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FRIDAY MARCH 8 UESTS m A&M Recording Artists from San Francisco CiTR k*** Ja***u* 101.9 fM /5»»N " & fru COOP *^1—«■— -o—- 10 2.7 present y ) Thursday March 14 ,u DZ\\T PUMP Show 10:30pm with special ^ guests the %Qi(£ STEEL BAND DOORS 8PM SHOW 9:30PM FRIDAY MARCH 15 CTlu' Fabulous 0MM0D0RE S7(l Ciraiivillt- Mill Bwith guests MIASHA TRILOGY MreiTie Saturday "ftf. March 16 GW SATURDAY MARCH 23 WITH SPECIAL GUESTS CiTR 101.9 fM presents REDDHKROSS with special guests 6/7 (5fi SATURDAY MARCH 23 TOWN PUMP 06ted- FROM MANCHESTER, ENGLAND ^^ f»m W0**\\ HAPPY MONDAYS ■• "■ WITH SPECIAL GUESTS TUESDAY APRIL 2 C The Fabulous 0MM0D0RE H7() <-..liiv ill. M.ill Kreator • Blitzspeer • Morgoth Sunday April 14 ALL AGES at the New York Theatre Tickets Available At: Zulu, Black Swan, Track, Highlife, Scratch, Razzberry Records (95th & Scott), and Reminiscing Records (across from The Bay at Surrey Place), ^^^S**"8^ outlets or charge by phone 280-4444. Tickets for Culture also available at Barrett Electronics, Caribbean Market, Gerard's Hair Salon, The Patty Shop and Ebony Eyes. MARCH 1991 - ISSUE #98 ROLLINS A Faxinating Discussion 7 SCREAMING TREES ATreemendous Interview? 11 FULL PULL Mikey + Gav, Mud + Monster Trucks 13 MONTREAL JUBILATION CHOIR Sing Halleluiah 15 HANK THE HOBO Nardwuar, Kennedy, the CIA + a Singin' Bum 16 HAPPY MONDAYS ButWilltheRecordCompanyPayfortheCall? 18 MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO Adam Sloan + Jack Dangers Beat Off 18 LONDON SCENE Michael GriggTrades Shots with Popguns 19 FICTION A Brush with Organized Religion by Rob Howatson.. .30 ■iWlf.UI AIRHEAD MINIS , THEBUOUX SUBTEXT REAL UVE ACTION... VANCOUVER SPECIAL.. 23 CHARTS 5 8 ...20 ...21 ...22 UNDER REVIEW 24 7" 25 FUTURE RAP 25 HELL'S KITCHEN 26 DATEBOOK 27 ON THE DIAL 28 29 ■•MAH* STUPID DUMMYHEDS Rob Adamson 5 DANCING ON THE CLOUDS Marc Yuill & Julian Lawrence 26 JUNKFLESH Bryce Rasmussen... on holiday in honour of the holyday Cover artwork by Julian Lawrence, local comickist extraordinaire and co-artl*t of Dancing on tha Clouds. l*]JJH*'H*_CT_q EDITRIX Lisa Marr ART DIRECTOR Robynn Iwata DISCORDERLY ORDERLY Lydia Schymansky EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Paul Funk, Randy Iwata PRODUCTION Rick Awender, Bill Baker, Dean Doherty, Randy Iwata, Robynn Iwata GRAPHICS Rick Awender, Dan Planko WORD PROCESSING Trlcia Festejo PHOTO DEVELOPMENT Lydia Schymansky SPINLIST Randy Iwata, Lloyd Uliana ADVERTISING Graf Elsia ADVERTISING PRODUCTION Robynn Iwata LOCAL DISTRIBUTION Mitt Steffich SUBSCRIPTIONS / MAIL DISTRIBUTION Lydia Schymansky PROGRAM GUIDE / DATEBOOK / DELIVERY FRIEND Randy Iwata ACCOUNTS Linda SchoHen TECHNICAL SUPPORT Tad V Sua PUBLISHER Barb Bgood Discorder Copyright © 1991 by Tha Student Radio Society of the University of British Columbia. All rights reserved. Discorder is that magazine from CiTR 101.9 fM, and Is printed monthly in Canada on paper manufactured in Canada. Discorder prints what it wants to, including the CITR On The Dial program guide and the CiTR SpinList playlist charts. Circulation is 17,500 copies distributed free to over 230 locations. 12 month subscriptions are $15 in Canada, $15 (US) to the states, and $24 elsewhere. Please make cheques or money orders payable to Discorder Magazine. "The sickness Is in all of us. "■ everybody. Deadline for ads and submissions is the 15th of the month. We want your stuff—send it our way, and if we like it, we'll use it; if not, we'll lose it CiTR 101.9 fM is 1800 watts of neurotic bliss from UBC to Langley, Squamish, and points beyond. We're also on all major cable systems in the Lower Mainland except Shaw in White Rock. Office hours for CiTR, Mobile Sound, and Discorder are M-F, 10-4. Call CiTR DJ line 9 822-CITR, our offices « 822-3017, our news + sports 9 222- 2487, fax us c/o CiTR ® 822-6093, or write Discorder, #233-6138 SUB Boulevard, Vancouver, BC, CANADA V6T 2A5 IVI o IM AFRICAN BLEND FIRE DANCE X H U ALTERNATIVE BZZRBASH X u ALTERNATIVE ■ iVlandnit! w E DIRECT FROM U.K. EURO-BEAT JK X GO-GO DANCERS & SHOOTER-SHOCK EVERY l-fOUR Zon Doors Open 9pm - 2am Mon - Sat Party Line 682-8550 #7 ALEXANDER GASTOWN MARCH 1991 3 Cocteau twins SPECIAL GUESTS GALAXIE 500 ORPHEUM THEATRE FRIDAY, MARCH 22 9:00 PM TICKETS AVAILABLE AT ALL jssa@___» OUTLETS, TRACK Jfljjjjj| AND ZULU RECORDS, OR CHARGE BY PHONE «* >-$___________£_ Onn-AAAA (00 280-4444. A PERRYSCOPE PRODUCTION somewhat difficult to adjust to the realization that this group of proud blue bloods have been photographed in a very unflattering manner. Our knowledge of traditional portraiture docs not include many bassists with double chins. It i knowledge otthe story bc- here that my THAT'S SIC! ALL LETTERS PRINTED AS RECIEVED. NMN ON DOA Dear Airhead, I read with considerable amusement the comments and anecdotes that went into your tribute of DOA, but I think a couple of facets of their career still need to be pointed out. One is the fact lhal no band ever played as many benefits or was as consistently supportive of the' scene' it came out of as DOA. They were always incredibly generous and sup- portiveof theotherbands as well. At DOA shows opening acts always got paid fairly and were treated with respect (unless, of course, they overstayed their welcome on stage at which point Joey would pull their chains without compunction and haul them off like gaffed salmon). We should know, having often been on the receiving end of their... help. Many of NOMEANSNO's best shows in Vancouver were opening for DOA, and at the end of our first tour of the States — your standard LET'S-PLAY-A-COUPLE-OF- SHOWS-A-WEEK-FOR-NOTH- ING-ALL-THE-WAY-TO-MIS- SISSIPPI-AND-BACK-AND- STARVE kind of tour — we hitched up with DOA as an opening act for about nine orten shows. In one place the promoter didn't even know we were on the bill, but DOA convinced him to let us play for fifteen minutes jusl before they went on, using their equipment. Meeting up with them basically saved our ass both money and morale-wise. A coupleof years later they took UStouras their where we got ot first real exposure and made our first real money as a band in the States (besides learning one of the most important rules of touring — never buy a school bus). The running joke after their farewell shows in the Commodore was: "I wonder if they started booking the Big Reunion Tour yet?" As far as we' re concerned, the sooner the bet- Ifc Rob Wright NOMEANSNO HOW MANY POLISH PEOPLE DOES IT TAKE TO WRITE A LETTER TO AIRHEAD? Hello Airhead! My name is Peter. I come from Torun, ago I read aboul your Radio. In this article I read lhat you are publishing a magazine about your pro- gramms. With my friends we made music organization in To- run. We have our tour-zine which name is "ENSHING EOO." We would like to make concerts of many punk-rock, new-wave, hardcore groups. We made concerts only of Polish groups till now. Can you send me some of your magazines! Is it possible? We are going to make concerts of olher groups, foreign groups. Maybe you have contact wilh some music groups of this kind of music I write about? Can you send me addresses of these groups or some informations about them! Probably we could make a tour of them in Poland. I wait for the answer. Your faithfully Peter My address is PIOTR MILEWSKI KOCHANOWSKIEG014/1 87-100TORUN POLAND Tankhog accepted this image. Somehow Whistler managed to slander a conventional image of musicianship withixit being exiled for it. Whistler has constructed ihc photograph so lhat the truth of the image is seen by the viewer as something laughable, but the irony lies in the fact that this was not the intention of the sitters. Our thoughts and feelings are manipulated by Whistler who photographs Tankhog looking into a camera. This is not a caricature of idle wealth as we might at first think, but a historically accurate rendering of a group of people who obviously trusted their photographer's skill. Whistler manages lo stamp his photograph twice. Once as a photographer of Tankhog and once as an artist concerned with revealing his particu- r vision of the truth. Robynn I wa- ta's "Werner Man" is another example of a kind of debunking of portraiture. If this is a reclining ^mW frank, ildoesnotlook ^mLW like any I have seen before. My eyes are drawn to ihc sausage's expression as the starling point for ihis drawing and its direct gaze makes me aware lhat this is a portrait of a deluxe holdog and nol just a naked bun. 'ITie lines of the meaty morsel are simple and sparse and there is an unerotic quality lo the way il is positioned and painted that forget lhat it is a copy of an Orange Julius Chili Dog. It is as if Iwata saying "look Ihisv :r and see that il is just a painting of a meat by-product you all know, there is no mystery Shelly Ford 4th Year Arts University of B.C. And who says Discorder doesn't serve the interests of the student population? ter. Love, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Dear Airhead: My first reaction to Leonard Whistler's photograph of Tankhog was one of confusion. My eyes see a group of people in royal garb, posed regally for the artist, but my mind knows that something is askew. It is WHAT THE LORD, THE LORD ALMIGHTY SAYS: () MY PEOPLE WHO live: IN /ION- DO NOT 8E AFRAID OF THE ASSYRIANS, WHO BEAT YOU WITH A ROD AND LIFT UP A CLUH AGAINST YOU, AS EGYPT DID VERY SOON MY ANGER AGAINST YOU WELL END AND MY WRATH WILL BE DIRECTED LO THEIR OBSTRUCTION. Peers Noble Burnaby And who says Discorder doesn't serve the interests of tlie religious freaks population? ATTENTION JUNKIES Dear Airhead: An open letter lo "Bryce- Okay.maybc this is World War III, and maybe the Cradle of Civilization will also be ils grave. The question is, if wc must go, how arc we going logo? Whining and snivelling, sarcastic and snide, or wilh some kind of grace and dignity? Personally, I don't see anything wrong wilh helping old ladies across the street. When the flash comes, I'd rather be doing lhal lhan hiding in the dark all dressing in black, complaining aboul what a lousy world this is Life may be short but there's We tried to find Bryce lo gel his comments but he was hiding in Ihe dark all dressed in black. HEY BALDY, READ DISCORDER! Discorderoids: Please find enclosed a cheque to cover a years subscription loyou magazine. As your magazine is usu ally free please consider this < semi-donation. As an ex UBC grad-student I *W ALL ALONG THE WATCH- TOWER Dear Airhead: Persian Gulf What might be of ii readers is what the Bible says ii Isiah 10:24 and 25 (New International Version): THEREFORE, THIS IS findyourmagazine formed about the chaos lhat is Vancouver. After I finish reading the paper I leave it round the coffee n for the cunous and unaware. I'm not sure if reading discorder can reduce blood cholesterol levels or if it has an effect on bloodclotting time or even hair loss but these possible (though improbi- ble) effects could be used to increase subscriptions. Hey, its Vancouver and sometimes anything is worth a try. Take care R. Lipid and Lipoprotein Research Group Faculty of Medicine University of Alberta YOU SLAY ME Hey Airhcad(0. Did ya' catch the SLAYER gig at the Forum? I did and I paid S27 to sec'em, loo (my mistake). Shitty thing was that Ihadwon2lickctson CiTR's own "IW crchord" radio show. Banger host Mr. Yo- shida asked yours truly ■ "skill-lcsling- quesiion," and I responded wilh a correct answer. A buddy and I travelled in from the suburbs on theday of ihc show to pick up the tickets, and guess what?! No tickets!! "I just gave them all away" spewed some snobbish chick who really looked like she couldn't have cared . I | . this wasn't "TANKHOG al the Town Pump" tickets (no offense, guys) this was 27 dollar SLAYER, ihc godso'thrash [sic)!! GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER!! Aahh, that's better. SUBURBAN (effing) DEATH P.S. The show wasn't loo hot. TESTAMENT (openers) were beyond horrid. Got any TANKHOG tickets??! You love to win prizes. We love to give 'em. But please, kids, follow these E-Z suggestions and we'll all be happy: I.Pick up your prize during OFFICE HOURS: Monday lo Friday, 10 AM to 4 PM. 2.Pick up your prize promptly. Not responsible for prizes left over 30 3Knowyourprize. WehereatCiTRI DISCORDER give away tens of thousands of fabulous prizes every year, so help us out a little, OK? Plus, ifyou win tickets lo a show, make sure you know whether you have lo COME TO THE STATION lo claim them, or if your name will be AT THE DOOR of the venue. Oh yeah: bring ID 4.Treat your prize nicely.Hey, it has feelings too! And finally, sometimes mean people swindle prizes lhal don'l belong lo them, but they always pay dearly for il later (heh, heh). The West Indies Record and Tape: ad lasl month contained an telephone number. Please note correct number is 254-4232. A lion sorries, George. ihc ©Sfofio DutmY-i&oS O ! The $15 __©■■*•* I -A/qrYvi-h &4NAKJA HUMOUR MARCH 1991 in'SSbIWhPwere snoozing, HT NOW. _-5A «-12 DETO HEIA* MARCH 1991 7 ANDY PRIEBOY — SPEAKS TO — ANOIE FINLEY Upon My Wicked Son im, *>*»?• «>*«*i<* leased first solo album. Discorder mcl wilh ihe former Wal I of Voodoo singer al his beautiful downlown Vancouver hotel room while he wis here on lour wilh Concrete Blonde. Yoursoloalbum isquitedifTcrentfrom you feel about people who come to the Wall of Voodoo. Is it a reaction against show, love it, then buy the album and the band, or just you doing your own are surprised? thing? Well, what I think they're seeing on stage Wall of Voodoo was one of the best is ihe essence of the writer... The prob- bands to be in because the basic philoso- lem I've always had wilh "avant-garde" phy ofthe band was: lhat sounds greal, writers is thai I don'l think lhal their lei's fuck it up. Wrong equals right. So I songs hold up a lot of times without ihc had, within the band, complete artistic recording studio or a four-piece band. I freedom. This album was not "Oh now I believe as a writer that a song should can, like, really go and stretch out"... it definitely stand up lo an acoustic guitar was jusl an offshoot from Wall of Voo- and I think those people interested in my doo. work will see lhat the music does stand up. Il's simply reinterpreting the music. Are you planning to lour as a Andy Prieboy : Dr. Dream Where's your headliner? favorite place to 1 might be doing work? a solo show in I like LA because Europe soon. Bul I really detest I think whal I'll living there. I re really be doing is ally hate the way going back and the city looks, I working on the really hale the next record be way it's laid out, cause the next I really hate the lime I come back, weather, I hale ITlhaveaband... the music indus You know, why try vibe there. Ii limit yourself in actually keeps this life? Why one very pure just be some because it gives dopey lead sing you the choice of er jumping either going around on stage swimming in the doing band stuff when you can actually gel up l"ou can always tell the quality of the city by how good-looking the cesspool or doing your work and I always choose to there and play do my work. piano for a while? So [might get my own band or go back wit a Wall of Voodoo. You have to haves tress in order to do Sky's the limit.. I m un I love doing all your work well? of this. I love writin g the songs, I love Sure, why not? I wa s raised a Catholic. I doing the interviews and I love being in certainly work wcl under punishment. the studio... I can't s land these fucking What you're playing on stage is quite different from your record. How do 8 DISCORDER What do you think of Vancouver? So far it seems like a really greal place... Good-looking hookers. You know, you can always tell the quality of the city by how good-looking the hookers are. though. We 'v( best single, i With fheir latest LP.Nowhere.be- hind them, and an American tour ahead. Oxford. England's Ride are living proof that not all hot British bands come from Manchester. Discorder talked to drummer What banc Lawrence. Everything Where did you get your name? I thought of it. It's just like one word and it can mean anything you want. It's like you're saying more by saying less. Give us a name like Ride and let's get on with the music. Though not a part of It, do you respect the bands In the current Manchester scene? Yeah I do. I've seen the Stone Roses about four times now. The first time I saw them was really cool, and I was right at the front, and it was right after they put their a Ibum out. That was just brilliant... I've got respect for them for that because they represented a period of my life, but what annoys me about the so-called Manchester scene is that it was created by the press. It's become bigger than the music itself. The British press have been known to put down your drumming, which to me sounds fine, and also your production. There Is also an article In NME by Mary Anne Hopes that said your recently released Fall EP has one brilliant track and three dullards. I've met Mary Anne before and she's sort of biased in a way. It's a bit of a long story because she went out with this guy we knew, and all sorts of stuff happened. I think because she's reviewing the single, she thinks it's a chance to get back at Ride. That's the sort of thing that happens in the British press and people hold grudges and they're jealous and if you get a good review, then you're lucky. But you've got to accept it. It doesn't bother us by john kim 3t reviews saying we're the best band, the P/ayEP beingthe the Fall EP being one of the best singles in 1990. ie Influenced you? is to influence you at some point... Bands like the Beatles and the Byrds and the Stones and the Velvet Un derground have been quite large influences on us, mainly because we listen to them quite a lot. At the same time going to see bands like Sonic Youth and the Cure... the whole thing has been an influence. We just like to get inspired by things. I remember seeing Sonic Youth at Brixton Academy and being so inspired I had so many ideas, not copy ideas, we don't copy bands, it just sparks your m ind off and you start thinking about all these things you can do and that's where we get our kicks from. Do people expect you to be on drugs? Yeah, [popular English DJ] Jonathan King had a celebration of British music Liane Hentscher and w .. with bands like the Cure and the Wedding Present. I just remember him coming back stage and offering us some friendly advice saying "Don't take any drugs. Stay off drugs and you'll be alright!" Yeah, we take 'em, doesn't everyone? Do you guys like making videos? Umm. we do. We did one for 'Chelsea Girl" and 'Like a Daydream." They're alright. But for the video of "Taste" I really didn't like it and now we realize we have to have more control. Hopefully, the next one will be better. B L_J FFALO fss\\ TO WhOm Qm I Speaking. This is Tom. Drummer, correct? Drummer, right Where are you right now? I'm in Hollywood Hollywood! Is it ugly? Ah, yes. It's nice and smoggy and sweaty It's hot to be from Boston right now. All those bands: Bullet Lavolta, Pixies, Galaxy 500. Even the New Kids. That's right Bobby Brown Do you think the New Edition will get back together? I heard something about that Where have you been thus far on your tour? We went down the East Coast and across the bottom to the West: Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas. Have you been headlining primarily? Mostly We've hooked up with the Blake Babies for a bunch of tours but we're still headlining. What's the club scene like in Boston? There's three or four solid clubs that generally play pretty good music. And it's supported well by the fans? I would say it's very much a college-based sort of thing. College radio is pretty dominant... there's just so many stations, so many colleges and I think it has an effect. I also think it kinda gets overblown as a scene as like one big group where everybody knows everybody and its not exactly like that. So you don't know Kim Deal then? No, especially the Pixies. They hardly played Boston I was going to ask you for Kim Deal's phone number but I guess— No, sorry. Birdbrain was produced by J. Mascis from Dinosaur Jr. You guys are old buds, right? Yeah, we know him from college. He lives in Amhurst and that's where we all went to school and where the band met. Where does Buffalo Tom come from? I suppose it's somewhat of a twist on the Buffalo Bill thing, but it's more a friend of ours dubbed us Buffalo Tom as a joke in the beginning. Probably because I would never be the leader of a band and it's just kind of spite, just the irony. It was a joke and we were just playing parties and it sorta stuck. What size places have you been playing? We're still pretty much on the small rock club level; we're playing a lot of colleges even. We played somewhat bigger places in Europe. We've done a little more touring there and are a little ahead of the game... It's much more fun touring there than it is here. Who were you playing w'th in Europe? We play a lot of our own shows and with local bands... They have these small festivals and some big festivals where there's a whole slough of bands. What's the biggest crowd you've played to? I'd say about two or three thousand at the Belgium Festival. Do you like that better or do you like the small clubs? It's pretty exciting. I can't say I really like it better. I mean, it's kind of a scary exciting. But I think we do more, I think we rock better in a place where the audience is in tight. Do you wear boxer shorts or jockey-style underwear? Um, I wear the regular underwear. Bill wears boxers; I'm not sure what Chris wears. You know that if you don't wear boxer style underwear, you'll never be president of anything? No. I heard you'll ruin your chances of having kids Well, that too. I try to wear loose, regular Jockey whatever. See you at the show. OK! But I didn't see him at the show. Shortly after this interview I somehow exceeded my usual medication dosage and ran crazed around the lower lobby cafeteria, stripping off my clothes and tossing them into the deep-fryer, scaring the bejesus out of several Japanese tourists in line for chicken fingers and rolaids. After escaping, I knocked some old woman from her bicycle and rode through the streets of Vancouver yelling to passers by that their tacos were ready and somehow ended up at the offices of Perryscope Concert Productions. Running inside I blazed by the reception desk and down the hall to the office that is home to promoter Ian Noble. Jumping onto his desk I ranted and raved about how Tom from Buffalo Tom was out to get me and that if I didn't get some vegetarian lasagna within the hour i was blowing the place sky high. Noble had me arrested and taken off the guest list for the show. b>y Garnet Timothy I—larry t>y Tom IS/Iili-ie; and F^edd lS/IcJar-i They nOne a SOUnd that gives our fair city a spawn as worthy of cult worship as Sonic Youth and Skin Yard. But gimmicks like smoke machines anti general goofiness aren't part of the Octatrackter (is that German tor eight track?) live experience As Keith (guitar/vocals) and Justice (guitar) put it, "We rely heavily on visual cues. A smile, gentle nod." Post-industrial, post- ha rdcore written for the post- apocalyptic youth. All bullshit descriptions aside, the only thing the band could really agree on was the word "loud." The lineup includes the aforemen- t i o n e d Keith and