FEBRUARY 1992 FREE ■ ■' i ~* 'GIJOTtJS JTION SWINGERS THAT PUNK RAWK MAGAZINE FROM CiTR 101.9 fm Live At 86 St. Music Hall Psychedelic Furs With Special Guests Pale Divine Friday F«b 14 Doors'8 pm Presented By CiTR 101.9 fM Tickets On Sale At All ^g^ffi****** outlets Or Charge By Phone 280-4444. C R DiScORDER FEBRUARY 1992 ISSUE #109... In other words not to get it wrong, it's , pointless to walk when it's past time to run. Secured under the ( weight of watchful eyess, lulled to , sleep under clear expansive skies. i - fugazi i VITH THE FAMILY ENNDYE IRREGULARS SWERVEDRIVER GROTUS U.G.L.Y. You Ain't Got No Alibi You're Just ACTION SWINGERS Tarzan's Of The Rock N' Roil Jungle NED'S ATOMIC DUSTBIN ■y Grown Out Of Those Crimpin 3 VANCOUVER SPECIAL....21 ...5-6 UNDER REVIEW 22-23 ...8-9 REAL LIVE ACTION ....11 SPINLIST ....20 ONTHEDIAL DOOR MONEY by Gary Wildeman.... STUPID DUMMYHEDS...by Rob Adamson .. EVERYTHINGS DUCKY ....by Blaine Thur. 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XS, kv6T 2A5 AIRHEAD between Twerdocleb and Atomic 61, but what can you do? 2)No, not all headlining bands start at 11)0 AM. because if you 11 remember back to the good ol' days whan the Cruel Elephant was down on Granville St. the headlining band usually got on before 12:00 but only because their liquor licence limited them to serve drinks until that time. Now that the new Elephant has an extended licence that permits the sale of more drinks longer, they (I guess) have the ability to start the bands later so that us beer-swilling patrons will havi an incentive to stay longer. Unfortunately, for sub- urbian dudes like yourself, this formula doesn't always work. Maybe next lime, get a buddy to drive (or even your dad, I know it sounds corny but whatever works hey?). 3) Even if the Cruel Elephant doesn't love you I think they still appreciate youattending their shows. BITCH, BITCH, BITCH Guys, I found il very interesting that Nona Van Rassel attended a concert by a band that—from the review— sounded very much like a concert I attended Nov. 26. The songs had the same names, the band members had the same names and the review was very much like my impressions of the gig I attended which was even at the same venue. One difference. He attended a gig by a band called The Buzzcocks while I attended a Buzzcocks' gig. The Sun, The Province and even the Georgia Straight I can forgive for getting the name wrong as it is a common error, but Dis- Buzzcocks. The name of the band is Buzzcocks! Does Mr. Van Rassel by any chance also listen to a band called The Talking Heads or, for that matter, read a mag called The Discarded Yours not wishing to sound like too muchlike an elitist pig, but not really giving a fuck if I do any- Jeremy Hainsworth Prince Rupert, B.C. Say, did you drive down for "the" show, or did you take "the" ferry? Airhead, Re: Steel Pole Bathtub concert at Cruel Elephant: Unable to see Steel Pole Bathtub last year because of my age, I was looking forward to seeing them this[last] month. Having to take Skytrain there (Cruel Elephant), I realized I wouldn't see SPBTs entire performance but I thought I'd at least see a good half hour of it. Anyway, I had to leave the club as SPBT were about to start to catch the last Skytrain home. A couple of ques- 1) What the fuck was on stage between the two opening groups, a shitty Hellcows tribute band? It was fucking dumb and it wasted a good 45 minutes causing a late start for the real band Steel Pole Bathtub. 2) Do all headlining bands at theCruel Elephant startat 1:00 A.M.? 3) The Cruel Elephant doesn't love me. Anyhow, I guess I'll be watching the Tub's "UFO On Hell's Drag- strip" video for another year thanks to whoever was responsible for SPBT's early Sunday morning performance. Sincerely, Jigaboo John Well, Brother Jigaboo, let me try to answer your questions for you: 1) I loo was left scratchin my noggin' after whatever happened Dear Airhead/Coral Short Jello Biafra, mouthpiece of the "alternative" community, disseminator of counter-culture propaganda at $3500 (US) an engagement, speaks against all that is wrong in the straight world and all that is right in his world. And what is his world. Coral? Scavenged magazine clippings from left of center publications, notes cribbed from mainstream information sources, wake up, Jello is the junior wannabe of the very world he rails against OUie North gets twenty five grand to rail against commies and left wingers at universities and Republican conventions while Jello gets three and a half grand to rail against Ollie. Jello regurgitates his selection of stories from the media and you accept them as truth. Listen to him and spot the differences between him and the other orators of our society. Just because his version differs from what the most empowered and vocal tell us doesn't make his reasoning right. At best Jello is a gifted storyteller with a bad set of vocal chords but you write praise of him as if he was the messiah of the underground community. Reality doesn't lie in what you are told or what you read, truth lies in what you know and experience and every once in a while what you guess at The man is a speaker, an enter tainer but not a prophet, he is not there to idolize or to believe blindly, like any public figure he is to be questioned. My parents trust what their favourite political party tells them and don't question or examine the reasoning behind its rhetoric and as a result they believe only in a meaningless story which to them reads like the truth; evangelical Christians believe only in their interpretation of the bible, an unsubstantiated story in itself, and unfortunately still others believe in what Jello speaks without saying "prove it" I sure don't have the answers because I choose to remain ignorant of all that goes on outside my small world but I do know that truth is non-existent and the only thing you can be sure of is that the person claiming to know the dear airhead, RE: dales letter (January issue) dear dale, i noticed you're from trailAH- HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA- HA!1!!I here's some advice, GET OUT BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE, i'm stuck in that crater you probably pass on your way home. Grand Forks: famous for sunshine and borscht (yukky russian soup). I can relate to your plea for help, we, the inhabitants of the interior desperatley need salvation. The only local radio programming is CKGF's tradio (tradeee- o) or "The Local Seniors Russian Choir Wails For Twelve Hours Straight". One day my friend asked for the Nine Inch Nails tape in Radio Shack and the guy told her to check the hardware store, i'm dead serious. All you Vancouverite freaks be thankful that you have a scene (versus a cutural wasteland) to whine about i'm not here to take care of my mom though (shes only 42) i'm visiting my dad. this morning i poured myself some cereal and a large winged insect leaped from my bowl, mmm—i love this (dace. So.Dale, next time you're in Grand Forks check out Kim's Komer and ask the skids to direct you to Winnafred house and they'll say,"You mean that tacky skater bitch?" Ill give you a free tour of my pit. P.S. LONG LiVE KIDS IN THE the readers of Abattoir; giving in to FRED HALL, The ony REAL T.V. show worth watching. Kinda makes you glad you live in the city, doesn't it? And I happen to like borscht! TISK, T1SK, TISK Dear Airhead, If you could explain one thing to me, just one thing, I will be quiet and just complain to my friends rather than bringing this up in print again. Why did you, Discorder Magazine and its editors, give a monthly, prominent, full page column to M. Jules Killam? Does someone there o him money? Has Discorder, in fact I become a magazine for a disaffected stream of conscious writers whohave | to recreate their sexual fantasies ir print? I want to properly express my anger and revulsion over this column and the danger that it poses. But I can't I am just too worked up about it and have been ever since this racist, mysoginist bullshit appeared in what was once a progressive magazine. If I had a subscription, I would cancel it If I were an advertiser, I would move to AF (well, maybe not). If I were a writer, I would stop writing for you. If I were a reader, I would learn to live without you. If you can defend it and feel comfortable with what you are putting forth, then you have every right to do so. In my humble opinion, (thanks, Judith) there are enough magazines with [ this kind of sick journalism (sic already. It's too bad Discorder has | chosen this path. Sincerely, Lane Dunlop misogynist (mis-oj-in-ist) n. a person who hates women. It's unfortunate that you chose to use a word that carries so much angstful weight because the way I read Jules' piece was not in a hateful light but one of a man who enjoys Obviously, what some people find amusing others will find sick. Mr. Killam not only does his best to cover both of these grounds but is hypocritical, most often, in his ram- blings which is part of the beauty of I the "Abattoir." If you're willing to \ sacrifice reading Discorder you're not only fooling yourself but doing I exactly what Mr. Killam wants from POOR MONEY the almighty power of fret speech. In regards to your humble opinion, I am comfortable with printing "Abattoir" and don't try to tell me that this is the first time you've read recreations of sexual fantasies because if you said you didn't masturbate you'd be lying also. SORRY, SORRY, SORRY Big apologies go out this month (like this is a big surprise, when don't we fuck up?) to Steve Wells who penned the superb article on Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet. FEBRUARY Q that you mistook Alex Varty for Dennis Bates and the Ludwigi for Evil Twang? I believe that it is also true that you—Yes You!—play in a local band called DOGFACE or something like that If this is the case, is it not possible that you are using the local press as a means to improve the position of your band by 'slagging' the local competition? In future I hope the copy editors txDiscorder are quicker on their feet and 'edit-out' your copy in its entirety or at least keep you away from great bands like DSK, SNFU and the Ludwigs. Fuck Off, Steve Smith (Ludwigs Manager) Well, well, well, what goes around comes around, or so they say, and italize on all the hype, so as not to feel excluded I guess, and display his firm grip on the english language and his extensive vocabulary. Some examples: "dimwit", "acid", and even "knobs". Well, his piece proved to be very informative and yet hypocritical as it said, "the Ludwigs haven't had such a good laugh at Discorder'j expense since their last review." That being the case why did Eric Pyle (Ludwigs' vocalist) phone up the CiTR offices on Christmas Eve and proceed to have a hairy kanipshin (sic) regarding my article? Doesn't sound like laughter to CUKE/ Ritalin and a heavy dose on the definition of sarcasm (Dictionary is spelled d-i-c-t-i-o-n- a-r-y). Andy Warhol said that everyone will have their fifteen minutes of 6E^°irx532 SCOOTER WITH ONE S Scooter, The fact that you so brazenly assert your right to pontificate on the state of the alternative music scene and the various qualities of the musicians within that scene is no excuse for spreading fal se and slanderous information. The statement (referring to Dennis Bates), "...maybe even from that blowhard at the Georgia Straight who sings for that shitty local band. The Ludwigs, and tries to tell us all that Chi croons for them when it's really himself, Mr. Dennis Bates..." To the point: Dennis Bates is not and has never been a member of Vancouver's Ludwigs, (The same is true of Chi Pig as was falsely staled, not long ago, in another article about SNFU in the Georgia Straight.) I know; I am the Ludwigs manager. This continuous confusion of names is only further evidence of the generally low journalistic standards in the local press. There is however a considerable difference between the error made by the Georgia Straight and th c error in your article: Their's was an error your's was an intentional statement attached to a slanderous hypothesis. If you had bothered to apply the two simplest rules of journalism you would have avoided making an error which casts a long shadow of doubt upon the veracity of your writing, let alone the quality of your opinions: 1) Check your facts! (This is particularly important in cases where you intend to slander someone.) 2) Get the other side of the story. (Also a good idea when you are slandering someone.) A phone call to the Straight would have revealed that Dennis Bates is not and has never been a member of the Ludwigs—as a matter of fact none of us even know him—but that also the error was made during copy editing, not by Dennis Bates at all! I know because I called them—their number is 681 - 2000 and is public information. The first point alone disproves your hypothesis that Dennis Bates was lying and manipulating the Georgia Straight for his own personal gain. The only musician I know who works for the Straight and plays in a local band is the guitar player for Chris Houston's Evil Twang. Is it at all possible that you are so out to lunch QSflftP OumhY+^O^Q OrJCE. EVE0r/ FiFlY-FouR ygA£S A 5'MGLE PLATYPUS £>/£S or A bguG OVERDOSE,. frV/MKr ASouT IT. I'm print proof to that over the last 7-8 weeks I'm proud to say. If some of you are wondering what all the hub-bub is about it all started with Dennis Bates, a so-called freelance writer, stating in his SNFU piece that Chi Pig (SNFU vocalist) was the lead crooner for local band—I use the term loosely—the Ludwigs. I know, as does the rest of the SNFU listening population, that Chi has NO musical ties with the Ludwigs at all. When I talked with Mr. Chi Pig on this matter he voiced that he was quite upset by this allusion and want- ' ed it corrected. That I set out to do and that I did [Issue 108, January 1992). I' ve learned over the years that there is no better route to redemption than through sarcasm. People are weak...spineless...jellyfish, and apparently they breed like rabbits when red ink is thrown on them. Man, I went fishing for pirahna and lost my lure to sucker-fish. Y'know, those whiskered, slimy, suction-cupped, excrement-colored fish thatfod (sic) upon the bottom of lake beds? So, to even things up and point out Bates' error I turned the tables on him all the while excluding his integrity as a journalist. A fine piece it was too. NOT! Then this guy from Nite Moves creep! into this and decided to cap- fame, well Wig Wig from Nile Moves your time is up. As for the Ludwigs they're milking this for all that it's worth And if you'll note that isn't much because the publications in mention are all free. So the plot thickens and the plot sweetens upon arrival of the fax fromLudwigs' manager Steve Smith. Wasn't that the name of the loser from the Edmonton Oilers who scored on his own goalie during game 7 of the '86 NHL Stanley Cup Finals ? Names say a lot don't they ? That's why I think it would be inyour best interest, Mr. Steve Smith, to leave the Scooter you're referring to out of this. The ex-Hard Rock Miner in which you refer to is not the same person as me and had you have done your homework, Rule 1 in your "two simplest rules of Journalism", you would have found out that I am but a humble editor)freelance writer for a nationally distributed music magazine. To me this is fun. As far as copy editors at Discorder editing-out my copy in its entirety...won't happen. We haven't had this much fun since the last Ludwigs' review. Next time you get the urge to read and reply follow these four sim- 1) Remove head from ass; 2) Place tongue in cheek; 3) Check your facts; 4) Get the other side of the Don't waste my time. All my Scooter HELP, HELP, HELP Dear Discorder, I'd appreciate it if you could print this letter in your February issue of Discorder. I'm an ex-Vancouver record (er.. .demo) producer (Silent Gathering, The Rainwalkers, The Fault, Pedestrian Sacrifice, etc.) who moved to Japan last may in search of fame and fortune. Somewhere along the way I stumbled upon a low budget independent film in which I'm currently working on the soundtrack. Although I am working on this with some Japanese Bands, I'd like to use some Vancouver Bands on the soundtrack as well. I'm looking for music that fits into one of the following categories: a) alternative pop-basically I need some good pop songs to feature in the movie (e.g. The Dylans, Venus Beads, Robyn Hitchcock, Billy Bragg, etc.). b) dark acoustic pop-no examples come to mind-but I need something depressingly dark. c) Angelo Badalamonti-style theme music (Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet). In particular, I would encourage submissions from The Picasso Set and Planet of Spiders. If you 'd like to submit a demo please send a cassette with your name, address, and telephone number to the address below. For a) and b) all submissions must be of relese quality. Please send all submissions by air mail. Sony, no tapes can be returned. Please send all submissions by February 29, 1992. Thanks foryourhelpDucord- Sincerely, Wes C.Smith 2-4-8 Fulriage, Apt. 5C Kopo Fukiage Bldg. Chikusa-Ku, Nagoya City Aichi 464, JAPAN You're welcome Dear friends, I'm writing you this letter to let you know about the Girl Trouble fan club (The Trouble Club) I'm starting with. "Shit another fan club." Yeah, but this is a serious one, nothing to do with all those pretentious guys idolizing their asshole "heroes". My main purpose is to offer information and let the world know about one of the greatest bands of the Northwest Information and fun to all the boys and girls who want to join to this expe- I think you already know this cool band but I enclose some info Obviously all my effort would be in vain if you don't print this in your mag. so, please do me the greatest favour and try to write some lines about all this in your next issue. Thanx. People who want to become members can write to me at: PO Box 18107 28080 Madrid, SPAIN. Immediatly they will start receiving info about the band almost everymonth, including photos, posters...All these things cost money so I will do some T-shirts, badges and casettes in a near future and try to sell them cheaply. Your mag will be receiving all This is all right now. Thanks, all the best, Una! 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" They're the kind of band that the Replacements hand picked to open their Minneap- "^ oils homecoming gig. A band that gets invited onstage by the Black Crowes to ' Jj play a song. The kind of band that gears ^ Into maximum overdrive and doesn't quit. "First Things First", the Headhunton' ^ debut album is a steamy, soulful shang-a- lang; a wedding of maximum R&B and v^y* rockin1 blues. CASS I U CD. Some SAM THE RECORD MAN stores may have lower prices due to discounted regular prices. V You're not going to find Marvelous Sauce next to the Worcestershire, A-1, or Tabasco at the 7-11, but you are going to find that live on stage their energy wins y lasting fans as they let their material off the leash. Four musicians with influences I from the four corners of music, everything r< from classical to thrash to Jan to pop. Simply said, Marvelous Sauce Is a band to i see live, no frills, no gimmicks. Just four hr guys singing and playing from the heart, doing what they like and know best. ^ at the TOWN PUMP .0 99 If CASS AMIH HARPO'S inVJctoria 8 I V CD. 568 Seymour St. Eaton Centre Richmond Centre Surrey Place DOWNTOWN METROTOWN RICHMOND SURREY Welcome to the madcap world of Joel Rydstrom and Magnus I'rans son of Sweden's Cat Rapes Dog, a duo whose latest Cargo releases, God, Guns & Gasoline and The Banzai Beats, have them perched on the top rope set to lunge Doc Martens first into the technopunk ring. Discorder: Could you please give us a bit of Cat Rapes Dog . Fransson: We formed in 1986 in Sweden...in a sawmill, I think it was, banging on different stuff we could find. We were influenced by a lot of stuff like early SPK and Test Dept. Later on it was a lot of gothic material like the Sisters of Mercy and Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry as well as a lot of Swedish punk and Belgian music like Neon Judgement and Poesie Noire. In the beginning we couldn't afford to buy real instruments so we rented and built them ourselves. We boring. You can of course also find Michael Bolton and Kylie Minogue in our charts. They're so cute they make me want to puke! Are Roxette big in Sweden as they are in Canada or Is this Just another example of our poor taste In music? Roxette's very big in Sweden and almost everywhere else right now, but they only became big here after theymade#l on the Billboard charts. That just shows how very influenced Sweden is by North America. Nltzer Ebb, 242, D. AJF. obviously are a big influence on you, are Cat Rapes Dog a second generation electro band? NitzerEbb, Front 242 and D.A.F. were not a big influence at alL We are much influenced by punk and bands like Cabaret Voltaire and Jesus & Mary Chain. Now we like stuff by Shamen, Dead Can Dance, Ministry and KLF. Could you please name some of t • C^ Right now we're rather influenced by the techno-rave stuff and things like "Beers, Steers and Queers" by the Revolting Cocks. (Joel Rydstrom) made three cassettes which were not very good, but in 1988 we got a contract with a Swedish record label. Front Music Production, and later on we were licensed to KK Records in Belgium. Several anti-American themes arise In God, Guns & GasolineC 'American Dream'' and "Homo B ulldozer") or the broader excesses of capital- Ism—Sex, weapons, religious fanaticism, political power._Are swedes by nature anti-American? Does American culture play a large role in the lives of Swedes? Swedes are by nature pro-American and the American way of life is admired by a lot of people here, but they are idiots of course. Being relatively isolated from Britain and the continent, does a strong scene exist, or are Swedish charts dominated by English bands? Yes, the Swedish charts are dominated by English bands but also by a lot of Swedish artists which are mostly 8 ufggsmmz the bands from Sweden that perhaps paved the way for you in the field of electronic body music? We weren't known actually apart from Car Skid & Crash, but their kind of music was a bit different from ours. So we were the first actually, together with a Swedish band called Sepulchre Incorporated. But they haven't done anything since their first single. Cat Rapes Dog is based in Sweden but do you spend much time in Europe? Sweden is part of Europe, actually, but since you're from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean I didn't expect you to know that. We've done a couple of tours in Germany and an occasional gig in Holland and Belgium. We're not that keen on playing live. Once a month is quite enough forme. Is there a difference between Maximum Overdrive and God, Guns & Gasoline and where does the Banzai Beats EP fit into the picture? The only difference between Maximum Overdrive and God, Guns & Gasoline is that on GG&G the songs are better arranged and produced but the style is just about the same. Banzai Beats though is quite different from the other two. It's much dancier, inspired mainly by house and