{"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.14288\/1.0049791":{"https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/terms#identifierAIP":[{"value":"7ad166d0-e23a-4c83-b09a-e9841d478f38","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/schemas\/edm\/dataProvider":[{"value":"CONTENTdm","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/isReferencedBy":[{"value":"http:\/\/resolve.library.ubc.ca\/cgi-bin\/catsearch?bid=1190017","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/isPartOf":[{"value":"Discorder","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/creator":[{"value":"CITR-FM (Radio station : Vancouver, B.C.)","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/issued":[{"value":"2015-03-11","type":"literal","lang":"en"},{"value":"1984-01-01","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/schemas\/edm\/aggregatedCHO":[{"value":"https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/collections\/discorder\/items\/1.0049791\/source.json","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/extent":[{"value":"9 pages","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/elements\/1.1\/format":[{"value":"application\/pdf","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2009\/08\/skos-reference\/skos.html#note":[{"value":"  \u25a0A guide to CITR fm 102\n\"The Only Free Cheese Is In The Trap\"\nWhy Braineater, you ask?\nBecause from every bunch of\nstarry-eyed money-grubbing,\nyoung capitalistic music machine \"artists,\" there is (or\nhas to be) one artist who\nthrives solely on the act of\ncreation. And this artist\nshould exist and produce independently of outside influences and pressures such as\nrecord companies and big\nradio stations. I do not mean\nto suggest that the artist\nunder question, I Braineater,\nexists autonomously, but I\nsuggest that his work is just\nthat - his. He originated the\nBraineaters back in the late\nseventies and has held his\nideals firmly in place through\nthe various incarnations that\nwent under the Braineaters\nname. And today he is still in\nfull swing, actually on the\nupswing- a sell-out show of his\npaintings and sculptures at\nthe Unit\/Pitt gallery last\nmonth; a well received album\nof his music reaching no. 1 at\nCITR; and many future plans\nwhich include some upcoming\nlive gigs.\nI Braineater (aka Jim Cum)\nhas proliferated equally in his\nmusic and his artwork. Art\ndisplayed in his shows is\naccompanied by his music,\nand the music on his record is\naccompanied by his artwork\non the cover. The relationship\nbetween the two does not stop\nthere however; listen to the\nrecord and you will visualize\nhis images, and vice versa.\n\"Basically I find the underlying elements that drive a\nperson are the same in either\none. You discover that a lot of\nunderlying techniques, the\napproach, the way you piece it\ntogether, turn out to be the\nsame, too.\"\nSpeaking about technique,\nit is interesting to note that\nJim's album \/ here, where you\nwas recorded by himself on a\nfour-track recorder. He played\nall the instruments, did all the\nvocals, and worked all the\nproduction. And to top it all\noff, it was recorded in an\nempty room at his mom's\nhouse in East Van. Even the\noriginal pressing was mastered by Jim, with the mass\npressing made by some outside firm for a small fee. All of\nthis helped to keep the cost of\nthe disc down, thus the $5 - $6\nprice it is being offered at in\nlocal shops. This is all part of\nthe idea behind doing it\nyourself and keeping control\nof your own product. But what\nif a corporate ear is perked\nand takes an interest in I\nBraineater's music? What sort\nof reaction would this bring\nup?\n\"No particular interest. I\ndon't think those people\nwould be interested in what\nI'm doing anyway. If it ever\nstarts to make any money,\nthen maybe I'll think about it.\nOn top of all that, they'll want\nsomeone else to do production\nand mix it for you, and I think\n- I don't let anyone produce\nmy paintings or mix the colors\nfor me. When I paint I do\neverything from top to bottom, beginning to end, and\nthat attitude spills over for me\ninto the music thing.\"\nOnce again the link between\nhis music and his art work\narises. This seems natural; if\nyou have two activities that\nyou put all your energies into,\nthey will both carry influences\nof the other. But are people\naware when they see an I\nBraineater art piece that it is\nthe work of the same artist as\nthe record that they hear on\nCITR and see in their favorite\nshops?\n\"They may or may not. I\nthink people are getting this\nmysterious bare bones thing\ni that just walks in and goes this\nis the way it is. And for those\nthat can appreciate it, that's\nreally good. But I'm going to\nput some more detail into the\ncover, maybe add some para-\nphenalia, so those who didn't\nunderstand it can now enjoy it\ntoo.\"\nLook for a possible 'comic\nbook' sort of package with\nwords to the songs included in\nthe upcoming pressings.\nOne thing that is most\nenjoyableaboutjim'salbum is\nthe local feeling to it. By local,\nI don't mean the down home\ntype, but a reflection of ideas\nand attitudes that are shared\nby some who live in this wet\nbudding city. Don't look for\nobvious generalizations about\nwest coast living though,\nthese are ideas and attitudes\nabout ideas and attitudes.\n\"I think that the songs are\nall quite sincere. I tried not to\nsay things I did not believe in,\nI tried to say things in the way\nthat I believed them, and not\nto go along with the group\nthought, or peer thought\nDavie Street was my impression of all the kid hookers on\nDavie Street, the way I see\nthem, not the way they are\nwritten up in the Province, or\nin some social redeeming\npaper, I see them in the song.\nThat's the mood, the feeling\nfrom them, that's my reality,\nthat's my painting of them.\"\nIt is not an ominous impression though, it doesn't carry\nthe 'end of the world but we\ncan change it' attitude that\ncertain other bands carry. You\ncan listen and judge for yourself.\n\"I would like to be thought\nof as the person who sits there\nand is thinking about the\nsubject of state of the world a\nlittle longer, someone who is\nmore of a diplomat. One who\nis not so ready to take sides\nbut rather more interested in\nexplaining them. I'm not interested in saying this is the\nway it is or that's that. Every\nband loves to get up there and\nsay 'this is the way life is,' and\nI just think I don't know guys.\n\"I used to look to groups to\npersonify my feelings, seeing\nwho there was in an avenue\nthat has a chance to say a lot.\nBut its frustrating, I see a lot\nof tunnelvision going on,\nbands acting the way they\nthink the kids want them to\nact. But with the Braineater\nthing I don't want to do that.\"\nThe Braineater 'thing' as he\nput it will include some upcoming live gigs, with a few\nextra people brought in who\nshare a basis of ideas in\nrelation to Jim's. Possibly\nthey will interpret these ideas\nthrough their own experience\nand alter the Braineater\n'sound.'