&%»%%»%%%»>Vl«Qi^ ggflL OCr*^j :» H5f? HWHwccwmHronwErw w&h& ^IET,<|CH ^C QUJ; W«B cMASre^!!^? WAR* S^ltK '- •..; '•... "• / • ;.; 86 ST. MUSIC HALL SUNDAY FEB. 7 Tickets: VTC/CBO & all usual outlets as well as Zulu & track Records. Charge by Phone 280-4444. Also available at the door. PRODUCED BY PERRYSCOPE disorder That Magazine from CITR Radio 102 February 1988 • Vol. V Issue #61 EDITOR BUI Mullan WRITERS Anthony Roberts, Esther Hadley, Denlse Richard, Kevin Smith, Rob Slmms, Janis McKenzie ART DIRECTOR Matt Richards ILLUSTRATORS William Thompson, Marty George, Julia Schenck PHOTOS Bill Jans, A. Nuther PRODUCTION MANAGER Mike Grigg LAYOUT Mlwako, Danuta Debowskl, Johanna Block, Jukla Schenck, Marty George, Mike Kernaghan PROGRAM GUIDE Louise Jantzen TYPESETTING Sheila Haldane, Chris Buchannen, Danuta Debowskl, Alex Johnson, Peter Lankester, ACCOUNTS MANAGER Randy Iwata ADVERTISING MANAGER Lucy Crowther DISTRIBUTION David Newell PUBLISHER Harry Hertscheg Discorder Magazine, c/o CITR - UBC Radio 6138 SUB Blvd., Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6T 2A5 S(604) 228-3017 Discorder is That Magazine from CiTR Radio 102 and is published monthly by the Student Radio Society of the University of British Columbia, although it winds up being printed deep from within Surrey, Canada. Discorder Magazine prints what it wants to, but pledges to put the CITR On The Dial program schedule and SpinList record chart in every issue. Discorder also vows to circulate 17,500 copies by the first of each month. Subscriptions are encouraged. Twelve issues: $12 in Canada, $12(US) in the States, $18 elsewhere. Make money orders or certified cheques payable to CITR Publications'. CITR Radio 102 broadcasts a 49-watt stereo signal throughout the Vancouver area at 101.9 FM., But for best reception, hook up to the FM cable network. CITR is at 101.9 cable FM on Rogers (Lower Mainland) and Shaw (North Shore) cable systems, but is still at 100.1 on Rogers (Fraser Valley). Inquiries about CITR, Discorder or the Mobile Sound System can be directed to station manager Harry Hertscheg at 228-3017, between 10 am - 4 pm, Monday to Friday. If you want to talk to the deejay, call 228-2487 or 228-CITR. fife IN THIS ISSUE FEBRUARY 1988 AIRHEAD c/o CITR 6138 SUB Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T2A5 together, the vibe was better, stronger, purer seven years ago in the Commodore when it was just 1000 (and U2 were not a better band then). Face it, for three quarters of the BC Place crowd, they could easily have been a bunch of actors doing a Beatlemania-style tribute. So who s to blame? U2? They're just trying to satisfy the overwhelming demand and not spend the rest of their lives on tour. How about the rock'n'roll biz in general? How is it that one band gets so HUGE? I mean, U2 are good, but not that good. Personally, I put them in the same general category as The Waterboys who probably couldn't even sell out the Commodore. For what it's worth, I liked Prince's movie better. Nobody elbowed me in the head, nobody shouted at me with a megaphone, I didn t need a special plastic wrist band to get in, and it cost something like one-tenth as much for better sound and a front row seat. (Bill Mullan) NAIVETE IS BLISS **e fou zesis I DISAGREE! Airhead, This is like ancient history by now, but I wonder where Bill Mullan gets off writing about the U2 concert in your year-end wrap-up: "Don't believe the deluded ravings of those who fought so hard, believed so fervently, paid so much that it had to be the concert of the year. More like the scam of the year. Certainly the disappointment." In his view. Personally, I didn't fight very hard (was sitting around by a radio when I heard they put the extra 5000 tickets on sale a few days before the show), didn't believe so fervently (I'd seen them twice before and knew they were real breathing fallible human beings), and didn't pay so much (only the price of a couple of club gigs) In fact, I went with no particular expectations, found a pretty decent place on the floor, and had a great time. In fact, totally subjectively, I'd put it in my all-time Top Five, and definitely the concert of the year. Though I didn't check out many of those thrash bands that you guys are constantly genuflecting before. And no, I wasn't stoned. Well, maybe a little smoke, but not until far enough into the set that I knew I was enjoying myself without it. As for the venue ... the sound is a bit of a drag, but it was fun to be in the presence of 57,000 going ape, even if they were mostly "deluded ravers". And if they'd played the Coliseum, they wouldn't have been able to cram 5000 more people in at the last minute, and I would have missed out. Love the magazine by the way. J.N. Don't get me wrong. I very much like U2 's music, and not just 'the old stuff. I'd go so far as to say "Joshua Tree" is one of my two or three favorite albums ofl 987. The problem lies with their overwhelming popularity. They're too big not just for their own good, but for everyone's. Having also seen them twice before in smaller venues, I can vouch for the extraordinary kind of magic they can sustain in a live situation. In BC Place, I caught glimpses of it but overall, sorry, I had to shake my head and say, no way! Say what you want about 57,000 people (the city ofKamloops) going ape 4 DISCORDER Airhead, If I asked you, Would you die to save the world, When the world includes those you love, And you said you would, So I think to myself, The same must hold true for Mikhail and Ron, Certainly they too could not destroy, Everyone they've loved, and everything they've done, But then I realize, In the midst of my fit of naivety, That they can both go undergound, And stay alive anyway. Behavahinskl OR IS IT ANOTHER RED HERRING? Dear Airhead, What is all this nonsense about "Where is Wombat?" I've been reading Discorder faithfully since the end of the war and I've never seen any reference to any Wombat or, for that matter, any other Airhead, example of Australian wildlife. Is this another of those bogus publicity campaigns designed to increase circulation by making readers nostalgic for something that never existed in the first place? Come on. What kind of naive sheep-like peons do you take us for? I'll bet you even write your own letters. Now knock it off or I'll tell your father. Get serious and start uncovering some real mysteries, like who really killed Janet Smith? Was it the Chinese houseboy, like the police said, orwas it the wife of the son of the Lieutenant- Governor who found them in bed together at the infamous wild party at the home of the Red Baron's 30th victim, and bashed her in the head with a chamberpot and then took her down into the laundry room and put a bullet into her already dead head to make it look like a gun cleaning accident, like everyone else said? Or did she really just shoot herself like the brother of the Red Baron's 30th victim, who was living in the house at the time and who threw the infamous wild party that he said never happened because he was so tired from playing tennis that afternoon that he went to bed early that night and no one came over so there really couldn't have been a party, could there? And besides, all the people who were supposed to be there all said they were out of town that weekend. So, if all that was true, why did the Attorney-General pay the detectives to keep the Chinaman