1992 ESPFP w*s / JRMfiE F4j_U/fl ft-' ,f COURTNEY LOVE That Sassy Magazine From CiTR 101.9 fm EIGHTSONGS PRE-HATE. PRE-ACHE. P I C B O Y cms® mmi FUDGECAKE CS-CD D-ScORDER JUNE 1992 • ISSUE #113 "I hardly had time to get dressed, put my wig on and get to the Dufferin." — overheard on the Hastings St. bus. IRREGULARS DIARY OF A MEDIA WHORE MofoSto—*' TEENAGE FANCLUB .Hyperbole (part THE ESP FAIR BUFFALO TOM COURTNEY LOVE Get Do —■ SUBTEXT VANCOUVERSPECIAL. FUTURE RAP 7" REGULARS 3 DIALIN'FOR CELEBRITIES 18 5 REAL LIVE ACTION « ...6 UNDER REVIEW 12 MOFO'S PSYCHOTRONIC PIX.21 17 SPINLIST ,22 17 ON THE DIAL.... 18 DATEBOOK io STUPID DUMMYHEDS...by Rob Ad I WONDER...by lan Boothby EVERYTHINGS DUCKY...by BlaineThuri THE BLANK GENERATION. ..by Gar? Wil- JUNKFLESH...by Bryce Thing Mark Pilon—that's french, you know- had nothing better to do and we had zero ideas for a cover so he zipped up this baby in a couple minutes. Hey, it's a collage...dummy up! OFFICE USE ONLY FRIDAY mm LIChTIV/IVG n$l MlEMWtlMCE UBC FTFMEE WITH P|W>PER l-D. GET HERE EARLY OR ELSE! •"TwiUGHt 20NE wl and CiTR present another fabulous PR opportunity: "THE DEMO MADE ME DO IT!" The National Campus/Community Radio Conference is hosting a session where local musicians and bands can meet Music and Program Directors from alternative radio stations across Canada. The meeting will be held from 4:30 to 6 pm on Tuesday July 7 in the Student Union Building at UBC. Bring your press releases, bios, and most importantly, your demos and/or CDs (up to 35 of them) and anything else of interest to the collective big cheeses of Canadian campus/community radio; This offer is open to musicians of any genre or style, not just indie-rock guitar bands: reggae, folk, blues, industrial...anything that isn't supported by mainstream media. This event will save you a whole lot of postage, you'll get to meet the movers and shakers in person, and you'll be updated on the NCRA's ongoing negotiations with SOCAN regarding indie music's struggle to receive the royalties they deserve from the money we pay to play it. We'll also be talking about the CRTC's proposal to change Can-Con regulations and what this means to you. And if you just can't make it, give Mindy a call at 822-3017 and we will be happy to distribute the material for you. So don't just sit there and whine, do something! Not long ago I was reading a piece called "Three Notes On Radio" by PalrickReady in the Western Front. In one ofthe "notes" he muses on the possibility of seeing radio waves; "they go around and through things more easily lhan light waves and we can only imagine what the world would look like." Our eyes would be like portable x- ray machines, a frightening and somewhat amusing notion (so lhat's what you had for lunch). Well, obviously we can only hear airwaves, and now more than ever communities across Canada, in big cities and small towns, wanl to hear radio that's different from the homogenized monotony on mainstream airwaves. You know Ihe old Gershwin tune that goes, "Johnny could only sing one note"...? Radio land hungers for Consequently, Campus/Community Radio is growing stronger every year. Back in 1981 the National Campus/Community Radio Association (NCRA) was formed in response to the rapid growth of community-oriented radio and to act as an umbrella organization to represent the interests of community broadcasters and station administrators at the National level; a collective voice lo speak lo gov- , the record industry, spe- groups, etc.... Every year, since 1981, the NCRA has gathered its members, and interested individuals andorganizations, for a conference on the practice and issues facing community-oriented So, while Vancouver takes a breather between the Jazz and Folk Music festivals some 200 of these broadcasting insurgents will slip into town lo attend sessions and workshops, brainstorm, debate and ultimately network and exchange informationandresources. It is also a lime lo celebrate alternative communication and culture. CiTR is the proud host station for this year's conference which runs from July 6- II. Ifyou're interested in CIC radio and want to know more call us at 822-9358. Ifyou're a musician and you wanl to get your demo lape distributedandmeet the big cheeses of C/C radio—hey, why not poets and other audio artists as well— then come to "The Demo Made Me Do It" session on Tues. July 7from 4:30-6pm. Check out the ad on the opposing page and we'11 keep ya' posted on special events around town (keep the Cruel Elephant in mind). On a different note (no pun intended), you might have noticed that Discorder has been pretty thin in size over the last couple of issues and this is wilh no thanks to our printers who have bumped up their rates again. So, for the summer months we'll be decreasing our circulation to 17,500, from the regular 20,000, in hopes lhat we can still pul oul the thick quality 'zine we pride ourselves on. Any printers out there looking for work..? give me a call. Well, we had a lot of response to the local crossword puzzle contest —"Mine's Fucking Right"— and our 3 lucky winners are: Garry Pendygrasse of Vancouver, Mike Chang of Vancouver, and Belly Purrey of Seattle, WA. All will be receiving their goodies in the mail very soon and Belly Purrey should be additionally surprised as she is the recipient of the Mofo prize! Thanks lo everybody that look the time lo enter and congratulations lo our winners. Keep an eye oul for more contests in Discorder'.? fu- Just a reminder that Discorder is still sticking lo its guns with our editorial move lo not publish the noun describing the sound bellowingfrom Seattle righl now— it has forthwith been replaced by the word "cheetah"— or lo publish the name of the band from Aberdeen which became so famous off of it. Don't like il? Lump it. And yel one lasl note: July will be our ALL-LOCAL ISSUE, featuring interviews and articles wilh and aboul local-area talent. We will be including our first-ever Local Music Directory with listings of contacts, addresses, and phone numbers of the people involved in making our music scene happen. DON'T BE OVERLOOKED!.'! The only way you can insure that your band, business, or service will be included is for you to fill out the form on this page and mail or fax it to us before June 15. This is an excellent opportunity lo open up and de-mystify the business side of local music, and lo let people know whoyouareandwhere you can be found. Ed.™ LOLLAPALOSERS Dearest Airhead, Let me start off by saying that I'm .IF moSTmer/MHAD Ith? ci-uncte OF B&nrr* oR Mfc*S. — TMAT 06l_V Bl*l D- ..... 1NOOM EMGUSH 8Ay*_fO f^tttCS A ■_*p_*Tt**«£_. t__2__i' - howtgot -*1 |oPH£R_r. MA** X aavtta \Seen Ipissep*. [uhms TWSHoeresrl. ^ J(S). 2. points r wrfftT HAPPEAJS YOU EAT AN AFTER- 1TICHT ggF-Rg %- , UHflfS fcuTM THE Gov «*t© IHAMD- OOT R6W_.I©0.*> COKHt** jAP-terry Mice« UHO Gfrne. itwr, »_,_, once. THe co.m<_s i WHAT MP CttC* AjJOCXNW \F r«oST U*-vn_rM HAp rue cho\c6 of rue &&ASr OR. TH« 8M>uD PR\NC*T H*ETO|_U£D vn-to who wout-O [BEAST/ b______ -■ UttATftK6-R-f t*W5 , op PISCO PHVSICS? E_F\g£_[-5__© LOCAL MUSIC DIRECTORY PLEASE FILL OUT THIS FORM LEGIBLY AND RETURN IT TO US BEFORE JUNE 15 You ara a- (check one, pt«M«) band/musician __MM_ar atudlo othar (phm •Uborat- NAME DESCRIPTION (15 words or less).. ADDRESS.. into recycling as much as the next guy, except in one case, and lhat is the dreaded recycling of concert reviews. This was obviously the case wilh your review of the Violent Femmes April 7 show at the Commodore Ballroom. In Grant Lawrence's review he tells the jaded talc of the mealheaded beer can thrower, and how the band left the stage only lo return some fifteen minutes later to resume ihc fun and games for the happy-go-lucky FANS!?Il'sadamn good thing 1 didn't shell out the S27 for ihis show I because il sounds frighl- eningly similar to ihe Femmes show lhal I saw back on August 29! Same first beer can, same second beer can (even ihe brand of the beer can was ihe same!), they even had the same guy jumping up on stage letting ihe crowd to not "chuck shit on the band, it's not cool." Coincidence? I think not. So whai's ihe scoop people? Did you jusl simply fuck up? Are fuck up? Perhaps ihrough the vaults for previous reviews? Please let us, your trusting readers, know. D. Clay North Vancouver What a preposterous thought. I'll bet you haven'i nol iced thai the Violent Femmes have released their first album4 seperate times over the past 9 years either. QSruflPounrrt-rieps© PHONE/FAX.. ■ OK, ae mow yoa mall (Ms to w • #23M13_ SW Blvd- Van *,B.C.,veTm-rfaxlttou»_t(e04)8__-m7_*o*tt?0oo-* i BW rtO(?NiK»G AFTTEtf M^rrtUtfj&AKj MAS L&T .?_?J_/_?R.K M'S IP™ U/ot"-° MAKE HIS W*Y the frenzy of shows that UP THE. HALL.A^-KOSS THE UVthJC/ fcoOM AND have been blowing ihrew OVER TO TM£ FflUlT OISH QMtf TO B£ SCOU_€0 so you resorted to digging JUNE0 ^^_ I rom Aosta, lucked away in ^^V the northern Italian Alps, Uf^ emerges Kina. Since their beginnings, in the early *W '80s, they have been an integral and active contributor to the independent anarcho- hardcore circle in that country, joined in the later years by such groups as Panico, Wretched and Infezione. Kina bassistAocalist .Gianpiero Capra responds to our questions. to play and take your money. We produce our records ourselves and have always done them ourselves. We produce our own music lo be free to do what we want to do: the songs as we want, sleeve notes that we want, to design covers as we want, lo write what we wanl. You can only have this freedom when it's you producing your records. You can sell them al the price you want, where you want. HISTORY Aosia is a very small city of 30,000 people, 20 km from Switzerland and 30 km from France. No scene exists here...not when we started, not now, and I think (laughs) not ever. We were very lucky to have made many contacts in Turin, which was picking up when we were beginning in 1981, with the first hardcore groups. We had the opportunity of assisting in the creation of that scene: we organized the first shows...the first self produced shows. We weren't blessed with a scene; everything was generated from within... by our willingness to escape from this void that exists in our city. Aosta resembles the economy of Switzerland more than that of Italy. In Aosia it's impossible to be unemployed, everyone's got work and are well paid. For lhat reason, what we do has always been difficult to understand for an Aostano. THE ITALIAN INDEPENDENT SCENE There are many interesting things that are happening and our philosophies allow us the opportunity to come inlo contact wilh many people who think exactly like us...which is good. In reality, hardcore no longer represents a means of doing things differently. An alternative scene, a true alternative scene in hardcore, no longer exists. There are interesting things but, in general, the hardcore scene is truly stupid. Lots of groups with nothing to say. They're just there This choice that we made years ago is very burdensome, but I wouldn't do it differently. I prefer making music this way and I want it to remain my way of making music. It gives me a lol of satisfaction. It's tiring, very tiring, but I like it this way and I'm proud of the records. PUBLIC APATHY Italy, in general, has changed very much. People aren't very involved in politics. I can't understand it. There's much delusion...much un- happiness. Many people who thought they could change the world, after some time, realized the world changed them. NORTH AND SOUTH CONFLICTS There are many problems between north and south...not so much between industrial and rural zones. We have a hard time understanding it ourselves, so for a foreigner it's impossible to understand what happens here. I can only say that this north-south situation finds ils roots in the pages of history. The north has always been tied to continental Europe. The.Lom- bardy region—Milan, Venice— were under Austrian rule while Turin and Aosta were under France. The south has always been influenced by the Arab world more so than the Latin culture of Rome. And they've always been someone's colony: the Spanish, the French, the English.They'vealways been ripped off by someone. Italy has only been united for the past hundred years, which is a very short time. Every region has their dialect. For me, something that may seem important may, for someone in Sicily, have no value and vice-versa. It's truly difficult to communicate. Plus, there exists this enormous problem—the mafia. The mafia has come to control the economies and the politics of three regions: Sicily, Calabria and Campagna. There exists no possibility to control their activities because the mafia is part of the political system. The mafia controls the police...controls everything slate-owned. The money they raise is being invested in the north and the mafia is beginning to penetrate into the economy ofthe north. The mafia is a big problem and is destroying everything that is healthy in southern Italy...completely ruining the minds and lives of millions of people. THE KUWAITI CRISIS I think Italians are becoming more ignorant, as people are allowing themselves to be controlled by the newspapers and by TV. They allow themselves to be controlled and manipulated by the mass media. Clearly, the Italian government was in favor of entering the war. There were a few voices of opposition, a daily and a weekly newspaper, but they were very isolated and criticized by the rest ofthe Italian press who saw the war as if ii was a game of soccer. For me, il was a very sad time. I would never have thought to have lived in an Italy that went to war against a nation that we sold arms to, where Italy constructed roads, where we had commercial Irade sel up six months earlier. This was disgraceful. We, Italians were bombed by the Americans between '43 and '45, we know what it means to be destroyed...to have people killed under iheir collapsing houses because of an idiot...a tyrannical murderer. We had Mussolini, the Iraqis had Saddam. The Iraqis foughl very hard against Saddam. They were massacred in a month of hellfire and then massacred by ihe fascist troops of Saddam. We in the western world bear the blame for the millions of dead in Iraq. I don't know when we' II be able to turn the page on those six weeks. We paid, we sold, arms to a murderer, plus we destroyed a population. Perhaps in the history of humanity, it's one of the most horrible things we have seen. THE ENVIRONMENT As a group we don't do anything. On a personal level, I'm a physiotherapist. I work on illnesses that prohibit movemenl,and in this environment I do my share. I work with natural therapies: homeopathic and herbal medicines. I try lo explain to people that chemical medicines are useless and that there are natural medicines that are much more u sefu I and in respect of We can truly live in health without having to consume synthetic and preserved foods and without, using chemicals derived from petroleum or dead minerals. This is the manner in which I contribute, plus I tw to use my mountainbike as much as I can and driveas little as possible. It'snot much, bul in my power, it's whal I can do. Kina's records are available ihrough their own label, Blu Bus Records, which also serves as a distributor of many hard-to-find European hardcore releases including Milan's T.V.O.R. Records (Crashbox, Indigesti, Negazione). Write: Blu Bus Records Sergio Milani Avondo 1 11100 Aosta Iuly My Rock 'n' M Weekend With... Dose Pump by Mark Kleiner "N 0 sex please, we're British," quipped Hare in perfect dry Cockney as the tapes began to roll. "Isn't that spesh-al," I volleyed back with my best Church Lady. Thesetting? Fir Street Studio, Vancouver. The event? Dose Pump Recording Session of "I Don' t Wanna Know," a new anthemic ballad slated for inclusion on their forthcoming independent release. Petey Wheatjeans, my liaison to the group had sent word my way that keyboard stylings were needed on the track. Arrangements were made and on one balmy weekend I found myself in the studio surrounded by Vince, Guy, Yoda, Davis and Flare—Dose Pump—as I sat behind my Yamaha Electric Piano. "Alright, Mr. Keys," Vince said, putting ii all on the line, "show us whal you gol." What followed was an impromptu jam of every thing from "Train Kepta Rollin'" to such Sux faves as "Hold On I'm Comin'" and "Walkin' The Dog." The Memphis undertone lo the whole experience was only one of the surprises that a waited me while my weekend as, if you will, "the sixth Pumpster" unfolded. Of course, most of what went on is too racy for publication anywhere, but I'll let all you Discorder faithful in on a few of the tastier tid-bits. All five of the boys made me feel welcome as they led me around the studio digs that had, in the previous months of recording, become their "second home," to quote Vince. Guitarist Davis showed me his 1 to 100 scale replica of the Champ d'Elysees in Paris, France, constructed from the empty Du Maurier packets littering the studio floor. Il turns out he left a ladylove behind there on a whirlwind visit years before, a heart-mark that never completely healed. "She must have been pretty special," I offered. Vince indulged me in conversation about famed Cuban pianist Dusty Parrington and oriental rugs (you make the connection! ), whi le Flare had a bevy of hilarious White Spot horror stories thatkept meholdingmyside,andstomach! As we all became better acquainted I got to witness, firsthand, the shenanigans that the rhythm section of Yoda and Guy partake in to keep studio pressures at bay. Once, when Guy reached for his drum sticks he came up with a handful of baguettes. Not one to look the fool, he told me how Yoda always gets into Disneyworld free—because they think he's Goofy! "Goofy who?" I chortled. As the recording progressed, the level of seriousness rose in tandem. Not lo say there was no more fun lo be had; after all, this was still a Dose Pump session. However, itmust be pointed oul that when the time comes to get the job done, these guys are all business. "We're professionals," Yoda succinctly put it when I queried him about this studio efficiency during a break in the action. Afler much rehearsal and more than a few aborted lakes ("not quite" seems to be their perfectionist credo), we had lhat "just right" performance in the can. A call for celebration? Indeed. The cry went up for a coffee round from the nearby Bagel Deli. The normally lackadaisical Guy immediately volunteered to pick up the refreshments and bring them back to the studio. "Alright, Guy," we all roared. "Who's the girl?!" All loo soon it was time to say our good-byes, and the four guys walked me out to the parking lot. Four??? Hey, wail a minute, 1 wondered, where's Davis? J usl then he appeared from out ofthe studio door carrying an enormous macrame hanging, a gift from Dose Pump to me. I smiled fondly as I read its embroidered message: "I went to a Dose Pump recording and all I got was this stupid wall hanging!" Yeah, guys, and a whole lot of H here's no real reason to give a shit about a band thai has only released two seven inch singles in their brief history, righl? Wrong. Especially when those singles have been Zipgun's "Together Dumb" b/w "Cool in Ihe Cell," and "Ten." Both singles feature fasl-paced, guitar driven rock V roll, man. And both have irreverent qualities that bands like the Smiths or Fugazi could use a giant dose of. "Zipgun," says guitarist Neil Rodgers, "has only been around for ten months." And the two singles the band has done to date have not made Zipgun a household name. The first Zipgun release, "Ten," was a one-sided, packaging nightmare which lent alot of creedence to the idea that a record should not be judged by its cover. Anyways, the thing was given away for free. "That was just a give away," says Mr. Rodgers. "We made 500 of those then gave them away in the club at one of our gigs. And if you ever bought anything mail order from eMpTy Records, you got that single for free." But that just wasn't democratic enough for the Zipgun boys, who don't believe anyone should be de- privedof quality rock 'n' roll. "Then we realized that the kids couldn't get a hold of the record so we left a bunch of them in record stores; and if you were under 21 you could pick them up for free." The second Zipgun offering, "Together Dumb," is a superior effort if only because of it's visual aesthetics. The single features cover art by Joe Newton of Gas Huffer, and also comes wilh a lyric sheet. And that's good because lead singer Robbe (no lasl name given) obviously attended the Kurdt Cobain School of Indecipherable Lyrics. Musically, both "Together Dumb" and its B-sidc, "Cool in the Cell," maintain the standards established by "Ten" Loud, fast, energetic and fun. Neil and his drumming co-Zipgunner "Diamond" GUM BY CHRIS UREN Dan (I made up the "Diamond" part' cause I don 'l know these guys' last names) agree that the 7 inch format has it's drawbacks. "About the best you can expect is to sell 2,000 seven inch singles. You're belter off with something full length. More magazines will review it and a CD or LP is available at more outlets." On the other hand, the band realizes that sheer numbers