Justice, with Jeff on drums and Darren on bass. Have you had a chance to send your tape anywhere? Has any residual interest in Superconductor helped Octatrackter? Keith: We're too fresh, too new; no labels have really heard us. Justice: We've senta couple of tapes oul quite recently. Are you all still involved in various side projects like, for example, Justice's Pork Queen? K: This is the only one that is vaguely serious, although I'd like to mention Twerdo Cleb is another of the finest bands in the city. J: Me and Jeff are gonna do a thing called Nonstop Erotic Carpet. D: I used to be in the punk band Desperate Minds which is now called Chikara. What kind of crowd response do you usually generate? J: We just played Victoria. In Victoria, people pay $8 to go see bands and ihey make damn sure they have a good time. So we were probably cally rad. ichadavasccu 'c played and he most well-received in Victoria o of all of our shows. D: Which wc didn't expect at a These skater kids \\ God... K: Dude, lhat was J: TTiis fncndofm my the day before was slam dancing lhat night. His balls were the size of my fist, wc compared. Any really memorable gi^s? K: Holy fuck, Denman Island. J: There was about three people in the audience, and wc got loaded and jammed. It was great. Jeff: There was about half a dozen rednecks outside all night drinking J: —trying to get in because they wanted a warm place to sleep and we laughed at them. Remember ihe game Battlezone? It was free, and we played it all night. Keith, have you done vocals in a band before? You'rea good vocal ist. What's your secret; lots of practicing in front of the bath- K: I sung lead vocals four years ago for a band called Total Tourist which lasted two-three months. We taped ourselves all the time am) I listened lo the tapes and though I sounded like total dog dump and never really tried il again until now. What do you look at when you play live? Is it like on the bus where you don't really know where to put your eyes? J: Sometimes I'll pick someone and make eye contact with that person for awhile. A lol of ihe time I'll just look at the ceiling. I don't have hair to hide behind, so I do the Ostrich thing and close my eyes. I can't see you, you can't see me. alex! Oclcrtiocktei by stefan! Alex Trebek : Jeopardy B Are sales of The Jeopardy! Book really good overall? Well, we've been on ihe road for three weeks now, and I've been informed that the book has just gone on the bestseller lists in the United States and on the New York Times best-sellers list so I guess sales are pretty good. The publishers tell me they've printed 350,000 copies, which I understand is a pretty good initial printing for any kind of soft-cover book such as this. The front cover says: "The answers, the questions, the facts, and the stories ofthe greatest game show in history." Actually, they made a mistake. It should have been "the greatest quiz show in history." It's the second greatest game show in terms of popularity because, as you know, Wheel of Fortune is number one. Bul we're a strong number two, and in terms of quiz shows, we're probably the number one program ever, I would think. Apparently, in somemarkets,you do go past WhtelofFortune in terms of popularity. Yes, but in the national ratings, overall, we're still number two, but we're working on it, we're moving up on them and we're hoping thai within a year or two, we will gel to be... NUMBER ONE. Do you do any Canadian contestant searches? Oh sure, we've done them in Montreal, in Toronto, and here in Vancouver. As a matter of fact, our all-time high money winner for the Jeopardy! program is a Vancouver resident. Bob Blake, who recendy won our Tournament of Champions. Why do people watch your show, when in most instances, they couldn't answer the questions themselves? Because it's a fun show; it's involving. You don't know if you're going to be able to respond correctly or not unul the clue is on ihere, and if you can't, that's okay because there's another clue coming up in ten seconds, and maybe you'll be able to respond correctly to that one. So you remain involved for the half-hour, and you want to participate, and you want to know how bright you are. You're watching three bright contestants up there, and you come up with a lot of ihe material, you say, "Hey, I'm every bit as smart as they are! Maybe 1 should be on the show." MC S TfylTTj/ he's handsome, he's Canadian—sort of. He was in promoting The Jeopardy! Book. What is Alex Trebek? Stefan Ellis finds ot Jeopardy! used to be (in at 12 noon, and what's interesting is that a large number of college students would tune in. Do you think universitystudents make up a lurgeportion of your audience? 1 think our audience spans all age groups, and all intellectual levels, and there's no way of categorizing the Jeopardy! fan, because wc have kids, we have college students, we have teachers, we have formally-educated people, we have people who arc kitchen-smart, we have all occupations represented. So there's no way of saying, "ihis is the typical Jeopardy! fan." You were once a Canadian. You once worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation— I'm STILL a Canadian. Well you still are a Canadian, but you went to the United States! What pulled you to the— What does that make me? Well, Peter Mansbridge stayed in Canada. I'm not familiar with Peter Mansbridge's work. The host of The National'. I think he was given an offer by CBS, but he decided to stay in Canada. Well, lhat's good. That's a decision that he was called upon to make, and he made it, and 1 'm sure he's happy with his choice. I'm happy with mine, also. 's Telephone I understand there's a 1-900 Jeopardy! Hotline. That's Jeopardy!. Allhough I've recorded some material for it, I'm not in a position lo give you too much information, because the rules are ralher complicated, and you have to listen for a couple of minutes to follow it. It's a way people have of playing the game at home, and winning $1,000 per day, or qualifying for a $10,000 grand prize. So it's your voiceon it when peoplecall? Yeah. I've prerecorded some ofthe sniff, and then, some ofthe other material has been prerecorded by our announcer, Johnny Gilbert. Thanks for talking to me! Okay! Adam Sloan Talks to Y0-Y0 an up-and-coming West Coast rapper with her debut album on Atlantic Records soon to be released. How'd you get your name? My original name is Yolanda and it's just a nickname... I'm 19 years old. I started rap when I was 14 just as a hobby. I met Ice Cube when I was 17...bumped into him at a swap-meet. He said he'd heard aboul me rapping and wanted to work with me, so we hooked up and did some work at his mom's house. It went from there lo a big studio. It went from "It's A Man's World" [the duet on Ice Cube's AmeriKKKa's Mosl Wanted LP] lo "Stomp into the '90s" to "Can't Play With My YoYo," my most recent single, and to my album, Make Way for the Motherlode. I have a [nationwide! coalition. The Intelligent Black Women's Coalition, that I started, which deals wilh women's self-esteem, battered women, teenage pregnancy, drug abuse, menial abuse, physical abuse... So I guess your songs have intelligent lyrics. Yeah, I mean, intelligent from my point of view. I have lyrics such as "Put A Lid On It" which deals wilh don't be so quick to jump in a bed with a guy, y'know, protection, the IBWC national anthem... "Girl Don't Be No Fool" which deals wilh not letting a guy hit on you... So it's street knowledge. Yeah, exactly. What do you think of Ice Cube's attitude towards women? The way hecomes across isn't, I would say, the right way, but I wouldn't say it's the wrong way; it's the only way he knows. I understand where he comes from, although lhat's no excuse for his disrespect of women, or the foul language he uses constantly on his album. Oneman's opinion doesn't speak for every man; it's just the way he views things. On your new album, do you dis any males or are you just pro-woman? YoYo: east west I'm kind of like a album, not a feminist but a but I'm not ashamed to be called a feminist neither because you have to be titled something. But I do say any man who hits a girl ain't shil, and lhat's just something I believe in. I do say that before you let him hit you, you should just leave, and some guys are only out for one thing, but all guys are not the same. Could you talk some more about your Coalition? Yeah. I do a lol of going io different high schools [and talking to the students), basically because it sounds a lol belter coming from a 19 year old lhan someone who's 23, who they're like "Well no, she don't understand." I understand whal teenagers go through, so I speak to them on a one to one level and let them know I understand, but that this is not the way lo go. I don't lecture them and tell ihem what to do or how to do it, I let them know what ways it can be don it's going real good. And it's called The Intelligent Black Women's Coalition but il's open lo all races, and no, I'm not contradicting myself, because I am a black teen who has thought of this coalition and I would like to uplift my race and say that I ai willing to work with all different ra< es because all women go through the same problems. Teenagers, children; we all face the same problems every day. And being that I'm a teenager going to high schools, the response is real positive... I feel like lhat if everybody keeps saying that the world is not going to change, sexism is here to stay, then no, it won't change. If the radio stations will play NWA over KRS-1, then no, the world won't change. If thenews reporters, the people who play the music over the air, the people who sell the music in the stores would help, then the world wouldn't be so mixed up, and I think that young teenagers in rap can change the world. MARCH 1991 9 with LoVE BATTERY-"" HELMET SAT. MARCH 9 TOW1V jp t/jvrjp TICKETS $10 AT ALL -T7C^,4'd*w*» OUTLETS OR CHARGE BY PHONE 280-4444. LICK ME BITE ME CHEW ME ON ROBSON Now serving coffee and salads too. 1175 Robson 681-1233 1937 Cornwall 732-8840 ONE IS THE LONELIEST NUMBER... FROSH COORDINATOR 1991-92 DONT LET A FROSH GO THROUGH FIRST YEAR ALONE Now accepting applications for FroCo's for the 1991/92 school year. Apply in SUB 216A or phone 228-5213 A.M.S. 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JUMBALASSY with special guests MEDUSA'S RAFT FRIDAY 29 Capitol recording artists BOB'S YOUR UNCLE SATURDAY 30 SKABOOM SUNDAY31 THE GRAMES BROTHERS T TOW H - E IT AF P IT M P A \\J V 66 Write- r if Mr U AVi Mr '■■-■ Castown 683-6695 -_—, . TV /W X _" "LT' haw third lint explain r AJVIIJLY, ing lo hm and after ev- NURSERY RHYMES, ELLENSBURG... erybody heard each other 'j records, it kinda nude mall understand what we were letting at in the Tint LThe m ANjD A NEW ALBUM Trees Ufcmwy, pro.,- bly becvenmore the three Rowena Talks to Van Conner of the Screaming Trees and learns that Van is a really nice guy and he, too, cried and went home when the coaches were mean. of us together because the put it's kind of like it'seither rae or the other, either Lee or Mark or me. Wtaldyaeverdoishow with all the individual projects on tbe sane bif? "Bed of Roses" seems like the perfect tie second flREHOSE album? It's just choice fori first single. Wis it in obvious like a picture of Mice Watt's bed, like Calvin'silwiysttyingtogetustodothit choice? Whodeoded? [lhcn]lhere'shisbedindthere'siHusker — Calvin [BeitHippening/K Records] Good question, h wis our idea, but [the Duposlerthtf's,like,hijbedroam.l*opie Johnson's always like, "In Olympii it label. Epic] wined to do i different just give up after a while I guess. song, but so did we. There really wasn't ■ Ike in Alice then we lemda just changed out minds at Wooderiandkmd of thing. the list minute. We were gonna dif WalUihink that wis just because of that "Something about Today," I think, fit little g8l^r_there. I think [Mnk| took Roses" like wiy lack when, ind i just knx- fell tack together and how it became the single again. It went make hin of Ellensburg for the wind because the wind always blows. I guess those are the greal things about the towa When you go out to clubs and things, does everybody drink beer from the pitcher? In Ellensburg? Yeih, that's how I always bthere my other band in or around Seattle th_ you wouldl ike to be in ifyou weren't in the Scrcimmg Trees? If I wisn't in the Screaming Trees, I would be in Solomon Grundy. If I wasn't in Solomon Grundy, 1 would probably start mother bmd I played in Dinosaur for a few months; that was really weird, but I can't imagine myself being in that bind. It wis cool but it was just kind of like a band, you know. I think I would like to hive more of my own bind. I like alot of hinds from around here. I like Beit Hippening, of course. I like all the old standbys like f I guess 1 expect more or something from it, just... if we actually sell a ocrtain amount of records, they have to tell us how many we sold It's not like you call up and say, "1 low many did we sell?" "I don't know," you know, the usual with record companies we 've dealt with in the past. So I expect people tobe more on the level, which sounds twisted because people always see major labels in the opposite light, but they have to be more thm indie labels because it's like business on the it end of it.... The people who work for you are in it 'cause they like the tunes — but the main libel, Sony Music, isn't iniltohaveagoodtime.lt- way. It's way sleazy but nobody cm really fuck around said Steve did the side that Jack did and Jack did the side that Steve did The whole concept was fucked Collectors items, maybe? I guess. So lack lo the new album There wasilot of mention to little details. Your bass pitying doesn't sound like most other bassists'; it has its own distinct melody in each song is opposed lo keeping the Actually Lee used to play bass and I used to play guitar and he was like the Chris Squire of bassists of Ellensburg — frc Yes, you know. lie played lead I that was kind of his style. Do you have my personal favouries off M-k-i Well, I like "Alice Said" alot, the second song on the second side. I like the re intra put where it comes lad in; that's my favourite part in the album, probably, in the whole thing. But you have to listen to Of all your songs an all your records that we law hoe, "Orange AirpliDc"_THE Oh my god! That's a long time igo! It's like, wow, actually I guess it's more albums ago thin time. It was like six albums ago or something. It also appeared oo that Let'sSet cassette on K, right? Yeah, right. Actually a different version So who's that screiming "orange airplane" in the song? That's my little brother. Oh really? So there ire more Corners? Yeah, there's a whole bunch more. Are they all musical? Oh yeah. Well, I guess so. Joey, the guy who sang on that song, now he listens to Bon Jovi, but hey, he likes Social Distortion too'cause they're on MTV. Who chose the title of the ilbum ind the The cover art was... piinted for the album It wasn't something we just found It was actually Mark Ryden, the guy who painted it,... took stuff, ideas from the album itself and pointed the picture, I guess his concept ofthe album. Which is cool 'cause we thought, like, oh great, you know, 'cause we have troubles finding album coven sometimes. And it's really hard to find something that is original so it was really cool hiving somebody paint something just for the album instead of just like going through a book until you found a painting or something or searching the world over for some weird thing to put on the cover. I mean, some people just give up. Have you seen My thing is more of thing or: so weird Old ninety i from my wife really into storybook things so she kinda got me into all thu over the last few yean. And Lee, of course, has always been into all that, but in kind of a different way. I guess he's into it in more of kind of an evil way. How do you mean "evil"? Just that the songs he writes ne i little more dark or something. Like his album \\MystayLm by The Purple Outside] as opposed to the Solomon Grundy album You guys all lad your own individual projects over that list year. Did you ill decide en masse to go off on your own? Actually we came to a point where we were kind of burnt out, and we were gonna do this major label deal, so there ul ihis tir id and wait for them to fight it out and whale ver. Deciding on the contract takes so damn long; we could just sit around and wait for four months or we could go our own ways and not talk to each other and see what happens, and it ended up with us doing our own records. Do each of those projects still exist? They're all still going. Mark Lanegan just recorded, he's working on his new album right now, the new Lanegan album I beard a song off of it; it's gonna Wih all these difloent projects, did you find my peat difference when you ill came back together? Yeah, I think so. It was better.... Mark and 1 in the past always had trouble — when we write songs with Lee, we either write songs with him right there or he'd just have a song himself and it wis hard for us to bring our own songs to him, just because he thinks a little bit differently. It's hard for me to sit down with Lee and show him i song because I wouldn't live in Seattle now? I don't but those guys do. I live in Ellensburg. It's in EASTERN Washington. Nobody knows about EASTERN Wash- Now that most of the bind is ii Seattle, doyou consider yourselvesiSetfllebind? The Trees? Oh no. I don't think so. If people ask like, "Where arc you guys from?" usually I say "Seattle" because I'm tired of try ing toexplain Ellensburg. For that last five or six years wherever we go , a's like, "Ellensburg, where the HELL is that?" and you have to explain it Well, in the past, like maybe four yean ago, [if] you said "Seattle," they would have said," Wtere the I ELL is that?' but for some reason now a lot of bands from Seattle have notoriety or something. If you just say Seattle you don'thave to talk as much. But I mem I guess, yeah, we 're just a band. I guess we're a Northwest Other thin the Trees, whit diim to fin- does Ellensburghive? Well, there's King Krab, mother band from Ellensburg; they just got back from Europe from a tour. They have m album thu's out in Europe but not in the States of course. No, Ellensburg will be known for the Largest Walk-In Freezer in the World, I guess. Oh, Hal's on one ofthe tourist naps? Yeah, there are few other spots that El- tensburg's known for. In the centre of the state there's a rodeo. The wind. People Is he still in the band? No, not any more. Dm Peters is our new drummer. He's in Mudhoney, too. You guys released the EP just before the album. Three of the four songs appear on UadeAnestbesi*. Was that the intention or wis it i label thing? The EP? No, that was no intention whatsoever. We didn't know we were going to do it We had one extra tune which we didn't want to use for the album, which was "Who Lies in Darkness" and so lhat's on the EP. And ihey wanted us to go on Hour and do a pre-album deal, so we said "0 K what the hell", and we went on tour and ihey put out the EP and Mark and I went in and recorded the "Something About Today - Weird Version" 'cause Lee was in New York. It was funny 'cause Lee and Pickerel didn't know about it and me and Lanegan were at the studio recording it and we get this phone call from Lee like, "You know, mm, Pickerel and I are really upset that you didn't til us you were recording." WeforgottoevencallPickerel;he wasat home like a few blocks away from the studio. We didn't even call him, I don't know why. Mark just called me, "Come over and record," and so I drove over there and we recorded Ho w his life clanged smce you signed to The Mijor Libel? ibodywhoi 'nan you better go you guys are igned" And I'm like, "What?!" "Like go say, Thank you' or somelhing." And then I went in there and said, "See you later. Thanks. Bye." I didn't have the emotion at all. It was funny. I don't know why, but just 'cause we were tainted and damaged and put through the ringer one too many times. Yeah, that song was kind of a joke; it wasn't even going to be on the album, n we liked i. Actually a couple of songs weren't going to be on the album and all of i sudden we liked them. It was like, "Wow, I like that." So that was the way it was recorded and we kind of just left i. There's also some weid instrument on "lay Your HeidDown" that sounds kindi like what I think is i recorder, but many people siy "no, it's some exotic wind You guys also put outthe_J»_r_x/H^e doubleT'onSubPop.Were those songs recorded spe- Van Conner: Charles Peterson cifially for thit or did you hive them sitting around? We wrote a couple tunes and we wanted to do a single with Sub Pop. Actually, I think Bruce [Pavitt] asked us to do it like way back around our first or second album with SST but we never really got around to doing it. We also said we'd do one for Calvin too but we never did that. But Bruce said, "OK, go record these two songs," so we did. And thensomebody got this hair- brained scheme—I think it was Mark — to go and record with Steve [Fisk], too, so you get Steve and Jack [Endino] at the same time on different records. But then ihey went and put the titles on backwards on most ofthe 45s. It says that Stevedidthewrongside.lt It is a recorder.. I think it'sjust a recorder, one of those school recordere. I think it was Chris Cornell who played it. I think. I wasn't there that day. How did you link up with him on this album? Well, he just happens to be mirricd to our manager, but that has nothing to do wilh it. We've known Chris [or a while and we didn't want to go into it blind wilh Terry |Dile, producer] because we didn't really know Terry. We knew Chris ind we thought, "What has Terry done that sounds likethe Screaming Trees." And we thought, Vxhing, really. He's done alot of stuff but ling really like us. We just got him se he was a buffer zone between us jTerry but it ended up being Terry wis K md Chris was fine too. When you go to hnr's, do you feed the seagulls or do you feed the pigeons? I haven't gone to War's since 1 wis four yean old My dad look me there once, on i trip to the big city. But I've walked by there i few times. Do I feed the seagulls? If I wis there, I probably wouldn't feed them—they don'tlike the pigeons so why not help out the pigeons? I Us anyone ever eked you if "Scream mg Trees" b in envirccmcntil message? Yeah, actually in Europe, a lot of people ask us that. There were i few heiled discussions of the Spotted Owl during the recording of the ilbum, in the parking lot, ui the studio, between basketball games. Do you fellow sports? I don't, no, not really. Hockey's cool; a lot of my friends are inlo hockey. I don't have cable TV, I don't have i radio. My dad always watches games. I wis in sports in school hut I always ended up quitting or crying. I'd just flirt crying md go home; the coaches were mem to me. I wis basically i wimp. Whit about your brother? Lee? He was way worse t wimp thm me. We come from i long line of wimps I guess. My mom's side ofthe family were all in music md stuff, md my dad's side were all rugged Montanans or something. So I guess wc chose my mom's side of the family. "Momma's Boys" I guess we'd be called. My dad always tried to get us inlo But the music won out MARCH 1991 11 ZULU RECORDS presents... The first in a series of sales and special events. The following way