in hiding to cover the whole thing up? Really. It was Colonel Mustard. AN ANGRY YOUNG MAN Dearest Darling Airhead, Mike isn't *bad', he's BAD! Vanna is an incurable glop of filth - - and Whitney should be gutted like a trout, cleaned with solvent and fed to infected newts, her purulent corpse left to decay in the hellish pastel depths of the staff washroom at GOOD ROCKIN'TONITE!!! YARGII! YECH! May Mojo and Skid accost Stu Jeffries, the pungent worm and violently extract his offensive frontal incisors. Glen F. "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." (somebody famous) THEY LIKE US! I think Discorder is getting better. Espe- daily the last few issues . .. I think you're magazine makes a refreshing change from all the usual bullshit we're fed through all the media .. . I must say I got quite a kick out of the "Religion" edition of your publication especially the review of the Pontiff live. Upon showing my copy of Discorder to my friends, one of them expressed a desire for a subscription ... Thanks so much for the wonderful envelope and the January Discorder issue! Without going into detail, I was in a much better mood after receiving the above and I enjoyed reading Matt Richards' "A Christmas Story" and Dave Campbell's "What kind of year did you have?" Well, I didn't enjoy Matt's story, but I did like it... Various See? People do compliment us on occasion. Discorder always welcomes praise, though it prefers money. Incidentally, subscribers should note that it's not Randy, but Randy's sister who's responsible for the envelope decorations. FEBRUARY, MONTH OF TRUE LOVE AND celebrated bloody murder. Needless to say, there's always a good excuse for a decent concert and this particular month appears to be supplying more than its share. CITR, of course, is concerned and deeply involved. The fun begins Sunday, the 7* at '86 Street with the return of Georgia's Guadalcanal Diary. Word is, they blew REM off the stage a year or so ago at the War Memorial Gym. Does that make them the best American Rock 'n Roll ban of our day? Probably not. Three days later (the 10*), the original Wallers bring their tribute to the great Bob (Marley) to '86 Street. Toke with care, if you must, they don't take kindly to it there. That Friday, (the 12*), Art Bergman's out here at UBCin the SUB (Student Union Building) Ballroom, with guests The Scramblers. Then DOA and Bolero Lava take us full circle to the '86 Street again on Sunday night (the 14*). Yes, its a Valentine's Day bash, but are they celebrating love or ultra-violence? Is there a difference? Finally, the fun shifts to Graceland Wednesday night (the 17*) for the return of Tackhead. What's a tackhead, you might ask? Well, its three very in- demand musicians - - Keith Leblanc (Drums), Doug Wimbish (Bass), Skip McDonald (everything else) - - and two of their friends (Gary Clail and Adrian Sherwood). Expect an evening of mutant-hip-hop-heavy-metal (or something like that). Hopefully (!!!!!!) Mr. Sherwood will be out here in the studios for a live on-air mix. But remember, home taping is killing is music. Who said February's a short month? TERM PAPER BLUES? We have RESEARCH PAPERS, Thousands on File. If you're stumped for a topic, or stymied for sources, we can help, using authoritative source material. All research studies are fully documented with bibliography and footnotes. Confidential • Overnight Delivery Available All materials are provided for research purposes only, L 24 hrs. call: 985-7274 Term Paper Assistance Catalog ol 17,278 Research Papers NORTHERN RESEARCH 3832 Lawrence Place, North Vancouver, B.C. VANCOUVER EAST CULTURAL CENTRE Ifut Three days of sizzling percussion - new sounds - new works - new artists Sal Ferrer as Artistic Director FEBRUARY 11-13 8pm VECC It Vancouver Folk Music Festival present FillfS (aka Biml (Tickets for this event also available at Black Swan Records, Highlife Records and Vancouver Folk Music Festival FEBRUARY 23-27 8 pm Theatre Ballet of Canada new works by Canada's premiere contemporary ballet company MARCH 2-5 8 pm Tickets VTC - 280-4444/Reservations 254-9578 FEBRUARY 1988 EXCUSE ME. EXCUSE ME. „^TT^^ WTn EXCUSE ME. WHAT DOES THIS KEAN TO YOU ? Woman HI: It doesn't mean a great deal to me. It could be a symbol for a company that sells... A- frame ski lodges... 'A' for apple? Esther: Not 'A' for anarchy? Woman HI: A for anarchy?... no. I think it's totally inappropiate. This is too neat. It's complete. It's very organized. Straight lines. The circle looks a bit wonky but its still a circle. I think for anarchy you want to have a whole lot of loose lines going in every direction. Man #2: It looks like a cattle brand to me... CIRCLE-A-Ranch. Man #2: It looks like an 'A' with a circle around it. It's not that impressive. What are you trying to do, create a logo or somethin'? Woman 82: Vmnot for anarchy. I think its chaotic. It doesn't have any kind of democratic principles. Anarchy is when people do what they feel like whenever they feel like it. People have all kinds of uncontrolled impulses... and interests, you know... that aren't necessarily thought out or even understood by tne people themselves. And I don't think that others have a right to impose their way on everybody else. You know we need to respect the views and rights of those around us. That's why I'm against anarchy. EXC use excu S^ we. STOAT AND EGGS. EXCUSE HE. £*c %%cv s^ •&"£ 0sB Woman #3: For me, this is like a sphynx, a pyramid. Sometimes, if you are helpless, you can't cope physically even though mentally, you are still functioning. No matter how helpless people are, they still have a dream or a fantasy in themselves. It's just because of their physical inability and their disabilities that they can't just go out and show what they have in their minds. Woman Mi It could be Amnesty International... the Atomic Energy Committee. Compiled by Esther Hadley Wilson: To the best of my knowledge, having read history back and forth for four decades, no ruling elite has ever encouraged the pluralist paradigm. All power structures try to brainwash everybody into a single tunnel-reality, with State education, Holy Inquisitions, FBIs, Gestapos, Drug Administrations, etc., and anybody who questions that tunnel-reality gets the hemlock (Socrates, 4th century B.C.), burning at the stake (Bruno, 17th century), the bottom cell in the basement at Folsom (Leary, 1973), or some similar discouragement. "Communication is only possible between equals" as Hagbard Celine and I keep telling people, and no ruling elite is ready, willing, or able to receive dissenting signals from independents or mavericks. Once you accept a pluralist universe, you are logically compelled to accept a pluralist society—i.e., a decentralized, libertarian, or outright anarchist society—and no ruling class can accept that idea. Man #3: It looks more like a symbol for Ist class or something like that... A-l? Esther: What is your view of anarchy? Man #3: Anarchy? I don't know. If you're very young you believe in anarchy... after you reach a certain age, you don't see it the same way. Man #4: From what I understand, m'am, that symbol means 'anarchy'. I think very little of anarchy on the whole, but when I think of it, I think it's philosophically a fine idea. Practically, it's tricky. Esther: How would you go about bringing anarchy into the world? Man #4:1 would start with disarray...well... get very