do not reflect the promotional abilities of the single. "The people that buy seven inches are constantly buying them, and they are usually pretty hip to our kind of music, so that's good," says Neil." We've been lucky because we've gotten alot of good press from the lasl single." Well, luck doesn't have a whole lol to do with it, but that's all irrelevenl now. Zipgun expects lo release a full length CD in July on eMpTy, which has become the home of Seattle's best artists over the last little while according to Zipgun. "Il's pretty hot: Crackerbash, The Meices, Sinister Six, The Gits, Gas Huffer. eMpTy's been great." Which brings us to the last pointZipgun wants to make. They may live in Seattle, and record with Jack Endino ("Who," Neil says, "is not God but is a good, inexpensive producer."), but they are not a Seattle band. "I'm from Denver, Dan's from Portland, and Robbe's from Pheonix." Which leaves tattooed bassist Mark "Mad Dog" Whatchamacallhim as the lone Seaulite in the band. In any event, Zipgun likes to come up here every iwo months. "Usually, the response up here is really cool," assured Neil, after learning the hard way the folly of working a double bill with Dead Surf Kiss. Given the two month scheduling, though, Zipgun should be back in town about the time of their album release. Catch them then, and you'll catch Ihem on the way up. Entrepreneurial V_-OnSpiraCieS byMarkSzabo VI ic Chesnutt sings I cracked little songs aboul people who fall | intheice.heartbreak- scammed by their n scams of independence, and Independence Day. He's done one album, recorded in one day by Michael Stipe "before Vickilledhimself.",n)esedays,itseems unlikely that will happen, if only because Vic doesn't have the time. He is coming to the Cruel Elephant on June 5th, and you should go. This interv iew was done on Tuesday, May 12th, at an hour when decent people are considering where to go for Brunch. So, you're coming here June 5th, where are you now? I'm in Albuquerque, at a Motel 6. Howmany pcopledoyou travel with? Just two. It's kind of our holidays. We're going up to Las Vegas next, not for a show but just to go. Doyou gamble? Will you gamble? Well, I'll probably put some money in a slot machine, or if I feel like it I might play Blackjack, or Rouletie. So where am I playing up there? The last time there I was opening for Bob Mould at the Town Pump and the manager there was one of the nicest guys. This time you're at the Cruel Elephant. That wins the prize for club names. Do you work when you're not touring? No, I just play music. Mostly, I starve. Whal is everybody into up there? Well, the latest thing everybody's listening to is the new Pavement. Have you heard it? I heard one song on the radio and 11 iked il but I don't really remember it now. The cover is really great though. The cover is a total Fall steal! So was the last one.Themusic, which is great, sounds a lot like the Fall too. What do you think of Superchunk up there? I don't know, people think they're okay. There's a big hype for them all of a sudden. We were just in North Carolina [home lo Superchunk. Ed'*1} and ihey jusl love them down there, and they're so ordi- 1 saw them last year and thought that "Slack Motherfucker" was a great song, but nothing else has ever grabbed my attention. I was talking to this girl the other night and she was like,'Oh, they're so great, they're from around here." I said that their whole thing had been done before and she said, "I'm eighteen, and I've never seen it be- Supcrchunk: Inventors of Rock. It's as dead cows, and legs So your new record is coming out in the fall? Yeah, thereabouts. Actually, I'vegottwo records in the can. You know it lakes a long time to get ihem Arc they just you and a guitar again? Well, there are a few songs lhal are like lhat, then on some there's a little rock VIC CHESNUTT ~2 little honky-tonk piano. I'm doing a song on this REM tribute album where I was using a sampler, sampling all these different REM songs and putting ihem into "It's The End of The World As We Know It." if someone decided that they could be really big and set out to achieve that goal. I'd believe that, I'm conspiracy There are entrepreneurial conspiracies as well as political ones. All I know is I'm not part of one. You j ust have to swallow some goldfish or something. Hey, I just got a tattoo, it's Ignatz. From Krazy Kat? Yeah, the guy who did it had never done a tattoo before—well, nol on someone olher than himself. He was • working al ihis diner we were eating at, and I felt like getting one, so.... That's great! Did he put it on the bill: hamburger, Pepsi, tattoo? At the Town Punp there is now a tattoo parlour set up in the bar. But they're not real tattoos, the sign says, "Tattoos: Looks real, frighten your mom." Have you heard the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy? They arejust great. I've been listening to the tape a lot, and the last song is just the best. They came up about two weeks ago but I didn't go. Are you listening to a lot of rap on the road? Yeah, the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, the Beastie Boys.... I just heard the new Beastie Boys last night. I'm not sure about it yel. I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt for the sake of />au/'iBo«/i<7««,butitjustisn'tso rapid- fire. Yeah, Paul's Boutique was great 'cause there was stuff coming at you all the time. This one is more of a funky groove thang. When we were driving ihrough Arkansas we were listening lo thai album and got sluck behind this truck full of dead cattle, for miles. That's my impression of the album: the smell of I've heard that you've done "Wichita Lineman" with Bob Mould. Yeeeah, we learned thai one awhile back. I can't wait for Bob's new album, it's going to be great. He's got a new band. The drummer's got these Popeye arms; they 're huge. Have you got any of the SOL (Bob Mould's Singles Only Label) sin- Just the Shams one and the Daniel Johnston/Yo La Tengoone. Yeah, lhal one's greal, I love Daniel Johnston. I've gol a single coming oul on SOL soon. Who am I playing wilh in Vancouver? The Toiling Midgets, a San Francisco band who have a single out on Matador, with Mark Eitzel from American Music Club singing in this totally ovcr- thc-top deep voice over a wall 'o' guitars. It's amazing. Also, Itch who have an album out on Nettwerk. Will you be touring from now until then? And for a couple of weeks after that. I'm playing with Jim Carroll in Seattle and I'm really worried aboul il because he'll be doing this intense spoken word thing. And I have to open for all lhat intensity. Are you normally playing the basic rock clubs? Yeah, prelty much. It's strange because in one town it will be a good crowd and in the next there'll be two people there. When that happens I tend lo gel drunk and be really obnoxious. Here in Albuquerque lastnighl 1 was awful, and somebody slill came up and said, "Thai was really good.man. Ineverseen someone play like that here." And those are the people that didn't come to see you. Well, when you play here, I'll buy you a beer. THE ORIGINAL LADIES AND MENS FOOTWEAR DIRECT FROIME ENGLAND with BOUNCING SOLES for EXTRA COMFORT available at the __>x». 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Chose a band I've been dying to see for six years, Three O'Clock Train, plus Jerry Jerry, The Ludwigs and Grames Bros, at the Railway. Missed the 'Wigs and Grames Bros, but Mack MacKenzie & Three O'Clock Train were great, whipping out all of my fave songs except "Hold Me Tight." Jerry Jerry was al so marvy, cranking the jammed house into a frenzy. Whoop, whoop! FRIDAY, MAY 1 5:30-3:00 Went lo the Opening Gala Reception, which, unfortunately was not as sleazy as I had hoped. Lots of name dropping, though. Here's ihe slats: Bryan Adams — 64 mentions. Tom Cochrane — 47 mentions. How greal FACTOR program is — 26 mentions. How FACTOR program is bankrolling formula rock has-beens, instead of supporting vibranl new riots, had a moment of silence for 'Too Loud' Macleod (I'm not a fan, but he died of a horrible disease which I would only wish on certain politicians. RIP.), and one speaker raised a good point aboul how we shouldn't wrap ourselves in Canadianess when trying to break oulside of the country. A native dance troupe performed, then blessed the event, after a sobering statement about their situation and once they gol the honchos who were jawing in the back to shut the fuck up during the blessing. A video by Perrin Beany effectively put the crowd into sedation, and once they recovered, the gladhanding began. Careful nol to gel schmooze on my clothes, I watched a kicking acoustic blues quarlel from Portland by the name of Back Porch Blues, who were shamefully ignored by most of the crowd. I came, I saw, I left 8:30-1:30 Time to put my media whore wristband to use. With access to most of Ihe clubs in lown for free, the world was my proverbial oysler! Hence, I slid over to The Groove '92 hiphop showcase with a friend who had to work all weekend for her band of green (poor sap). The TMD posse (from Alberta, no less) was pumping the crowd okay, bul the sound in the warehouse was pretly poor. Left afler TMD 'cause we had many things to see; onward to the Elephant to catch the much hyped Itch. Man, a cool power-pop trio, ended their set as we got there and, as usual, the joint was too damn hoi, and I started thinking, "Gee, my wristband sure is getting mighty uncomfortable." Itch came on, and their thrash piano gimmick wore thin after the third song. They were tight, but Ihey sucked as well. Portland's Hitting Birth came next with their psychedelic industrial-type weirdness blitz. They are cool although they seemed cramped on that tiny Elephant stage. I wanted to see more of 'em but had to blast over to the Pump to check out Halifax wunderkinds (yet another hack writer cliche!) Sloan. I arrived in a nick o' time as the Next Canadian Big Thing hit the stage. I looked around and the place was filthy with major record label A&R guys. In an instant I wished I could get mace up here because with about three wide sprays I could have taken out ihe lot. They were standing stock still; some had rivuleis of drool running down their jaws, some had this glazed look on their eyes, and some were wringing their hands feverishly as they thought about how much money they xploitin^ enexlN- eft the stage people finally had dance and the atmosphere switched from an audition lo a fun-lype ihing. Sloan ruled! The best ihir maritimes, ever. Afterwai pals Memory Day zipped home to slumber. SATURDAY, MAY 1:00-2:30 True lo form, slept in stuff. But hey, I made it nar entitled "Post Punk Apocalypse: Surviving that N-band's Success," which featured various pundits and label-mongers like Greg Werkman (Alt. Tentacles), Dan House (C/Z), Eliot Lefko (MCA concerts), Rob Wright (some Victoria band, resplendent in his priesl suit), Michelle Vlasimsky (apleasanl surprise, Space Baby Prod.), et al. First off, our own Nardwaur broke the ice by commencing a rant about Perryscope, Pearl Jam, and ihe stale of all-ages shows in this town. Once his frothing stopped, the lopic moved on to (mostly) whether or not, once the Seattle thing turns turtle, indie artisls will have a hope in hell of getting major label attention. Good points were brought up: "Indie bands have lo get their business side straight from the slart"(James MacLean, promoter); "Naive groups will gel sucked in by the majors before they develop fully" (Vlasimsky); "Indie labels have their bad people loo; check oul ihe label before you sign" (pretly much everybody). There was a lot of slagging a certain indie label with two, three- letter names that is developing a reputation for not paying their artists, (allegedly, of course), and the consensus was that indies make a lot more money for their artists than majors do. There will also be a Lollapalooza parody with different acts over the tour, and a rumour that best band in the world, Negativland, will appear at all shows (cool!). The stais: The N-band — 73 mentions. Sloan — 42 mentions. Paw and that Newsweek article on alt. music — 21 mentions. Best definition of "alternative" ever, so put it to rest. Here be the benchmark to judge what is not I went to the Pump and saw Short Leash, a stylish band lhat seemed real cool. I don't know what to call their music but poppers, thrashers, and metallers all seemed lo like it. Laurel Card(ex-Bolero Lava), vocalist supreme, sure can belt a lunc out! I cruised back to the Commodore which was now packed wilh rabid Byrne fans. Lots of safe-sex tables in the back, which contrasted wilh the bozos lhat were leering at :nlw A'ith— "Alternative is music for music's sake. Commercial Music is music for money. That's it." — Rob Wright, Nomeansno 2:30-4:00 A&R HELL!! Entided "Access to Success" I knew I was in for trouble. The seminar was more annoying lhan my wristband was getting to be, if that's possible. A big difference from I o by bozos who iclong ;ion ofthe problems of bad A&R Lots of talk aboul image, lol of talk aboul tain they were hanging around ihe table to chat up women. We also came to the conclusion that they put my wristband on extra light because I got in the conference free, which explained the purple colour of my hand. The people I was wilh started a pool on how long I would lasl before I chewed the damn thing off! This is a true test of how much I would go through to see shows for free. Byrne was sensational. He did about seven songs solo, mostly from llh-Oh, and did a couple of Heads' songs as well. Out came the mam bo band, featuring a 4-piece horn < percussioni Broke down, got one and gulped it down in a swallow. Don't ihe organizers of this fest realize lhat while the music business doesn't run on cocaine (for anyone under 35, anyway) anymore, il runs on coffee, lhat's for First session was on do-it-yourself manufacturing; very technical and under-attended. I' 11 spare you Ihe tech talk but the gist is these duping and pressing plants have people there thai know more about making ihe damn things than most of you ever will, so gel their advice before you buy. You know the Petro-Can ad where the rock band pulls into the station, has no bread, but one dude pulls out a credit card? That guy was at the conference. Just thought I'd share that with you. I didn'l have time to see if he had one of ihose cards, though. The indie distribution seminar was too damn full, so I opted lo goto the "A&R: Day in the Life." I must be a sucker for punishment, after yesterday's A&R thing. Blah, blah, for the most part. Some good :rlct BEST SEMINAR: "Majors: Do We Need Them?" Dave Allen (World Domination) and Matt Callahan (Looters, director of Kommotion) stood oul in their slagging of majors. Allen, Callahan, Shari Ulrich, Brad Merrill (54-40), Graham Henderson (attorney) and Jerry Raney (Beat Farmers) gave their horror stories of the majors; there were very few positive results with Ihe majors except for Henderson's Cowboy Junkies' story and the Loreena McKennitt story. Allen and Callahan lambasted the majors, especially A&R people: "A&R people don't have an ounce of talent" — Allen; "A&R people don't know music anymore, they're salesmen" — Callahan. A lol of artisls lose oul when companies get sold and key people are sacked (e.g., Nine Inch Nails is currently stuck with faux alternative label Inlerscope due to this). Many other worthwhile things were said, t :gonnamake seminar: it came offas a lecture on how lion, a percussionist, two points though; never, never, ever let iglhisyoung. to get your lape listened to by bozos who keyboardists.abassplayeranddrum- ihese people in ihe slud.o; don t rush BEST STORY OF THE CO! 4-band.Once haves.oppedlis.eningtorealmusiclong mer.Launchingintoafrenzyofsalsa your work; listen to your stuff often VENTION: Our house ne'er : fW_PirUe^^o,insteB«adiscussicnoflheprot> tinged MsV-MKyrrMkW-i WU obJVveipKfore |_|l these wells, Nardwaur and tHPnii ards, helped do have a I out, and then through thei rjHi 2 make getting into lately, the band cooked. Smiles everywhere, good feelings and shaking booties abounded. Fie JBBJfto do youi lhal much: iak! I still (ick artists! of a hat. Once again, I for lhal mace. 4:00-5:00 Toy show! A workshoponDigitech's Vocalist, a remarkable thing that duplicates harmonies really well. If they had this in the 60's, Young could have gotten rid of Crosby, Stills and Nash, The Mamas & the Papas would have been The Mama, and ihe olher Everly brother would be running an DINNER Try this. Take some pasta, preferably linguine. Cook it al dente, set it aside. For each person you're feeding, use the following: 1 clove garlic (fat) 3 marinated artichoke hearts 2 slices sun-dried tomatoes Chop this and fry il up with ihe pasla, parmesan cheese, and butler. It is totally sinful. 8:30-3:00 Gol my media guy perk— a ticket to see Dave Byrne! I had time to kill, so The show finished early so I high-tailed il back to ihe Pump for the Beat Farmers. Natch, il was sold out, so I moved over to 86th St. for SASS! There wasn'tmuch else to do, so why not? I gol there just in lime to laugh at all ofthe melal people there before Sass Jordan came on. She was definitely on tonight, howling her gospel-influenced pipes over a standard formula rock-thing. I decided to do the whole rock-thing, so I drank more beer and bought some acid from this sap who was in bad shape. Rumour had il that Jon Bon Jovi was there; I wish I coulda got close enough to drop the aforementioned acid into his drink and watch him twitch, bul no such luck. After Sass I walked over to the Mayhem rave; it was kinda lame. I put on belter raves two years ago, facrissakes. No liquor either, dammit. Once again, rumours abounded about JBJ being there, but no chance to dose him (foiled again!). SUNDAY MAY 3 10:30-2:30 I can't believe there is no coffee within miles of ihis conference!!! Closest I came was the thimble-sized cups Cafe Boom served up for .75g(!). guys (who are overwhelmingly white and male, by the way) gel their mills on it; play live often. The lasl point makes mosl sense because: 1) You won't make any money wilh a major, so you gotta tour; 2) The fans you gel from live shows make up for the lack of promotion these bozos will give your record (especially if you're Canadian and non-mainstream) before they drop you from the label; 3) Most of these guys have pretty healthy drinking problems, so you have more of a chance getting them to your bar show lhan listening lo your demo. I ihen went lo a chat wilh Alternative Tentacles. Basic points made — majors suck up your royal- lies, spending them on bad videos you have noconlrol over and cost too much, and olher things like flying (US) college music directors to your show, etc. — some record labels (wilh two, three-letter names) do this as well, not paying their artists as a — you should follow up the stores where you are playing and make sure ihey have your stuff in the stores before the show. — you won't make any money playing the Stales bul you'll win friends and influence people. — did I mention lhal a certain record label, whose 6 letters fall in between R and U in the alphabet, hasn't been paying their artists? lksllhing.if you call All. Tent, they will let you know where the besl plants are for pressing, contacts, clc, for free! do ies, pulled the wool over the powers- ihat-be by submitting an old N-band recording as their own in a demo- critiquing session. Apparently, the panel jusl freaked out, offering everything from new cars lo wheelbarrows of cash lo ihem before Nardwuar spilled the beans. BEST RUMOUR: Thai Sloan signed lo Geffen for a slupid amount of money and were makin '_that jour- I went io the toy show-supreme, Westex, afler. Lois of new stuff bul the two standout exhibits were Timeless Instruments, a Tugaske, Sask. lulhiers' school whose work is magnificent, especially in the mandolin and acouslic guitar vein, and this mammolh studio going up in Kelowna, which'U be a killer when it I gol totally fed up wilh this wrilslband, ripped il off in a fit, and began to realize whal a fucking leg- hold trap must be like. Then took off to find a cup o' mud large enough lo drown a sheep. That was il for me for this conference. It did suffer a bit from the LA riols but, overall, there was a good representation of independent music and a definite feeling lhal major record labels are fast becoming dinosaurs, as independent music becomes the best way for musicians to achieve staying power. The whole shebang was twice as good as last year's, and if they can solve thai coffee problem, nexi year's will be an even better fest. JUNE0 . _ had always been admirers of Teenage W Fanclub. For quite a while seeking out their singles and albums was quite a chore because they were somewhat scarce. Bui suddenly that all changed. There was a distinct time when it seemed lhat Teenage Fanclub were transformed from being just a band into a band that mattered, at least in the eyes of the music press. With the release of their major label debut, Bandwagonesque, it almost seemed Uke they were the sacrificial lamb for anyone that would come after them. Spin declared Bandwagonesque the album of the yz&r&nA Rolling Stone gave it one and