\n\"I think the basic thing I'll\nput together is a simple\ndoctrine, with these rules,\nwith these directions, and\nthen leave the rest open to\nthem. I just want a few\nguidelines, in terms of production simplicity so we can\nget it out before we get tired\nof it. That was the problem\nbefore ... too much practise\nand the excitement and meaning of why you are doing it\nbecomes lost. This new band\nis going to be almost improv,\nit will not necessarily be\ndecided what's going to\nhappen on stage. Songs will\nnot start and stop, they will be\nrapped around the feel of the\naudience.\"\nJust when you thought you\nwere beginning to catch on, it\nchanges again. First it's on\nform, then it's onto another ...\nconstantly changing ... adapting ... growing. New ideas\ncome in and they don't have to\nbe shot down because they\ndon't fit the format, all you\nhave to do is change the\nformat. Music and art are\nconstantly changing forms\nand if artists do not act\nlikewise they will be left\nbehind.\nI Braineater is an artist who\nthrives on unpredictability.\nHis original ideas may always\nbe present, but they represent\nthe change itself. And in order\nto have the ability to change,\nadapt and create, the artist\nmust have complete control\nover his work. This is the\nresult of taking care of business (as another local put it\nonce) in every way. For this up\nand coming Vancouver artist\nand musician, art and music\nare forms of expression and\nnot solely a capitalist enterprise. The creation is the\npurpose - the commerce is a\nreaction.\n\u2014 Robert Shea\npage 1\n DISCORDER Jan 1984\nEDITOR:\nMichael Shea\nLAYOUT:\nDave Ball\nChris Dafoe\nSue Redfern\nMichael Shea\nADVERTISING:\nHarry Hertscheg\nDave Ball\nDISTRIBUTION: '\nVijay Sondhi\nHarry Hertscheg\nCONTRIBUTORS:\nI, Braineater\nRobert Shea\nChris Dafoe\nSteve Robertson\nGord Badanic\nMichael Shea\nLes Davis\nElspeth Robinson\nJoe Naylor\nMark Mushet\nJason Grant\nSukhvinder Johal\nHilary Russell\nDISCORDER is a monthly publication\nbrought to you by the student Radio\nSociety of the Univeristy of British\nColumbia. DISCORDER provides a\nguide to CITR Radio, which broadcasts\nthroughout the Vancouver area at FM\n101.9. CITR is also available in\nMission, Maple Ridge, Coquitlam,\nPort Coquitlam, Richmond, Burnaby,\nNorth Vancouver, West Vancouver and\nVancouver on FM cable at 100.0. 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The request line\nis 228-2487 or 228-CITR.\nDISCORDER   is   distributed   at   the\nfollowing business locations:\nPoint Grey\nCharles Bogle Phonograph Dispensary\nDuthie Books\nFrank's Records\nUniversity Pharmacy\nVideo Stop\nThe Video Store\nKUsilano\nBlack Swan Records\nBroadway Video & Sound\nDeluxe Junk\nHollywood Theatre\nNatural Foods\nOctopus Books\nRidge Theatre\nScorpio Records\nSoft Rock Cafe\nVideomatica\nZulu Records\nWest End\nThe Bay Theatre\nBenjamin's Funky Cafe\nBenjamin's II\nCamfari's\nDenman Market\nDowntown Disc Distributors\nEnglish Bay Books\nManhattan Books\nRentertainment Rent-a-Record\nDowntown\nA&A Recoros\nArts Club on Seymour\nBlack Market\nCollectors RPM Records\nConcert Box Offices\nDuthie Books\nGandydancer\nKelly's Records\nLuv-A-Fair\nTowne Cinema\nVancouver Ticket Centre\nliastown\nbe-8op Beatwear\nCabbages & Kinx\nDeluxe Junk\nGolden Era Clothing\nLux  Theatre\nSmilin' Buddha Cabaret\nYa-Ya's\nNorth Short\nA&A Records\nKelly's Records\nRave Records\nSam the Record Man\nDISCORDER is also distributed\nthroughout the UBC campus and other\nLower Mainland campuses, as well as\nvarious community centres and Vancouver public libraries.\nLetters from\/to the Airhead\nWell kids, after a wait of 35\nyears it's finally here: 1984.\nAnd what is Discorder going\nto do about it? Look back on\n1983.\nIt's not fear of the future,\nthe terror of Orwell's scenario\nthat directs our eyes to the\npast. 1983 was an important\nyear for alternative music and\nfor CITR.\n1983 saw the appearance of\nthe paper you hold in your\nhands. Unlike the folks in\ncommercial radio we can't\nafford big bus ads or billboards. Being non-commercial it would be silly for us to\nsend pricey pollsters around\nto your houses. Discorder was\na way to let people know that,\nwith a little effort they could\nlisten to a radio station that\noffered something different. It\nhasn't been an easy year but\nDiscorder has come through\nas a success. We'd like to\nthank all those who helped out\n- readers, writers and advertisers.\n1983 was also the year that\ncommercial radio discovered\nthat it wasn't 1975 anymore\nand that \"New Music\" (yes, I\nknow it's a term that's starting to become as meaningful\nas New Wave) was not only\nhip, but profitable. Since\nCITR had developed something of a reputation for being\nthe first to play \"New Music\"\nthis increased interest on the\npart of commercial radio left\nus in a curious position.\nThe period it took radio\nprogrammers to figure out\nthat the music played on\nalternative radio could also\nwork for them was reduced\ndrastically. It only took four\nmonths for the other stations\nto figure that Big Country\nmade stirring, inspirational\nmusic. I know it's still a third\nof a year after you heard it on\nCITR but that's a blink when\ncompared to some other bands\nthat now stand as the darlings\nof the commercial \"New\nMusic\": U2 (three years) Jam\n(5 years) Simple Minds (2\nyears) PeteShelley(5 years, if\nyou count the Buzzcocks)\nTalking Heads (a mere year\nand a half).\nTo put it simply, commercial radio's increased interest\nin an area that had before\nbeen the sole property of CITR\nmade us wonder: had we\nbecome complacent? Perhaps\nwe had.\nIn any case, 1983 saw CITR\ndelve deeper into a musical\navenue that deserved further\nexploration: the booming independent scene. The search\nventured far afield and close\nto home with very positive\nresults. Abroad we managed\nto find music that transcended\nthe malaise suffered by the\nBritish pop scene in 1983 (can\nanyone really care about the\nFIXX?) 1983 saw increased\nexposure for independent\nAmerican records. And close\nto home CITR brought you the\nbest in local music, not only on\nrecord but through tape releases only available on CITR.\nIf all this sounds like we're\nblowing   our  own   horn,\nsection. If the mailbox is\nempty each month, leave it\nthat way. I presume you write\nmost of those letters yourselves because it has been my\nexperience that C.I.T.R. listeners though somewhat apathetic when it comes to writing\nletters,  at  least  posess  (sic)\nbecause   we   are.   Since   we   average levels of inteligence\nappeared on the FM airwaves\nin 1981 CITR has strived to\nbring you the best in alternative music, to break out of the\nnumbing conformity that\nseems to plague commercial\nmedia in these times.\nIf you've been listening to\nus, thank you for your support. If you haven't, take a\nchance on a radio station that\nthinks enough of you not to\nplay the same 60 songs three\ntimes a day, every day. We're\nat 102 on your FM dial, 100.1\non cable.\nAnd don't forget to write!\nThe Airhead wants YOU!\nThe Airhead\nc\/oCITR\n6138 SUB Blvd.,\nVancouver, B.C. V6T2A5\nDear Airhead:\nPee Pee, Pooh Pooh, Bum,\nDink, Fart. There. That\nshould fit in perfectly with the\nrest of that infantile excrement you pass off as a letters\n|.