techno, while the other two are more rock and roll based. On Banzai Beats we also introduce our new member Annclie Bertilsson. I think her voice is a nice contrast against Joel's. A reSwedes in support of King Carl XVI Gustav and Queen Silvia? Yes, I think so. They 're pretty harmless really. They give good publicity and stuff. It's kind of neat with a King and Queen, like a fairy tale. And who cares if they've got shit for brains. Besides, they give you something to die for if you go to and Jhat' s a nice thought! What environmental problems face Sweden? It seems like the government has taken many steps to improve matters. The forests and the lakes in the south - em and middle parts of Sweden are dying. The government isn't doing much. It's all talk as usual. They're just a bunch of hypocrites and bastards anyway. What effects did the Chernobyl disaster have on Sweden? Would you care to talk about that? The only fact I know is that for a couple years people didn't eat reindeer meat. by Karen Toddington and Lloyd Uliana Well, being one of the number one rookies at CiTR, Nardwuar (who arrogantly thinks I am his prodigy) thoughtfully got me free tickets to the Hitting Birth show at the Cruel Elephant. OK, good deal, but I'm under 19 and a little timid when it comes to doing interviews but things worked out great. Hitting Birth were amazing! Never before have I seen such an intense and powerful band at the Cruel Elephant. Their show consisted of a lot of rhythm, smoke and one particular woman screaming and singing while doing a lot of primitive, ritualistic movements. And they were soooonice. A bit weird, but nice. Hitting Birth are: Daniel - bass guitar Earl - drums Keith - drums, percussion Kristen - vocals, percussion Reverend Rob Roy - shopping cart, sampler, tape loops and found instuments Discorder: Do you like Vancouver? Hitting Birth: We love it. We love Vancouver, love it. (amazed by huge enthusiastic response) Better than Portland? HB: This place is so seperate. This place is so comfortable. It is our second home other than Portland, yeah. What is the signlfcance of your Kristen: To me it means that we're coming to a point where it's the beginning and we come up against conflict and we use it to rebirth ourselves...to be reborn. What's the biggest difference between Canada and the States? Are there a lot? HB: Oh man, um...I know, I know, the Miranda Rights, yeah. Yeah, there's no Miranda Rights here. (being dumb and ignorant) What's that? [actually the question was asked in about as much ignorance as an A merican 's question regarding Canada. P.Ed.] HB: You have the right to remain silent. You have the right to legal counselling. You can choose not to talk to police. We don't have those rights either but at least it's written down somewhere. Kristen: Yeah, because unfortunately we'reprac- tJcaDy under martial law in the Stales. Daniel: Wen, in the United States we have a version of the Constitution written on a piece of rice and they don 'l have anything hke that up here. Kristen: Hemp? Daniel: No, [aConstitution written] on a piece of rice! Some Chinese guy wrote the Constitution on a piece of rice, I'm serious. What are your influences—favorite bands? Daniel: Anything we've ever seen has influenced us in one way or another. Keith:...and smelted and touched and tasted and felt and sensed.... Any bands you like? HB: Tito Puente and Ravi Shankar are gods. 800 years of..Ahmed Muhammed, Lucifer.... Any Bolenise music. We don't limit ourselves at all, we're open to whatever. Anything from Abba to Zappa. What are your future plans? Are you putting anything together? Daniel: We have a 12" single that's going to be released on TK records and other than that we have a couple of tapes out. Kristen: We're planning on doing some more recording within the year. How Is the Portland scene? HB: Thriving, it's thriving. It's humpin' man, it's serious. There's a lot of burning bands in Portland. It's exploding and the eyes are turning from Seattle to Portland because they're getting tapped. I went to Portland once. HB:How'dyalikeU? I was there five minutes and I saw two drug deals. (Hitting Birth gives vivacious, loud and positive response.) Any last comments for the people of Vancouver? HB: Come on out and see our show every time we come. We love Canada. We might have to livehere some day..jnove up here. Yep, we'll move up here, get a farm and then everyone can come and see us there. Send a letter of reference to the Queen. ivxiivtiiv^^vi^ist jug » Arsri> by jR.E:r>i> ivicjAisriv One guy; maximum twenty minutes on stage, he preludes anyone from Groovy Religion to Gordon Gano (Violent Femmes) with successful hep hooks into the grassroots pop culture that all three of the aforemen- tioned blasphemers take a stab at. The Minimalist Jug Band is a guy named Al with a washtub, a broom handle and a big ol string that joins the two. With a battery powered wind- up bear, and a host of other ever changing sideshows that add extra spunk to the blend of classic, obscure and downright surreal pop runes that Al rips off, strings together and most often drasticly changes the meaning of. Discorder: I wanted toask you about your songwriting technique. AL: What, you mean do I write the music first? D: No, I just wondered if you went through your record collection subconsciously? AL: Like if I was working or doing something and a line from a song goes with it you sorta think "Why is that stuck in my head?" Some of it's advertising, some of it's pop songs but I write some of the lines myself. D: I guess the one that goes "I'm a lousy lover, I'm a lousy lay" is yours eh? Thau a good song, you don't hear many current performers trumpeting their impotence. AL: A lot of the stuff I do is just poking fun at the whole rawk&roll thing and what it's caught in. stage - 4 minutes a month and worked my way up to playing on the street D: Worked your way UP to playing on the street? AL: Well that meant I got to play for longer. I suited at the Beverly tavern on "Elvis Mondays" After the first year I could do what I was doing for as long as three minutes. (He grew up here and moved to the big T.O.) D: Yeah, when I tell people here where I'm from they always say they're sorry. AL: Here it's more of that take it for granted "why would you want to live anyplace else" attitude. I wonder if because it is such an environmental place that kind of takes away from the culture where Toronto, well thats' all it has so maybe people are a bit more intense about it. D: So do you borrow from a lot of old stuff? AL: Yeah, like 2ffs stuff. D: You borrow lines from 20s songs? AL: Well, the satire and also I do a lot of blues stuff I think me and E J. Brule have a better chance with the over 30 crowd. D: What's happening with "Elvis Mondays" now? AL: I think Chris Houston is suiting it up at the Town Pump. Maybe it will work out here where people can get up on stage without already having a video and blahblahblah. D: Have you checked out the Cruel Elephant? AL: The new one? No, from what I heard it's a pretty decent place. D: What made you decide to do the whole Minimalist thing? AL: Well J didn't get any offers to play with otherpeople. If I did play in a band I'd have to have some function and I can't really sing or play so that would be no good. D: Have you played any shows where the audience was particularly unresponsive? AL: Playing at O.C. A. (Onurio College of Art) Most college or art things go over badly with people grabbing at my equipment and my Utile wind up drumming bear and the power yanked from my mike at the Pursuit of Happiness. Nothing happens that would make a good story except maybe the Shadowy Men getting beaten up. D: What do you do when your not performing? AL: Work in a tortilla chip D: Doyouhavearry crowdpreferences? AL: I'll do a jazz band or a hardcore band or a poetry reading -It's actually better if I don't know what the audience is going to be like. So I don't sculpt my songs to their likes and dislikes. Although I find neurotic people tend to like it better than well adjusted people. BARE NAKED LADIES by Shawn Bouchard It's 1992. Excuse me, did everyone hear that? That includes Toronto. Has everyone heard the one about the band who wanted to play music but couldn't because what they called themselves was offensive? You haven't, well let me tell you then. Way back in 1991, New Year's Eve celebrations were held in downtown Toronto—you know that world class city that they are always harping about. Anyways, continuing with the story, a certain band was supposed to play to the happy crowd of twentieth century adults, families, and whomever else that could get themselves down to city hall. But no the band wasn't allowed to play. Why, you may ask, was the band pulled from the line-up? Because of their name. What name could be so possibly offensive to so many people? What moniker could drive enough fear into the hearts of the festivity coordinators that they would scratch the act from performing? How many lawsuits, and court cases could be filed against the city if this cursed band took to the sUge? How many people would die, outright die, drop dead on the spot if they chanced to overhear the group being announced? How many children would be scarred for life if their innocent ears happened to witness the Barenaked- ladics play before a live audience? Have people gone mad? I am asking this question in earnest. Have people really gone that far around the bend that they would consider BANNING a musical troupe from playing because their name suggests honest open nudity? Are the times that politically correct that ladies who wish to be nakedly bare cannot be discriminated against? Or are the times so politically correct that ladies and naked can't be mentioned in the same sentence, not to mention the same decade? What is happening to us? Why are we doing this to ourselves? Can anyone answer? We are living in an age where wars are depicted by television media as an exercise in pseudo-realistic G J. maneuvers. People died, schools, hospitals, and homes were bombed although we never saw any of that because the U.S. Army hired a P.R. consultant to sell the war to TV land. And the Barenakedladies were barred from playing; what makes more sense? If the public is so sensitive as it apparently is (according to the censors who limit our access), then why can a nuclear family of four stomach 3 hours of television each night and not wince and cringe at the violence and the idiocy displayed before them? The influence of a select few chose what the audience at Nathan Phillips Square had a RIGHT to see. Of course if you try to find out who banned the Barenakedladies you will get nowhere. Someone will tell you that so and so said so, and when you conuct so and so she'll say she never said what someone said she said. Censorship is a wall. Once in place, once erected it's damn hard to tear down. So we can't sit by and let another row of bricks be added. And let us not forget that it was just the name of the band that got them struck down; their music wasn't questioned, their lyrics weren't linked with Satan, just their name was OFFENSIVE-OOOOOH. How awful to think of bare naked ladies running around the stage singing. It only conjures up humourous and imaginative vignettes in my mind. But no we can't have that impression running through the crowd, not on New Year's Eve. Gosh, think what could happen. Thousands of sex-crazed, demented teens and parents might strip naked on December 31 st and party it up—might I add that the evening was an all ages affaire, i.e. no booze. Come on Toronto, pull the coal outta your ass and have a little fun, it's a new year for god-sake! IT'S A WONDERFUL STRIFE by A.O. Chapman It was a foul and grey Christmas holiday. Unless Sanu had put any cocaine in those stockings hung at the chimney with care, all those had hoped for a white Christmas came up losers. Worst even its arould this time of year that all the writers in the big-time media circles come up with theiryears best and worst. Arrogant self-centred lists that only those who subscribe to Esquire or the New Yorker could be interested in. Don't expect any of that tripe from me. Just try to be incisive insightful enough to compile a list of the importance of the year, after spending the last week of 1991 incommunicado from friends and family in a cheap room at the Balmoral with twins from Paris, and you '11 have about as much success as David Lee Roth's last album. Yes, don't worry about any o, those trendy annual highbrow lists coming from me. The Christmas holidays in my home were no different from those in previous years. The elder members of the family arrived at my home on time with their walkers and their canes like some kind of geriatric caravan, then jabbered like magpies about what prescriptions they were on and what organs they've lost since the previous Christmas they was each other, and drooled out questions to me about if they still have the "glee clubs" at UBC. Then, after getting punch drunk on egg-nog they stagger out the door slipping and sliding on their own vomit as they stumble drunkenly into the night But, each year their numbers get fewer and fewer, and eventually they will leave me the best Christmas present of all; Solace. Anyway, it has been an interesting year to say the least The music world was disappointments. Fine bands are nevermore like Jane's Addiction and The Men They Couldn't Hang. And the Real World looked grim, as the coup in the Soviet Union made everybody feel like checking in for those two day follow-ups as it seemed like the whole seven years of Gorbachev must have been a drunken blow-up party and now it was time for the hangover. In fact, there was so much news to be had from the Berlin wall to the BCCI scandal that its realty no wonder that there are so many of these"1991 —The Year in Review" lists, because of all the prospects to choose from. The humorists had Pee Wee Herman, the feminists had a whole selection of icons to champion (and strangely lose), the patriots had their yellow ribbons, and the East Germans now had the availability of good denim. Even nationally the cog wheels of political action were turning when rumours abounded that Brian Mulroney himself was looking to play musical chairs with Perez de Quayar for the United Nations Secretary General position. It warms the heart to know that our loyal Prime Minister was thinking of abandoning ship as Canada was As coming apart at the seams just so he can rest his soft ass in New York as opposed to being held responsible in Ottawa for Canada coming apart like a poorly laced shoe. There were almost as many reports about the Gulf War as there were about the success of Nirvana's "Nevermind" in the press. But what really stood out in 1991 was the boredom and general mood of tedium that allowed other people to get stomped on like hot grapes. This boredom has been growing. Think back to Berlin —few seemed that impressed for more than the time it takes to listen to one Ramone's song that the Berlin Wall had come down, everybody except the Berliners of course. And the French —who as soon as the wall came down went to check to see how bad the Maginot Line had rusted and if it could be salvaged and finished after all these years just to be safe. But its the boredom that the general public had with world strife like the fall of the USSR & that the lack of questioning most people had with the "U.S. Pool Tape" in the Gulf War that seemed to turn so many people's heads to watch smutty congessional testimony and topoke ihci r heads into William Smith's affairs that seemed to have occupied most peoples attention. And speaking of those annoying Yellow ribbons that the yanks used to symbolically show their support for the Gulf War, did the press pick up on the dissenters in the U.S., did even The Province, in between the Smile-of-the-Day and the A&B Sound advertisements stick in the story about the Houston couple that disagreed with the Gulf Conflict, and neglected to put a yellow ribbon on their front door. They were dragged from their bed in the middle of the night in their bedclothes & beaten like rented mules by masked assailants who cursed at them and shaved their heads for not being patriotic and kicked them, like Peter Beardsley on acid, on the couple's very own front porch. These days I imagine people are more inclined to know what monthly magazine they can find Cindy Crawford in, rather than even try to figure out what the BCCI scandal was all about. Hey, don't get me wrong, the thought of being in the driver's seat in a convertible Buick Centurion with the top down, speeding wrecklessly down the UBC highway with one hand on the steering wheel and my other hand on the radio knob turning up the volume to Primus' "Is it Luck?" while Mrs. Crawford removes her tube top throwing it carefree to the wind as I hit the accelerator and wave my champagne glass at oncoming police can —would be pretty entertaining. But there's more to life than those enjoyable moments of beserk sleaziness. Still, the nightclubs turn-out on the slowest of days is still better than voter turn-out on the sunniest of election days, and the INXS records sell, so what the fuck do we have to look forward to as we watch our tvs in the same way we observe our fish tanks. I'm not one in business of prediction of decline and eventual damnation, they try that every year in the Enquirer and the only people who buy that issue are those who thought "Charles in Charge" was funny. Maybethisyearwasn't even that much of a disappointment in Vancouver. The Pogues came to town and the enthusiastic crowd at both shows made the crowd at the Anthrax/Public Enemy concert look like a Regent College study group session. Riu Johnson and her cronies were given their walking papers by the voting public so now Riu J. can be left to do Brian Keith/Ernest Borgnine impressions at children's birthday parties. And Nardwuar became one year older and one decibel louder. (Now he goes to 11). 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U-Brew Shoppe 1433 Commercial Drive 251-3411 THURSDAY FEBRUARY 6 TICKETS only $10 available at Track, Zulu, Scratch Records and the Town Pump ' Poster Children Five words. Oscar Wilde, in one of his essays, listed five words the general public typically applies to artists. He then encourages artists to be exactly those things. The five words are: "immoral," "unintelligible," "exotic," "unhealthy," & "morbid." I like it. So tell me, is art meant as an expression of self or for amusement of the artist & friends? I write some poetry, & generally it's self-expressionism [formy amusement & mental health] but i like when other people like it too. This shit i do here is the same. I like to rant & if someone enjoys it, that's pretty fab. Of course, all the women throwing themselves at me helps. Y'know, when i first started writing for this "pathetic shit rag with no significant impact blahblahblah," i figured: two-bit writer in a rag not worth two bits (beats being an unpublished drunk). Then i met this giri. We'd chatted before about school 8c. stuff, then one morning, we're sharing breakfast & i'm talking to someone who knows things about me my mother probably doesn't All because of these articles. Creepy & in a way almost erotic. Of course, it could just be me. Recognition and support are important. I' m pretty bad about supporting artists. Like i was at the Cruel Elephant for the Shindig finals & i'm ashamed to admit it but i didn't actually see or hear any of the bands. I was downstairs & you can barely hear the music & i was playing pool & i was talking with friends so i didn't get a chance to. I kind of feel bad about that A warning: those pool tables are fucking cursed! But apparently, the dark beer is totally phenom. Sometimes i feel i ought to apologise to you the reader for my chaotic writing. Ha! fuck you & anybody that looks like you! This ain't the Globe & Mail. So i'm talking to my dear friends who read my stuff & we were talking about my piece last month about sex (a bit of sexual etiquette i forgot: don't talk to anyone having an orgasm unless you're talking to them over the phone, then it's mandatory). Now, i know my writing is not the most straightforward stuff. I have no intent of being a real journalist (unless i'm offered a job). So what i write here is pretentious A silly. More importantly, it's not These friends i was talking to were bothered by my apparently egotistical reference to female orgasms. If it seems like i was bragging, then i'm sorry & i apologise. My writing is obviously not what it should be. Not being understood is what everyone faces. But i see where other people are coming from. I admit, i hate things i don't understand. I like to think i'm observant & reasonably smart. I've got a fair background in the classics so when i sec something i don't get i'm pissed. The Vancouver Art Gallery is sad for that. Blobs of paint on empty canvases. What is that shit? It could be fucking cowshit If there'samean- ing, it's unclear so they have failed as art. If it's the artist's frame of mind /emotional state, then the artist in question leads a pathetic existence. I suspect the stuff at Taf s is like that too. Let me interrupt I hate brown toast I don' t mean toast from brown bread, but white bread toasted 'til it's brown. Why bum bread? If you want that ashy, grimy taste, take up smoking, (funny, i don't like burnt food, but i do smoke, i must be an idiot) I wish art was more original & unique. As soon as someone develops a style that works, everyone copies it & tries to cash in. Take Nirvana. They've got a sound of their own ( which i myself don't find to interesting). But since they went big, i've heard a lot more thrash/speed-metal stuff. The problem is, those twisted goons doing it end up no-talent copies of AC-DC or Judas Priest (neither of which are too talented). It's probably 'cause that's where they stole their riffs from. Similarly, sequels aren't art. The worst was Die Hard 2. Same fucking story, same fucking effects, same fucking jokes, same fucking song. The only difference was setting. That is not art This is milking the stupid masses with formula film - making, i.e., Bruce Willis. A man who was almost classy on television, now he recycles the same char- every time. Of course. Spike Lee does the same thing with racial conflict in every movie. For that matter, Oliver Stone does too. Find a single movie he did that wasn' t about the60's.If it's not JFK, then it's Vietnam. But i'd rather watch Platoon than Mo' Better Blues. At least Oily Stone knows how to show tension & emotion. If you watch the movie but don't listen, you'll have a good idea what's going on. Do that in a Spike Lee film & you'll understand one scene every twenty minutes or so. Well, that's getting a bit dull. Stuff like that makes people think i'm daft & rather cheeky. Which is probably true. But if my editors like what they see, they print it. God bless them. Shit I can't say that, i'm an atheist That's why i love this mag. There aren't many other places where vou can say anything. And i am a big fan office speech. But it's hard to be self-sufficient loo(lhe students of UBC publish me, even if i don't go to UBC). Co-Op radio manages because of listener donations and CBC