ragged, get very rough...no! I wouldn't say that... I have no actual plan for bringing anarchy into the world other than just general lapse. Man #5: It means the beginning because MA" is the first letter of the alphabet. pian. Anafcapfisfr DISCORDER *f£ Victims: Guidelines and Characteristics A victim sounds like this: "Poor me! Why is it always me? Life is unfair! I never get what I want... waaah!" It's heard all the time, everywhere. It's quite popular and even acceptable to be, and remain, a victim. But being actively involved in this complex form of self-abuse is not to be taken lightly. It takes a lot of determination and dedication to maintain a certain level of whining and blaming. One must also tolerate sympathy, convince all at large that one is most certainly to be pitied. One's excuse can be fabricated or authentic - - it depends on one's level of awareness and willingness to play the game. One can include as part of the cause other members of society, children, whatever works. Self-victimization is a way of life and a fulltime j b. One must never let on that one is quite capable of managing alone. There are certain drawbacks however that one must also deal with. One may suddenly feel resentment that one's happiness depends almost entirely upon the amount of attention one receives from others; apathy could take over, guilt has a way of getting in there as well. Things just couldn't get worse! Denise Richard &$a*?F:^&W'%- NO MINORS $S:6Qi*&^\eat AMS Box Off ice, Track ::;.:m:-y:'^ Its announcers work under assumed names, its locations are a well-kept secret and listeners caught "tuning in" endanger their lives. A typical one-hour broadcast will include several interruptions. At a moment's notice, the operators may have to uproot themselves and equipment to locate to a safer broadcasting "studio". If electronic air surveillance fails to uncover their location, highly sophisticated communications apparatus will have succeeded in "jamming" their frequency. This is clandestine radio in El Salvador. From the trenches of the war fronts to a peasants' demonstration on a coffee plantation, Radio Farabundo Marti and Radio Venceremos transmit the day's events to the Salvadoran people. The two rebel stations were established by the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), the political-military opposition in El Salvador's ongoing seven-year civil war. In the early 1980s, the state of seige declared by the Jose Napolean Duarte government effectively silenced all opposition media. News reports concerning the state of war or references to the FMLN as anything but "a group of terrorists" were outlawed. The government's information blockade permitted only the "official" version of news to reach Salvadorans. With local press virtually "gagged" at gunpoint and the military unwilling to part with information, rebel radio has become an indispensable source for military reports. Recognized for their accuracy, the radio's war correspondents (often reporting directly from the line of fire) are extensively quoted by intematinal news agencies (UPI, ANSA, LATIN REUTER, etc). Breaking the silence, Radios Farabundo Marti and Venceremos have united all sectors of Salvadoran society. From the small businessman to the peasant, people all over the country turn to the radios as a legitimate source of information and education. In addition to international and regional news, each broadcast includes cultural programs. Health and literacy advances made through FMLN campaigns are reported. Instructional programs are invaluable to those living in El Salvador's war zones. The stations' teachings on the construction of make-shift bomb shelters have literally saved thousands of lives during government air attacks. £A£i0 Salvadoran cultural values, overwhelmed by years of U.S. domination, have been restored through rebel radio. The new Salvadoran folk music created by fusing the traditional musical instruments and rythms with revolutionary lyrics, instills a new sense of national pride and dignity in the listener. Radios Farabundo Marti and Venceremos are not limited to radio transmissions inside El Salvador. The courageous spirit of the Salvadoran people who face war's destruction and inhumanity daily is captured on film for both local and international audiences. Radio Farabundo Marti also produces weekly and monthly news summaries for world-wide distribution. From its caverns in the mountains to its underground dugouts, the voice of clandestine radio has stubbornly persisted in El Salvador. Despite bombardments, interference and the need for constant mobility, each station has sustained its four daily one hour broadcasts since 1980. Broadcasting from the territories controlled by the FMLN, mobile radio units continue to elude military detection. While the operators and location of rebel radio remain a mystery, its reputation does not. FMLN radio is the voice of the Salvadoran people. From January through July 1988, CiTR is co-sponsoring a campaign to rasie funds for Radio Farabundo Marti Radio Venceremos of the FMLN. The objective of the six month campaign is to provide each station with a complete operational set of broadcasting equipment. Seven years of transmitting from war zones and frequent government attacks continually threaten the work of the radios. Needless to say, the life of the radio equipment is uncertain, not to mention the lives of its operators. In British Columbia, the El Salvador Information Collective (ESIC) will raise ten thousand dollars toward the purchase of shortwave operating equipment. For free information on the campaign, or to find out how you can help, contact: The El Salvador Information Collective, *203-337 West Pender, Vancouver, (604) 684- 7342 DISCORDER SlAQCTtCTfouSffioA •SKATEBOARDS* ► Vision »Powell ► Santa Cruz ►G&S • Sims »Schmitt SKATE T-SHIRTS ANY DECK ANY WHEELS! ANY TRUCKS $ 57.00 $ 9.49 $ 19.88 wwSpedtllww sale iTg«s»frww/A Special!'w SNOLUBOflRDS &mper Snowboards ins. STORI .Gnu 5N0W7ECH 688 95SS — 1143 Granville - P5£T FEBRUARY 1988 A&A WELCOMES... GUADALCANAL DIARY IN CONCERT FEBRUARY 7th AT THE 86th STREET MUSIC HALL "2 x 4" cassette or Ip 6 97 each Also On Sale "Jamboree" and "Walking In The Shadow Of The Big Man" 590 WEST PENDER ST. I ^WH Cf 10065 776 GRANVILLE ST. °^^ Q™*<* ZuJtSu^ and associated stores Quantities limited. Sale ends February 14, 1988. PuviocffiEffi, Top Spk For your dance, get CiTR Mobile Sound 228-3017 Gorilla walks into the room and saddles up to the bar. "What's your poison?" asks the bartender. "Politics," responds the furry one. "Will that be sexual, bureaucratic, municipal or power politics?" The gorilla pauses. "Oh, just gimme whatever you've got on tap." "Ya know, we don't get many gorillas in here," the barkeep lazily comments. "Well ai these prices, I'm not surprised," the gorilla snaps curtly. Did you know it's the 70th anniversary of the October Revolution? The October Revolution, dude! Who cares really, ya know? That was then and this is now. The important thing is that this is a different time, i.e. a New Age. Now you can pay someone fifteen bucks and for a whole half hour you get some heavy-duty channelling. Hold it a second, you don't know about channelling? Wake up and smell the cappuccino, Virginia. It's the perfect way to fulfillment and contentment in today's hectic dog eat dog world of suffering and man's inhumanity to man. Channelling consists of one person using his or her body to act as the vessel for the spirit of an ancient being for the benefit of us other lowly schleps. I mean, this is the single most important phenomenon of the last couple months. 