a half stars, but neither seemed to listen to the songs within. Any band should enjoy getting written about but in both cases Teenage Fanclub were only the standard bearer for the marketing term called alternative rock. For us Bandwagonesque is not a statement. There are 11 cool songs contained on this album and they were created by four individuals with enough musical sensibility to know whats good and bad. This is what happened when we shared some fudge with Brendan (drummer) and Norman Blake on an Easter Sunday afternoon. Discorder: First of all, I'm going to ask you about Don Fleming. Did you enjoy working with him on the albums? Brendan: Well, we didn' t work with him on the first album, in fact we started working with Don after meeting him at the New Music Seminar, two years ago in August. We had a mutual friend, a guy called Dave Barker, who knew Don from when he had played for Ball. The first album we did ourselves. Norman: We had met on social networks and got on quite well wilh him. So, this scheme was hatched lhal we would record some songs and make a racket. We were in the studio and we recorded eight songs plus a version ofthe "Ballad of John and Yoko." We put it out on a single; it was just a racket. So we did that with Don and then we took Gumball on tour with us in Britain. It was fantastic, they are really good guys. He's going to do our next one as well. Is the next album going to be in a different direction? Norman: We'll see what happens. On our last record we worked much more on the vocals, that was jusl Don's idea. Before we made that record he'd just finished the Gumball project so he wanted to do a more pop-oriented album. Its more fun, and more of a challenge to him. It was more of a challenge for us Well what about the legendary Don Fleming method of recording the songs and learning how to play them in the van on the way to the show? Is that just a tall tale? Norman: That's completely true, for Ball anyway. That's all they did. On those B.A.L.L. albums they are just jamming, and then they would sing something over top of 'em. It really works! I mean, that's how we did our B-side of the 12" single "God Knows It's True" on the track "Ghetloblaster." OK, I know you hate talking about Big Star, but I'm going to ask you about this concept. There arc bands that come along that arc revered by critics, for example the Velvet Underground around 1983 had everyone talking about how great they were, and i its Big Star. Well, I have this theory that the next band will be Television. What do you think? Norman: Honestly, 1 think that's just the way that critics really work. It's just a crazy thing, people like to have impressions of groups and they like to have been into something lhat nobody else is inlo. Brendan: The bizarre thing aboul it is lhat they pick on groups for sound ing retro, and then in the same phrase they talk about how great Big Slar or the VU are, which is them being retro themselves. Norman: When the Velvet Underground were happening, the greats of rock were the big thing, like Yes and Genesis, and the Velvets just wanted to be a rock and roll band. Well, you are sort of like that too because dance music is now happening. Norman: Maybe, anyway lots of people revered the Velvet Underground but they were basically a rock and roll band bashing away at the bass and guitars. And only now are people making a big thing out of them, they're just a band. I think that's all they ever thought they were even though they were relatively unsuccessful and doing rock and roll differently. Big Star were the same, they listened to the Beatles and the Kinks but they didn't emulate them. They are not the Beatles and the Kinks they are fucking Big Star. Their records were different, Hike those records. We got a real slag in the British press about emulating them but we like those Its funny because Spin gave you record of the year, and at the same time you got only one and a half stars from Rolling Stone. I know it doesn 't really mean much but it's somewhat ironic. Norman: Its actually good in a way, it makes the record a lot cooler. Brendan: The album wasn 't even out when Spin reviewed it, il's just them trying lo make a statement. It means as much as the Rolling Stone thing. Norman: We thought it was funny and because of it we have gotten a lot belter reaction. It's cool because Jody Stephens [Big Star drummer] got in touch with our manager to thank us because Big Star have never sold as many records in Britain as they are now. Don't you guys have a single coming out on K records? Norman: Yeah, next month, a version of "Free Again" an Alex Chilton song, and on the other side "Bad Seeds" a Beat Happening song. We like Beat Happening a lot, they're a reaUy greal group. So what's your relationship like with the British press? Do they love you or do they hate you? Norman: It's sort of a mutual business relation- Brendan: They'll put us in the papers if it sells papers. It's bizarre, all over the worid people read the British music press but reaUy it is not very well Norman: It's totally corrupt I mean we did a front cover a while back and it was basically bought by our UK label, Creation Records. Brendan: It was bought for practically the price of a full page ad and ii was ihe front cover. Docs that happen on a lot of different levels? Norman: Almost every front cover is like that. The record companies pay for it...I guess it actually is advertising: a way for bands and writers to make a name for themselves. Do you think it's good to manipulate that? Norman: Everyone does: the band, the producers, the record companies. Its a real industry and it happens at all levels. We were on Saturday Nig hi Live not because we are a good band but because Geffen is friends with the producer. Brendan: Also, people in thepress say "if you do this small article on this band, we will give you an interview with ihis group." That's what happens, it's a business. Record companies don't think aboul music, they think about Norman: Yel, we are somewhat distanced from it all; in Glasgow we are 5,000 miles away from our label. We don't live in London where the music business scene is so they can't really hassle us. We just sort of parted company with our manager because he had a different vision of us as a band within the industry. He saw us becoming really big overnight...superstars. We couldn't realistically see ourselves doing that. We just wanted to make our record and keep things at a fairly controllable level. Well, you are. I mean, you managed to put out this record and someone will want to put out your next record, so if that's how you by Nicholas Bragg Norman: That's it exactly. Does the indie scene operate differently in the UK? Brendan: It's different because England is smaller, and you can actually be on an independent and survive. Your records can be distributed quickly, and be available all over the country. Norman: Plus, there's a lot of labels over there: Paperhouse, Seminal Twang, Creation, 4AD... What about at the band level, American bands versus UK bands? You always hear about British bands being fascinated with American culture and, likewise, American bands fascinated with playing in England. Brendan: Bands are bands really. Norman: It's just rock and roll really. The Beatles and the Stones. Well, we find that here in Vancouver, British bands really do well. There's a fascination for them. Brendan: Yeah, and I watched that music channel of yours, Much Music?... and there are people who are massive here, who I've never heard of before in my life. That's the way it is here, it's sort of set up to foster our own talent. It's unusual though because itsort of stigmatizes the bands. One final question though, is being in a rock and roll band the best thing in the world? Norman: Of course. Brendan: It's one of the best jobs in the world. But is it just a job now? Norman: It's always been a job but now we get paid for it j Well ifyou weren't in a rock and roll band what would you do? and Michael Leduc the cruel elephant the only alternative nightclub Back to life...in with the new! yet another darn cool month of cool rocknroll but enough of this rock crap, lefsboogie... tues june 2 CHEAPDISCONOCOVER'70'S and back to rock on wed 3 these girls rock! SHE w/ long beach californian surf punk rastas SUBLIME w/ COILER OF THE GODS (a tribute to led zeppelin by some of Vancouver's most imprtant musicians, spanning the years ofthe "zep"-show at 10 !-full production special effects-weehaa!)thurs. june 4 sub pop recording artists from florida REIN SANCTION w/ detroits FOR CHRIST'S SAKE w/ CAUSTIC THOUGHT and now for something completely different fri. june 5 one of this town's most original new(ish) bands on a rollercoaster of a show: nettwerk/scratch recording artists ITCH w/ matador recording legends( 13th year!) TOILING MIDGETS w/ that guy from texas that opened for bob mould, texas hotel recording artist VIC CHESNUTT sat. june 6 ever want to feel the music ofthe bayou. but don't have the time but do have the acid, dig this: mint recording artists WINDWALKER w/ flipside recording artists from long beach, ca: THE PAPER TULIPS w/ san fran s OVARIAN TROLLEY and no we're not stopping the unstoppable: tues 9 CHEAPDISCONOCOVER70'S wed 10 one of victoria's great new bands, damn it. they're funking good: SPIRAL JETTY w/ ELECTRIC EYE w/ THIEVES OF SILENCE thurs 11 the humble cruel elephant will be broadcast all across the largest country in the world when CJSF does a live radio recording of ALICE UNDERGROUND w/ CHROME DOG w/ SLUDGE fri 12 cool show of the month award goes to: amphetamine reptile recording artists from new york SURGERY w/ sub pop recording artists KREVISS w/ ELVIS LOVE CHILD (ok. we give several of those awards out every month, but you get the idea) sat 13 if you like rockinpsychobillykindashow you'll really dig this: CHRIS HOUSTON AND HIS EVIL TWANG w/ Spokane's amazing 10- piece BLACK HAPPY tues 16 disco 'till you drop CHEAPDISCONOCOVER70S wed 17 power pop night!!! THE SWEATERS w/way out recording artists from victoria THE SHOW BUSINESS GIANTS w/ victoria's VINAIGRETTES now you're thinking what more could there possibly be in this world full of rock-type music? well, thurs 18 AGENT ORANGE w/ SONIC BRAIN JAM w/ NOISE FLOOR need we say more? hell yeah- this time no border hassle, it will come to be on fri 19 Portland's danceparty machine SWEATY NIPPLES w/ SINNER'S SQUAD sat 20 cargo/ headhunter label recording artists the excellent, not to be missed HEDGEHOG w/ nettwerk recording artists from chilliwack. shindig winners MYSTERY MACHINE tues 23 CHEAPDISCONOCOVER'70'S wed 24 roots rockabilly with a serious edge HAROLD NIX helped out by JOHN CARD and ZIGGY SIGMUND w/ guests thurs 25 local rock show! BIG TALL GARDEN w/ victorias GRUMP w/ DROP DOLLS fri 26 all the way from Seattle a funkinkiller band THE HUNGRY CROCODILES w/ JOHN THE BAPTIST sat 27 heavy heavy rock, suprise. it's POISON IDEA! w/ a&m recording artists RANDOM KILLING and to top off a great month, a last in the SUNDAY SERVICES: a band that makes me salivate with anticipation; ex-rapeman/scratch acid from Chicago THE JESUS LIZARD w/guests. well, that's all for this month., .it's going to be a hot one and we have the air conditioning fixed and a wack o'cool bands lined up for july including the NCRC week of shows (july 8-11) and how about a hand to the only band from BC to be accepted to the most important music festival in north america, new york's new music festival has TANKHOG to deal with, we wish them luck, and we love you. TEENAG^OlVfANCLUB TEENAGE FANCLUB Open Tues.-Sat., 9pm-2am 23 W. CORDOVA Info Line - 688-3331 WEZgjgsWzsiJi BAD CRAHNESS AT THE ESP FAIR JUNE (the Laughing Dragon Flying Academy KEN WILLIAMS (604) 687-3393 - 1831 RODSOH Street. Vancouver. B.C. V_G tE4 Feel fi r^™^~| here are some days that one realizes that the dim and dirty roads of life offer a lot f I "I of room for all sorts of human traffic. However, it is scarier to realize that at least I -L I onceayearhundredsofsocialderelictsandcastaways.whohadlongdefectedfrom |__^_l| the real world, pull over on this road and converge in one place within our own municipality. I did not plan to attend the ESP Fair as an absolute skeptic but I must admit that my suspicions as to the legitimacy of the event were aroused when I saw advertisements in the various local print media for the ESP fair. I would have presumed that real psychics would have "felt" it coming and fortune-tellers and seers of every sort would have converged in this psychic epicenter all on their But, these psychics were apparently not so enlightened. I warned my colleagues who wanted to join me in exploration of this ESP mecca: "1 expect there will be many savage bastards there," cautioning, "even I won't be able to endure the evening and remain rational without being calmed with plenty of methaqualone." Having also explained plans of my psychic safari to Nardwuar, he immediately showed interest and wanted lo take a video- camera along to document out trip. It was Friday, March 13th, so already the planets were aligned in our favour, plus it seemed like a good idea to have a visual record just in case the second coming happened while The evening began with an archetypal "inward journey" taken by myself, Nardwuar and three friends, down a long and tasteless corridor within an equally gaudy pavilion. Long murals hung from the walls around us which stunk of poorly spent tax dollars, all, I imagine, suggested by the architect's alcoholic spouses who were having affairs with the artists while Canada Place was being conveniently built. There's always a reason behind bad government art. The first phenomena occurred when our arduous walk through the blithe hell of Canada Place ended, and an apparent wise-worn an extracted a toll of seven dollars from ourl pockets and bade the guardian at the door to allow us entry into the Psychic Fair. Once inside, my fellow travellers and I marvelled with nausea at the world we had sought to enter: all was mysterious, some was curious, none was free. The fair area itself was quite massive with rows and rows of cubicles where the various clairvoyants, mediums, and palm-readers had set up shop. My expectations of ************************%%**%%*****%%**********%*******%***% Rita Johnson look-alikes adorned in scarfs with thick, Eastern-European accents was not far off. Most of these Gypsies had gone to the expense of putting up cheesy satin or velvet signs behind them saying who they were and what their craft was. The problem now was to decide which of the many hundred dollar avenues was the truest path to the revelation of our futures. There's no such thing as a free lunch and apparently there's no such thing as free salvation. One sign we came across read "Past Life Regression and Aura Fluff: $35." This aura fluff involved no magic wand or symbol laden ritual, like one would Many raise prophets will arise ana lead many astray. Ana because wickedness is multiplied, most mens love will grow cold, out lie who endures to the end will be saved MalLew 24:11 ny A.O. Chapman and Justin Kale! of money disappearing and changing hands that would have made both Harry Blackstone and Tom Vu envious. It was then I began to detect the redolent stink of greed that hung heavy in the air, like cattle defecation in an August heat. These mediums and telepaths had set up their booths and sold their wares in the tradition of snake-oil salesmen with about much dignity as commgooanhandling beggars; levels of mendacity to make Tennessee jJVilhams turn in his grave. Around this time, out of the comer of my eye, I ted a booth where a smirking youth stood behind ,* _ crystal ball and a computer. "Nardwuar," I mo- ) 1^^*^ <n\ tioncd, "look at that smart-alec kid." The kid ■^^a * Af C_^V was no more man '** an<* had his home 4}t. A \j&* vjn\ computer sel up to a crystal ball, and as "^ «*/-» ^^_* i_'\. Nardwuar was checking to see where s were going I pressed the :-alec for further informa- Apparently his compu- ter-cum -Noslredamus owned by his father, who was out for coffee, would read your palm and the computer would tabulate the results on the printer. We demanded a free demonstration and the kid—who already looked afraid of ourpresence—capitulated easily. My colleagues objected to me being the test subject for the computer because sedatives had bent brain and I would definitely invalidate the readings. Nardwuar, therefore, agreed enthusiastically lo be the guinea pig. As he put his hand on the crystal ball it lit up and sure enough, the printer began to chum out a report. While the kid tried to inveigle us with some psychic double-talk, the printer suddenly jammed, the computer snapped, and we cheered loudly from the sidelines as Nardwuar's mind and the computer were locked in some kind of psychic mortal combat; Nardwuar had beat the machine at its own game. The fanfold paper came wildly flying oul of the printer just in time for the father to come back with his coffee and see his paraphernalia in meltdown. After rudely telling us lo get our cameras out of his face-— he seemed to mean it—we decided to leave him, and his disobedient child, alone with the ramshackle computer. As Nardwuar was having his tarot-cards read and his fortune decided, I spotted another booth which was advertising an "Ion Shower", which looked like nothing more than a Water Pik™. No water or ***%***************W*%%****************W*%%****% visible substance came oul of the shower-head when supposedly i, but for $50 if you stood under it you could apparently improve your eyesight, on and relieve stress. The nominal fee went into covering the monthly ion bills expect for 35 beans, but instead the paying cus- chair and have their hair combed. /r/r y bunk was the fact that _—^l____l?'/*V' <oves V1J \i i0V\rt ** *^^_£<fc*S. \ tvoVe ***** ** would sit in an ordinary Even more astounding than this the public was lining up for it. We also came across a full figured witch named J. Lee Hall who drew psychic portraits at $75 a crack that apparently showed past lives. Hall offered her guarantee that the crayons she was doodling with were guided solely by the Holy Trinity, and that to purchase her past-life portraits, wilh or without veneer, was to purchase redemption. In addition to this modem, female equivalent to Chaucer's Pardoner, there were plenty of merchants and hucksters selling ointments, health foods, gemslon es andnew- age books; hundreds of ^ books all, apparently, offering bona fide routes to "a new birth." There were tarot card readers and palm-readers by the dozen but the only amazing discoveries by these mentalists was the vast the charlatan who operated the gimmick had to pay. There was also a pretty wide spectrum of weird science lo be seen. A lecture area off lo the side of the auditorium featured a number of guest speakers with most of these lectures being pretty dry. No spoon-bending parlour tricks, just a host of self-motivation speakers lhat you could see for free on late-night television. However, there were a few exceptions: one man conducted a lecture on "Optimum Health with Steam"; another woman named LaFaye Fouls, SI better To you *JFrom SA. Tsycfiic Courts dor JLSXJSVyE. *mauo ofTrv.tR a self-confessed alien, stepped up lo the podium dressed like a festive kile, and just as my medication was taking effect I was sure she was going to do the Dance of the Seven Veils, bul she instead related her experience of performing Shiatsu on pets. Even the ironic Hare Krishna's were there, who had a rhythmic jam session and didn'l say anything aside from their cryptic chanls. But a person can only endure so much of ihis hot-air and hocus-pocus (al least it was all Nardwuar, our friends and I could lake). We had seen one loo many people wearing pyramids on their heads or ankhs around their necks whilst trying to push us herbal tablets lo improve our auras or the new-age books that changed their lives. Its nothing new for people lo cling to the outskirts of reason when they've been rejected by the middle roads. And its nothing new for people to scrawl fheir own gospels and sell ihem at 10% plus cost, but ihe only G.O.D. of concern to the folks at the ESP fair was the Good Ol' Dollar. 