radio & TV manage by government funding. Even the latter censors though. So as not to offend "community standards" you won't see genitals waving around on channel 3. Everything else is profit- driven. Coast 800 is for money(if they got the new frequency, a DJ will make enough to support two people comfortably). Contrary to popular myth, they won't play just anything. They play what they think people will like. Still better than playing off of play lists, but they're not likely to play something people might hate. Print is better for free speech. The Georgia Straight occasionally prints the word "Fuck". But if i were writing for that trash, i wouldn't be allowed to slip the word "Fuck" in every paragraph. I don't even think i could get away with using "Shit" on a weekly ba- And did you notice that despite being a cjean_magazine, Nite Moves happily runs ads for strip bars. I don't have a problem there, but isn't it hypocritical to advertise fucking but avoid the word itself? I suspect copyrights were invented for one-hit wonders. Shouldn't a real artist be capable of producing something new? So i was talking about how art should be unique. Maybe that wasn't the right word. It should be innovative. But new ideas don't come from nowhere (unless you're muse-inspired, i am, i get other people's rejects). So new ideas must either come from old ideas or from an absentee of old ideas. But, if your ideas are coming from old ones, then you're really not creating anything new. That's evolution, not revolution. Therefore, new ideas must come to you without being tainted by earlier ones. In other words,throw out the rules & create your own. I'm not sure whether i'm advocating anarchy. I might be. The general problem i have with anarchy is this: Anarchy means having no rules. If we don't need rules, then we must have peace. But if we have peace, then we no longer need rules. So what we end up with is true anarchy. I don't see how we can start on this cycle. Besides. Sometimes i'm not sure i want to get rid of all the rules. For example, i take my hat off indoors. It's one of the things i learned to do. It's also one of the things that makes me better than all those stupid blighters at the back of the bus who keep their Raiders caps on. Rules are also kinda useful for comparison. Assuming Jeani Read in the Province follows most if not all of the rules of writing, i can easily define my own writing against hers by the rules i break. And isn't that the essence of innovation? Being different? How can you be different if you don't know what's normal? Anarchy may be a nice idea, but it would make me more irrelevant than i already am. Here's a little fun thing about anarchy. Draw an anarchy "A" in a circle. Then over top of it, draw a peace sign. Erase the cross in the centre. You end up with the Star- fleet emblem from Star Trek. As something of a writer, (& i only think that in the sort of way one thinks about masturbation) i wish i'd seen Paris in the 30's when all the greats lived there. Nostalgia is not my thing. but i wonder if those days were better. I know some things nowadays are better. I'll let you in on a dirty secret. I'm an avid reader of GQ because i'm fond of fashion, (hard to tell — most people can't decide if i'm a fashion failure or the avant- garde of fashion future) But the magazine has improvedoverthepast t five years. It's no longer the handbook forthe urban professional. Now it caters to young healthy men who can still get hard-ons. I wonder if the addition of bare-breasted women has improved the fashion layouts though. Regretfully, theatre is dead. When Broadway adores Andrew Lloyd-Weber it's time to order the casket Books too, are a loss. Especially Canadian ones. I'm tired of family gatherings on the farm in Manitoba. The same for Margaret Atwood. That hack from T.O. is as Canadian as Toyota or Air France or Mulroney. And her stories are about as interesting as a six year old's. Nor is Bob Bateman an artist. He is an illustrator. He draws awfully accurate images of Timber wolves & shit But his works have all the emotional feel of a tin of Spam. Even food. You used to be able to get Chateaubriand or Crown Roast of Lamb or Pheasant under Glass. Now all you get is a pretty good vegetarian lasagna. Considering the fine fucking mess the world being left to us is in, i wish someone had considered leaving decent art & culture. If you hadn't thought of taking up one of the arts as a career, consider this. As an artist you have an excuse to wear black, you get to be famous, you're expected to have a wild & carefree sex life, & if you throw up in the punch bowl at one of the Queen's parties, people will think you're a romantic. My personal preference in art is natural, minimalist style. It can be flowery if the artist himself is flowery. But if it's flowery for the sake of flowers, i'll break out the weed-killer. It's like make-up. I know plenty of women who are far more beautiful without it, yet they persist in coating themselves with it Most of the time, i'd rather they didn 't try to make themselves look better. I realise though, that drawing attention is easy & profitable. I tell you not to look at my name, & if you don't already know it, odds are you'11 look. Now assuming the music critics from the Sun & the Province read Discorder, (i'm sure they must but it doesn't make them any better) they know my name. Bit of an advantage if i was ever desperate enough to get a job with them. Plus, in this age when hubris or chutzpah or pride or whatever you call it is so commonplace, maybe it's acceptable. Still, i'd rather see people have dignity. Before i'm done, let me give you a little Zen story. Two monks are crossing a bridge. The first monk asks the second, "What is Zen?" The second monk throws the first in the river. He stands on the edge & yells, "See the water? Swim in it, become one with it, but don't question it because words don't mean shit!" Hope you get fucked on Valentine's Day. 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Swervedriver is currently on a five week tour of North America which brings them to Vancouver's Town Pump on Feb. 6 with Illinois band Foster Cniicircn. Bassist Adi Vynes was good enough to take time from his hectic schedule to chat with Discorder's Michael Leduc. As far as the labd goes It seems to have a look as well. I'm thinking about the three or four records that came out this year that I am familiar with tike Slowdive, Primal Scream and My Bloody Valentine, and they all havcasimilar look. As a band, do you have much input into the album art and graphics and how you present them? Yeah, we do it all ourselves. I mean, so far we've done it all ourselves like produced all the records. And we've been responsible for all the artwork ourselves. We've got complete control over everything we da So, if youdon'tlikeoneof the covers on the records I can't blame it on somebody else. In reference to the "Creation scene" is there a similar sort of fed or attitude that you see happening with a lot of the bands? At least like the guitar sort of noise bands? There's sort of a "Creation Scene" as it's perceived that doesn't really exist. There seems to be this image of having a roster of stuff like cute, pale skinned young boys with fuzzboxes. Discorder - I've noticed that a lot of the British bands seem to come over for a date in New York, and maybe a date in San Francisco and Toronto, and that's about it, while you guys seem to be doing a whole tour. Adi Vynes - Well, we did something sort of like that at the end of July. We came over and did about half a dozen dates in all the major cities, the west coast, east coast and one in Toronto as well. But this is like the first long slag thing we're gonna do around the country. So did you enjoy it last time? Yeah, it was great last time. There was hardly any pressure last time 'cause we didn'thavearecordoutoranything. It was sort of like, come across, do some shows and just meet all the people that we're gonna be working with. Yeah.itwasfine... fairly easy. Now, this time, the schedule is a bit more hectic. You had The Son of Mustang Ford, then you had Rave Down, then you bad the Sandblasted EP and then the album, have I missed anything? Yeah, there's a couple of things in between. I don't know if you know Imaginary Records; it's an English label. They did the Heaven and Hell tribute to the Velvet Underground. Well, we had a track out on Volume III of the Velvet Underground tribute, we covered "Jesus." So, you guys are on Creation Records- bow do you guys see yourselves fitting into that sort of "scene"? I mean, you're probably the heaviest band on that label other than Silverflsh. There's sort of a "Creation Scene" as it's perceived that doesn 't really exist. There seems to be this image of having a roster of stuff like cute, pale skinned young boys with fuzzboxes.JThey release a lot of dance music as well and they've got solo acts, y'know? Their roster is a lot more diverse than you may think it is. It's just that the noisier side of the label tends to be the most successful I suppose, really. Apart from Primal Scream, of course. Urn, no not really. I mean I don't think that any of those bands sound similar at all. lean see a huge difference between someone like Slowdiveand bands hkeRideandMy Bloody Valentine. There is definitely no sort of corporate image of Creation at all If there is, it's a coincidence. Okay, I'm thinking of one word: enigmatic— y'know what I mean? Not really having your face on the cover—? There is tliat but who really needs/wants to look at a picture of alot of people? We never put ourpicture on our sleeves before but then we've never seen a picture of ourselves that we'veall been happy with, so we'd never do it anyway. And who wants to look at a photograph of us when they're listening to the record? It's just not important to us, it's not one of our primary concerns. Before you were in this Swervedriver band you were in this thing called Shake Appeal, which ifl understand correctly is like a Detroit-Iggy-MC5-wben did that change and why did it change? Let me see, it must have been sometime in '88 or '89.1 can't remember now. It was about two and a half years ago perhaps. It just became really unfulfilling after awhile. All those fuzzy three chord rock songs were all very well and very enjoyable but there were people who did it better than us. We just wanted to branch out alittle bit more. I don't think there was any particularly good British music in the eighties at all. It was a very Wand time. That's why we were getting back to people like the Stooges and MC5 and T-Rex, just basically because we weren't interested in contemporary music When we started hearing the wave of American guitar bands it was something we could identify with. Was there a particular record that changed your life or your direction? Locust Abortion Technician by the But- thole Surfers... the first Sonic Youth album... Bad Moon Rising and Evol, I played them both to death for months and months. But we're still into people like the Clash, who are one of our favorite bands, as well as Captain Beefheart and the Rolling Stones. We just got bored with what we were doing. You need to challenge yourself all the time and push y oursel f onto greater things. And we weren't really doing that We were just going around in circles. But at the same time do you see ft necessary to have some sort of sense of rock and roll history in order to be successful? To know the Beatles, and to know the Who and to know the Rolling Stones-? Not necessarily. I suppose truly innovative, truly new music could only come about by someone who has never been exposed to the whole of rock and roll history, ever. Some guy who has been locked up in a room in the middle of nowhere, and has never been exposed to any media whatsoever, and wiih nothing but a musical instrument, could come up with an original way of approaching music But we're sort of hke rock archivists, definitely. We treasure our records. I guess you still hold a place for MC5 and those bands dose to heart Oh yeah, definitely. We listened to MC5 on the way up here. What did you think when you heard that Rob Tyner died? Based on his musical past or life did you think it was Inevitable? I won't lie and say I was really upset and I mourned for hours 'cause I never actually felt like I knew the guy personally. I mean, it didn't touch me in that way. It wasjustone of those great rock 'n roll deaths. It's the only way to be truly famous... to die. What about the excess of the Stooges and the MC5? Do you guys see yourselves I n that way or is that a thing of the past? You can't survive by drinking 'til three in the morning and having groupies backstage— I dunno, we've never had groupies backstage so I wouldn't know. I suppose eventually it's gonna kill you early but I don't think that anyone does that for very long anyway. I mean, if you're gonna come back from doing that sort of thing then I'm sure that they don't do it for very long. There's bands that you hear about in America, and in Canada, like Chapterhouse, Ride- the bigger ones, but do you see things as sort of slowing down or picking up? Are there stiB a lot of new sounds out there that are happening now? Yeah, there's lots of new bands coming out all the time. Before we left to come here I was out seeing a couple of bands for the first time. We sortoflook for new bands. If we like them we can hdp them out, or at least try to. We took some unsigned bands on the road with us. The last British tour we did we took this band. Sun Carriage, who were unsigned at the time. They'd never done a 40 date tour before all over the country. They just didn't have access to that sort of extensive touring. started plus if you want to get support from larger artists there's usually preliminaries that you have to go through: you have to pay so much money and it's difficult for new bands to do that It was very frustrating when we were trying to do it and that's why we don't trash support bands, that's not what the spirit of music is all about to me. Who are your favorite American bands right now? There's a band from Chicago called Sometime Sweet Susan who are very good and a band from Los Angeles called Carnival Art, they're excellent Superchunk are good too As far as the British Press goes, you guys seem to be getting a lot of std lar press right now. Do you see a backlash happening which seems to happen a lot with the British press? Well, there's some backlash happening to some other bands that got a lot of press coverage this year. Like, Chapterhouse is facing a bit of a backlash at the moment The thing about the British music press is that they find bands and they just push 'cm, and push 'em, and push 'em, and push 'em until they're made and then they turn around and cut 'em down again. We sort of built our- sdves up from the beginning anyway without their help. They were never behind us and We never put our picture on our sleeves before but then we've never seen a picture of ourselves that we' ve all been happy with.. .and who wants to look at a photograph of us when they're listening to the record? But as far as American success, do you see that as being really important for a band in Britain oris it just sort of interesting and exciting for you? Any success is good and you shouldn't just turn yourself inward. That was what happened to Shake Appeal. We got very big locally but we didn't do anything outside the Oxford city limits. If you're going to make music then you've got to put yourself out to communicate your music and what you've got to say to people. Then, obviously, you've got to reach as many people as possible. You certainly shouldn't limit yourself. You certainly shouldn't think small and we definitely don't think small. we weren' t one of their fa vori te causes so we haven't fdt anything coming back on us. We've had a few bad reviews but, y'know, everybody does every now and again. We don't really owe them anything. I just remember last year when they were pushing the Happy Mondays and Inspiral Carpets, and the Manchester bands. And now they're pushing My Bloody Valentine and Moose- bandsllkethaL What do you think is going to be the next sound that they're gonna catch onto? Is there something that they don't even know about? I dunno, I've only seen like one week's issue of the Englishmusic press because I've been over here in America for three weeks over Christmas and then I was out of the country for two weeks before that I haven'tseen the press for weeksldon'tknow what they're getting behind at the moment m Michel Leduc FEBRUARY ® Siviile of -Hie month SUB ARCADE LOWER CONCOURSE STUDENT UNION BUILDING UNIVERSITY OF BC ALL AGES WELCOME OPEN EVERY DAY Kan J &[[ u>^ e**- *»** CHEM3 S^ pct^-T^^ Epitaph 6201 sunset boulevard, # 11 i , Hollywood, calif. 90028 usa 14 Eap^asuj^n On July 17, 1991 the United Stales pissed the death penalty for ndrviduak n possession of 30,000 marijuana plants. Given the large number of plants favorved, one might be mclmcd to ignore such legislation as unlidy to be enforced, let aJone carried to its foal demise. Yet one must also ask oneself why a government would propose and pass such seemingly ludicrous laws? Perhaps another issue is at stake? Perhaps the mari juaru plant has other uses, and if one were to possess 30,000 plants it might not he to smoke k!? Perhaps, there's something eke here that the Unied Stales govemmcnl, and the other governments of die ova-developed fadustrialist nations aren't telling us? fa fact, maybe they're keeping it secret from the beginning of recorded history until the mid 1930s, the term marijuana was uncommon or even unheard of in North American society. 1 ric saeriuficalry correct name is Cannabis saliva. Cannabis indica, and the common name was 'Tiemp." It is true that marijuana has been smoked for approximately 12,000 years as a herb used for altering consciousness, hut marijuana or hemp was ako used in virtually every other area of life loo. The following list and accompanying text gives a clue as to just bow vital industrial hemp production was to society less than 60 years ago, a timespan that corresponds with the acceleration of the destruction of the planet.. 1.} Shipping: 90% of all ship sails were made from hemp. All rigging, nets, oakum, and flags were made from "-.the stales of the marijuana plant until the century..." 2.) Textiles and Fabrics 80% of all textiles and fabrics for clothes, tents, linens, nigs, drapes, etc. were made from hemp until the 1820 's ki America and until the 20rh century in most of the rest of the world While cultivation of cotton accounts for fifty percent of all chemical pesticide use, hemp has no natural enemies and Axs tK)t rehire cricrnical pestickles nor the use of chemical fertilizers/in most cases and depending on soil nutrients ed.] 3.} Rope, Twine, and Cordage: Virtually every cky and town in the world had an industry making hemp rope, Russia, however, was the worlds largest producer and best quality manufacturer, shipping 80% of the western worlds hemp from 1740 until 1940. 4.} Art Hemp canvas was the choice of any artist who strived for quality that would withstand time. Hemp withstands heat mildew, insects and is not damaged by light The masterpieces by Rembrandt, Van Gogh, and Gaugin were primarily painted on hemp canvas. Had the worics of Beethoven and Mozart been written on hemp paper, they would have ensured fine originals today. Unlike today's acid -based paper which begins deteriorating within 30k 5.) Paints and Varnishes For thousands of yean, virtually all good paints and varnishes were made with hemp seed oil and/or linseed oil. In 1935 alone, 116 million pounds of hempseeds were used in America just for paint and varnish. This organically based paint contained none of the toxic bi-products that are poisoning our environment 6.}UghtmgOil:TrieevoiutionofbempoutoUghtfagoilbeganadaA of man. Hemp oil was replaced fa the 1870's by whale oil and within 70 years hemp oil was completely replaced by whale oil and finally by petroleum and kerosene in 1959. So began the sUughterofthecceamwhaJesandthehccntlelega^ of the destruction of the ozone layer. 7.} Smoking, Leisure and Creauvity:Mankindhas used various substances throughout history to alter his krvel of consciousness. Marijuana and its derivative hashish have been used for centuries as a mind altering substance or a creatWity Wucing herb in virtually every comer of the globe. Modem day marijuana users include such greats as Louis Armstrong, the Beatles, Willie Nelson, Peter Tosh, and the list goes on and on. Women, too, have historically used Cannabis. JssabelhEberharrk, Alice B. Toklas.AnaisNfaAriiieWaldman, George Sands and so forth. Marijuana is unjusdy grouped in with the far more lethal and abusive substances, such as hero fa, crack and cocaine, yet, alcohol and tobacco, the two legal drugs available to us cause more deaths per year than all other illegal drugs combined fa fact, there has never been a recorded death from marijuana in over 12,000 years. 8.}F«)dOilsandrYotein:Tr»;nicstdigestabler)rotdntomanis the single most natural com pound that is the closest in relied heavily on hemp seeds for both domestic and wild animals, hi 1984, the U.S. government eradicated 80% of the hemp fields m China, as it swept the globe on its genccidal war on drugs. Not only destroy fag a protein source used by the Chinese for centuries but also destroying the seed crop for millions of migratory birds. Sadly, the hemp seed produces no observable high fa humans or birds; only the most minute traces of tetrahydrocannabinol (T J l.C.) are found in the seed As the world searches for alternate protein s<xn»gwemrrients are stepping up their war on drugs...or is that the war on us? 9.} Building Materials and Housing: A modem day process called rfavironcore uses agricultural fiber to create strong construction r^meUing n^lacing chywalJ a«l plywood Hemp could ako replace synthetic carpets and plastic phmbing pipes(PVC pipes). 10.} Medicine: Far 3,000 yens, until the 1890's, mixtures and eiixcrs were routinely the first and second most used medic lie ii the world In fad, if cannabis was legalized k would replace synthetic drugs fa ow 50% ofprrscriptjcns.U has been used far epilepsy, glaucoma, cancer and radiation treatment stress related ilmess and countless 11.