10 DISCORDER rfect way to atone for our s and gain important knowledge at the same " time. You dish up your fifteen bucks as a penance, and as an added bonus you become empowered by the wisdom of an ancient being. All for only fifteen bucks. What more could you ask for? Think of all the stuff we can ask this wise spirit of the past. I can't think of anything right now but I'm sure there's something valuable it might know. God knows, we certainly need some help nowadays. The world's a mess. Nobody has much faith in today's society. Guidance is desperately required. Who seriously puts their faith in politicians? If you are foolish enough to do so then you deserve whatever fate is inflicted upon you. We need some help and we need it now. Certainly, living/breathing human beings do not have any solutions; living humans are the cause of all our problems. False messiahs of the flesh have appeared on various occasions. We're all well aware now of how bogus Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh was. Sure, he had us fueled and fooled for a little while but eventually we learnt his evil ways. It turns out that now the Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. is foreclosing on the Bhagwan's ranch in Oregon. How the mighty have fallen! But Bhagwan is merely a plain old human when it comes right down to it. Sure, he had a few ideas but we all have our limitations. He seemed to be well adjusted but then we learnt the truth. Give me a non-living leader instead, a being not caught up with material things and the temptations of the flesh. Let's have a leader, or rather 'guide' from time gone by. Sure, President Reagan is old and wise but think of the wisdom of a three thousand year old being. Reagan just couldn't compete no matter how many books he suddenly decided to read. The time is right to put our faith in a being unencumbered by the limitations of time and space. Humans are imperfect and fallible. We need all the help we < get. Channelling is the answer. Trust me. Hey kids, let's Channel and let's Channel now. At these prices, I'm not surprised. Kevin S. SPECIAL iNf-SToRC APP£APANGG OP at ^jgj uas&Jk SATURDAY*, F56.6" . 317 AC AMBIENT. J -M I * * THEATRE * * I m-_ 16th & Arbutus 738-6311 Diluent 7:30 & 9:30 The Life and Death of Vincent Van Gogh A FILM BY PAUL COX "Vincent is a film that illuminates our view of the artist's life and times, but not like a documentary—like a painting. It is a "The more I think it over, the more I feel that there is nothing more artistic than to love people." —Vincent, in a letter to his brother Theo work of art itself." -Screen International ENTER TO WIN RETURN AIR FARE FOR TWO TO AMSTERDAM Courtesy of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines ^1 lites rule all the countries of the world ^^^ for their own interests, whether or not j they care to admit it. Mostly, they do JKLmmttm not, and so must keep their activities secret. The object of these machinations is power: raw, naked, godlike power. This should not be . confused with mere economics. There are ways other than bribery to get someone to do something he wouldn't otherwise do, such as threatening to shoot him, or gratifying his emotional needs (through religion, idealism, racism, sexual stimulation). As this power is only worthwhile if exercised over other people, it is finite, and can only be increased by reducing that of another person (life as zero-sum gain). These kind of activities make conspiracy theories popular. To aid creative paranoia, here are ten relevant, suggestive facts: 1. Canada's largest chartered bank pulled all of its assets out of Iran the day before the Iranian government seized the assets of all other foreign banks. 2. The same bank maintains the world's second largest private army. Recently, a U.S. Senate committee expressed dismay over this heavy weaponry. The army is based in Oman, as is the largest private army, which is owned by Exxon. 3. For the past fifty years, the Dow Jones has always dropped sharply on the year's last trading day, and always risen shaprly on the year's first trading day. This allows large holders to declare a loss on their taxes while not actually losing anything. 4. The World Stock Markets' recent Black Tuesday followed a "Billionaires Club" meeting in Washington (Jimmy Pattison was present). The previous hyperinflation of the market followed a similar meeting last March in Zurich. 5. Of every dollar spent on booze in the world, sixty cents eventually finds its way into the pockets of two brothers from Montreal. 6. Roberto Calvi, Managing Director of the Banco Ambrosiano, and a member of a secret Masonic lodge dedicated to the subversion of the Italian state, was hanged from Blackfriar's Bridge in Britain. His partner, Michele Sindona, was poisoned in Vorhera prison. The Banco Ambro- Politics consists < disguised or rationalized by (ideologies). The disguise is should be removed. Make y explicit Where the u//nd ch/mes rattle a cacarhony of rott/ng 80nes... THE siano, which was the Vatican's lay financial partner, collapsed in 1982, leaving about 1.3 billion dollars owing. All indications were that these two men could have been bribed to keep silent, but someone didn't want to take that chance. 7. Over the past year, seventeen important British defence scientists, most of them engaged in laser and space-based research, have died under very suspicious circumstances ranging from bizarre auto accidents to carbon monoxide poisoning to falling off well-railed balconies. 8. The U.S. Army now has twelve divisions specifically designed for action in the less f?,r3&k developed parts of the world. *(d*EkM 9. During the Watergate Crisis, Richard Nixon brought a recalcitrant CIA into line by threatening to expose "the Mexican Stuff*. When asked about this, Bob Hal demand said it referred to the assasination of John F. Kennedy. 10. The CIA wasn't exactly displeased that the Space Shuttle Challenger blew up. The next several missions will be entirely top secret and military. Is there One Big Conspiracy, a sort of master Cabal? This provides the most fuel for paranoia. There are many connections between the various conspiracies. The Royal Bank of Canada launders money for the CIA. The Roman Catholic Church had a partnership with the Banco \. Ambrosiano, which was controlled by the Church's I supposed arch-enemy, the Freemasons. All important officials and magnates appear to belong to the same think-tanks, such as the Trilateral _ *: ~™ Commission, or to know each other socially. It's ^kjfck indisputable. There is considerable co-ordination among the world's power elites. The primary f*.-- ^$*J argument focuses on how much of this co-ordina- J '" * tion is concious and deliberate, and how much is unconcious, caused by shared values, goals, and circumstances. Rob Slmms ****£%% tes^g, ">d ** Con**** ' to be bey°^ "• donono\ogy so ^ gained »*ay* P . ,r ruling ; Disorientation: ^TSSTSomPtb- the longer they rule, s because evei rybody I gressive Disown..-. 