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Two of them are "clean-cut undergraduate types" {thanks, A. Varty) and two of them are earnest young media Tom Maginnis and Chris Colbourn are from the rock band Buffalo Tom, Rory Tait and his photographer pal Joel form the Discorder media entourage. A tape recorder is set up and the waiter arrives. Tom contemplates ordering a clubhouse, but settles on a chicken salad sandwich, whileChris orders acheeseburger with fries and mustard. Rory and Joel, not wanting to be overly imposing on the PolyGram tab, jusl order cokes. Bill Janovitz is conspicuously absent. Cut to hotel room, where loud snores can be heard. A young man is crashed out on the bed. Cul back to lounge, where the interview is about lo begin...) • I |~w I n your first two albums vJM (Self-titled release on SST ' ' with the follow-up Birdbrain on Beggars Banquet) you worked with ...Mascis. What made you decide to change producers for this album? Tom: Well, J. was getting on our nerves, and we got in big fistfights... so we fired him. Nah, we just wanted to do something else. He was busy doing his stuff and Sean [Slade] was the engineer on the other two records; he and Paul are part owners of Fort Apache Studios. A lot of indie bands record there, lots of local bands. Sort of like Reciprocal in Seattle. Tom: Yeah, it's not real slick or anything, it was started by a group of local musicians who wanted to get into recording, and they're into collecting old instruments and amps which are all sitting around... you can just plug stuff in and see what comes out. It's not real expensive, so you don't feel really pressured like in some bigger studios where you feel like you have to get your money's worth. It's really relaxed, and it's close to where we.live. Chris: We recorded the basics for this one at a studio called Dreamland out in Woodstock. It's a really cool old church lhat they took all the pews out of. It's all wood inside... we got some really different sounds out of it. What's J.Mascis really like? Chris: Totally retarded. The last time Dinosaur was here J. did some interviews and he wouldn't answer any questions, he'd just mumble "yes" or "no." Tom: He just doesn't like doing interviews that much. He's just uncomfortable around people he doesn 't know. Once you get to know him, he's just a normal guy. I just wondered how he was in the studio, 'cause it seems to me a producer needs to be able to communicate... Tom: Well, we didn't really want someone who would be taking over or anything... so we felt pretty safe that way, but it's not the other extreme. I think he spent half his time cracking jokes and making fun of us. He's just a normal guy. Let Me Come Over is a lot clearer and in some cases mellower than your previous albums. Have you found you've lost some of your fan base who liked you because you sounded like Dinosaur Jr.? Chris: Yeah, I'm sure. It was definitely a conscious decision to try a different sound because we didn't want to make a third album like the first two. And we don'l repeat the third record either. Most of our favouite bands' records are the first record or two, and we knew that we'd open up to a lot of other people too because it': accessable in the traditional It's a tricky thing, but we have to move on always, no matter what it is... next year it's synthesizers. Tom: Yeah, we got this dance thing I worked out... I won't be actually playing on the next album, it'll be all samples. Chris: And it's polka for '94! Where do you get the inspiration for your lyrics? Tom: Chris writes some of the lyrics, but Bill writes most of them. It's pretty personal stuff but it's not really surface-type stuff; it's not really telling a story or about one experience. It's more impressionistic: a whole bunch of things that are going on in his life, or other people he knows. It can be such a mish-mash, Bill probably couldn't even tell you. If you asked "What's this song about," I don'l think he could say just one thing. Some of it's very stream-of- consciousness. Hopefully it's not so surfacy or preachy, or anything, that you'd get real sick of it... that's what we're trying to avoid. But I'm really just a bystander here trying to figure out how he writes lyrics. Most of the time I don'l even figure out what Bill's singing until we're recording it and I can finally hear the words. Chris: We don't use lyric sheets, and a lot of it is just images and sounds of words. I think Bill and 1 have a similar kind of view on using words for the way they look, the way they sound, and the feeling you get from them, not necessarily a story. The music usually gives you an image, and I usually take it from there. I usually only write the lyrics out the day before we perform the song. But I'm surprised sometimes by how little some people seem lo get oul of our songs. One of the things we've always liked is that the lyrics are open, and they can different things to everybody. Have you been doing a lot of shows in Europe? Chris: Yeah, we've done four or five major tours of Europe, and this is only our second tour of North America. For bands like us Europe is a good place. In a short amount of time we've made a lol of headway with lots of radio play and a lot more people coming to the shows. Have you found that you get odd takes on lyrics or song titles from people whoaren'tfluentin English? It seems that you're usually just judged on your music. Do you think that might change ifyou published the lyrics in your albums? Chris: Bill's not too into that, but I'd be all for that kind of thing. I'd probably be into having a couple of Last show I noticed Chris had little whale stickers on his bass. Is this related to the fact that whaling was a major industry in New England? Chris: Yeah, I can't remember who gave me the whale things, but I did notice that when we played with Miracle Legion their bass man had puffy whales on his bass Tom: Maybe you started something, Chris? Chris: Yeah, I think I've started a little revolution, allhough they've started to fall off, they're an endangered species. It's my little cause, dolphins Are you doing other shows by »v roirv o_o_i with Sebadoh? Chris: Yeah, five shows, west coast. We've played with them before over the years. Chris: Yeah, which I love... it's really interesting. The first year I used to think "Oh no, you're missing the point," but that's okay... their inteipretation is as valid as anyone else's. Whenour record gets sold inJapan.wehavetosubmit our lyrics because they print them in Japanese A friend of mine has translated them back into English and she said it's really weird how they I think language is really: lines here and there. Some people don't investigate it at all unless it's written out for them, but it's a tough debate. Sometimes I think that the guitars are so loud thatno-one's checking out the lyrics, which is a shame. Why do you bend over backwards when you do your vocals? Do you have better diaphragm control? Chris:\ thought we'd got a way from esting. It's not something we take lightly, by any means, but we almost want to push people lo look further and use their imagination. REM records are always a good example... I always got off way more on the early stuff, whereit'sjustimages.andthenittumed into this preachy thing. It was always so much more interesting when it was left open. that... that was lasl year! It depends on our alcohol intake ofthe day, but it does feel good to sing that way Have you ever fallen over? Chris: (mumbles) Maybe a couple of Tom: (laughing) Yeah.maybe... righl. Chris: Maybe if I remembered. Is there a feud between Lou (Barlow, ex-member of Dinosaur Jr. and lead singer/guitarist or Sebadoh) and J.Mascis, and if so, which side are you on? Chris: Yes, and we're on... No, when you work really closely with someone, and obviously both Lou and J. are both really talented individual artists, some tensions can build up. They're different people and being in a van together for a couple of years can sorta wear on you. But I don't think deep down they really hate each other, or disrespect each other, or anything. We've played with both bands and we're friends with both guys. Do you still not use set lists on stage? Chris: Not any more! We're no longer the Grateful Dead of indie rock. It got lo the point where we taking too long on stage to decide what to play next. And when you've got three records, so much lo choose from, you start lo forget stuff. The show goes a little quicker now. What was the longest time you spent on stage trying to decide what to play? Chris: Pretty long... for encores we don't use set lists. We sit up there a good... ten minutes. We're usually so deaf anyway we're saying "What? What? What do you wanna play?" Has Melody Maker's endorsement of Buffalo Tom being "the best band in the world" helped you, or has it just been a big pain in the butt? Chris: Sally Margaret Joy. ..I'll never forget that woman, we owe her. That was a liny thing in a review lhat was kinda jokey anyway. I don't think anyone took it lhal seriously. Joel {Discorder photographer): A friend of mine was buying a ticket at Ticketmaster, and the guy in the booth was looking at the computer and he said "It says here they're the next Nirvana"! Chris: That was on the computer? "Hmm... I think I'U see Buffalo Tom, what are they like?" "They're the next N-Band." "Hmm, okay, I'U lake it!" Oh my god, sad but true. Witfc our year almost done, we've proven that we're not the next N-band, we're the next, uh... Squirrelbait! Squirrelbait? Are they still together? Chris: Nope. And long forgotten by most people. What do you do when you're not doing band stuff? Or are you ever not doing band stuff? Tom: It's getting less and less. Chris: We've been touring for a long time but we have jobs at home, or we used to... and Bill and Tom are getting married! Tom: Not this year. Chris: Oh, right, Tom's next year, BUl's this year. Which means they have lady-friends... but it's pretty normal stuff. We don't practice a lot, we mostly work when we get home. If you could write an article for Sassy, what would it be called and what would you say? Tom: It would be caUed "Cute Bass ist Alert With Chris Colbourn". Chris: Oh really! I can't believe it: You really would? Tom: With a big, fuU-page photo Chris: And they'd still cul me out and put you in. Wouldn't it be "Fash ion Tips"? "A Hundred Ways To Take Care Of Your Hair On Tour'? Tom: Yeah. Hair care. Chris: "A Hundred Ways To Score Big On Tour"? Tom: Wow, I ihink you know a little, bit more about lhat! Chris: Oh, reaUy! How ironic of you to say lhat. Tom: I would write il, bul I'd say "According toChris Colburn, he find.-: the best line is... " Chris: "... would you Uke to meei Tom Maginnis, Really Cuie Drum mer? I can arrange it!" I was going to ask Bill if he h.< a large collection of baseball caps but I sec Chris has one in hi.- Chris: Righl, I've gol my Red Sox one but B ill does ha ve a lol of them, I al w:i\ s lose them. People take them off the stage... that's been happening a lot this year. People are taking our cloihes oft the stage, and it's nol even like a rock thing, it's like "Yeah, ii'sfree." It's not "Yeah, I've got the Buffalo Tom gu>' s stuff," it's just "this is free." This shirt, someone look it in Glasgow. I was coming off the stage and I saw some person take my shirt. I'm Uke "No! Il's my shirt! It's the only long-sleeved shirtl have!"I had to go through the crowd and say "Excuse me, I don't wanl to gel in a fighlor anything, butthat'smy shirt." He had il underneath his jacket and goes "What? Oh, yeah... here ii is." Buffalo Tom returns to Vancouver's Commodore Ballroom, wilh My Bloody Valentine and Yo La Tengo. Juty]- _«. JUNE(|> fter the press I had read on Ms. Love (Mrs. Kobain), interviews and what , I expected a heady chat with an outspoken feminist wilh a bad attitude. Especially after my referral to her asa "N-band mattress" and a "Hole—in both respects of the word" I was sure she would verbaUy rip me limb from limb or, worse yet, send Mark Lanegan afterme. However, wasn't I surprised to find out that our confrontation, via phone to my house from her posh Seattle hotel suite where her and Kurdt gorged on fresh salmon and cheeseburgers, was simply a forum for us to acquaint ourselves and comment on one anoth- While Kurdt tried to sleep. e, which I don't mind, and he only likes this one kind of nylon. He doesn't Uke the garters and to dress up, he just likes this suburban > Well, hopefully something comes about with his Lydia Lunch collaboration. The whole thing with him is that he's been obsessed with her for a reaUy long time. I always seem to get the guys that are my foxcore friends' rejects, because all of us in foxcore have shared. Me, Finch [L7] and Kat [Babes In Toyland], we've aU had repeated boyfriends. Sometimes they're mine first so it's not Uke I get aU the seconds, but in Kat's case she always gets my sec- of the dress thing which has been talked about a lot, I can't shut up about it. See, the war of the dress is aboul to enter into a new realm.... I can't wait. ... and I don't care if you beUeveme or not but I'm telling you this and il's the fucking God's truth. Madonna offered me $ 1,000,000 to be on her label and I said no way. I actually made her talk to me a couple times, I got her phone number Can I have it? Yeah it might be disconnected now because I gave it to Dave Grohl (N- band drummer). And has he been making obscene phone calls? touch and the whole reason I didn't wanl to do il was because it was a What she sees is that I can't put on my makeup and I'll look Uke a battered 12 year old rape victim, and I'm blonde, and she wants aU blonde images to subscribe to her. And I tell her my Ufe story, all of a sudden she turns up in Portland, in a movie, playing a misfit punk-rock murderess. Now I don't care ifyou don't believe me but she's eating me alive and I won't let her do it. And that's why I'm going to do Vanity Fair. If I go in Vanity Fair and I wear that dress, once and for aU, no one can ever take it from me again. Not only Kat, but Madonna too. And that's the one reason I want to do it because goddamnit I stole that dress Well, you guys aren't straightedge, so...? According to you we 're nol. I hated that I had to move. If I hadn't have moved I'd have got the same amount of British Press, I'd have sold them the same motherfuckin' record, the only thing different So, this is kind of lame, I have a lot to prove now. Lightning doesn't strike twice in the same famUy plus I don't even want it to. He didn't wanl to get bigger than the Pixies and neither do I. I think it's weird how the Hole thing has metamorphasized (<cThzrt is only one sort ojiovt —Francois cL cowRtp&y into totally being my band. A lot of it has to do with Eric: he hates talking lo press and hates taking pictures, and Eric's reaUy my partner in this. Carolyn, as much as I love her, is getting a lol better...we have to gel new wave, I'm really I hate the tempo on ou record, il's so fucking slow and intolerable. And I notice aU girls lend todo this, il's totaUy a girl Courtney and I had a fairly lengthy conversation—21/2 hours—regarding Hole, her pregnancy, foxcore, her being deemed ihe first woman to smash a guitar in England (Yes, before Quatro, Wendy O. and Joan), my Leaving Trains article (in which 'he said quotes appeared) and the rape of a girl in Reno by two men inging "PoUy." Heavy stuff. When she initially startled me at work with a "Hi, this is N-band's mattress," when I answered the phone, I was aU but certain it wasn't Courtney. But, once my suspicions were confirmed that it was indeed Courtney who phoned Discorder obtaining my phone# I readied myself on the defense for what I thought was going to be an ugly conversation... 1 couldn't have been farther off the mark. Discorder: I must admit I was quite surprised to hear from you today. Courtney: WeU, Mark Lanegan was saying, "Yeah, I saw this Leaving Trains ihing and James said he's ^onna beal up Kurdt, so I'm gonna go kick his ass," and I'm sure James .ally means it. Oh yeah, tough James. I'd be -:<.-ared of a guy wearing pantyhose and a skirt. I ley, I knew about lhat before anybody and beheve me I was oulla 'here. I don't mind boys that wear dresses butman the pantyhose thing, are you kidding? That was reaUy So James is for real then? What's really intriguing about him is that: a) he was really smart; b) he was really ugly; c) he was really unambitious; and d) he had reaUy wacky sexual predUeclions, that bordered on the crepuscular. He's So, is she gonna get Kurdt too? No, no, no, he's untouched by the foxcore nation. He only use to like troll girls, Juliana Hatfield-type [Blake Babies]. He went out with someone in Bikini KU1 but she doesn't count because being a brat is nol [the same as] being a feminist. So how do you distinguish bc- being bratty and being a feminist? When precocious turns to preten- I resort to the bralliness some- but I'm 5'9" so no one be- Ueves me. And I have ihc whole war I don'l know bul I'll give il lo you. I caUed it once and she was there. This is her New York number [number withheld from publication for obvious reasons]. What are you going to talk to her about anyway ? I 'II talk to her about underground Oh, see that's herproblem, you don't want lo do that and I figured out why. The minute I said no [to signing on to her label] she went after Daisy Chainsaw, which just goes to show you somelhing: the whole reason her people are so fucking out of from Christina Amphlett [Divinyls] in 1982.... When new wave hit Portland, I went to see the Divinyls and she was wearing thai dress. The dress is a black velvet number with a coUar and cuffs, il makes me look Uke a 12 year old. Before Christina Amphlett, Edith Piaf wore th at dress. Why do you want to look 12 though? Nol that I'm trying to make a fashion statement but people do make fashion statements: Thurston [Sc Youth] wears parkas, Kurdt fuzzy sweaters, Mark Arm [Mudhoney] wears stripey shirts. You get this one Uttle affectation and But it seems foxcore scene is wearing dresses. Not L7. There is a definite hne between those of us who do and those of us whodon't and ihe only ones that do are me and Kat, and then some of the 3rd generation [foxcore bands). Cuz Frightwig is like ihegrandmas, right, so the 3rd generation is like Calamity Jane and Bikini KiU. Janet went to see ihem [Bikini Kill] and two of them were wearing the motherfucking dress. Not only thai but Bikini Kill bleach their hair and are strippers in Portland, and they're planning to move to DC, which I thought was my political party. So, they sort of mix it up between being the biggest bitch in town but also being accepted by Ian Mackaye because it's very 90's. But everybody's trying to be like Ian Mackaye though? would be that I wouldn't have gotten into the same industry; I wouldn't have gotten the loney opportunities. Maybe that' advantage, m ting tl press, because to get the people that got that press initially are being disscd on. .they're just w The thing is I'm ut I really wish my husband was in Some Velvet Sidewalk or something because you should only go oul wilh guys in bands lhat are jusl a little bit bigger than you; smaller preferably. 