} Bionuss Energy: Henry Ford, and other futuristic scieribsts recognized the lirnied supplies of our fossil fuel supplies and realizing that these resources would eventually run out and that they would become look for power fa the modem world as mey diminished, they grew hemp. Hemp is the only reasonable alternative to our dependency on oil, petroleum, coal and natural gas. Hemp is 50 times richer fa renewable biomass/cellulose potential than any other industrially used plant. Simply put we could heat our homes and drive our cars with hemp, reducing global warmfag and the greenhouse effect 11} Pulp and Paper Unbelievably, until this century, 75%-90% of all the paper in the world was made from hemp!!! AH the books, bibles, maps, paper money and especially newspapers. One run of the New York Sunday Tines uses 75,000 trees and with approximately 7 runs of the paper every Sunday in New York this staggering figure of over 25,000,000 trees used to run the Sunday Times for one year, fa one cky, is to hard to conceive. By the rime you finish reading this article on hemp, thousands of aens of vn-gfaumfKT will be destroyed forever fa various areas of the world. This paper that you are reading should be made from hemp! fa February of 1938, Popular Mechanics primed tlie last'lioi^twcfdsrxjken on hemp's behalf for over 40 years". Emitted "The New Billion Dollar Crop," this would be (he first rime that the word billion would be used to describe any industry. The following is an excerpt from the original article: American farmers are promised a new cash crop with an annual value of several hundred million cfollars.allbecauseamachfae has beenfaven ted which solves a problem more than 6,000 displace imports of raw material and manufactured r^uas pr«luced by underpaid coolie and peasant labor and it will prov ide thousands of jobs for American workers throughout the land. Hemp is the standard fiber of the world It has great tensile strength and durability. It is used to produce more than 5,000 textile products, rang fag from rope to fine laces, and the woody "nurds" remaining after the fiber has been removed contain more than seventy-seven per cent cellulose, and can be used to produce more than 25,000 products, ranging from dynamite to Cellophane. Ncw,arhCTit'stoogoodtobetnje,cr someone's been hying. And if sorneorr has been h/fag, then how come? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out wtiat would happen to Big Busfaess ifhemp replaced the trees for pulp and paper, ifhemp replaced coal and petrokum as fuel and hemp replaced synthetic T.1LC in medicine? Big Business wwddstarid to lose billions of doDars and that's exactly what Mr. Hearst figured out when the riernp machire was firulry a reality, fa 1916, the US r>partment of Agriculture released a special bulleun (No. 404) that staled riernp could replace trees for paper at a margin of 4-1 fa favor of hemp. The ciiormous timber acreage and businesses of Hearst Paper Manufacturing IJiviskn, KmbenV Clark (U5 A.) and aD ihe rther timber, paper and newspaper ho Idiiig companies all stood to go bankrupt if they didn't get rid of hemp before the hemp fiber stripping machines set up as diicct competitkxi. At ihe same time the fiber industries were busy putting the finishing touches on a new material called nylon, which would become patented by 1938. The large companies, including Kimberly Clark and Dupont, staged an all out propaganda strategy using Mr. W.R. Hearst's nation-wide newspapers. Through sensationalized press, Hearst and his associates renamed hemp to marijuana within two decades. Using fear tactics to influence "while society," Hearst's "war on drugs" centered on the black and hispanic minorities (A practice that still exists today by President Bush using television as its vehicle). Hearst began the witch hunt of the prohibition years dial wcu Id continue to escalate fato the monster that it is today. fa September of 1937, marijuana became an illegal substanrx. 54 years later, 60% of the world's rainforests are gone, and with them thousands of species of flora, fauna, and every description of animal, from the tiniest insect to eritire cultures ofhunian bangs, we now rest at the crucial turning point if we are to save this planet If we are to save ourselves from inevitable destruction then we must speak out to legalize the only means of our survival; Cannabis Hemp. Help spread the truth that Mr. Hearst and all olhers like him have buried under a landslide of lies, fear and prejudice. PATRIOTIC CANADIANS for HEMP Box 293 Ucluelet B.C VOR3AO (604)726-7239 Tracy Chester-Bennett GU. FEBRUARY © Thousands of Vancouveriles woke up on Wednesday, January 22nd feeling spent; suffering from withdrawal. As anyone who hasn't been living under a rock for the last six months must know, the previous evening had seen the culmination of Grotus-mania. That fateful Tuesday night (he musical tsunami that is Grotus crested at the Cruel Elephant, capping a phenomenal success story the likes of which this city has never seen. How has this band managed to rise above the rest of the musical world? What was the driving force behind the Grotus juggernaut? l*or the answers to these questions and more, allow me and my sidekick Baril to indulge in a little exercise in GROTUS THE MAKING OF A LEGEND When a band reaches the upper strata of rock'n'roll stardom the way Grotus has, pretenders always appear suddenly claiming to have known and liked the band from its moment of conception. Well, Bazil and I may be pretenders, but we've liked Grotus from the start and we can prove it. It seems like only yesterday that the shining beacon of musical aptitude embodied by Grotus' debut 7" single caught our eyes. There was nothing to recommend the Grotus men to our attention except for a shit-load of umlauls-a name that sounds like either a reproductive organ or a meal served toconvicts in the 19th century -and a back cover featuring four of the ugliest men we'd ever had the good fortune to lay eyes upon. On closer inspection we discovered that the B -side of this single was a cover, the Grand Funk Railroad anthem "We're an American Band "and that one of the more hirsute uglies was apparently flipping the bird to poten - rial listeners — a pose later immortalized by the billboard phenomenon The music contained therein met and superceded the potential suggested by the artful cover. The A- side sports a song called "Mother of Pearl," an ass-kicking,"heavy'' song featuring distorted vocals and some samples over the droning guitar o' death that's all the rage among the college crowd these days. In an age in which wimpy, melodic, jangly pop songs dominate the college charts, "Motherof Pearl" would have joined the happy ranks of "heaviness" had it been alone on the single. But it wasn't alone. It was paired with the most primal, raunchy, bad-ass version of "We 're an American Band" ever laid on vinyl. Samples of chainsaws replaced some guitar riffs. Bazil swears he could hear cowbells in there. At the end, frontman Lars Fox's voice reverently repeats the words "Come on dudes, let's get it on." Naturally, it wasn't long before Grotus let loose with another single. However, this one proved puzzling rather than sublime. The liner notes of this record were dead serious. They focussed on environmen- talism and political activism. The single was dedicated to one Edward Abbey, a dead author who, by their account, had deeply moved the Grotus boys through his writing. Nobody was flipping the bird on the back. No cover versions. Bazil and I 16 n?^g$nsi&& were concerned. Did Grotus purport to have a social conscience? Had they lost their sense of humour? The music contained inside was equally disturbing, granted it was "heavy," and that's pretty much good enough forme. But as Bazil put it the A- ride, "Edward Abbey," "lacked pace," and the B-side, "Cash Cow," sounded like "a soundtrack for bedspins." It was slow and droning but with no discem- ible sense of humour. Still, the band was called Grows, they still had the umlauts and they were "heavy," just like the Mclvms. So Bazil and I swallowed our disappomtrnenl and decided that after the first single, anythmg would be a little disappointing. Little did we realize that all over this great continent, thousands of sharp minds had come to the same conclusion: Grotus are rock'n'roll deities. Yes, the movement was afoot All of these sharp minds only needed a small push, which took the form of the Grotus CD, Brown. I remember the first time Bazil and I got to look at the new CD. It was an incredible moment, religious in its intensity. A powerful friend with deep connections in the music industry handed us the priceless gem one cloudless afternoon. As Bazil fondled the CD, we looked it over with adoring eyes. There was a big fish on the front There were four sets of umlauts all hanging over the consonants of Grotus. There was a song called "Full Metal Grows." AswerxutheCDirtothedisk player we were like kids at Christmas. We were giddy with expectation. Once the speakers started emitting sound we had to wonder just what the hell was going on. This wasn't "heavy." Most of the songs were about eating meat and what a heinous thing it is. Samples and dubs from TV completely overrode the music. It sounded like a recording of someone flipping around the TV channels with Codeine playing very softly in the background. There was no live drummer, and you can't be "heavy" without a live drummer. (That' s the numbr one rule of "heaviness.") Bazil and I faced a spiritual abyss. No matter how upbeat and positive we tried to be, the Grotus CD sucked. Bazil and I were devastated. We decided to head to our retreat in the Catskills to think things out. After a number of deep, reflective therapy sessions, we came to the following conclusion: This CD was a joke — kind of like Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music. It was a test to see just how loyal Grotus fans were. Before Bazil could say "tech- no-shit," the popular media got a hold of the Grotus movement The big dead fish on the cover was prominently displayed on CMJ, that coast- to-coast American publication with a readership in the low billions. Next, the band was featured in the Rocket, with a big photo that confirmed that the "We're an American Band" Grotus was the same as the Brown Grotus. Despite the CD, Grotus was on a roll. It was about this time that Bazil and I expressed an interest in interviewing our heroes. Like magic, the deed was done. I can't speak for Bazil, but I spent many a sleepless night working up questions that would uncover the true Grotus to a breathless world. Our big break. We Chris Uren and Mindy Abromowitz too could aspire to the journalistic glory of Da vid Frost, Larry King and Diane Sawyer. Finally the heady day came. I screeched like a teenager, then fainted. Luckily, Bazil is made of sterner stuff than I. He conducted the interview with the flair and panachebe fitting a man in his station in life. It was only later that I discovered that he'd stolen most of his questions from the Rocket. Bazil asked the big one, the question that could not be left unanswered. "What is a Grotus?" Lars admitted that it is nothing. Lars related that "one of our friends saw something disgusting and said "Oh, Grows!" so that's what we named the band." When asked why they used all the umlauts, Lars replied that originally they considered naming the band 'Umlaut' and representing it with two dots. But they figured that no one would get it Lars and Bazil discussed the 7"'s and the CD. Lars claimed that the singles were more representative of the now famous Grotus sound. After hearing the CD we wanted to know how much of their live show was live and how much mere sampling. According to Lars 95% is live. Bazil also wanted to know if Grotus would give us some payola for playing their stuff on the radio. Lars said they couldn't afford it Hoo boy. What a sense of humour that Lars has. Ha, think of Grows not being able to afford something. The next question was an obvious one. Does Grotus watch a lot of TV? Lars revealed that they were "Trashy, American, garbage- culwre kinda guys," and that was the reference point for the band. Bazil wondered if they worried about taking themselves too seriously, with their conscientious environmental message and all. Lars hoped that people would listen to them and get the message, but not think that the band was a bunch of serious, somber, anal retentive pricks who are pissed off at the world. "We laugh about stuff all the rime." We also talked about cover versions. Grotus has big plans for Gary Newman's "In Cars" and Pink Floyd's "Welcome to the Machine." Lars felt that they "should have screwed up 'We're an American Band' a lot more." Finally, we tackled the burning issue of the extended finger on the back cover of the "Mother of Pearl" single. The shocking truth is that the photo displayed the "Grows hand gesture," and that the extended finger is a pinky, not the bird finger. "When we started out," explained Lars, "we thought up stuff like the Grotus handshake, the Grows symbol, the Grotus hand gesture. We're just a bunch of dorks who sit around think ing up stuff like that." Bunch of dorks, my butt. Grotus is stupid like a fox. How long do you think it will be before we see that circle G Grotus symbol on every T-shirt in town, not to mention bald little dolls of Lars with his pinky extended? I'll tell you folks, don't fall for the mean face Lars Fox wears on his 7". He's well spoken, he has a good sense of humour and he's nice to people. Lars is a good guy. We could hardly wait to meet him and to see the band in person the following night. Finally, the time came. The Grotus legion gathered at the Cruel Elephant to carry on their love affair with the band. It was sheer anarchy as people wandered throughout the bar trying to decide which of the many open seats to sit in. It's interesting how some misconceptions can be dispelled instantly. Lars wasn't ugly. He was cute. He was bald and decked out in red flannel long-Johns. He was such a smiley little guy you couldn't help but love him. The rest of the band was ugly. The bass player and the guitarist looked very similar— big, sweaty, lots of hair, goatees and weird pope hats. To emphasize their hairy similarities they performed a sort of dance in sync throughout the show. In addition to an obscured live drummer. there was a TV set on stage, also blocked by either the guitarist or the bass player. (They could have been twins.) The stage could barely contain this band. The music? Well, when you' ve become an entity of Gro- tesian proportions, the music is secondary. But just so you know, the music kicked. Grotus was loud, yes, but more importantly, they were "heavy." The bass player and the guitarist were almost identically attired in Melvins T-shirts: the influence was obvious. Thankfully, Grotus used some discretion that the Melvins could use and stayed away from drum solos. There was a two-song encore and then it ended. Just like that. Bazil and I fought our way backstage after the show. I got Lars' autograph, while Bazil was smarter and got a sweaty guitar pick from John Carson and the towel that bassist Adam Tanner used to wipe his brow. We also talked to Lars a bit. Despite his near fatal exhaustion, he was still a beautiful person. Finally we took pity on him and went home. Grotus- mania had reached its zenith. They'll be back in March when they tour with Mr. Bungle. What is rock 'n roll in the 90's all about anyway? Pawnshops. Hanging out in gaudy pawnshops near handy recording studios and waiting for cool guitars to go out of style and down in price. Axes abundant; riff pounders, silk weavers and honey bees, all humming and ready to be restored into rightful, buoyant, crooked fingered kid hands. Rock 'nroll is about urgency, aneed built on the immediacy of indulgent desires to cut the rug and explore a new niche. And finally, rock 'n roll is about the scene, not the jaded celebrants, but rather the wide eyed hipsters talking about wiring down their customized sounds, and playing the wrong notes at the right time. You know, the gums with enough acumen to know what sounds good, and leave it alone. One such maverick (although he'd never tell you) is Ned Hayden. That's right .let it soak your bite, Ned Hayden, who single handedly envisioned what's now known as 'hot rock action', and tamed the New York scuz-rock underbelly. 1991 was the year for Ned. Tired of contracting out his acrimonious skills, he built his own manifold of electro-fied rock 'n roll— The Action Swingers— and took a spin on the hub of New York rockola. The first goal was to release something raw, a starting point for their pregnant thoughts. "The album," as its referred to, quickly took root under the limelights of Caroline records' tributary, Primo Scree. Their sound, right from this uncauterized start was that of the greenhouse. Songs, precious as panes of glass, and underneath a breeding ground where everything swelters and stews. The Swingers are a band of extremes and it does them justice to take this metaphor to the limit. The album is seasoned and conducive to cooking large batches of speedy ratatouille; songs like "I 'm dead" aripe zucchini, and "Watch out" or "Fully loaded" all zesty items. And finally there's the quintessential opener "Song" that provides the olive oil base for a smooth and palatable ride home. Earlier this month we managed to pinpoint Ned lounging in the crimson offices of Caroline heaven. Here are trie riigriligrits Discorder - There has been a lot of hype lately about New York musk, (including Discorder's Monster Magnetspecial last month,S>"/j's "Class of '92" lipaervke to east coast music arenas, Superchunk on Faxx, and Rolling Stone's New MuskSeminar review). How do you see your self fitting into this? Ned - We don'treally fit intoSpin's format, and it's a blessing, we're not going to change. It's idiotic, people just want records that sound like Soundgar- den before they accept you. How people decide things is pretty ugly. We don't want to sound like any other band, we just play, go out do our shows and thats it., just trying to write good songs. We're not as big as any of those bands, Monster Magnet or Superchunk. It doesn't make sense to be as big as Monster Magnet What's the sense of doing it only to wind up like S urgery or all those other great bands. Its a trap: they buy your records, they buy your t-shirts, then they might start to give a shit I'm looking to avoid this trap. You wouldn't be able to leave your house in the morning for the forest of fans, and then what? Is it cool to play coliseums like the Smashing Pumpkins or Hole?...to become a crack addict and wind up in Spin? Is it a prerequisite to be a crack head to be on the cover of Spin? Spin's market is junkies who can scrap up enough dough to buy a copy of their rag. That's their thing. Guys like Jim Greer (Spin writer) can only relate to bands via the crack pipe...(inreference to his review of Pavement's 10 inch) guys like Jim Greer should die. Guys who say "this ten inch record will change your ten inch life" should have my ten inch dick shoved in his ten inch face. So, are you guys the most unknown band in America, even if you toured with Dinosaur, Mud- honey et al.? And don't you think that you have some rather big names In your band- Pete Shore (Unsane), Bob Bert (Sonic Youth, Bewitched, Furniture) and Julia Catfritz (Pussy Galore)? Didn't that get you some attention? I don't know, anyways, I fired all those indie rock losers and hired some young hungry rockers... young hungry kids who want some action. Their my back up band, loose kids into rock. Those other guys were into... who knows. How was recording the album? It was recorded in a day (the usual response). WeU, actually half a day, the rest of the time we sat around playing backgammon.... Kind of like Don Fleming's approach? No way, not at all. Don Fleming man, he plays the songs, records them, then listens to them to write them and play live. A little backwards from the rest of the world but it works for him. Me, I'm a working man, meat and potatoes type guy. Don has the luxury of sitting around the house all day long, everyday of his lifenot having to work. For that I would have to consider him an underachiever and that's pathetic. Don's a Neil Young inspired type guy. He never liked the Germs or Fear, he likes Skynard. He's like my father or something. So he must really love the Arc Weld disc? He does, because his hippie friend Thurston talked Neil into doing it It's those hippies trying to get undercover in the scene. They've been around long enough, its our turn; guys like you and I and everyone out there who's itching. I mean when we see them on stage are we supposed to get inspired? No chance. However, if it's real free noise wailing you want, check out the Impulse re-issue of John Col- trane's Interstellar Space disc. That's punk rock to Therecord'sonTomHarrlngton*slabel,butdidn't you also record a single with Noke ville, and didn't you also have a single lined up on the singles dub? They asked us to do it but we told them to fuck themselves. We were going to do it but then it was like "Pay up, pay up buds," and they didn't pay up, so they don't get any singles. I mean whatever happened to bands getting payed anyway? We're not into the whole sort of 'Give for Sub Pop" thing. Plus, we don't play benefits. It's not that I'm against the whole benefit idea but why don't they have a benefit for us? FMU, this big radio station in New York, they're having all kinds of benefits and raising cash. And what do they do with all the money? They go out and buy bootleg 7 inches of bands like the Unsane or something for like fifty bucks so they can play them on the air. It's a bunch of crap! If an organization was just fiscally responsible in the first place they wouldn't need to have benefits. That's our message—Fiscal Responsibility, a spend-as-you-go Democrat type deal. So you're a band with a message? Oh yeah, we want to be just like Fugazi; they're artists. I can only hope to be like them. They 're not like some cheap little thing... some cheap little rock band to pick up girls and drink beer and stuff. They're a cause, an ideology, and they don't have t- shirts. Much like us, we want the kids to get their own magic marker and make their own t-shirts, that's the message. I don't want to be feeding them prepackaged t-shirts. We want them to think for themselves! In that way we're like Fugazi, and in the fact that we play all ages shows for five dollars. Oh wait, we'd never play an all ages show for five dollars if our lives depended on it I guess we're nothing like So what is your ideology? Man here it is: you pull into town, you do a sound- check, kill 3 or 4 hours eating bad food / beer drinking (to get lubricated for the show), you play, and after when they 're taking your gear off the stage, you get paid and then the fast exit You split, cash in And then do It all again the next day? Everyday. Everyday of the whole damn year if possible. It's great! I love that, that's the way I care to live my personal life, I made that decision when I was twelve years old and I saw Kiss I said "Someday, I want to wear make up and have high platform shoes," except I figured it was better to form apunkrock band. It was always rock, you never thought about following in the foot steps of some of the Shimmy Disc artists? I've known those guys for years, I know everyone in New York city. They all used to be REM fans, can't you hear it in their music? John Hall has been playing that kind of crap for a while now. I guess for the rest of the world its witty indie rock but here it wears a little thin. I mean no one wants to be sitting in a bar having that in the background. Out of that whole scene the only real genius is Dogbowl. He's an actual living genius, whereas all the other Shimmy losers are pretentious potheads. And Kramer, he's ruined more records than he's helped. Half his records would be OK if they had some real guitar parts. I mean how can you love his kind of attitude? But people elsewhere do. They should make t-shirts that say "I'm with Kramer," like those