\nCITR CHRISTMAS PLAYLIST\nLove Will Tear Us Apart\nHoliday In Cambodia\nGoing Underground\n(sic). The December issues\nletters section was particularly\ninsulting and served only to\ndiscredit C.I.T.R. and\ncheapen the rest of the material in Discorder. Please don't\nlet this happen again, not only\nfor our sake but for yours as\nwell. Thank you.\nTony Beavis\nAu contraire, Tony, you\npresume wrong. I assure you\nthat none of the letters that\nappear in this column are\nwritten by me. Besides, who\nthe hell are you to pass\njudgement on the average\nintelligence level of C.I.T.R.\nlisteners. I seriously doubt\nthat you know enough of them\nto make an educated guess.\nRegardless, I appreciate your\nconcern, and I hope to hear\nsomething from you in the\nnear future - something truly\nmeaningful, no doubt. But\nwatch the spelling, Tony,\npeople might think you were\ndumb or something.\nNemoto's\nNemoto's: a 22-seat cafe on\nThurlow Street just off Rob-\nsonstrasse. Two amateur bicycle racers, Jimmy and Mike,\nare chefs at a major hotel at\nnight, by day they create\nperfectly prepared North\nAmerican breakfasts. They\nare open from 7 in the\nmorning to 3 in the afternoon.\nJimmy is the waiter,, Mike is\nthe cook. The wake-up atmosphere is created by the eclectic blend of hair commandos,\ndowntown residents and office\nstaff who frequent 'motes.\nThe food is consistently\ngood. Eggs scrambled into\ntiny beads, or perfectly\npoached, accompanied by\nplenty of standard breakfast\nmeat for $2.45. Other notable\nfare includes the clubhouse or\nthe chicken omelette.\nService is another story.\nThe ever-humble Jimmy\npolishes your table with flair\namidst the clutter of up to a\nphoto by Jim Main\ndozen different condiments.\nTwenty-two seats are plenty\nfor Jimmy to attend to, so\nwhen the opportunity to order\npresents itself, grab it. Second\nchances take time.\nDecor is circa 1958. Four\nblack vinyl booths occupy one\nside of the cafe. On the other\nside there are six counter-\nstools for those in a hurry.\nPrices definitely dictate decor.\nNemoto's lukewarm ambience melts down the conspicuous social pretentions that\nbond cliques. Often booths\noccupied by singles are invaded by vaguely familiar\nfaces hungry for brekkies.\nOverheard conversations have\nranged from basic anarchy to\nthe latest in hangover cures.\nThe only drawback is the\nline-up for a table - one can\nwait up to an hour. But if you\nhave three hours for breakfast, and only three bucks to\nspend, Nemoto's fits the bill.\n\u2014 Les Davis\n1 JOY DIVISION\n2 DEAD KENNEDYS\n3 THE JAM\n4 NEW ORDER\n5 SEX PISTOLS\n6 PUBLIC IMAGE LTD\n7 STIFF LITTLE FINGERS\n8 STIFF LITTLE FINGERS\n9 DAVID BOWIE\n10 U2\n11 U2\n12 PUBLIC IMAGE LTD\n13 THE CRAMPS\n14 JOY DIVISION\n15 ECHO   &   THE   BUNNYMEN\n16 THE CLASH\n17 THE CRAMPS\n18 ULTRAVOX\n19 THE CLASH\n20 THE CURE\n21 SIOUXSIE & THE\nBANSHEES\n22 THE THE\n23 ULTRAVOX\n24 BUZZCOCKS\n25 THE CRAMPS\n26 THEATRE OF HATE\n27 BAUHAUS\n28 DAVID BOWIE\n29 SEX PISTOLS\n30 THE JAM\n31 NEW ORDER\n32 DEAD KENNEDYS\n33 NEW ORDER\n24 STYLE COUNCIL\n35 THE JAM\n36 DAVID BOWIE\n37 SIOUXSIE & THE\nBANSHEES\n38 FUN BOY 3\n39 BAUHAUS\n40 JOY DIVISION\n41 SID VICIOUS\/SEX\nPISTOLS\n42 DEAD KENNEDYS\n43 STIFF LITTLE FINGERS\n44 WAH!\n45 PETER GABRIEL\n46 GUN CLUB\n47 LAURIE ANDERSON\n48 BLACK FLAG\n49 MELODY PIMPS\n50 DAVID BOWIE\nBlue Monday\nAnarchy In the U.K.\nPublic Image\nSuspect Device\nAlternative Ulster\nSpace Oddity\nI Will Follow\nOut Of Control\nThis Is Not A Love Song\nHuman   Fly\nDecades\nThe Cutter\nWhite Riot\nSurfin' Bird\nThe Wild, The Beautiful &\nThe Damned\nComplete Control\nA Forest\nArabian Knights\nPerfect\nVienna\nWhat Do I Get\nGoo Goo Muck\nWestworld\nBela Lugosi's Dead\nZiggy Stardust\nGod Save The Queen\nIn The City\nEverything's Gone Green\nCalifornia Uber Alles\nCeremony\nMoney Go Round\nThat's Entertainment\nHeroes\nHong Kong Garden\nThe  Lunatics  Have Taken\nOver The Asylum\nKick In The Eye\nDead Souls\nMy Way\nNazi Punks Fuck Off\nJohnny Was\nSomesay\nBiko\nSexbeat\nO Superman\nSix Pack\nYou Freak [Me Out]\nYoung Americans\n DISCORDER Jan 1984\n1983 Doesn't Remember You Either\nSo here we go again. Another year is on the books - and\nwhat of it?\nIt seems that every year in\nDecember people look back on\nthe year that was, and the\ngeneral feeling is \"Boy, what\na boring year that was!\" We\nall do it, and certainly, sometimes it's justified, but more\noften than not we've simply\nforgotten what happened in\nthe nether regions of January\nthrough April. This is especially true of music. \"Stardom\nis a fleeting thing\" said the\njaded old teen idol, waving a\nfistful of unsold independent\nsingles. So, in order to help\nyou to remember some of the\nlocal musical moments of\n1983, we've compiled a brief\nretrospective calendar of\nevents for the year gone by. It\nis inevitable that we've forgotten to include certain events\nthat might be regarded as key,\nand we would now like to jump\nthe gun and apologize for any\noversights that will almost\ncertainly crop up.\nJANUARY\nThe year kicked off in a big\nway with record releases from\nlocal yokels DOA, Modernettes, Los Popularos, and the\nScissors. All good records, but\nDOA's War on 45 had to be\none of the best overall releases  (never mind   local)  of\nALBUM OF THE MONTH\nSiousxieand the Banshees -\nA Kiss in the Dreamhouse.\nSINGLE OF THE MONTH\nElvis   Costello   -   Head\nToe.\nMARCH\n4 - Rank and File play\nUBC's Sub Ballroom with\nguests the Melody Pimps. An\noutstanding show, one of the\nbest of the year. Certainly the\nhottest to hit the usually\nantiseptic SUB Ballroom.\n10 - The Blasters fry the\nCommodore.\n11 - DOA, Los Popularos\nand the Braineaters at SUB\nBallroom. Poor attendance\nand a generally lacklustre\nperformance combine to make\nfor a sedentary evening.\n27 - An evening of self-\ncongratulation at the West\nCoast Music Awards. Many\nextremely deserving backs go\nunpatted.\nJUNE\n27 - New Order stink out the\nCommodore. Angst is displaced by anger as the machines, which are, for all\nintents and purposes, doing\nthe performing, take an unscheduled break. Lots of haircuts start to grow out.\n- demo tape from Cast of\nThousands hits the CITR airwaves and makes a big splash.\n- Herald Nix release their\ndebut EP One Night Only. An\nexcellent record.\nALBUM OF THE MONTH\nSpear of Destiny - Grapes of\nWrath\nSINGLE OF THE MONTH\nPete Shelley - No One like\nyou.\nSEPTEMBER ALBUM OF THE MONTH\n6- King Sunny Ade and his       X - More Fun in the New\nAfrican   Beats   mesmerize   a    World.\ntotal  of  2400   people  at   the   SINGLE OF THE MONTH\nCommodore. A night of pop       Kevin Zed - Saigon Orders\nmusic Nigerian style.\n9-Actionauts, Enigmas and\nA Cast of Thousands play to\nabout 10 diehards at the SUB\nBallroom.\n10 - Corsage and the Modernettes perform a show that\nmore people should have attended. Cameo voice appearance by Pat Burns.\n11\/12 - Everybody who\ndidn't see the Actionauts and\nCorsage goes to the Pacific\nColiseum to be on TV (Pay, of\ncourse) with David Bowie.