cool Cargo releases are on sale from March 1-15 for the low, low prices of... CD: 14.98 Cass: 8.98 TAD - 8-WAY SANTA (Subpop) Another hard rockin' winner from America's biggest loser. Do your Christmas shopping early. KILLDOZER - FOR LADIES ONLY (Touch & Go) Killer covers of your fave AM radio hits as only the Dozer duzem. CD: 12.98 Cass: 8.98 VARIOUS - HARD TO BELIEVE (c/z) Kiss covers by bands almost as cool as the originator. Trends come and go but as Nirvana, All, the Melvins and others prove, Kiss is forever. GALAXIE 500 ■ TODAY & THIS IS OUR MUSIC (Rough Trade) Believe the hype. Once in awhile a band is as good as its press. KMFDM - NAIVE (Waxtrax) Kill Mother Fuckin' Depeche Mode. Need we say more. CAT RAPES DOG - GODS, GUNS & GASOLINE (KK/Cargo) Oh, that Swedish touch. Industrial dance- meisters from Scandinavia. Ouch! OTHER NOTEWORTHY STUFF Headhunter and Nemesis new releases in stock March 22: Galaxie 500 in store appearance New listening booths for new and used CDs 7" singles (incl. Subpop singles club) and lotsa new UK posters Ask us about special orders ZULU RECORDS 1869 W.4th Ave. Vancouver, BC (604)738-3232 DJING T C9p wrlfll I 9 rJURf the Jiggle Boys are more than just the backbone ofthe Vancouver punk rock scene, we've branched out into more athletic pursuits. Roller blades? Synchronized swimming? No way, man: MONSTER TRUCKS! For weeks Mikey and Gav have been dutifully slouched in front of the TV studying the finer points of good-olc-boy, tobacco-chewin', bascball-cap-wcarin', Schlitz-dnnkin' tractor puUs. Of course, this intensive training was just the warm-up for the big event: February 2nd's GM Motor Spectacular at B.C. Place. Oh baby, this was big! There was the truck and tractor pull, mud racing, demolition derby, and the much-anticipated "Monster Truck Challenge." So, accompanied by ourlovely dream dale (the winner of Jiggle's "Take Mikey and Gav to the Monster Truck and Tractor Pull" con test), we made our way to the dome. People swarmed around the stadium, blocking streets and giving the obligatory thumbs-up as we shouted "AWWRIGHT GRAVEDIGGER!" What young person can resist the enthusiasm of really big trucks? Not the Jiggle posse. Tickets purchased, we moved with the crowd through the building. Never before had we seen so many little kids, fringed leather jackets, and fellas with hockey hair (long in the back, short on top!). There were T-shirts a-plenty, clowns, free monster truck flashlights for the kids, and a guest appearance by Michelangelo, one of those crazy Teenage Mutant Nazi Turtles. The kids eat this up! We finally pushed our way through the masses and found our seats. What an amazing spectacle! On one side was the giant mud pit. On the other was the tractor pull area. Down the middle of the stadium, of course, was the monster truck domain: two rows of oh-so-crushable used can. The lights dimmed, a weird tinny soundtrack tape started and an excited South- em gent welcomed us. One by one we were introduced to the "big boys with the big toys." Wilh roaring engines and spinning lires Ihe trucks lined up: Bigfoot, Taurus, Nasty Habit, Troublemaker, and finally with the accompaniment of "Bad to the Bone," AWWRIGHT GRAVEDIGGER! Somewhere behind us a little boy was chanting "Monster Trucks! Monster Trucks!" I think he summed it up for all of us. Soon the tractor-pulling and mud- racing got underway. Our commentator really helped us to understand this part of the competition. "Well, you can see there how his tires were aspinnin' " and he couldn't git it goin' again." Oh, is that what happened? Thanks, Bubba. The Jiggle Big Foot! Awesome!!! Wrt & Pfcs by Nfcy crew was right into this! "Nice pull!""Good pass!" The action swung back and forth between the pullin' and the muck chuckin'. Oh what a dizzying deaf- Finally wc got down to the monster trucks. "AWWRIGHT GRAVEDIGGER!" Now we gel to see real action: explosions, crashes, mayhem I The trucks lined up, roared their engines and launched into the air as ihey blazed through three seconds of glorious destruction "AWWRIGHT BIGFOOT!" Why wasn't everyone in Vancouver here? More tractor pulls followed. These became a bit tedious. Luckily the announcer brought the folks to a frenzy with crowd-pleasers like "Let's hear it for Ford! Any Ford owners out there?" Sure pal. "AWWRIGHT FORD!" Finally after endless losers, just as the Jiggle mob was losing faith... "FULL PULL!" Everyone cheered as the flame-throwin' behemoth sat smoking at the end of the track. Yeah, this is what it was all about. Mikey and Gav began discussing the prospect of purchasing a finemud-bogger from Matsqui. More big trucks crushed more big cars. More crazy dune-buggies roared through the mud. The e ventu - al mud-race champion received a great ovation when the announcer marvelled "That was a woman drivin' that vehicle!" Oh boy, who would have guessed? Afler three hours of nonstop action on the track, and countless little kids walking over and around us, our ears were numb and our dream date was holding her head in her hands. We decided to bail on the demolition derby and go for pancakes. On the way out we tried buying Monster Truck flashlights from little kids. It's amazing how nervous they get when approached by two heavily tattooed dudes and a foxy model/actress. We left with happiness in our hearts and an unspoken vow to get front row seats for the event: indoor supercross. AWWRIGHT GRAVEDIGGER!!! PULL! THURSDAY VELVIS EYEBROWS1 THURSDAY TOP TEN 1) Noise Unit • Agitate 2) The High • Somewhere Soon 3) Sucking Chest Wound • Who Shot The Pope' 4) Happy Mondays • Bob's Yer Uncle 5) Beautiful Happiness • Something Sonic 6) Blackhouse • Men in Black 7) Strawpeople • Beautiful Skin 8) Pop Will Eat Itself • X, Y, and Zee 9) Renegade Soundwave • Thunder II 10) Jesus Jones • Internati ' Young Thing BEAT ASSASSINATOR'S TOP TEN TUNES 1. Meat Beat Manifesto • 10X Faster Than The Speed of Love 2. Public Enemy • Brothers Gonna Work It Out 3. Artillerymen • 9G (Ambiomorphic Mix) 4. KMFDM • Godlike 5. George Clinton • Atomic Dog 6. Mussolini Headkick • War Drum 7. White Boy Worry • Survive i 8. Meat Beat Manifesto • Dogstar Man 9. Charlatans UK • The Only One I Know 10) Vomito Negro • Raise The Power THE CHRONIC SESSION 10 1) My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult • A G Doesn't Get Killed by a Make-Believe Lo 2) Meat Beat Manifesto • Helter Skelter 3) Front 242 • Tragedy For You 4) KMFDM • Godlike 5) Ministry • Deity (Live) 6) Nine Inch Nails • Sin 7) Charlatans UK • The Only One I Know 8) Happy Mondays • Kinky Afro 9) Yello • Si Senor The Hairy Grill 10) Sisters of Mercy • Dr.Jeep MARCH 1991 13 VANCOUVER'S HOTTEST BLUES NIGHTCLUB Feb. 26 - Mar. 2 Mar. 5 Mar. 5 - 9 Mar. 12 -16 Mar. 17 Mar. 18 - 23 Mar. 26 - 30 Cathi McDonald Roy Rogers (tickets at the door) Professor Blues Revue Joanna Connor Blues Guitar Wars Amos Garrett Sherman Robertson DON'T MISS JACK LA VIN'S JAMS: SAT. 3-8 PM/ SUNDAY BLUES MARATHON JAM SUN. 3 PM-MIDNITE OPEN EACH NIGHT FROM 9:30 pm -.1:30 am OPEN WEEKDAYS FROM 11:30 am Rogue Folk Club presents Sunday MARCH 3rd 8:30pm JUNE TABOR & THE OYSTER BAND 86 St. Music Hall $12 ($10 members) Call 280-4444 for tickets Saturday MARCH 9th 8:30pm Tommy Sands & Mairtin O'Connor renowned Irish duo, plus England's Pete Morton W.LS£. 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Their third and latest release, Glory Train, shows the choir growing more confident. Moreover, they're one of a handful of Canadian gospel acts to record, earning recognition at home (two Juno nominations) andabroad. DavidLangille spoke with Choir Director! Arranger Trevor Payne from his office in Montreal about his roots in gospel, the choir's history and the new CD. Where are you from and what is your background in gospel music? I was born in Barbados and came to Canada in my early teens. My experience in gospel is basically through my second cousin's church in Boston; il's one of the largest black churches in the Stale. He's very fortunate in lhal he has a brilliant music program there, a very big music program - he has five or six choirs—and his music director and choir director, Professor John Weeks, is absolutely brilliant. So I was able to learn a lot of my early licks and chops from him. Were there any groups, or artists, in particular that influenced you musically? Did you have any gospel heroes? Yes, as a matter of fact my two major gospel influences are Mahalia Jackson and, of all people, Ray Charles. Even though what he does is not religious, everything about Ray Charles, particularly the phase he went through in the fifties and six- What about your own training in music? I guess I've had a rather diverse career in training in music. My "raining has I guess covered a lot of different styles over the years and I've acquired it in different areas. First of all, I have perfect pitch so I was able to pick up a lol of ideas from Ray Charles as well as Mahalia Jackson's pianist [Mildred Falls]... And I studied classical piano in my early teens. Then I went into rock and roll for several years and gave thai upand went to McGill and studied music formally there. I graduated in symphonic conducting and then studied the history of Afro-American music and then went into the choir thing. Actually, I founded the Black Community Youth Choir back in 1974 and Jubilation came inlo being in 1982. So, I've got basically the street as well as the institution in my background. te when and i»j*^3-_o !y started and y oqsyown part «formation. wcshouidgoalithewj to 1974 wheaas an undergraduate at McGill, Daisy Sweeney, who 1 pens to be Oscar Peterson's -isle and a very popular piano teacher.. she called to a*k me to take part in h< year-end concert She wanted me t come down,not only totake part I to try and convince otter black i She wanted mc lo play cello but I didn't think I was proficient enough on cello. She had enough pianists already so I offered to leach her older students a song to sing, which we presented at the end of the event. That actually gave birth to a youth choir lhal was formed in October 1974. Then in 1982, on the occasion of the 1 00th anniversary of Union United Church we put the youth choir together with the senior choir, presumably to do just the one performance. But it was so well received they asked if we'd think aboul keeping a permanent choir of that type together, which we did. One thing led to another and here we are now around the world, into the United Stales with our third international release and our second straight Juno nomination (laughs). Before you all came on the scene was there much of a Gos- pening in Montreal? I know there's a large and very old black community in that city. Well, there is an , old black com- f munity here but j large; Vancouver's black community is probably larger... Halifax of course ' ' would suspect the community in Windsor, Ontario is larger than Montreal, when you compare il to the size of the city. And now, as a matter of fact, it's quite spread oul. As far as gospel music is concerned, there are a number of black churches that are gospel oriented, that have : within the as you probably integral part of the black tune quite well. They have lo have a very high degree of tonal retail, because wc leach everything by rote, by repetition... They have lo be able lo sing in four and eight and some- limes even twelve parts.... So ihey have to have very good ears. Is it a racial mix as well? It's predominantly black bul oh yes, it's a racial mix, very definitely. Regarding the major schools of gospel choirs—the Hawkins, James Cleveland, Thomas Dorsey—who do you draw from mostly? I know you have a real mix of sound, ranging from modern soul gospel to turn of the century jubilee. president of Justin Time, and Jim being so happy with Oliver and respecting his opinion called mc. We decided then lhal not only for financial reasons, bul also because we thought we had a better chance of catching the choir al its maximum energy, that we should record the choir in from of an audience, in a concert environment. And I feel because they were so inexperienced, I think thai was probably the best chance we had. Il worked oul well and we decided lo do ihc same thing with the second album. As they've progressed musically and become more and more comfortable wilh themselves and one another, we then thought... Let's go In the beginning, of very much influenced by James Cleveland and the Southern Community Choir, particularly the double-album lhal he made wilh Aretha. That was our first major influence. But I've come io appreciate a lot of gospel choirs, ihe Abyssinian Bap- right into the studio and see if we can conjure up that same energy, even though the recording sludio is foreign and a ralher cold atmosphere; lei's try it. And we did, and I'm very happy with the way il worked out. mediately afler slavery, you've gol millions of people who were bom inlo a religious/musical culture. Ihe way lhat gospel comes together is unlike anything else. Whal Oliver Jones was referring to was the fact lhat, while he too has perfect pilch and can play anything he hears, to reproduce gospel and make it sound right is an entirely different story. That comes from a different part of the brain altogether and he's nol inclined in lhal way. The actual essence of the chord structure, the voicings, the rhythm, the improvisation, is something I can't explain. It has its roots in Africa. You really need to go to a black church to experience it. There's no question. When I've gone to black churches back in Nova body there knows how to sing gospel and they know how tain way and I doubt that's been methodically taught or trained. It jusl erupts spontaneously during the church service; the music acts as a sort of aural texture or backdrop to the ser- you that it's nol trained or taught. sity of songs from a diversity of traditions. "Ezekiel Saw the Wheel" sounds more like something for the "Kiske Jubilee Singers" around 1890. Absolutely, because it's not a gospel song as such, il's a "negro •ipiril "E/.ck t the thing tl from inside them. And they would be hard pressed to explain how they know what to sing and when to sing it. Do you think there's a—for lack of a better phrase—Canadian style of Oliver Jones played organ on the gospel? first album, and just after it was I hope one day to get a grant from the released, I talked to him about his f*QH§'*ia Council and lake a gospel influence, wjiich is very / j^country into areas like Windsor, identmhjspianopl*flj|g.I_sked /'Ontario,and Halifa sure that I Wheel" and "In That Morning When Ihc Lord Says Hurry," also on the CD, arc two a capella spirituals. We were testing the water with those and they've been so well-received lhat we've decided to postpone our gospel Christmas release and we're going to do an a capella album instead. What's the difference between a "negro spiritual" and a gospel song? The "negro spiritual" is obviously European and classically oriented. You have to have a conductor, it's obvious that lime has been spentto train the singers to all sing together, in tune and so on. It probably came from the house slaves who observed lhat type of singing first hand in their master's parlour. In comparison, gospel was born oul of communal recreation, where you might have a soloist, but the song goes nowhere unless every single per son present approves,and shows their approval by participating. It's an entirely opposite approach. The European way is to have specialists perform and other observe. So the spirituals are a more sophisticated version of gospel? You might say that gospel is jazzed up spirituals, and gospel hasn't always been so well-received. I know that when the gospel soloists of the rural South and New Orleans headed north and brought their wilder style of church music wilh them, the reaction was hostile. The established black churches in Chicago and New York opposed it, thought it was the Devil's In fact, Mahalia Jackson had a lol to do with bringing gos^ to a lot of people wh/ ously considered it V able to, while k! characterise dergrads to come with me. She giving them. Tlef Students were young and they hada tendency ti ibout us Basically, our cher now consists ol JiatthlyPjust lbhJPeryone or //an* /^w //<>*><•> Hank the Hobo' You know flank th* Hobo" *** ^ Ca, "non Salt Norman Mer kell—Hank the— Wow! Holy Mackerel! Thafs amazing. Can I speak to Hank th* Hobo?* Well, Tm sorry lo inform you that Hank tht Hobo ptuatdavay tix ymtn ago. Ooohh, that'* too had. Are you related to Hank the Hobo? / txu Hank th* Hobo's nn/t. Welt I was wondering... Mr*. Mer toll, in a somewhat shocked state, related to me a couple of chapters from the Hank the Hobo scrapbook. Originally from Edmonton, Hank began performing over 35 years ago at various county lairs, hoe- downs and stampnJes located across Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Despite not being a full-time musician, he was still able to maintain a first-rate travelling "vaudeville" troupe that frequently garnered lavish accolades throughout Western Canada. In the early 1960k, making the inevitable move to big city li/e. Hank the Hobo relocated to Vancouver where he immediately began hitting the Legion circuit. Once in British Columbia, Hank and Roy the fiddler* (whom Mrs. MerkeD hasn't )»ard from in five yeera) didn't slow down a bit: shows continued at a feverish pace for the nerf twenty years. During one erf his many trips stateside, Mr. Hobo had the pleasure of playing with a young, sweet, pert baa from Blaine, Washington, a real LORETTA LYNN! Nevertheless, Hank th* Hobo's wcnderfulry sincere, spirted music is what ere ke. him really rock. Whether t be "BC Marches On," a sarcastic ode to fanner premier WAC Bennett, or The Battle of Krestova," Hank's political commentary on the gallant Doukubhor marches of 1962, or the A-side ol the same 7", "Th* Dutchmen's Christinas," the giant Hobo machine never fails to get the massage across. Take far instance Hank's spoken word introduction to The Dutchmen's Christmas": Htlk Friends, Dim fc* Hmk th Hob* wit hang ym alia wry ae> ani Merry Xmm. HOW PUCKINC TOUCHING! DO YA THINK APRIL WINE EVER KICKED INTO A SONG THAT WAY? Well uh, ah, no sir. But Hank tha Hobo did, so don't you ever farget it Mary Hartman! 5 pine Point Pete ais-r . Shoun Ryder or Happy Mondays : Elektra HAPPY MONDAYS arethenextbigttimg.Well, over in the UK they already are a big thing, with their album lodged in the top ten, and their latest tour of 10,000 seat arenas Alternative music? Don't ask me: the band put out a wonderful dance-pop hybnd; laid-back low energy drug jams smeared with Shaun Ryder's characteristically Mancunian out- of-tune vocals Happy Mondays have been playing together for nearly a decade, and really came to prominence in '89 as one of the ma|or bands in the "Manchester Explosion" along with The Stone Roses and Inspiral Carpets. They've had literally acres ot copy written about them, mostly focusing on their law breaking exploits, and when Discorder got a chance to talk to "Cow" aka "Pig" a/k/a Mark Day, the band's guitarist, my main worry was to try and find something to ask that he hadn't heard a million times, and maybe get something that you haven't read about anywhere else. Well, I did it, and here's the scoop: HAPPY MONDAYS PLAY BACKGAMMON BACKSTAGE II Forget that stuff about wild drug debauchery, sordid sex and shoplifting sprees—when these guys want to let off steam they reach straight for the dice shakerl In England you're superstars now. How are you handling it all? Very calmly indeed, as always. We've been doing it for ten years, y'know; grown up with it. You have a lot of time to think. We just take every str ideas it comes. It hasn't changed your life in any way? Yeah, it's changed my life. I'm more comfortable, more relaxed I can handle it. It's quite enjoyable You've always said that you were doing this for fun. Is it still fun? Oh yeah, it's always fun, just cos of the people I'm with. We don't get record company hassle, just do it in our own time. We're lucky really 'cos the label ws're on, Factory, are understanding and they don't push you. Where does the band go from here? Do you even think about those things? No, ljustlet it happen. I think we're atStage Three now. Stage Four is like really MEGA. That'll take a bit of time. The sooner the better; I'm looking forward to having six months off a year. You've had great press. Is there going to be a time when they turn round and start hammering you? Yeah, they always do. Some magazines over here have started to, but I've got to that stage where I don't really bother. I'm not really arsed about what the papers say anymore. The press has been good to us anyway. They've supported us and now they're off. Whatever the reason is I don't know and I don't really care. So do you still get loaded before you play live? Loaded? Rephrase that please. Yeah, well you wanna enjoy it yourself don't ya? About as much as we used to do, we still have a drink. No Perrier water in our changing rooms. only asked you 'cos you're now playing to such massive crowds. Isn't it more like doing a job than just having fun? Bit of both really. You try not to think of it as a job, but touring now it gets that way 'cos it's routine. After about ten gigs you get routined up. But with this crew there's always something going on. We just amuse ourselves basically. You got a lot of press for having a 'Yob" image. Does that bore you now? Yeah, we did get labelled, but you just see us as you see us. It's a game they play innit? It's all a little game. Like a game on a board. I'm getting into backgammon. I learned it when I was in Brazil. One of the roadcrew taught me how to play it So that's my big scoop then—Happy Mondays play backgammon backstage. For money! Do you think that this has been blown out of all proportion? All the interviews and articles and TV about you? Yeah, I do think it's been blown out of all proportion. It's like hyperspace, get into another rocket and off you go. It's part of the job, but it's not, know what I mean? It never has been. Soon as you start thinking like that then you're finished. I just have a laugh that's all. Have a good time—all the time. The Spinal Tap philosophy. Don't quote me on that. ^rlFC£l_l I started the band about three years ago now and originally it was just mc and the DJ I was working with, then I expanded into— because we did some live shows— the use of dancers, and Marcus was involved in lhat period and that's how il started anyway. Then wc released our first album and that's when we did our firsl lour over here [America] and we've jusl released our second album. Whin you wort a kid, what did you listen to? I liked Cabaret Voltaire and Kraftwerk and Can, didn't wanl lo keep doing the same style of music over and over again and to do [the old style show) lo iracks like "Radio Babylon" just doesn't work. iheir first album; it's real Some of the tracks on t amazing. Is there a reason you tried to redo A rmedA udio Warfare after the fire I vou doiny in San vou had? Have you ever toured in Canada? We've played in Montreal and Toronto. How about the West Coast? We haven't actually got up , o lhat c r. We haven't played in Scat- lie; San Francisco's the nearest we've got but we're definitely going to be up this year. I heard your live show used to be only seven minutes long. Well originally it was twenty people on stage all doing different things. We used films and videos and had dancers... It was cram-packed. What we actually tried lo do was condense a live show inlo seven minutes by using an overdose of imager)', and il worked out really well Of courseyou ihere were other bands and things, but people really liked it... As an experiment il worked. What's r show like It expanded into an hour long sel using dancers; wc didn't use any films or anything like lhal. That was the last lour and the next tour is going to be different, bul you'll have . We'n not using dancers any- .. We'n using film anymore either. It's probably going lo be incredibly minimal. We'll be relying a lol r Ihc . The music lo take a backseat; it JMIFESTO t>« adorn sloan FOI1 #_Ti€_* paSt four years, Meat Beat Manifesto have been the English grease lubricating the tired arthritic joints ofthe B.C.N.S. (Black-Clad Nivek Stampers) throughout the world. From England's Sweatbox to Belgium's Play It Again Sam to the label that brung Depeche Mode to the world. Mute, the trio of self-proclaimed anti-musicians has always made bodies writhe in pre-orgasmic spasms to the electro-beat of their first import-only "Suck Hard" and "Strap Down" singles to their more commercially available "God OD," "Dog Star Man" and, more recently, "Helter Skelter" singles. 