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'///, and at '// FEET BEAT IMPORTS J> 2754 W. 4TH AVE. • 736-8556 \vwwwwwwvwwwvwv DiScORDER That Magazine from CITR FM 102 APRIL 1989*ISSUE #75 EDITOR Kevin Smith EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Viola Funk, Miss Finch WRITERS Pat Mullan, Gavin Brown, Warren Whyte, Janis McKenzie ART DIRECTOR Marty George PHOTOGRAPHER Mandcl Ngan COVER Alan George LAYOUT BY Viola Funk, Harley McCauley, Scott Chcrnoff, Laura Corobotiuc PROGRAM GUIDE BY Kathryn Hayashi TYPESETTING AMS Desktop Publishing ADVERTISING MANAGER Matt Richards DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Pierre Huish ACCOUNTS AND SUBSCRIPTION GUY Randy Iwata PUBLISHER Harry Hertscheg Discorder is That Magazine from CiTR 101.9 fM/published monthly by the Student Radio Society of the University of British Columbia/printed in Surrey, Canada. Discorder prints what it wants/the CiTR On the Dial program guide/the CiTR Spinlist record chart/17,500 copies to over 200 spots. Twel ve- month subscriptions are $12 in Canada/$12 (US) to the US/ $20 elsewhere/payable by cheque to Discorder Magazine. We want your stuff: send in stories, drawings, photos/ and we won't give it back. CiTR 101.9 fM is 1800 watts of stereophonic bliss/on cable fM from UBC to Langley, Squamish to Point Roberts, USA, but not on Shaw Cable in White Rock (bug them about it) / now available on most clock radios and in cars too. Office hours for CiTR, Discorder, CiTR Mobile Sound Rental are Mon-Fri, 10am - 4pm (please avoid Fri-afts.) Call Office 228-3017/News Sports 224-4320/DJ 228-CiTR. Send sturf to Discorder Magazine or CiTR Radio/ SUB Rm 233/ UBC, Vancouver, BC/V6T 2A5 /Fax (604) 228-6093. william thompson 3,16 comic renaissance 5 rob taylor 6 colinu?ton7 ?aulleahy8 fernando medrano 8 MARTY GEORGE 9. a9,30 MIKE GRIMSHAW 11,13 ROD FILBRANDT \Z P ^J ziBr1 MIKE COUSINS 14 JOHN GILES 19 DENLEBEL19,3I STEPHEN GEARY a» BRYCER.aa RAY CARTER a3 KEN FORSTER a5 RON TURNER 30 AIRHEAD 4 TA?E-A-MANIA7 REAL LIVE ACTION a6 LOCAL MOTION a6 ON THE DIAL 2A i^M Sorry, Pad. Our minds are wade up. It's the CiTR SOUND MACHINE for our hootenany, or it's nothing! It's mobile, it's hip, and its way more fun than any John Wayne film festival. 228-3017 Confusion & Weirdness Rule Howdy Kids! I just got here a month ago, and have made some major drug-induced realisations about my neighbourhood. Myself & my roommate managed to splash down in Kits, tongues flailing, eyes all agog, standing on our hind legs to smell the air for meaningful employment, food, fun, women & jugs of wine. Everyone told us, "Yeah, man, Kits is the most man, just the place to be in the summer man, gotta go dude, yeah," so like mindless dogs, HERE WE ARE. Now that I've been here, & given it a chance to,...you know...grow on me, I am sad to admit, that myself & my friend have been evilly duped. Kits is full of brain-dead, sapsucking, image- paranoid, cheesy YUPPIE mutants, and by God if I haven't counted at least 100 people talking to the atmosphere, gnawing their arms off, kicking at imaginary dogs, swapping snot, or just plain acting a wee bit doughy. I've also noted an abundance of tiny tots, bundles of joy, decked out like a bunch of fucking Indonesian tour-buses—They're kids for Christ's sake, they still Uke to shit their pants & barf in unison & make poop collages. Bleeding Yuppie pinheads are tarting those wee buggers up in $300 outfits that get shat in, barfed on, & act as sponges for Mrs Poopledoo's Exotic $4 a Bottle 100% Natural Processed Carrot Drool. As if they expect onlookers to think "My what well-garbed status symbols that couple has." I mean, am I not cool or hip? Am I out of it? Missing some kind of cosmic message? Or does anyone know what I'm saying. I don't know anyone in this city, I'm gonna gnaw my fucking arms off...Arghh. The weirdness is consuming me. LONG UVE: 1. Bacon puffs 2. Pizza chips 3. Sugar 4. Chemicals 5. Big gas-sucking muscle cars 6. Loud raunchy motorbikes 7. Exposed armpits 8. Idiotic U.S. TV 9. 