14 ES^gsrajj^jj Covrt-ney: Heavy *ifh foffy. <B<ysc weakness thing; they write songs in E and they play that tempo. I mean guys stay in their room for 3 years and girls go oul. And so they don't get the same abiU ty to play hot leads and technicaUy be reaUy good. Yeah, but ifyou want to play hot I knew that if we started in Seattle, or MinneapoUs, or Vancouver that immediately people would have gone "Oh" (said with some interest). In some ways it was good because there was no scene and in some ways it was good because it gave me room to be more deriva- / but there arc a thousandr copies* tfa%gchefouandd But that's the way it's turning out though. Yeah, that's the way it's turning out but when L7 started, sinceJennifer's contribution is bigger than Suzie's, Jennifer should have her own band. Jennifer should have her own band in a lot of ways 'cuz she really does wear dresses, she just refuses lo. Every Christmas I give her dresses, and nighties, and bras just to remind i her of her gender. I've known her for ten years you know and she used to be a girl. So did Kurdt marry you for your money or because you're the best fuck in the world? No, cuz we're best friends. I Best friends? Best friends don't more episodes of Cops come from Portland than I have any other city. Last lime we were there Jerry A took us lo his house which is totally, anally clean and he made us a big spaghetti dinner; salads, spaghetti, garUc bread; he spent all day making this dinner, il was really nice. The funny thing is that years ago I was going to move up here[Seattle] but I don't even want to live here because first of aU everyone does drugs here and everyone thinks it's just a Utile city fuU of Utile Mark Arm's running around being English majors. It's totaUy not, it's a fucking Utile city full of Stone Gossards [Pearl Jam] running around in leather pants trying to be rock stars and il always has been. So, you were basically trying to shatter a myth? WeU, yeah, lhat's a really sick value system we cater to that we can give 15 year old girls hope because they think they can marry rock stars now. The whole point of it, what I was saying, is you shouldn't want lo marry a rock slar, that's totaUy inadvertant, you should be a rock star. I think somebody in Bikini KiU said, and it's a reaUy good quote, that "being sexy and being a woman is completely subversive all into itself." So basically, as a band, you're trying to influence other people to leads you might as well play in a metal band. Yeah, I know who wants to play, hot leads, no shit. My point being is, JiU jusl quit and she never liked it. We openedforMudhoney and shedidn'l even know who Mudhoney was. The problem with LA people is they're sofucking lame, they're beyond lame, bul it's the only didn't gel kicked oul of. Only now, 3 years later, do seU out the Whis- waich myself as be a Mudhoney ripoff band. Even though enough to be a Mudhoney aUy pissy because people would s and I used to think, "They're so sexist; they're so lame." And then I reaUzed, "No, they can'l love it's going so slow. We might as weU be fuckin'Saint Vitus." When I JLOItE get married, they move in with one another, realize they hate each other after 4 months, and then fight over cable and phone bills. Well, me and Kat were besl friends for almost ten years and if we'd have been different sexes I'd bel we'd have got married. Instead, we jusl fight over who's going lo be a star, but I'm out of that. She can be sexy, I'm cheetah. I'm having a I know, you're expecting in about August? I can't play the Reading Festival [because of it]. I'm going to call the baby My Ruined Career. No, don't do No il won't because wc gol this house in the country and it won't even know. By the \, Kurdt's not even going have a career anymore, and nei- Nevermind will be in salcbins. No, that wiU probably always be a novelty classic of the year that punk truly died... "and yourdad killed it!" That would be great for show and tell. So who's doing the second Hole album for you guys? Nobody famous al aU. I wanl lo try and find a cheap studio in Portland, or something, an 8 track, and really piss Geffen off. It's never been this hub of true coolness one bit. And Minneapolis has more of that bul then Minneapolis is fucking pretentious I'd much rather live in LA which is jusl insane. LA is like Uving in a vacuum; it's totally fucking martian. So what was your first impression when you read my article, were you pissed off? No, of course nol. The only thing thai really bugsmc is when people call me fat, and they can't do that anymore. I thought your "Top Ten" list was bogus though, the only thing funny about it was the Belly Ford part. I'm totally not insulted, okay, I mean I can laugh at myself harder than anybody else. Do you want mc to explain why we did Sassy! I jusl thought "Wow, this will really give 15 year old girls help, that ihey can be obnox ious geek s, not even lhat pretty, they can be chec- coflhc. do the same thing that y Well.no.'cu/.IrcaUywant a greal rock record. I lisle Breeders and that's oi girls, Kim Deal I'm meaning, I can think of that writes songs so well she actually influences other people, boys included, to rip her off. There's jusl nol enough good songwriling going on. So why do you think Kim Deal stays with the Pixies when she's so suppressed by Black Francis? She's tolaUy castrated by him. She said that every night she gels to pick between two songs and sing one of them. He castrated her and it's a fucking shame. Why is she such a chicken shil aboul il though? say, "Listen up, man." If she left the band Francis would be fucked and she should give him that ultimatum and say, "Fuckin' wise up Charlie or I'm outta here." Cuz if she leaves there is no more Pixies. I told her exactly lhat. He'd be so fucked if she left. That's a really good point, that's what she should do, say, "I'm leaving." So why is it so hard to write a good rock song nowadays? Firsl of aU, authenticity is really important because you've got these same 4 instruments that you've always had. Then there's a magical quaUly; an intensity or an honesty. A lot of these guys are so fucking boring and they have nothing to say at all, and they just go through the newspaper to find interesting things to write aboul. There is nothing un-punk, or lame, or ridiculous about talent. Hank had fucking talent, that's what made head and shoulders above the other bands. Talent is talent and nol everybody has it, mailer of fact hardly anybody does. So how come you don't mail from... males? Tally. Is the whole Seattle scene gone In difference lo what, so the hairspray people can slay? Even Pearl Jam and Soungarden, shilty- snotty-cvil-icky bands like lhal, arc more on the side of Axl than they arc on the side of punk rock, but to sit around and beaker off aboul N-band is just so much insiding. 0.0001 % of ihe population arc fighting amongst themselves about whai's more important: being a vagan or being a vegan; being straight-edge or drinking a beer occasionally; politically correct sex... do you go down on the girl on Monday .Wednesday and Friday? Aren'l we all on the same side of ihe fence at ihc end of the day? OCTTE^ aUofa sudden, "Hey, it's a slampit.'TUkelhai e n - ergy a lot. So Carolyn's going lo lessons, which I'm reaUy against but.... So, find somebody else; replace. Highest crime rate, per capita in Yeah, but I don't reaUy like that North America, in Portland. I idea. This whole thing was not sup- think only second to Washington, posed to be centred around me DC. 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The very much missed Redd is still in New York, as you may know, so my monthly demo reviewer for this month is the knowledgeable Brad Quinn from GoGuy (the band took a beating not long ago in this very column). Much thanks to Dale "the cart guy" for the assistance with the local demo reviews last month. If your band wants to pay $600 to be on the 14 band, Vancouver complilati on, Raincrealure CD then read the next sentence. If you would like to submit material write to Kwazsong Music, 2305 Vista Court, Coquitlam, B.C. V3J-6W2 for more information. On Saturday May 161 went to goseeTankhog/Superconduc- tor/Dead Surf Kiss at the Commodore and had to endure 3 or 4 cheesey heavy metal bands. Superconductor ruled! The whole award thing, however, seemed to be a big scam because the record stores that supposedly voted for the best independent Vancouver band did not even get their voting ballots, but this is hearsay. [Actually, they didn't get them until late on the day of the event, but I don't think the ballots were valid after the time the stores received them. Ed""] Anyways, Dose Pump won the best band thing.... On with the re- Tree Frogs This band describes themselves as "an endangered species of nocturnal musicians, known for their large red eyes and love of warm, damp places." With that said they are into funky blues jams with a 60's edge. You can obtain their demo by writing to Demian Azrael @ 1083 Richards St., Vancouver, B.C., V6B-3E4 Meat Daisy Brilliant. It's about time there were more local bands furthering the realm of ultra-melodic punk rock. Great melodies over neato guitar licks and guitar harmonies are frequent on this cassette. Meat Daisy's cover of Gordon Lightfoot's "Go Go Round" is destined to be a local classic. I really look forward io seeing this band live. Ngoma - Dance Drum Party They say they are influenced by Arabic and African music, funk, and reggae. They are a very enthusiastic group and involve a lot of tribal percussion; if this is your cup of tea you can contact the band at 1622 East 1st Ave., Vancouver, B.C., V5N-1A7 Howard vs. Willy - nip 'n' tuck Willy vs. Howard - Round Two Two volumes from what appears to be a couple of pent-up losers displaying their songwriting genius. All of the songs are well-crafted and flowing, with creative and tricky ideas thrown in thereby providing originality. The Willy songs tend to be heavies, musically, while the Howard songs carry plenty of lyrical weight. There are great pop melodies throughout both cassettes that neverthreaten to annoy. Howard and Willy are a couple of great bands. Shine - Friendly Fire A high-quality cassette recording of some really good depressed-sounding pop. These songs are all complete wilh clever guitar lines and keyboard colourings, and while listening to this tape 54-40 definitely comes to mind. Avid listeners of Coast 1040 are bound to dig Shine. Will Shine stand the test of time or will they be shined? Dancing On Glass The band most stoked about their own band, which I've had to deal with over the past year. They must have phoned the office more than any other band yet., and they suck! I think they're trying to be a techno- Pink Floyd band but I can't stand to listen to the whole thing to offer an accurate judgement. Grand Theft Canoe - Mucky This band is from out easl somewhere and their 10 song cassette is full of the Canadian cynicism we were all bom with. The familiar, but pleasant, melodies are sung over60's pop arrangements with the odd falsetto harmony thrown in for good measure. If you Usten to the words this is an entertaining cassette; Canadian identity is hard to miss. The Bellingham Conflagration Tl bands from Bellingham donate a song each to this—the fourth— Bellingham compilation. Obviously, with 27 bands on one tape there is : some pretty good music covering many different styles...and there is. Highlights of this tape are Megafred, LOAF, Wicker Biscuit, The Meek, Mono Men, Crayon, Uncle Salty, and Stagnant Water. Just buy it. What Are We On- Metanoia Records This compilation is well worth your money. I assumed it would be full of metal bands bul it's not. It contains the best young talent in Calgary such as Huevos Rancheros, Agony Pipe, Wedge, AnxiousPoets,Zen, Ramada Gods and more. If you want to find out what's going on in our neighbouring province buy this orgocheck out the bands when they tour some- lime soon. For more information write Paul @ 7915-34th Ave. N.W., Calgary, Alia., T3B-1P4 Way Beyond Yes, I know they're an American band bul they dropped me the nicest note...Way Beyond has been playing Seattle for two years now at places like the Off Ramp and the OK Hotel and their engineer for this demo was Chris Hanszek, who worked wifh Green River and the Sub Pop 200 release. Despite all this wonderful info this band did not thrill me, initially, but maybe they' re one of those bands lhat grows on you? They got a bit of that Seattle guitar sound going with standout tracks "Out Of My Head" and "Bloody Mary." Overall the band is strong in every way. Already, this band has started togrow on me. You can make a personal visit to their office at 504 E. Denny Way, #303, Seattle, WA, 98122 Laffing Stock/GoatBoy - Good Stuff Maynard!...nope Demo Of The Month! You can obtain this by writing to 419 Henry St., Victoria, B.C., V9A-3J3. I've been listening to this cassette demo at home and in the car so therefore neglected lo review it lasl month. 1 believe this is only one of maybe three demos that I've been listening to for pleasure and not for just reviewing purposes since I started this column. Great cover art by Hanz Laffing Stock reminds me a bit of Section 46 at times, perhaps because of Lootbag's piss (which they do thank them for). It's fast but has slower funky parts to skank to, and Jason sings preachy, but good, lyrics. Goddamn interesting cover of "Won't Back Down" by Tom Petty. GoatBoy aren't scared to incorporate cowbells and some guy named Joe yelling, whom they grabbed just before the recording, for their sound. They seem to be a ralher angry bunch of young men who are holding back from beating the shit out of every onearound them. Hidden amongst the noise is some definite energetic talent—lotsa fast guitars and drumming—and these guys should not slow down. Keep sending those demos. Until next month, see ya. BY TARA SLOAN Only got a few CD's to speak of this month. M.C. Brains has a Motown Records release out called Lover's Lane featuring a total of nine tracks. "Oochie Coochie," the first 12" off this CD, is playing on the commercial radio stations and is extremely mainstream soundin'. M.C. Brains makes his attempt at droppin' a little reggae on "Everybody's Talkin' About M.C. Brains" and a sing- songy chorus is also in the mix. R&B bull tothemax! Same with the following tune. On side two is an alright soundin' song, called "G-siring," starting with a guitar solo and then dropping to a slow, low-rollin' beat. All in all, though, this CD isn't any good. It's very basic, the lyrics are ) big deal, and the music and beats e the s< ,e ole I eole. What's the latest hype on the club scene? Those two little Macks whose style of dress is wearing it backwards. The look that'll surely turn some homies jeans around is called Totally Krossed Oul and is also the name of Kriss Kross' 1992 Ruffhouse release. There arc 15 tracks with two having already been 12" releases from this dub. First, "Jump" lore up the dancehalls and hit number one on 95.3FM, a.k.a. Zradio, and many olher stations, I'm sure. It is a new, fresh sounding group of kids that actually rapped unlikeall those other kid crews that do a Utile rap in there R&B sappy tunes. There are plenty of stolen samples from famous rap songs Uke NWA's "She Swallowed II," just to mention one. The songs are very basic but are told from li'l boys points of view. "Warm it Up" is the second release out now in the clubs and it's gettin' the play. Kriss Kross consists of two confident youngsters that rap about such incidences as missing the bus, trying to get into a night club then being thrown oul (because of their age), and growin' up as U'l boys in the hood. There's a lol of variety and although their songs are somewhat predictable, as far as beats and lyrics go, there is something kinda hype and raw. They kinda make yah wanna Jump! Jump! The last CD I have to mention is by one who I have chosen as rapper of the month. The CD is titled Daddy s Little Girl and the rapper... Nikki D! This lady is the first female rapper to be signed by Def Jam Recordings and this 13 track release is a definite winner. Some of the chorus's may be a bit lame-o but the rest is real smoove! "Daddy's Little Girl" was the first single off this CD...o.k. ,but not that great, with Suzanne Vega's "Tom's Diner" riff rolUn' over a drum beat. "Hang on Kid" was the next 12" to hit the scene and that basically followed the footsteps of thepreviously mentioned. The latest hit oul that is truly slammin' is titled "Wasted P!*#Y." Nikki Dhas crazy-hype tracks. Some arc fun tun/.c like "Sunny Daze" that just describe ihe cheerful, ac- tivedaysofsummer.and "All Aboul You," which is aimed at a specific male Nikki's been scopin' oul. Olher topics dropped deal wilh the pathetic use of plastic surgery, Nikki losing her man lo another man and, in " 18 and Loves to Go," she teUs of how girls are starling to have sex at too young an age. This sista knows exactly what time it is and damn sure proves it! With a positive altitude, a strong confident voice, and inlelUgent lyrics, Nikki D school's the ladies and puts those gentlemen in check! And this Ain't no... "Freak Accident"! mi mo JUNE (J Evening folks, this: ing from the road. Yes, that's right, my rock and roll combo the Smugglers are louring the States bul nothing slops the press. Meaning I'm sitting in the home of Mike Olson, from OUvelawn, in Los Angeles, California. The7-inch selection this month is a (Jirect hit from Mike's massive collection. All selects are fairly hot-off soheregoes... aCali- fomia punkers guide to rock and roll. First up is the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion from In the Red Records. Mike states, "It's one of the best singles out today, "cuz it's a 1:26—ya' can't understand the lyrics—with a horrible lead- guitar solo coming out of the right speaker. BasicaUy, these guys are a fucked- up cheetah, rockabilly group. Jon Spencer is the dude in Pussy Galore and Boss Hogg, from New York." Thanks Mike, great. A record Mike most recently bought was a 7" on Sympathy for the Record Industry. This time the rekkid is from NW faces Gas Huffer. Says Mike, "Gas Huffer never lets me down." This single, featuring, "Mole" and "Body Buzz" is Gas Huffer's best work to date. Guitarist Tom Price makes his lead vox debut with "Mole," a great melodicpunk rock song,and"Body Buzz" features lead singer Malt Wright debuting on lead guitar in this surf instrumental. A great sin gle from a consistently great group. The 5.6.7.8's are an incredible find in Mike's selection. They' re a wild rock and roU combo straight from Japan with an amazing 'now' sound. The songs "Ah so" and "She was a Mau Mau" are spat oul by 3 chicks and one dick and, as Mike depicts, "ihey sound Uke Japanese Headcoaters." Find it now, the first 1,000 on are on Japanese pearl pink vinyl. And now for the transition: speaking of Headcoats, a new one from the Estrus Crust Club of Estrus Records, Bellingham. "Me Dear Watson" and "Hogs Jaw"have both been released before, weren't smashes then and certainly aren't on a weaker reissue. "So," I say, "what's the point?" Mike agrees. Great packaging, if that's any consolation. Also new on Estrus is the mighty M-80's from Norfolk, VI. Crunchy, melodic garage pop. The A-side, "Seeing Things" is greal with cool harmonics; "SpUt" and the FaUing Angels cover of "Bad GnT'ain'tbad neither! MikeOlson of Olivelawn, however, says thai the M-80s are a "Horribly shitty pop band with annoying vocals digressed further by band maracas." Oh the power of the difference in opinion. Mike's select ofthe month is Hammerhead's "Load King" from Amphetamine Reptile Records. Though a bit too noisy and dirgey for this tongue, Mike caUs them "an incredible band, very influenced by Helmet, but way more upbeat. It's an exceUent display of songs tuned to D." Yeah, o.k., they rock it. Good energy here. Puget Power ///is out! Yes, that fab series from the amazing Regal Select Records is back, featuring the best of the northwest. Calamity Jane kicks it off with "Shark," a foxcore punkerthat ain't too far off Dickless. Rancid Vatis next with "Breakin' Bones." Mike says one word: "Boring!" At this point, I have nothing lo say. Mudhoney kick starts side two with a great (Mike and I agree) ong called "Bush Pusherman." It rocks! Il's great! Mudhoney sound inspired again... besl Mudhoney iune in two years easy. The Nightkings wrapped things up in a psycho-ironic whirlwind of teen-hate with "Black Fluid." Mike caUs the Nightkings "the best rock and roU band in the country... don't mess with'em." Puget Power III a is pretty great third chapter, I must say. For our final selection, we have chosen a bit of a biased platter, that being the Mono Men's new 7" on Mike Olson' s own label, Rekkids. Whal ihe fuck, he deserves the plug for letting the Smugglers stay at his wonderful house here in LA. Yes, il's very hot here. The Mono Men yet again tackle Sonics covers here: "He's Waitin'" and "Boss Hoss." To date no band ever has ever been able lo cover "He's Waitin'" and do it any justice. The Mono Men have just changed that. Their version of the classic demon tune mips. Loud guitars, booming bass and strong vocals. I can't beUeve I'm saying this aboutthese BeUingham drunks bul... they'rrre great! "Boss Hoss" is equally powerful and an amazingly rocking version. I'm actuaUy excited to see ihese boors again, if they'll let me in. Best Mono Men stuff I've ever heard. So that's it from the vaults of o' vinyl ofthe famed social rocker Mike Olson. Check out OUvelawn's record, Sophomore Jinx, on Cargo records for a rocking good time. I know there were local singles released this month but because of my current geographical predicament I could not feasl over them Ihis month. Next time, 1 promise. S00* 2 B't 2N0"RA^T%%-5iJoVcWM %sWl {fibs* LOCAL * NRECNiy TUfW TO mi S fOR WK DIRECIW R)MA NN*MAIL*FA* •p/6et with ir gepotfe it's too uats.^ IT TO M«_ 18 nfggsumMa Spirit of the West Commodore Ballroom Sunday 3 May This show was billed as the Music West conference "wrap party" and upon arrival I expected to see many of the very same faces, I had seen at Canada Place, drunkenly staggering around with their spirits broken because they were not signed by the same people who produced Celine Dion. ThankfuUy, the show was open to the general pubUc so not everybody there were slimy Micheal Bolton dopplegangers thai had convened to pollute this town with their "need to sing" or their "vivedejoie." Spirit of the West took a lot of criticism for their new sound when Go Figure was first released. Indeed, the content of the album made one ponder if the band had hung around a little too closely with The Wonderstuff. Still, the punters were enthusiastic and even I, your unbiased journalist, had to run out and pogo during "Home For a Rest" and "D For Democracy." The new sound seems to have worked for them. Geoffrey KeUy still looks smug and aloof on the slage, so Spirit of the West purists be firm that that part of theact will probably never change. I came, I saw, I had fun. A.O. Chapman The Smugglers Vogue (Seattle, WA) Wednesday 6 May I had the pleasure of seeing this West Vancouver band in Seatde, for the lsl US city of their North American Tour. A good show with many favourites including "Chicks Like Thai," "Shut- up and Fuck me, "Hying Buttress of Love," and a slew of other great hits. Their punky/garage type sound fills the air, and the hearts, of iheir Usteners and has even excited Popllama Records enough to sign them to their label (which includes Young Fresh FeUows and Girl Trouble). Sooo, lum up the volume (which is where il was on this night) and let into your soul the screaming guitar, punk drums, and just plain fun. Go buy their record, Smugglers at Marineland, and see what it's reaUy like to taste the rock lick of Vancouver's salt air. Biddie Brat Meat Puppets Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy Town Pump Thursday 7 May The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy are all about responsibiliiy— personal and political. So when a friend told me he was irresponsibly reproducing himself before the concert staited, the Disposable Heroes look on added meaning and importance. The evening started with vocahst Michael Franti delivering a poem on the recent LA Riots afler which they slammed into a non-stop barrage of sound and information. Everything from the scariness of waiting for the results of an HIV test ("Will I BePositive If It's Going To Be A Negative") to the 1996 US Election were included. 