99% is their current release, the first to be picked up domestically by a major label, although it was first released last year on Play It Again Sam. Discorder talked to Jack Dangers last month over the phone from San Francisco about Meat Beat Manifesto's evolving unique danceable semi-industrial music. But first some background information on the English band, straight outta Jack's mouth... Sludiois basically all the iracks which were desiroyed and some of the tracks which we salvaged went on Armed Audio Warfare. Why isn't there much information about the group on your re- We might put something on the next one. For some reason everyone always asks that. I think it's more of an Amencan thing than it is Kuropean. We'd like to keep everything as minimal as possible and lei ihe music speak for itself. Do you get permission for all or most of your Nah; none. SHOW. So what we've done now is gone back to Do you run the music off tape or do you bring all your electronics on stage? Il's all electronic. Sequences and samplers. We also use guitars and live drums. For the first tour, for the Storm the Studio album, which was very loud in your face aggression, the live show suited that but we 18 DISCORDER Francisco? Working with Consolidated. Sort of producing, mixing their next album. What's it like? Still overtly political, because that's what they're all about, that's their bag. Musically it's more jazzy than I guess you haven't run into any trouble yet. Not yel, but I probably shouldn't say lhat in case we do! (laughs) No, it's jusl something... it defeats the object of what we're about. To me sampling is a form of pop art, y'know, collecting and finding commercially available material and rearranging it into your own piece of work. Thai's whal Warhol did for screen prints and Lichtenstein did for comic strips; it's like a montage, like a slow sort of sculpture building up of sounds. I don't think il' s stealing. It does lake a while to chop and change things, but it's our music, no one else's. The sounds might be from something but then they are sounds which you can produce anywhere. We produce our own sounds as well, of course. The whole idea behind it is one which m- Who are your inspirations? My biggest inspiration is Captain Beefheart. And the other group I liked are the Cocteau Twins. And olher things but they're the only two which stay in my mind. Public Enemy. They're not really rap. I think rap is... a really antiquated '80s thing along with scratching. Therejust isn't any rapping on 99%. What are your future plans, short-term and long? Well, we're going to be playing live in Vancouver definitely, but I don'l know if it's going to be before or after the summer, but definitely this Meat Beat Manifesto : Andy CarBn year. We're going t0 ^ Part of the Armed Audio Warfare [master tapes] were destroyed. They weren't actually burnt to pieces, [the master tapes] just bubbled. The fire didn't bum the flat down; il mined the parts of the room totally, but the more you went into die lape the more you could salvage from it. Storm the recording a new album and I think it's going to come out next year. It's difficult to tell because 99% came oul neariy a year ago in Europe and it's just come out here... Thanks for talking to us. All right then, see you in Vancouver. THAT MAGAZINE FROM CITR 101.9 fM lAichael Crigg is Our Man in London What's been makin' the rounds of London this month? /\\S1QC from the triumphant fireworks display by masochistic IRA members during their self-destructing mortar shelling of 10 Downing Street, Ixmdon has been crippled by sub-zero temperatures (- 3* to -5" C) and 6 inches of snow!! To put it into perspective, the RAC (automobile association here) received a whopping 2,500 calls per hour on the first frosty day of this wintry deluge. British Rail cancelled mosl of their rail service and a typical 20 minute tube journey ridiculously averaged a snail' s pace of two hours, no doubt due to "points failure". I cannot remember how many times I stood on the Victoria platform listening lo "mind the gap" and "stand clear of the doors". With all this happening, who needs a war. The most enjoyable gig during Nature's revenge on die belching old Lady London was at the Venue in New Cross Gale on February 9th. The PopGuns were mesmerizing and, after their show, I was fortunate enough lo go backstage and meet them. I first heard their music on a Peel Session; I was informed they have done two now. I finally caught them live in mid-January at ihe raw and worn Powerhaus, a club in the hip Islington area of London. The Powerhaus is quaint and J-shaped with an open bar and wooden floors. The small stage is loaded with " woofed"-out speakers that go snap, crackle and pop. I like this intimate club. I liked the PopGuns at ihe Powerhaus. I didn't know if it was due to the atmosphere—not lo men- lion too many pints—or iheir talenl lhat I decided to hear ihem again. Hence, that fatefully cold Saturday nighl I bussed into the depths of South London and caught their gig atthe Venue... sober. They surpassed my expectations. The Venue's decor is most definitely a la Luv-a-Fair and, unlike the Powerhaus, it has a very good sound system. Given the extreme weather conditions, there was still a good dealof fans jockeying for space by the stage. Despite the barrage of four guitars and one drummer, lead singer Wendy Morgan's strong and passionately powerful voice knifed through the drone of feedback. Her enthusiasm and dynamic energy gave the band the pyrotechnics needed lo rally their fans into the most traditional of rock con- cert sports—stage diving—and there was lots of it. The PopGuns pounded out infectious static for well over an hour. I was captivated not only by the their casual freshness, almost innocence, but also by their obvious joy throughout the gig and their active encouragement of crowd involvement. They are an oasis from the attitude, the psychedelia, and the I was taken backstage ing PopGuns in ihc "lounge" of the Venue, a glorified compli- Belgian beer, I spoke wilh the very personable Wendy Morgan. It > thcr that I learned the band has three singles oul and their fourth is to be released March 11th on Ihe Midnight Music label. Called "Still A World Away," it will be included in their up-and-coming debut album, Snog. For those of you who don't know what snog means (I embarrassingly didn't), it's slang for a lip-melting, teenage-friendly, passionately overdrawn melodramatic merging of ihe lips. In la ym en's terms il's sucking face. Definitely more powerful lhan ils distandy-related cousin: the kiss. Wendy went on to describe it as a "really, really nice The PopGuns grew out of Brighton, home lo Psychic T.V. and one ofthe newest heart-throbs ofthe British Teen Scene: Primal Scream. After discovering that they have been together almost three years and that they havebeenfortworunning the— Wendy sniggers—"Best Band in Sussex" (I think that's like saying the "Best Band in Prince George"), I arranged to interview two members of the band later in the week. Mind you, I did have to wait until after they had finished their French lessons and watched Twin Peaks... Sounds like what I do every Tuesday night. The PopGuns are: singer/guitarist Wendy Morgan; music/lyrics/ guitarist Simon Pickles; guitarist Greg Dixon; bassist Pat Walking- ton; drummer Shawn Char list some slals, Wendy's v the same energy and ir Natalie Merchant's, and Shawn used to play for the Wedding Present before packing up afler their first album. Nobody's Twisting Your Arm. I spoke wilh Wendy on the phone al her flat where she lives wilh Simon. How did you meet and form the Well, Greg, Simon and I knew each other in 6th form up in Essex. Greg and Simon went to University here in Brighton where they met Pat. And then I moved down to B righton to join the band. Shawn, who was then in the Wedding Present, when he left them, he came down to Brighton, where he's from, and responded to an advertisement we had at the University.... The rest is his- So how would you describe the character ofthe band? Well, we're all very different. I'm the pop... What am I? I don't know; I'm the Bimbo (giggles). Simon's the quiet, shy, creative one... Greg's the Rock n' Roll Child... Pal's ihe Groovy Dopehead, and Shawn... he's a, god I don't know really, but he likes horrible music like The Fall... He absolutely hates Mark E. Smith but he likes their music. Who are your favorite bands? Ultimately I guess it must be The Smiths. But 1 also really like the Go Belweens and, of course, Galaxie 500. Where did you play your first gig as the PopGuns? The Old Vic in Brighton and lhat was before Shawn joined us. The firsl gig with Shawn, I think, was at ihe Crypt at the University. [No doubt similar to UBC's Pit.] What's the nightlife like in Brigh- I don't know; we don'l go oul. We slay in, Simon and I. But I think there is quite a good scene with a lot of dance and indie clubs. I don't like much of the scene though. What would be your best support band? Definitely Morrissey. What bands have you opened for? Well we played in Spain with the Happy Mondays, the LA's, and the Inspiral Carpets which was really quite good.... Well no oneBIG! Ride supported us... They're really good. This is what happens: people keep supporting us and then gel really famous. We're like a springboard; if anyone warns I should support us. What's your definition of a good Oh goodness me... a bottle of wine, watching Twin Peaks, listening to Galaxie 500... oh, and a game of Scrabble... Popguns: Jeffrey Davy get famous, they They were really terrible actually; a combination of lives plus us running around Brighton being very uninteresting indeed. What do you think of the '60s revival and tlarcs? I liked the '60s but I don't particularly like il in the '90s. I was a big fan of the Beatles but now, bands like The High I find incredibly tedious and very boring. When do you go on tour? Starting the beginning of March... We've got a whole week from the 20th of March to the 28th so that's the main bit of ii. We are doing 12 or 13 dates, that's not too impressive but then again we all have full-time jobs. How would you categorize your music? Simon likes us lo be known asa Rock Band but I prefer us to be known asa Guitar Pop Band... say somehow like Biondie would be considered. Do you envision ever going to the States or Canada? Well, I've been lo Canada once to visit with some relatives in Nova Scotia. I would like to play the East Coast- I'd really like to play in New York or Boston. Greg would probably say California and Shawn would say... Georgia. Do you have any videos out? Yes. A video for each of our singles. Why sign with Midnight Music? Well, we didn't have much of a choice really. We were on Medium Cool for our first single"Landslide," then they were bought out by Midnight. We were given the option to look for another label or lo stay with Midnight and gel out some more singles... Do you have any hardcore obsessive fans? There's a few. There is this guy who comes to all our gigs from Soudi Wales. There's a lot of people who write but they're not usually obsessive. We don'l get any nutly letters, they're all just really nice. You know I'd quite like to have some weirdos approaching us. I look forward to the arrival of their album, however, this is definitely a band I'd much rather see live. Their nervous energy is catchy. I hope they make il across the Atlantic. MARCH 1991 19 CiTR MOBILE SOUND 228-3017 the cruel elephant doHan oft any menu item om 4 (tour) dollars with youi paid admission or on* ol out world il mystery meals, illll always vegetarian Constanlty improving sound quality (as if ed lo). Surprise big nam* shows... Wocky special event shows, -any loo, nutty . Art on th* walls ot Vancouver artists work that changes wh*n*v*r H doei Fri 1 (Showcase o roma) UAIY. 60CILLA GOIIllA and WINOWALKI Sol I (Victoria showcos. ol til* year) SHOVLHED, SNOW IUSINESS CIAMTS and (a Voncouver debut) PICMENT VEHICLE Sun 1 (Ntw York Cly snort, Circuit lecordin, Artists) CO* SNOOt COP with th* Itgtndary CiTI aH tht way from Eugene, Wtd I THE SOOCIEhlEN with HUE LAW Thurs 7 CHIEF) OF BELIEF with JHININS PATH Fri I T.I.A tat» SARCASTIC MANNEQUINS (In a night of an roll liuonity) l Ortgan) OSWALD 5-0 tun 10 (Seattle SubPop dudu) LOVE IATTEIT with OSWALD SO Tutsi] TOMMY FLOYD (ne redly!) Wtd I) (A tull length show by Victoria s kings al chongtcort) SHOVLHED wilh guests Thurs 14 (Yts, there are goad bands in Alberta) THE IMAGINEERS with 116 SUN rumen' 'go see these guys' -Discorder) GOIILLA GOIILLA with (very LESTEIS WAGON Sol It ISun 17 (C/I Recording Artists hom Seattle) COFFIN BREAK with (two bands liam Albuquerque, New Muica no less) KD WHITE AND HACK with TKADMIU Wed JO (Featuring members of WINDWALKER and NOMEANSNO in a record release party) ITCH with guests (also introducing Scratch ttcoidi, record label) Thurs 21 (Screaming Intelligensia Recording Artists tram California) DAK CLOSE with (Victoria i) SUN DOG SUN Fri 2] (Two Seattle bands 'The leckit' says art in tht top 4 ot tht ntw Seattle music scene) HAMMEIBOX with FLOP Sat 2) (Calgary rock back again none loo sean!) NINTH CONFIGURATION with SKIN IARN Sun 24 (SubPop drunken punk band) THE DERELICTS with (nipple clomp specialists) THE PURDINS Mon 25 (Legendary 'chrome' guitarist tram Son Francisco) HELIOS CREED Wtd 27 (Two Victoria bonds thai must bt heard) "TOPIC MIND SLAVES wtth I.N.I.I. Thurs 21 (CITIi fan) THE PICASSO SET with LIKE IAIN Fn 2* (From Calgary) IIG IANG THEORY with guests (also Irom Calgary) Sal )0 (Seattle i music invasion continual te tht Crutl Elephant) SCHLEPPROCK. (Vancauvtr i) MARY. SCREAMING ILOCOY MARYS (also from Seattle) Sun 11 (Easter Sunday the Christian way) THEE CRUSADERS with NON-STOP EROTIC CABARET (those nutty Christians) 1I76& got cheaper stuff to sell. The Cruel Elephant loves you no 1 CONE) DOLLAR OFF (EXCEPT SPECIAL EVENTS) [a P. M J_.g_.g_L Q. J_Mj 20 DISCORDER NO Time tO SfOp (1991) is_n informative and moving documentary by Montreal filmaker Helene Klodawsky that deals with the lives of three immigrant women working in Canada. Through interviewsandscenesfrom thcireveryday lives, thtirstruggles as well as their strengths and aspirations are revealed. The juggling of work, children, money and personal goals appear insurmountable, but the women exude vitality, humour and determination. What interested you to start filming this topic? I think there were both personal and what I would call political reasons for wanting to do a film on this topic. From the personal angle my parents are immigrants. They immigrated to Canada after the war and so I was very familiar with the problems of immigrants. Especially those who do not speak either French or English, who have no professional training or who are not considered Canadian when they get to this country. So from that personal angle I was very interested and sensitive to the life of immigrants. I would say from a more political point of view it's well known in Canada that immigrant women, no mauer what level of education is acquired in their country of their origin, do the bulk of the low level, low status work in this country. For those two reasons I wanted to explore further. I think also I had seen many films about immigrants, bul there were very few films that gave the voice of the film to immigrants and that's why I constructed the film the way I did; it really gives the voice to three women. How do you think the government restricts women of colour or immigrant women trying to move ahead in the work force? I don'l think it's a conspiracy, but I think there are many aspects of how the system works that keeps women down. First of all for women who are professionals and who have degrees in their country of origin, it's very difficult to find equivalencies in this country. It's very hard fortheir work to be acknowledged. There is the aspect of discrimination which is, again it's perhaps not a conspiracy, but il's very, very prevalent in this So in the case of Alberta, who was a computer programmer in Ghana, she felt she was not given a chance here because of the colour of her skin. For, Angela, who was a domestic, the restrictions on what she can do in this country are very limited. And so maybe the laws around domestic workers need to be reevaluated. Is this a very just system? Is this a system that will help these women once they finish their domestic work contract? Is this the best that we can give them in terms of a chance in this country? The whole of area of language training is wrought with very serious problems. I would say all of the women that I spoke to yearned for a day where they could improve their language _ and work skills. And il -± was the difficulty of g getting into those pro- It grams that they want so ' ^ much, the availability, „ the provision of child which altogether ■ How do you see rac- ■ playing a part in ■- this? Well racism is very evident when you look at the fact that it's mostly visible minority women; again, no matter how educated they were in theircountry of origin, they're doing the very low status, low paid work. It's a process of a lack of education in this country that, unfortunately, often women of colour are seen as others, not as Canadians, are not given the opportunities at better jobs, cannot rise in their fields because they are seen in a particular way. I think there has to be a lot of education to change this. And very, very strict laws against racism. There has to be programs in place both in the public and private sector which are going to acknowledge this systemic discrimination in all levels of society, which will give immigrant women a bciier chance. The film focuses on very individual and personal accounts. Whal made you take that approach rather than a research documentary format? As I mentioned before, I think there are far too few films about immigrants which arc really from the point of view of immigrants themselves and I think |immigranls| know most of al I whal is going on and what needs changing. As a filmmaker with many years of experience, I've used films with groups for social action and there's no method which works as well as the human story. Because even if people have a hard lime understanding whal it is to be a black foreign domestic in this country, when they hear a story about a mother having to leave her child, having to work very long hours for very lillle pay, suddenly lhat very, very different life has some meaning for ihc viewer. And this is what I really tried to convey; lhal they're not statistics, they're human beings. Thai's a very simple notion, but until Canadian society does see immigrant women nol as others, but as us, I don't think thai things arc really going to change. The creation of a union at a hospital in one segment seemed to improve the workers' situation a great deal. But in general there seems to be a reticence on the part of immigrant women to become involved in politics. Why do you think that is? Idon'tknow if there is a reticence on the pan of immigrant women to become involved in politics. I think if we look at the very nature of their lives; they're often doing two, three, sometimes four jobs in one day. These women just do not have time. I think the will is there. Often their language skills are very poor. So it's a very disadvantaged position from which to fight. I don't think it's that they're not angry or they don't want change. I think il's the very real, daily stuff which makes it very hard for immigrant women to become involved in their unions. Also unions have to change, lo use the expertise and use the skills of immigrant women, to be really sensitive to what their lives are like. Immigrant working women's lives arc very different from those of blue collar men or pink collar women or while collar women. It's a different reality. And until unions can lake that into account I think thai immigrant women will have a low profile in The scenes where the domestic workers go away for the weekend retreat are really great, but I found it very unusual to see a group like that together. Since the mistreatment of domestic workers has come to light, has a tighter and stronger community formed between them? I think in the case lhat we show in the film, ihey tried to find each other because they are so isolated and need each olher lo fight. And this is happening not just in Montreal, but happens through Interseed in Toronto, which is an association of domestic workers. And I'm sure that there's organizations throughout the country which try to meet the needs of domestic workers. I think it is, again, because the realities of their lives are very difficult and encourage isola- II is hard to break oul, but once they do break out they look for ways to support each olher, and I think what's very clear in ihc film is that it's not just Filipino women with other Filipino women or black women jusl wilh other black women from the islands. Il's very much a meeting of women ralher lhan women broken down in ethnic groups. And I think it's a very positive example of women not seeing each other as a particular race or type, but as seeing each other as potential allies. How do you see accessible education improving the situations of immigrant women? As a matter of fact, since the film has ended, one of the main characters of film, Kwai Fong, has decided she wanted to go back to school and she' s willing lo do anything lo make thai possible. And what she's come up against is very sobering. I can't say I'm terrifically optimistic about the chances that are out there. Most of the opportunities are short term wilh very bleak financial scenarios for these women, especially when they're sole wage earners. It's just very, very hard lo break out, and unless the government does provide belter programs, or perhaps it can be a combination of government, union, the workplace— there's many possiblities—but unless things do change I can't say that I'm lhat optimistic. Has the film been screened a lot? What has response been like? The response lo ihe film has been