© Pagel... walling, and lifeless at that show. Pie Wagon sounded like Dino. Jr. and they want t play in Myst, and: Apollo Landing...ch. ‘Thank goodness for Sugar the sweek before. Not like Eva knew any of the songs, but ~ Summer's gone. Its almost time for new Bob Mould sill knows what's good, shoes and frost on the grass, for everyone to 20 oF Request la Dayne and Atomic: they always play gobuck, or start something, orfinish it Blueberry in the sain and need a cap for the wuek, oerwise the season is over, and your hair's as blonde as it'll be equipment gets soggy. Alas, caps cost $$8, so give allen, b happy, besa Oo Nis asd Tan) Me eee Spe oF sal ‘money, we didnt have much this time around, so there friend inthe head with «pillow. listen to jazz, feed) saw lewer copies of Root. We have mail order this the dog, be ready to work. Eva's lazy, Vanessa's ) packing. New Music's dead for the year, but in late E) times so as Charley Eastman would say, “P-p-p-p- June and carly July we talked to the Laurels, £ © please” mail onder if you or one of your aquaintances Small Factory, Sebadoh, and Budge. Did My £.| didnt xet a copy. On the topic of Chadey, have you ‘New Muisic backfire? We liked it. TE heard that Lotus have been doing some sneaky, We also bowled with Skimbleshanks and. é squeaky new recording at Fort Apache up in Boston? ed them some questions. We reviewed FIC could be for a fall rolease..Anyway, onder our Seaweed, Grenadine, the Urge Overkill Polvo, |) —_fawine!! Cross your fingers and send $2 cash Gory! Irs thick) and two stamps to: Root, efo Cracking ols Publications, P.O. Box 441, Mystic, C1. 06355, We will love you and write hack and send various eure “things if you include your address- don't forget it! And ‘hey! Wee on the radio now with Richie Freitas and his Radio Post, Wednessays from 36 p.m. on WCNL ILL, Liston, The other Rich's pretty book is out with Jon's pretty pictures. support local art- buy it And buy Magpie too. We'e listening to Miles Davis right now and just want 1 say tat we'll really miss jazz Surwlays this winter ILmakes ns ery, Well, bye. keep Touch, he sect, read, drink tea, siady, weas a des, and Beat Happening records too, among others, Hey! There's even a review of Sonic Youth: Newport show. We lard Kim was wearing the ring Vanessa gave her at that show on MTV recently. Hanm...Eva's easily buen learning Kit basslines since she got her kool new blue Fender bass in tate July. Would you be in a hand with her? Eva, not Kim, Speaking of girls im bands, why isi tal everyone went to see Hinge not because the Chick has good voice (she does), but becsiuse they. all heard she was hot? Does she like it that all the Dboys were looking at her hips instead of listening 4) ‘the music? Yucky. : play drums, and make cinnamon buns. We will, won't Eva died because she missed Pavementarthe you? Babyhead in Tuly to be in Jesse Helms’ state to see oa hier grandparents. She's only missed that silly band \ : Tike, seventeen tines, Boo hoo, Vanessa too, ese she headed down to D.C. for the Riot Gretl Convention, 31July-2August, [ewas really hot aad she got sunburned in Dupont Cirele listening to Shrieking Violets and a bunch of other all-female bands. She thinks it’s nice to know that people like Kathleen Hanna and Tan Svenonius actually exist What about that poor girl who gor burnt black atthe Lollapalooza (ech) during Ministry (blech) 7 Why can Kids (masses) be so dumb? ‘That's totally crazy and disgusting. We knew these | \Was yet another reason not 10 go that Lol ‘We swish we found a reason not to goto Throwing J Muses in Providence not long ago, ‘They soumled FOLLow ME TO ALL THE FUN INSIDE !hey. youre on page Z Siteos SWASH 3 mire, MM Mow! D Weis : : by VeneSsA- were on and off i bal hour and then came ‘Thursday July twenty-cighth just glittered, It Throwing Muses and all the kids started packing shone and sparkled like seawater and jewelry, Did towards the front, plaid motel curtains or venetian blinds and look? ‘but I was