2 AM noise complaints 10. Shredded bits of clothing & baseball caps. Thankyou, thankyou very much Signed Confused in Kits You Are Not Alone Dear Sedro Wooley II, Thankyou. Thankyou. Thankyou for the article on 8-track cartridges. I was feeling lonely thinking I was the only 8-track enthusiast and technological scavenger left. 8-tracks are cool. 8-tracks are great. My friends laugh at me because I have about a hundred tapes, and a high-quality SONY 8-track recorder I picked up for $46 a few years ago. But I know better. In addition to the myriad benefits outlined in last month's article, I wish to add that 8-tracks are also valid creative tools. By taking out the metallic sensing tape (which causes the programs to switch), you have a compact tape loop. In fact you have 4 distinct tape loops (2 for quad) on each cartridge. 8-tracks arc also fairly simple to splice backwards. And my very first 8-track recorder even allowed me to record while the machine was locked in fast forward. Playback at normal speed is absolutely mind-blowing. Also, if the tape does break when switching programs, pry the box open with a screwdriver and splice the tape together again. Sometimes you have lo replace the metallic sensing tape but old reliable Radio Shack (who else?) sells that loo! Sometimes when I'm feehng really weird, I hook up my dBx noise reduction unit to the 8-track. Who needs CD's when you have dBx 8-tracks? And here's another example of 8-track cost- effectiveness. I once bought Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music for 25 cents, laughing all the while at a friend who had paid 15 bucks for a used LP version. Sorry, Duncan, but even I enjoy feehng smug. One cautionary note though. We 8-trackers should keep this format a secret. This deal is too good to share. Keep the faith. Frank Koustrup Yes, We Try Dear Airhead, Okay, I got some gripes! First, let me say that I'm sick of dumb shithpads sending you "intelligent" criticism: lay off you halfwits—maybe Discorder ain't The New York Times but at least they try. As the last bastion of true "alternative"press (NiteMoves and the Straight don't count and you know it!) holding back the non-culture mass of yuppies/preps/eurofucks that seems to have obliterated almost all of Vancouver's "alt" scene, they get my vote as the most coolest. (Mind you, local band coverage could be better I hope.) Second. Okay, I know a lot of people are going to rag out on me for this, but in response to D. Robinson's gloomy letter: I'm really sorry but I've just about had enough of crusader/environmentalists. It's the same thing as 1985/86's Ethiopia fixation and our more recent apartheid obsession: The media fixates and suddenly everyone is so concerned! Let's all get a grip shall we? Sure it sucks but so does the fact that your nose is too long or your dick is too short—that's life, and anyone who goes toe to toe with rock-hard reality for too long just 'cause it doesn't fit your ideal is bound to be one sad fuck. You think injustice is new to the planet? You're standing over the graves of forgotten martyrs! Anyway, have a nice day and thanx for printing this, YinYang G.L. Oh Yeah! Uke What? My Dear Airhead, I can't sleep, Uhhh.... is "Yo. Yo. (ma) Muhthuhfuhcken" music the best you can do? I've heard more AlternativemusicinSave-On-Foods!..Get Real.(?) Sincerely, J.W. Bacon & Eggs P.S. How does "The Mater Pater Clog Hop District" strike you as, umm, a, er, possible name for the Endowment name-the-park project? 4 DISCORDER Political corruption, environmental concerns, quantum physics, serial killers, the great depression. Comics have come of age. Traditionally, there are two formats for comics - the comic book and the comic strip. The strip has always been affiliated with newspapers, targetting both children and adult audiences. Comic books were created by sleazy businessmen with little interest in the creative potential of the format. In addition, since the fifties, comics have been sold down the river to the McCarthy-types who had faced the establishment of the Comics Code. Which is one of the reasons comics have been treated as kids stuff in America, while regarded as a genuine story form in other countries. There's something that should have been patently obvious from the beginning. The comic is a story form, not a genre, not a single little business with a single little audience. What has