very,very, very positive. Again there's so few materials out there that this film has been eaten up. People just want to see images of themselves. And as the film tends to be hopefully empowering while slating the problems, it does give a voice to very strong willful people. The reaction has been very good. What are you working on now? The next film I'm working on really came out of some of the research I did on the immigrant women film. The next film is on mothering. When I saw the double and triple shifts of these women and how undervalued their work as mothers are, I thought be the next film. And : of the people in the from ihe same milieus as I treated in/vo TimetoStop. But the shift will be more on their home life than in the workplace. No Time to Slop will be screened at the Pacific Cinematheque March 8 at 2 pm and March 9 at 9 pm as a part of the third annual International Women's Week Film Series which is co-sponsored by the YWCA and the National Film Board. Other highlights of the series include Goddess Remembered( 1989), which links "today's environmental crises and the loss of goddess culture" and The Burning 7im__(1990), which recounts the execution and burning of thousands of women deemed as witches from the Nth century to the 17th century, both by Donna Read, andToying with theirFuture(\\990), a frightening documentary about the overwhelming violence and sexism in the toy industry, by Claire Nadon. All films arefree. Check Datebook for show times. Happy Women's Week! this has got probably sc film will coi SECRETS ENTRUSTED TO A FEW S U B T E X T BY JUDITH LAHTI V/flCG Q VCOr comes International Women's Day, which has been celebrated since 1911. On this date, March 8th, women unite and stand for a belief in basic democratic rights, for peace, nauonal independence and social progress. A chance to say "Yeah, we've come a long way, baby" and evaluate where we're headed as individuals and "the fairer sex" in general. The roots of International Women's Day began in New York City early this century with women marching the streets of the Lower East Side protesting sweatshop conditions in the city's factories after 128 garment workers died in a shop fire. The slogan "Bread and Roses" became a call for economic security and a better quality of life. This is a day for celebration and remembrance along with some righteous anger a day for women AND men to enjoy the possibilities that lay ahead. And with that in mind, happy reading, everyone! This here town has two bookstores devoted entirely to women, Ariel books and the Vancouver Women ' s Bookstore. Though not connected, bolh shops opened seventeen years ago and subtext senses some healthy competition between the two. Ariel books is privately owned; the VWB is run on a volunteer basis. Margo Dunn, owner of Ariel, felt the liming of this article was great! The store has a new location as of the first of this month. Now at 1988 West 4th (near Maple), it's not far from the old location al 4th and MacDonald. Much ofthe stock at Ariel is on the healing arts; Parenting/Birth/ Health are sections with various titles. These are balanced along with books on the creative and intuitive arts, which also help the healing The store also features an expanded Men's Studies section and a nook devoted tomyslery stories. This space, "Agatha's," will be replete wilh an olde English look, perhaps even red carpet. The who-dunnits will be by women, natch. The Vancouver Women's Bookstore is located at 315 Cambie. That'sdowntown.justaboveScratch Records or around the comer from all those fashion shops, depending where you're coming from. It has that "bookstore" feel right down to the dolce tones of CBC FM in the background. Upon walking into the shop there's a bulletin board and freebies (Angles/fMm guides); to the far nght are oak display shelves. There's a 50% off table with some good buys. In the fiction section good ol' Margaret Atwood, Alice Walker, Colette, and the ever-popular Virginia Woolf share prominent position. The "Work" section is, frankly, very intelligent, with books on such wide- ranging subjects as Canadian Nursing, Union Sisters, Sex Trade workers and a title exploring the "pink- collared ghetto." Otherarcas include "Violence" and "Recovery," records and greeting cards, "Sexuality," Lesbian ficlion/non-lictioii, and .i well planned children's section Why I adore Lynda Bar ry. Lynda Barry is possibly ihc funniest woman in North America. She is certainly one of the most compassionate. In the space of four comic- stnp panels she transports mc back to my childhood and all those bitler- about this neat woman: • Lynda wntcs fiction for Mother Jones (the cconyup zine) called "1619 Fast Crow ley." Il's the diary of Edna Ark ins who is fifteen, a more wordy Maybonne, for comparisons sake. • When her College boyfriend dropped her, Lynda began drawing cartoons in which cactus-like men urged women lo he down on • Lynda lived in Seattle for years. Now that I wanl to meet her, she's in Detroit. This makes me sad. • Hermom is half-Filipino. Oh, that explains the flaming red hair. • She was once married, at present she is not. I think. It?", was in fact a poignant lix>k al a horrid situation when Maybonne sees a friend molested by her father This Idler was obviously misdirected—Lynda Barry is a Champion for people raised in dysfunctional families. How sad people can miss ihc point • Thcrcwasapcirnxxilenamcd Hob Barker, who passed away. Bob was the inspiration for the Poodle with a Mohawk t-shirt "He knew what people thought of his kind: High strung. Spoiled Rotten. • Lynda insists that Malt Grocning is Funk Lord of the USA. Surely she hasn't heard the nauseating "Bartman", but she does have a • She has written a novel and her calenderfor 1991,"HeapBig Dysfunctional World" was great. Let's hope there's another for next year. A prediction: Ms. Barry will have a cartoon show (yes, just like Matt) based on the characters from Ernie Pook. Ii will be a smash hit and (I hope I hope) she will retain her dignity when it comes to the mcr- Seven recent women's books that you may enjoy (even if you have to pay that damn GST): Off The Road by Carolyn Cassady (McMillan): Nothing held back account of her life by U* first lady ol ihc Bt;als. Wicked Lady by TirJIvacGtrk (Hea c, model ai Deep Down: The New Sensual Wrtiwg By Wot Sink mg pieces of erotic poetry and pros known women writers. Enca Jong to Ka Jazz CleopatralJosephme Baker by Phyllis Rom; (Vu the Madonna ofthe '20s and '30s but with a hell of a A wild and stunning woman. • Lynda used to draw a comic sinp for Esquire (thee men's mag) which dealt with "adult relationships." What a great way lo educate thoseswi... ah,men I mean. I don't know why she slopped, 1 bet the circumstances were "shady." • A group of fifteen people wrote the Georgia Straight (which prims "Hmie Pook's Comeek") venting their "shock, anger and disappointment" over a Barry sinp dealing with incesl. "Did I See Books by Barry: Boys and Girls Big Ideas The Fun House Everything in the World The good times are killing me Naked ladies, Naked ladies, ladies (colounng book) Down the Street Come Over, Come Over Ever wonder what people are reading? 1 do. David Wisdom, CDC Radio's Nightlines host v WHAT PEOPLE ARE R oul, took time to write and tell subte? ADING £»lVr#tO IV#SOO/lf The world Crisis. Sinister clouds. Bad, bad sex, live and on video. Darts. An anti-anti-anti-heroine. A vicious cheating dartsman. A poor soul. A baby monster. And worst of all, the person writing the book, a true story. It's London Fields and in real life it was written by Martin Amis. He's 41, English and probably doesn 't play darts. London Fields is his sixth novel, and the writing is breathtaking. As well, it's a number of other ad jectives: miserable, hilarious, startling, loving, depraved, huge, ambitious, chilling, dartsy and clear, clear as a bell. It's also out in paperback now, $6.95, published by Penguin. I'd like to say it was a pleasure to be asked what I'm reading al a time when I'm reading my favourite book in ages, but in truth it's much easier to write about books that stink. I think I'll also enjoy the next book I read. The Secret Pilgrim by John Le Carre, a writer whose best books describe better than any the coldness of the Cold War. It promises to be a warm and nostalgic read, harking back to the good old days when we at least had a balance of terror. The besl book I've ever found about the business of music was published in 1972, Revolt into Style by George Melly. Il shows lhat the concept of a band "selling oul" is an optimistic one at best Nothing really about darts in it though. The one book I'd like to own more than any other hasn't been wnt- ten yet. A good encyclopedia of bands, pop bands from say, 1976 until now, including The Smugglers, Bucks Fizz and Woofing Cookies. Just who's in the band, where they're from, what they've recorded, their bad habits, whether or not they play darts etc. If anybody writes it I'll buy TC!__ ©©©DC HHPaWM Vancouver's Largest Selection of Almost New and Used Paperbacks and Magazine Back Issues Large Range of Hard Cover Books Thousands of New and Collector's Comics We Buy, Sell or Trade 1247 Granville near Davie 682-3019 3347 Kingsway 430-3003 Open 7 Days a Week MARCH 1991 21 SHOWBUSINESS GIANTS Tho Crue* Elephant Friday 25 January Upon learning that the Showbusiness Giants include members of two of my favorite locals, NoMeansNo and Shovlhed, my heart leapt with joy. To further increase my anticipation of a splendid evening, ten long- owed bucks were unexpectedly relumed to me, allowing for some liquid indulgence where sobriety had loomed ominously before. Bul my high hopes were soon shattered. Maybe I shouldn't have expected these guys to be anything like aforementioned bands; maybe that's the whole point and I missed it, but Showbusiness Giants struck me as pretty uninspired and, well, kinda dull. Their faster songs were a bit more enticing, but halfway through their set (their second ofthe night), I started getting mildly annoyed by their Victoria in-jokes and their jusi-a-lillle-too-smug stage presence. Granted they were tight and complete and original (local anti- heroes Glee being the only outfit you could remotely compare the Giants wilh), bul after a while their self-indulgence became slightly overbearing. Oh well, the band seemed to have a good time and so did a good part of the crowd, so maybe I'm just getting cynical and bitter and old. Check 'em out yourself, bul I think I'll stick toNoMeans No. Ray & Kal MAHLATHINI AND THE MAHOTELLA QUEENS Commodore Ballroom Tuesday 5 February YEBOI Mahlathini and the Maho- tella Queens returned to the Commodore with their "indestructible beat" from Soweto. These Jazz Festival favorites graced their eager audience with that infectious "mbaganga jive," the rich vocals of "The Lion of Soweto," and the strong harmonies ofthe Mahotella Queens. The women, wearing new versions of their traditional tribal dress, danced up a storm only they could create; Mahlathini, dressed in animal skins from head to toe, took his usual "reluctant" role in the playful skits with the invincible women. The action was almost non-stop, as the Makgona Tsohle Band continued playing during the singers' breaks. The favorites, including "I'm In Love Wilh a Rastaman," were all played, as was some new material from their upcoming album, which they promised will be released in April or May. Upon being informed they would not be allowed to leave before singing in Zulu, the audience quickly complied, adding many joyful shouts. YEBO! Catherine Dick- 64 FUNNY CARS/ THE SWEATERS The Cruel Elephant Saturday 9 February The evening started off with The s, a power-pop threesome including a couple of Wardells. Songs like "Getting Away With II" show some potential, bul for ihc mosl pan the Sweaters were earnest, ralher lighiweighl, pop fare. When the headliners hit the stage they made an immediate, if chaotic, impression. Ihe Funny Cars have some well -crafted originals, as "AMC Pacer," "Highway lo Parks villc," and "Alone With the Blues" amply demonstrate. But it wasn't ihc onginals lhat shone in this performance; it was the Victoria quartet's almost endless barrage of cov- i! As far as I could tell, these guys did not have a set list; they just ripped inlo anything that struck their fancy: Neil Diamond, the Monkees, the Byrds. Paul Revere and the Raid - en and other '60s and '70s icons were attacked in one fell swoop. Although this brings to mind some of the notorious attempts made by the Replacements in past years, I had one hell of a good timet Sure the Funny Can were sloppy, but their goofy energy and obvious love of the material made up for it. This is the way '60s pop should be carried out: loose, frantic, and all over the place, not vacuum sealed on Klassic Rock stations. Ii was really fun tosee them start an old chestnut like the Byrds" "Feel A Whole Lot Better." jam on it, and then blaze into somelhing else when the lime felt right. One exception was a sombre version of "These Boots Are Made For Walking": it sounded like Ian Curtis was at the mic! Maybe that one's just an acquired taste. I don't know what drummer Eric had for breakfast, but his musical suggestions and bad jokes were a real asset to the band's set. One sad point was lack of time: none of the promised KISS covers! I would've loved seeing these guys wresde with "Firehouse" or "Cold Gin," or even "Beth," what with Peter Criss' curious appearance in recent tabloids. While the Funny Cars garnered an enlightened following around the dance floor lhat evening, many patrons were concerned with other matters: the midnight shutdown, paper aeroplanes, the conflict in the Gulf. This band is not io everyone's taste, I guess. But while 64 Funny Cars may nol take your mind off the war, they are definitely worth missing Twin Peaks for Steve Richards tremcly severe and underground. Reality was lame by but PAUL dolden; 64 Funnycars : Kai Korinth ANDREW CZINK FIRST ORDER BEATING The Cruel Elephant Sunday 10 February It wasn't packed. I don't know if Dolden's following has dwindled over the last couple of years, or if they just didn't know about the gig, or if they didn't dare come down to the club because il wasn't their kind of place [bonus points lo the Cruel Elephant for having Ihe courage and creativity to booksuch an alternative alter- It wasn't what I expected, either. Given the title First Order Beating, and the subtitle Daydreams on Sade, Subculture, and Sonarchy, I was primed for something ex- nol bad. The three-hour sel (!) was arranged so thai long—too long— instrumental works separated said daydreams, which were really only musings. These mThe ings touched Elvis Commodity, Particle Physics Applied lo Modem Culture (excuse me, Post-Modem), The Hysterical Male, and excerpts from de Sade's writing. The most interesting thing about the narratives was not so much their content, as their perspective, and the occasional clever bit of word play: Elvis as the Sun King (Sun Records, get it?) who nova'ed out and became a black hole; an Einsteinian view of our society as all energy and no mass (all image, no substance, a hologram of itself); the Whitening of Michael Jackson, and how his Post-Modem body (all image, no substance, a hologram of itself) is melting and all that's left for him is to become a California Raisin; the penis is really a mutant clitoris, and in a post-modem society, an erection is a religious icon (???)■ The music itself was alright but nothing particularly bombastic: lots of predictable synlh noises, s weet violin and cello sounds (Dolden should lake in a few Tom Cor* gigs), some half-decent guitar work. Beats garage rock, but it' s just too fuckin' long. Elvis, Einstein, de Sade, Freud and I have all left the building. Tiny Sparks CONCRETE BLONDE/ ANDY PRIEBOY Commodore Ballroom Tuesday 12 February The place was sold out de- spile the rather steep ticket price. Understandably, the crowd was noticeably yup- py. Andy Prieboy opened up. The ex-Wall of Voodoo singer was lyrical and very intense, screaming about gay-bashing and men being dogs in his scant half-hour set. His final song, "Tomorrow Wendy," was a duet with Concrete Blonde's Johnette Napolitani which shocked the audience with its powerful message about AIDS, prostitution and suicide. Concrete Blonde played on a much lighter note. Set to a dramatic backdrop of painted roses, the three band members played wilh energy and enthusiasm for the expectant audience. Johnette bantered back and forth with guitar-player Jim, making the concert a casual, relaxed event: very homey-feeling. During their encore, which was more like a second set, Andy Prieboy returned to play keyboards for the band, giving an even greater scope to their music. In a final callback, Johnette played alone on an acoustic guitar a new song written by a friend. The audience wanted more, but alas, this show, like so many others, was over loo soon. Angie Finley SWEATY NIPPLES/ CONTROL FREAKS The Cruel Elephant Saturday 16 February Good and Fuuuunky!!! Plus they sold all their T-shirts and you know what that means! Inez Velasco BUFFALO TOM/ WINDWALKER/LUNG The Town Pump Saturday 16 February People have been bitching a lot lately lhat no one [ie. Discorder - ed.) supports the local music scene. But a healthy local scene doesn't come from blindly supporting any and all local bandsjustbecausethey're LOCAL; a scene evolves through responsible and creative criticism and the old survival of the fittest routine (and "fittest" is in no way inter- changable with "popular")- For the first time in quite a long time, there are bands worthy of praise and attention because they're new, exciting Buffalo Tom : Len Whistler and interesting. AND they're local. The Buffalo Tom show was a perfect example of this resurgence. Up firsl were Sub Pop Wannabes, Lung. They thrashed out a set plagued, as usual, with "technical difficulties." Are these guys cursed or just fucked? I hope they didn't hit their peak with that great performance at the L7 show. Despite putting in an amazing performance the night before at the Arts Club with Paleface, Wind walk - er totally rocked wilh unbelievable freshness and energy. Can Stuart scream or what? I nearly jumped out of my skin during "Rite of Passage" and how about thai freaky number about killing a girl by the railroad tracks? Whew!! A big yawn for Buffalo Tom. Their generic music and nonexistent stage presence proved a gigantic disappointment, especially compared to whal came before them. Many of the sold-out audience chose this time to cut out, having heard/seen whal they had come to hear/see. And that' s local music worth talking about. Brunette Show Business Giants : Kai Korin 22 DISCORDER If you or someone you worship is in a local band, and you ha ve s valuable information you wish to impart, send it to us c/o Discorder so we can write about it and amaze everyone with what total scenesters we are. Nazi bouncers Nazi bouncers Nazi bouncers - Fuck Off! I was up front at the Town Pump on the night of February 1, enjoying the Hog Brothers as usual, when Joe Skinhead Bouncer was dispatched to the front of the stage. With at least 12 people moving around on the floor you could tell things were getting out of hand. Another security risk was a happy fan to the right of the stage who occasionally put his mouth on Hamm's microphone in order to sing a line or two. He obviously wasn't bothering Hamm, in fact, he's a friend of the band, bul a risk is a risk. The third time he tried to sing he was grabbed and tossed out by three "doormen." I mean REALLY grabbed. After the show (which rocked in spite of technical difficulties), I asked the skinhead bouncer why he and his friends had overreacted. He yelled in a typical barbell-boy English/Australian accent "Work here and THEN try io tell me how to do my job! Why do you care, eh? What is he, your boyfriend?" Nuff said. Staying with the Hog for a bit, they are now being distributed in the Stales and Europe by Sub Pop, which is really cool since word out of the Zulu camp has the Hog going on a jaunt to the United Kingdom wilh Tad. Heawvwvy! They've also got one or maybe two videos in the works; unfortunately, the first video might have to be the ass-kissin', management-pleasin' "I Woke Up in Love This Morning." I think we all want a hea vy, original tune taking overMuchMusic's airwaves instead. Immediate plans include a few shows in California. The Victoria Invasion has begun. After stewing and brewing for quite some time, the Victoria scene is now spewing out some volatile bands. Among those worth checking out are Onion House and Soul- charge who recently played a wild gig together for a frustratingly unresponsive audience at the Cruel Elephant. Soulcharge'sdemo, OnSolid Ground, is a good introduction to their high-energy, raw-edged yel melodic hardcore, allhough it lacks the full-on guitar attack of their live performance. To contact the band write them c/o Mike Synnuck, 10289 Godfrey Place, Sidney BC or call (604)656-7437. Onion House (featuring some ex-Mission of Christ members) play a slower, more melodic brand of punk. They've recent ly released a 7" on Final Notice records which includes the ofi-mis- inlerpretcd "One More Time," a song "really" written for a friend who died. Fellow Victorians Section 46 have released a new tape entitled By Myself. Lots of hardhitting songs and lyrics with semi-muddy sound quality. Whal is ihis, their fourth tape? When ihc hell arc these guys going to go inlo a sludio and walk oul wilh a slab of vinyl? On the Vancouver front, Ihcard Sludge's four-song demo, Gog. Ihcirmusicgoes from heavy, moody grunge one moment to fairly thrashy stuff the next, kinda like early Neurosis with a touch of Amcbix. I'm looking forward to catching Sludge at a show, I bet ihey really rage live. Contact them at #10 - 1170 Falcon Drive, Coquitlam, BC V6E 2L4. If you caught the Bunchofuckingoofsat the Arts Club, you may remember an opening band called III Breed. They played powerful, raw-edged speed mc al wilh shredding vo cals, not bad for what was essentially their first gig. North Amencan dance scene put an a real show. I'm talking gut splitting laughs. Watch oul 'Mode, here come Ihc Distress Signals! If you wanl good quality thrash, however, check out Caustic Thought While Vertical Al'ter's music sounds over wded i ;ssy, Thought slicks with controlled, dnving heaviness. Give their tape a listen lor a great, well recorded preview. Included churned oul a blisicring performance al a recent Cruel Elephant gig with Lung. Ocktairacktcr has improved a lot since I first saw dicmand they were good then! I hale to say ihis aboul one of my favorite Vancouver bands, but Lung hail a pretty average night, lacking lhat full-on blit/Jsrieg attack they've delivered in the But I'm sure ihey on'l disappoint on their upcoming single lor them? Thafs because up until re cenlly, Ilch didn't exist as a lull Hedged band. Ihis single has been held up due 10 difficulties in press mg the first North American release of glow in the dark vinyl. Yeah vou heard mc right. It'll probably be worth having lor the music too: gi >< xl punky guitars, cm Stu dios. Watch out for a six song CD/casscttc release- in mid-Apnl. liopclully Mint and Scratch will con- providc a much- needed outlet for local mu- Thci dem doesn't have nearly the same intensity but it's still