sad that I couldn't hear her voice too well. tovsumery Newport? Bl shy othe Dea? ft they ot oy, chy nan No because sun-color is passé now, and they like that better on drums than on bass. To even ‘not. They probably did something so unbelievably boys and girls around me did too, I gus They T was amazed and really happy when I heard that were there for, and when everyone simultaneously ‘Sonic Youth would be playing an all-ages show in caught sight of Kim lingering tothe left of the stage show was supposed to start at six and I was. I was, My friends had long since disappeared, ‘working my way through a tangled swell of traffic seeking cold soda or the higher quality acoustics at people I was supposed to meet and we all stood a that cy ah Sonic Youth aad sun-rays were coming down like light and T Jooked really Kim--platinum blonde hair gone dark the stage and stood there like I was ready to kick horse on it in silver, these great red and greet thy meso The sun! ws cre es, GAARA Dads Naa nd Cy and at ws a tot ‘vocals like a snarl, ripped up guitar, but they didn't SSW tie BY, that's not what made the show smash like crushed Sia H IY) have that much energy, which is the whole beauty a4 ice and fruit pulp in June. 1 don't have every Sonic of punk as I understand it The ies mightve been ESM Youth album and Td never sen them live before. 1 ok. (the vocal monitors were way down so who heard alot and read Jot about them, and T expected Knows?) but probably not, ['m trying to be MENSA it to be good, but not like it was. It sounded like rock iSIHL INIT DIWOD FAO V J4O49a YIAINake 1o The Laurels ae three boy’ from North Attelboro who mostly play in Providence and came to Mystic, for the infamous New Music Festival on the Boys! Tune. They sound pretty good live (oud, hars of generic) and thei single/EP thing is angry and has songs about scraping on it Anyway, we saw Jeff and John sitting in some chairs in Frohsinn, It was kind of dark, so we werent really sue i was them at fist. Eva ‘ave them some honeysuckle and we all went outside. We asked them about when they stated, a very typical quéstion- okay, so we're just lazy fanzine editors. What do you expect? “We first released stuff about a year and a half ago and then we just put out a record ourselves for area stations and since then, we've put outa few 7-inch singles. That's been it so far, but wee working on another 7-inch right now. We get distributed through college radio stations smd this industry magazine and um, a co-op in San Francisco called Rock Press Did I and we sell records in stores through K Records and Dutch East India," Jeff sai. Kool Jeff looks lke he's dead. Just how did they get onto K and Dutch East India? Jeff, the only one in the band who could deal with saying anything, said, "Pretty much if they like you they put you on. Basically with most of those places you just send in stuff and if they like you th ‘work with you- we'e going really good [1 with K, we've already had like one or two re-orders.” The Laurels were all et to opeifor Pavement at the end of July, and Jeff (eemember the others were virtually mute), talked abit about that sweet, hip n band that no one could shut up about for Pavement are brilliant, I think. A lot of people, like people at some record stores and labels think Pavement are really overrated and I respect that opinion but I think they a really good band. They'e into that real low recording sound- ike they id it themselves or something Vanessa then tried to talk to the guitarist (he never told us his name, but he's a bartender), albout his shit 4 which had all these intricate purple mushrooms on it, He said he bought it at a Jerry Garcia concert for four dollars. Anyway. The Laurels were supposed to have played in Mystic before but they didn't, They explained: Root: Did you play here once before? & Jeff: Actually no, we didnt play that show. Root: What happened? Jeff: He was sick. John (he drummer, talks): | got dizzy Root: I have those same glasses