\nReputed to be a great show.\nMary Jo of\nthe Modernettes\nAPRIL\n1 - CITR celebrates one year\non the FM Band. There is\nmuch drunken radio debauchery. As well, rockabilly\nheart-throb Buddy Selfish\ncalls it quits.\n27 - Lene Lovich screeches\nat the Commodore Ballroom.\n23 - Hardcore extravaganza\nat SUB Ballroom with Dead\nKennedys, 10 Minute Warning and the Neos.\n29\/30 - Stranglers sneer to\nmusic over two nights at the\nCommodore. Actually, the fellows were very well behaved\nand rather benign.\n- the Phil Smith album is\nreleased and immediately\nshoots to the top of the CITR\ncharts.\nActionauts Hash Assasin\ndemo received at CITR.\nFEBRUARY\n1 - CITR's Discorder is\nborn.\n4 - Jock rock made new\ninroads as CITR presented\nRockabilly Ice Fallies with\nHerald Nix and Buddy Selfish\nat the Thunderbird Winter\nSports Centre.\n76\/77 - Iggy Pop sledge\nhammers the Commodore\nBallroom with help from DOA.\nLots of ear damage.\n79 - The Enigmas play City\nSpace with Fatal K.O. Their\nfirst big gig. It marks the\nbeginning of their rise to\nprominence in the local scene.\nFebruary also saw the release (in America, ironically)\nof Maurice and the Cliches'\nalbum C'est La Vie, Soft Core\nis a minor hit.\n\"From New York to L.A. ...\"\n- Bush Tetras at Luv a Fair.\nMAY\n5 - B.C. Provincial election\ngoes awry. Wolves begin to\nblow little pigs' houses down.\n6- Ramones return to town.\nPlay Commodore with the red\nhot Actionauts.\n9 - Someone old, someone\nnew, something borrowed,\nsomething blue. Roxy Music\nat the Coliseum with Images\nin Vogue.\n25 - Choirboys U2 visit the\nQueen Elizabeth Theatre.\nBono displays his not inconsiderable tumbling skills.\nOpening act Dream Syndicate\nare hampered by lack of\nsoundcheck and, thus, fail to\nimpress.\nALBUM OF THE MONTH\nUndertones - Sin of Pride\nSINGLE OF THE MONTH\nActionauts - Hash Assassin\nJULY\n8 - CITR sponsors the Paula\nRoss Dance Marathon and\nEpsom salt merchants applaud and encourage \"more of\nthis sort of thing.\"\n29 - CITR swampdogs and\nother willing reptiles booze\nand crooze up and down\nBurrard Inlet to the tunes of A\nCast of Thousands and the\nDebutantes.\nALBUM OF THE MONTH\nTalking Heads - Speaking in\nTongues\nSINGLE OF THE MONTH\nBig   Country   -   In   a   Big\nCountry\nAUGUST\n8- \"From L.A. to New York\n...\" California hardcore head-\nbangers Black Flag thrash and\nbash the New York Theatre.\n9- An intimate soiree at the\nlounge to end all lounges.\nDavid Bowie, Peter Gabriel\nand the Tubes have a musical\nheart to heart with 60,000\npilgrims at Hot Cross Palace.\n74 - Peter Tosh does a\nyawner at the War Memorial\nGym.\n18 - Blasters refry the\nCommodore.\n26 - New York's Three\nTeens Kill Four play City-\nspace with Moral Lepers and\nThe Courage of Lassie.\n28 - CH3 at Stalag 13 with\nJudas Goat and the Generics.\n- August also saw the\nrelease of the Enigmas EP and\nthe posthumous release of the\nSubhumans album No\nWishes, No Prayers.\nOCTOBER\n3 - Los Popularos anniversary party and souvenir stand\nat John Barley's.\n14 - DOA does all ages gig\nat SUB Ballroom with Moral\nLepers and Billy Shears.\n26 - Violent Femmes with\nguests A Cast of Thousands at\nSUB Ballroom. Great show,\npoor turnout.\n37 - Hallowe'en - Enigmas\nat the Railway Club - Beverly\nSisters at John Barley's\n- Cinebar release debut\nsingle Another Fine Day with\nB side, a cover version of\nShocking Blue's Venus.\n- Actionauts release Vaga-\nbond\/Hash Assassin on vinyl.\nNOVEMBER\n7- Gang of Four with guests\n54\/40 play SUB Ballroom at\nUBC behind picket lines.\nRumors have it that the band\nwas not informed by their\nmanagement of the picket line\nuntil just prior to their arrival.\nBoring show anyway.\n8 - Big Country play two\nshows at the Commodore.\nEverybody likes Big Country!\n27 - Lions play Argos in\nGrey Cup at B.C. Place. Their\nfirst Cup appearance since\n1964. Lions lose 18-17.\n- Sadly, November sees the\npassing of two of Vancouver's\nmost enduring bands as Los\nPopularos and the Modernettes call it quits.\n- DOA releases General\nStrike\/That's Life single to\ncoincide with province wide\nlabor action at the beginning\nof the month.\n- I Braineater releases \/\nhere, where you LP.\nDECEMBER\n3 - Talking Heads in fine\nform at the Pacific Coliseum.\nFabulous performance with\nhats off to oft forgotten Jerry\nHarrison. There is also a brief\nTom Tom Club interlude.\n5-70 - A couple of dozen\nbands including the Actionauts and the Debutantes perform in the week long Wet\nCoast Music Fest at the\nWaterfront.\n9 - DOA are searing hot at\nthe Commodore Ballroom.\nThey are supported by solid\nperformances from the Actionauts and Shanghai Dog.\nDOA's set is capped off by a\npositively chugging version of\nBTO's Taking care of business\n- DOA release retrospective\nalbum Bloodied but Unbowed.\nIt contains some of their finest\nmoments over the last several\nyears.\nALBUM OF THE MONTH\nThe The - Soul Mining\nSINGLE OF THE MONTH\nThe Assembly - Never\nNever\nMike Davies of\nthe Enigmas\nIf you think of anything that\nwe've missed that we should\nhave included, please let us\nknow. Our address is 6138\nSUB Blvd., UBC, Vancouver,\nB.C., V6T2A5.\n\u2014 Steve Robertson\n\u2014 Gord Badanic\nphotos by Dave Jacklin\npage 3\n DISORDER Jan 1984\n\"the im\n1983 was not a banner year\nin alternative music by any\nstretch of the imagination.\nNonetheless, the task of picking ten records from the past\nyear remains one of narrowing\ndown a larger list. The records\nselected here represent a\nparing down from a larger list\nof around 30 discs. The attentive will notice that none of the\n\"hot product\" of 1983 -\nThriller, Let's Dance, Synch-\nronicity - are represented\nherein. Rather than argue\nwhether they are deserving of\ninclusion, let's just say\nthey've -been left off because\nI'd lose my lunch if I heard\nanother mention of Messrs\nJackson, Bowie or the Police\nthis year. Besides Michael,\nDavid, and Sting are-going to\nshow up in the year-end issues\nof everyone from Georgia\nStraight to Rolling Stone. I\ndon't think they'll resent me\nignoring them.\nThe records in this top ten\nare listed in no particular\norder, and are based on\nnothing so specific as airplay,\nsales, or who did the best\nvideo. Rather they represent a\npersonal selection. Take it or\nleave it.\nDead Kennedys      -   Plastic\nSurgery Disasters\nA return to the muckraking\nsarcasm of Fresh Fruit after\nthe thrash antics of In God We\nTrust, the DK's come out in\nfine form as we head toward\n1984. They may pick obvious\ntargets for their barbs at times\n- preppies, Ronald Reagan,\netc. - but even when they're\nshooting fish in a barrel they\ndo it with such cutting wit as\nto make the whole effort\nworthwhile. Jello Biafra for\nPresident in 1984?\nReplacements - Hootenanny\nA product of Minneapolis,\nthe Replacements combine\nthe strengths of the two\npopulist forms of American\nmusic - folk and punk. What\nemerges is not a cliche \"folk-\npunk\" but a record that\nmarries the spontaneity of a\nhootenanny - (the album was\nrecorded in a warehouse \"in\nsome godawful suburb north\nof Minneapolis\") and the\nenergy of punk, resulting in\nan LP that pays homage to a\nbroad range of musics. Hootenanny covers everything\nfrom Heavy Metal to psychedelia to art rock, all performed\nwith humor and vitality.