ones that say... ..."I'm with Superconductor"? Yeah, that's it, they're from Vancouver. They played with Superchunk. Well, what about bringing the Swingers out on the road? Yeah, we're going to tour late Febuary or March, once it thaws out... head out west, maybe England, except all those places want to coerce free product out of us. It's like selling off your children or something. Plus all the bands over there are so cute. We're not but we don't care. We played with Teenage Fanclub, blew their shit away and got paid the big blow. That' s w hat we do for a living. At last word, Ned Hayden was still doing this for a living; the interview thing, the live thing, and the underground metempsychosis, continuing to bide his time while promoters haggle over tour rights. All we can do is spirtitually strengthen ourselves and wait FEBRUARY (£) CANADA'S LARGEST AND BEST KNOWN RECORD STORES MCA MCA RECORDS CANADA CIRCLE C NINE INCH NAILS "Pretty Hate Machine" ' FRIED GREEN TOMATOES Soundtrack SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY 'Better Days" THELMA AND LOUISE Soundtrack CAN'T FIND IT? SAM'S has Western Canada's Largest Selection and Most Comprehensive Request Service. DOWNTOWN 568SEYMOURST. ONLY FOUR FLOORS OF FUN!! DOWNTOWN 568 SEYMOUR ST. ONLY Earth felt the wound, and nature from her teat sighing through all her works gave signs of woe that all was lost, •"There is no Ned." Words could not describe my disappointment when Alex Griffin, bassmforNed's Atomic Dustbin, enlightened me on the true origin of one of the most creative band names I've ever heard. I mean, with a name like that you 'd think that there might be some deep meaning or acronym or something of immense profundity hidden in the words. Then again, I have a habit of complicating simple things. According to Alex, "We got [the name] from a show in the 50's, which was called The Goon Show and one of the episodes was called 'Ned's Atomic Dustbin.' When we were thinking of names that was the worst one, so we chose it" As for the atomic dustbin thing, I've been told that a dustbin is really just a sophisticated/British way of saying garbage can. I guess for North American followers the name translates as Ned's Atomic Garbage Can. Choosing a name that sticks in the minds of listeners has obviously proven to be a bonus. Ned's first album, God Fodder, recently went gold in the UK and has sold about one hundred and eighty thousand copies in North America. Not bad for a relatively unknown band that sponsors their tours through t-shirt sales alone. But hey, when you market a t- shirt that says "Did you miss Ned's Atomic Dustbin? You Fucked Up" whaddya expect? So perhaps modesty is not a huge issue for Ned's, but when you consider that these five virile young men sparked a mats riot of over- hormonal teenage girls at a recent gig in Belfast, then they must be doing something right. Alex explained how "the crowd started getting wild and they pushed the barrier under so it collapsed the legs from the stage which then folded in the middle." In the event of being swallowed alive by the stage, the band unfortunalley had to cancel the show. Perhaps that indignity might have been overlooked by the band and their fans (I have visions of the Ned's being consumed by an onslaught of people, but consumed by the stage? I dunno.) —except that they hadn't yet finished the first song. And you wanna talk disaster prone? Maybe it is the name or something that makes the band so explosive, and I'm not exclusively referring to their popularity. The day before the Belfast show they arrived at their hotel only to be turned away because the building had been bombed moments earlier. As lead vocalist Jonn Penney so adeptly observed of their mishaps in a recent interview (though not with me), "The idea is to loll your television, not the band," referring, of course, to their successful second vinyl release entitled "Kill YourTele- But don't bother digging too deeply into the significance of this rather attention snapping song title 'cause you won't find a single deep rooted, symbolic, earth-shattering comment on contemporary social decay or the couch-potato syndrome that runs rampant in North American culture. Instead (Alex again clarified my [mis?] interpretation), the title is "nothing really. It sounds good, it's a good slogan. Y'know? I have this slickeronmybassthatsays 'kill your television' and Jonn saw it and thought it was a good title for a song. He already had the lyrics written, and we already had the tune. The beau just seem to go together, so the song isn't really about killing your television, it's about whatever you want it to be." In that case, I say kill the bloody tube and toss it. It's all a bunch o' garbage...er...uh dust? (Well, if a garbage can and a dust bin are one and the same it should follow that garbage and dust are too.) I still found it somewhat ironic that despite making what seems like a glaring musical statement on the evils of TV., Ned's has scheduled a whole slew [sic] of television appearances across North America. They will (or have already) made appearances on both MTV and Much- Music and will appear on some other shows that Alex couldn't remember at the time I spoke with him. Maybe Letterman, or Arsem'o or SNL or...or The White House for all I know. I won't see it 'cause I don't watch T.V.I Any how, I digress.... Undoubtedly, readers are probably interested in getting to the nitg- rit of the Ned's - like W5 or something. Let me share my increasing wealth of knowledge based on my brief interview and a ton of stuff borrowed from recently published articles about the band. Ned' s Atomic Dustbin is: Jonn Penney (vocalist, lyricist and founding member), Alex Griffin (bassist #1), Mat Cheslin (bassist 02), Rat Pring (Guitar) and Dan Worton (drums: notice that if you abbreviate the band's name to NAD it spells Dan backwards-mind you, this is irrelevant. I asked). According to Alex, the prolific "big bang" that brought Ned's into existence happened in 1989 after, "fourof [us] went to the same college near Birmingham. Most of [us] were in bands before and [we] all split off about the same time and decided to form one band. Then [we] met Dan through somebody else." Ned's wasted no time in releasing their first single after a series of Birmingham gigs proved Quit; "■CCCSsfui. Considering that they share the Birmingham limelight with groups such as PWEI and The Won - der Stuff it was only a matter of rime before they nabbed some opening spots with both bands. In conjunction with the release of the single, "Happy," Ned'i Atomic Dustbin embarked on a tour with pop-genre band Jesus Jones. Already, rumour hat it that Ned's Atomic Dustbin hat been invited to join Lollapalooza II scheduled to tour this summer. Alex's response? "Yeah, rumour has had it. I'm saying no more. It is a rumour, but we have been asked and we're all up for it. If it happens, then hopefully we'll do it, if it doesn't ... then no problem." Vocalist Jonn has been quoted as saying that their sound is "Pop- core" although I must say that the majority of God Fodder leans rather steeply towards the "pop" side of things. But then, suddenly, a raspy bass kicks in during tracks like "What Gives My Son," "Nothing Like," "You," and the familiar "Kill Your Television." With two bassists it's not surprising that the music has the potential to be reeeallly heavy at times. (Ned's has two bassists because during their formation the band just couldn't decide who wat better.) Apparently the band's sound lends itself amazingly well to live performances in combination with their high energy and "unbridled sUge Another notable aspect of Ned's is the song lyrics written by VOCalisi iontt. Reading through the CD cover reveals a list of titles that reflect the dismal results of several failed relationships. Sensing this bitterness. I asked Alex what exactly inspires Jonn to write such cynical words. He replied that yes, they "are cynical, but they're not necessarily about his relationships. Y'know, he keeps things really general so that people can take what they want from 'em. As opposed to saying T met this girl, and she left me, and I was really sad.' he makes things sound a bit more interesting." I gotta agree. In the song "Throwing Things" Jonn coinstheterm "verbal constipation." I love it. I mean how much more accurate can a description of that non-communicative void that seems to haunt so many relationships get? Influences? Don'task. Evidently, Ned's is one of those bands that has no admitted musical compatriots . (Alex had especially never heard of the 'as of late" hot CiTR pop-stuff like the Pooh Sticks orthe Vaselines, who both hail from Scotland.) When I spoke with Alex he explained that, "we all hate each other's musical tastes, so if I tell you what I like you'll get completely the wrong impression." I'm never quick to comply to stubbornness so I persisted to ask him anyhow: "Well, I like Hiisker Dii, uh, Joni Mitchell..." He was right. I did ask a stupid question. Regardless, you now know what the bass guitarist for Ned's Atomic Dustbin listens to and that his tastes do not, in any way, reflect the music he plays and writes. As forinteresting/embarrassing {JBk iXCuoies that occurred during the interview, I did manage a few. I asked Alex if the band members were vegetarians (That was a Nardwuar question - shrug, dontaskme.): "Uh, Jonn is. The rest of us are vicious meat eaten." My response was sort of a comment, "like, I guess you all wear leather then?" To which Alex replied, "No, I just don't like liver." Maybe it was my Canadian or Laryngitis accent. Who knows. Who cares. Mental picture:. .fall out settles across the barren ground zero stages of a devastated North America., fans withdraw into theirtiny shelters equipped with a brand new God FodaeiCD...cherishing their Ned's concert T-shirt, the blinding colour whose like will no doubt never be seen again...the nuclear winter of a post-NeaTs Atomic Holocaust tour will settle in.. .silently they disappear into the recording studio shelter to initiate their next musical project then they wait...patiently ...until someone pushes the button again. I L O V E I T I C R A V E I T I N E E D I T I W A N T I T ON ROBSON Now serving coffee and salads too. 1175 Robson 1937 Cornwall &xc**ccc€nA presents the newest R&B room In town In the HOTEL CALIFORNIA Feb. 1 from Calgary Steve Pineo & The Groove Feb. 3-8 The Vaqueros Feb. 10-12 The Rick Taylor Band Feb. 13-15 Chan Feb. 17-20 Elbore Jamesandthe Hipshakers Feb. 21-22 from Chicago The Richard DeGuareRevue(9pc. R&Bsoul band) Feb 24-29 Harpdog Brown & The Blood- SWSEHJSIHmFREEWWI.il. 1176 GRANVILLE 688-8701 CiTR MOBILE SOUND 228-3017 FEBRUARY (J) Yol Future Rap 1992 is in full effect bovee! Let's hope for many new promising hip hop artists k> enter the scene this chill year. For those who dig the club scene, you may already he hip to the 2 happenm grooves that get the crowd jumptV! I'm talkin"bout those two brothers who rapidly rhyme along lo such instruments as mellow horns and funky guitar nffs, and flow m creative native tongue stylcBteck Sheep! The two releases the public may have heard in the nightclubs, on CiTR's two rap shows "h Effect" and "The Real Deal," or on Much Music, are "Haver of the Month," and 'The Choice is Yours." A Wolf in Sheeps Clothing s the title of this 1991 Polygram, 22 track release. There is a humourous song thrown on the beginning of the CD where the Black Sheep have a dream of being hard(core). The mood is explicit and somewhat violent lyrics are shouted out, but the crazy-assed attitude ts slammm'! One of my favourite songs is "StrobelifcHoney." Asadbutirue tale is dropped, told from personal experi- encenodoubt! It seems that when these two fellas, on separate occasions, asked a girl to groove at a dancehall, the honey may have looked Oy in the dark surroundings, but as soon as the strobelite revealed her true kJentity...Yol They Gotta Gol I don't really like to compare any rap artist with another one burBlack Sheep do remind me of a mix between De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest (Sorry!) And Actually QTj> of A Tribe Called Quest, does appear on one of the tracks with than. A variety of styles makeup the CD. From a hilarious slut called 'Go To Hair, to an nierview with LASM (Ladies Against Sexist Modierfuckas), to "For Doz That Slept" which contains many different samples of a certain two words (Pack You) put to a beat, I have to say, n the words of the BtockSheep...'VANDAM!„.Youcanget with this, or you can get wirh that I think you should get this, for this is where i's at!" Chimin' to be known as "New York's Hardest!" are 2 Black 2 Strong ♦ The MMG. Ikot'Hanl Tune on Planet h^rth Biii£r.=;cf!hefTl TfcrMMGismade upof: Warchiki, Mean Gene, Dark Chocolate - The Devil's Food Cake Lover, C Dogg, and the lead rapper Johnny Mans. Lots of reverb on the bassdrum, plenty of hittin' high hat, and furious dialogue is portrayed. Talk of selling crack, watchaV ones own back, and gettm' jacked are a few of the issues mentioned here. "Only The Strong Survive" tells, h offensive language, the fact that indeed only the strong survive on the streets. Gunshots, stompin' sounds, and the ever-so-famous Funky Drummer, by James Brown, and piano chords, are used in this hit Slowing down the pace a notch, rhymes talking of the transition of a man on the streets and in prison are described For aJthough on the street one may appear to be tough and rough, the minute he is arrested andsent to the ce)]. 2Black 2Strong*The it pretty good as i identity of a man and becomes a piece of meat that evil can pick on and violate. No longer is he the big shot "Ice Man Cometh", discusses police brutality as it exists in the world of today. Heavy metal guitar plays in the background Wordplay is used in the tune "War On Drugs"...[which is a war on A particularly griping, memorable release that has entered the playbst here at CiTR is by Scarface of the Ge» Boys, Mr. Scarface o Back. The first track self- titled "Mr. Scarface" is kickin'. Previous Geto Boy samples and riffs have been inserted. Foul language is spread out evenly over the whole CD, but this is to be expected from this homey. By the time I had finished listening to the entirety of this release I left the CD feeling almost sympathetic towards Mr. Scarface The majority of issues mentioned involve, homicides, feelmm of siiirvte Irwjirw; Kr^rtJ^*- ness, and death, fai the tune called, "Bom Killer" Scarface asks the question, "I don't love mellow the fuck I'mma love you?!" And in "Diary or A Madman", he states, "...I know I'm here somewhere/But I can't find me..." Of course graphic stuff pertaining lo sex is described in 'The Pimp" where Scarface is breakin' some hooker in (if you know what I'm sayiV), and the various positions, etc that he likes. Completely distasteful and a waste of a track. "Gangsta of Love", off ofGrip ittOnThat Other Level, may have been explicit and rude, but k did have a funky loop and was definitely less offensive than "The Pimp." Scarface is for sure a Trigga Happy Nig- ga!, as revealed in all of his his. From listening to Scarface's lyrics a grim picture is painted of what this human being has been subject to. He claims to be a victim of society who as a child was not cared for, so he grew up not givm' a shit about nobody neither. The conclusion of tha CD is on the negative up. The last song is tided, "I'm Dead". It starts out Scarface witnessing a street fight where he sees a iugga die. Of it is no other than The Man himself, but Mr. Scarface does not realirc the fart unhl he sees he mother and h» g«i slandaig ova his gravestone,-He's dead.. The last new release I managed to get a bold of 8 by Ice Cube's cousin..Del Tha fUNKEe hOMOSAPIEN w*h ho release / Wish My BrothtrGtorgt Was Here, ice Cube is the executive producer and it is quite evident because as previously displayed, a seems that Cube digs the sounds of the P-Funk All-Stars, Funkadebc, Parliament, and James Brown. (As do many other rap artists). There are a few exceptional tracks to mendon "Dark Skin Girls", is sure to be a controversial hit' In this song Del insists that the lighter skin black girls up personality, are phony and fake, and mean.. .Whereas the dark skin girls are beautiful, complete, and the ones he'd rather be with Del seems lo have a real pissed off altitude towards a lot of things. Hehaiesthe guys who diss him when he stands at the front end of the Rapid Transit, where all the old people are, etc., but they won't come up when they threaten him and he refuses to move lo the back! He can't stand the attitudes that the lightskm girls possess. He complains about his friends who are "Sleep- in' On [His] Couch," eatin' his food, and watdiin' his Mum's television set! Del shows concern for the kids that get stuck up for their shoes and boomn' systems, "..Jtil- hn' the children /like the sneakers are worth a million..." Ice Cube's voice appears in the background of several tracks which is cool "Same 01'Thing" is dope. mtfustuneDel disses Vanilla Ice! It is a truley beautiful thing to hear, and (he diss is on that other level! To summarize this CD byDel Tha fUNKEe hOMOSAPIENl have to admit that it's got the thumbs up in my book. Street language is continuous ty uttered with the usual swear words here and there and then some. The topics raised are discussed in a funky sorta waay and are to be (and are) taken seriously unless otherwise intended ThB b a CD where, "STREET KNOWLEDGE IS GIVEN THE PUNCH!!!" The new BDP12" record contaiung "Duck Down" a hardcore hit where blast- master KRS-ONE drops quick rhymes dis- sin' sucka crews, "Like a Throttle," which ako spits foul language at the opposition, and "We in There," yet another cSssin' track, are three songs that are totally hip hoppB'.hard-slammm,'sucka-bashin', and totally fresh for 1992! 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Winner-Mystery Machine, Second-Culer than Spunky, Thinl-Perfume Tree. Discrepancies between second and third place from thJoe(ne when is he gonna start up Elvis Mondays- long time do it yourself form that started as a haven for garage'n cow punk in Toronto back in'84? Speaking of the big TO, look for upccrniigBurich-c-ruclung-Goo&CDon Fringe, and a split 7" with both Toronto andVancouverf^azi-types.RilcggCarnp and Sparkmaiker,respecuvely. Cutting Edge journalist, Viola Funk, has left 10 piece^ll-girl band Kreviss due to some line-up discrepancies during the Rape Relief Benefit at the Cruel Elephant. Look for Viola in an upcoming splinter project(and no, I don't mean mat band from Portland). ..BUT, while we're on the topic of Portland, gotu mention that that cky has one fine fanzine called Snipe hunt which offers a fine scene report (actually it's usually just a bunch of snotty bullshit). Snipehunt is available at Scratch and the Cruel E Cory #l,from Sludge asked me lo proachable column about his unjust tour treatment from Superconductor's Shawn. However, we were both wasted at the tine when he told me the tidbit and I was trying to get an interview with Steel Pole Bathtub. All I can say from my own sober experiences with both guys is that one is a bit of a Jabberpuss and the other is an insufferable snot and they'll probably be best friends by the time you read this incredibly obsolete piece of literature that our editors seem to think isn't "cpnionated" enuff in haps if we whined more about not getting laid, or maybe went off on some tangent about thigh tattoos, or made up self- congratulatory terms like "Quincy Punks," we'd be more respected around here... We know it's late, but we were out of town for New Years so yer gettin' it now. 3. NOMEANSNaAsurpnsegigurH der the aliasof Three Guys Named Bob at the old Cruel £ No, I didn't get in either so FUCK OFF. 4. CATCGAME,TENFEETTALL, DEPROGRAMMERS, SLUDGE, SPARKMARKI-:R<Arcadian Hall) Cat's Game swung off ropes into performance history and later the place fell under siege. Guest Quest history was made as the police showed up to actually PROTECT the people inside (not the actual event, mind you, just the people). 5. FACE PULLER, BOMBSHELLS, KREVISS, RAPE RELIEF BENEFIT: Cruel Elephant Just the premise of having the sex-kittykitty Bombshells "take a stand" against rape is fumy enough to keep me comin' back. FacepuUer did some interesting things with power took. Even me bassist from Piss Queen liked Kreviss. 6. SUPERCONDUCTOR: Neil Dia- mond tribute at the Cruel ELook for Neil's version of Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach. A record collectors must! 7. TRUK (before they lost their integrity), GOGUY, ALIEN AND THE PSYCHO (PUNK RAWK): (Twilight Zone) Groups with true potential. Even if the two latter groups lost Shindig, they're winners ti our eyes. 8. TWERDO CLEB ml NARD- WUAR( opening for Sted Pole Bathtub): If you didn't fulfy hale this homely flashy bunch of windbags for at least three full days after the show then, my friend, you are an It. PES QUEEN, ZEN, REDNECKS, CARNIFEROUS RAUNCH FUX:( Lunatic Fringe) Chase (Did's Pizza art) turned Piss Queen into a rap fusion megalomania, then got cocky and thought he could rap with the mighty Raunch Fux. They backed him up with a rousing 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" which shut him up. Black hockey tape nipples and bouncer/band beat ups all LOCAL DEMO REVIEWS Mexican Power Authority -More />«- Break Even Records, Jason Flower. 