in purple. John: I stepped on my purple ones. Root; Doesn't that suck? Last summer T had a 4ifferent pair but I sat on them on some borat John: T was having dizzy spells the last time we were supposed to play here Jeff: It actually worked out quite well because Small Factory played instead ‘The Laurels played in New Bedford. They got things thrown at them, Jeff said, "We played at this ‘lub and one of these punk rock kids threw a broom. and a shoe at us." John interjected, "I got hit with a broom and a shoe!” ‘We did't really have anything else t0 say, 0 t0 cend it we asked what they're listening to now (like we always do). We'll just Uhrow in the end of the interview. Jeff: 1 just got the new Pale Saints and the new Helmet record, Pale Saints is kinda mellow. John: The 3-D's record. Root: They were around recently- Jeff: They stayed at our house. Root: How did that work out? Jeff: We met them at the New Music Seminar in NYC and they were realy nice so we said, ‘Hey, if you guys ever need a place to crash when you're in Rhode Island’- and they did- they were running kind Root: Cool..alright, you guys can go now, Can we ake a few photos over by the car? aurels: Sure Tape Recorder:What should you do if someone's clothes catch on fire? Find out. Talk it over with your parents WERE BUBBLING OVER WITH FUN INSICE.. BA AVS small factory +; Rat. ‘ ‘Small Factory sounded very nice at New Music. They have a really tight, confident-y nervous-adolescent-acoustic thing going and if you don't listen to the really drippy/queer lyrics, it c bbe quite good. Maybe they want to be stars, hence catchy-cute singles like "Suggestions" which basically pleads for radio-play, but for now they're three kids (umm...young adults?) from Rhode Island, Alex is the tall, slightly affected bass player, Dave is the green denim-wearing, talkative, and seerhingly intelligent guitarist, and Phoebe Summersquash is the apathetic, pale- and-dark girl drummer who basically just has a problem. They exchange Clothing and were about to begin a tour ‘of England with Heavenly the Monday after we talked to them, Their van full of beer. We hadn't had dinner so Dave gave us some ‘octopus bread! from some bakery down the road, and he said we could hop in the van. Friend of Small Factory: Look at tHhat- what the hell is that? Root: What's going on? Phoebe: Look at that! I'S like the sky- there's this shadow like projected on the sky of something. I thought I was hallucinating ‘Alex: [think i's a house. Phoebe: Oh my God itis-it is a house 1 thought it was smoke or Something, Root: That's why it's called Mystic. Oh, that was queer. So you guys are based in Providence, Is that hhow you came together ‘Alex: Yeah, well Dave had this other band What Now and they were out of Providence. It was around for about four years. It was kinda like sgrunge-pop before there was grunge-pop. I joined ‘when T came to Providence, but when that broke up oh my God, Dave and I did this acoustic thing for about wo @ehonDA. years. Then, when that didn't pan out, we found Phoebe and she made us make sense, Root: How'd you end up in Providence? Alex: I'm from New York, but I just graduated from RISD. Phoebe: I go to Rhode I {Dave wasn't there.] 1d College, © you. ove readen Root: What'd you guys listen to when you were kids? Phoebe: Dolly Parton. [Dave comes back.] Root: Did you listen to Kiss and stuff? Dave: I did definitely, 1 was way into the stuff up until like, Kiss Alive bat any stuff beyond that I was. like, no. Alex: I went through the classics- the Beatles, the Who, David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, Clapton- it was at Eric Clapton that I said, see ya.’ I then got into Duran Duran and Nu Wave. Phoebe: When I was in Middle School I was into Duran Duran, Alex: Alright! Phoebe: Yeah, but that phase passed- that never passed for you Alex, you love Duran Duran, I didn't listen to that stufT- Twas more into hardcore. Dave: Yeah. Hardcore or more altemnative stu. The Minutemen were around by then, Husker Di had started by then, Sonic Youth maybe, to. Root: How did you get that sort of hard-acoustic, you know, plug it in, Dave: It was a very slow, gradual process, Like Alex might have told you, we played in this band What Now, which was a lot heavier, a lot louder, ‘more guitar, and it slowly- the songs started to go i ‘a more Small Factory direction, We were playing. them on acoustic gutairs more, and then we lost the drummer, so we were playing on acoustic guitars fora long while. ‘The songs just sounded better than on electric guitars, and not that we don't like loud. ‘bands or distortion, but I think its nice to be makin, lite bit of a statement, Not having distortion, its ‘much harder to fill up the space. 1 think we'e really naked and everyone can hear every little strum, meres Fac s res pice 4h. ones ag host !@-| Root of Twinkle Girls | Wrote An Article About ) — Their Conversation With 7? Sebadoh After “That” Show in Mystic came home from her writing camp sachuselts on the afternoon of July 3, called Vanessa, and left a message on her answering ichine, Vanessa was once again at the clam where she scoops fritters and sells chowder {0 people who will vote Republican this year. We ‘couldnt really believe Sebadoh was gonna play in Mystic; not like they're Abba or AC/DC or whatever, but uh, you know. They showed up really late, didn't bring their own equipment, made ‘everyone in Greenman Productions mad, and took 500 dollars for it. But hell, atleast the heart of rock roll is sill beating... something. So anyway, ‘Sebadoh played and as Fason said, they "sure ‘cleared the place out." Guess all the kids went home to take a shower or masturbate- Lou Barlow ‘would've been proud, Still, we had fun and when it H's affordable. women and we talked to Lou, Kathleen, Dylan, and Jason until we had to leave and they drove away to the Valley. You're not going to nd out who influenced them, how they all met, what their favorite guitar solos are, or what Lou's really saying about J in The Freed Pig." But who cares? le Dylan: Is there another beer around? Lou: [ love this. [ love these covers. Jason: [know the covers are awesome- Jabba the Hutt and Mark Arm, Lou: The last cover you guys did was awesome, Don’t count on God to save your ass Tage 5! aiins a You Might Not Care, But the was over Eric left for Providence with some Yeah, Hoved the last one that had us init. ‘That was great, I was really into i...his is Mark Arm, Jabba the Hutt- Pizza the Hutt- Uncle Tupelo guy! Right! All of em, right there- Vanessa: Toni Morrison. yu: Toni Morrison, Dylan: Toni Morrison. Jason: Sitkbreeze! Eva Ha ha ha, Lou: Hmmm...who is an author, uh, Dylan: Beloves Jason: Hey look! That {Uason points to Jett Lou: Who's this? Eva: Dean Wareham, Lou: Oh yeah, Dean Wareham. Jason: Galaxie guy? All: Yeah, yeah... lint! Lou: Who's that? Vanessa: Douglas Coupland.,.Generation X? Lou: Oh! Excellent. What di {Lou points to Toni Moris Vanessa: Beloved. Jazz is the new one; s Pulitzer Prize. Lou: Who's this? Lou: Who's that? Eva: Greg Dulli from Afghan Whigs. Lou: Jesus. Supertunk, Eva: Seam actualy. Lou: Seam, Autoclave, Juliana, and... Jason: This is the best fuckin’ fanzine 1 picked up ——> a, all night! This is fuckin’ insane. “I stare at my feet a lot. Maybe TH complain a fot and rag on ing and everyone. Sorry Treally liked that last one:ve more oe ¥ © | thought it was really fun. {Lou passes the Dinosaur Ir. review.) Lou: Are you guys outta school, er Jason: Uh-oh! You guys! ow: What's wrong with that? I don't care! Been quite a while now guys- it's been quite a while, 1 really don't give a fuck anymore. Jason: I do though. I still have a grudge. ou; Jason still has a grudge. anessa: Were you at that show? We heard you were at that show [at Brown]. Jason: Oh yeah, T was a that show. I played Ou Fayouirg}] Mtotron di ime evening Tf what a sub Boy ‘Arun Basu; Who was that guy [Dolph] with the sunglasses? Jason: Oh, I guess he was from the band before us {Skimbleshanks]. He brought some beer onstage He's gonna be at the kegger, I guess. Kegger in Mystic, dude! {Low laughs. Eva: What are you laughing at? Lou: I just lke the way you describe, like, "All of these gross men were taking their shirts off and ribbing their sweaty arms on me and being kind of queer! ike that, I think thats really funny. Rock shows are preity gross! Jason: Sounds like a rock show. Eva: I'm like a sweaty man now too, Jason: Ha ha ha! Eva: I'm not rubbing up against you, though. Jason: Did you guys go to the New Music Seminar? Eva & Vanessa: No! Eva: No money, no transportation. Jason: That's no excuse! Lou: Did they hear about Charlie from the Unsane? Jason: I just told her, yeah- it was kinda bizzare “cause the first thing- almost the first thing 1 thought of was you ‘cause I'd just gotten the leter from you- “Oh! Tm not gonna be able to see the ‘Unsane when they come!” I'm like" Yup, you're definitely not gonna be able to see the Unsane... Eva: [had exams that week and I was like, "Bul ‘Too bad I missed them and now Louw: Last time I saw them they sucked. Jason: Yeah, they were really bad. Chasis vas, really drunk, lke I told you Eva, It was still fun but it was just not a band. It was just. Lou: It was just Charlie really shitfaced ‘uys going “khhhh" and yelling at Charlie for being too drunk. Lou: Sounds like a Sebadoh show. Jason: Can we have this? ( referring to Root} Vanessa: Yeah, you're on the mailing list. 3va: You can send us a love letter if you want. Jason; We will. [have to be on the cover next 10 Jeff Tweedy next time, though, since we're the same person Lou: Did we make it on the cover last time..? I felt really honored. Jason: Jabba the Hut’s my favorite, Eva: Isn't he fun? He like squirts liquids and stuff. Lou: Jason, remember the guy I picked up on stage in Boston’? [Low points to cover.] Eva: You picked him up? Lou: Yeah, I picked him up. Eva: Uh-oh! Jason: That's Evan from the Lemonheads? Oh! ‘And thats the guy who- Eva, Vanessa, & Lou: That's the girl! Jason; That's a gir!? Eva: Juliana Hatfield. Low: This is the girl- Bob's playing bass in her band, Vanessa: It sure is! Jason: She looks like a fuckin’ mutant! {Lou fips to Tsunami article.] va: He's [Andrew] from Mystic. She's Jenny] not that cute. Jason: What, did he get a suntan or something? ‘That picture's totally overexposed, Vanessa: He looks like the Devil in that picture, Lou: She looks cute inthis picwre- she looks cuter she does in eal life Jason: Wait, who is that? Ob, Tsunami-woman? Lou: Yeah, she's intimidating, She once told me that I smelled like tissues, Eva, Vanessa & Jason: Ha ha ha! Lou: “You smell overwhelmingly of tissues." Eva & Vanessa: Are you serious? Lou: Yeah, I think I did because I shaved and I ally hurt my face so I put some cream on my face. Jason, Vanessa, & Eva: He ha hal Lou: She's like, "You smell overwhelmingly of $15 fa siky “ti 5 Lae Sm ’ US a mK Vihat a guy! e aan a ® wy au woh * 99a 67 ay * 9 @ -%q6%4 aya025 aHow to Kiss Great PAGE TF ver aon Or tissues.” Eva: Like Puffs Plus with Lotion? Jason: Abshah! Lou: Yeah, I felt like I should go rub my face in int {Lou looks into Root,| Lou: Lows Vanessa: That's a local band Lou: Someone was telling me about Lotus Vanessa: Yeah, weinterviewed them and took all these pictures. They also look like they're dead and got a really bad sunburn. Eva: Also, my aunt said Kingo looks like Sylvester Stallone in that picture. Lou: Are these color pictures? Is that the deal...? Vanessa: No, they were brown and white and the guy at the picture place was like, “Ob, these will copy really well," and we were like, ‘Oh, okay." Lou: What made you decide to put Jesus on the cover this time? Vanessa: Cause that’s really cute picture of him. ‘Cause T got this plastic thing of him in Jason: Wiscansin? Lou: Jesus is really cute Jason: Where is Jesus, right here? (pointing to a Picture of Mark Arm] Phab ab aha! (laughing at his ‘own joke] Low: The straight-on picture of Jesus that’s