happened over the past few years is that a new fraternity of artists and writers have emerged, exploding the myths of comics as a children's medium, challenging the congested incestuous business comics have been since the fifties. Writers like Alan Moore, Frank Miller, and Bill Sienkiewicz have pushed the boundaries of comics to the point of creating an exciting new literary format. Comics are geared towards our information- overload society. In a twenty-minute sitting, comics can convey more information than a novel, and also offer a more flexible medium than film. Comics can follow you anywhere and be re-read over and over again. With a comic, you can stare at the page as long as you want and check back to see if this line of dialogue echoes something four pages earlier. Alan Moore's Watchman practically re-invented comics, repeating symbols that become laden with meaning. You can almost play them like music. There are many titles available now that are well worth checking out. Brought to Light is a graphic docu-drama chronicling thirty years of drug smuggling, arms deals, and covert operations that robbed America and betrayed the Constitution. Aargh! which stands for Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia is a collection of works by artists in support of ADS victims. Helblazer offers an Aleister Crowley-type hero in search of the balance between good and evil (demon yuppie soul brokers from hell). There is the now classic Dark Knight series casting Bat Man as a cross between a nightstalker and Dirty Harry. V for Vendetta, a claustrophic story of one man's battle against a fascist British government. Reid Flemings World's Toughest Milkman, possibly the most obnoxious anti-hero ever, created written and drawn by local hero David Boswell. There are many more titles worth checking out, including Killing Joke, Moonshadow, Blood, Swamp Thing, Marshall Law, and the truly brilliant, absolutely mind- fucking Stray Toasters. For all of you fools who consume The Province instead of a decent newspaper because the tabloid format is easier to read on the bus, a comic is even more managable and probably more relevant to your existence on this planet. The Comic Renaissance is in your face. Pat Mullan We accept the following methods of payment: 1/ Your hard-earned money 2/ Your mate's hard-earned money 3/ Your Mother's money 4/ Your Grandparents' money 5/ All the money in your savings account 6/ And of course just plain money. 852 GRANVILLE ST. 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(Between Granville Se Howe) 222-4444 LONDON .$599°° Price varies with departure and return dates. Seats are limited and some conditions apply. Departure tax of $19 not included. CALL THE BUDGET TRAVEL SPECIALISTS! U.B.C. 228-6890 S.F.U. 291-1204 GRANVILLE ISLAND 687-6033 .r^TRAVELCUTS !**GoingYourWay! , • x M&ArA 6)eemiirJCr^- ITV10UGHT pps w >Solat\A cuutlagjl dSfy muQLLH ? <l£COQV CCtMMS loaxu. &vzd suocjs. VvCMTI-TGfMO Cjrt^^i Cse&oy APRIL 1989 21 A V/BK^f p-oB.ia/6- &^e*/lfV<?- OP^ ^am *fcr -*! *.*•$ v<*' £ ' k\aj>a, p\jiU-?i\rr...TB , ABOUV ROU/ AMA2,lA/(r- THE: S^Ou/ ^ \ Attr^ ../Li r-At -r-'^. ^ , _. '.— ^. r^ . to^/P/i: L [*A.K€*£J >^rue< CLAU^rR.ftPHOB»C.T l tWV CLAMS H&R. . ■^Five fxxWjp.^ V^gfll |t^C^u3?«55gI^!5.THe FUCK "^ THERE -IB* I 22 DISCORDER APRIL 1989 23 IHSTBUCTIOHS Look deeply into diagram below Now repeat the following: I will attend the fabulous FESTIVAL April 21-May 4, 1989 * * TMATCE * * 16th Ave. & Arbutus St. 738-6311 Before it's too late FRI. SAT, APRIL 31/1 SPORES FINAL PERFORMANCE! w/Guests TIN GOD (31st) w/Guests SPIKEY NORMAN (1st) w/SILENT GATHERING (both nights and Special Guest Doorman GARNET HARRY 7/8 HARD ROCK MINERS 14/15 CHRIS HOUSTON w/Guests 21/22 From Austin Texas, RABID CAT Recording Artists THE TEXAS INSTRUMENTS w/Guests 28/29 GROOVAHOLICS w/Guests DOORS OPEN 9:30 FRI., 10:30 SAT. Sorry No Minors THE WEEKEND ALTERNATIVE ARTS CLUB THEATRE 1181 SEYMOUR 683-0151 • 687-1354 fl-SVo < 66a (yog msr \ ~ \ ( 616 ASSHOLE) ^ e ■? —— news 6fZov»S 5ooo \\a Potato e ^^>^>^>^>*>^>*^^^^> *>*,**■> »*>*x*<^ HASTINGS COMICS 10 A.M. - 10 P.M. Monday - Sunday Buy ■ Sell - Trade Your Favorite Comics 3720 E. Hastings Burnaby, B.C. V5C 2H5 