pretty good. For info call Mark at 255-3014. What the hell is wrong with T.T. Racer? Do they really want to end up in the Scramblers/ Rebels graveyard? They're sure trying hard. Vancouver in no way needs a '50s rock and roll rehash revival, let alone tucked-in cowboy boots and scarves. Sissy Boy makes you laugh, the Racer makes you gaj Maybe it's a good thing planning on heading to the land Axl Rose in the near future. One homemade act worth mentioning is the Distress Signals. Their formula: three Englishmen and a porta-sound. With a combination of original and classic synlho-dance hits, these darlings of the European/ nof Tad Doyle playing a pink disco bass, two unpretentious-looking guitar players and a heavy drummer. You might consider earplugs 'cause dey is loud. Speaking of loud bands, Oc- ly-formed Scratch Records label, due out sometime in the next few months. Also regarding Scratch, look oul for a record release party on March 23rd for local band Itch. Haven't heard of menlary school." The new Dayglos album is already irded and should be hitting stores soon. No, it won't be on Fringe Records anymore (for obvious reasons), and apparently they'll have to do the distribution themselves. I've heard an advance recording and il promises to be the best Dayglos album in quile a while. See ya next month. PROFESSIONAL QUALITY DEMOS FULLY EQUIPPED 8 TRACK $12/hr INCLUDES ENGINEER DEADBEAT STUDIOS (604) 687-5803 MARCH 1991 23 JACK ENDINO Angle of Attack Toxic Shock/Bobok Wow. I haven't been this turned on by an album in a loooong lime. Jack Endino produces a lol of music in Seattle, and is also ihc guiunsl/vo- calist from Skin Yard. Some of that band's gutsy complexity comes through here, but without the tendency to drag in places; Endino is cquaUy hot on guitar, bass, drums and vocals (with help on a few tracks from Greg Gilmore). The most striking aspect of Angle of Attack is its diversity, from the nasty, crunchy rock -outs "Sal va - lion," and "Create Whal You Fear," to the shimmcry, atmospheric delicacies "X-Echo" 1 and 2, lo the African pcrcussionfest "Sideways Savannah." The guitar work is as varied as the songs themselves: sometimes like a revitalized, rejuvenated David-Gilmour-before-the- bu mout, other times gentle noodl ing, and occasionally sheer slashing raunchincss. Most of the lyrics have todo wilh independence and the strength of the individual (Ifyou believe the doors are all closed/Life will just close in on you—"Create What You Fear"). This is not music for herd animals. Ihis is music for people who like to fly. Tiny Sparks EXCITED FIRST DAUGHTER E1D 1990 (commercially available cassette) E1D has been conspicuously absent from the club scene lately, but the band's still together and writing furiously. This five-track cassette collects highlights from the last year: "Irresponsible," "Open Pours" and "TheSand Kings," plus the danceable "TV Lust." These guys write well, play together well yet still have trouble getting gigs because clubs figure they don't sell enough beer. Do the local music scene a favor: boycott the next live appearance of the REM-cloneof your choice and buy a copy of E1D 1990 instead. Chris Brayshaw 24 DiSCORDER JON HASSELL Earthquake Island Fusion Ill/Tomato Frecform minimalist prog-jazz from Hassell and his trademark sighing trumpet. Hassell will never get the attention the hypothctically "alternative" press bestows on collaborators Peter Gabriel and Brian Eno (vi z. recent Rolling Stone drooling re: Eno/Cale's Wrong Way Up), but he is no less competent a musician. Recommended: "Sundown Dance" and the title track, plus the Eno/ Hassell collaboration Possible Musics IM (available on the BMG label). Chris Brayshaw HAWKWIND Space Bandits Cargo/GWR/Roadrunner Despite twenty plus albums in just as many years, the Hawks and their various incarnations (Hawklords, the Sonic Assassins, etc.) have never achieved the recognition they deserve. The band's current sound builds around co-founder Dave Brock's snarling guitar, punctuated with layered, atmospheric keyboards, Nash The Slash-style electric violins, and a smorgasbord of found sounds. Think of a psychotic running amok at a Tangerine Dream concert with a chainsaw plugged into an Iron Maiden-size amp. Unsurprisingly, Brock often overwhelms ihc conlnbulions of the other Hawks, which goes a long way towards ex plaining why much of \\990's Space Bandits sounds like a Mixmasicr played ai 7Srpm. Chris Brayshaw HELMET Strap It On Amphetamine Reptile As all the kids know by now, the Jiggle quest is for ihc world's hcavi est band Yeah, DVC, Sockcyc, Dcepthroat: wc spread ihc word, wc moved some units. Now we've Humbled across I new band of note. Heimel is a four-piece from New York and ihey really bust oul ihc dope beats. They're just so dam simple: a few chords, a totally sinister vocalist, a rhythm section lhal makes ihc floor shake. Ihis is a nine-song slug-fest, rising above mere "grunge" shit llus is a bare-bones, snarling, "gnnd-up-lhc-ncighbours-and-fccd- thcm-to-your-pcl-gccko" kind of band. Heavy man; you just can't go wrong with Amphetamine Reptile. Mikey THE HITMEN Smashtace Green Monkey Ihc Rocket calls il "frantic." Fact- sheet Five calls it "reckless rocking fun." Backlash calls it "the kind of depth lhat should hold up over the years." The Hitmen just refer to it modestly as "a great album." I call it puke pop. Imagine bad bad BAD Pointed Sticks crossed wilh the background music from any '70s Canadian TV kids' show and you've got Smashface. I wouldn't have listened to more lhan two seconds of this crap, but with all the raves, I kept expecting il lo get better. Silly mc. Song after song after song (12 tedious ones in all) of smug, precious vocals and prissy, gimick-laden music. Uck. Butthere's somelhing about the Hitmen wilh iheir highly-contrived, glossy and costly production, their highly-contrived, glossy and costly album art, their highly-contrived, glossy and costly stickers, posters and other assorted promo doo-dads, and their highly-contrived, glossy and cosdy media campaign (including shameless butt-kissing letters, even to schmucks like us) lhat smells as bad as their music sounds. With so much good music happening in Seattle these days, why would Green Monkey pick the oh-so- mediocrc Hitmen for its first full- length album project [see Dirt review - ed.]? Felicity Dunbar HOME T/COCOA TEA/ SHABBA RANKS Holding On Music Works (Jamai- __ can Import) Combination Style is ihe culmination of Dancehall riddims and the evolution of the Jamaican Sound Systems. At the 'sound clashes', various DJs chanl, rant and rave over dub plates featuring the latest singers hits, mixed and matched with various effects and sampling. Inevitably, this approach made it to tape, and today numerous singles in Jamaica feature pairings between lov- er's-rock singers and DJ-style art ists Ihis collection of singles is an excellent example of the form by three of JA's biggest hitmakcrs. I lomc T is ihc least known ofthe Irio here in North America, bul has been on many combination style singles down yard. Ihc next iwo artists hardly need any introduction lo reggae fans Shabba Ranks, considered by many to be THE artist of 1990, pulled olfthc promotion of the year byarrivingforhisSunsplash performance (m Monicgo Bay) by helicopter lo duet with Krystal. Cocoa Tea has been dueling with Frankie Paul and Gregory Issacs for dominance on ihe lovcr's- rock charts. On Holding On these tree gel for a tight session featuring the backings of Steely and Clcvic. Although there are no liner notes on this "Gussie" Clarke production, the contribution of Brian and Tony Gold and other notables are recognizable. No one artist dominates these cuts. Some arc prominent in eilher ihc DJ or singer style, while some blend into a synthesis guaranteed lo bring the dancehall patrons to their feet. This is definitely a cassette lo dance lo as well as listen to. It's hard to keep your feet still with Shabba's "Holding On" (a fine example of an artist in his prime) or "Turn it Down" pumped up. Shabba Ranks' ode to Britain'spirateradiostations has been the featured single to date, although the Cocoa Tea-dominated "Slop Spreading Rumours" single will shift the emphasis to lover's-rock. As is the case with many Jamaican hit singles, attempting to obtain individual songs—ie, singles— from this release has proven futile, so ii's always appreciated when these "best of" hit packages make their way inlo Canada. This one will rule the dancehalls for a while. Mike Cherry THE JUDYBATS Native Son Warner/Sire This album makes for naggingly grating background music. Its faraway sound and pseudo-cerebral lyrics add up lo white noise. In "Counting Sheep" the Judybats smugly affirm that "Love's all counting sheep." Unfortunately their boredom translates into wimpy, droning songs with overemphasized choruses that bring to mind annoying second- rate Canadian bands like Eight Seconds. The Judybats have something to say bul does anyone want to hear it? Mindy Abramowitz MAD PROFESSOR Science and the Witchdoctor RAS/Ariwa Part nine of Mad Professor's Dub Me Crazy series of dub albums takes a further look at his slightly repetetive yet always changing arsenal of com- pulcrgencralcd rhythms and sounds. It features many samples from artists lhat he has produced on individual albums, the most obvious of these being Macka-B from the Buppie Culture album. Unfortunately, about four of the twelve iracks arc jusl and arc now available from various sources in the northwest. From its inception. Pure and ils readers have been pursued by police and postal inspectors; homes have been raided lo seize copies of the mag. The editor, PelcrStalos, spent lime in jail on child pom charges and now refuses to correspond al all. 42 in particular was much maligned by authorities for its graphic description of kiddie rape and the Mac- Martin preschool abuse trial. Other contents of this issue include gay sex lorture murders, Klaus Barbie, and various other stones of real life torture, dcgredalion, murder, mutilation, mayhem and power, pure power. Shunned by even the alternative press, Pure's only modem contemporaries are Full Force 'zines like Livin' in a Powder Keg and Givin' Off Sparks, Raped Ass, Boiled Anger, and early issues of Murder Can Be Fun. Unfortunately, this particular bootleg was badly photocopied and manyofthepholographs, including the infamous collage of cum shots and pictures of missing children, are obscured. Nonetheless, any issue of Pure is essential literature for those interested in exploring the boundaries of media. Gav source: Satyricon instrumental versions of songs from other albums he has produced. His sampling is done quite well however, and shines on "Anansi Skank" and '"Ihe Coming of the Obeah Man." "Blue Ball Fire" is the fastest and most entertaining mix on the album, combining a soca beat with some head turning stereo sound effects. His style of mixing sounds together is always very tight and technically polished but lacks lhat sponlanacily and strong feel of a Lee Perry, or at least rarely surprises you. The closest to a traditional, yet fresh reggae sound is found on "Bo- hra Seed" and "Mistaken Identity." Overall, this is a good album for the source collection, something for interesting but not mellow background music, to be played loud to feel the desired technological effect lhat Mad Professor mixes. Russ Hergert. PURE bootleg magazine Pure #2 dales back several years, but recently copies of this much-banned mag have been boodegged locally RIDE Nowhere Warner/Sire/Reprise When four young English lads get together to form a band, the inherent possibilities depend upon what music is currently causing large numbers of olher English folk to part with their hard-earned pounds. At the moment, anything that can be played in some industrial, inner-city dance club is getting notice from English record labels, and the latest release from this English quartet is no exception. Taking the cue from other Brit faves, Ihe Stone Roses and The Mighty Lemon Drops, Ride offers much the same guitar-based pop tunes with their own unique addition of heavy noise and feedback permeating the backgrounds of such songs as the ballad-ish "Dreams Burn Down." Most of the songs feature almost whis- that are purposely lost in the gui- back. A wel- Angle of Attack CQm_ ]a_k _f _v_r bearing keyboards also makes Ride better than most new English bands. It's hard to say, however, if they will be as big as their pop contemporaries. This is their first release from Sire/Reprise, and it has apparently done well on the indie charts, especially the first single "Here and Now." You've probably heard bits and pieces of some olher English bands within Ride, but it all SCREAMING TREES Uncle Anesthesia Sony/Epic Ellensburg WA natives. The Screaming Trees, have just released their brand spanking new CD. This work runs in the same vein as their three previous LPs and assorted singles, wilh lots of eardrum-shattering lead guitar andpower chord rhythms. This may seem somewhat of a detriment, but il's not The Screaming Trees' songwriting and instrumentation are powerful in execution without being overbearing. To describe the Trees' sound is to compare them wilh a band like the T"hir- teenth Floor Elevators before they became Acid Casualties. But the Screaming Trees arc far more frantic, and stronger musically for nol succumbing to rambly, meandering jams. An all around fine release. Greg Garlick Screaming Trees are sounding much more, dare I say, poppy and melodic, smoother too with Iheir newest release, the first one on The Major Label. And Mr. Lanegan's The Winding Sheet seems to have had a noticeable effect on the Trees, moreso lhan The Purple Outside and Solomon Grundy. Things are quieter, less frenetic, maybe even less unpredictable, but not without some endearing yel There's an awkward, disjointed segue into their self-proclaimed firsl 'single,' "Bed of Roses," from "Beyond This Horizon" which sounds almost like a tape edit. In the cowbell-riddled "Uncle Anesthesia," Mark Lanegan sounds like Jim Morrison in some places and like Ian Ast- bury in others while in "Story of Her Fate," his vocals sound as if someone gave him a Sucrets, interesting since the song has a cough at the end. What's that on "Lay YourHead Down'? Some exotic wind instument? Sounds like a recorder to me, which reminds me of my grade five music class in which all the kids had those off-white-beige-y recorders but I had an orange one... I felt like such an outcast. "Caught Between" may be the strongest part of the album; things just don't sound like they used to. Rowena STEREO-TAXIC DEVICE Stereo-Taxlc Device Cargo/KK This album is more about atmosphere than BPM. The main object of LA's Stereo-Taxic Device is to illustrate "humans' misconducttowardsother species of life" and this aim is evident in songtitles such as "In Vitro Test" and "Do They Feel." Side one starts off with the slow, ominous "Prostitution of the Extinct"; the rest of the side is similar in its mood of oppression and perfectly suits the anti-vivisection theme. The flip side starts off with my fave tune on the album, "Ixsst Land," which is actually quite pleas - ant. The rest of the tracks are more upbeat, but this "techno" album is really about introspection, enveloping the listener with ils message and music. June VARIOUS ARTISTS Bobbing For Pavement Rat House Faces of disembodied baby dolls and a few select others—a Charlie's Angel, a bald Bert—sure out al you from the album cover. And—pardon the pun please—Bobbing for Pavement docs indeed itself expose a number of different musical faces from the Seattic area. And il shoves 'cm in your face and in your ear so you can't miss 'em. This here's one mighty fine mix of Seattle wcll- knowns, semiknowns and unknowns. It's a strong collection overall; however, primo cuts arc those by The Gits, D.C. Beggars and Hammeibox—powerful vocals arc the key. A frenzied raucous fiesta from the fledgling Rat House label. Rowena VARIOUS ARTISTS The Civil War Elektra US Last September, PBS screened an ex cellentten- part series on the American Civil War which was the result of five long years of work by director Ken Bums. Bums and brother Ric spent considerable time accumulating vast amounts of photographs and narrations lo bring this historical series to life. But what really made the series stand out was the soundtrack, now available on tape and CD. Contained in this pack age l! Ihe big news this month is the arrival of the first issue of The 7inch Magazine from Hannover, Germany. This cool part-German, part- English fanzine is the pet project of Double A Records guy Reiner Mettner, and contains interviews, reviews and articles on various clubs, shows and bands in Hannover and beyond. PLUS il includes a 7"EP featuring unreleased tracks by Flexx, Collaps, Cat-o-Nine Tails, Rats Got the Rabies and Canada's own Problem Children. O brother, can this be true? Yes it can I Can you get one? But of course! Wnte to Reiner atSteckerstrasse 11,3000 Hannover 91, West Germany. Ihe brand new Lik Dirt single showcases lousy production, so-so playing and godawful lyrics like You've gol big eyes and a beautiful but tl And you gol big tits that I wanna suck. A total waste of vinyl. And speaking of Dirt and waste, the first release by CJ1V 's Three Minute Mile Records has been out for a while now bul I couldn't think of anything nice to say about it. I still can't. Well, that is a mighty neat picture of of period songs, songs that soldiers and civilians knew and sang: "Battle Hymn of the Republic," "Dixie," and "The Bonnie Blue Flag" to name a few. Sometimes sombre, sometimes upbeat, these songs reveal the character of various individual soldiers who relate their ordeal through their writings, read Ken Bums' film is an exhilarating, if somewhat dark, expose on a difficult period in American History. This soundtrack captures that feeling perfectly. Greg Garlick VARIOUS ARTISTS Satyricon... The Album Juggler The title of Satyricon... The Album makes ya think of something like Burton Cummings... The Movie, don't it? But tide aside, this tasty vinyl stew (or CD casserole if you prefer) zeroes in on a number of bands who've performed at this Portland club. Included among them are the Dharma Bums, Sweaty Nipples and what would any Portland compilation be without Poison Idea? Rowena 4 fUtUtie BY ADAM SLOAN Toronto's Dream Warriors have released theirdebutalbum. And Now the Legacy Begins (A&M/Island), with production by the Beat Factory, who also produced HDV's release. Dream Warriors definitely have cultivated their own unique style: lines not rhyming half the time, and minimal, usually jazz-based background music without much in the way of a beat to hold it together. You won't find a house track on here or even one wilh a fast hi-hat ticking through it, yet they've created two big hits with "My Definition..." and "Wash Your Face in my Sink." The production is lacking in a few areas (such as the use of stereo sound; this is basically a mono recording); it seems their concept is not to worry about what it sounds like technically, but instead to get the idea through. he cover. With so many local bands around these days, would ihcsclolkspicklhco so diocre Dirt for their lirst big .ijcct? Perhaps Cliff:Michael, Bill :id or Vander /aim himself could New York's Youth Gene Mad seni us their Posh Boy "limited edition on colored |pukc purple] vinyl" copy of Life, Sweet I.ifc"b/ W "Okt-Dogs." I suspect this band isn't really very mad, bul they're quite good at pretending, eg: wild band pose with hedge, clippers, torn- up swastika doodled ]cans, busted guitar etc. on the back cover and "WHERE ARE YOU SICKNESS" md "DONT JUST SAY NO. ACT n" scratched on the record itself. Despite all this and more punk rock Doodling, drummer/singer Tammi, aka Felix, has a greal groovy yelping voice a la demi-goddess Karen Black of "Alaska/Neighborachic" infamy, so this little record is worth a listen. Write 'cm at 560 West 43 St., WOG. New York, NY 10036. Even belter, write Karen Black c/o Vital Music, 81 Second Ave, New York, NY 10003. The Gits with their 3-song 7" "Precious Blood"/"Seaweed'7 "Kings and Queens," sound quite a bit like fellow Seattle band Hammerbox or maybe Hammerbox sounds quite a bit like The Gits. Well, they sound like each other. Their record sleeves look a bit alike too. And they're both on Big Flaming Ego Records. And both bands are nice'n'intenseon vinyl and oh so much better live. Iheir rap dialect is quite different from mosl, but aftcra few listens you gel ihe hang of whal they're sayin'. While il's a good break to nol hear any sexist lyrics, the music and most of the lyrics arc still silly and childish. 11DV breaks in with a gucsl spot on "U Could Get Arrested," strengthening the track, his hard voice contrasting the soft ones of Capital Q and King Lou. EPMD recently released their third album, Business as Usual (Sony/Columbia), continuing the name thing from their firsl two, Strictly Business and Unfinished Business. They've changed labels, from Fresh Records to Def Jam, home to the likes of LL Cool J and Public Enemy. Iheir style has alsochanged, from the real mellow, cool, and unique to a harder,more-like-every- one-else thang. Without the novelty of their first two releases, there isn't much to hold them up. I don't find much of interest except a few mediocre funky beats. The long-awaited Stetsasonic album, Blood, Sweat, and No Tears (Tommy Boy), has finally hit the streets. Ihese guys bill themselves as "the one and only hip-hop band," meaning ihey were the first rap band to really use a live drummer in their work. Even though this is only their third album, Stetsasonic has been around for ages and are now nearly legendary. DJ Prince Paul has worked with De La Soul and Living Colour, while rapper Daddy-O has Wilh the Talesfrom Estrusl" you goto tsk yourself, is il a record oracomk hook' The Estius folks in Bellingham sure like lo throw the nine w.uky collccli blcs. Tales from EstTUS with Us comic b;for esc ihey you food cup c use alongside any of these; experiment and be merry. But possibly the crowning companion for il is, simply, lea.—Drunk outta a mug, not poured on the bread. I dunno, there's just some incredible, heavenly-ordained and blissful union between lea and peanut butler toast. Verg- « being dangerously addictive. A nosialgia-laden treat from childhood which has nol gone unlaudcd in these pages exemplifies ihe food-chemis- try phenomenon. Go to the comer store, buy a packet of chips (Old Dutch were the inginal brand used) and a Dixie cup of ice cream, go home, rip ihem both open, and, using the chips as edible spoons for ihe ice cream, FEAST. This is the acesl snack in the world, no ifs, ands or buls. (Some zits, though, probably...) Cheese is a food where it's question of whal you eat it al- '. And if it's cool mar- wilh— I condiments; some of it islhick'n chunky and other parts arc liquid gold and syrupy, so much the better. Chunky. That puts mc in mind of the kind of physique caused by—I MEAN, um- ah—of peanut butter, of course. Now, peanut butter happens lo be the harshest spread on the face of the earth, but eaten solomight just prove to be too much of a good thing. So. Ya gotta eat it in tandem with— well, anything lhat turns your crank. It's pretty hard lo go wrong in terms of peanut butter-combining. Almost any i tion of bread or buns works swell (except, possibly, hot dog buns),althoughIwouldn'trccom- *"* regular popcorn, mend croissants cither. As lo internal So, yeah, so. Keep o components of peanut scarfln', and re butler sandwiches... ^aw ber: it's hot WHAT bananas, pickles, jam, !