\nViolent Femmes     -   Violent\nFemmes\nYet another band that got\npigeon-holed as \"folk-punk\"\n(love those hyphens). Truth of\nthe matter is that they owe\nmore to Jonathon Richman\nand the early Talking Heads\nthan Woody Guthrie or Joey\nRamone. Without a doubt this\nis the teen angst record of the\nyear. Gordon Gano's sometimes ascerbic, sometimes\nconfessional lyrics meld perfectly with music that recognises the simplicity of great\nrock and roll while exploring\nthe complexity and the range\npage 4\n000\nof emotion that becomes possible with free jazz.\nr\nSINGLES 1983\n\"I\nWall of Voodoo  - Call of the\nWest\nAs the two previous records\nmight indicate 1983 was a year\nwhen American bands explored that country's vast and\nrich musical past. Wall of\nVoodoo draw on the honesty of\ngood country music, mixed\nwith synthesizers, guitar and\nsome great percussion, to\ncome up with a record for the\nNew Frontier - (sure Captain\nKirk). Mexican Radio must\nrank as one of the most\nunlikely hit singles of 1983.\nAlas Wall of Voodoo have\ngone the way of many bands\nin 1983 - they split up. Singer\nStan Ridgeway was last seen\nwith Stewart (my brother\nowns the label) Copeland\nplugging their Rumblefish\nsoundtrack on MTV. An interview with Martha Quinn - is\nthis the price of stardom? Poor\nStan.\nBlasters  - Non-Fiction\nWhile we're on the topic of\nexploring the roots of American music, let's talk about the\nBlasters. The Alvin Brothers\nand company bring the power\nof American musics of all\nkinds into the 80's. Makes you\nwish the record-buying public\nhad enough sense to listen to\nthese guys instead of the\ninanities of the Stray Cats\n(may Brian Setzer and the\nboys be drowned in a pool of\nBrylcreem).\nPhil Smith - The Phil Smith\nAlbum\nExcuse me while I rave\nabout this record. Those wise\nenough to listen to CITR heard\nthe tracks from Blanche Whitman and Corsage in 1982 but\nit was not until 1983 that Phil\n(with the help of Zulu Records) made them available to\nthe public. Tracks from Corsage make up the bulk of the\nrecord, but there's also appearances from Wasted Lives\nand the inimitable, if only\nbecause the real Jimbo's dead\nJimbo and the Lizard Kinds.\nJonathon Richman - Jonathon Sings\nFor some reason a large\nportion of the population hate\nJR with a passion. Fortunately, a smaller, but more devoted, part of the population\ncan't get enough of him. I\nmust confess to belonging in\nthe latter category. Jonathon\ncombines the innocence that is\nrequired of rock and roll with\nthe insight that is necessary to\nmake it good. This, and other\nJR records, are among the few\npieces of vinyl that actually\nimprove  the  quality  of   life.\n******************.***.****.\nH    ARTIST\nTITLE\nLABEL\n1 THE THE\nPerfect\nCBS\n2 NEW ORDER\nBlue Monday\nPOLYGRAM\n3 BIG COUNTRY\nIn A Big Country\nPHONOGRAM (UK)\n4 BAUHAUS\nShe's In Parties\nBB (UK)\n5 PETE SHELLEY\nNo One Like You\nGENETIC (UK)\n6 KRAFTWERK\nTour De France\nEMI (UK)\n7 CAST OF THOUSANDS\nOn the QT\/ln For the Kill\n\"DEMOTAPE**\n8 ACTIONAUTS\nHash Assassin\nZULU\n9   ECHO   &   THE   BUNNY\nNever Stop\nKOROVA (UK)\nMEN\n10 BEVERLY SISTERS\nTalk Talk Talk\/Downtown\nFools\n**DEMOTAPE**\n11 HOWARD DEVOTO\nRainy Season\nVIRGIN (UK)\n12 ACTIONAUTS\nVagabond\nZULU\n13 KEVIN ZED\nSaigon Orders\n**DEMOTAPE**\n14 PUBLIC IMAGE LTD\nThis Is Not A Love Song\nVIRGIN (UK)\n15 TEARDROP EXPLODES\nYou Disappear From View\nMERCURY (UK)\n16 SHRIEKBACK\nWorking On the Ground\nY(UK)\n17 SPECIAL AKA\nBright Lights\/ Racist Friend\nTWO-TONE (UK)\n18 THE IMPOSTER\nPills and Soap\nIMP (UK)\n19 RED GUITARS\nGood Technology\nSELF-DRIVE (UK)\n20 SHRIEKBACK\nLined Up\nY (UK)\n21 TALKING HEADS\nSwamp\nSIRE\n22   BOB   MARLEY   &   THE\nBuffalo Soldier\nISLAND\nWAILERS\n23 BIG COUNTRY\nFields of Fire\nPHONOGRAM (UK)\n24 DOA\nBurn It Down\nSUDDEN DEATH\n25 ROBYN HITCHCOCK\nKingdom of Love\nALBION (UK)\n26 CINEBAR\nAnother Fine Day\nRANA\n27 REDRUM\nDanger\/Never Know Your\nName\n**DEMOTAPE**\n28 MALCOLM McLAREN\nSoweto\nCHARISMA (UK)\n29 ICICLE WORKS\nBirds Fly\nSITUATION 2 (UK)\n30 FABULON\nYoung Hearts Burning\n**DEMOTAPE**\n31 IMPLOG\nBreakfast\/She Creatures\nLOG (US)\n32 THE FALL\nThe  Man  Whose  Head   Expanded\nWonderland\nROUGH TRADE (UK)\n33 XTC\nVIRGIN (UK)\n34 THE MONOCHROME SET\nThe Jet Set Junta\nCHERRY RED (UK)\n35 THE CREATURES\nRight Now\nWONDERLAND (UK)\n36 HOUSE OF COMMONS\nWay Down South\/1999\n**DEMOTAPE**\n37 DUB RIFLES\nStand\nNOTOWN\n38 THE ASSEMBLY\nNever Never\nMUTE (UK)\n39 3 TEENS KILL 4\nTell Me Something Good\nPOINT BLANK (US)\n40 SPEAR OF DESTINY\nThe Flying Scotsman\nCBS (UK)\nDavid Thomas and the Pedestrians - Variations on a\nTheme\nLike JR and Captain Beef-\nheart, David Thomas is valuable for his ability to see the\nworld in a way that is always\nunique. With the Pedestrians\nhe's traded the fear and\nloathing of early Pere Ubu for\na bemusement that came\nacross,   though  not  well,   en\nPere Ubu's final album. With\nthe assistance of Richard\nThompson and Anton Fier,\nThomas examines a world too\nabsurd to take entirely seriously.\nDavid may be joining the\nRoky Eriksen school of R'n'R\nnut cases, but he's doing it\nwith a smile on his face.\nMaybe  he knows something\nThe Birthday Party       -   The\nBad Seed EP\nIf David Thomas has become happy, he hasn't been\njoined by the Birthday Party.\nOn The Bad Seed, The Birthday Party throw furious, jagged chunks of sound at a\nlistener over four compelling\ntunes (is that the right word?).\nThese guys have gone deeper\nin the woods than anyone\nsince Robert Johnson (look it\nup) and, as a result, avoid the\ncomic-book decadence of\nbands like Bauhaus and Specimen.\nYet another band that bit\nthe big one in 1983. Last I\nheard, however, Nick Cave\nwas not doing duets with\nSting.\nR.E.M.   - Murmur\nThis record has defied description all year. Its not a\nsound that jumps out and\ngrabs you on the first listen,\nbut one that reveals more of\nitself with each listen. R.E.M.\ntackle the pop song at its roots\nand come up with an album\nthat is once hook-filled and\nmysterious.\nHONOURABLE MENTIONS\nX - More Fun In the New\nWorld\nModernettes - View From\nthe Bottom\nEnigmas   - EP\nThe The   - Soul Mining\n\u2014 Chris Dafoe\n DISCORDER Jan 1984\nr       ALBUMS 1983\n1\n#   ARTIST\n1 VIOLENT FEMMES\n2 KING SUNNY ADE &\nHIS AFRICAN BEATS\n3 ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN\n4 THE MEMBERS\n5 DEAD KENNEDYS\n6 ENIGMAS\n7 MALCOLM McLAREN\n8 SPEAR OF DESTINY\n9 SHRIEKBACK\n10 X\n11 YELLO\n12 TALKING HEADS   ,\n13 NEW ORDER\n14 NINA HAGEN\n15 PHIL SMITH\n16 HOWARD DEVOTO\n17 THE THE\n18 RANK & FILE\n19 BAUHAUS\n20 ALAN VEGA\n21 XTC\n22 THE BIRTHDAY PARTY\n23 THE UNDERTONES\n24 ADRIAN BELEW\n25 AZTEC CAMERA\n26 HUNTERS   &   COLLECTORS\n27 FAD GADGET\n28 PETE SHELLEY\n29 SIOUXSIE & THE\nBANSHEES\n30 THE CRAMPS\n31 THE NEATS\n32 WALL OF VOODOO\n33 GUN CLUB\n34 T-BONE BURNETT\n35 3 TEENS KILL 4\n36 THE STRANGLERS\n37 BIG COUNTRY\n38 THE CREATURES\n39 THE REPLACEMENTS\n40 JAH WOBBLE\/THE\nEDGE\/HOLGER CZUKAY\nViolent Femmes\nSLASH\nSynchro-System\nISLAND\nPorcupine\nSIRE\nUprhythm, Downbeat\nARISTA (US)\nPlastic Surgery Disasters\nFRINGE PRODUCT\nEnigmas EP\nMYSTERY\nDuck Rock\nPOLYGRAM\nGrapes of Wrath\nCBS (UK)\nCare\nWEA\nMore Fun In The New World\nELEKTRA\nYou Gotta Say Yes ...