Tim Sullivan Tel: (604) 299-9392 Fax: (604) 299-9392 u H U n n H 7:30 &9:30 Matinees Sat & Sun at 2:00 & 4:00 22 Animated Shorts from around the world will be screened for each performance "WHO NEEDS ROGER RABBIT? ... different demented tastes will find treasures in this eclectic, scathing collection. Gives you an idea of what Saturday mornings in Bedlam were I i ke." Movieline Magazine i ^m- Mon - Tues, April 3-4 Tom Waits Double Bill DOWN BY LAW VANCOUVER EAST CINEMA 7th AVE. & COMMERCIAL DRIVE 253-5455 Last month brought to Vancouver a little of the old, a little of the new and a little of the old reformed to appear new. To begin, then, with the young'uns. Actually, it is very difficult to tell that Ninth Configuration has only been together for two years based on their performance at Club Soda on March 2nd. This amalgamation of diverse Calgary musicians forms a tightly knit hardcore band whose stage show compares well to that of SNFU. Lead singer Ben Hanscome's presence reinforces the whole band's intensity that is apparent both on stage and on their newly released ten-song demo. Songs such as Walkaway and Die for You show off the band's musical ability but do not lack any of the aggressiveness found on more thrashy songs such as Party Girl and Dylan's Blowin' in the Wind. Opening for Ni-Con was another Calgary band, Tractorhead, who were playing only their second ever gig. Like Ninth Configuration, Tractorhead are a refreshing change from the typical metal influenced groups emerging today. They have variation, good rhythms and a full-bodied sound that holds together at high speeds. Ni-Con stuck around to play Club Soda's Metal Monday night as an opening act. Result: Jon's $1300 amp stolen. Request: the bastard who did it cram it up his nose sideways. S aturday, February 25 th saw NoMeansNo, backed by Earthling and Ni-Con, play their first all-ages show in Vancouver in over a year. The boys from Victoria put out one of the funkiest, tightest brands of hardcore around. Earthling, featuring two ex-members of The Enigmas, were mildly entertaining as they churned out their own 70's style of straight ahead rock 'n' roll. NoMeansNo, however, brought fans out of The Paramount's woodwork and onto the floor to be awed by Rob Wright's god-like bass work, Andy Kerr's erratic vocals and energetic guitar, and John Wright's precision drumming. They held a young crowd by the scruff of the neck through the long but intense new lp's title track, Small Parts Isolated and Destroyed, and teased them with short spurts of blinding hardcore before setting them down to regular slamming with the familiar Dead Souis. On Sunday, the band was kind enough to dedicate a song to all of us here at CiTR - Self Pity. Go figure. For those who missed Ni-Con on their west coast swing, and there were many as both Club Soda and The Paramount were empty, you may catch them at an all-ages show at The Lux Theatre on April 1st with SNFU, Desperate Minds and Curious George. The Sunday night Club Soda shows continued to impress as Stickdog came to town on March 5th. The night's theme was variety. Shindig competitors Silent Gathering began the evening with songs that ranged from mysterious and eerie to fast and driving. Evident throughout was a great deal of skill and control. At first, San Fransisco based Stickdog resembled just another noise band with an array of instruments including hammers, steel plates, sheet metal and a tenor saxophone. But this was not the case. A strange intensity was created as two percussionists banged away on drums and metal, an acoustic guitar was strummed ominously and the singer howled like he had one serious problem. Very industrial, but at the same time more musical than most bands of this type. ■ 1 he best news F ve heard for a while is that, by the time you read this, the Arts JL ClubonSeymo if will be book ng bands on weekends again » ai l absolute wj dfall for musicians (especially r. ands just star ing out) and everyone looking ft >r something t< > do on a Friday or Saturday nigh t- For some reason, ] )ale and if ;J have been deluged with an inofffi&fcle nu M*** cassettes lately. While they 've been getting carted and put on air at a pretty good rate, I'm