■■» j-i -»_Ti*J vou eat< ' honey, lettuce ..the Tf|^f ^** ■ you eat it WITH, stuff lies happily I Ivl Wt Amen. 26 DISCORDER just htjust sand' SYRL. _ because of whether y a eat il raw or melled. In fact, il was my roommate (a cook, so he oughla know ihese things) who first suggested the "Strange Food Chemistry Theory" apropos of this very property of cheese. Eat ii cold, ii tastes slick; eai it melted—on pizza, in grilled cheese CHEESE 'V SYRUP sandwiches, wherever— nd it tastes slick to the tenth power. A friend douses her popcorn in Spike and Parmesan cheese which, particle- they're ■Idn'trccom- regular pop~ As to internal S there? melt when it makes contact, yielding a tough, grown-up, and entirely deli- DiSCORDER DATEBOOK 1 FRIDAY Mary, Gorilla Gorilla and Windwalker at the Cruel Elephant.. Northern Plkas and the Leslie Spit Tree-0 at the Commodore... Murray McLaughlin (9pm) and Tragically Hip (midnight) at the Town Pump... Bootsauce, Skaboom and Bolero Lava at 86 Street... The Ludwigs. Jack Feels Fine and Modern Sniper Rifles at the Arts Club Seymour... Cathi McDonald at the Yale... Boa Brozman and Bromphonicsat the WISE Club... Kane and Taylor Explosion at the Glass Slipper... Wild Kingdom at Breakers... Oaryl Burgees, Glen Stace and Young Saintsat Club Soda Video Rampage 1901 at the Video In... Speed Ihe Plow at the Arts Club Granville Island... Pygmalion at the Vancouver Playhouse... Women ol Manhattan at the Station Street Arts Centre... Moonlodge atthe Vancouver East Cultural Centre... The Woman le Black at the Richmond Gateway Theatre.The Road to Mecca at the Arts Club Seymour... Jumpstart Dance presents Dance Moves at the Firehall Arts Centre... Eyes ot Eros 2 a photographic exhibit at Exposure Gallery (until the 16th)... Jamelie Hassan exhibition at the Presentation House Gallery (until the 17th)... Berlin Modern Architecture exhibit at Teck Gallery (until the 23rd)... 2 SATURDAY Shovlhed, Show Business Giants and Pigment Vehicle at the Cruel Elephant.. 54-40, Sons ol Freedom and Mae Moore at the Commodore... Jell Healey Band at 86 Street... Barney Benlall and the Legendary Hearts with Sue Medley Band at the Town Pump... Cathl McDonald atthe Yale... TempusFugitatthe WISE Club... Zappacosta at Richard's on Richards... Wild Kingdom at Breakers... Scorpions with Trixter at the Pacific Coliseum... Tony Wilson and David Say Group at the Glass Slipper... Alias at the Club Soda.. Capping Day at the Up & Up Tavern (Bellingham)... Video Rampage 1991 at the Video In... Speed the Plow at the Arts Club Theatre Granville Island... Pygmalion at the Vancouver Playhouse... Women ol Manhattan at the Station Street Arts Centre... Moonlodge at the Vancouver EastCultural Centre... Top Girl* at the Dorothy Somerset Studio... Tke Woman in Black at the Richmond Gateway Theatre... The Road to Mecca at the Arts Club Seymour Street- Dance Moves at the Firehall Arts Centre... Berlin Modern Architecture exhibit at Teck Gallery... 3 SUNDAY Cop Shoot Cop with Octatracktor at the Cruel Elephant.. After the Junos with Banff at the Railway Club... Candl aid Tke BackbealwithMCJ&CoolG(1pm)and Poncho Sanchez Latin Dance Band (9pm) at the Commodore... Piul Plimley and Roger Balrd at the Glass Slipper... Wild Kingdom at Breakers... Shannon Gunn Band at VCC (King Edward Campus)... Jane Tabor, Tka Oyster Band and John Klrkpatrick at 86 Street.. Pygmalion at the Vancouver Playhouse... Women ol Manhattan at the Station Street Arts Centre-Top Girisat the Dorothy Somerset Studio... The Road to Mecca atthe Arts Club Seymour Street.. Berlin Modern Architecture exhibit at Teck Gal- 4 MONDAY Graffiti, Catherine Wheel, The Odds. Emily Stop and AttanttsBusattheTown Pump.. Jerry Jerry and The Sons ol Rhythm Orchestra at the Railway Club... Oyster Band and Capping Day at the Backstage (Seattle)... Pygmalion at the Vancouver Playhouse... Women of Manhattan at the Station Street Arts Centre... Moonlodge at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Top Girls at the Dorothy Somerset Studio... The Woman In Black at the Richmond Gateway Theatre... The Road to Mecca at the Arts Club Seymour- Berlin Modern Architecture exhibit ai Teck Gallery... 5 TUESDAY CiTR World Beat Night at the Pit Pub. . Shy Thunder, Lionsgate, Bad Habiland Basic Black at the Commodore... Second Nature atthe Town Pump... Celine Dionatthe Orpheum... Jerry Jerry and The Sons ol Rhythm Orchestra at the Railway Club... Roy Rogers at the Yale Nuclear Spring: poetry reading by KT Eliot Patricia Martin, Rudy K. Penner, Joe M. Ruggier and music by The Aspirin Moon Twins at Belly Button Books... Pygma lion at the Vancouver Playhouse... De Beaux Gestes and Beautiful Deeds at the Vancouver Litde Theatre... Women ol Manhattan at the Station Street Arts Centre.. Moonlodge at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Top Girls at the Dorothy Somerset Studio... The Woman In Black at the Richmond Gateway Theatre... The Road to Mecca at the Arts Club Seymour... Berlin Modern Architecture exhibit at Teck Gallery- International Women's Week Film Series: Five Feminist Minutes (7pm. 9pm) at Pacific Cinematheque... 6 WEDNESDAY CiTR Hoi Wednesdays at the Pit Pub... Boogiemen and Blue Law atthe Cruel Elephant.. Northern Pikes and the Leslie Spit Tree-0 at the Commodore... Jerry Jerry and the Sons of the Railway i, SI. Evas, The Stockmen and Salty Can't Dance at 86 Street Music Hall... Joseph Oanza and David Tclaw at the Glass Slipper... Pygmalion at the Vancouver Playhouse... De Beaux Gestes and Beautiful Deads at the Vancouver Little Theatre.Women of Manhattan atthe Station Street Arts Centre.. Moonlodge at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Top Girls at the Dorothy Somerset Studio... The Woman ia Black at the Richmond Gateway nt at Teck Gallery... International Women sWeek Film Series: After the Montreal Massacre and Sandra's Garden (7pm. director Bonnie Dickie in attendance) and Baby Blues. Toying with their Future. Playing lor Keeps (9pm) at Pacific Cinematheque. 7 THURSDAY CiTR Cool Thursdays at the Pit Pub... Chiefs ol Beliel with Shining Palti at the Cruel Elephant- Rick Derringer with Al Walker's Rock Partyatthe Commodore Garbo'sHat at the Glass Slipper Speed the Plow at the Arts Club Theatre Granville Island.. Prolessor Blues Revue at the Yale... Pygmalion at the Vancouver Playhouse De Beaux Gestes and Beautiful Deeds at ihe Vancouver Little Theatre Women of Manhattan at the Station Street Arts Centre... Moonlodge at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre.. Top Girts at the Dorothy Somerset Studio.. The Woman In Black at the Richmond Gateway Theatre... The Road to Mecca at the Arts Club Seymour Street... Berlin Modern Architecture exhibit at Teck Gallery... International Women s Week Film Series: Unnatural Causes. Older Stronger Wiser and Black Mother Black Daughter (7pm), Shooland Cry and A Stale ol Danger (9pm) at Pacific Cinematheque... 8 FRIDAY CITR presents Screaming Trees, Nirvana, Doughboys and The Wongs atthe Commodore... Derelicts and the Purdins at the Cruel El ephant... Chiel Feature at the Glass Slipper Pro lessor BluesRevue at the Yale.Speed the PlowattheArtsClub Granville Island... Pygmalion at the Vancouver Playhouse... Da Beaux Gestes and Beautiful Deeds at the Vancouver Little Theatre... Woman ol Manhattan at the Station Street Arts Centre... Moonlodgeatthe Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Top Girls at the Dorothy Somerset Studio... The Woman in Black at the Richmond Gateway Theatre... The Road lo Mecca at the Arts Club Seymour Street.. Berlin Modern Architecture exhibit at Teck Gallery... International Women's Week Film Series: Unnatural Causes, Older Stronger Wiser and Black Mother Black Daughtor (noon), No Time to Stop, Journey on the Bamako-Dakar and Fair Trade (2pm), Goddess Remembered and The Burning Times (7pm) and Alter the Montreal Massacre and Sandra's Garden (9pm) at Pacific Cinema theque... 9 SATURDAY Tad, Helmeland Love Battery at the Town Pump... Sarcastic Mannequins with Oswald 5-0 at the Cruel Elephant... Martin O'Connor, Tommy Sandsand Pete Mortonatthe WISE Hall... Ralph Eppel and Loslinato atthe Glass Slipper... Danny Doyle with Christie Deianey at the Commodore. . Prolessor Blues Revue at the Yale FEMCAB, a feminist cabaret and artisan's market at the Mount Pleas- antLegion.-SpeedthePlowattheArts Club Theatre Granville Island... Pygmalion at the Vancouver Playhouse... De Beaux Gestes and Beautiful Deeds at the Vancouver Little Theatre. Women of Manhattan atthe Station Street Arts Centre... Moonlodge at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Top Girls at the Dorothy Somerset Studio... The Woman in Black at the Richmond Gateway Theatre... The Road to Mecca at the Arts Club Seymour Street.. Berlin Modern Architecture exhibit at Teck Gallery. .Shoot and Cry and A State of Danger (noon), Goddess Remembered and The Burning Times (2pm), Baby Blues, Toying with Iheir Future, Playing tor Keeps(7pm, director Annie O'Donoghue in attendance), No Time to Stop, Journey on the Bamako- Dakar and Fair Trade (9pm) at Pacific Cinema theque... 10 SUNDAY Love Battery with Oswald 5-0 at the Cruel Elephant.. Marie-Lynn Hammond at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Coal Cooke Banned at the Glass Slipper... Berlin Modern Architecture exhibit at Teck Gallery... 11 MONDAY Dave Holland Quartet at the Vancouver East Cullural Centre Bluegrass Cardinals at the ANZA Club... Jamelie Hassan exhibit atthe Presentation House Gallery. Berlin Modern Architecture exhibit at Teck Gallery.., 12 TUESDAY CiTR World Beat Nighl at [he Pit Pub... Masters ol Ihe Steel string Guitar featuring John Cephas, Cal Collins, Jerry Douglas, Ledward Kaapana. Wayne Henderson and Albert Lee at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Joanna Connor al the Yale Berlin Modern Architecture exhibit at Teck Oillery... 13 WEDNESDAY CiTR Hot Wednesdays at the Pit Pub... Shovlhed at the Cruel Elephant... I hemba Tana African Heritage a! Ihe Glass Slipper. Joanna Connor at the Yale The Road to Mecca at the Arts Club Granville Island... Berlin Modern Architecture exhibit at Teck Gallery... 14 THURSDAY CITR Cool Thurs- daysatthe Pit Pub...Imagineerswith Big Sun at the Cruel Elephant... Jellyfish and the Odds at the Town Pump.Clive Greg son and Christine Collisler at the WISE Hall... Bruce Nielsen and Between the Llnesatthe Glass Slipper... Joanna Connor atthe Yale... Wising Up at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... The Road to Mecca at the Arts Club Granville Island ... Berlin Modern Architecture exhibit at Teck Gallery... 15 FRIDAY CiTR presents Culture with Soul Survivors at the Commodore... Gorilla Gortllawith Hesters Wagon at the Cruel Elephant... Clive Gregsonand Christine Colllstor atthe WISE Hall... Roger Balrd and Real Time at the Glass Slipper... Joanna Connor at the Yale Wising Up at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... The Road lo Mecca at the Arts Club Granville Island... Berlin Modem Architecture exhibit at Teck Gallery... 16 SATURDAY Coffin Break with Red White and Black and Treadmill at the Cruel Elephant... The Trilogy at 86 Street Music Hall... Like Rain's album release party at the University Sports Bar (Seattle)... Kodo at the Orpheum Theatre... Lunar Adventures at the Glass Slipper.. Joanna Connor at the Yale... Shalhevel Goldhar: A Screening at the Video In... Wising Up at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... The Road to Mecca at the Arts Club Granville Island... Eyes ol Eros 2 photographic exhibit closes at Exposure Gallery... 17 SUNDAY Coffin Break with Red While and Black and Treadmill at the CruelElephant Robert Cray Band at the Queen Elizabeth Thealre Miles Black Group at the Glass Slipper Kilty Wells at the Massey Theatre Blues Guitar Wars at the Yale . Juice Newtonat the Commodore TheRoad to Mecca at the Arts Club Granville 9 Hass :s at the Presentation Hi ;eGal 18 MONDAY Amos Garrett at the Yale... The Road to Mecca at the Arts Club Granville Island... 19 TUESDAY CiTR World Beat Night at the Pit Pub Amos Garrett at the Yale... The Road lo Mecca at Ihe Arts Club Granville Island 20 WEDNESDAY CITR Hot Wednesdays al the Pit Pub... Ilchal the Cruel Elepha-t... Green House al the Town Pump...Joseph Danza and Roger Baird at the Glass Slipper.. Amos Garrett at the Yale Jehanne ol the Witches at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... The Road to Mecca at the Arts Club Granville Island 21 THURSDAY CiTR Cool Thurs days atthe Pit Pub... Dark Globewith Sun Dog Sun at the Cruel Elephant- Colin James with the Jitters at the Commodore...Free F'AII atthe Glass Slipper... Jehanne of the Witches at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre Amos Garrett at the Yale... The Road to Mecca at the Arts Club Granville Island... 22 FRIDAY Hammerbox with Flop at the Cruel Elephant... Cocteau Twins with Galaxie 500 at the Orpheum... Babayaga String Quartet at the Glass Slipper... Colin James with the Jitters atthe Commodore. Spiritofthe West at the Breakers... Jehanne ol the Witches at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Amos Ganett at the Yale... The Road to Mecca at the Arts Club Granville Island... 23SATURDAY CiTR presents Redd Kross and Posies al the Town Pump... CiTR presents Gwar al 88 Street- Ninth Configuration with Skin Barn at the Cruel Elephant.. Colin James with the Jitters at the Commodore... Big Bad Dadatthe Glass Slipper. Rattled Roosters with Huevos Rancheros at the Arts Club Seymour... Spirit ol Ihe West at the Breakers... Jehanne ol Ihe Witches at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre. . The Road lo Mecca at the Arts Club Granville Island... Berlin Modern Architecture exhibit closes at Teck Gallery... 24 SUNDAY Barbara Higbie at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre. . Skywalk at the Town Pump... 25 MONDAY Helios Creed at the Cruel Elephant... Rita MacNeil at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre... Jehanne ol the Witches at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... 26 TUESDAY ctr world Beat Night al the Pit Pub. ..Rita MacNellat the Queen Elizabeth Theatre... Sherman Robertslon at the Yale Jehanne of the Witches at Ihe Vancouver East Cullural Centre... 27 WEDNESDAY CiTR Hoi Wednesdays at the Pil Pub... Utopia Mind Slaves with INRI at the Cruel Elephant ..Dayglo Abortions at the Town Pump... Boying Geronimo and Harumba Caizada at the Glass Slip per... Rita MacNeil at the Queen Eliza belh Theatre Sherman Robertslon at the Yale Jehanne of the Witches althe Vancouver Eas! Cultural Centre... 28 THURSDAY CiTR presents the Picasso Set with Like Rain at Ihe Cruel Elephant... CiTR Cool Thursdays at Ihe Pil Pub... Taj Mahalwilh the Demons at the Commodore... Paul Fisher Quartet at the Glass Slipper... Rita MacNeil at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre Sherman Robertstonat the Yale Jehanne ol the Witches at the Van couver East Cultural Centre... 29 FRIDAY Big Bang Theory at the Cruel Elephant... George Robert and George Ursan Quartet at the Glass Slipper.. Rita MacNeil at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.. Capping Day, Somebody's Daughter and Orphans Reason at the University Sports Bar (Seattle).. Like Rain at the Cavern (Pullman, WA).. Sherman Robertson at the Yale Jehanne of Ihe Witches at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... 30 SATURDAY Schlepprock, Mary and Screaming Bloody Mary's at the Cruel Elephant... Blaine Dunaway Quartet at the Glass Slipper... Rita MacNeil at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.Sherman Robertstonat the Yale.. Like Rain at the Big Dipper (Spokane, WA) Jehanne ol the Witches al the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... 31 SUNDAY Thee Crusaders with Non Stop Erotic Cabaret at the Cruel Elephant... Brass Roots Recording Benefit at the Glass Slipper... Arts Club Seymour 1181 Seymour Belly Button Books 109 West Cordova Commodore Ballroom 870 Granville CruelElephant 1176 Granville Dorothy Somerset Thealre 6465 Crescent 86 Street Music Hall BC Enterprise Centre Firehall Arts Centre 260 East Cordova Frederic Wood Thealre 6465 Crescent Rd Graceland 1250 Richards Mount Pleasant Legion 2655 Main PacificCinematheque 1131 Howe Paradise Thealre 919 Granville Railway Club 579 Dunsmuir Ridge Thealre 3131 Arbutus Starlight Cinema 935 Denman Station Street Arts Centre 930 Station Town Pump 66 Water Van East Cult. Centre 1895Venables WISE Hall 1882 Adanac Yale 1300 Granville STUDENTS - WELCOME TO ___PfiRfl9ISfk_ VANCOUVER'S BEST SHOW VALUE! GREAT TRIPLE FEATURES! SEE 3 FILMS FOR ONLY $2.50! ENJOY THE BEST IN MOVIE ENTERTAINMENT A T THE LOWEST TICKET PRICE IN TOWN VANCOUVER'S ORIGINAL DISCOUNT THEATRE & STILL THE BEST! ALL SEATS ALL DAY WE WANT TO MAKE THE PARADISE YOUR FAVOURITE THEATRE 24 HR. SHOW INFO: 681-1732 MARCH 1991 27 SUNDAYS AR. YOU SERIOUS? MUSIC 8:00AM- 12.00PM Tho newest new music cordlngs. composers with Ion Crutchley. THE BRUNCH REPORT 12:0O-12:15PM News, sports, weather and more with the CITR News. Sports and Weather Departments. THE ROCKERS SHOW 12:15-3:0OPM Host: George Barrett and Mike Cherry. Reggae Inna all styles and fashion. Dancehall. Dub. Roots Lovers-roc k. Roc k Steady. Ska and beyond I THE SUNDAY MAGAZINE 5:00-5:30PM Al the days news, weather and sports. PIusan In-depth Interview, movie reviews and more. Hosted by Luc Dlnsdale HEARSAY 53O-600PM CITR'S Iter ary arts program needs YOU to submit your works for on-ak performance or reading. ELECTRONIC SMOKE SIGNALS/DE- COMPOSITIONS 6:00-8:OOPM From the global cultures of resistance hosted by Horoclo de la Cueva. alternating Sundays with De-Corn positions. RADIO FREE AMERICA 10:00PM- 12:00AM Join host Dave Emory and coleague Nip Tuck for some extraodlnary political research guaranteed to make you think twice. Bring your tape deck and two C-90s. Originally broadcast on KFJC (Los Altos. California). MONDAYS THE MORNING SHOW 7:30-fc16AM Wake up with the CITR Morning Show. All the news, sports and weather you need fo start your day. Plus whars happening at UBC each day with U BC Digest. a feature Interview and more Topped off with the B8C World Service News a 18:00AM. Ive from London. England. Hosted by Tracy Dolan. BREAKFAST WITH THE BROWNS 8:15- 11:00AM Your favourite brown- sters James and Peter offer a savoury blend of fhe famHar and exotic In an excitingly luscious blend of aural delrghrsi Tune In and enjoy each weekly brown plate special. SOUl CHURCH 12.-OO-l:O0fM Playing the best of African-American and African-Canadian gospel music traditions. Your rotating hosts: Dave LangHe and Mark Harris. 4th African Roots of Goipel Exploring the direct Ink between Africa and North America with a Kenyan gospel group live In fhe studio. 1 lth Al Green: Looking at the genius of this, the last great soul singer, and his gospel recordings. 18th The Mighty Cloud* of Joy: This multt-Grammy award winning quartet were THE most Important gospel group In the late 70s and earfy 80s. 25th Easter Special: This first program In a two part Easter series, focusses on the gospel music Inspired by the passion of Christ. THE AFTERNOON REPORT 1:00- 1:15PM News, sports and weather. MEKANIKAL OBJEKT NOIZE 1:15- 3:00PM A musical miasma of electronic effluvium wtth knob spinner June Scudeler. THECiTRDINNER REPORT 5:00-5:30PM All the latest on campus: news, sports, an In-depth Interview, theatre or film review, editorial commentary and more. Weekdays with host Ian Gunn. SPORTS DIGEST 5:30-©:00PM Campus, amateur and professional sports with Keith Watson. BOXERSHORTBOYZ 7:00-9:00PM Just a couple of guys who like to walk around In their boxer shorts with their big fat guts hanging out Jerome Broadway and Garnet Timothy Harry alternate weeks. THE JAZZ SHOW 9:00PM- 12:00AM Vancouver's longest running prime time Jazz program. Hosted by the ever-suave Gavin Walker. Features at 11, 4th The Hevelers Is a fine recent album by Toronto tenor saxophonist Kirk MacDonald. Your host would nominate this abum for a JUNO as tt Is an al-Canadtan ef- 28 DISCORDER Me II show why should have beenl 11th Time Warpisawonderfulco- op band from Toronto. This disc, recorded at 'George Room.' Is nominated for a JUNO Tonight well hear why Time Warp Is Barry Elmes (drums). Alan Henderson (acoustic bass), Kenln Turcotte (trumpet), and Mike Murley (tenor saxophone). Great 18»t Blue Train Is one of John Colttanes early masterpieces and one of HIS own favourite recordings. Coltrane on tenor saxophone with Curtis Fuller (trombone). Lee Morgan (trumpet), 'Phllly Joe' Jones (drums), and others. If you like Jazz, you this record. 25th The Jokl Byard Experience Is a blockbuster album Byard. one of fhe giants of Jazz piano and 'Rahsaan' Roland Kirk and all his horns plus the bass of Richard Davis and Alan Dawson s drums create an album that will leave you with much TUESDAYS THE MORNING SHOW 7:30-8:15AM Hosted by Antje Rauwerda. ESSENTIALLY ECLECTIC 10:00- 11:00AM Start your day with fhe Girl from Ipanema and the boy from Seattle...hosted by David Longrldge. BLOOD ON THE SADDLE 1:15-3.00PM Country music to scrape the cowshlt off your boots to. With yer host-poke Jeff Gray. THE UNHEARD MUSIC 3:00-5:0OPM Demo Dree tor Dale Sawyer provides some Insight Into the b dthew st Ca nadian music. News Bulletin: Dales not home right now. he won't be for the month of March but call his subs Rowena or Joel and leave a message B.C. FOU 5:30-7:OOPM The thoughts and music of B.C. folk' artists, hosted by Barb Waldern. AVANT PIG 7:00-9:OOPM Avant- garde thuggery with Pete Lutwyche. First Tuesday each month: World Music Exploration. WOLF ATTHE DOOR 9:0OPM-12:OOAM Interesting drama every second week. With Lupus Yonderboy. WEDNESDAYS THE MORNING SHOW 7:30-8:15AM Hosted by David Feldbloom JOURNEY TO THE SOFT CHEWY CENTRE OF THE EARTH 8:15 - 10:00 ...with Tiny Sparks. LIVE FROM VENUS 10:00-11:00AM Tlnkly womens music with Jane Tilley. SWINGIN SINGLES U:OOAM-12:00PM Do you like singles? I do. tool Join me Felicity Dunbar and smell the CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE 1:15- 3:00PM Braden Zrno hosts you a new show on CiTR's airwaves. NORMAN'S KITCHEN 3:0O-5:O0PM Blah blah blah god blah blah NO INTERMISSION 5:3O-6:0OPM Ad dressing the drama, theatre, film and arts communities. With Antje Rauwerda. HANFORD NUCLEAR PIZZA PIE 6:00- 700PM Whered the 'NO go? What once brought such Joy < fhe long 1-6 Journey h Forlorn and with a runny Rowena and her PNW trundle on. JIGGLE 7:00-9:00PM Jusf I this trom fhe FLEX YOUR HEAD 3:00-5:OOPM HARD- -ERIC— •JINX— -CORE- alternattve. Mikey 'glrty hair' and Gdv "Bristle-head.' Joined by their adoring groupie, serve up breakfast all day. Jiggle Jiggle Jlgglel Lose all sphincter control. THURSDAYS THE MORNING SHOW 7:30-8:15AM Hosted by Ian Gunn. WHITE NOISE 8:15-10:00AM Mountain climbing trips, ambient soundscapes. grungy old prog- rock albums. Twin Peaks and Burroughs. With Chris Brayshaw. NOW YOU HAS JAZZ 10:00AM- 1:00PM Jazz with Tommy Paley: special feature at noon. DICK CLARK S COMPOST HEAP O' HITS l:15-3:0OPM Far Indeed Is VANCOUVER FOCUS 5:30-6:OOPM Current Affairs with Stefan Ellis. TOP OFTHE BOPS 6:0O-7:0OPM Mu slca I chef Marc Coulevin boils up a tasty pot of gumbo stew OUT FOR KICKS 7:00-9:00PM Wlldbeat protest music with Pat and Lisa. LIVE FROM THUNDERBIRD RADIO HELL 9:00-11:00PM Local must from 9. Live bands from 10 7th Sawhorse 14st Exhulted Tims 21th The Fabulous Moonblood 28th The Booglemen SOUNDOF REALITY 11:00PM-1:00AM Experimental Radio, with Vlslonl Featuring environmental sounds, found noises. Information, propaganda and the world's ethnic and experimental musics from the auditory fringe. Contributions welcome. Practitioner: Anthony Roberts. MEGABLASTI 1:00-4:OOAM Doc-u mentation beyond thestatusq'uo In todays rap muzlk with something funky occasionally being dropped on ya. FRIDAYS THE MORNING SHOW 7:30-8:15AM Hosted by David Feldbloom and to help you get your toast down With Jerome Prlngle. MOVING IMAGES 10:30-11:00AM Join host Ken Moclntyre as he takes you on a tour through the silver screen's back lotof live with THE INTERNATIONAL VENUS FLYTRAP NETWORK 11:00AM- 1:00PM Your chum Greg wil be away In the month of March. He won t miss anyone but his listeners. Join some other spaz that won't be as dumb as Greg. 