2185 Amity Drive, Sidney, B.C V8L1BZ Flower was formerly of Sbckfarm ( a happening group) until he lucked (hem all out of the band and started Mexican Power Authority (vicious Abbotsford rumour). If you go to Victoria, 1 am told it's not hard to pick up Mexican Power Authority band's live act at the legendary Harpo's. The music is fast paced and hectic punk rawk; the songs are very short, shorter than the Dwarves. Strange nondescript lyrics. Check them out if you get Rattled Rooster*- Rocket Raunch Fan Crub.2547 Edgar Crescent Vancouver ,B.C, V6L 2G5. These guys seem to be heavily into the rockabilly type thing. Probably good to drink beer to. I'm not into this kind of sound so I don't have much to say. They played at Smash on New Year's Eve, the Town Pump on January 8, and the Com modore on February 17, so if you want to check these energetic guys out it shouldn't be that hard. Lootbag- Next lSkm Naaazal dude. Actually the lyrics are way clear and cooL Lootbag draws to heavily on that skank/dancehall riff but it's not annoying so I won't slam them for it. 15km comes with a nifty sing along lyric sheet Favourite song here is "Fuck Peace" (meat rules dude). Favourite lines, however "are you proud of yourself now, you're what you once hated and 1 will not beapart of the boredom you've created" from "Just No Way." This is probably available at Scratch, but if not, writing to Mickey Christ will get you Lootbag info. Definitely available at rimhouse and maybe Lyle's in Victoria. Veda Hill- Songs About People andBuild- if Ball tf Flames FVoouctions, 3126 W. 13th Avenue, Vancouver, B.CV6K2V3. God it's a nice change to hear a female voice. It's a good voice loo. Sort of Sinead O'Connor/ Natalie Merchant-ish (10, 000 Maniacs). Nine people in this band including cello and mandolin players, which might explain the music seemingly fighting the voice sometimes. The songs deal with gritty true life stuff like seeing condoms on the ground. Terror of Tinytown This demo gives one harsh deja vu. I swear I've beard k, but I've never heard this band before The first song, "A Basket of Pears,'' sounds acoustic and very rhythmic in a strange kind of way. Thesecond song, "Feels So Right," sorta passed me by. The last song, "What's ate Price," is the best sounding (funkier) song of the three. Mrs. Svenson-JW Leaves 2833 Pasqua St, Regioa, Saskatchewan, 306-584-9209. My apologies to Mrs. Sven- son fans with the review I gave them when they played with Little Joe way back when For so 9. The Whistler snowboarding gig that we never went to, but people keep on talking about: Sptrkmarker, Ten Feet Tall, and who knows who else. Supposedly "the reddest gig of the year." ing like Fugazi, then again, I don't remember too much from that night, if you catch my drift. This demo is good quality music They sound a bk like Dinosaur Jr. Even though I don't Ike the term - k's chick music (about chicks, for chicks etc). Good solid drums and baas. You're welcome. VOX Popull -Ryan's Rotor TUIer Man Pollard,1220 Union Road, Victoria, B.C V8P 2J4,388-5791. Got that loveaNe Victoria sound. Yummy bass - 'specially in "Pass the Pyrophy" and 'Toxic City." The female voice of Julia Beanie is a nice surprise on the song "Curves and Lines", and then something weird happens; the last three songs disappear. They weren't on the tape. Maybe they have a conspiracy with Mickey Chri»t-Af eaner than You How does a peaceful city like Victoria spawn such aggression? Maybe it's the sewage system, I dunno. Lead singer has a Husker Du-ish voice but the music styles jump around enough lo avoid moldiness. Great cassette cover and I'm not saying anymore or I'll get into those annoying Nomeansno comparisons again. Operation Willis-Pkysicalfy Twisted Stone Cold Ninja Management c/o Andy Mori, 151 Government Street, Victoria, B.C V8V 2K6,381-5385. These guys hail all the way from Victoria, so expectations are going to be high. They sound good in the music segment, although the vocals could use some work. A kind of Nomeansno sound, as if they were the only band to influence that whole city, with a twist - Morrissey kind of lyrics. If my opinion really mattered, I'd say they were pretty good. But that's just me. Ambulance-/^ We got a goody with this trippy sounding demo, and although the little bonus did us no good, I suppose that with the help of it I might have liked them. like Ministry or Front 242 Hey, if that kind of thing were what I liked, then I dunk I could have appreciated these guys. What can you do? Cuter Than Spunky-L/ve They 've (well the cute guy with the brown hair did) assured me that Cuter than Spunky will soon be releasing something even better. For some reason they sound like they're going too fast for their own abilityfmaybe that's on purpose). There are some songs I could come to love however I can't tell you the names of them i song names on the tape. The Bombshells EMG, #303 68 Water Street, Vancouver, B.C V6B1A4. Pretty, pink cassette cover. National Velvet, Pandoras and Guns'n'Roses after mowin' down a big bowl of estrogen. Makes me wish I was a If you want to send YOUR demo to CiTR: 1. Send it to Dale if you want them ON AIR right away, then Dale will pass'em on to us gins. 2. Send it to us ifyou want your demo reviewed in PRINT right away then we'll give 'em to Dak. 3. If you are wanting your demo ON AIR and in our column SEND US TWO (one for Dale Sawyer, the guy who carts demos and one for us). Hope that's all clear. Oh yeah. We got 24 demos this month (a record). The editors have been chopping our column apart (...for damn good reasonEd), so we'D try to putrin' around ten demos each month that we think are most cool in the hope that they will all be printed. We love you all Redd and Coral PS. Thanks to Mr. Anderson of Victoria for helping us review. the cruel elephant @ 23 w.cordova the only alternative nightclub thlt It yet another month ofthebest damn rock this town hat ever teen. I tell ya. « |utt gets better all the time. A lot of kids are discovering the cruel elephant for the first time and guess what? They all dig this nutty thing commonly referred to as 'alternative" music, ass kicking politically Incorrect fuck-you-up rock n roll I call It, but that's not all) We do pop, punk, funk, reggae, rock, world, roofs (and even special 70* t disco with cheap bevvies and no cover on fuesdaysl), though we do put this aH In a blender and get a very palatable mix: fun for the whole (amity, IT your (amity Is over 19, that Is. Now the unbelievably Intense lineup of the best rock bands around, but this list Is In a monthly format and Is subject to change, not to mention that, because we love you, we have some really great surprise shows lined up (or the avid rock (an. We're not telling you about them right now, because you know, riot* and aft remember all the other ones we've had? and Ifthose were widely advertised... wowimOTCITYIII Speaking o( riots sat (eb I can you say SUB POP? the best pop-punk band In the world from the BEST KISSERS IN THE WORLD w/ serious punk rock from the SUPERSUCKERS; both Seattle, both SUB POP lues (eb 4 cruel 70's disco 250; no cover! free! cheap! wed (eb 5 from California THIS IS OUR DAUGHTER w/ SINNER'S SQUAD w/ A POSSIBLE MYSTERY BAND...you know, what would be fun? c couple of wild punk funk killer bands, that you can dance your face off to all night, so here goes: thurs (eb 6 LESTER'S WAGON w/ RUSTY NAILS now do we have great shows or what? dig this: (rl (eb 7 SUB POP recording artists AFGHAN WHIGS (yes thee afghan whlgs from clnclnattl) w/ guests; now you say how about some good of rock In roll. I say well this is the cruel elephant so how about filling your pants to the sweetsounds of el harsho supremo on sat (eb 8 DOSE PUMP w/ KISS KISS N' BANG w/ RUMBLE FISH lues (eb 11 cruel 70S disco, no cover, this Is great! the revival nobody wanted, but too much fun to say no tol wed (eb 12 a tape release and a very fine misunderstood & heavy band: MARY w/ RED SUGAR w/ DANCING ON CLASS (don't miss these fine local acts) thurs 13 heavy heavy heavy rock night w/ THE PASTIES w/ GREY SKIES w/ GO GUY (rl (eb 14 fall In love on valentine's day with TWO LEFT FEET (formerly the spin doctors) w/ THE HOLLOWHEADS sat tab 15 an evening of spine-tingling adventure of blazing pop punk THE SWEATERS w/ victoria's Infamous SHOW BUSINESS GIANTS (can you dig maybe a SHOVELBIZNESSGIANTMEANSNOHED) w/ MR. WRONG (yeah, that mr. wrong) w/ pop sensations from victoria B.U.M. lues (eb disco disco still free, cheap and easy wed 19 welfare day so that means punk rock at the elephant T.B.A. thurs feb 20 CJSF presents three minute mile recording artists In a record release party that w/lgo down in Infamy: CAT'S GAME w/ F.Y.F. w/CARDOKIA M 21next are three bands of past shindig glory and damn fine bands to boot: MYSTERY MACHINE w/ JACK FEELS FINE (yee howl these guys are broken up no longer, there Is hopel)w/ CUTERTHAN SPUNKY sat 22 noise, noise, noteel that makes me get a chubby; scratch recording artists & grunge wizards LUNG w/ back to kil again THE SUPERSUCKERS (now everybody that has seen these guys say they're an unbelleveably good band. so come early! not to be missed!) w/ Portland's CRACKERBASH tuet 25 disco dance to the disco heat! no cover! save money! wed 261 don't want anybody's hopes getting all high asa kite, so I'm not telling you anything but the Initials of this possible show: one G.G A.. you dig? thurs 27 yesl yesl the return of berkleys amazing SMOKIN' RHYTHM PRAWNS (all you can eatl) w/ THE LUDWIGS M 28 yeah, this Is cool:RUN WESTY RUN sat 29 the legend lives on. now this Is rock: joe ketthley's INSTINCT w/ DOG EAT DOG (formerly dogzflla) w/ guests; this may be a very special guest, tool that's all (or (eb, hope no one misses anything; I know > al looks so good, but here's something extra lo look forward to: GORILLA GORILLA, JONESTOWN PUNCH, THE HUNGRY CROCODILES, THE GITS, SHLEPROCK, NOFX, THE MR.T EXPERIENCE. BLU CHUNKS, Japan's NIMROD. THE COWS, HAMMERHEAD and lots more, see? we do love you! open 9-2 am; tickets are as cheap as possible, as afways...so what the fuck else do you want? that's right, anything else would Just be greedy! love the cruel elephant, because > loves you. Open Tues.-Sat., 9pm-2am 23 W. CORDOVA Q) SMASHING PUMPKINS Lull (Caroline) This 4 song EP produced by Billy Corgan (guitarist/vocalist), creative epicentre and brainchild behind Chicago's Smashing Pumpkins, and Butch Vig, the Grand Poobah of indie-rock knob twisting in an otherwise Hal-2000 decade, plays emotional raquctball with you. It was no surprise to me when I came across this disc bathing in an aural aura at BeUingham's Cellophane Square. It's been out for awhile in America but has yet to make it to Canadian import shelves. And this is why we have Free Trade; so I can pay duty on a product which should have been available to us over a month ago. But I digress. Already my body torques with excitement, and the adrenalin racing from my pineal gland is like a slow-moving glacier in comparison to my anticipation and emaciation for new Pumpkin product. A conflict in my emotions occurs immediately, as my joy in finally purchasing "Lull" is brought to combat against the disappointment of its length and price. "Lull" is only 4 songs long and has the beefy price of $9.99(U.S.) attached to it. Furthermore, there isn't a glossy photo of D'arcy in the CD sleeve, and this is known to bring about fits of depression in all testosteronized males. Describing the sleeve is kind of difficult, but it's similar to that silicone -in-a -tube stuff that you squirt on a tray and then bake in the oven with the final product resembling a stained glass hodgepodge., .visually pleasant Anyways, "Lull" starts out with "Rhinoceros" which was "stolen from Gish" and is a glittering star through the dense underbrush of sentiment. The massive and brutal imagery of a rhinoceros is in direct contrast to this song even with its aggressive guitarmud-fling chorus. The simultaneous voice/ guitar note verbatim pulls you through the song like a Saint Bernard with a keg of brandy around its collar, the hot and sweet taste of ransom after the frightening chill of desertion. "Blue" picks up from theves- 22 TS^gSLJSSrMn tiges of that place where "Rhinoceros" left us. A bass line similar to Faith No More's "Falling To Pieces" works this tune into a beautifully frantic love song. Like a wrought iron gate swinging in a rainbow-riddled sun-shower, " Blue" slows its pace to a hypnotic anchor which takes the song out. "Slunk" is the only example of a Smashing Pumpkin song which slightly hints to that monkey -on-the-college-radio-back influence of Dinosaur Jr. A two and 3/4 minute ditty, which accents on a choir of layered guitars and that oh so retro (but how we love it) fuzz guitar solo with wah-wah pedal doing overtime. Easily the fastest song of the 4 and the epitome of how a Smashing Pumpkins' song should sound. "Right on, motherfucker," whines Billy Corgan as he dumps us in the nearest opium den with a head full of hallucinogens and almost apologizes to us with the serenity of "Bye June". An acoustic ballad with heavy emphasis on Corgan's esoteric and all-weather voice. "Bye June" s 5 chords that ooze so much emotion they '11 pull the heartstrings on the coldest motherfucker, and maybe even get you into the sack with a long time friend with whom you've shared a plutonic relationship with. Like laying in a hammock with the smell of lilacs in the air and watching a butterfly land on your toe; pretty. Never has a song emitted this much sincerity and emotional intensity since Neil Diamond's (orKilldozer's for that matter) "I Am, I Said", "nuff said. Scooter MATERIAL The Third Power (Axiom/Island) Material is the brainchild of Bill Las well, who I don't know too much about, but that shouldn't matter because it's the music that counts. As far as I can tell. Mr. Laswell is friends with a lot of cool people in the music industry, and he gets a few of them together and they write a few tunes and release them. Some of these artists in clude Afrika Baby Bam baataa, Mike G of the Jungle Brothers, Jalaluddin Manur Nuriddin of the Last Poets, dancehall reggae rudeboy Shabba Ranks , master P Funk, and Bootsy's Reeffer Band(???) with bassman Bootsy Collins (on guitar!). Other heavyweight names include P-Funker's Gary "Guitar" Slider (???), Gary "Drummer on Atomic Dog" Mudbone Cooper, Bernie "Keyboards" Worrell, Michael "Guitar" Hampton, Herbie Hancock, Riddim Twins Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakepeare, and the James Brown horn section composed of Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, and Pee Wee Ellis. Wow! Anyway, The Third Power is really held down by Sly and Robbie's drum and bass work, which is smooth and rock steady as always. Everybody else sort of piles on top of this groove, with a number of people handling the vocals. Shabba leads on "Reality," cuttin' it up on the dancehall reggae tip while Baby Bam and Mike G rap on "Playin' With Fire." Next comes my favourite tune, "Cosmic Slop," an old Funkadelic song which has been updated to perfection. This is one awesome track! The rest of the tracks flow on with the same kind of groove. For example, "The Deception," has a kind of modernized hip-hop reggae beat with lots of loose raps with choruses sung over top, and smooth horns and keyboards that add ambience to the mix. Well, there ya go. The lyrics are also worth noting, as most of them are responsible comments on a decaying society. Take for instance the Jecryle (????) Brothers addressing the drug problem, and Jalaluddin explaining the evil American dollar in "E-Pluribus-Unum" (money from many). And to top it all off, they even cover a Bob Marley song, "Mellow Mood." Adam Sloan LAST CALL Zulu 2 CD Set Vancouver Independent Music 1978-1988 You've gotta appreciate a guy like Grant McDonagh for having his shit together, and for the time and energy it took to compile the 48 cuts by 48 bands on this essential 2 Cd set. You've also gotta appreciate the fact that we now have, for our listening pleasure, for the first and probably only time, these great and otherwise lost in the past tunes available on the CD For description sake, the music contained on Last Call is your basic punk, hard-core, post-punk pop, with a touch of West Coast twang thrown in for good measure. Labels aside, this is RockVRoll at its best; timeless, irreverent, raw, spontaneous and as essential today as it was when first recorded. Spanning the years 1978 to 1988, vibrant and exciting years indeed. La si Call exhibits many of the lower mainland'! better and/or notorious bands of that era. Some made it to vinyl, others as far as tape. As compiled here though, these recordings, for the most part, are worthy of a place in Canadian mu Disc One kicks ass from the start. The Furies, Skulls, Dishrags, DOA, Victorian Pork and many other staples of Vancouver's heyday are featured here. To this day I thank God that these bands appeared when they did. There were few live music clubs of interest. Disco was sucking the big wazoo. Prog-rock was accelerating up its own butt at a dangerous pace, and Barry MaruTow was more popular than the Beatles and was being considered as the next Pope. There are 28 bands featured here, all relevant contributors to a reawakening music scene. Many classic cuts are included: "Slave to my Dick" by the Subhumans, "Hawaii" by the Young Canadians, the timely "Wailing for the Drugs to Take Hold" by the Secret Vs. and "Teenage Barnacle" from the Enigmas who incidently played a very spirited set at the CD release party (too bad the same can't be said for the Groovaholics who aren't on Last Call, but did play two sad sets. It's time Dave Gregg considered a change of occupation, or perhaps a total blood transfusion.) Where Disc One chronicles the rebirth of Vancouver's live music scene. Disc Two shows us why, at times, eleven years later, things were not as they once were. Not that Disc Two is a let down, not at all. There's Nomeansno, I, Braineater, Slow, Herald Nix, and The Scramblers plus 15 others. Also, any collection with No Fun's "Be Like Us" is worth the price of admission. Vancouver music has alwayt had a strong female presence, and here we have Family Plot, The Work Party, Bolero Lava, Go Four 3, Animal Slaves, No Fun, Lost Durangos, Poisoned, Bob's Your Uncle, and the Hip Type, all featuring women vocalists and or If you have spent the years '77-'881isteningtoCiTR, frequenting venues like The Windmill, The Buddha, or City Space, Last Call can satisfy your nostalgic needs. Producer McDonagh calls this a "collection of musical snapshots," and that it is. Even if you've never heard of these bands. Last Call stands the test of time and like all good snap shots, they're good any Norm van Rassel THE YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS WITH RICHARD PETERSON New Young Fresh Fellows Theme/ Mathisization 7" (Popllama) It's the Young Fresh Fellows. Yet, the Young Fresh Fellows. Yes, the Young Fresh Fellows are my favourite band. Yes, they rock. Yes, I dig everything they put out. Yes, this single is a milestone in their career. The question is my friends, what kind of milestone? Is it a milestone of fulfilment and satisfaction, or is it a mile-stone of frustration and disappointment? This 7" vinyl slab is extremely well done with a very big bossy BAND sound, featuring the Young Fresh Fellows and Seat- er/Pia st/ Trumpeter Richard Peterson. This is not Perterson 's first collaboration with the Young Fresh Fellows, either. Remember that wild brass at the beginning of "TV Dream" from the Fellows' hottest selling album The Men Who Loved Music ? That's Richard. Seemly, just after that release, Peterson wrote the A- side to this single, "new Young Fresh Fellows Theme" on July 7. 1987 (where were you?). The first two lines of the song are: "No one likes the Freth Young Fellows no fans anymore/No one comes to shows at the Sports Bar like they did before." So what does it mean? Tell me. why did the Young Fresh Fellows wait four and a half years to put the song out? Were they waiting for the right time? Is now the right lime? Who out there has Electric Bird Digest! What the hell does "Young Fresh Fellows should have fifth member trumpets and keyboards/ More like the Huey Lewis album Tower Power Horns mean? What's going on with The Young Fresh Fellows? Is it a lark, a joke, a comedy of errors or is it bitterly serious? Flipping to the B-side is another Peterson composed number, a tribute to the Velvet Prince, Johnny Mathis. "Mathisization" is a brooding, very groovy anthem that works well, making this single an extremely hot yet confusing Young Fresh Fellows commodity. Go get this single. Listen to it Try to explain what it means to me. If you don't understand it, ask 'em in person on Friday January 31, and Saturday February 1, when they play the Town Pump. Backing 'em up is the star of the Flamin' Groovies,Roy Loney. Young Fresh Fellows, don't go away. Grant Lawrence TEENAGE FANCLUB Bandw agones que (DGC) First it was the Pastels, then the Vaselines and now Teenage Fan- club! Will Scottish POP madness $1 rflZ-KH^ never stop? In the true phenomenon tutus. Teenage Fanclub explode from their native land of Scotland onto the world scene with an incredible release on the "major" DGC label of LA. Simply defined, this record is "POP." It's hard, it's toft, it's slow and fast, it's melodic, chaotic and crunchy. Sometimes it't even got the "big rock" sound, in a good way. The music it a very symbolic result of what has been happening in the UK POP tcene for yean. When listening toBandwagonesque, "that sound" is instantly recognizable: the eclectic POP styling of the aforementioned Pastels and Vaselines as well as other UK groups like the Pooh Sticks and Heavenly. It's the sound that's spurred many a North American combo as well, lake for instance Beat Happening or Nirvana. Anyway, Teenage Fanclub is a deep listen; great music for working on s jigsaw, or when taking a long drive. It's a fine record, get it And thank goodness for Half Japanese, no? Grant Lawrence THEKRAVTN* "A"s Krave On! (Hangman Records) Hangman Records of the UK releases 39th album! And lo commemorate this milestone of achievement in independent rock and roll, the gents at Hangman have released a stellar recording of neat, proper rock and roll. And that, simply, is just what the Kravin' "A"s are: very neat and very proper. No tube-screamed, over-driven battle-axing here friends, just real rock and roll. This band is brand new on the scene, and what a debut release! It's a full Lp of great, groovy songs very much in the style of the Beatles circa 1962- 1963. The vocals are pristinely coarse, hitting every lovely note possible, and sounding very much like a young John Lennon. Most of the songs feature a great Beatlesque British pop sound where as some such as "Tripwire" and "Sometimes" wander into the dark, brooding world of R'n'B and Medway Soul. No matter what the Kravin' "A"s musically dabble in, every tong is great with extreme standouts being "Pay Day" and " Baby, What's Your Game?" If these numbers were released in '63 or '64, they would easily enter the Top 40 of Isle faves, no doubt about it! After a couple of your own personal spins I'm sure you'll tend to agree with me that the Kravin' "A"s are a fine band playing fine music. Intelligent, creative songwriting, clean and crunching guitars, and an all around fantastic sound rockets the Kravin' "A"s Krave On! to the top of my bops for this month Grant Lawrence Unsane S/T (Matador) Hot on the heels of their "Jungle Music" 7", comes the long awaited debut LP from NYC s Unsane. An EP would have already been around for some time, but due lo distribution problems a change in labels had to be made. You may recognize the members Chris Spencer (guitar, vocals), Pete Shore (Bass) and Charlie Ondras (Drums) from other New York combos( the (ultra-cool) Action Swingers and Boss Hogg), yet Unsane takes quite a different approach to the East Coast Grunge formula. Unsane uses the basic guitar, bass, drums line-up and produces an unearthely hurricane of sound that relies mainly on heavily pounding drums, screaming guitar riffs and indecipherable vocal spew- ings. Their music is designed to move your bowels and not your hips - songs like the opener, "Organ Donor," and "Slag" fit this description. Other songs like "Exterminator," "Vandal-X," (previously available on a limited singles club 7" only on Sub Pop) "Aza-2000" and "Cracked Up" also provide numerous doses of chaotic dirge with which to scare your friends. Unsane's music is made to shock, daze and confuse you. If you can stomach the fronlcover (Let's just say it's of a guy who missed "the last train to Clarksville") then you can stomach the delicious offerings of Unsane. Bryce Dunn VARIOUS ARTISTS Until the End of the World (soundtrack) (Warner) Oh Boy! Can this be true? A whole album of despairing songs about life and unrequited love? A movie soundtrack, no lessl Does this mean a film about everyone's favourite theme is soon to follow? The answer to these questions is. The soundtrack to Wim Wendeii' Until the End of