgma EXCEL The Joke's on You A&M/Carollne THE FALL Extricate PotyGram/Fontana BEL CANTO Birds of Passage Capitol/ Nettwerk ROLLINS BAND Hard Volume WEA/Rough Trade CONSOLIDATED Myth of Rock Captiol/ Nettwerk ROBYN HrrCHCOCK Eye Twin/Tone ART BERGMANN Sexual Roulette MCA/Duke Street MARTA SEBESTYEN WITH MUZSIKAS Maria Sebestyen wtth Muzslkas Hannibal JUNGLE BROTHERS Done by the Force of Nature Eternal SAVAGE REPUBLIC Customs Fundamental FLAT DUO JETS Flat Duo Jets Dog Gone SAFFIRE The Uppity Blues Women Allgator SIGLOXX Under a Purple Sky Cargo/PIAS JEAN BINTA BREEZE LKJ PRAIRIE OYSTER Different Kind of Fke BMG PALE SAINTS The Comforts of Madness Por/Gram/4AD THE SUNDAYS Reading. Writing, and Arithmetic WEA/Rough Trade GAMMACIDE Victims of Science Wild Rags VARIOUS ARTISTS - COMPILATION Here Ain't the Sonlcs PopHama/Estrus VARIOUS ARTISTS - COMPILATION Children of the Generator Wireless CUVE GREGSON & CHRISTINE COLLSTER A Change In the Weather Rhino THE WALKABOUTS Rag & Bone SubPop DANIEL JOHNSON 1990 Shimmy-Disc IGNITION The Orafying Mystical of... Dischord DYS Wotfpack Taangl VARIOUS ARTISTS - COMPILATION This Is the New Beatl PolyGram PLANB Greenhouse Effect BMG THEAQUANETTAS Love wtth the Proper Stranger Capitol/Nettwerk POOPSHOVEL Opus Lengthemus Community 3 INNER ANGER My Head Hurts Chlkara THE CREATURES Boomerang Geffen FOOL KILLERS Out of State Plates ILA/Mad Rover BLOODSISTER Bloodsister 109 POSTER CHILDREN Flower Power Limited Potential THE SILOS TheStds BMG THE BEVIS FROND Any Gas Faster Reckless DEATH OF SAMANTHA Come all yee Faithless Homestead LUKA BLOOM Riverside WEA/Reprise RORY MCLEOD Footsteps and Heartbeats Festival/Cooking Vinyl CATERWAUL Portent Hue MCA/IRS CHICKEN SCRATCH Important People Lost their Pants Community 3 DIGITAL UNDERGROUND Sex Packets Tommy Boy BOO-YAA T.R.I.B.E. New Funky Nation lsland/4th BWay BONGWATER Too Much Sleep Shimmy-Disc THE FOUR BROTHERS Makorokoto Festival/Cooking Vinyl SOULJAHS Our Time Is Now Shanachie ELEVENTH DREAM DAY Beet WEA SHORT GROOVES APRIL 1990 FUGAZI Song #1/Joe #1 7' Dischord QUEEN LATIFAH Come Into my House IT Tommy Boy PANKOW Ding Dong 12' Cargo/Wax Trax! URGE OVERKILL Ticket to LA 7* Touch and Go 101 Rock to the Beat/Move your Body 12' PolyGram KMFDM Virus 12- Cargo/Wax Traxl THE SUBJECTS Word of God 12' 2 World Productions CRAMPS Bikini Girls wtth Machine Guns 72* Enigma PUBLIC ENEMY 911 Is a Joke 12' CBS/DefJam LAVA HAY Wont Matter 3-songCD Nettwerk MONOMEN Rat Fink/Burning Bush T Estrus FASTBACKS You cant be Happy/In the Summer 7* No Threes STUMPY JOE Daydreams/Basfcefcase 7' Estrus 3D PICNIC EMs7' Cargo GAS HUFFER Firebug/Jesus was my only Friend 7' Black Label BEATS INTERNATIONAL 'Dub be good to me' 12' PolyGram BOO-YAA T.R.I.B.E. R.A.I.D. 12' bland/4th B'way CREAMING JESUS MugEP Jungle Music YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS VS. SCRUFFY THE CAT 7* Cruddy Record Dealer FLEISCH ...MachtSuchtkj 7* Far Out D.O.D. Warhol Machine 12' Lime Skull PD-2 Groove Is Movin' 12' Jrod HEADS UP Funk Up 12' Anthrax VON MAGNET Alma La/Muneco 12' I.N.9/Danceteria SILVER BULLET 20 Seconds to Comply 12' Tarn Tarn JOICE Ifs a New Sensation 12' Lombardoni Timbre Productions Presents: CiTR Presents WEA 101.9 rn recording artists 'SUBMARINERS TOUR' THE THURSDAY CHILLS mays TOWN PUMP with guests, from Chicago, recording Eleventh Dream Day • artists Doors: 8pm Showtime: 10:30pm TICKETS: Zulu, Black Swan, Track, Highlife, Razzberry Records (95th & Scott Rd), Reminiscing Records (across from The Bay at Surrey Place), The Town Pump & all T«ar^_«-gB, outlets. Charge by phone: 280-4444. m* ■■ Epic/CBS recording artists, from Los Angeles tne rave - ups may? with guests, Polygram recording artists _a^,?