just hoping to make a dent in the pile with this month's reviews. And for bands wanting to send stuff in, remember to send your (not returnable, unfortunately) cassette to CiTR and/or Discorder, attention one of the three of us, and eventually you should end up getting some airplay. Just dropping in at the station and handing a tape to the first person you see can be a very bad idea - cassettes do have a way of going missing. UPANGYBOTTOMS - Sixties Smile Edmonton's self-called "premiere band of goofs" kind of put me off the with the biggest press kit anyone's ever given me, full of stories about the boys "digging Cheese, Chicks and Beer" and various underwear-related recreations. Yeah, yeah, so they opened for the Hoodoo Gurus when they passed through this part 26 DISCORDER |crmge| jpiece to 5 the of the world - a cool thing to have the opportunity to do, for sure, but that was quite a while agj>^ now. I'm afraid! have to des much as one of their other revi^ a sound somewhere between "J "alternative" (expressions thatma it's just about impossible for impress anyone very mud- music here, it's poppy, but the ■ conscious and uninteresting. Sixties Smile? What is this supposed to mean, anyway? DAYBREAK PARADE - Everybody Here I have to admit the band's name made me immediately think of groups like Catherine Wheel. Well, you know the decade I'm talking about, but Daybreak Parade surprised me by sounding influenced by something a little later, perhaps that genre of early to mid 70*s "sensitive" type stuff. It could just be the production, but the vocals seemed a bit thin and wobbly. Not that this tape is bad or anything, but isn't this the kind of music that ultimately made people need punk rock? (Oh yes, and the celebrity of the band is Steve Forsyth, who runs the Railway Club). CRAZY FINGERS - Juice Blues/Soup Kitchen It seems mean to say anything negative about a band that's just broken up, and I think that this is Crazy Fingers' goodbye demo, but I 't help it. To me, this feels a little sloppy, a f ttle off. I kept waiting for the song(s) to get into \ groove, but it never quite happened - of course 'm sure it can be argued that that's the idea, or I'd justjjnoke a joint and then give the tape a isten Still, the transition between songs re- " me of that music when they turn down the lights at the Planetarium. Sorry. AGAINST THE GRAIN - Remote Control The song starts off a little repetitive but with a solid beat, then, bang, the singer comes in. The question is, how dedicated is she to this song? She seems more interested in showing off her abilities {okay, admittedly impressive) as a performer in the balls-y female vocalist style than anything else. Or maybe the band needs to do something to keep up? BRIDE OF ZAMFIR - Backhand Another female vocalist. This song starts out with mostly bass and this quiet little girl voice barely discernible underneath. But then, all of a sudden, she yells and there's lots of noise and I 'm reminded (of all things) of Penelope and the Avengers. Too bad I can't make out a word. This is sort of like a nasty, deranged Voice of the A couple of promising bands forced an 86 St. appearance that turned out to be worth it. Both The Picasso Set and Oversoul Seven are two fairly pop-oriented bands that are each distinctive in their own way. The Picasso Set have a 60's garage sound with a distinct British influence. They arc self-described as "cubist pop- groovies" and a "way fab pop combo daddy-o". Oversoul Seven is a band with an almost certain future in the music world. They are a guitar- based three piece whose music is sometimes tight and sharp, and at other times slow and melodic. Presently on a cross-Canada tour, the band has released a new album and have just produced their second video. And this i beginning. Two more hands from California were at Club Soda (again) on March 12th: Chemical Peopleand AM. All are the rebirth of the Dependents, with a new lead singer. They are not a bunch of old guys clinging to a name in order to make one last grab for some cash. Not All, no, not at all (sorry). Although they played the Descendents songs Coolidge and Clean Sheets, the band maintained the energy level of a group just beginning its