'Ill be back for the 29th show, so tune In. brothers and sisters. I love you. Bye.' - Greg JUST AFTER LUNCHTIME 1:15-2:30PM Dave Longrldge does his best to amuse and offend all the right people. Including you. Give Im a NARDWUAR THE HUMAN SERVIETTE PRESENTS... 3:30-4:00PM Join Nardwuar and his war cat Cleo von Fluffelsteln for half an hour of stimulating Manhattan clam chowder entertainment. THECfTRDINNERREPORT5:00-5:30PM With 'The Voice of Reason.' our weekly look back at the week in the news, tongues firmly In FOR THE RECORD 6:30-6:45PM Ex cerpts from Dave Emory's Radio Free America Series. HOMEBASS 9:00PM-12:30AM Dope Jams and fresh beats for a groovy evening with DJ Noah on the wheels of steel. SMELL THE BIDET 12:30AM- 4:00AM John Casablanca s means nothing. Yes. Andrecka. Satan loves you. Hosted by Lloyd UHana. SATURDAYS THE SATURDAY EDGE 8:00AM- 12:00PM Vancouvers biggest and best acousttc/roots/rogue radio show. Now In Its 6th year on CITRI Roots music from around the world plus the World Cup Report at 11:30. POWERCHORD 12:15-3:00PM Vancouver's only true metal show: local demo tapes. Imports and other rarities. Gerald Rattlehead and Metal Ron do the damage. IN EFFECT 3:00-5:0OPM The Hip Hop Beat and nuftln' butt. THE SATURDAY MAGAZINE 5:00- 5:30PM UBC s weekend news. All the latest news, sports, weather, a movie review, feature report and more. News with Luc Dlnsdale; Doug Richards has ARTS CAFE 5:30-6:OOPM Be informed about Art. theatre, film MEDIA CONTROL SOUICHURCH FACING THE MUSIC CONFESSIONS OF A COFFEE ADDICT S2I____S______ LIVE FROM VENUS __a______3___: ;ii-»);iMi:L'N:l.'l liiMIWHlH; NO INTERMISSION HANFORD NUCLEAR PRIMORDIAL DAY DREAM/BILL MULLAN OPEN COUNTRY JOY/OPEN SEASON VANC R FOCUS TOP O'DA BOPS UVE FROM THUNDERBIRD RADIO HELL MEGABLASTI Z4 I MOVING IMAGES VENUS FLYTRAP NOISE ONE/ NARDWUAR/ NOISE TWO liwu.-n^w 5 VANC'R FOCUS EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS YYWNG happening in Vancouver With Anrjel THE AFRICAN SHOW 8:00-10:00PM its a music thing from all 'Africa.' it s an awareness thing of self and others. It san African house party. Stories, music, dance fun. Wel- comel Your host: Umerah. RADIO FREE PARKING 10:00PM- 1:00AM A radio show wifh a life- foreeal itsown. Mixes come from seemingly no where much like the radio signals you pick up. An aural parking lot for the muses. No expectations. 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CANADA V6T2A5 ACCESS CiTR provides free alrfime for Community Access by groups and Individuals wishing to share some thoughts with our listeners. If you or your group would like to say something to someone somewhere, please call the Program Director at 822-3017. CHARTS CITR does not use rotations' In its programming: all musical selections are chosen for airplay by Individual programmers. The music department compiles a series of charts to give an indication of what current musical materia! Is being played In a given month. The LongGroooooves. Short Grooves and Single Mdgnetlc Partyclothes charts to the right are based on and are organized solely on airplay. That Is. they are ordered in succession from the most played title to the least played title. Please keep In mind that CiTR has several hundred current titles available for programmers; hence, the titles you see to the right do not comprise the sum of material being played—far from It. Just listen. DiSCORDER 100TH ISSUE The May 1991 Issue of Discorder marks a very special milestone for That Magazine from CTTR: It's the lOOth Issue. Get excited. Get Involved. Contribute. Advertise. It only happens once. For more Information, can the edltrtx at 822^3017. — LOfMf- CWOOOQOWgS lOO Various Artists Death of VkiyKDOV Entertainment) Various Artists Satyricon (Juggler Bolt Thrower /nBartteTherefcNolawKFutureShock.Silent Scream) Various Artists... Knitting Factory Goes to the Northwest (Knitting Fact. Various Artists Crock ofo-efctanWh^Cargp.KK) Meat Beat Manifesto P9%(Warner«Mute) Helmet Strap II On (Amphetamine Reptile) 3 Mustaphas 3 So_po//heCen/ury(A&M.I?ykodisc) Jesus Jones Doub/(CapitoQ Alien Sex Fiend Cwse(Sinclair.Anagram) Jackofficers Digital Dump (Rough Trade) Bastard Squad Horde ore Revolution (Blast) Ice Cube Hardat W7«(Priorify) Mori Boine-Person C_toGuto(A&M.Virgin.Earthwori_) Gruntruck Inside Youa (Empty) World Famous Supreme Team Round/he Outside/(A&M.Vkgh! Gypsy Kings Aleg/ta(Elektra) Various Artists Hard to Believe (C/Z) Blockhouse TheFather.theSonandthe... (Antler Subway.Body3 Dream Warriors And Now the Legacy Begins (A&M.Island! Various Artists Rewind Volume 2: The Singers (RAS) Happy Mondays PUs'N ThriHs and 8e#y_cf>e»(Warner.Elektra; Philadelphia Five Mtoyy(Cargo«KK) Winter Inlo Darkness (Future Shock) Zoogz Rift & Marc Mylar Nutritionally Sound (Trigon) Bosshog Cold Hands (Amphetamine Reptile) Jack Endino Angle of Attack (Toxic Shock.Bobok; Stereo-Taxlc Device Stereo-Tax Fc Device (Cargo* KK) Various Artists Beets: A Collection ot Jazz Songs (TEC Tones) Various Artists Doomsday News Volume 3 (BMG. Noise) Ween Satan: The Oneness (Amphetamine Reptile) Rancid Hel Spawn Chainsaw Masoehist (Wrench) Ride Nowhere (Warner. Reprise) KMFDM Naive (Wax Trax) Bob Marley Talkin Blues (A&M.ls Various Artists New Wave of Brit. H. Metal (Metal Blade.Cargo) Wartime Fast Food for Thought (Chrysali Various Artists Rewind Volume I: The DJs (RAS) Verlaines Some Disenchanted Evening (Homestead) RunWesfyRun Green Cat Island (Twin\\ Tone) The Great Kat Bee/hovenonSpeed(Cargo«Roadracer; Limbomaniacs Stinky Groove«(Sony. Relativity) Kinothek Percussion Ensemble Suspense (Audio) Nuclear Assault Handle with Care (Sony. In Effect) Purr Heartburn 4 Hearfbreafc(Cargo.KK) Universal Congress of The Sad and Tragic Demise... (Fusion III. Enemy) Straw People Hemisphere (Pagan) Pentangle So Early in Ihe Spring (Green Linnet) R. Murray Schaefer FiveStringitets/S Ortord S/r*7g4/e/*(Centrediscs) Arc Gospel Choir Bound forlhe Promised Land(SRI.Ocora; Exene Cervenka Runn/ngSacfed(CapitoL Rhino) Sadus Swallowed In Black(CarQo»Roadracer] Rikk Agnew's Yard Sale Emotional Vomit (Triple XXX) EPMD 8us/nes*A*Usua/(Sony.Columbia; Borghesia /?e*/*/ance(Play it Again Sam) Various Artis Is..., NavafoSongs from Canyon deChelty (SRI. New World) Blaine Reininger Expatriate Journals (Rockville) Heretics Mass Hysteria (Fringe) Hawkwind Space Band#«(Cargo.GWR.Roadracer; Doughboys Happy Accidents (Capitol. Restless) Various Artists Lffu/pesO/fhodo.xe(SRI.I-tarrnoniaMundi; Senator Flux The Criminal Special (Cargo* Emergo) Destruction Cracked Brain (BMG.Noise) Fairport Convention The Five Seasons (Rough Trade. New Route) Area Fragments ot the Moming (Rough Trade* C'est la Mort) LinkN'Chain New Day (RAS) Bastro Sing the Troubled Beast (Homestead) Thomas Mapfumo Shumba (A&M*Vlrgin*Earthworks; Aswad Too WTckedCA&M.lsland) Mother Love Bone Apple (Polygram. Polydor Mekons The Mekons *oc*'W*o»(A&M.Twin\\Tone) Token Entry The Weight of the Wodd(Cargo*Bmergo] Cancer To the Gory End (Future Shock.Silent Scream) Agitpop The Community 3 Sessions (Community 3) Amateurs Boctaflde(Romilar-D) Gregson&Collister _wefra5fran$eHofe/(CapitoL Rhino) Anthony Braxton Compositions 98 (SRI.Hat Hut) Brenda Kahn Goldfish Donl Talk Back (Community 3) JonHassel Earthquake Island (Fusion III. Tomato) Barra McNeils Timeframe (Barra Music) Various Artists Out of Majors (VISA. Killdozer For LadtesOnly (Touch & Go) Of Cabbages and Kings Baste Pa/n Baste Measure (Triple XXX] Kreator Coma of Souls (Sony) Marie-Lynn Hammond Btoe*4Wh*e...(Festtval«AuralTraditi Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band SK (Flying Bulgar) D.A.M Human Wreckage (BMG. Noise) Black Tape for a Blue Girl A Case of Desire (Projekt) World of Skin Ten Songs for AnotherWoridCSiougJn Trade. Young God) Various Artists Hard Cash (Green Linnet) Toasters ThlsGun for Hke (Moon) stofYeHowDub&AS) Not for anger and despair, but for peace and a kind of home - suicide note of Lewis Hill, founder of KPFA Berkeley. 1957 •SELECTED TCfcg> THINCfS Nardwuar the Human Serviette Show (Fridays 3:30-4:OOPM) Brents TV "Lumber) ack City" (Lookout) TheA-Bombs "Button Nose and I'm Snowed" (Norton) Megablast (Thursday 1 :OOam-4:00AM) Ice Cube Kill al Will EP (Priority) Meat Beat Manifesto 99% (Warner/Mute) Criminal Nation Re/ease/he Pressure(Nastymix) Sound of Reality Maesltrom (Sound of Reality) Bolt Thrower In Battle There Is No Law(FutureShock/SilentScream) Zoogz Rift and Marc Mylar Nutritionally Sound(Trigon) Sonof Bazerk "Change the Style" CD-5" (SOUL) Bloodstar Btoods/ar(Red Decibel/Desert Engine) Various Artists Death o/V/ny/(DOVentertainment) 16:16 *ltlsDone*12*(RocRulin) Jiggle (Wednesday 7:00-9:00PM) "Alaska- 7" H>(Vital Music) Karen Black... The velvety girls God bless Patriot missiles Getting beat up by a gang of 14-15 year old skinheads in Tuba. OK .... "Fat Pat." Ted's little kid Finding out Tom Milne is Bruno Ourfly girl dancer Erica MeMns Me/v/ns fP(Sympathy for the Record industry) The local music scene Mike's dad kicking the shit out of him for having girly hair Journey to the Soft Chewy Centre of Ihe Earth (Wednesdays 8:15-10:00AM) Jack Endino Angle ot Attack (Toxic Shock. Bo bok) John Waterman Dead Calm ofBashlngCoca-Cola(N\\gh tshift) Brenda Kahn Goldfish Don't Talk Back (Community 3) Various Artists... Knitting Factory Goes lo the North west (Knitting Fact.) Hawkwind Spoceflan_7te(Cargo«Roadrunner.GWR) Davie Allen Old Neck » New Strings (Dionysus) WiggyJ "Up and Atom" (demo cassette) Triptych of a Pastel Fern "Alpha Night Club" (demo cassette) The Perfume Tree "Dreaming" (demo cassette) International Venus Flytrap Nelwork (Fridays 11:00AM- 1:00PM) Jesus Jones "Real Real Real" from Doubf (Capitol) Ultra Vivid Scene "Three Stars" from Joy (PolyGram.4AD) Pop Will Eat Itself "X, Y & Zee" CD-5" (BMG) Renegade Soundwave Thunder //(Warner. Mute) Front 242 "Tragedy for You" CD-5" (Sony.Epkr) TheCure D/s/n/eg/a//on (Warner) Above fhe Law Livin'Like Hustlers (Sony. Epic) DubSyndicate Classic Selection Vol. I (On-U Sound) Destruction "My Shorona" on CrackedBraln (BMG. Noise) Steinsky & Mass Media on Death of V*ty/(DOV Entertainment) Swingin' Singles (Wednesday 11:00AM-1:00PM) Karen Black "Alaska" (Vital Music) Various Artists four-song 7" compilation (Double A) Gas Huffer "King of Hubcaps" 7" (Steve Priest Fan Club) Rev. Horton Heat "Psychobllly Freakout"7"(SubPop) Distress Signals "Especially You" (demo cassette) Nimrod "Cunttroll" 7" flexl (Bron) Giuliano Spiga "Pinky" 7" (GS Music) Flop "The Losing End" 7" (Lucky) Freewheelin' Mark Arm "My Ufe wih Rickets" 7" (Sub Pop) The Brood "Since He's Been Gone" 7" (Stanton Park) SHORT GROOVES SO Screaming Trees "Bed of Roses" CD-5" (Sony.EpIc) Front242 "Tragedy torYou"CD-5"(Sony.Eplc) Tad "Jinx" 7* (SubPop) Cranes "Inescapable" 12" (Dedicated.Crane) KenBaumgartner "Bomber CD-5* (Metal Blade.Carollne) KHICity "Secret Smle" 7" (Dionysus) Mark Arm Freewheelin'Mark Arm 7* £P(Sub Pop) Smugglers "Upand Down" 7* (Nardwuar) Too Short "Short But Funky" 12" (BMG. Jive) Whipping Boy Whipping Boy /2"0>(Cheree) Jesus Lizard "Mouth Breather" T (Touch &Go) Aed "OfGate»"12*(Kaleidoscope.AtSea) Boogie Down Productions "Ya Knowthe Rules" 12" (BMG.JIve) Deskee "KWGet Hyped" 12*(BMG.DeConstructlon) EdOG.& Da Bulldogs "I Gotta Have It" 12* (PWL) Beautiful Happiness "Something Sonic" 12* (Cheree) Young Black Teenagers "Nobody Knows Kelli" CD-5" (SOUL) Nation of Ulysees "Sound of Young America" 7" (K.Discord) OutOut "DWl"12*(Axis) PlantBachOfnus "Pwllrals" 12*(OFN) Almighty Lumberjacks of Death Always Out of... 7" EP(Force Majeure) Pigface Spoon flrea/ttas/;_*FP(To_ch_cGo. Invisible) ATribeCalledQuest " Description of aFool" 12" (BMG.JIve) Young Fresh Fellows "Molorbroke" 7" (Cruddy Record Dealership) SonofBazerk "ChangetheStyle"CD-5"(SOUL) Pastels "Different Drum" 7" (K Distribution) Digital Underground This Is AnEP 12'EPOomrryBoy) Infinite Regression IsThkAt 7"£P(Chikara) Artillerymen "9G"12"(Circularphile) Miscast Miscast 7" fP(FarOut) Smelly Gambas FftttftluuuucckirEP(farOj\\) Bark Psychosis "Nothing Feels" 12" (Cheree) Dirt "RlpOff"7"(ThreeMinuteMile) Nid Madagascar "UedrfhLllw" 12"(OFN) Profax Protax 7"fP(FarOut) GutFlower "Maple Leaves" 7* (BlowValve) Deco "Power Hits" 12" (Circularphile) Chikara "JesusWasaCaprlcom"7"(Chikara) A Priori "First Cause" 12" (Laocoon Productions) JustSayNo "PI bulls on Crack"7" (Go Ahead) Voodoo Dolls "BadFeelng" 7* (Stanton Park) Eirin Peryglus "Ylosg" 12*(OFN) Gunsharp'ners "Do YouCareTheme" 7" (Cruddy Record Dealership) God's Acre /Green MagnetSc hod split T (Toxic Shock) 16:16 "ltlsDone"12"(RocRulin) Cringer/Hopeful Monsters split 7" (Hippcore) Brother Makes 3 "Do Ya Wanna Dance" CD-5" (Cardiac) 2 Queens a King and a Drum Machine "Queernatlon" 12" (Komoda) SINGLE MAGNFTir. PARTYI.I fTTHF*. RA Windwalker "RIppedAway" Perfume Tree "Dreaming" ZaZa& the Angels "Dr. Nightmare" Sect "Amor Patriae" Earthling "Soldiers ol Fortune" Eden'sEnd Mint 100 "Things Will Change" "Psycho Vibe" No GST Band Darkling Thrushes "We Need a Revolution" "Glass" Cherry Hoggs "Ain't Gol the Key lo Your Heart" Logic Conspiracy "IHate" Purdins "Tony's NewOne" List of Mrs. Arson "1 Kondusha" Partial Patsy "Female Sex Organs" Uneven Steps "North Star Shine" High Speed Sacrifice "Chainsaw Guitar" Sins of the Flesh "Flesh and Blood" Broken Faith "Praying for a Break" Sound of Reality "Wrath (World Is In a Crisis)" Tony Balony Dance Ensemble "Pussycat" RealTruth "How Many Worlds" LSD49 Exotic Pets Erotica "All Day" Bruce Unger "Money" Random Order "Oppression" Gypsy "InElnAltesSpiel" Headspring "Ill State of...." Typticofa Pastel Fern "Alpha Nightclub" Joe 90 "End ofthe World" Purple City "Downtown" Falling Spikes "History" VoxPopuli "Don't Know Why" Polka Dogs "Life In Ihe Colonies" Captain Crunch "You Don't Exist In Transit" Mystery Machine "Tombstone" Utopic Mind Slaves "Raw" Broken Faith "Praying for a Break" The Valentinos "Gimme Some Action" TheBluchunks "Show and Tel" NOMA "Hocketonk" Global Citizens "Why" Flem Mermaid Cafe "Back of a Cadillac" Fun for Malakal ;... "Saltwater Flow" MARCH 1991 29 with easter approaching, the church mounted a huge recruiting campaign to fill up some of the empty desks in the Sunday school, "go forth," the reverend said, "and invite your friends, tell them what we do here and don't forget to mention the free cadbury cream eggs that i'll be giving out next Sunday." so my older sister went forth into the community and returned the following week with me. i was, she explained to the assembly, a Scottish agnostic of decidedly secular background who wished to become a german baptist, they put me in a classroom, the teacher gave me a good news bible companion, and told me to work through the book as best i could, the bible companion was like an exercise book; it was full of puzzles and games designed to foment your knowledge of the scriptures, of course, if you'd never read a bible before, there wasn't much it could do for you. i found thisoutafter staring at thefirst page forten minutes, trying to come up with a six-letter-word for "canaan god." theother students, meanwhile, were scurrying through their assignments like so many learned monks, no way was i going to put a dent in that crossword-puzzle, i flipped through the book until i found something familiar: a picture of moses. here was someone i recognized, every easter, his movie was on tv. and every easter, throughout my childhood, i watched this man float down the nile in a picnic basket, and i watched him grow up. and i watched him emerge as a leader of the children of israel. and usually, at about the second or third plague, i stopped watching, because it was bedtime, but still, i recognized him. moses was overlooking the red sea. but i couldn't tell from the colourful illustration whether he was parting the water for his people or slamming it shut on the hapless chariot guys, the book wanted me to write a brief caption describing the scene, i wrote the first thing that popped into my head, i wrote: surf's up. Uy j-qK howatSOPI 30 DISCORDER WEST INDIES RECORDS & TAPES WIDE SELECTION OF IMPORT REGGAE ALBUMS, CDS, CASSETTES, SINGLES (FROM JAMAICA) & VIDEOS ■NEW IMPORTED RELEASES 90 - '91- .L NEW RELEASES - LP Twinkle Brothers Wind of Chtnge i U Roy Dre»d In t Babylon I U Roy Version of Wisdom i U Roy Best of O Boy Various Bob Marley's Friends Bob Mtrley's Legend in Six Brigadier Jerry On the Road Brown, Dennii Overproof ...Dreadlock Dread Undivided Roots... Upset- Brown. Dennii _ Freddie McGregor -Reggae Giants Brown, Foxy _...„ ..My Kind of Girl Chalice - SI Ml Ya Cutty Ranks/Tony Rebel... No Touch the Style ...Too Long In Slavery Reggae for the World Various Artiiti Pure Loveri 2 Varioui Artiiti Kutchle More Kutchle Varioui Artists Ras Sampler 2 (Special Price) Varioui Artiiti Cosmic Force Dancehall 2 Varioui Artiiti Natty Rebel Rooti Varioui Reggae Hiti Vol.8 Varioui Artiiti Spotlight on Reggae Vol 2 ...„ Spotlight on Reggae Vol " King Tubby'i Fastcai Star Rhythm Distress varioui Dubble Attack Pantonine Varioui Boat To Progress—Pantomlne Various Reggae Sound War Clash Electrocutions #2 ( Various Now This Is What I _ I Call Version ( Various Funky Reggae Crew \\ Varioui Steely _ Cleevie Brainwave 1 Varioui Vintage Classics 1 Ing Tubby Special 73-76 1 Frankie Paul. .. Dub Dub Sinse #2— Lee Perry/Sly _ R s Artists.... 357 Magnum Brainwave ...Frighten Friday .D.J. Government ...Jah Screw Exp. ...Fire Down Bel ...Out of Many, One Pt.2 Dub Bob Andy's Dub Book With Mad Professor I Dub King Tubby Soundclaih Dub Plate #2 l Varioui Artiiti X-Rate Shabba Ranki Golden i Nice V Englishman Gladlatori/Iir. Vibes Harriot, Derrick 1 Hlggi, Joe (_ Wallers)... Varioui Artists ...in Fine Style Varioui Artists... Cocoa Tea/Shabba/Home T... Ninja Man/Johnny P... Various Artiiti ...Extra Iiaaci, Gregory Iiaaci, Gregory Iirael, Vlbratlonn Jan, Shaka Jan, Shaka Johmon, Linton Kweil.... Call Me Collect No Intention ...Unconquered People Coronation Dub Dub Symphony The Disciples mandmenti of Dub 1 f Dennii Brown Death Before Dilhot i Creation Rebels/New Age Steppers....Threat To Creation . : Jimmy Cliff Images 1 r Paula Clark Reggae Jamaica Carnival '90 \\ Unchallenged Dennis Brown.... ....Children of the World Gregory Iiaaci.... Heartical Don Man Dennii Brown.... Past _ Future ...Good Vibration Dawklns Foxy Brown... Gregory Isaacs.... ...Past _ Future l On the Right Poiltive It Strong Greatest Hits Putting Up Reiiitence Have A Nice Weekend I.O.U. s _ Blows Tenior Saw... London Underground... ....Bad Boy Crew Kofi... Berei Hammond... I Berei Hammond... I Gregory Iiaaci i Gregory Iiaaci Lett Go Dancing r Gregory Iiaaci Warning (UKVWho'i Taking You Home ! Gregory Iiaaci Feature Attraction r Winston Jarre tt Jonestown I Johnny P -...Reggae Dance Hall Sensation i Klr-lan ...Black With Sugar ...Freedon Mad Professor Madden, David McGregor, Freddie.... Michigan _ Smiley... Minott, Sugar Moses, Pablo Nlktdlmui/Jr. Denu Ninny tht I Nlnjam I Misty In Roots... Changing Timet Changing Timet ....Live at Country Club Back In the Bix Mr. Fix It ...We Refute Rat Michael. Jackie Mittoo Wild Jockey Courtney Melody.... Bad Boy Reggae Johnny Oibourne Nuh Dit Come Ya Fe Drink Milk Frankie Paul Live _ Love AU NEW IMPORT DANCEHALL LPt Varioui (C.Ranks, Top Cat, W.Wonder) Funky Punany i Varioui (dement Irie, Junior WDion, etc) .Rhythm 6 ! Varioui (Clement Me, Tenior Saw) .Beit Reggae Dance Hall Frankie Paul Varioui (Cocoa T, C.Meeki, Ninjaman) Godfather Ninjaman Various (CoLUoyde, LltXenny, UtJurkJ Shocking Xrat Barrlngton Levy Varioui (Cpt Berkley, Panhead, Lady Ann, etc) Justice Shabba Ranks - Varioui (D.Carloa, JrJldd^Xevy) Jiiitory of Uptempo Coco Tea & Nardo Rank..... Varioui (DX>ekker, Cliff, Maytali) Reggae Attack Tiger Varioui (DDobson, Bobo Gen., M.Janrt) dub Reggae Super Cat Various (F.Paul, L.Smart, Jr.WOlon) The Wfld Bunch Reggie Stepper Various (G.Peck, Flourgon, Shabba, etc) Consignment Dennii Brown Varioui (Gayladi, Mellowlarks) Original dub Ska Cocoa Tea Varioui (Is.Vlbet, M.Diam's, Yellow) Beit of Suntplaih Dennis Brown Variout (hues, CDemut, Trlsha, M.Coke) .AK-47 Ini Kamoxe Various (Isaacs, J.CLodge, Shabba) .Hardcore Reggae Lady English/Miss Linda.... Varioui (Isaacs, LJohn, SJilinott) Sounddaih Dubplate 1-2 Frankie Paul Varioui (J.Otbourne, Tony Tuff, etc) 3uck Wild Mutic Works '88 .—Sweet For My Sweet Get Up and Dance —The Sweet Soca Man ....Murder Them ...Nuff Man A Dead ...Bubblin' Sweet Tonight ..Sonla Come Back Injan Supercat Cabin Stabbing Peter Roots. Obtervation Station Move From Here My Weapon ...Blowing with the Wind ...Silent Assassin _ Wish Me Luck Ranki, Shabba... Myttle Warrior Dub ! -..Rhythm of the City ! Blackman Land " ...Jutt Reality Tiger ...Rappin With the Ladles Menage From Africa Exploltatior .-...Golden Great! Vol.1 Pine r Winston Wright.... Sky High Mau Mau... Sly _ Robbie/Taxi... Sly _ Robbie _ Stepper, Reggie Tlppa Lee ft Rappa P. Tooth/Maytalt Tuffett. African Vengance Taxi Hltl 1978-90 —Tribute to King Tubby 20 Super j Varioui.... Root! Vibration Varioui... ...Straight From the Yard Various.... Wayne Wonder And Sanchex - Home T, Coco Tea, And Shabba Ranki Holding On Varioui Rockeri Story Varioui Blue Trac Superstar Vol. 1 Varioui Mutic Worki '90 ...Wicked Inna Bed Varioui QCBoothe, Al Brown, Inner .Thin Line Traveler Varioui OCBoothe, SJtlnott, AMI*, etc) Reggae Legends -...Hot We Hot Various (Marley, KBoothe, JJIolt) Rooti Rockeri Varioui (Nardo Ranki, B. Gen, D.Irle) More Poco Varioui (Richard Ace, D.Harriot) Magnificent 14 Varioui (S.MInott, Lover D, Jah Batta, etc)—All Kind A Don Varioui (Sitter Carol, Chaplin) Rewind the D.J.'t Varioui (Sluggy Banki, S.MInott, H.Andy). -Dance Hall X Mai Varioui (Sluggy Banks, Little John, etc) Rhythm 5 Various (Tiger, F.Paul, S.Ranks) Strictly the Best Varioui (Tiger, Flourgon, Taxi) D.J. Riot bor Of Love 2 Varioui (Tony Tuff, Thriller U, etc) Legal Tender Mouth Tan So Varioui (Tuffett, Flourgon, J.Otbourne) Gal Yu Good I e More Chance Varioui (Yellowman,NardoFrankt,etc).. 12KutiofRuff Stuff i —Who Done It Waller, Bunny Gumption 1 Wilion, Delroy 24 Super Hltt \\ „ Yabby You Beware Dub 1 ...Variety Night '90 ...Vintage Night '90 Varioui ...Shocking Colon ' ....Mek - E Bark ...The Confrontation Frankie Paul... 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