1 the crazier they get. That's b I lies to the men in power — some to escape 1 punishment, some to flatter and curry favor. \ The result is that the elite get a very warped I idea of the world indeed. This applies to all I pyramidal organizations — armies,corporatioi l or governments. It even applies to old- I fashioned patriarchal families. The individual I or group at the top feed entirely on flattering decepuveg^rbage. !f<-n m % ffh *f 12 J% *H DISCORDER of demands, dubious philosophy ; an absurdity and our demands The idea that there are no conspiracies has been popularized by historians working for the universities and institutes funded by the principal conspirators of our time: the Rockefeller-Morgan banking interests, the Council on Foreign Relations crowd, the Trilateral Commision. This is not astonishing or depressing. Conspiracy is standard mammalian politics for reasons to be found in ethology and Von Neumann's and Morgenstern's Theory of Games and Economic Behavior. Vertebrate competition depends on knowing more than the opposition, monopolozing information along with territory, hoarding signals. Entropy, in a word. ^piRAcV It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single idea. w* My experience is that almost everybody thinks somebody else is to blame for their problems. If it isn't the Jews or the Catholics or the International Bankers, it's the Masons or the ecologists or the local utility. Kids blame their parents. Parents blame their kids. In a sense, all of these "conspiracy" theories are self-calming, in that they put the problem outside in an "enemy" who can be hated and blamed, but that is the only sense in which I can find the average domesticated primate to be self-calming. To organize a lynch mob or a riot — to yell, "The Enemy's over there, fellers!" and get a crowd behind you— is still the easiest game on the Planet of the Apes. I see the power game as resting on three levels of force and fraud. First, earliest and still most powerful is the government racket itself, the monopoly of force (military power, police power, etc.) which allows the governing group to take tribute (taxation) from the enslaved or deluded masses. Second, derivative from this primordial conquest, is the landlord rackel, the mammalian monopoly on territory which allows the king's relatives (lords-of-the- lands) or their successors, today's "landlords", to take tribute (rent) from those who live within the territory. Rent is the daughter of taxation; the second degree of the same racket. Third, the latest in historical time, is the usury racket, the monopoly on the issue of currency which allows the money-lords to take tribute (interest) on the creation of money or credit, and on the continuous circulation of the money or credit every step of the way. Interest is the son of rent, the rent of money. Current welfare practices emerged from 70 years of struggle between liberals and conservatives; the conservatives won most of the battles. The system functions to heighten the addiction syndrome. The recipient gets a small fix at the beginning of the month, nicely calculated to support one extremely frugal miser until about the 10th of the month. Through hard experience, he or she learns to make this last until the 15th, or maybe even the 20th. The rest of the month is experienced as acute biosurvival anxiety. This deprivation period, as any pusher or Skinnerian conditioner knows, maintains the whole cycle. On the first of the next month, another money fix is allowed and the whole drama begins anew. My basic philosophy can be expressed as follows: the prosperous and growing nations have nothing in common politically. Some are capitalist, or state capitalist, some are socialist or mixed economies, some are communist, some facist. The politics is obviously irrelevant to their relative success. What do we have in common? Advanced technology. And vice versa! There is no common politics among the starving, backward nations. Some are primitive capitalist, some feudal, some facist, some socialist. What do they have in common? Backward technology or no technology. How, then, will we solve the problems afflicting this planet? Not by politics of any sort; all of it is irrelevant mammalian ritual. We will solve our problems by better, cheaper, more efficient technology; especially space migration, the technology of consciousness and intelligence raising, and life extension. FEBRUARY 1988 13 FEBRUARY 5/6 CURIOUS GEORGE with opening - 12 MIDNITE 12 THE HANGMEN with THE HORMONES 13 THE SCRAMBLERS with THE HORMONES 19/20 T.B.A. 26 NOMEANSNO the day everthing became nomeansno 27 NOMEANSNO Nomeansno clones Ramones with TRAGIC MULATTO 28 LAST NIGHT OF LIVE MUSIC! Call for details I LIVE MUSIC IN THE LOUNGE I I FRIDAYSFROM10.30-SATURDAYSFROM 11:30PM | ARTS CLUB THEATRE 1181 SEYMOUR 683-0151 y SHAKESPEARE FILM FESTIVAL SUNDAYS AT 1:30 P.M. JANUARY 31ST laurence OLIVIER OTHELLO FEBURARY 7TH Burton —'Sh££-wI Roman Polanski's MACBETH JOHN FINCH FEBRUARY 21ST "HENRY V" LAURENCE ~«? OLIVIER of the bard's heroic dra achievement as actor, producer and director") is a magnificent blend of realism and artifice, history and storybook romance—the first Shakespeare film to be both commercially and artistically successful. Robert Newton, Les Banks, Renee Asherson. (1944) i.ilU'lAl/.'-.'ul EVERY FRIDAYS SATURDAY MIDNITE! All Ages Admitted 0 /. sn% DOWNTOWN- 919 GRANVILLE at SMITME Studio (ftnama 24 hour info call 681-1732 Everything Under the Sun from the 50's to the 80's ,M& 14 DISCORDER CURRENT 93 Imperium CURRENT 93/HOH Crowleymass MALDOROR (U.K.) David Tibet, who for all intents and purposes IS Current 93, is nothing if not a stickler for detail. He leaves no stone unturned in his attempts to make his various releases living, breathing spectres of Hell: his choice of grammar on record sleeves, the placement of the various tracks on the disc, the packaging... the list could go on and on. More than anything else, it's the obvious thought that goes into everthing he does that compels the listener in turn to think...one way or another. Sonicly, Imperium, the most recent Current 93 album, has little in common with earlier releases. Most of the electronic gnashing and grinding is gone. The sound is fairly honest, almost natural. Acoustic guitar work, Tibet's voice, choirs moaning in the background - - these are the main sources. But there's also a variety of subtle washings buried deep in the mix. You could listen for ages and never figure all of them out, though the overall message is abundantly clear without delving too far anyway. This aspect characterizes all of Tibet's work. Whether you take what he is saying to you seriously on not, you must ultimately admit to the sheer power and ingenuity of the ways in which he says it. The 12" single, Crowleymass, released simultaneously with Imperium, is what we've all been waiting for... gothic rap has arrived. For years now New York sidewalk commandoes have been telling us about how horrid life is. Now we have it taken to its logical excess. This is tremendoulsy funny with instruments and drums by IIOH (Hilmar orn Himarsson - ex Psychic TV) and vocals by Tibet and Rose McDowell (Strawberry Switchblade). Larry Thiessen DEPECHE MODE Music for the Masses There are artistic as well as economic and social reasons for examining the pros and cons of taking an early retirement. In this case, any reason will do. Surely machines can be pensioned off more easily than people. Larry Thiessen COOL J BAD A 17 Second Interview with Oversoul 7 Are