\nELEKTRA\nSpeaking In Tongues\nSIRE\nPower, Corruption & Lies\nPOLYGRAM\nAngstlos\nCBS (NETH)\nThe Phil Smith Album\nZULU\nJerky Versions of the Dream\nVIRGIN (UK)\nSoul Mining\nCBS (UK)\nSundown\nSLASH\nBurning From the Inside\nVERTIGO\nSaturn Strip\nZE\nMummer\nVIRGIN\nThe Bad Seed EP\n4AD (UK)\nThe Sin Of Pride\nEMI (UK)\nTwang Bar King\nISLAND\nHigh Land, Hard Rain\nSIRE\nThe Fireman's Curse\nVIRGIN (UK)\nUnder the Flag\nMUTE (UK)\nXL1\nPOLYGRAM\nA Kiss in the Dreamhouse\nPOLYGRAM\nSmell of Female\nENIGMA (US)\nThe Neats\nAOH (US)\nCall Of The West\nIRS\nDeath Party EP\nANIMAL (UK)\nProof Through The Night\nWB\nNo Motive\nPOINT BLANK (US)\nFeline\nEPIC\nThe Crossing\nPOLYGRAM\nFeast\nWONDERLAND (UK)\nHootenanny\nTWIN-TONE    (US)\nSnake Charmer\nISLAND (UK)\n000\nmrwAS\"\n1983. It was not a year that\nsuffered from a glut of remarkable records that would send\na person faced with the prospect of culling ten of the best\ninto a state of frustrated\nfrenzy. Nor was it a year to\nshake the foundations of\nmodern music and send it to\npreviously unattairted heights\nof cultural significance. Just\nanother 12 months, 52 weeks,\n365 days, 8760 hours, 525,600\nminutes, 31,536,000 seconds\n... (gasp)\nPerhaps it is appropriate\nthen to begin this retrospect\nwith an exceptional album of\ntimeless quality. Drop this\none, gently, onto your turntable and it would emote the\nsame images whether it was\nduring the nuclear holocaust\nor at a time when innocence\nwas a virtue that did not have\nto be strived for.\nFrom Gardens Where We\nFeel Secure, the second effort\nby ex-Ravishing Beauty Virginia Astley is an album\nwhose strength of emotion\nand virtuousity of musicianship could easily be underestimated due to the fact that\nit is totally devoid of the\ntechnical wizardry and arcane\nlyrics that many musical punters find so appealing these\nfashionable days. Indeed,\nthere is not one word spoken\non this record - it consists of\none instrumental piece that\ncarries the patient listener\nback to a summer's day when\nthe universe extended no further than the backyard fence.\nRecommended for children of\nall ages.\nAnother modest masterpiece whose charms lie in its\nunpretentious display of\nyouthful exuberance is Aztec\nCamera's debut album, High\nLand, Hard Rain. Roddy\nFrame, the band's lead singer\nand songwriter, is a young\nScotsman who has wasted no\ntime at all in mastering the\nfiner aspects of pop sensibility. This is reflected by his\nastute lyrics and beautifully\ncrafted acoustic arrangements. High Land, Hard Rain\nis such an accomplished debut\nfor so young a group that one\ncan only hope they won't be\ncorrupted by the cut-throat\nbusiness they're involved in.\nIf not, we might look forward\nto Aztec Camera producing\nmusic such as that heard on ...\nThe Go-Between's   second\nalbum, Before Hollywood.\nThis fine Australian band also\nworks within a basic pop\nframework, though the arrangements are sparse and\nthe tone much grittier than the\nlush aural landscapes of Aztec\nCamera. The Go-Between's\nsound is no less self-assured,\nand being older and one would\nthink wiser their songs emote\na wistful melancholy in recalling times and friendships\npast. If there ever was or\ncould be a quintessential Australian band, The Go-Be-\ntweens are it.\nIf 1983 belonged to anyone,\nit might as well be Matt\nJohnson, the mastermind behind The The . In the past\nyear he has released three\nexcellent singles, Uncertain\nSmile, Perfect, and This Is\nThe Day, all of which appear\non The The's second album,\nSoul Mining. Occasionally\nmoody, always stimulating,\nthe accessible pop arrangements of Soul Mining belie the\nnature of its content. Matt\nJohnson is not a cynic, nor is\nhe wallowing in angst - soul\nmining is exactly what he does\nand no one, least of all Matt\nJohnson, is foolish enough to\nbelieve that gold is the result\nof such an endeavour.\nGold was obviously what\nYello was searching for on\ntheir third and most commercial product to date, You Gotta\nSay Yes To Another txcess.\nStill, this album is a good\nexample of their calculated\nlunacy applied to a collection\nof rather somber machines.\nYello has taken high technology to the jungle and has come\nup with an infectious dance\ndisc that is high on style and\nlow in content - it will even\nmake those with leaden feet\nand a head to match to shake\nwith spasms of mirth. This is\nall the more absurd when\nconsidering that the lunatics\nwho constitute Yello are from\nSwitzerland - one of the most\nunfunny countries in the\nworld.\n'**TrWjF\n1983 may not have been a\nparticularly prolific year for\nlocal releases, though the few\npieces of vinyl that surfaced\nabove the underground have\nserved well to put Vancouver\non the music map. Mr. Dafoe\nhas already duly included The\nPhil Smith Album, so I II put\nmy two bits in for two bits that\ndeserve worthy mention.\nUndoubtedly, the Enigmas surprised everyone with\ntheir adeptness at transferring\ntheir raw and energetic live\nsound from the stage onto\nstatic vinyl. Their 5-track EP\nreleased on Mystery Records\nis slick but not to the point\nwhere the production technique overwhelms the vitality\nof the music. Each of the five\nsongs is well-crafted and admirably executed - any one\nwho considers themselves to\nbe a local music afficianado\nshould have this disc in their\ncollection.\nI, Braineater has also\nshown considerable finesse in\ntransferring his stark, nihilistic image of existence from the\nvisual to the aural. \/ Here,\nWhere You! is a tight, well-\nproduced full-length album\nthat takes the listener a million miles away from a sunny\nday in lotus land. At once\nalmost classical in some of the\nmusical arrangements and\nabsurdly amusing in its lyrical\ntone, \/ Here, Where You! is\ntense music for the eighties.\nAt last and perhaps least, is\nSynchro System by King\nSunny Ade and His African\nBeats The album itself may\nnot be particularly remarkable\n(King Sunny has released fifty\nothers prior to this one),\nthough the excitement\ngenerated by the media in\nresponse to its North American release and summer concert tour was phenomenal\nenough to deserve mention.\nKing Sunny Ade is a master\nwho plays a kind of music\nwhose vitality and richness\ncan not possibly be contained\non vinyl, though Synchro System is a worthy attempt.\nWhen these people come to\ntown next, be there! then buy\nthe record.\nHmmm ... so only eight\nrecords on \"My Top Ten of\n.1983\"? Well, as I mentioned\npreviously, it was not an\noutstanding year. Several\nother releases do deserve\nhonourable attention, though\n... Hockey by Palais\nSchaumburg , Fetisch by X-\nMal Deutschland and Drawings of O. T. by Einsturzende\nNeubauten are evidence\nenough that Germany is once\nagain producing interesting\nand diverse music. Who cares\nif we can't understand a word\nthey're saying!