'Television Drug of the Nation" was accompanied by a video that ironically underscored the song's message while the crowd gol off on the whole "yo" thing. But having such a well-fed, while-bread audience doing the "moves" struck me as slightly ludicrous. Ironies abounded. Comparisions between the Disposable Heroes and ConsoUdated are inevitable but the Heroes had a Uve drummer and an amazing bass player. Plus they're nowhere near as anaUy-retentive and humourless as ConsoUdated. The Meat Puppets were a let down after the energetic infoimalion overload ofthe Disposable Heroes. A few people, myself included, drifted out after a few songs finding the Meal Puppets new- psychedelicness loo jarring. June Scudeler The Indecisives Sons And Lov- and a real sore butt. The relative highlight of the evening came fairly early on when Scott B. look the stage aU on his lonesome and stirred up an energetic set of simple and powerful urban-acoustic songwnting. A ;en Bob Wiseman without the keyboard and Vic Chesnutt without the heroin habit. Good stuff. I forgot about my sore butt during Scott B., so I guess that says it aU. The Indecisives closed up the evening with a faithful performance of kooky pop songs that were about as stripped-down and surreal as kooky pop can be. Singer Zaf was the focus and highlight of their performance wilh his growly, off-key vocals and amazing eyebrows. Most people sing with their mouths; Zaf sings with his whole face. I bought one of their singles (you should too, if only for the bizarre John Giotti- working-at-lhe-Chevron-station photoon WB). The other musical offerings of the evening (No Evil Hair and Sons and Lovers) just left me with a sore butt. Rory Tait Reverend Horton Heat Town Pump Saturday 9 May Scooter: "Hi, what lime does ihe Reverend lake the stage?" Pump Flunky:"l 1:30." 'Thanks. Oh, by the way, who'sopening for him?" "Dead Surf Kiss." "Too bad." CLICK Unfortunately, my timing to get to the show was a Uttle off and I had to endure the last excruciating song in Dead Surf Kiss' set. But with the dance floor empty and the numbers reaching capacity in the lobby I felt justice was served. Justice, however, seems to have something else in mind for the DSK boys as ihe local music rumour-mill spits out word of their label-man declaring bankruptcy, in turn severing aU financial backing, andsUpping town with theSherriff 's possee hot on his tail. The only consequence to this otherwise answered prayer is lhat they may resort to busking on my comer and greal talent Uke Numb and Brilliant Orange are dealt the same fate. Uncannily, on first glance, Horton looks like the murderer from Rear Window—pointed out to me by Barry from Cargo Records—and a Utile resemblance is also laken to BiU Janovitz from Buffalo Tom. Maybe this combination has something lo do with the way Heat takes to approaching music. Nol unlike the homicidal type. Heat sneaks up on his prey and lunges his bands's softcore version of rockabilly—henceforth known as biUy-core- onto the unsuspecting (you know a lot of people went to this gig anticipating to hear some cheelah rock because it carried the Sub Pop tag) victim. And with the debonair and genius of a musical pioneer he sidesteps his peers for a more adventurous plateau. One might think this difficult with the uncom- pUcated rockabiUy sound but that's what separates the Reverend Horton Heat apart from...all the others (?). With themodesty of J. Mascis and the humbleness of Buddy HoUy, Horton leads his frantic biUy-core Irio through the trenches at a fran tic, but soulful, pace. Not to be outdone by ihe aggressive whim of the Drums, or the early-mom- ing-drop-of-the-lure-into-a-glasslike- lake plunk from the slandup bass, Horton squeezes more than enough soul from each note for a taU refreshing glass of rockabilly ooze for aU. Whether it be the kinetic instrumentation of "Manjuana," the full-bore rhapsody of "Psychobilly Freakout," or the humoring reply of "Yeah, I'm a redneck, so what about it bitch?!" lo a rude, female patron. Reverend Horton Heat and his billy-core possee arc redefining ihc teim power trio. Forget aboul Primus, or XTC, or Rush, or N-band, the Reverend is here to save your mortal souls from musical purgatory...and did! Scooter Skatanism #2 Aging Youth Gang The Sweaters Lootbag Nappy Dugout Saturday 9 May This was the first of what promises to be an almost weekly series of all ages shows at the Nappy Dugoul (a new venue set up by P.D.'s Hotshop). The big disappointment this night was the lack of people, especially the 18 and younger crowd, as there was only aboul 50 people in altend- Everyonealwayscomplains about the lack of all ages shows and when there is one, no one thinks lo show up. You need to come out and support these bands and promoters to ensure these gigs hap- Enough preaching. The show w; excellent, thought was ihe sound which I ild be similar to the echo- prone Arcadian Hall. The fust two bands were punk rockish songs with covers of punk rock oldies such as Ramones, D.O.A., and Bad ReUgion. Lootbag were extremely cool with their ska/punk rock sound. Although I knew none of their songs before the these guys from Vic- tona are definitely worth checking out. them again at the Nappy Dugoui. Support aU ages shows. Jayson X Treepeople Prairie School Up and Up Tavern, Bellingham Saturday 16 May photo by Len Whistler this is one ugly bunch of guys. ThankfuUy, their music doesn't suffer from aU the lime nol spenl in fronl ofthe mirror shaving, combing, and practicing favourite rock poses. Notice, however, lhallhey do not sing about hygiene...? lt seems only fitting lhat Treepeople would be playing the equaUy disgusting Up and Up Tavern in Bellingham, with TAD in the much larg er Bellingham Bay Brewing Co. next door. Why I chose to see Treepeople and not TAD was simple: my girlfriend wanted to go, ergo sex. The fact that I even got into ihc Up and Up was a joyous event in itself as ihe first time l approached the club I was greeted by a Neanderthal doorman who couldn't cross-reference a birth certificate, student ID, and Alberta bar card (whether he knew what or where Alberta was is questionable), therefore excluding me from thai nighi's fesliviues. Fortunately, this night's doorman graduated elementary school so with a pencU, and about 5 minutes of "carry the knol"s he was able to figure out that 1992 minus 1967 makes me older than 21. Prairie School was aheady on ihe stage by the time we got friendly with a frosty pitcher of Red Hook, and allhough ihey were interrupting my reading "The l-all of the House of Dischord" article in ihe latest Hype issue, I found ihem to be an enjoyable guilar band. Yeah, I know, kind of a vague term but for lack of a belter one....They weren't Superconductor on the sense of guitar but more aptly a band you can read lo. This is good considering 1 can only think of twoolher artisls to which I can perform that feal, those being James Taylor and XTC! Now eilher 1 was reaUy drunk or Treepeople rocked because the firsl lime I saw them (with Voodoo Gearshift and Gnome al the Cruel Elephant) ihey blew hard. Thalsaid, ihey blew iheir wad in the first 20 minutes at the Up and Up as well, wilh "No Doubt," "Liquid Bay," "Funnelhead," 'It's Alright Now Ma," and "Big Mouth Strikes Again" plus a few others. 1 guess they were in a rush to go see TAD too. Paul T. Brooks Bewitched Kreviss Mecca Normal Cruel Elephant Wednesday 20 May 1992 I was psyched for this gig. I've been playing Mecca Normal for a year and was reaUy looking forward to catching ihem with Kreviss, whom I had heard of, and Bewitched, whom l knew nothing aboul except they were ex-members of Sonic Youlh and Pussy Galore. If I had remained ignorant of them I wouldn't have missed much. Mecca Normal's slage-look was a real surprise. Jean Smith in her psychedelic beUbottoms and black satin, beaded shirt was a lot more showy and imposing than I had expected. Her voice reminded me of Grace SUck but no one noticed. She and David Lester played an adventurous sel, with Smith wandenng out lo sing - sans microphone - among ihc audience and later playing guilar with her feel. I'm glad lo see them playing gigs butihcirsound is definitely belter on vinyl. 1 really have respect for a duo who can pul out music that never makes you wish the band was bigger. Bigger bands can make for excitement though. Kreviss fiUed up the stage with two (hummers, one bassist, and their famed six guitarists. Mosl of the women were wearing floral prints (bonus points) and one of the main vocalists had an awesome pair of while vinyl, lace, zip up gogo boots to complement her rockin' raunchy voice. Kreviss' olher singer's voice is not quite as sullry, bul she docs an impressive job on their new single "Going lo Hell", with a mega phone for company. Now for the sad pan. Bewitched were lame. WeU, their drummer was pretty cool-even at the back of the stage she had more presence than the other three guys - and when she came up to sing it was the first good song ihey did, but the rest of the set just didn'l inspire. Considering they'd come all ihe way from New York, I think bolh the audience and ihe band were disappointed with each other. Helen G Mordecai Richler Discovery Theatre May 22 1992 The primary problem with Mordecai Richler's travelling "Canada In Crisis" sideshow is lhal it's difficult lo determine exactly who Richler wishes to vent his famous contempt upon. Is it the earnest Westerners who have come to gain a more intimate comprehension of the on-going Quebec question? Is il the would-be sophisticates who syncope lo celebrityhood Uke young girls to pimply teen idols? Or is ii Richler himself for submitting to such a macabre "lake the money and run"presentalion? More than likely Richler's contempt falls on a mix- lure of the audience and himself, but whal I saw and heard al the Discovery Theatre the lines of such distinction began to blur. Richler, in both his controversial bestseUcr Oh Canada! Oh Quebec! and his mock performance piece ai the Discovery Thealre, constantly reiterates ihe need for intefUgence and depih to be broughi to the conflicts between French and English Canada in our cultural discourse. He's right of course. Yet the Discovery Theatre saw Uttle of that from Mordecai Richler on this particular evening. The short lecture consisted of a condensed version of Richler is current book and the preceding New Yorker article lhal spawned il. As an unexpected fringe benefit il also displayed lo me jusl how hard someone like Swimming lo Cambodia's Spalding Grey musl have to work al his craft to be as good as he is. For a straight reader, Richler seemed bored and tired of the material; his altitude resembling lhal of Mick Jagger slill singing "Satisfaction." On the whole Richler was sUghtly disrespectful lo an audience paying $25 each, however mosl of the questions the audience pul to the author were boring, irrelevant and stupid in nature. In fact the general concensus among the well-heeled I loll Renfrew proportion of the audience and the thud generation beatnik proportion ofthe audience, was lo view Richler as a wizard from the far off kingdom of Quebec. A wizard who knew all and, sage-like, could speak for all. He was peppered with redundant poUtical and economic questions lhat, even if he could answer confidently, disinterested Richler as distracting from the issue spccificaUy in con- Ai the obligatory book-signing session afterwards Mordecai Richler appeared barely able to make eye contact wilh his fa wning admirers. He musl have noted himself lhat seemingly half of the evening's audience purchased copies of Oh Canada! Oh Quebec! from the book stall in the thealre lobby. Had not aU these people already read the book? Or, Uke many of his mosl out-spoken critics, are the most visible Mordecai Richler fans simply name-dropping re Richler, on the whole, held up his part of ihe performance; his audience also held up iheirs—they were ftiU of good intentions, ihey were dull and jusl a Utile bil dim. Probably exactly what Richler expected. Dominic Patten JUNE0 WAY BEYOND YOU LITTLE COLLEGE NOTHING HAPQLEON ANO JOSEPHINE 7"EP BY SON CITY GIRLS L STILL AVAILABLE: NIMROD "GRANOSON OF HAM' CO COMING SOON: THEE CRUSADERS DOUBLE 1"LP ALL GAMES STILL ONLY 25< SPECIAL EXTENDED THROUGH JUNE 1992 SUB ARCADE • LOWER CONCOURSE • SUB BUILDING UBC • ALL AGES • OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK Jon Wayne Texas Funeral (Fist Puppet) Country singers are always trying to out do each other in terms of pathos. You know, one guy sings about his dog dying, so the nexl guy sings about his wife leaving him. Next thing you know "yer listening to some unemployed guy, whose wife just got shot by the shenff, caterwaul about having a brain tumor and only one arm. Christ, sometimes I think those country singers only dress that way because they want to illicit pity. Well, the good news is that the pathos- festival has reached its peak on Jon Wayne's Texas FuneralLP. For example, ol' Jon uses the "my wife left me" line, but in his case his wife "peed on the carpet and shot the horse" before she left. And Mr. Wayne is not just broke, he's so poor he has to "jerk off the dog just to feed the cat." The rest of the album adheres to the mockery established by the lyrical content. Wayne's voice is intentionally made tinny and thin, giving the album a depression-era feel. At the same time, the frequent stops and starts of Wayne' back-up band adheres to the time honoured country tradition of hiccuping for an audience. The gee-tar work of Ernest Bovine adds to the mix by wavering between being totally out of place and being totally cliche- So take a listen to Jon Wayne. His cool Texas drawl, when combined with totally inelevent lyrics, makes for some nrettv entertaining parody of a genre that richly deserves the treatment. Chris Uren Lyle Lovett Joshua Judges Ruth (MCA) Do you like Lyle Lovett? Run out and buy his new album, NOW. Not so hot on him? Never heard of him? Why not? The man who took the stigma out of the word cross-over has scored another one for plain old entertaining musicianship. On Joshua Judges Ruth, Lovett keeps the country/big band/jazz mesh pumping furiously and then throws in a little gospel to get things really going. Call him anal-retentive, but this Lovett guy never throws anything out, thank The large band is still in attendance, as are the beautifulhaimonies of Emmy lou Harris and the Diva-ish vocals of Fancine Reed. Of course, there'salso those too-ckver-for-their- own-good lyrics. Master fo the bitingly witty images f 'the sun comes up/ in a coffee cup/ waitress please I've had enough...the sun goes down/in another town/ bartender please an other round). No one writes a poignant love lament ("She's already made up hermind") or tells a great story ("Family Reserve," "Since the Last Time") like Lyle Lovett. With Joshua Judges Ruth, his fourth album, Lovett seems only to be gaining momentum. I, for one, am wet with anticipation for his live tour. Tania Bolskaya CRACKER (Virgin) Dwayne walks into a convenience store, buys a six of Bud and a bag of potato chips and, on second thought, a lottery ticket. Out in the parking lot, the sun shining crisply through the polluted skies of backwoods America. Dwayne sets his bag of groceries on the ground. He places the lottery ticket on the hood of the pickup. The metallic gloss glints so brightly in the sun it hurts his eyes. The lottery ticket celebrates Great American National Paries. Three white-tailed deer wins the big prize- $10,000. Three Canadian Geese nets $5000, and so on down the line until three squirrels nets $2.00. The doorof the convenience store opens behind him and out of the comer of his eye he sees a girl come striding out, long bronze legs crossing rapidly to the baby blue Thunderbird a few car-widths away. She gets behind the wheel and pulls the door shut as her companion, a boy with a cornfield haircut and wearing a baseball cap advertising a tractor company, walks over with two bags of groceries. He throws the bags in the backseat before he gets Dwayne fishes around in his pocket and pulls out a penny he'd found near a phone booth at a rest stop. He'd never bought that crap about pennies you found bringing good luck, but luck was what he needed most right Dawyne scrubs away the coating of the ticket from the first row: a couple of squirrels and a goose. The girl's yelling back at the boy now; they remind Dwayne of he and Theresa after he got laid off from the plant and started moping around the house. He thinks ofThercsa and how they used to be. He thinks aboul her cheating onhim with that low-lifebiker, dope- dealer scumbag. The second row, not much different from the firsl. He squints up at the sky. He should've bought food instead of beer. He shouldbesleeping instead of driving. Hcshould never have mamed her... He should've run as soon as he'd seen the tattoo of Hank Williams Jr. on her bun. The couple are still arguing. He starts on the third row; a goose. By now Angel had discovered his stash is gone, along with Dwayne. Another goose. Dwayne could use some cold hard cash, some road money, no doubt about it... by now Angel's saddled up his 1 larley and is on his way armed with a shotgun and probably a couple of biker buddies... Shit. A deer. Nothing. Yeah, it's too bad Dwayne got by the Highway Patrol, just his luck, with $50, 000 dollars worth of biker-tested cocaine under the seal. He thought his heart wi gonna burst but then the cop gave him a ticket for missing a tail-light and sent him on his way. Twenty minutes later Dwayne pulled over onto the side of a bridge and threw the coke into the Mississippi. Two rows left, the fourth and fifth. He scraped away the top layer of the fourth row, two geese and a squirrel. Not even close to anything. A car door slams, it's the boy leav ing the Thunderbird. The girl scream; "And take yer fuckin' tapes with ya!" And throws a bunch of tapes onto the dusty parking lot. The boy hasn't heard, he's disappeared around the corner of the convenience store. The girl peels out of the lot. Well, shit. He starts on the fifth row, carefully... he's rewarded with two deer in a row, and space for another. Not a religious man, he closes his eyes in prayer. He scrapes the layer He throws the ticket onto the ground near a few others and picks up his bag. He goes around to the dnver's side. He steps on something and hears a crack! It'sone ofthe tapes the girl threw at the boy. He picks it up. Cracker. The cover shows a tin of sardines. He flips the tapeover."ISce the Light," "Mr. Wrong,""Can ITake MyGunto Heaven," "Don'tFuckMeUp(WithPeaceandLove)"- what the hell, he thinks. He gels into the truck and ejects Theresa's tired, old Dolly Parton lape and punches in this 'Cracker" thing. He rums the ignition and the tape starts playing. Wasn't what he was expecting— loud guitars, rock'n'roll, but there's something edge and sad aboul ihe singer's voice lhat keeps him interested.... He hits the highway going about sixty miles an hour singing along to the chorus of "I See the Light." He cracks open a Bud and checks his rcarvicw mirror to make sure he's not being followed by a shotgun-wielding maniac on a llarlcy-Davidson. The coast is clear. The road stretches out before him, a nbbon of promise. The beer is cold, the sun's shining and he's got a full tank of gas. Maybe it won't be such a bad day after all. Shawn Conner Urge Overkill TheStullEP Touch and Go There's nothing that gives you that inspiring sense of being more than waking on a dew- coated moming with the robin pulling worms oul of the grass, the sound of a hockey card in ihe spokes of the paperboys bike, the smell of a sleeping pot of English Breakfast tea... and U.R.G.E.. U.R.G.E. is everything; U.R.G.E. means everything and anything; All is U.R.G.E. A squirrel. Two deer and a squirrel. They say that imper sonation is the highest form of flattery, if that's the case then Neil Diamond is glowing like an eight-month pregnant mother-to-be. On the newest 6 song—available on 10",granite coloured vinyl—U.R.G.E. re lease, Stull, these playboys not only croon Mr. Diamond's "Girl, You'll be a Woman Soon" to a new level of chic but they also christen the arrival of ihe long-awaited lounge-core hybrid. This was an obvious direction for National "Nash" Kato, Blackie Onassis, and King Rocscr as their last 4 re leases heard this Chicago trio noodling with solid emotion heart-tearing, vocal orchestration, and the stylish musical panache that was once only reflected in their dapper apparel. Thankfully, Slull is a photo album from the early 70s which, coincidentally, depicts the U.R.G.E. evolution. "Stull(Part 1)" is a Tom Joncs-ish, under-the-breath, musical mood-scner which, with the brilliant combination of a tambourine, bongo precussioa and a free- form guitar chording, comes across with the smoothness of the crushed-velvet lilvis hanging above the fire- place. And jusl as the Brandys start to lake effect, the wax begins to dnp onto the table, and you're full-swing into your roll on the bearskin rug, "Stitches" winds its way into your romantic rendezvous. This is a modestly pompous tunc which grabs your lover by the genitals and says.'Tve got an instrument, and I know to use it." Also included on Stull are "What's This Generation Coming To" and (Now Thai's) The Barclords" which were originally used as a Sub Pop single of the month some time ago. "Generation" is a kick in society's teeth to re-evaluate the demise of vinyl— possibly, not only as an audio treasure but as a swell fabric—while "Barclords" is an anthemic alma-malcr-chant with a climatic "Baba 0'Riley"-ish keyboard fervor. Send up the cheer, U.R.G.E. is here and you gotta love'cm. If you're womed about those special moments and you're not quile sure whether Slull is...appropriate, remember lhal from strip joints in Vegas to Kabanas on the 'ith red wine or while, U.R.G.E. i sel the mood for any night. Paul t. Brooks Various Artists Fortune Cookie Prize: A Tribute to Beat Happening (Small Machines #7) As a recent convert to this minimal trio's work, I can only suggest that ifn you like snarling optimism, feedback, and boy-girl songs filled wilh passion, you had best check out this record. Feel good bonus: 100% of profits will go to a Washington based youth program. Scrawl, Velocity Girl, Sonic Youth, The Cannanes, Leaky Chipmunk, Seaweed, Whorl, Superchunk, Unrest, Fish and Roses, Love Child and Geek all know the magic that is Beat Happening and offer their renditions ofthe groups numbers. You need this. Nancy Sin Godflesh Pure Earache/Relativity To enter the fifth dimension, or hyperspace, one must direct oneself at right angles to every point in the universe. Apply the same approach lo music and one amves at grindcore, an unjustly obscure genre. Wilh Pure(, Godflesh (Bnt potheads w/ machines) have transcended grindcore, building a vast aural edifice, the sonic equivalent of a post-neutron bomb. Ihe name of the band is the ideal; the name of the album describes the con- This is not 'new' music but I flashed on King Crimson's Red, the 1975 tectonic-plate mover which dispensed with all the jerk-off accoutrements lhat "art-rock" (and, by extension, "music") clung lo as signs of humanity. Godflesh delivers ihe new world that Red promised. The very static drum machine and words, that when audible, accentuate the sense of genetic slumming. Be ing"Molhra"isa common fantasy (as it should be!), "Monolrcmanta" is a wallow in the biological sewer where the only issue is the life-fom isc)w< ing. Pure is an attempt to transcend biology (I don'tknowwhocoincdlhclcrm"pathologicore", but I wish it was mc). I predict ihis thing of great beauty will remain on Earth long after the biosphere, awaiting alien travellers like a lost civilization, and they will be unable to resist it. And then their stomachs will burst open. Dave "Wave Queen" Quaglia Poison Idea Blank Blackout Vacant (Taang) Please write your own review. 