Women Magical? No, they got nothing special going for them. What's your favorite burger place? Wendys. You have two big guys and one small one in the band. Does this make a difference? Yes, the best place to see Oversoul 7 is from the balcony. How many original songs do you have? 30. John Ruskln Once you get by the inherent sexism that permeates a lot of LL Cool J's music you have to admit that this guy can put out some pretty righteous beats. While RUN DMC layer their rap with heavy metal guitar riffs, LL (aka James Smith) and his DJ Cut Creator program the hell out of their drum machine and put it right up front in the mix. Since LL and his producers have seen fit to add in the odd guitar sample, BAD's sound isn't as strippped down as 1985's Radio, but they use them sparingly and wisely. Though the term "crossover" doesn't exactly aply here, homeboys white and black are going to buy this one. LL Cool J's raps run the gamut from macho posturing to pissed off preaching with uptown rhetoric. He can be frightening and hilarious in the space of a breath and if he can do all this at age 18 he's going to be awesome in a couple of years. Mark Quail THROWING MUSES THE FAT SKIER 4AD FEED ME FEED ME! They scream. Owee! I'm being consumed by a deluge of carnal screamings and thomy-souled women. The coy ravings of Kristen Hersh coupled with the Muses' spare, melodic rhythms envelope your brain and prickle your insides. Their songs are intense but ambivalent: anger and hurt undercut by naked jubilation. Soap And Water exemplifies the seeming contradiction, as self- absorbed delirium finally collapses into nothing with 'I caught a star, though.' Give yourself to...the Fat Skier. K. Uhrich Pogues' Shane McGowan, Commodore, December '87 (photo, Bill Jans) FEBRUARY 1988 15 D.W. MORRIS Why Pay More? This isn't music! This is just excerpts from a radio program broadcast weekly out of CKLN-FM (Toronto) which is itself just excerpts from all the other radio programs broadcast on the station. Edited excerpts. Mixed excerpts. Mashed excerpts. This is not music! There'snot one original sound. Hmmmm. Maybe it is music. What is music anyway? I do like the way it all spills together. Kind of like a week's sensory input accelerated into ninety minutes. Kind of like a cross section of the modem brain. If this is music (and who says it isn't? Mozart? What the hell does he know? He's dead and besides he was a Freemason), then maybe the future won't be so bland after all. It will be confusing though. Cassette only. Contact: D.W. Morris, P.O. Box 242 Station B, Toronto, Ontario M5T2W1 MARK STEWART & MAFFFIA This is Stranger Than Love Every so often someone "discovers" Erik Satie's Gymnopedie #1 and tries to do something "special" with it. The fact that it's been done so many, many times before seems to be elusive...likewise the fact that the original is still better. MOTORHEAD Rock 'N' Roll Ode To Lemmy I love the sound of Motorhead And Lemmy's pounding bass They thrash and smash and slash about And bash you in the face. I love the force of Motorhead And their awesome deafening sound It's like a bag of wet cement As it crashes on the ground. This new disk from Motorhead They call it Rock *N' Roll It heaves and throbs and belches And" screws your very soul. Yeah, this new one from Motorhead It's fierce and so profane It'll penetrate inside your skull And wreck your quivering brain. Larry Thiessen PAUL SERRET Tapis Volant Paul Serret plays a Persian Santoor, an instrument whose origins date back at least 3000 years. Said to be the predecessor to the harpsichord/piano, its sounds are richly harmonic, delicately powerful and vaguely middle eastern in reference. On this release, Monsieur Serret has chosen to highlight this unique sound through juxtaposition with the more common, modem sounds of synthesizers (Geoffrey Wakefield) and percussion. The fusion is effective, merging old with new in a way that evokes timelessness. The concept of Tapis Volant (French for flying carpet) is of a journey through sonic landscapes. It may sound like a new age cliche, but it really works. I found myself simply flipping the tape after each pass, never being sure of how long I had been listening or for that matter, where I had been. Once inside this aural environment you become simply oblivious to any other stimulus. Try it (with headphones) and you'll hear what I mean. Paul Serret should be familiar to anyone who has travelled the downtown area by foot. He can often be heard playing his santoor amid some of the most resonant architecture in town. Tapis Volant is an entirely local product, utilizing some of the best in local talent. 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V6B 3H1 Joe Strummer (with Pogues), Commodore, December '87 FEBRUARY 1988 17 7^&?ya^ Tffn^t^n^lh what isf * ebruary being the shortest month is as M good an excuse as any, I suppose, to keep this installment of Local Motion brief too (it also helps that I'm way behind on listening to demos, as always at this time of year). As far as out of-town bands coming to town, January's been a pretty dead month, with Game Theory turning out to be the gig to go to— even though the sound was quite abysmal (I kept wondering if I was just imagining those keyboards cutting in and out). Certainly, there were enough sociable local music types there for me to almost make up for missing the CITR Christmas party. Cannon Heath Down, who opened, sounded very nice as usual, in spite of appearing a little awed by the Town Pump's big stage. As for the local scene, The Hip Type celebrated finally latching onto a drummer by putting out Volume 1, Issue 1 of The Secrets of the Hip Type, which is a magazine full of all sorts of groovy and well documented facts like Tracy and Erica's (they should know) five hot tips for "picking up babes". To join their fan club, write: The Hip Type, 879 West 16th Ave., Vancouver, V5Z 1S9. And as for the almost local scene, my favorite band (that's still together, of course), The Young Fresh Fellows, are back in the studio starting work on album number four, their second for Frontier Records. And if Vancouver's Young Fresh Friends (like me) keep crossing our fingers, the Fellows should be rolling up from Seattle to play the last weekend in February or thereabouts. this? {■ In the world of demo tapes, two songs by the recent Shindig winners The 4 Ones are now on the air, "George the Whale" and "Telefon". As I'm not very good at explaining the band's sound— it seems people quite passionately love them or hate them anyway— the best I can do is describe "George the Whale" as funny/cruel/nasly/ kind of disgusting/ a social statement. Also fresh to CITR's airwaves is "Forgiven" by the Velveteens, a band whose lineup has changed considerably since their self-produced record of some time ago. The 'Teens took a year off, adding former Crimpolines accordian player/ singer Karen Anderson (you can hear her backup vocals on this song) and Hoi Polloi's old drummer, and moving away from the old sound which Laurence describes as "quite a bit darker" than what's on this tape. To round off this month's column, a demo from Green For Go that's commercially available, at least at Track and Zulu. Not the best recording quality in the world, but these guys have pop sensibilities. They write simple, fun songs and seem to have a good time playing them. This is the kind of band, though, that could be way better live. I guess I'll see for myself. Currently playlisted : "Now Reaction". Janis <*EEK fAVEfcNA "Lamb on a Spit our Specialty'9 DAILY SPECIALS FOR LUNCH AND DINNER Try our unique menu, including •Tzanziki, Melitzano, Houmos •Spanakotiropita, Saganaki, Lukaniko •Souvlakia, Mousaka, Kalamaria •And much, much more! •Plus... pizza • Pasta also a specialty Mon. • Sat. 