\nSingle of The Year goes to\nThis Charming Man, the\nsecond one from The Smiths\n(Noel and Walter vote for this\none, too), with Rainy Season\nby Howard Devoto and\n. Strawberry Switchblade's\nTrees and Flowers following\nin its transcendant path. Tape\nreleases by .Trevor Jones\nIcky Ya Ya, Animal Slaves\nEye of The Hurricane, ana\nKevin Zed Saigon Orders\nwill undoubtedly set the pace\nin 1984. Have a Good One.\n\u2014 Michael Shea\n DISCORDER Jan 1984\nr >\nCITR PRESENTS\nCORSAGE\nwith\nTHE ROADRUNNERS\nTICKETS\nFEATURING\nAVAILABLE AT   j\nZULU\nVINTAGE\nODYSSEY\nRAVE\n|  WORLD WAR II\nAROMA\nDAFFY DUCK\nAMS\nBOX OFFICE   I\nAL\nREFRE\nL AGES WELCO*\nSHMENTS AVAII\nABLE\nj       FRIDAY FEB. 3\nj     SUB BALLROOM     j\n[[          AMS CONCERT PRODUCTIONS        Jj\nk*]\nk*J\nFM102 0 , L m&gstfe     r^-\u2014\u2014       IV1\nCABLE TOO 2c g^iMjattj'   ?Kej?\u00a3VT      I ^J\nMON FEB 6 8 pm\nSUB BALLROOM UBC\nWITH Mystery Guests\nTIX PRIX    AMS-UBC   8.50  Gen Pub 9.50\nZULU Records    All VTC\/CBO'S   AMS Box\nProduced by AMS CONCERTS\nMONDAY NIGHTS\n9:00 P.M. to 1:00 A.M.\nComplimentary Ticket\nSS\nYOU BE THE JUDGE!\nNO COVER CHARGE FOR STUDENTS\nADMIT ONE\nNon-Student\nSTUDENT UNION BUILDING\nBfT1<r| UNIVERSITY OF\n*       BRITISH COLUMBIA\n6J 18\n1  LOWER CONCOURSE (\nintroducing\nNEW\nLive Music\n DISCORDER Jan\nA Chat With Allan Holdsworth\nWhat will I talk to you about?\nI'd like to start off with\nbiographical detail - the first I\nknow of you is your 1977\nalbum with Alphonso Johnson\nand Narada Michael Waldron,\nwhich I believe is one of your\nintroductionsto Creed Taylor,\naccording to the album liner\nnotes.\nBut that was the worst thing\nI 've ever done in my life and I\nnever include that on a disco-\ngraphy. It was an absolute\npiece of shit. It wasn't to do\nwith the musicians 'cos they\nwere all great. It was the way\nit was done - the guy ripped\nus off. He was a total asshole.\nAnd if you would do me a real\nfavour, never mention that\nrecord in the press - that\nalbum was just a joke. It\nshould never have been recorded. It took nine hours or\nsomething like that. No one\ngot any sounds, that was the\nproblem. They just put some\nmikes up and recorded it. It\nturned out like a piece of shit\nand they put it out and put my\nname on it. Stuck me on the\ntop of a skyscraper like King\nKong and it's just the biggest\npiece of shit there ever was so\nplease don't mention,it in any\narticle - \/ never include it so if\nyou want to start the interview\nwith something else, it would\nbe just great.\nLet's talk about some of the\ngroups you were involved with\nin England - Soft Machine,\nEarlier Recordings you made\nWell, Soft Machine was the\nfirst band I played with; no\nactually it was Tempest was\nthe first band I played with.\nJohn H. Eisman's band. He\nhad a band called Coliseum.\nHe also had a band called\nTempest - we made an album\nthen I left that band and\njoined Soft Machine. I played\nan album with Soft Machine\nand then I left that band and I\nplayed with Tony Williams -\nLifetime, yeah. That kind ot\ncrumbled, not through any\nfault of the band's but through\nmanagement.\nHe had that problem with\nJohn McLaughlin -- when they\nwere forming Lifetime they\nhad terrible management according to John.\nIt's like what we're doing\nnow. You have to find people\nwho'll put up with all kinds ot\nterrible shit, in order just to\nplay.\nEverything was bad but the\nmusic\nThat's right. The hassle we\nhave going anywhere almost\nisn't worth it. I thought they\nwere going to send us all\nhome. It took us six or seven\nhours just to get through the\nborder. That's no one's fault;\nnot directly. It's management.\nYou see, we don't have management so it screwed up.\nWe have someone who wants\nto manage the band but as of\nyet he hasn 7 been given full\nreign so we can't blame him\nanything that's happening\nnow. All the things that are\nhappening now are just due to\nthe fact that we don't really\nhave a manager.\nAnd then after Tony Williams, I played with Gong. I\nplayed on one album with\nGong, Gangus, and the rest of\nthe albums I played on those\nwithout them were really terrible.   I   wasn't  part  of   the\nband, I was just like a side-\nman. But the album Gazus\nwas okay and enjoyed the\nband a lot and I like a band\nthing. Whereas with the other\nalbums they kind of stuck\npeople on. I didn't really like\nthat too much. After that, I did\nthe Jean Luc Ponty album\n\"Engimatic Ocean.\" And\nafter that I went back to Bill\nBruford's first solo album.\nThen I joined U. K. and after\nU. K. I formed this band which\nwas the biggest pain in the\nworld because that's when\neverything fell apart when I\ndecided to do this.\nwasn't right for him. The way\nhe recorded, which was in bits\nand pieces was right for him.\nHe was amazing - he'd go in\nand record all the drum parts\non his own without anybody.\nTo do that is pretty hard. So\nI 'm not slagging a guy for that\n- it's incredible. I couldn't do\nthat - I wouldn't just go in\nand play the guitar parts and\nstick everybody on. But that's\nwhat he did. But for me it was\nwrong cos I didn 't have a real\nrole in that band. I was kind of\nlike something you stick on\ntop like icing. I never 'felt like\nan integral part of the band.\n..Some people just don 7 know how to   behave at a gig!\nLet's backtrack to the Bru-\nford days. You've been quoted\nin the press perhaps unfairly,\nslagging Bruford's group.\nI've never slagged the\ngroup. I've never slagged\nanybody as far as - I 've never\nslagged anyone in the band or\nanyone in the bands I've\nworked with. I'll slag people\nlike Creed Taylor coz they're\nreal dicks. But I'll never slag\nanybody in a band like Bill.\nLet me quote from the\npaper -- you didn't like Bruford's group cos it was very\nstudio-oriented and they could\nnever reproduce live and\nwould spend hours overdub-\nbing parts.\nThat's true but it's not slag\nbecause that's the way he\nworked best. If you put Bill in\nthe studio with a band like -\nthey recorded an album after I\nleft and we were going\nthrough the stage of trying to\nget everybody to do more\nthings live. They actually tried\nthat on the next record; it\ndidn 7 work - you should talk\nto Bill about that because it's\nnot for me to say that it didn't\nwork.  But he will tell you it\nThe cover of the Creed\nTaylor album is a metaphor\nfor beginning your career as I\nsee it. Until \"I.O.U.\" it\nseemed like you were brought\nin as that icing (with U.K.,\nBruford's band, Jean Luc\nPonty) the band is carrying on\nand all of a sudden there's an\nAllan Holdsworth solo -- It's\nAn Event -- it didn't sound\nlike you were part of shaping\nthe whole band's sound as\nsuch.\nWhich band?\nFor example with Jean Luc\nPonty?\nOh no, I wasn 7. \/ was just a\nplayer. But the way Ponty\nplayed as live -- everybody\nplayed live, everybody played\nsolo. And when I played with\nTony Williams, everybody\nplayed live, everybody played\nsolo. When I got with U.K.