1. Black Blackout Vacant is a tribute to: A) redundancy B)1982 C) fried food everywhere 2. This album proves that: A) self-parody isn't always funny or B) its bctlcr to bum out lhan lo fade away C) if punk rock were a horse it would get sent io ihe glue factory 3. Musically, Blank Blackout Vacant makes A) 1982 B) cliches QlinFlipsuJertagrnvsllow-lo-Make- Punk-Rock Handbook 4. Lyrically, the album makes extensive use of: A) 1982 B) cliches C) the Flipside magazine llow-to-Make- Punk-Rock Handbook 5. On the other hand, the album docs feature: A) a helpful definition ofthe word 'nihil- B)a] t-shirt C) a song called "Smack Attack" 6. Finally, I can only recommend you buy this album if: A) you're still pissed that all this cool punk rock stuff happened when you were 12 B) you find 350 pound tattooed men irresistible C) you want to find a svnonym to "damage" without using a thesaurus Chris Uren noro-.; psraiosonic pix o- mc nonm This month's column-type-thing is centred around the long-forgotten stars ofthe small screen. What better way to blow your hard-earned dough (or better yet, somebody else's) from your link fifteen minutes of fame as a supporting character on a Neilsen family favorite than on your fledgling singing career? I mean, why not? It's a good stepping stone from prime time star status to your blossoming future in potato chip ads, ripping off video stores, punching out transvetites, living in a trailer park and finding Jesus, or pulling hard time at San Quentin when the gun accidenlly goes off. After a long hard look at the pile o' doom, 1 have assembled a few examples to amaze and horrify your friends; if you can find all of these, you are truly a psychosonic sleuth! Cheryl Ladd-s/t (Capitol) - She was Farrah Fawcett's replacement on CHARLIE'S ANGELS, a true high point in the '70's phenom of 'jiggle' shows. In between bustin' crime (no, you sick puppies, no pun intended), Ladd fancied herself a singer. This LP literally spawned a moderate hit with the schmaltzy "Think It Over." Most of the eponymous debut is standard holly wood overproduction with way too much strings. Great inner sleeve photo of Cheryl getting down in the studio; makes it worth the dollar I paid for it. Cheryl was on the country tip with her second album, which sold three copks before she moved on to the Love BoatlFaniasy Island Cheezability Rating: 65 Kim Fields>/7» Loves Me Not (Critique/Quality) Yes. Kim Fields, loveable moppet of "The Facts of Life," decides to get away from the incestuous, greed-govemed, corprophagic world of television and enter the...well, incestuous, greed-governed, corprophagic world of music. This twelve inch is something even 1 didn't imagine existed. The pre-house dance track on side A would appeal to people who get a kick out of the stuff loveabk cartoon moppet Jem puts out. The prize, though, is "Dear Michael," an ode to the Dangerous one himself. Cover photo has Ms. Fields posed with flowers, a metal suitcase, and, inexplicably, a wok. Go figure. Cheezability Rating: 76 (warning to diabetics; listen in small doses) Tarzan'77t< Eyes ofthe Lion (King Leo) This doesn't really qualify, but it's far more interesting than singing has-beens. A transcript of an episode of the 1966 scries, it has a way cool gatefold sleeve with stills from the show with captions like, "Tarzan and Cheetah view a strange sight," and others. Ron Ely, "tall and impressively well muscled" (according to the sleeve), sounds about as Tarzan-like as Jerry Seinfeld. "Tarzan's March," at the end of the episode, has a great, heavily percussive dirge-like beat that resembles an old Swans ditty. Wotta find! Cheezability Rating: 100 SPECIAL PIKO'THE MONTH Randall & Klugman-r/tf Odd Couple Sin£s(London) 1' 11 be in a pine box before I pan with this one! FelixandOscargive the bus incsstosongslike"lnchWorm,""Johi_iy One Note," and "Applause, Applause," but their version of "You're So Vain" should have driven Carly Simon into seclusion. The Eagle snack boys slay in character throughout the LP, totally drowning out the songs as they engage in their half-witty banter. Randall al leas: tries his broadway best to get through these tunes bul is stymied by bufoon Klugman at each turn. It doesn't get much odder than this, folks. Cheezability Rating: Beyond mere numbers; this is TOTAL FUCKING GODHEAD!!! That's ail I have for now, but I am on the hunt for these things: •the William Shatner LP •Mary Han's only LP •Mario Thomas' LP Free To Be, You and Me (very rare) So keep your glassies open, 'cause if I find them, you can bet you'll read about 'em! NEXTMONTH: All local oddball stuffn'guilty pkasures from the last four decades!!! Any suggestions or finds can be sent to me care of CiTR, and make sure you include your name and address and I'll send you something really annoying for the effort. Also in the near future: soundtracks from HELL, and advice on how to start up your very own Wall O' Shame!!! 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URGE OVERCOW 2. GAS HEFFER 3. FUCOWZI 4. SUPERCOWDUCTOR 5. COW BY LAW 6. STEER POLE BATHTUB 7. BESTCOWSERS IN THE WORLD 8. THEE HEADCOWS 9. COWFIN BREAK 10.DIECOWZEN 11. URBAN COW SQUAD 12. BIG DRILL COW 13. BARRACOWDAS RORY TAIT'S TOP SEVEN DAVID MARSDEN QUOTES from the SOAP 1040 "alternative radio" panel at Music West 1. "We don't have to sell the station... 70% of our advertisers are also our listeners" 2. "We don't play music that's anf/'-anything." 3. "We respect our listeners." 4. "We're here to make good radio... but we also like to eat." 5. "We're having a lot of fun." 6. "We have a very friendly relationship with college radio, we're not competing with them." 7. "Firsf you have good programming; the listeners follow. That's good radio." DO YOU REMEMBER ROCK'N'ROLL RADIO? DISCORDER CHARTS 5 YEARS AGO. 1 KALAHARI SURFERS. . 2 PRINCE 3 VARIOUS 4 BUTTHOLE SURFERS 5 HUSKER DU 6 D.O.A. 7 MARKSTEWART AND tv 8 BHUNDU BOYS 10 GO FOUR 3 SLEEP ARMED(RECOMMENDED) SIGN O' THE TIMES(WEA) ANIMAL IIBERATION(NETTWERK) LOCUST ABORTION TECHNIQUE(TOUCH AND GO) WAREHOUSE SONGSANDSTORIES(WEA) TRUE NORTH STONG AND FREEfPROFI E) MARK STEWART AND MAFFIA(UPSIDE) SHABINKDISCAFRIQUE) ANGEL WITH A LARIAT (WEA) SIX FRIENDS(ZULU) SUNDAYS ARE YOU SERIOUS? MUSIC 8:00AM- 12:00PM All of time is measured by itsart. Most broadcasting shuns art for incestuous market-music. This show presents the most recent new music from around the world. Ears open. Hosted by Paul Steenhuisen and lan Crutchley. THE BRUNCH REPORT 12:00-12:15PM News, sports, weather and more with the CiTR News, Sports and Weather Departments. THE ROCKERS SHOW 12:15-3:00PM Hosts: George Barrett and Mike Cherry. Reggae inna all styles and fashbn. Dancehall, Dub, Roots, Lovers-rock, Rock Steady, Ska and beyond! THE SUNDAY MAGAZINE S:00-5:30PM All the day's news, weather and sports, and a feature. Hosted by Helen G. MAURY'S GOT THE NIGHT OFF 6:00- 8:00PM Kooky antics, current irrelevant issues, Joe Jackson, Pankow. Ice-T, Hellbastard. and your cool requests. Hosted by Karen Toddington and Lloyd Uliana. LULU'S BACK IN TOWN 8:00- 9:00PM Tune in asyour hosts VinnieCarpelli and Sonny Prince play some of the hottest crooners on wax. Names like Tony Bennett, Sammy Davis, Jr., Engelbert Humperdinck and many, many more...lots of great cuts and plenty of polyester. GEETANJAU 9:00- 10:00PM Geetanjali is a one-hour radio show which features a wide range of music from India. This includes classical music, both Hindustani and Carnatic, popular music from Indian movies from the 1930s to the 1990s, Semi-classical music such as Ghazals and Bhajans, and also Quawwalis, Folk Songs, etc. Hosted by Jyoti Dhar and Pradeep Kumar Nandam. RADIO FREE AMERICA 10:00PM- 12:00AM Join host Dave Emory and colleague Nip Tuck for some extraordinary political research guaranteed to make you think twice. Bring your tape deck and two C-90s. Originally broadcast on KFJC (Los Altos, California). MONDAYS THE MORNING SHOW 7:30-8: ISAM Wake up with the CiTR Morning Show. All the news, sports and weather you need to start your day. Pluswhat's happening at UBC each day with UBC Digest, a feature interview and more. Topped off with the BBC World Service News at 8:00AM, live from London,England. Hosted today by Bill Currie. BREAKFAST WITH THE BROWNS 8:15- 11:00AM Your favourite brown-sters. James and Peter, offer a savoury blend of the familiar and exotic in an excitingly luscious blend of aural delights! Tune in and enjoy each weekly brown plate special. DON AND GOURD'S STUPID RADIO SHOW 11:00 AM- 1:00 PM So they asked me 'Is this music ?* Noon feature: "Crucifix In Your Ear." THE AFTERNOON REPORT 1:00-1:15PM News, sports and weather. MEKANIKAL OBJEKTNOEE 1:15-3:00PM CiTR's only all industrial /technical / electronic show with different feature albums every week. With your dj pal, June. Cevin Key likessomeof GUMBO RADIO 3:00-5:00PM Host: Steve Wells. THE CITR DINNER REPORT 5:00-5:30PM All the latest on campus: news, sports, an in-depth interview, theatre or film review, editorial commentary and more. Weekdays with host tan Gunn. AUTHENTIC AMATEURISM 5:30-6:00PM The sports show that seethes with insight while staying at one with the sports world. Hosted by Mark Dinsdale, who always gives 110%. Focusing on local, campus and amateur sports. BOXER SHORT BOYZ 7:00-9:00PM Just a couple of guys who like to walk around in their boxer shorts with their big fat guts hanging out. Jerome Broadway and Garnet Timothy Harry alternate weeks. THE JAZZ SHOW 9:00PM-12:00AM Vancouver's longest running prime time jazz program. Hosted by the ever-suave Gavin Walker. Features at 11. June 1: All the featured artists this month will be at the Vancouver Jazz Festival this year. Joanne Brakeen (pianist and composer) lead her trio (plus guests Terence Btanchard—trumpet and Blanchard Marsalis—alto and soprano saxo phones) don't be misled by the al bum title Fifi Goes to Heaven.. .this is bold and adventurous jazz. June 8: Johnny Griffin is one of the suprise tenor saxophonists in jazz. He has played with all the giants: Art Blakey and Thelonious Monk to name two. He continues to record and perform with the freshness of a man half his age (He s 64). Tonight, his latest. 7he Cat. Griff with guests Curtis Fuller (trombone) and Steve Nelson. The Chicago Fire burns brightly! June 15: Bernie Senensky is one of Canadasgreat musicians. Toronto based Senensky plays piano, com poses and arranges his best album to date. Four great horns, including ex-Vancouverite Campbell Ryga (atto sax), plus bass and drums...a unique and swinging date. June 22: Roland Hanna is one of the world's finest piano artists and this album called Child of Gemini shows his compositional abilities and his deep retatiionshiop with 'classical' music. Hanna, Dave Hollins (bass) and the great Swiss drummer, Daniel Humair. A must for piano lovers. June 29: Saxophonist Ralph Moore isone ofthe young'Giantsof Jazz." His maturity and quiet authority is evident on this fine recording where he performs with the great bassist Ray Brown and his trio (Gene Harris piano and Jeff Hamiltion drums). Moore Makes Four is a fine show case for four ofthe finest players on the planet. TUESDAYS THE MORNING SHOW 7:30-8:15AM Hosted by Antje Rauwerda. MADONNA DEATH WATCH 8:15- 11:00...is three words. June 2: Bryce phones home. June 9: The Beastie Boys co-host. Cross your fingers. June 16: The return of Bryce. June 23: Bryce and Scooter phone to see if Fugazi's home from Europe. June 30: Celebrate the eve of Canada's Birthday. DOG'S BREAKFAST 11:00AM- 1:00PM June is the month of instant dinners. TV cooking has killed people's attention span. Recipesyou can whip up in 10 minutes. We start with the Grilled Cheese sandwich Fry-Off on June 2nd. Winner gets their sandwich bronzed. On June 16th, Father's Day Meal for your pappy. BLOOD ON THE SADDLE 1:15-3:00PM Country music to scrape the cowshit off your boots to. With yer host-poke Jeff Gray. LIVE FROM VENUS 3:00-5:00PM Women-made music and stuff, hosted by Jane Tilley. THE REAL DEAL 6:00-7:00PM "If ft ain t rapthen you knowit'scrap.'— Eazy- E. Hardcore rap with your hardcore rap host Terror T. THE UNHEARD MUSIC 7:00-9:00PM Demo Director Dale Sawyer provides some insight into the best and the worst of the newest Canadian music. AVANT-PIG 9:00PM-12:00AM Alternating Tuesdays with Wolf at the Door. Now three hours of funky, ambient noise-piggery with Pete Lutwyche. WOLF AT THE DOOR 9:00PM- 12:00AM Alternating Tuesdays with Avant- Pig. The latest in donee music and interesting drama every second week. With Lupus Yonderboy. AURAL TENTACLES MIDNITE UNTIL THE MOON DROPS Fun for the whole family to enjoy! Weird chunks of news.oddpiecesoftuneage. Pierre and the 2AM WWOD. WEDNESDAYS THE MORNING SHOW 7:30-8:15AM Hosted by lan Gunn. SOULCHURCH 12:00- 1:00PM That program where we play for you the best of the African-Canadian. African-American gospel music tradition. Your host in a hurry. Dave Langille. NOOLEY TUNES 1:15-3:00PM Spinning the best and worst of CiTR's playlist, only the most original requests will be remotely considered. Emphasis will be on new material from around the world, regardless of musical classification. NORMAN'S KITCHEN 3:OO-5:00PM The next best thing to the Vision Channel! With your host, the Bernice Gerard of Rock & Roll, The Reverend Norman. THE HEALING HOUR 7:00-9:00PM Guru Dru plays the blues. ENTERTAINMENT 9:00-12:00PM Only the third Radio Program in the history of Homo-sapien kind to be dedicated to solving all of the world's problems. Radio that believes in confusion, noise, peace, love, aggression and maybe even EVOLUTION. Move beyond the old obsessions...featuring LIVE FROM THE INNER STATION the first Wendsday of every month. An altered approach to music performed live for radio. OPEN COUNTRY JOY 12:0O-4:00AM, THE FIRST WED. OF EVERY MONTH Don't let the ??? fool you. THURSDAYS THE MORNING SHOW 7:30-8:15AM Hosted by Antje Rauwerda. CANADIAN LUNCH 11:30- 1:00PM Toques, plaids, backbacon, beer, igloos, snowmobiles, beavers & Brian Mulrooney. If you love Canada,tune inand eat yourlunch to Canadian music. Previously Coralation. POPGUN l:00-3:O0PM FLEX YOUR HEAD 3:00-5:00PM --HARD JINX-- --ERIC CORE-- OUT FOR KICKS 6:00- 8:00PM No Birkenstocks,nothing politically correct. We don't get paid so you're damn right we have fun with it. Hosted by Chris B. RED HOT AND BLUE 8:00- 9:00PM Roots music, rhythm and blues, rock n roll, and who knows what, hosted by Eddie J. UVE FROM THUNDERBIRD RADIO HELL 9:00-11:00PM Local music from 9. Live bands from 10. June 4: Thieves of Silence June 11: Psychotic Jamnation June 18: The Smalls June 25: Foam ABSOLUTE VALUE OF NOISE 11:00PM- 1:00AM 100%Canadian industrialism. Noise with four-dimensional psycho-acoustic interactivity. Practitioner: Peter Courtemanche. MEGABLASTI 1 AM-WHEN U STOP LISTENING minimalism, adamnoizisloan is (ir)responsible. FRIDAYS THE MORNING SHOW 7:30-8:15AM Hosted by lan Gunn. THE NOIZ SHOW2:30-3:30.4:00-5:00PM oiznoiznoiznoiznoiznoiz... NARDWUARTHE HUMAN SERVIETTE PRESENTS... 3:30-4:00PM Nardwuar the Human Serviette Presents...Word! THE CITR DINNER REPORT 5:00-5:20PM With 'The Voice of Reason," our weekly look back at the week in the news, tongues firmly in cheek. THE THUNDERBIRD PREVIEW 5:20-5:30PM The Sports Department's preview of what'll be goin'down this week- PROJECTIONS 5:30- 6:00PM Projections: news, music, and reviews of alternative, Hollywood and locally produced films on Vancouver s only all- movie radio show hosted by two actul film students, Jason and Steve. COCKTAILS WITH DARYL AND SUZI 6:00- 9:00PM Underground sound system-style mastermix radio. FOR THE RECORD 6:30-6:45PM Excerpts from Dave Emory's Radio Free America Series. HOMEBASS 9:00PM-12: 30AM Dope jams and fresh beats for a groovy evening with DJ Noah on the wheels of steel. LYMP SINK 12:30AM-Morning Divide twin bags along perforation. Use I per cup: add boiling water. Steep 4-6 minutes. If desired, add a touch of honey. Special Bonus! Make it to 5 AM and get a bedtime story! Hosted by the G42 players. June 5 and 19, The Doctor Kildare Show. June 12 and 26, The Postman Pat Show. SATURDAYS THE SATURDAY EDGE 8:00AM-12:00PM Vancouversbiggest and best acous- tic/roots/rogue radio show. Now in its 6th year on CiTR! Roots music from around the world. POWERCHORD 12:15-3:00PM Vancouver's only true metal show; local demo tapes, importsand other rarities. Gerald Rattlehead and Metal Ron do the damage. THE AFRICAN SHOW 3:00-5:OOt>M tt'sa music thing fromall "Africa." It'san awareness thing of self and others. It'san African house party. Stories, music, dance fun. Welcome! Your host: Umerah. THESATURDAYMAGAZNE 5:00-5:30PM UBC's weekend news. All the latest news, sports, weather, a movie review, feature report and more. News with Luc Dinsdale; Doug Richards has sports. IN EFFECT 6:00-8:00 The Hip Hop beat and nothin' but. With host PDS. THE HEIMLICH MANOUEVER8:00-10:00 The show that knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men (and women). The Shadow and his bad attitude pervade in a world where life is cheap and the music is good. The Shadow, intro at 8:30, conclusion at 9:30. GROOVE JUMPING 10:00PM-1:00AM Loud, fast and aging rapidly... it's not just a name it's a way of life. Drink beerand listen to it loud... we do! Hosts Terry Holland and John Yaremus do Rock and Roll the way it's supposed to be done. SOMETHING 1:00-4:OOPM Ambivalent twat plays whatever she thinks is cool for four, or four and a half hours, and then puts on a CD and goes to sleep in the vinyl couch in the lounge; unless you decide to drive her home. WHOM & HOW ARTS SHAWN BOUCHARD BOARD CHAIR HARRY HERTSCHEG CURRENT AFFAIRS IAN GUNN DEMOS/CASSETTES DALE SAWYER ENGINEER RICHARD ANDERSON ENTERTAINMENT TANIA ALEKSON MOBILE SOUND DARREN REITER MUSIC MINDYABRAMOWITZ NEWS IAN GUNN PRESIDENT DIAMOND" DRU PAVLOV PRODUCTION JUSTIN LEIGH PROGRAMMING CHRIS UREN PROMOTIONS A.O. CHAPMAN SECRETARY CORAL SHORT SPORTS MARK DINSDALE STATION MANAGER UNDA SCHOLTEN STUDENT ENGINEER ADAM SLOAN VICE PRESIDENT HELENGODOLPHIN VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR JOHN RUSKIN BUSINESS LINE 604/822-3017 DJUNE 604/822-2487 (UBC-CiTR) NEWS UNE 604/222-2487 (222-CiTR) FAX LINE 604/822-6093 ENVOY ID CITR.FM ARE YOU SERIOUS MUSIC ROCKERS SHOW THENEWBRENT ARGO SHOW LULU'S BACK GEETANJALI ONE STEP IEY0ND/IADIO fKEAMEBCA IN THE GHPOF i'ii«]:»iin mmrnmm BREAKFAST MADONNA WITH THE DEATH BROWNS WATCH STUPID S^ RADIO FAST _-_ • : ■ 4K«n _ :W-<-1 MEKANIKAL BLOOD ON OBJEKT NOIZE THE SADDLE GUMBO LWE FROM RADI° ViNUS lVi^»i:i«_i3:n wmmmmwm DIGITAL QTTPQ backbacon* ALARM QJ_Uj5 maple SYRUP "HRQNT - mic -^ Ra_ SXT mm ________ = mm soul cum rUruUIN ABC123 ma*:M!K»-K*--a?