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Sunday to Midnight TAKE OUT • CATERING • WEDDINGS ANNIVERSARIES • BIRTHDAYS FREE DELIVERY Phone for Reservations: 736-2118 / 736-9442 2272 West 4th Ave., Kitsilano mm: CITR Presents DOA. Bolero Lava Black Heart Valentines Dat (p Dance SUNDAT FEBRUAR7 T^TH S6 st. TVlusrc Hall H) Doors open T pm ^•f "NO MINORS \p Advance Tickets at all VTC/CBO outlets, Zulu Records, Odtsset Imports $ AMS Box Office. Listen To CITR for Contest Details Produced bt AMS Concerts FEBRUARY 1988 19 OnTheDial WEEKDAY HIGHLIGHTS MONDAYS RANDOM DESIGNS 7:30-10:00 am "Packed like sardines they were, all horizontal you know. Trying to piece together the night before. It would have helped if the bed wasn't trying to be a heli-futon.. ." (Hey man, get that rabbit off my rug! I'm, like trying to tell a story and you're just being so oppressive, I can't deal with it anymore.) Do you have problems with Mondays? Life? The Anti-Christ? Join Melissa and the invisible DJs from hell as they bring you real problems live on the air. HOT PINK MONDAYS 6:00-8:00 pm Ex-Life After Bed host Garnet Harry does what he does best — absolutely nothing. THE JAZZ SHOW 9:00-12:30 am Vancouver's longest-running prime time Jazz program, featuring all the classic players, the occasional interview, and local music news. Hosted by the ever-suave Gavin Walker. 01 Feb. Bluestime on the Jazz Feature to open the month. . . Jimmy Witherspoon, one of the very best blues based Jazz singers performs on one of his most outstanding outings with the great tenor saxophonist Ben Webster and good funky arrangements by trumpeter, Gerald Wilson. 08 Feb. "The Green Leaves of Summer" is the title of one of pianist Hampton Hawes' best albums; recorded in 1964 after his release from jail. He was sprung by a direct presidential pardon (J.F.K.) Tune in. . . hear this album and some pertinent facts about this great pianist. 75 Feb. "Ornette" is a classic Ornette Coleman date that up until recently was a rare recording. Ornette's quartet with himself on alto saxophone, Don Cherry on "pocket" trumpet, Eddie Blackwell on drums and the late, great innovator on accoustic bass. . . Scott LaFaro. 22 Feb. One of the most overlooked and underrated musicians was tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley. Overshadowed by John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins in the fifties. . . Hank proves on this album that he's right up there with the "giants". Hank with Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Wynton Kelly (piano) and Art Blakey (drums) etc. "Roll Call" on Blue Note. 29 Feb. "No 1 Green Street" one of guitarist Grant Green's earliest and finest recordings. Grant in an unfettered setting accompanied by just bass and drums. Guitar magic. . . standards, originals and blues. ENVIRONMENTAL SCATOLOGY 12:30-4:00 am I kill you with a knife. I kill you with a gun. I kill you just for fun. Just to see your blood run. . . Down my drain I'm not insane You're gonna feel pain. TUESDAYS PEST CONTROL 11:00-1:00 pm It's not nuclear war that will kill you. Nor toxic waste, acid rain, ozone depletion, microwaves, chemical pollutants, or right wing death squads. It's killer bees. They're coming up from South American and they'll be here by 1990. Listen. And learn how to cope. BLOOD ON THE SADDLE 1:00-3:00 pm Every Tuesday, music to scrape the cowshit off your boots to. QUALITY TIME - THE LATCHKEY KID'S COMPANION 3:00-5:00 pm Oral Dave fills the void before your parents get home. You can turn the TV down and listen to the radio instead. We'll help you with your homework and give you tips on what to make Mom and Dad for dinner. AURAL TENTACLES Midnight-4:00 am This Tuesday nite from midnite till 4 in the morning: A tragedy will occur, Some people will enjoy sex, Some will get high, countless cigarettes will be torched, numerous bottles will be emptied, a Big Mac will be consumed, A hubcap will be stolen in Surrey, The Wide World of Drugs will be heard (around 2), Someone will throw Up, Mutant rats will be born, Nocturnal 'red-eyes' wearing either nothing at all or wearing drab institutional garb (You know, those 'white jackets' with the funny sleeves tied behind the back) will receive a Very Special message from GOD, telling he/she why he/she has been selected as the chosen one, AND Aural Tentacles will creep out into the nite (spewing forth undefinable sounds). Cheap Lobotomy perfomred by Pierre Huish!!! WEDNESDAYS THE CLASSICAL SHOW 7:30-10:00 am A variety of musical styles ranging from the early Medieval to the 20th Century. All styles will be discussed with historical importance. Requests taken. Hosted by Wolfgang J. Ehebald. * PAULA TAKES LIBERTIES 1:00-5:00 pm Paula discovers innerviews! Listen to Paula take liberties with the likes of Ray Condo and Art Bergmann, plus whoever else has the guts to show up and have their brains picked. Listen to Paula play music from her past and future, but never her present. (Present? For me? Why thank you!) Listen to Paula play original songs on her guitar (the next Jimi Hendrix!) Expect the unexpected. NCP Midnight-4:00 pm Consider the following: I Not Crazy People II Neo-Christian Paganists III New Contraceptive Protection IV Never Cook People V Napalm Coincidental Permutations Given that everything is totally irrelevent, NCP is: THURSDAYS THE SPICE OF LIFE 7:30-10:00 am If you're in bed tap your foot to this variety of sounds. I don't expect to rise you out of bed but at least made your stay more enjoyable!? GREEK WEEKLY REPORT 5:15-5:30 pm Brothers Pi, Gamma and Delta will be bringing you all the information on what is happening inside the Greek Society at UBC. Everything from sports & social information to the Greek tune of the week, as well as the Greek personal columns will be heard each week. THE VINYL FRONTIER 5:30-8:00 pm The Spinlist will never be the same again! Tune in. Turn on. Drop out. TOP OF THE BOPS 8:00-9:00 pm Young advertising executives! Hear the jingles for your campaigns of tomorrow, today! Your host Marc "The Perfessor" Coulavin plays them all; "Houndog" (dog food), "Blue Suede Shoes" (get it?), "Kitty Kay" (well ?), "Candy Rock" (how 'bout it?), "Hot dog" (I kid you not... .), "French fried potatoes and ketchup" (See Roy Brown's estate about that one.. .) FRIDAYS FRIDAY MORNING MAGAZINE 7:30-10:30 am The re-emergence of New Souls. Sacred Dates, Times, Points in History. Overthrowing history. Plus what's going on in Vancouver. 