the World is a fantastic mix of known and lesser known artists featuring an excellent blend of musical styles. Consistency and coherence are maintained throughout the CD. However, most of the songs are low-key, slow affairs, and all share the same themes of love and love' s ability to make our lives at times wonderful or miserable, but always magically unpredictable. Highlights include the last Talking Heads song (ever?) "Sax and Violins," featuring latin rhythms, murky, atmospheric music and an ethereal David Bymes. Crime and the City's Solution does an eerily perfect job of imitating Leonard Cohen on "The Adversary." Meanwhile, Lou Reed's "What's Good" features a seventies-inspired rock-god guitar intro that quickly fades into familiar Reed ternin characterized by a less pretent >us guitar sound and cynical observations such as, "live' s good but not fair for all." All this plus more! Also included are: a very creepy and cool song by Julee Cruise, a psychedelic Elvis Costello tune, a weird surrealistic blues bit by T. Bone Burnett and a fun, spoken word theatrical number by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. There are no obviously awful songs here and even the excerpts from the film's New Age score are brief enough to tett only the most intolerable listeners. Don't be put off by the lack of upbeat, happy songs. The music is beautiful and the lyrics are poetic and intelligent Besides, if you listen closely enough, you may discover that Until the End of The World 's message is not necessarily one of bleak despair. Mike Walkey ARRAYMUSIC Chroma (Are You Serious Music) Arraymusic is an established Canadian new music organization, consisting of an ensemble of excellent performers, a concert season in Toronto, and a workshop/ competition for young composers. This recording is their second DC release, and contains the music of three prominent Canadian composers as well as music by Steve Reich and Kevin Volans. The first piece, "Little Venice," is by Linda C. Smith (artistic director of Arraymusic) and is the best work I have heard of hers. Smith' s music is very delicate and vaguely reminiscent of one of her teachers, the late Morton Feldman. Clarinettist Robert W. Stevenson turns in an excellent performance of Reich's "New York Counterpoint." His performance of this piece was the highlight of Arraymusic's concert at Graceland a few years ago. "Merapi," by Jose Evan- gelista consists of a melodic line which is developed by explosion and heterophonic dispersion throughout the ensemble. I find the material of "merapi" similar to Boulez's "Memoria- le," and while I don't think this is Evangelista's finest music, its playful sparkle is always enjoyable. Rodney Sharman't "Dark Glasses" changes the tone to one more autumnal than that of its predecessor. All aspects of the composition are well cared for, resulting in a work which is sometimes cum- brously slow or extended; I am confident, however, that this it what the composer intends. "She Who Sleeps With A Small Blanket" by South African expatriate Kevin Volans is an extroverted solo percussion piece performed by Beverly Johnston. After approximately twelve minutes of dynamic drumming, the concluding marimba solo ends this varied recording with great subtlety. Overall, I think the ensemble performances are somewhat unstable. A few extra-musical details which I noticed and appreciated are the excellent recording quality, and the care taken in preparing the front and back covers (printed on recycled paper). The firtt pass at notes on the music is a series of esoteric observations by poet Christopher Dewdney. Paul Steenuisen OFO'S PSYCHOTRONIC PIX O' THE MONTH Lemme tell you about Slade, boyz'n'girlz. You may have heard of them from your dad in a fit of nostalgia before he wound his way to his men's movement group, or Reform Party meeting, or whatever hellackxis eariy middle age support group he's chosen to cling to. But let your faithful scribe give you the straight skinny. SladebthebandweaUvrishwecculdbcm.BasicaUyfourworkmgdassycbbos from England whose collective IQ's were lower than their shoe sizes, were the ultimate stewpid rock band. Clocking in hits from '71 -74, with the funniest hi- powerpre-gliltersilly teen anthems, Slade predated Spinal Tap by a decade. The songwriting team of Noddy Holder and and Jimmy Lea churned out songs with great titles like "Look Wot You Don", "Sk weez Me Pleez Me", and others that the illiterate English youth embraced as they trained for future careers as football t, yet hopelessly boring Bui The buggers ha vehung around for over twenty -five years now, having used their royalty checks (from Quiet Riot's abhorrent covers of "Cum On Feel the Noize"and "Mama Weer All Crazee Now") to buy more tartan scarves, learn to spelL and score aminorhit with "RunRun Away" in '84. ThefollowingLP't are guaranteed to snap you out of your blues, although listening to them too much can suck out your brain. SLADE MUST HAVES: LP's - Slade Alive (Poh/dor) Slade Alive Two SUyed?(britknpo) and any album with the following songs: Gudbuy T Jayne QimOnFeelTheNoize SkweezMePleezMe CozILuvYou and, of course, any title you have to decipher. LETTERS SECTION!!!!!! Youthful JERRY GILL of p aby, writes: Dear Mofo, Here't a record that will thrill you to no end: "Cybil Does It... to Cole Porter" - Cybil Shepherd (1974, Paramount) It comes complete with a gatefold sleeve containing, among other things, a sexy pic of Cybil without a bra, and celebrity endorsements by Fred Astaire, Cary Grant , Gene Kelly, and Orson Welles. Cary says, " I only with Cole could have heard it." Experience the forefather of "Red, Hot and Blue'MThit is one totally shameless record; enjoy. Jerry Gill P.S. Please, please, please metion my name in your article. It'll really irnprets the chicks. Well, Jerry, you have immaculate taste, but to date I cannot find said lp. Best bet is to look for the video or soundtrack to a horrid flick by Peter Bogdonavich called At Long Last Love;a musical featuring Cyb, Burt Reynolds, and his pooch Dom Delouise jn a musical with a steaming heap of Cole Porter 'song stylings' INFO UPDATE!!!!!!!! Kudos to KIRK FURNISS for alerting me to a novelty tune I forgot to mention last month. The Royal Guardsmen (a hoser band) came out with "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" in the late '60s. Very stupid song in the UK bubblegum craze vein. Kirk remembered it from seeing the record printed on the back of a box of Alpha-bits, no less (you won't see that anymore, puppies, what with the demise of records). Merrie Whitmore, a truly bodacious Theatre major, has given me the lowdown on Leif Garrett. Apparrently the series he was on was called Family (kinda like a drama about Joe Average, which lasted about 15 minutes of the season in 1974). And she maintains that he was a singer before a Tv heartthrob. Our researchers are looking into the allegations... All of the lucky people above get a choice of one of the following: Tom Jones - Delilah, Super Bad (comp.), or The Partridge Family - Up to Date. Thete LPt will be at CITR and can be picked up by the above three people. You also recieve membership in the MOFO ARMY, which may include an embarrassing sticker and card, if I get my act together. That's all that fits, and keep those letters coming!! I HlNOInl 3H1 .0 Xld OINOdlOHOASd S.OdO FEBRUARY ® LATER STEP RIGHT UP AND GET YOUR COCAINE RIGHT HERE, FOLKS!! JUST $80 A GRAM!! THAI'S RIGHT!' $80 A GRAM!! HOW CAN I SELL CCC- LOW, LOU/ I INSANE '? I'MSOCMTi AWAY !TH/rT'S GIVING FREE NEW CUST- LOSTNIY NOT ALL. ]MORE GRAMS JNA FREE- \SYRINGE 24 Hff^oEo^ AINE AT SUCH PRICES ?! AM I AM INSANE !! 'M GIVING IT RIGHT! I'M SAMPLES TO OMERSU'VE HI BUT THAI'S BUY TWO OR AND I'LL THROW BASEP/PEOR FOR FR££![ vknchas ducky, ^ 1 IT'S TmLWEDlO ^^ |A SOMETHING vVlTH J \ BURNED Y ?\ovP, LIVES. ^A [TO DEATH \ [yESTEROAYJ Ik (^HUH?^/ ' V^ WELL YOODO SEEM TO HAVE A \ I LOT OF COMPETITION IN THIS NElGH-\L^ BOURHOOD. PERHAPS YOU SHOULD MOVE TO AN AREA WITH FEWER COMPETITORS AND ADOPT A MORE AGGRESSIVE s^ SELLING APPROACH. Pixies/Pere Ubu Commodore Tuesday 16 December 1991 Ick. Bleah. Yuck. Boo. Hiss. The Pixies helped save my life some years back and now I swear they 're tryin' ta put me back in the grave. Well this may be a tad melodramatic but around the time of DooJdile (my 25th yean both the best and worst time of my existence, so far) I fell head-over-heels in love with this band who were SPEAKING TO ME and helped make the ride easier. Perhaps you know what I mean, I can't really describe it—or not in this short space. Then comes Bossanova and now the newie, Trompe le Monde, fine recordings but something isn't right I hear of stardom in Europe. Big Ego's. Huge gigs in arenas. Then the band is back in Vancouver for two nights. I go. Please reread the first five words of this review for my synopsis of the second show. You want more detail? Okay: A super slick light show, with no room for improvisation. Playing almost all the new lp with smary intros like "this is our latest single." Saving the best song from the new one. Planet of Sound for the encore (oldest fuckin' rock star trick in the world). I was not impressed, friends. I was saddened. What was missing at this concert was a connection with the audience. These guys aren't speakin' to me anymore. I'm listening, but only hear the sound of a cash register. On the bright side. Pere Ubu was thoughtful, genuine and dare I say, beautifuL They played a slowed down version ofHeart of Darkness, the stirring 30 seconds over Tokyo (more noise please) and an apocalyptic version of Final Soloution along with great new stuff. Iplan on getting their last few recordings (Cloudland, Worlds in Collision) and catching up on this wonderful band I had let go of. Pity. Dave Thomas and co were splendid and his voice is just as much an acquired taste as ever. Final Score: Pere Ubu 1 Pixies zip. Tin Machine The Paramount Theatre Seattle, WA. Friday 20 December 1991 Starting off with the short outburst that is "Bus Stop," Tin Machine invaded the stage at Seattle's Paramount Theatre. By the fourth song, a brilliant version of "I Can't Read," the expanded Tin Machine (with the addition of a rhythm guitar player) was raging at full throttle. At this point they seemed too intent on proving this wasn't just David Bowie's band, by featuring first the drummer. Hunt Sales, and then bassist Tony Sales on vocals. These needless songs, little more than reworked blues, were only saved by the flawless musicianship of the unit Led by the effects-laden guitar of Reeves Gabrels, they displayed an ability to take the songs in any direction they felt like. Had Tin Machine stuck to a simple set-up with Bowie handling all the vocals, they would have come across as more original and innovative than they ultimately did. Not until the end of their thirteen song set did Tin Machine regain the rage of "I Can't Read" with a sublime "Heaven's Here." The encore, consisting of a too light "Crack City" and another Hunt Sales vocal number, "Sorry," provided an unexpectedly quiet end to the evening. Openingband.TheNrighbourhoods, are hardily worth mentioning. We 've all seen and heard enough of unorig - inal bands with waist length hair that lose your interest halfway through their first song. Christopher Roberts Tin Machine The Commodore Friday 21 December 1991 The David Bowie!, er Tin Machine, show was pretty fab. I found out I was going the week of the show! Yikes, I had 5 days to memorize the Tin Machine playlist. I knew not to expect any Bowie! stuff and wanted a firm grounding of this TM group-ola. On our way to the Commodore we cut through an alley and out of nowhere appeared a big, gray, Budget rent-a-van carrying you know who. The van slowed. we waved and Bowie! grinned. Budget! I was pleasantly surprised. Showtime! I have never seen the Commodore stage look so small. My pal and I went our separate ways and I bopped around the whole night, catching every angle of the thin whiteduke's profile. Truly, as far as old-guard- rock-legends go, Bowie! is right up there (my teeny-bop days of air-guitaring along to the Chang- cll). Tin Machine is a fine ensemble, but let's face it, most were there to see the British Guy. Some observations of this final show of the tour: * Bowie! kicked the mic stand into the audience. Hard. I blinked. He * The show was loud. Anyone not wearing plugs—does anyone not wear ear protection these days?— probably didn't feel so hot the next * Two cover versions: An outstanding Debaser (Pixies) sung by the darker of the Sale's bros, Tony; and the lamest version of the Velvet's Wailing for the Man imaginable, sung by Bowie! near the end of the night. * Scalpers were asking $50 bucks as we entered the show. * Bowleiplayed acoustic guitarand smoked too many cigarettes. * The crowd was nicely spread out, this enabled me, with a charming smile or two along the way to get within 10 feet of the stage. * Fashion notes: Bowie! came out in white jeans and patterned shirt, later changed into blue and white striped Ziggy-ish tights. Dave put on a blond rooster cut wig which he wore for the last half of show. The rest of the band wore tattoos. * Songs that worked great: Baby Universal, You Belong in Rock n Roll, the line in A Big Hurt where Bowie! shrieks "You're my room mate from hell". Songs that went nowhere:/ Can't Read (featuring the refrain "I can't read shit anymore"),Crac*Ciry and the dull blues of Hunt Sales (Stateside, I'm Sorry) * Dave was as genial as could be. He announced this was the TM "Christmas Pah-tee" and made small talk. He was soft spoken and charming even when bonked right in the forehead (good shot, asshole!) with a pack of matches; he was speaking at the time, examined the matches and said thanks! Classy. After two encores the band was gone. A very surreal evening with the original Chameleon David Bowie!, oh right, and Tin Ma- Judith Laughing Stock Brand New Unit Sludge Procreation Arcadian Hall Saturday 21 December There were two things I was looking forward to at this latest installment of Gest Quest Co-Op Presentations: the first being that Ten Feet Tall wasn't playing and, the second, being the debut of Brand New Unit. BNU led by Jinx Stringer (Flex Your Head fame) ripped through a set of songs defining their own brand of hardcore. Mixing the set up with faster songs like "Big Top" and "Have Fun," and a few slower songs like "Not The Same" they left the audience feeling more than satisfied. BNU are easily one of the better bands on the local hardcore scene with a unique sound. A must see. Since I arrived late at the show I missed Laughing Stock, and therefore Sludge and Procreation were left to cap off the evening. NOT! Sludge and Procreation never made it to the stage, thanks to a few beer drinking fans and a complimentary visit from the Vancouver Police Dept A few words to you lousy fucks that blew the whole show for the rest of us: if you have the uncontrollable need to swill beer before/at shows a more covert approach is def inately required or there won't be any all ages gigs in the far or near future. Drinking in the hall is a surefire way to shut down things. Use your head, it's an all ages gig. I don't know where you come from but in this province the LEGAL drinking age is 19. Be creative; drink in your car, maybe at home oryourfriends' Also, a special thanks to the two punk rock heroes, the destroyer of the washroom door and the "let's take on the cops" idiot You all made the show a little bit more enjoyable, and showed us all just how many cells your tiny little brain contained. Anarchy my ass, why don't you all crawl back under the rock where you came from. Jayson X Love on Ice The Paramount/ OK Hotel Saturday 28 December It required a few parental suck-ups, hours of driving and many a timing fluke, all for Love On Ice-twice. We finally found Ticketmaster on Broadway (after walking by it twice) to purchase our 9x90 U tickets. In a lone which emanated "you stupid Canadians" the chick at the desk told us the concert sold out 20 minutes ago. Great It's only a small chunk of my life shattered forever. Heartbroken, we wandered down to 9x90 H central, the Paramount Maybe if we stare at the building long enough, tickets will jump out of it! (And they dare call Canadians stupid). But soft, what light from yonder rainy horizon breaks? T' was Love On lees's tour manager (who luckily recognized us) and taking pity on our travel weary bones, put us on el guest list. A burden lifted, we found fleeing back to car quite easy (plus we had to haul ass to get organized before the show opened). We motored back to Bellevue (land of American princesses and Rotweil- er puppies) to deal with the relatives and fight for the shower. Later, back in Seattle, our first ordeal was to find the Paramount again in the rain. Fingers crossed that our ethereal tour guy hadn't forgotten us, we were pleasantly surprised when we received not only tickets, but good ones too. Love On Ice was on first for this show which was presented by radio station, "The End." LOI are from Portland and released a 4 song demo in '89. Their full length album on some major label will, ironically, be out on February 14th. The crowd was impressed with their happy yet psycho sounds, and a mosh/dance/jump and flail area developed bew the stage. After Love On Ice, bands such as Sky Cries Mary, Hammerbox.Gas I luffer and Ocean Blue were to play, but we missed them. Once again our friendly tour manager appeared reminding us that LOI were playing again this night al the OK Hotel. Miraculously placed on el guest list (I love cashing in favours) we breezed into the OK. It's sorta like a cafe atmosphere with a big room in the back containing a stage etc. The place was dead so we just veg- ged at a table whilst Sissy and Paisley Sin provided the background music. It was here that we were finally reunited with the LOI men and enabled to introduce our crystals to one another. FEBRUARY @ The show at the OK Hotel was of the best I've seen - anywhere, any band. The stage was quite small but it really didn't matter. Unlike most crowds in Vancouver (at any venue) people were there to hear and see the band, and not check out what the latest fashion statement is, or promote themselves. Indeed, a refreshing and extremely non -snotty bunch. In spite of this being their second show of the night, LOI were brimming with vigour. Songslike"Leave Me Alone," "Country Boy," "Sweet Thing" and "Showdown" (from the Bill A Ted soundtrack) got everyone swarming and dancing like music starved maniacs around the balloon filled room. Producer Rick Parashar even got up and played keyboards. Once the lights came up and I saw how few people were actually there, die amazement really set in. There had been more energy there from both band and audience than I've ever felt at the OK for awhile, but were eventually grabbed by the band to go relax at the hotel. Leaving a trail of woeful tears behind us, we somehow lore ourselves away from Seattle the next night, satisfied with what we'd seen, but not with what we were returning to. Emma Pigment Vehicle OTTG INRI Cruel Elephant Thursday 2 January OTTG I did not like. The lead singer (who was old) wore a cape and glasses and a lot of other stage act stuff. I liked INRI at first, then I got bored of them. Pigment Vehicle ruled. Their set was highly intense. The drummer stood out in my mind as being very insane. Insane but incredible fast, incisive and talented. The music was Victoria-like, which is a good thing, not a bad thing. Also, they seemed very young, sol'm sure there will be good things to come for and from them. They made the cover of Monday, a Victoria entertainment magazine (like our Georgia Strait). Be sure to check them out. Oh ya and thanks to Steve from Sidney for carrying the box. Coral Fishbone Mystery Machine The Commodore Friday 10 January Everytime I finally come off my high of attending a Fishbone gig (3x in the past 6 months now), I feel as though I've just been taken off of a dialysis machine: cleansed, rejuvenated, breathing new life and my veins full of new blood. Actually, that kind of sounds like an but different strokes ....Whether that sensation is purely psychological or a direct result of the adrenalin saturated live performance that Fishbone puts, on has yet to be determined but, regardless, the effect plays havoc with your inertia and DNA structure. Fishbone don't just play to a crowd and take their audience's at- tentiveness for granted, they leave you no choice but to be a member of the festivities. Whether it's skank- ing in the pit, grooving in your own space, or screaming out the words to " Lyin' Ass Bitch," feeling The Bone is a requirement When Fishbone wandered onto the stage they emitted a confidence unmatched by others but they did this despite themselves. Sure, they're a band with a message but that line seperating them from preaching it seldom crossed. What are they going to say to a ballroom full of white, anglo-saxon, upper middle-class christians anyways? The message is lost on a crowd whose indoctrination to Fishbone was through Coast 800 and videos produced by Spike Lee who has about as much black culture as a tub of licorice yogurt And then there's Much Music's authority on black power, Michael Williams, who is whiter than the crack of David Lee Roth's untanned butt Now I'm far from being anything of an authority on the trials and tribulations of the blacks but I know cheeze when I see and hear it. Fromage. Anyways, Fishbone gigs get better every time I see them and every time also proves to be far different from the others. But every time I feel more and more like a member of the Fish Family. Not to say that I grow a dorsal fin and have the sudden ability to breathe through my skin (although I am a Pisces) but I feel as though I've been a part of Fishbone's strife, and therefore mission, from the beginning. No, I didn't grow up in the ghetto; no, I've never been addicted to crack nor were any members of my family baseheads; and no, I've never had to fight the system for the sake of pride for my culture. Fishbone lives/sees this shit daily...the reality of their The band realized what they were up against with the crowd at the Commodore so they played music. The ceremonies were kicked off with "Skanking To The Beat" off the Say Anything soundtrack and the theme for the night was evident. It didn't take long for things to heat up—both temperature and crowd response at an equally high ratio—and this was due mainly to the antics of Angelo Moore (vocalist, horns, cane). Just to keep people on their guard, trombones were periodically tossed into the audience (and were later found in several pieces) as were members of the group. Chris Dowd (keyboard, vocals,dreads) was the first to take to the air and suit was followed during "Gonna Have A Good Tune" by Angelo. In a frantic change-up Mr. Moore pitched himself into the crowd and then requested "take me to the back, y'all Take me to the back." So, he proceeded to roll from hand to hand held high above heads to the back of the Commodore where he climbed to the balcony (a stunt made famous at New York's Roxy)and worked the lights for a while. Once Angelo resumed his position as frontman on stage and heads weren't swivelling from front to back, the band capped the evening with a not-too-surprising, way-too-tight ska-fest which could have lasted in to the wee small hours of the morning. But, to the chagrin of us all, Fishbone gigs must come to an end only so we can look forward to the next Encores were served, the band left in their Raiders jackets and we all stampeded through the coatcheck, Cincinnati style, into the brisk, drizzly reality of our surroundings. Scooter Sybil Zip Gun Love Battery Saturday 18 January Apparcntlythe first band.Death Folk from Los Angeles, missed their Greyhound tour bus that was supposed to come up to Vancouver to open the night's showcase trio of Seattle based bands. "We're called Sybil and we don't bite!" Thit was the calling card throughout most of Sybil's set the band composed of "three chicks and two dicks." The most interesting highlight of this band was the lead singer's enthusiasm which was displayed with a mixture of scream ing vocals and her giddy, school girl stage banter. However, I do think this band has some potential. You can pick up their debut 7" on eMpTy records at your local rekltid store. This wat the second time that I had seen Zip Gun and WOW it was twice at good! Let's face it these guys kick ass! Their music is jumpin' fast and energetic as Hell! The best song they played wat "Together Dumb" which is also on their new 7" single along with "Cool in the Cell" on eMpTy records. Pick it up - it rocks! Last and least Love Battery entered the stage with a wall of guitar and an attitude to match, that stayed with them for most of the show. It seemed as a result of this, the set wasn't as cohesive or enjoyable as it should have been. The band is still very talented musically, and hopefully theirnew album "Day Glu" and their 7" released on Sub- Pop will convince myself and others that Love Battery will get the recognition and attention it may Mary Hoslck Ned's Atomic Dustbin Lung Commodore Ballroom Wednesday 22 January If you've heard Ned's Atomic Dustbin's "Kill Your Television," then you've basically heard everything they've done—because it all sounds the same! The show was the most boring concert I've ever been to...dull, dull, dull! Stage presence for the Neddies consisted of thrashing around while tossing their long hair. Yep, they were a generic British pop band with their two bassists and driving guitar. Thee* up by my friend Mark who, in retaliation for being poked and prodded by a bored reviewer, stuck his gum on my arm and then popped it back into his mouth with an evil grin. Then, in a gesture that was awesomely fitting, he squished his gum onto the side of Ned's Atomic Dustbin's tour bus. One of life's simple June Scudeler 26 LT£Ra°SETLgB yswm*to**** * q: iwKfL t-iH- FEBRUARY Q) FEB92 PJ FAVOURITE ALL SORTS Heimlich Manoeuver'sTop Ten Covers 2Marble Orchard.... ... "We're an American Band" •Black Dakotans... .. "Mary TylerMoore Theme" "Karma Chameleon" "sack In Black" "Psycho Killer" "Hey Good Looking" "Glad All Over" "YuGung" INI.M^MilAMa'L-Hik'i^irlAt-ia'l-M'iH-l-I-gga Bryce & Scooter's Top Ten Ways Nirvana's Appearance on Saturday Night Live Could Have Been More Anti-Corporate ibeot the shit out of G.E. Smith and the SNL Band... 2 not appear at all 3 have the Jiggle boys skank across the stage in their Dead Surf Kiss t-shirts.... 