career. And after ten years, the members all live together and admit that it feels like they're just getting started again. Chemical People could have headlined another night with their basic but brilliant hardcore. No metal, no gimmicks, no oddities and no additives or preservatives. They have an album called Tenfold Hate that should be available the first week of April. Pick it up. The weekend of the 17th and 18th was filled up by two triple-bills headlined by The Scramblers and D.O.A., respectively. Beehive. Fun, I think, as is one of the other songs of the tape, Biker Chick, where the vocals overload all the recording equipment in true early punk style and you can just make out the words "I don't wanna be a biker chick no more no more no more". Well, amen to those sentiments and what a cool song. POONA! POONA! POONA! - Chocolate Wine PPP does a really good job on their tape covers - this one is a collage (an original too). As for the song, it's intended, I suppose, to sound like a pop band from the dead making an appearance on Scooby Doo, and it succeeds. (I don't mean that as an insult, really I don't.) One tape worth buying is the Theft of Paradisecassette, wluchcontains work by Jeanette Armstrong (an Okanagan Indian, writer and activist), Rhythm Activism, The Rhythm Pigs, and the ever-cool and politically dead-on NoMeansNo, among others. Anyway, the tape's intent is to give a "Black, White and Indian perspective" on Europe's colonisation of North America. It can be had for $5 from Technawbe Sounds, 720 Carson Rd., Ottawa, Ontario, K1K 0H3. I'm always a bit nervous about writing The Scramblers' card was filled out by Slack,from Portland, and the all woman locals, She. The praises continue for The Scramblers whose shows are consistently packed with dedicated fans who anticipate the eventual take-off of the band's career. The first impression one has of The Scramblers is of Death Sentence without the show-off altitude. The lasting impression is one of a bunch of guys who love to play loud, heavy rock. Slack, on the other hand, is a world beat Roots Roundup- type group. Six members and instrumentation that includes sax, trombone and bongos combined to produce a mixture of reggae, ska and i?.z. The D.O.A. and VERY special guest Jello Biafra show on Saturday March 18th went down as one of my top five concerts of all time. Loudmouth rockers D.O.A. were extraordinarily good, playing many old favorites like-Class War, The Prisoner and Race Riot. Then, IT happened. Jello exploded onto stage to sing the two songs he and D.O.A. perform during a party scene in the presently shooting movie, Terminal City Ricochet. He jerked his body around me stage and belted out lyrics in his distinctively whiney voice like a man possessed, resting only after throwing himself into the awestruck crowd inorder to show his dislike of "worship from afar". Chants of "D-O-A" and "Jel-lo" filled the Sub Ballroom and succeeded in bringing D.O.A. out for two encores. What a combination: D.O.A. and Jello Biafra. Who says dreams can't come true? Gavin Brown Warren Whyte about bands that have CiTR members in them, especially friends, and maybe that's the real reason I haven't mentioned Picasso Set until now, even though I like them. Their demo, Somebody Girl and Kitten With a Whip, has been quite a success on our charts, (and I believe, CJIV's too), and not because their bass player, Pat Carroll, is a long time station member, but (I think) because the songs are that all- too-rare combination of poppy and fun. Somebody Girl is my personal fave, and also comes off like a hit single during their live set. I love the keyboard line and the lyrics are so-oo innocent. I'm not so crazy about Kitten With a Whip, which relies a lot on the gimmick of cool name dropping, but this is hardly relevant now that the boys will be giving us a new demo soon, more expensively produced and complete with female backing vocalists. I've heard criticism about PS's name, unpolished stage show and patter, and not earth-shakingly original sound, but I like Picasso Set and Dave's vocals (strikingly like Tom Verlaine, the singer from Television) charm me to no end. 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