05 Feb. Some new jazz from JAMES MOODY (and the GRUNT). Some new dance from MARIE CHOUINARD (and an interview). Some new ideas on architecture in Vancouver (and abroad) — and much more — 12 Feb. The opera is alive and well in Vancouver. (So's Dionne Warwick). New Dance: The TROCKADEROS and the SFU DANCERS. Plus: AIDS issues, Land Claims issues, and DRUM HEAT! 79 Feb. TRANSFORMATIONS: The Gitk'san continue to pursue their Land Claim. A look at some of the Angles on the Issues. Plus; The Entertainment Map of the City. TRIBES AND SHADOWS 10:30-11:30 am A program that explores "New Consciousness." Dreams, myths, cultures and rituals all take context, bridging the gap between Dark and Light. Featuring the innovative, the eclectic and the stirring diversities inherent in the musical fabric of our world. Hosted by Kirby Hill. 05 Feb. Randy Rainne Reausch: New Compositions for DRUM HEAT III. (V.E.C.C Feb. 11-13/88) 72 Feb. While Drumheat shakes the V.E.C.C, TAKEO YAMASHIRO performs Shakuhachi magic in the studios 79 Feb. More research into ABSTRACTIONS in ARCHITECTURE, with particular emphasis on the soul of this city. (Will New Music emerge?). 26 Feb. NEW CONTENT: New releases at CITR from Nonesuch, ECM, Crammed Disks, and others. EXPO '66 1:00-2:30 pm What's happening to Expo '66. Its difficult to say. A paint job, some nails, and lets get back to lousiness. 72 Feb. Love Love Love—Lovelines! Call in and I'll hitch yp up with a happenin' dude or babe. 79 Feb. Live broadcast from the Soviet Union. Can it be true? Probably not. Don't be an idiot. 26 Feb. If you don't like it, don't listen. If you do like it, listen. I like it, and when I don't you can tell, you know. Write to Dean Paul Kennedy c/o CITR Traffic Dept., 6138 SUB Boulevard, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 2A5, and I'll send you a picture of me shaving in a car. 8 Feb. What do you do Friday at 1:00? I'm on the radio, you can listen. If you want to call me, be polite I could take your eye out like that. NARDWUAR THE HUMAN SERVIETTE PRESENTS... 2:30-3:00 pm We aim to please, you, the listener out there in Radio Land. How are you satisfied? Does Nardwuar have the right to judge character? No, only you can decide what stimulates yourself. However, Nardwuar can recommend two good things: manhatten styled clam chowder and A & W Mozza Burgers. Thank You, and have a nice day. 72 Feb. Ska Special. 26 Feb. The Sonics, a profile of a wonderful band. THE WAY WE SEE IT 5:30-6:00 pm Join the CITR News Staff as they discuss a week of events and issues, causes and consequences. Learn all there is to know about a world of happenings, as each reporter gives story details and discusses its implications. INTERFERENCE 6:00-9:00 pm The choice of bankers everywhere. With your host Gerald McBoingboing. CRACK RHYTHM 9:00-midnight A large, messy, enigmatically entertaining eve- ing program, highlighting the hefty sounds of exotic beats and the malicious chunk of modern funk, with constant and current info on the Vancouver alternative music scene supplied by those who should know. Hastily hosted by Robert Shea. LOUIS LOUIS Midnight-4 am Spain beckons. .. it's almost time to go. WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS SATURDAYS THE SATURDAY EDGE 8:00 am-noon Steve Edge continues to brave the early winter mornings to present a biased view of the current music scene, placing a particular emphasis on the acoustic and roots aspects of the CITR Spinlist and beyond. Yes, with the help of The Beard and The bishop, The Edge presents a uni que selection of the latest sounds from the U.K.'s burgeoning alternative folk scene, there will also be lots of exclusive recordings from The Rogue Folk Club, as well as the latest releases, many of which will have been "purloined" from local record stores! (Nothing too illegal. Honestly.. .) From 8 till 10, anything goes. From 10 till 11:30 it's "The Edge on Folk", with features on visiting performers, and a look at the new releases. At 11:30 The Edge reads the U.K. soccer scores in his own, inimitable fashion. The continuing series of Compleat Monty Python, culled from the original TV shows, takes place at around 11:45. Scheduled features for the month are: 06 Feb. Scotland's CAPERCAILLIE. A huge success at last year's folk festival, combining inspired Celtic instrumentals with wondrous Gaelic songs. 13 Feb. Ontario singer/songwriter Eileen McGann. A fine voice, and feminist songs with a sense of humour. 20 Feb. Bob Brozman. Wizard of the National Steel Guitar, and a walking encyclopedia of North American music. Super blues, jazz, Hawaiian and swing. 27 Feb. Young English singer/songwriter Pete Morton, from Manchester. "Most Promising Artist of 1986" according to readers of Britain's Folk Roots magazine. Here's your chance to find out why. . . Also Jesse Winchester, well- respected veteran of the North American scene. POWER CHORD Noon-3:00 pm Vancouver's only true metal show, featuring the underground alternative to mainstream metal: local demo tapes, imports and other rarities, plus album give-aways. WE BE BOTANISTS 3:00-6:00 pm I have this friend, well, more like an acquaintance, but, like, he ate 12 pizza dogs in half an hour. I don't know what made him that hungry but sometimes now I think he's different. Like, he's never been the same, see? page 621 — Grant's Life. SATURDAY EVENING MAGAZINE 6:00-6:30 pm Featuring news, sports, weather, Insight, Generic Review, Today in History, Across the Atlantic. KNOK TERNZ 9:00-midnight The return of the Son of Final Vinyl at 11 pm (sometimes). Feb. 13: Prelude to Valentine's. "Pieces of me all over the floor" — Paul C. TUNES H' US Midnight-4:00 am The incredible music show from two uncredible people. Join us for four hours of fun and foolishness. But mostly music! SUNDAYS MUSIC OF OUR TIME 8:00-Noon Modern 20th Century classical music ranging from the tonal to the avant-garde. Commentary on the historical, technical and latest fashions with regards to all genres. Requests taken. Your host, Wolfgang J. Ehebald. THE ROCKERS SHOW Noon-3:00 pm Reggae, Rock Steady and Ska. At 1:30, Reggae Beat International Hour: news and interviews about Reggae music worldwide. Host: George Barrett. BLUES BLUES BLUES 3:00-5:00 pm Delta Blues, Post War Urban Blues, Boogie Blues, Honky Tonk Blues, Rockabilly Blues, Psychedelic Blues, Blues Rock, Punk Blues & even that laid-back Contemporary Blues shit. Hosted by Robert Zepeski or Lachlan Murray. SOUL CITY 5:00-6:00 pm The best in soul music from the '50s to the '80s: R 'n' B, Southern Soul, Atlantic, Motown, Philly International, plus the latest in Dance Floor Funk. JUST LIKE WOMEN/ ELECTRONIC SMOKE SIGNALS 6:30-9:00 pm 07 Feb. 6:30-9:00 pm. JUST LIKE WOMEN. Music, news and analysis by and for women. 74 Feb. 6:30-9:00 pm. ELECTRONIC SMOKE SIGNALS. Tune in for the latest news and cultural happenings in the indigenous and ecological communities. Native Student Network Report at 8 pm. 27 Feb. 6:30-9:00 pm. JUST LIKE WOMEN. Music, news and analysis by and for women. 28 Feb. 6:30-9:00 pm. Tune in for a special feaure on 'Glasnost„Perestrailia and the Soviet West: Culture, Ecology and Resistance Movements in Soviet Estonia". Native Student Network Report at 8 p.m., featuring the latest on the struggle of native students in B.C. and across Canada. SUNDAY MAGAZINE 6:00-6:30 pm PLAYLOUD/THIS IS NOT A TEST 9:00 pm-Midnight "Brother fights with brother They butcher each others Daughters and sons incestuously mix Man is a plaything of mighty whoredoms. An axe- time, sword-time Shields shall be split A windage, a wolf-age Before the world ends". TIBET Aural demise by Larry Thiessen SPORTS PROGRAM NOTES The Lion's Den — Wed. 5:15 pm Hosted by Neil Davis. Includes interviews and a trivia contest with prizes. The Edge on Soccer — Sat. 11:30 am. British soccer results and exclusive reports on Vancouver's 86ers and the new Canadian Soccer League. Hosted by Steve Edge. e- -e 0T(P0(%TU