4 play the secret song from/vevermindincluding the nine minutes of slence. 5 loaded out their equipment swear Fugazi t-shlrts 9do an acoustic set a la Simon and GarfunkeL.... 10 bow to the audience - made famous by the Beatles.... AM.l.lf|JU.IJ-IJ!IMI.WJ!HJIIJJi.>A'iJi.l:H.-a».|.l BZ Jam &PDS for In Effect Top Ten 5 Naughty by Nature "Strike a nerve" 6MC Breed & the DfC 'Alnf no future in your frontki" 7P.E "Shut'em down" eGeto Boys. "My mind's playing tricks on me" 92 Black 2 Strong (MMG) i;njj {-.tw r.s.'i.ir.vi mi-guii 9Gerry my boyfriend 107-11 chiicheese nachos.... IJ.l,».l».tJI.UBli.i|J.IJIJJ.IAiU.J.|.l.».M.I.I FEB 92 LONG GR00000V1ES101 1 Various Last Call: Vancouver Independent Music 1977-19M (Zulu) 2 Variouj... Another Damned Seattle Comp. (Cargo.Dashboard Hub Girl) 3Various SST Acoustic (SSD 4NoMeansNo 0+2«l (Alternative tentacles) SUncleTupeb Sri Feel Gone. (Cargo•Rcckvile) 6 Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Dim the lights. Chill the Horn (Cargo) 7Smugglers Visit Marineland (Nardwua) eVarious A Lump of Coal (BMG.First Warning) Olbtoto Boyz Opgu (Red Decibel) lOSamm Bennett & Chunk Ufe ot Crime (Knitting Factory) 11 Various Until he End of the World (Warner) 12Emily Faryna Some ot Emly (SpiraD 13ActtanSwingers Adk>nSwinaen(Caroline»Primo Scree) 14Dwarves Thank Heavens for Ltrle Girts (SubPop) 15EastAsh Hto(Cargo»C'estLaMort) 16Mauve Sideshow Mauve Sideshow (Mauve Sideshow) WlngridChavez May 191992 (Warner. Paisley Park) 18Ptttbull Pmbun(Cargo.Nemesis) 19Vehret Crush In the Presence of Greatness (Ringers Lactate) 20 Doubting Thomas The Infidel (Cargo.WaxTrax) 21GreenDay Kerplunk! (Look Out!) 22Rossy Island ot Ghosts (Virgin.RealWorld) 23Grotus Brown (Spirit) 24Saeeching Weasel My Brain Hurts (Look Out!) 25lndbn Bingo Scatolootcol (Cargo.lndep. Project) 26 Marble Orchard Savage Sleep (Estrus) 27Delerlum Spirttuol Archives (Dossier) 28Nuisance Contusion Hiiiaook Out!) 29MeMns 8 Songs (Cargo.C/Z) 30Slster Double Happiness Heart and Mind (Reprise) 31N-Jol Mtaftux(BMG.Decoristruction) 32PeJcon Daughters... Fishbones • Wishbones (dovENTERTAINMENT.SJent) 33Hunger Farm Dogma (Nemesis) 34Vartous AMerryJazzmas(BMG.Novus) 35 My Bloody Valentine Loveless (Wamer.Sire) 38Cramps Look Mom No Head! (Restless) 37 JohnS. Hal a. Kramer Real Men (Shimmy Disc) 38MC 900ft Jesus Welcome to My Dream (Nettwerk) 39Vartaus Sound Generator Volume Two (Spiral) 40Hlt Journey to the Center of the Bowl (Nettwerk) 41 Bolt Thrower The Peel Sessions (Homestead.DEID 42Snake Hips Snake Hips (Gimlet) 43The Bevis Frond New River Head (Reckless) 44Severed Heads Cuisine (Nettwerk) 45 The Pogues Essential (Polygram.lstand) 48Non Easy listening for Iron Youth (Mute) 47LawnmowerDeth...OohCrikey,rt's.../K Ids In America (RetatMty. Earache) 48Slap of Reality 3 Lefts Make a Right (Cargo. Headhunted 4BAnne Lederman.... Not a Mark In This World (Festival. Aural Traditions) SOaMINIATURE Plexlwatt (Scheming Intellgentsia) 51Cheap Trick The Greatest Hits (Sony.Epic) 52SWA Volume (SST) 53Capttal Punishment living on the Edge of a Razor (Ichiban Wrap) 54Pegboy Strong Reaction (Touch&Go.l/4 Stick) 55BuddyGuy&JunbrWels Alone* Acoustic (War ner.Alllaator) 56Pentangle Think ot Tomorrow (FestrvaLGreen Linnet) 57 Living Sacrifice living Sacrifice (Cargo. R.E.X.) WHoryRollers Fabuley(Dischord) 58 King Apparatus King Apparatus (Raw Energy) SODirty Hands Letters for Kings (Black&Nolr.Danceteria) eiWil Peart ot the Great Price (Cargo.Thlrd Mind) 82 Leaving Trains Loser Illusion PL 0 (SST) 63Crossfire Choir Dominique (CBGB&OMFUG) Bad Brains Spirit Electricity (SST) 85 Machines of Loving Grace Machines ot Loving Grace (Mammoth) 68Drive Like Jehu Drive like Jehu (Cargo.Headhunter) 87The Black Watch Flowering (Doctor Dream) 68Digital Underground Sons ot the P (Attic.TommyBoy) 69TestDept Ecstocy Under Dure»(advENTERTAINMENT) 70Gorguts Considered Dead (Cargo«R/C) 71Scatterbrain Scamboogery(Elektra) 72Swamp Terrorists Grow-Speed- Injection (BMG.Noise.Machlnery) 73 Margaret Menezes Kindala (Mango* Island) 74EdThigpenTrio Mr. Taste (DistrbutbnFusJon.Justln Time) 75Hulbbalbo Dead Serious (Cargo.Musical Tragedies) 78NccturnalEmissbns Cathedral (dovENTERTAINMENT) 77Geto Boys We Can't Be Stopped (Rap-a-Lot.Priority) 78MonksofDoom Meridian (Cargo.Baited Breath) 79 Katie Webster No Foolin'(Warner. Alligator) SOWhoaml? AddctiveHipHopMusick(Sony.Epic.Ruthles5) 81 Brian Lee & the Jump Street 5... The Blues is... (Distribution FustonOuslinTime) 82 Raging Stab Slabbage/True Death (Restless) 83Helbween The Best, The Rest, The Rare (BMG.Noise) 84Rockb' Dopsle & the Zydeco Twisters Louisiana Music (Atlantic) 85The Tea Party The Tea Party (Eternal) 88Tumor Circus Tumor Circus (Alternative Tentacles) 89Solar Enemy Dirty Vs. Universe (Cargo.Thlrd Mind) 90Eds Redeeming Qualities More Bad Times (Festival.Flying Fish) 91 Scarface Scarface is Back (Rap-a-Lot.Prbrity) 92Reverend Horton Heat Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em (Sub Pop) 93Gang Green King of Bands (Cargo.Roadracer) 94fce Cube Death Certificate (Priority) 95Neil Young & Crazy Horse Weld (Wamer.Reprise) 95Various Merry Christmas: Sonics Wallers Galaxies (Etiquette) 98Test Dept Proven in Action (Jungle) 97Juluka Ubuhle Bemvelo (Rhythm Safari) 98Miranda Sex Garden Madra (Warner.Mute) 99Tim Dog F.ck Compton (Sony.Ruff House) 00Young Flamencos Los Jovenes Flamencos (Hannbal.RykoDisc) 01Gc-Betweens ThePeelSesslons(Homesteod.DEIT) FTER 92 SHORT GROOVIES 51 IMWstry "Jesui Built My Hotrod" CD-5" (Wamer.Sire) 2NoMeansNo "Oh CanodurT/"New Age" T (Aied Recordings) 3Clnt Ruin & Lydta Lunch "Donl Fear the Reaper" CD-5" (Big Cat U.K.) 4Vartous Sasquatch: The Man, The Myth, The Compilation (Kirbdog) •Sybil 5-Song 7" EP (eMpTy) •Best Kissers in the World Best Kissers in the World CD-5" EP (SubPop) 7Various. Lost »Found Records Completion 7" (LostiFound) •Unearth Pinchpolnt 7" (New Rage) •Show Business Giants/Squirrels. BbbsVolume2:Splll7"(WayOutD lOLourels Bum 7" (Heparin) 11M99.... 12Mecca Normal .. •SebureTllock Eye" 7" (T/K) ... Orange T (Harriet) 4-SonaTEP (Staple Gun) sng T 3-Sonj 3-Song T EP (Harriet) iSNapalm Sunday -Subtle InfideKtyVShe Believes' 7' (SharkSandwich) iSDWorted Pony Work Makes Freedom 12" EP (Bomp) 17Coil The Snow 12" EP (Cargo.WaxTrax) IBLush. Block Spring CD-5" EP(PoVGram.4AD) lOTenCommandments "Dark Angel"/" Re volution Man' 7" (Sensible) 20 Motor Virus "Trlppln' CorpseTMy Brakis" T (Over and Out) 2lGorlta "GoneWein Popper" T (Regal Select.Bag of Hammers) 22Truly Truly CD-5' EP (SubPop) 23 Nicotine Spiral Surfers. "Plastic Sonic PIHYDharma Bum" 7" (Dionysus) 24 Mouse "Caesar SatadTEmmett" 7" (Worrybird Disk) 25Undertow/Resolution Spit 7" (Overkil) 26Swingin' Teens "Fire in My HeadVHey Brother" 7* (Perspective) 27The Hoods. "You Won tTakeHer"/"Mystery Train" 7"(Dtonysus) 28Yummy "HappineMls..."r(eMpTy) 29Nuisance Humboldt County 7" (Kirbdog) 32 Wig Torture Levels Your Karma 4-Song T EP (Mamby Music) 33Amanda by Nkjht Let It Bob 7" EP (Susstones) 342pgun "10'7"(eMpTy) 35Big Sandy & the Fly-Rite Trio Dont Desert Me 7" (Dionysus) 363 Car Garage "How Does H FeelTSdy Goodbye" 7" (PROspedlve) 37The Gits. Spear* Magic Helmet T (eMpTy) 38Convicts "This is for the Convicts" 12" (Rap^Lot.Priority) 39HuevosRancheros Rocket to Nowhere 7" (Estrus) .. Snowy While T (Four-Letter Words) 41GlrlTrouble/TheA-Bones Spil7"(FtoptarrKj.CruddyRecordDealershlp) 42ThkdEye "SunshlneTFace Creeping" r(PROspectlve) 43Leaving Trains. "Rock'n'Roll Murder" 7" EP (SST) 44 Nerve Twins. "7 DazeVShe's So Bow" T (Atomic) 45 The Fallouts Dont Want the Sun 7" (eMpTy) 4SAntiseen 'Psycho KHerVHeavy Mud" T (Jettison) 47Geto Boys "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" 12' (Rap-a-Lot.Priority) 48lsebers Pain Family T (Trash Can) ... "KingSexTeSourOU Men" T (Bowimor) FEB 92 SINGLE MAGNETIC PARTYCLOTHK 5: 1 EorCancer "PsychoCtause" 2 Mystery Machine "Broken" 3Vhogrettes "Those Darn Bugs" 4Fumoceface "While My Dad Gently Weeps" 5 Indecisives "Good Intentions" 6GoGuy "The Room" ...T-BoneSlug" 10 The Worst "Writing on the War 11 Kathleen Yearwood "OKanoda' 12 Perfume Tree "Death In Rrimetlme* 13 Bombshels. "Starflsh" 14Sawhorse 1S Sinus Envy.... lOPianeteX "long Way Back' ... "You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch" "The Doors of a New World" "Perfect Fools" 22 Jack Feel Fine "Someone Died on TV Again' 23 Terror T "Gangsta Shit" 24 Sparkmarker "Mirror of Days" 25 Show Business Giants "Let's Get Together" 26 Just Add Water "Requiem for the 70's" 27 CartoonSwear "34 Miles High" 28 Evaporators "Vampire Blues' 29 Mushroom TraiL "Missed the Bus" 30 The Worst "You've Bin Laughing' 31 Excited IstDoughter ./HammerSon)' 32Morgenfields.... ..."Voice in •rSong" the Air* .. "Railroad Bridge" 37 Kiss Khsn Bang "From the Grass to the Trees" 38 Sweaters "The Popl Thing" 39 Johnny Onslaught "Hotel California" 40 Indecisives. "Have a Nice Day" 41 Partly Cloudy "In the Absence of Darkness" 42VoxPopul "Shoebox" 43ZoltyCracker "Grab" 46 WhltePicket Frenzy.... "The Great Race to Zero" 48 Perfume Tree "BelJar" 49 Ten Feet Tal "I Used to be Crazy" 50 Ptanet of Spiders "Porchlight" \ Tsfggsrsnma. . /innBi—»k'"3cni5! ON THE DIAL SUNDAYS ARE YOU SERIOUS? MUSIC 8:00AM- 12:00PM The newest new music and Information on concerts, re- cordings.and composers with host Ian Crutchley. THE BRUNCH REPORT 120012:15PM News, sports, weather and more wtth the CITR News, Sports and Weather Departments. THE ROCKERS SHOW 12:15-J:OOPM Hosts: George Barrett and Mike Cherry. Reggae Inna al styles and fashion. Dancehall, Dub, Roots, Lovers-rock, Rock Steady, Ska and beyondI THE SUNDAY MAGAZINE 5:00-5:30PM All the day's news, weather and sports, and a feature. Hosted by Helen G. 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It's Hancr/s 59th birthday today; and he is alive and wel In San Francisco. Dont miss this Feature... stl one of John's finest 10th: The Kennedy Dream' was written by the great Oliver Nelson who conducts his Orchestra in a tribute to the memory of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Written in 1964... emotions ran high on this recording date. With JFK and the Oliver Stone Movie... It isa fitting time to remember this great Jazz tribute to one of America's best loved presidents. 17th: 'Hope Meets Foster- with a Quartet and Quintet led by pianist-composer and Jazz legend Elmo Hope and boss tenor saxophonist Frank Foster....Is one of Gavin's all-time favourite albums. He'ltel you why tonight. Not to be missed! 24lh: Mies Davis and his revolution- aryQulntet of the rrtd-sbcttes wtth Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone) and Herbie Hancock (piano) etal. This never before issued concert performance wi give you a better idea of how this band realy sounded just before Mileschanged direction. 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THE NOIZ SHOW 2:30-3:30, 4:00- 5:00PM Adam Noizl Sloan nolzez NARDWUAR THE HUMAN SERVIETTE PRESENTS... 3:30-4:00PM YOU the listener have the ultimate control. YOU can turn off the radio. YOU can make your opinions heard, but YOU must realize Nardwuar and the Grand Duchess of Cat Crime, Cleopatra Von Rufflestein are only your friends. THE CITS 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. THETHUNDERBIRDPREVIEW5:20-5:30PM The Sports Department's preview of what'll be goln down this wekend.sotunelnl COCTAILS 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 9:0OPM-12:30AM Dope jams and fresh beats for a groovy evening wtth DJ Noah on the wheels of steel. UMPSYNK 12:30AM-Momlng The stupefied mortttion explained that the half-heart rantlngs of a man with no knee has good cause to suffer from bugs In his lungs: 7th - Interstellar Terror of Thy Toon Tree Surgeons. 14th - Insect mating habits and oddities. 21 tt - Using shoving cream as a cologne. 28th - Hispanic Ethiopian Jewish Swaheelee Left-handed farmers that can't pronounce their "S"'s properly. SATURDAYS THE SATURDAY EDGE 8:00AM-12:00PM Vancouver's biggest and best acoustic/roots/rogue radio show. Now ri Is 6th year on CiTR! Roots must from around the world. POWERCHORD 12:15-3:00PM Vancouver's on^ true metal show; local demo tapes, rnports and other rarities. Gerald Ratltehead and Metal Ron do the damage. INEFnCT3flO4:rj0PM TheHpHopBeat and nuttin' butt. With hosts BZ Jam andPDS. THE SATURDAY MAGAZNE 5:00-5:30PM UBC's weekend news. Al the latest news, sports, weather, a movie review, feature report and more. 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"Bad al Ha.iT UBC GLUBC Dane* k kid Tk* Slal* ol Tkng* (9 30pm) M lha CriemaHeoue Uranue ■'inK(7pm4 9 30pm)klheSiaitirjhl k MadmumBaj.1 Pub Cauda -A Country?: MY*er*ol In PregranTwo (7:3044:15pm) kthaCtMrnkhtqu*... My FaHnr'aGtory(7:t5pm)andllyMotk*r'tCaMk (9:25pm) k lha Ridge Tk* Adkianr (7pm 4 9:15pm) k He SlarUght... A Map ol Ik* S*n*** optnt k In* Firehal (unW Marck 1)... FRI 7 CITR PRESENTS AFGHAN WHIGS AT THE CRUEL ELEPHANT... Bughouea S k tha Rknay... Jarfi k tht Glau SUppar... R^wrcunwn k Studio 16... 54-40 k lha Breaker* (Point Robani).. Jama* Harmoa Band al the Yale... The Vaquam* al Maiimum Bkna Pub.. OpM Slag* Jan k lha FkKid* Lounge Lightning Ow Want (Nfck'a Moral) (7:30pm) and Tk* American Frtand (9.15pm) k tha Cawnkhaqu*.. Uranue (7:30pm 4 9:35pm) k lha Ridg*. U*b*kraum (7pm 4 9:15pm) k He StarMgrn.. SAT 8 Do*ePump.ithKlwKI**4 r3*ngarKli««mc+en*k at rheCruk Elephant Baghouc*5 althe Railway . Jarfi k He GIjm Sapper Joan J*tt 4 Ih* Btackhearta with Fremrhekei al 86 Slrok . S*l*a Fwmrn, Kin Lalal, Balucada. Orqwkra May* k Ih* Commodore . Jamw Harmon Band k the Yale... 544) k Ih* Breaker! (Point Rotwti)... Tk* Vaqinro* k Maidmum Bluet Pub... Tk* Ekonka Eickanga k Ih* Oman* Avenue United Church (8pm)... Ughlnmg Om Wakar (Nfct'e Morn) (7:30pm) and Tk* Armrican Frtand (9:15pm) k tha Ctwmkhaou*.. Uranue (7:30pm 19:35pm) k He Ridge U*b**traum (7pm 4 9 15pm) k Ih. Slirtlghl... SUN 9 Ai«iidaHugrM.1PkAc.*nd Ok Yeah kHykl Regency Balroom Vluwa k Cal* Django Mrtratki BkKk Hakory Month: Lady aUrkMlai^ Mary UwWlllaim:Muak on My Mkad (7:30pm) and Bndt Wonnn ol Brail and Gotta M*k* Thl* Jowwy: Site Honey In lha Rock (9:30pm| k H. Cln*mkh*qu.... Ufma (7:30pm 1935pm) k lha Rkkw.. Gandhi k lw Park (2pm)... Lnb*kraum (7pm I 9.15pm) k Ih* Slarlighl... (7:30pm I 9:35pm) k lha Ridg*... LM Him Haw* I (7pm 4 9:30pm) k Ih* S SUN 16 Minju.DynakyallheAntClubOinvileIsland WlntacRo Gorma* Avarn-GanM Fin ol the 1120* Program On* (7:30pm) k Ih* Cmomkhaqu*... Uranue (7.30pm 4 9 35pm) k the Ridge . Tk* Sound ol Nuke k Ih* Park (2pm). Lk Him Hay* H (7pm 4 9.30pm) k Ih* Si aright... Mukcfc lor Sevan! Friande: Sing W», Dane* nwklh*U8CI**eumol Ajirhiccoboy (230pm i Family Story Hour: Song, Drum* and SloriM k Ih* UBC Mut*um ot ANhropobgy (1130am).. MON 17 aiRAIenMlh»NighlktrMPnfcib._0ltwendlh«EI»m*iit*j1HeYale Elbor*Jam*e k Maximum Bluei Pub. German A.anl-Gerde Film ol tk* 1920* Program Two (7:30pm) k Ih* Ml and I (730pm) and Local Hero (9:30pm) k Ih* Ridge... Lk Hlm Haw I (7pm I PonMa k Ih* Railway... Mauric* Yaughn k lha Yale Elbon Jamn k Maomum Blue* Pub... Wkknal and I (730pm) and Local Haro(9:30pm) k tha Ridge... Lai Hm Hm I (7 pm 19:30pm) krrMStktajN.Faipiir, Haw 4 Recycle exhJbllon open* k He UBC Muwum ol Amhropotogy (unll May 24).. TMCking wtth Ston... Learning Iron Skirt**: Thurn* In Storylking Tradttkn* k th* UBC Muwum ol AMrnpoiogy VED 19 CiTR Hot W*dn**d*yal the PI Pub.. Mauric* Vaughn k the Yale. Wyciham PorMue a! Ih* Railway... Francola Hotrt* El Cwwm k Ih* Grunt Gklary Elbor* Jan** k Maomum Blue* Pub.. Canada. A Co*»wr«7:10 Yoar* ol loowp*od*nt Fin* YTdao: CaUN^k Con nrMra: Program On* (730 * 8.50pm) k H* CmornkhtqiM... Laningrad Cowboy*Go Arnertc* (730pm) and rWakkd-lnpol: Al Night Long 19:20pm) k lha Ridg*... Lk Him Have tt (7pm 4 930pm) k lha Slarlighl... rHU 20 CITR Clanic* Tkuraday k *m PI Pub... CM* G»m* record rk»au party with FYF and ' Elephant... SUngaV Homke k Ih* Ralway...Mauric* Yaughn k th* Yale... Elbor* m Pub... Ckind* - A Cownrr?:» Y»ara ol Independent Fkn I Yld*o: Catalytic Two (730 11:45pm) k Ih* CkMmalMqu.... Lawnignd Cowboy* Go Amartca (730pm) and rkkknU-Napol: All Night Long (9:20pm) k th* Ridg*. Lk twn Haw I (7pm 4 930pm) k SUN 23 Ho*** Son** I Meiana Ray k tha Vancouvor Eak Culurk Cantr*.. Or Hook k the Commodore Cawbrkkg Buck Hakory Month: Picking Trior* and Nak*d Span*: Uiring la Round (730pm) k Im CtMmaHeque UH* Ma* Tk* (7:30pm) and P*r*di** (935pm) k He Ridge Bm Hur k Ih* Park (2pm)... AUre (7pm) and L*n«m*n (930pm) k He Startghi. MON 24 CTTR Altemelln Night k Ih* Ph Pub.. Lok Folk Uitdergroend k IIm Railwjy... Oliver and Ik* EkMMa k th* Yk*... Harpdog Browa I Ik* Bloodhound, k Maximum Ban* Pub... Tk* Blackboard Jungk wuh a lecture by Marti* Lab* (730pm) k th* CH*maH*qu*.. Aa Angoi k My Tabla (730pm) k lha Ridga... Robot C*»W (7pm) and Fik ot He Morthkw (9:30pm) k He Slarlght W1nt*r Root* Mukc TUE 25 CTTR Funk Night k Ih* Pit Pub.. Eddy CM.rw.ler k Ih* Yk* Hwrpdog Brown I tk* b^oodkoanda k Maomum Hum Pub... 'Crak 70* Diaco 290* k H* Cruk Elephant RMIMd Roonere k Ih. Railway An Angkk My Ttbk (7 30pm) aith* Ridge Robot Cwnivk (7pm) and Fik ol tha (9:30pm) k the Slartight WED 26 aTRHotW*d*e«lay«ltMPHPub...GGAIIn(777)aiheCn k Ih* Yale Harpdog Brown I the Bloodhounde k Mjbmum Blue. Pub ! Gallery... RjJtnd (looker! k H* Railway . Canada - A CoanUr?: B Yoar* Approprialiona: Program Ow* (73011:45pm) k He Cinematheque Lak Tango k Part* (7pm) and A Oockworii Orang* (930pm) k lha Ridg* Robot Carnival (7pm) and Rk ol tk* North*** (9:30pm) k Ih* Slarlght... Mala Nock* (7pm) and SUch*r (9:30pm) k He UBC SUB Auditorium. THU 27 CtTRCl*»kc*Thur»deyklhePilPub... Smokln'Rhythm Prawn, with Ih* Ludwig* k Ihe Cruk Elephant Harpdog Brown ! th* Bbodhounda k Maxirrum Blue. Pub Eddy CnannMr k Ih. Yak . Tuck 1 Pkil wuh Eric Mamnthal Ou.rik and Loo Go.ekk k Ih* Commodoce Gary Fjklgaard k Ih* Vancouver Eak Culurk Centre.. Enigma k th* Ralway... Canada ■ A Country?: B Yoar* ol lnd*c*nd*nl Film I Vkno: Apptoprikkna: Program Two (730 4 1:45pm) k lha CtnemkheqiM Lak Tango in Piri* (7pm) and A Clockwork Orang* (930pm) k Ih* Ridge Robot Carnival (7pm) and Rk ol Ik* Northk.r (930pm) k th* Slkwjht.. FRI 28 CTTR PRESENTS RUN WESTY RUN AT THE CRUEL ELEPHANT.. GkTf Fyklgaafd k lha Vanoouvot Eak Culurk Co*.., Eddy CtMiwakw k Ih* Yk.. Enigma k th* Ralway... Junta K**i*gh*n TrtokHeWBEHa k Ih* Frwid* Lounge... Inpraoai t? (330pm) and » Minortia (7pm) and Baldwin'. Nlggw. Thl* k not ai "~ (930pm) k He Oemkheoue... Other Ptopkj'l Money (730pm) and The Wi Rka)*.. 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Bongwater • The Big Sellout New York scene-sters Kramer and the lovely Ann Magnusson (of TV's Anything But Love fame) have released a record that picks up where 1991 s "The Power of Pussy" left off. Kick back the easy chair, fire up the bong, and relax. Slowdive • Dust For a Day This long-awaited debut release from the UK's Slowdive can be favourably compared to Chapterhouse and My Bloody Valentine. "Like a strange substance, without the risk" says their record company. "Just for a Day" is liable to pull you down and take you up all within the space of a single song. Various Artists • Teriyaki Asthma Vol1-5 From Seattle's C/Z records comes "Teriyaki Asthma", a compilation of limted edition 7" singles previously unavilable in any other format Containing hard to find cuts from bands such as L7. Babes in Toyiand. Nirvana. Coffin Break. Frightwig. etc. All your favorites in one easy to handle package! 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CITR-FM (Radio station : Vancouver, B.C.) |
Publisher | Vancouver : Student Radio Society of the University of British Columbia |
Date Issued | 1992-02-01 |
Extent | 32 pages |
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Date Available | 2015-03-11 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
Rights | Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these recordings must be obtained from CiTR-FM: http://www.citr.ca |
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