_^> ~ , ,,,^7 r TOWN PUMP i guests, Polygram recording Chickasaw Mudd Puppies Doors: 7:00 pm Showtime: 9:00 pm TICKETS: Zulu, Black Swan, Track, Highlife, Razzberry Records (95th & Scott Rd.), Reminiscing Records (across from The Bay at Surrey Place), The Town Pump & all _^^^______-jfr. outlets. Charge by phone: 280-4444. SATURDAY VockiVJO presents, A&M recording artists, from Scotland £1 Mk -*VB j j j_f__l __J*^ 1 1 A %a • dAIUKUk del Amitri **** ,9 Um/1 A ________ _L wJ_ TICKETS: Zulu, Black Swan, **■ m ^^^ ^**^ ^mm <^***^** •*^»> ••^■■^^ ^^ ^^ ^** C™tt RH . Rominicrinn RorAr, TOWN PUMP with guests Doors: 8pm Showtime: 10:30pm TICKETS: Zulu, Black Swan, Track, Highlife, Razzberry Records (95th & Scott Rd.), Reminiscing Records (across from The Bay at Surrey Place), The Town Pump & all rre<«fA/-_»T».»_, outlets. Charge by phone: 280-4444. CiTR presents, Wax Trax recording artists MAY 21 TOWN PUMP Doors: 8pm Showtime: 10:30pm TICKETS: Zulu, Black Swan, Track, Highlife, Razzberry Records (95th & Scott Rd.), Reminiscing Records (across from The Bay at Surrey Place), The Town Pump & all -ncj^J^^^rm^t, outlets. Charge by phone: 280-4444. CO-OP '"■' & fi^S present, POLYGRAM recording artist -__ y wur _______ & ^-*-9**£ present, polyuham recoraing anisi y'^ Uoors: 8 pm Showtime: y:3Upm Michelle Shocked TUESDAY MAY 22 COMMODORE!? V 870 GRAIMV11LE MAIL • 681-7838** Doors: 8pm Showtime: 9:30pm with guest JOHN WESLEY HARDING TICKETS: Zulu, Black Swan, Track, Highlife, Razzberry Records, Reminiscing Records & all ______ Outlets. Charge by phone: 280-4444. BMQ recording artists, from New York THURSDAY THESIiOS MAY 24 ^^^ ^ ^^™ ^■■■^ ^■-•■■^ TICKETS: Zulu. Black Swan TOWN PUMP Doors: 8:00 pm Showtimes: 10:30 pm TICKETS: Zulu, Black Swan, Track, Highlife, Razzberry Records (95th & Scott Rd.), Reminiscing Records (across from The Bay at Surrey Place), The Town Pump & all ■ncK^r^awrm^u outlets. Charge by phone: 280-4444. recording artists COWBOY JUNKIES SUNDAY JUNE 10 With special guest Townes Van Zandt QUEEN ELIZABETH THEATRE Doors: 7:00 pm Showtimes: 8:00 pm TICKETS: All j______^_e____V. outlets, or charge by phone: 280-4444 STOP. LOOK& BRING IN THIS AD FOR A FREE SAMPLER CASSETTE. LIMITED QUANTITIES. NO STRINGS ATTACHED. 1 VAN MORRISON NEW ON VIDEO 16.94 VAN MORRISON The Concert 90 minutes LIVE, filmed al the Beacon Theater in New York, 30/11/89 Contains material spanning Morrison's 25 year career Backed by Georgie Fame _ the Blue Flames and featuring guest oppearonces by Mose Allison and John Lee Hooker This is the video companion lo "THE BEST OF VAN MORRISON" Album contoins 16 songs 18 on cassette - 20 on CD Includes tracks from THEM ("Gloria" etc.) ond spans his entire career OUT NOW LP/MC'S 6.94 SUE MEDLEY Sue Medley • The self-titled debut from Vancouver's own Sue Medley • Features the hit single "Dangerous Times", "Blue Skies", "Queen Of The Underground", "That's Life", "Oh Atlanta" 8, more • Produced by Mike Wanchic • Features guest appearances by members of John Cougar Mellencomp's, Von Morrison's & John Hiatl's bands S 13.94 THE HOUSE OF LOVE Tlie House Of Love • The highly anticipated new LP featuring *l Don'l Know Why I Love You" & the U.K. hits "Shine On", "Never" ond "The Beatles & The Stones" • "A marvel ... A success" (Melody Maker); "A perfect 10 out of 10* (The Hard Report), "Essential listening. Not lo be missed" (Billboard) • Coming soon on tour 12.94 FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS Live At The Paramount One hour LIVE, filmed in Seattle, October 1989 Contains all the hits including "Johnny Come Home", "Good Thing", "Tell Me Whot", "I'm Not Satisfied", "Ever Fallen In Love", "Don't Look Back", "Suspicious Minds", "I'm Not The Man I Used To Be", "She Drives Me Crazy" & MORE MICHELLE SHOCKED The Captain Swing Revue • Coming to the Commodore May 22 in concert • 60 minutes LIVE, featuring tracks from all 3 albums to date plus previously unreleased live favourites • Includes "Anchorage", "When I Grow Up", "If Love Was A Train" "(Don'l You Mess Around With) My Little Sister" and MORE • See & heor Michelle Shocked backed by the 7 piece Captain Swing Revue band SINEAD O'CONNOR The Value Of Ignorance • Filmed LIVE al the Dominion Theatre, London, June 3/88 • One hour of captivating performances • Includes "Mandinka", "Jerusalem", "Troy", "I Am Stretched On Your Grave", "Just Like U Said It Would 8" & MORE BOOTSAUCE The Brown Album • Catch the street buzz on this debut release by Montreal's Bootsauce • Includes the single "Scratching The Whole", "Every 1 's A Winner", "Play Wilh Me", "Let's Eat Out" & more • "Combines elements of Iggy Pop, Red Hot Chili Peppers ond The The all rolled into one" - Tom Harrison (The Province) s PETER MURPHY Deep • Features the hit single "Cuts You Up", "Marlene Dietrich's Favourite Poem", "Crystal Wrists", "Seven Veils" & more • The critically Declaimed breakthrough release by former singer/lyricist of Bauhaus • Coming soon in concert • Also available on video: "Bouhaus Shadow Of Light" * /___> QUEEN LATIFAH All Hail The Queen • The long-awaited debut release from the new Queen of rap/hip hop/R&B and soul • Includes the dancefloor smashes "Come Into My House' "Ladies First" & more • Features guest contributions from De Lo Soul, Prince Paul, Stetsasonic's Daddy-0, KRS-One and others • 3 bonus trocks on cassette & CD • Check out the voice featured on Bowie's "Fame '90" THE MISSION Carved la Sand • Coming to the Commodore May 7 in concert • Contoins the hit "Deliverance", "Sea of Love", the U.K. Top 20 smash 'Butterfly On A Wheel" & More • A Top 10 seller in the U.K. • Also available: "Crusade" the LIVE video • Coming to the Commodore in concert May 7 wilh The Mission • The critically acclaimed followup to their Top 20 U.K. debut The Eight Legged Groove Machine" • Includes the British Top 20 hit "Don't Let Me Down Gently", "Rodio Ass Kiss", "Cartoon Boyfriend's MORE • "A thinker, a grower, and a kick in the bollocks" (New Musical Express); "one of the most brightly shining talents in the heavens"(CMJ New Music Report) | SALT-N-PEPA • The brand new release by the duo that brought you the rap smash "Push It" • includes the dance floor smash "Expression" & more COMING SOON HOTHOUSE FLOWERS JIMMY SOMERVILLE BEATS INTERNATIONAL YNGWIE MALMSTEEN THEE HYPNOTICS LE MYSTERE DES VOIX BUL6ARES REBEL MC TONY TONI TONE GO-BETWEENS
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Publisher | Vancouver : Student Radio Society of the University of British Columbia |
Date Issued | 1990-05-01 |
Extent | 32 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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