*w:MXJL»mi:mmm N(X>LEY Canadian PYFWATFI? NORMANS £LEJ< NAR0WUA?/ KITCHEN h?aS NOIZ TWO SONIC REAL DEAL boxer UNHEARD lo^ MUSIC Taz! wolf SHOW /PIG Gil LIS lvV»x? OUT FOR HEAlir? Wik HOUR REDHOTAND ENTER UVE FROM T A I M WNDERMD I A I IM RADIO HELt MENT ABsoLUT. 9999999 v*lu- of - ??????? MEGA ??????? MASN DARYL AND SUZI HOME BASS LIMP SINK THE SATURDAY EDGE ICI3VK1 POWER CHORD AFRICAN SHOW *T=ro_* vow was MANOUVRE GROOVE JUMPING SOME THING i § V_AV-___. ... Queen Elizabeth Theatre The Staple Singers & John hammond Vancouver East Cultural Centre 1895 Venables Bobby Bradford Mo'tet An unsung genius of,he come, plus Francois Houle Group Frid.y. Jun. 19. 8pm Paul Bley Trio Oliver Jones ■On, ofthe world's best piano players. " -Montreal Gazette plus Diana Krall Trio " Sunday, Jun. 21. 8pm GONZALO RUBALCABA Marcus Roberts Pianist in the tradition of Ellington and Monk plus Inside Outside T-..d.y,Ju»«23, 8pm Brotzmann/ Crispell Drake plus Marilyn Crispell & Irene Schweizer W.dn.lday, Jun. 24, 8pm Richard Davis & Roland Hanna ,,fba» John Abercrombie Trio Tim Berne Quartet no-wave and punk. * Barbara Dennerlein Trio with Ray Anderson Powerful Hammom Mahlathini & The mahotella Queens £ Shango Ashe Margareth Menezes Unmistakably Brazilian. Strunz & Farah Hotter than the Gipsy Kings plus Celso Machado & K.K. Nogueira Sunday, Jun. 21. 9Pm SKYWALK 'Craftsmanship ofthe highest level, superb. " -Globe & Mail PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS Tu.ad.y. Jun. 23. 9pm Johnny Griffin Quartet A tenor sax legend who's played with Monk & Coltrane plus Ralph Moore Quintet Katie Webster Band & Marion Williams "The greatest living gospel singer. "-N. Y. Times Thur.d.y. Jun. 25. »pm Yellowjackets plus Lonely universe Friday. Jun* 26, 10pm Otis Clay, Ann Peebles & The Memphis Soul Revue A loul-ttirring R&B spectacular plus Jim Byrnes Band Saturday, June 27, 10pm Yomo Toro •A sort of Puerto Rican hillbilly Jimi Hendrix" -N.Y. Time, plus Daniel janke Quartet AMPfZZASUCE ZMCCH/M PESTD STUDENTS - WELCOME TO JPflM-SXSEIb VANCOUVER'S BEST SHOW VALUE! GREAT TRIPLE FEATURES! SEE 3 FILMS FOR ONLY $2.50. ENJOY THE BEST IN MOVIE ENTERTAINMENT A T THE LOWEST TICKET PRICE IN TOWN VANCOUVER'S ORIGINAL DISCOUNT THEATRE AND STILL THE BEST! ALL SEATS ALL DAY IVE WANT TO MAKE THE PARADISE YOUR FAVOUR TE THEATRE 24 HR. SHOW INFO: 681-1732 'JUNE^ _.... at the Ridge........ Event* of Shorts (IMm) afthe Pacilic Ciiematheque™ 2 TUESDAY Philips, MacDermont & Crane at the Glass Siipper... Nowhere Blossoms atthe Ra_way... im Watktns atthe Vate._ Cruel 70s Disco at the Cruel Elephant Grand Canyon (9_5pm) at the Ridge... Cruel Bephant.. Ralph Eppd Quintet at % Glass Slipper... Colleen X" rns if! to the musicTof Polka Dogs aHhe Yancouver" fasTCufaral Centre Savage at Gallery.... Railway... Hank Williams Jr. Byrnes at the Yale... Rheostatics at the Patty Loveless & Doug Stone at the BYale.. "* Pacific Coliseum... Jim Byrnes at the Yale... Sleeping Dogs Lie performed [8pm)... Beaniy and the Beast (7:30pm) and Hook (9:25pm) at the Ridge... Alexander Sokurov: The Lonely Voice of Man (7:30pm) and Days ofthe Ecapse (9:15pm) at the Pacific Cinematheque... 6 SATURDAY Ovarian Trolley at the Cruel Bephant.. Francois Houle tt Cetera at the Glass Slioper... Colleen Savage at Gallery 56... Jim Byrnes at the Yale... Windwalker with The Paper Tulips and " leRCT Slipper... Colleen Savage at Gallery 56... Jim Byrnes _. ___ Country Dance atthe WISE Hall... Rheostatics at the Railway... Jungle CD release party: Facepuller, Stigmata Atlantis Bus, Shine, Gabrielle, 6 Inch Maria, Juice Monkeys. Happy Man, Memory Day, Tankhog, Grames Bros., Catherine Wheel at the Commodore... The Fureys at the Eric Hamber Auditoreum (7:30pm)... Jim Byrnes at the Yale... Gwar with The Melvins at the New York Theatre... Demolisten Derby Finals at 86 Street.. ~ s Lie performed to the music of Polka Dog at the Vancouver East CulWafCentre (8pm)... Beauty and the Beast (7:30pm) and Hook (9:25pm) at the Ridge... Alexander Sokurov: The Lonely Voice of Man (7*30pm)and Days of the Eclipse (9:15pm) atthe PacificCinematheque... 7 SUNDAY Video Bar-b-que atthe Glass Slipper... More in e Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Vancouver Goh Ballet 8 MONDAY CiTR Alternative Mondays at the Pit Pub-. David Chastin at the Yale... Foam with Carmen Rogues at the Railway... The Rankin Family atthe Vancouver East Cultural Centre (7pm &10pm)... Donovan with Tom Northcott at the Commodore... 7flf (7:30pm) at the Ridge... Jewish Film Festival: Escape to the Rising Sun (7:30pm) at the Pacific Cinematheque... 9 TUESDAY CiTR presents the Beastie Boys with Big Chief and Fu-Schnickens at the Commodore... Kate Hammet-Vaughn at Gallery 56... Cruel 70s Disco at the Cruel Bephant.. David Chastin at the Yale... Yothu Yindi with Diamond Fist Wemy at the Backstage (Seattle)... Dancing on Glass at the Railway... Al Stewart with Peter White at 86 Street.. JFK (7:30pm) at the Ridge.. Cultural Centre (until the 22nd):.: mis' My Lie (7*30pmj and &_■**•/ Canyon (9:25pm) at the Ridge... Jewish Fflm Festival: Gatkes - An 70s Disco <rt the Crad Bephant.. tikis My lh% (730pm) and Van Pelt Tno at Galery 56.. 3 WEDNESDAY , CiTR Hot Wednesdays atthe Pit Pub- She with Sublime and Coierof the Gods at the Cruel Bephant.. Maya — Sounds of India at the Glass Slipper... Nowhere Blossoms at the Railway... John Watkins atthe Yale... Walter Gulezko exhibition opens at Gallery 56 (until the 27th)„. Seeping Dogs Lie performed to the music of Polka Dogs atthe Vancouver East Cultural Centre (8pm)... TheMambo Kings (7:30pm) and High Heels (9:30pm) at the Ridge... Filmmakers in tersort Monuments FarandStange(i:3tiw) Atactic 4 THURSDAY Ci!8Altem*r_veTuesdaysatthePftPiil).- Rein Sanction with For Christ's Sake and Caustic Thought at the Cruel Bephant. Alien Sex Fiend atthe Town Puna.. Bob Bell with Necropolis at the Glass Slipper... Rheostatics at the Railway... Jim Byrnes afthe Yale... Freeway Persuasion. Moist Orbit in Bloom, Never Say New at 86 Street.. 3m Carroll with Vic Chesnutt at the Backstage (Seattle)... Syee^Oo|$Z/.perfonnedtothemusicofPolkaDogsattireVanco-ver East CufturaTCerrtre (8pm)... TheMambo Kings QMam) ani High Heels (9:30pm) at the Ridge... Filmmakers in Person: Monuments Far and Strange (7:30pm) at Pacific Cinematheque... 5 FRIDAY Itch with Toiling Midjets and Vic.Chesnutt at the Raff (935pm) at the Ridge... Alexander Sokurov: The Second Chk (7:30pm) and Mourmullndifference&2Qpm) at Patific Cinematheque... Pages from toe Spring Catalog* of Movement at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (5pm)... 13 SATURDAY Chris Houston & His Evil Twang with Black Happy at the Cruel Bephant. Roger Baird with MuseArt at the Glass Slipper... Major Handy at the Yale... Rockaway Revue at the Railway... Jumbalassy at Speedy O'Tubbs (Bdindiam)... Oyster Band wimTimyghtsat-ieB_ckstage(Seat^ Riff Raff (mm) at the Ri^. Alexander Sokurov: The Second Circle (7:30pm) and Mournful lrtdiffe7ence(9:2Qm) at Pacific Cinematheque... Pages from toe Spring Catalogue of Movement at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (Tpm)... 14 SUNDAY RonSamworth Group at the Glass Sipoer... Lorita Leung Dancers and the Little Panda Children's Performing Group at the Vancouver Playhouse (Ham).. Neville Brothers at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre... Rockaway Revue atthe Railway... B.C. Country Musk Awards at the Commodore... The Stink Bus at Speedy O'Tubbs (Bellingham)... Hear My Song (7:30pm) and Riff Raff (9:35pm) at the Ridge.. Jewish Him Festival: Hmuno, King of Jerusalem (7:30pm) at the PacificCinematheque... 15 MONDAY CiTR Alternative Mondays at the Pit Pub... Oliver & the Bements at the Yale.. The Beautiful South at the Commodore... Maisha World Beat at the Railway... Herb Ellis at Cafe Django.. HorsefeathersClom), Duck Soup (ii35om) and AnimalCrackers&Sbm) atthe Ridge... Jewish Film Festival: Hmmo, King otJerusalem'(7:30pm) at the Pacific Cinematheque... Dance ft Kane/Taylor Explosion "Bats" at the Waterfront Theatre (9pm)._ Mumau double Bit Hosfento (7.30pm) and The Last L*vgk (9:00pm) at Pacific Cinematheque... 25 THURSDAY CiTR Alternative Thursdays at the Pit Pub... Big Tall Garden with Grump and Drop Dolls at the Cruel Bephant.. Floyd Dixon at the Yale... Vancouver International Jazz Festival continues: Richard Davis & Roland Kama with Travis Shook Trio at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (8pm): Katie Webster Band & Marion Williams at the Commodore; Kokoro Dance & Kane/Taylor Explosion 16 TUESDAY Johnny Nocturne at the Yale... Crud 70s Disco at the Cruel Bi Karen Graves Quartet at Galery 56... iv Nocturne at the Yale... Crud 70s Disco at the Cruel Bephant.. Herb Blis at Cafe Django... Show Business Giants at the Railway.. The Beautiful South at the Backstage (Seattle)... Horsefeathers (7pm), Duck Soup (8:35pm) and Animal Crackers (9:55pm) at the Ridge... 17 WEDNESDAY CiTR Hot Wednesdays at the Pit Pub... The Sweaters with The Show Business Giants and vinaigrettes at the Cruel Bephant.. Jack Duncan's Shango Ashe at the Glass Slipper... Johnny Nocturne at the Yale... Happy Man at the Railway... Truly, Madly, Deeply (7:30om) and Close My Eyes (9:30pm) at the Ridge... Sink or Swim: The Runs of Su Friedrich: Sink or Swim plus The Ties That Bind (7:30pm) and First Comes Love plus Damned if You Don't and Gently Down tte Steam (Opm) at Pacific Cinematheque... 18 THURSDAY CiTR Alternative Thursdays at the Pit Pub... Agent Orange with Sonic Brain Jam and Noise Floor at the Crud Bephant.. Henry Boudin and Michel Gauthier at the Glass Slipper... Johnny Nocturne at the Yale.. Poetry Readings with Carolyn Zolailo, Stephen Moirisey & Tom Konyves and Ed Varney Book Release Party at Gallery 56... Happy Man at the Railway... Margareth Menezes at the Backstage (Seattle)... Sink or Swim: The Films of Su Friedrich: Sink or Swim plus The Ties That Bind (7:30pm) and First Comes Love plus Damned If You Don't and Gently Down toe Steam (9:30pm) at Pacific Cinematheque... 19 FRIDAY Sweaty Nipples with Sinner's Squad at the Mo'tet with Francois Houle Group at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (8pm); Mahlathini & the Mahofella Queens with Shango Ashie at the Commodore (10pm)... The Picketts at the Railway... Sadhappy atSpeedy 07ubbs(Bellingham)._ Charles Musselwhite atthe Backstage (Seattle).. Alexander Sokuror. Save andProtectg^m)^ Pacific Cinematheque... 20 SATURDAY Hedgehogwith Mystery Machine atthe Crud Bephant. Amanda Huges at Gallery..... Johnny Nocturne at the Yale... Folk Musk Festival Early Bird Tickets deadline... Vancouver International Jazz Festival continues: Paul Bley Trio with Bill Smith Ensemble at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (8pm); Margareth Menezes with Fantaz.a at the Commodore (10pm).. The Picketts at the Railway... Loaf at Speedy OTubbs (Bellingham)... Phranc at the Backstage (Seattle)... Alexander Sokurov: Save and Protect (7:30pm) at Pacific Cinematheque... 21 SUNDAY Vancouver International Jazz Festival continues: Oliver Jones with Diana Krall Trio at the Vancouver East Cultural CiTR Hot Wednesdays at the Pit Commodore Pub... Spiral Jetty with Bectric Eye and Thieves ol Silence at the Cruel r David Chastin at the Yale.. Peter Huron Nonet with Celtic 10 WEDNESDAY Pub... Spii ■' Bephant Works at the Glass Slipper... Sepatu Big Boss at the Railway.. Toto Le Heros (7:30pm) and Madame Bovary (9:25pm) at the Ridge... Vintage Hitchcock: The Man Who Knew Too Much (7:30pm) and The Lady Vanishes (9:05pm) at the Pacific Cinematheque... 11 THURSDAY . CiTR Alternative Thursdays at the Pit Pub... Alice Underground with Chrome Dog and Sludge at the Crud Bephant. Major Handy at the Yale... Clyde Reed Quartet at the Gla Slipper... The Stoaters at the Railway... Toto Le Heros (7:30pm) a Madame Bovary (9:25pm) at the Ridge... Visibly Queer Framed Youth, or Revolt ofthe Teenage Perverts plus Un Chant d'Amour (7:30pm) at Pacific Cinematheque... Pages from toe Spring Catalogue ot Movement at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (8pm)... 12 FRI DAY Surgery with Kreviss and B vis Love Child at the Crad Bephant.. Al with My Name at the Town Pump... Stellar Saxophone Quartet at the Glass Slipper.. Poetry and Flamenco Guitar with Alice Tepexcuintie. Hilary Peach Blossom and Gary Bourgeois at Gallery 56... Major Handy at the Yale... Oyster Band with The Stoaters at the Commodore... The Stoaters at the Railway... Gas Huffer with Sinister Six at Speedy O'Tubbs (Bellingham)... Hear My Song (7:30pm) and Riff 26 LJ^^Snm^^ Griffin Quartet with Ralph Moore Quintet at the Commodore; Kokoro Vancouver East Cultural Centre (8pm): Katie Webster Band & Marion Williams at the Commodore; Kokoro Dance & Kane/Taylor Explosion "Bats" at the Waterfront Theatre (9pm)... Memphis Slax at the Railway... Egberto Gismonti at the Backstage (Seattle)... VisLL' *VuHg-r(7:30pm) at Pacific Cinematheque... 26 FRIDAY The Hungry Crocodiles with John the Baptist " rev Antfrr— Memphis Slax at _..._ Gallery 56.. Vancouver International Jazz Festival continues: John at the Crud Bephant.. Harvey Andrews at the WISE Hal... Pinetop Perkins atthe Yale... Memphis Slax at the Railway.. Celtic Martingale at Abercrombie Trio at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (8pm); Yello wjackets with Lonely Universe at the Commodore (10pm); Kokoro from toe Giml Hospital (9l5om) at Pacific Ci 27 SATURDAY Poison Idea with Random Killing at the Crad Bephant.. Joe Biomson's Latin Free Thing at Galery 56... Cape Breton Dance atthe WISE Hal... Pinetop Perkinsatthe Yale... Vancouver International Jazz Festival continues: Tim Berne Quartet at the Vancou ver East Cultural Centre (8pm); Otis Clay. Ann Peebles & the Memphis " " Byrnes Band at the Commodore (10pm); Kokoro r Explosion "Bats" at the Waterfront Theatre Dance & Kane/Taylor Explosion ' ___ (9pm)._ Eartha Kitt atthe Queen Bizabeth Theatre.. Frank Frink Five at fiie Railway... Archangel (7:30pm) and Tales from toe GM Hospital (9:15pm) at Pacific Cinematheque... 28 SUNDAY The Jesus Lizard at the Crad Bephant.. Vancouver International Jazz Festival doses: Barbara Dennerlin Trio with Ray Anderson at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (8pm); Yomo Toro with Daniel Janke Quartet at the Commodore (9pm)... Frank Frink Five at the Railway... Les Enfants du Paradis (7:30pm) at Pacific Cinematheque... 29 MONDAY CiTR Alternative Mondays at the Pit Pub- Oliver & the Bements at the Yale... Mike Jacobs Band at the Railway., les Enfants du Paradis (7:30pm) at Pacific Cinematheque... 30 TUESDAY The Cure with The Cranes at the Pacific Coiseum... Judy Mowatt & Her All-Star Band at the Commodore... Mike Jacobs Band at the Railway... Clifford Duffy at Galery 56... Luther Johnson at the Yale... Centre (8pm): Strum & Farah with Celso Machado & K.K. Nogueira at the Commodore (9pm)... Frank Frink Five at the Railway.. Royal City Youth Ballet at the Vancouver Playhouse (11am)... Jewish Film Festival: The Assault (7:30pm) at the Pacific Cinematheque... 22 MONDAY CiTR Alternative Mondays at the Pit Pub- Canned Heat at the Yale...Vancouver International Jazz Festival continues: Gorualo Rubalcaba with Fraser MacPherson & Oliver Gannon at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (8pm)... Feeding Like Butterflies at the Railway... Jewish Film Festival: the Assault (7:30pm) at the Pacific Cinematheque... 23 TUESDAY Canned Heat at the Yale... Crad 70s Disco at the Crud Bephant.. Vancouver International Jazz Festival continues: Marcus Roberts with Inside Outside at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (8pm); Skywalk at the Commodore (9pm); Kokoro Dance & Kane/Taylor Explosion "Bats" at the Waterfront Theatre (9pm)._ Jimmy Roy's 5 Star Hillybilly Boys at the Railway... 24 WEDNESDAY CiTR Hot Wednesdays at the Ptt Pub... Herald Nix atthe Cruel Bephant.. Floyd Dixon atthe Yale... Jimmy Vancouver's Largest Selection of Almost New and Used Paperbacks and Magazine Back Issues Large Range of Hard Cover Books Thousands of New and Collector's Comics We Buy, Sell or Trade 1247 Granville near Davie 682-3019 3347 Kingsway 430-3003 Open 7 Days a Week La Buzz on your Buzz Bucks. •. Rollins Band This album ought to be taken in regular doses, like medicine, to jlast out all the negative, cynical, unk festering in your soul. If emotional honesty and caring mean anything at all to you, buy this album. Eye magazine, Feb.20, 1992, Chris Conner This album goes beyond the confines of normal rock 'n roll. It's ;ense, jagged, frightening, yet jeautiful flashlight to the other side, a dark, yet compelling vivisection ofthe outer limits of untamed masculinity. Melody Maker, Feb. 29, 1992, Dave Simpson _..-_^-0^-oY,„. Garland Jeffereys ...a new collection of brilliant, painful songs about race that run counter to the black separatist themes of rap and have Jeffereys citing such iconoclastic black writers as Shelby Steele and 0i -iley Crouch as influences. Vanity Fair ...the album is a very personal voyage through racial madness... There are songs about baseball's colorlines, bias in the world of rock music, the Ku Klux Klan, Mr. Jeffereys initial fears of Malcolm X as a "monster in monster proportions" New York Times, Douglas Martin Something of a precursor ofthe Black Rock Coalition, Jefferey mixes reggae, rock, doo wop, and hip hop into a swinging platform for his thoughts. 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MK Bl< Will il i ** IM||«I *'.:. £_-*-___-« a r>j — «% * Ih ^ The Church Throughout their career, The Church consistently remain one of rock's most innovative and enigmatic bands, justifying praises from the press including: "Sonic perfection", and a description of their latest release, Priest=Aura, as "an album of sounds that caress the senses", ...Australia's prime psyche-rock exports return with their charmingly vague ramblings and dreamy guitar washes in what is unquestionably their lloveliest work since 1986's Heyday NOW notes, April 2, 1992 Musically, the band hasn't sounded this good since their "Heyday"...just when the album slips into lazy ambient soundscapes, they come up with pop like "Feel", recalling Kilbey's underrated collaboration with Go- Betweens Grant McLennan as Jack Frost last year...Priest=Aura is the best thing they've ever done Eye Magazine, April 23, Jason Anderson Matthew Sweet This is popcraft raised to the level of artistry - a rock 'n roll valentine that delivers subtle wisdom with an exhilirating kick. Rolling Stone Magazine, Jan. 23, 1992, Paul Evans The appropriately named American singer is this year's salute to the British Invasion. Simple, beautiful, Anglo-styled pop music which compares favourably with Big Star, Badfinger, The Shoes, The Rasberries, and every other band or singer ever mentioned in the same breath as the Fab Four Globe and Mail Shortlist ...hard-edged approach to quintessential pop. Vancouver Sun, Feb. 22, 1992, Greg Potter _1 fi «U GO .2 8 8 = ill u FEED YOUR BUM Zulu is proud to offer yet another assortment of fresh tunes at great prices with the express wish that they expand your cranium... 2 Monday to Wednesday 10:30-7:00 LJJ Thursday and Friday 10:30-9:00 __. Saturday 10:30-6:30 O Sunday 12:00-6:00 1869 W 4th Avenue, Vancouver BC 604-738-3232 m 2 Unlimited ® Get Ready Finally a debut album from the creators of "Get Ready For This" and "Twilight Zone". A full-length techno-dance-o-rama treat. AU ® Percolater They can't spell, but what the hell. One of the leaders of the LA area power-punk scene release another gem. Always a big draw here in Vancouver, this release is sure to be a hot item. Gwar ® America Must Be Destroyed This import version features three tracks censored from the Canadian release. Don't let bozos tell you what you can listen to, get the real thing. Go to the Dune 6th show at the NY Theatre, get wet, scare your parents. Ride ® Twisterella CD EP ' A four-song EP featuring "Twisterella" from the album "Going Blank Again", and three non-album tracks. Sure to appeal to fans of this great band. Primus ® Miscellaneous Debris CD EP ' Outakes and covers by this punk/funk outfit from the Bay Area. Primus recently tore up the Dennis Miller show — now you can have them in your living room, tearing up XTC's "Making Plans For Nigel", among others. Spiritualized ® Laser-Guided Melodies Dason of Spacemen3 releases an album of droning, Velvet-Underground-esque kinda stuff. Mikey loves it. 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Publisher | Vancouver : Student Radio Society of the University of British Columbia |
Date Issued | 1992-06-01 |
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