\nand Bruford's band , nobody\ndid that. Everybody stuck on\nthings. When I was with U.K.,\nall the guitar solos were done\nbefore the keyboard solos.\nThe way things were done, we\nnever did anything together.\nAnd I don't like that. It's only\na personal point of view. It's\nnot that it's no good. I'm not\nsaying that those guys don't\nmake good albums, that it's\nnot good. I'm just saying that\nfor me, it was wrong. I used to\nget really depressed and most\nof the time that I worked with\nU.K. I was so bored and sick\nand pissed off with what was\ngoing on that i used to just get\ndrunk every night and I finished up not being able to\nplay and then consequently\nBill and me were fired from\nthe band. Bill formed his own\nband and asked me if I wanted\nto play in that and I said yeah,\ncos I really like Bill. It was\ngreat. Why I left Bill and was\nlucky enough at that point in\ntime to have played with Jack\nBruce and John H. Eismann\njust in a blow-out thing together and it was the first time\nin about 5 years that I'd\nactually played spontaneously\nwith people. That threw me\nand as soon as I 'd played that,\nthat was it. I made a decision\nright then and there \"I'm\ngonna phone Bill and tell him,\nI'm not doing it anymore.\"\nAnd that's exactly what I did.\nAnd then I formed, or tried to\nform this band with Gary\nHusband, the original drummer. Myself and Gary worked\ntogether; well, Gary worked\nreally hard -- he and myself\nwere responsible for the first\n\"IOU\" thing.\nIt almost seems you have a\njazz sensibility, in terms of\nwanting that symbiotic relationship with a band when\nthey're improvising live. Rock\nis kind of dominated by this\npiece-together approach you\nare atalking about with respect to UK and Bill Bruford.\nYeah, I' ve done things like\nthat. We did overdubs on the\nnew record but not to that\nextent, not to those extremes.\nCould you give us any idea\nof your plans for the immediate future? Do you think this\nIOU group will manage to stay\nsolvent, despite management\ndifficultures and record companies?\n\/ have to, otherwise I'm just\ngoing to disappear off the face\nof the earth because before we\ncame over here, things were\nso bad that I wasn 7 making a\nliving. For two years before\nwe came to the States as the\nIOU band, I wasn't able to\nmake a living as a musician in\nEngland. I played the guitar\nonce a month or less.\nPeople form unrealistic expectations of how much you'd\nmake, considering you're so\nvisible in the music of bands\nthey might have heard of.\nAt the moment I don't\nreally make enough to survive\n- I'm almost constantly in\ndebt and anytime I 've had any\nmoney I've spent it all on\nequipment. When we got the\nrecord deal, as far as just\nsurviving -- I haven't got next\nmonth's rent, if that answers\nyour question.\nAre you diversified in your\nstudies? You're not just confined to your music in your\npursuits?\nOnly cycling. I cycle; it's the\nonly other interest I have.\nI was trying to pin down\nwhere your lyric inspirations\ncome from.\nJust from everyday life and\nputting up with all the bullshit\nthat everybody has to go\nthrough. We keep trying.\n- Joe Naylor\n1984\nTop 50\nThe fifty most played artist[s]\nat CITR during December\nwere:\n1 DOA\n2 PUBLIC IMAGE LTD\n3 THE CURE\n4 IGGY POP (& THE\nSTOOGES)\n5X\n6 TALKING HEADS\n7 THE CRAMPS\n8 THE THE\n9 JAH WOBBLE\n10 DAVID BOWIE\n11 SIMPLE MINDS\n12 SIOUXSIE &THE\nBANSHEES\n13 HOUSE OF COMMONS\n14 I, BRAINEATER\n15 THE FALL\n16 ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN\n17 YELLO\n18 GANG OF FOUR\n20 THE STRANGLERS\n21 T-BONE BURNETT\n22 THE ASSEMBLY\n23 NINA HAGEN\n24 DEAD KENNEDYS\n25 THE CLASH\n26 TUXEDO MOON\n27 THE JAM\n28 KRAFTWERK\n29 BAUHAUS\n30 RED GUITARS\n31 MAGAZINE\n32 LOU REED\n33 ENO\n34 ACTIONAUTS\n35 JOY DIVISION\n36 KEVIN ZED\n37 FLESHTONES\n38 THE SMITHS\n39 ROXY MUSIC\n40 ALIEN SEX FIEND\n41 COMSAT ANGELS\n42 NEW ORDER\n43 DER MITTLEGANG\n44 ENIGMAS\n45 REVILLOS\n46 THE ALARM\n47 KATE BUSH\n48 ELVIS COSTELLO\n49 KILLING JOKE\n50 CHINA CRISIS\nDOA, Vancouver's foremost\npunk-rock hardcore unit have\nemerged as the clear winners\nin CITR's monthly music report. With their last three\nreleases, DOA is putting out\nmusic of consistent quality\nthat is getting the attention if\ndeserves.\nPublic Image Ltd. drop one\nspot from their top perch, but\ntheir latest single continues to\nget heavy airplay. Thei\ndouble live release didn't\ncause much excitement, since\nKeith Levene's excellent gu\ntar work can only be heard on\ntheir previous studio albums.\nSimple Minds, I Braineater,\nThe Assembly, Tuxedomoon\nMagazine, Lou Reed, Ac\ntionauts, Fleshtones, The\nSmiths, Roxy Music, Comsat\nAngels, New Order, Der\nMittlegang, Revillos, Kate\nBush and China Crisis figure\nstrongly this month. Simple\nMinds caught on initially with\ntheir new single, Waterfront,\nwhich is quite a departure\nfrom the easy-going prog-pop\nof New Gold Dream. Look for\nan early spring release for\ntheir next album.\nI Braineater has put out an\nexcellent album of light electronics and insightful lyrics.\nKeep your eyes out for local\nbands in this play list; they\nmay be playing on your street\none of these days!\n\u2014 Jason Grant\npage 7\n WlrF\nimmm\\M\\mm\\\nHIGH PROFILES FOR JAN84\nMon     9 -\nPETER GABRIEL\n^^\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0w\nTubs     10\nBANDS FROM SEATTLE\n^M B\nWed     11 -\nHANK WILLIAMS\nThurs 12 -\nPAUL HAIG\nm^LAAAAML\nFri         13 -\nNO HIGH PROFILE DUE TO SPORTS\nBROADCAST\n\/       1AJ**9r IA\/Wtv'\nSat       14 -\nENO NEGLECTED PART I\nMon     16-\nFM\/NASH THE SLASH\nm\nTues     17 -\nAVENGERS\nw\nWed    18 -\nAU PAIRS\n\u25a0\nThurs 19 -\nCOMSAT ANGELS\n\u00ab4P                              ^\nFri        20 -\nNO HIGH PROFILE DUE TO SPORTS\nBROADCAST\n^~-\/.si  ^<mtm * a.   \u00ab\u2022   \u00ab\nSat       21 -\nBATCAVE SCHLOCK ROCK\nllwi9M\/lP^^\nMon     23 -\nFUN BOY 3\n^t1BmjWj<BCi^ w*mT\nTues     24 -\nDOO-WAP GROUPS\nMr    \u2022WFPHfw ^   ^ ^i^ ^\"^\nWed     25\nCOCTEAU TWINS\nThurs 26 -\nU.K. SUBS\nFri        27 -\nNO HIGH PROFILE DUE TO SPORTS\nBROADCAST\nSat       28 -\nTV. \/MOVIE THEMES\nMon     30 -\nWEEKEND\nTues     31 -\n'\/3V2 HOUR SEPCIAL: 60'S GARAGE\nROCK PSYCHEDELIA\n","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/schemas\/edm\/hasType":[{"value":"Periodicals","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/identifier":[{"value":"ML3533.8 D472","type":"literal","lang":"en"},{"value":"ML3533_8_D472_1984_01","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/schemas\/edm\/isShownAt":[{"value":"10.14288\/1.0049791","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/language":[{"value":"English","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/schemas\/edm\/provider":[{"value":"Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/publisher":[{"value":"Vancouver : Student Radio Society of the University of British Columbia","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/rights":[{"value":"Images provided for research and reference use only. 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