everywhere that looks just like Jens, that one's much cuter. Jason: Yow...the last supper at Jens. Lou: Yeah, totaly Jason: They don't have as many old Jesus Jurgenson pictures. Eva: Did you guys hear Skimbleshanks at all? Jago, Jason: The band two bands before us? Lou: We'd barely gotten here Eva: That was Plaidpack. Jason: The one that-was sort of Middle tern-sounding or whatever fora while? Eva: Yeah...or something Jason: [thought that was pretty good. Eva: The bassist, though, was just like, “Buh.” He was sorta fucked up. Jason: The guy that was wearing Jester hat, right? Eva & Vanessa: Yeah Jason: He was like the angriest Court Jester I've ever seen, He was like, “Fuck you!” He was telling the guitar player, Fuck off! Eva: [reviewed the S Court tridoh thing in here. heveit Squire : mee ichwe for Fenic. Jess's Peak lye este." Low: Oh, the Sentridoh thing, yeah, Eva‘ I don't know, maybe it’s a dumb review but I guess you're in front of it Lou: Its "spooky and crazy and the dog and bunny are cute,” That's all I need (0 hear, that's really all [- that's that’s! Eva: Yeah, the dog and bunny are really cute Lou: Well, I know that’s why T put them on there Eva: Where'd you get those little boys wyway’? Lou: I think my mother had a Biology book and it had the pictures of baby rabbit, baby dog, baby bunny, baby..1 just thought the bunny and the puppy were the cutest. (Lou Peruses the reviews,] We're putting a song on a record that’s coming out with Sassy magazine. Eva: What, you are? Vanessa: Are you serious? Lou: Now that we're on Sub Pop...yeah, getting in with those people i's like...oops. Jason: Aah haa haa, Vanessa: Its not cool, I don't think Jason: What, Sassy? Eva: SAS Vanessa: Stay away from Sassy- Thad to hang out with those people for a long time. Too long, Jason: Oh come on, that's how were going to make money! Lou: So you had to hang out with the Sassy people? Vanessa: Yeah, Christina Kelly- I was her slave for like a month Jason: We need new equipment! GOD. (Kath comes up) PAGES 18-23 Kath: We heard s Vanessa: She's Lou: Were you Vanessa: Yeah, Lou: You were an inter there?! Kath: What's your name? Maybe I'll recognize you oon the masthead, Vanessa: Vanessa Gezari Kath: How did you swing that? Vanessa: I sent them a huge collage, it wa February, it was a huge valentine Lou: Do remember I showed you the other fa they did? It had like all these people on the cover. Eva: I was pink Lou: It was pink. Kath: I don't remember- I'm not sure, vr geed ! even eee om Tae [7. 's really gullible ally, intem or something?‘CAUTION ‘TH ROWERS f fu PAHEAD 4 BEB ooo8 88880 by eva 7 By 4 July, Mystic New Music was winding down, 1d nun out of tape for interviews, and Vanessa wasn't even there. She said, "Well if Fudge is good, talk to them,” I came in during their set, and I decided then that 74 talk to them afterwards. Fudge in concert was guitar power, sweet vocals, and tight songs. Later on T bought their "Girlwisty/Wayside” 7° and i's good but a lot wwimpier than their live sound, which was sort of like kicking one pf those Weeble-Wobble punching bags a lot, That's good fun! Around the time of New Music, Fudge was looking for a deal with Caroline Records. “Their drummer Mike said, “Caroline's perfect it looks so good, | mean what they have to offer looks good, not just t0 be on Caroline.” Since then, they've signed a tnee-record deal with Caroline. Fudge said that they ‘were supposed to have an EP out soon (and that was in ‘early July) so it must be out by now. Fudge is from Richmond, Virginia (they said that they can get all these free cigaretes atthe Philip Morris plant), and they were touring the east coast at the time they stopped in Mystic “This is like the perfect New England tow,” Tony, the main vocalist and shythm guitar boy said, "Our van samells like a dog, though. Sorry "We played at Maxwell's and AS220 and bars like that so it was great (0 have those young kids at the show." Mike said don't know if Fudge is named after the candy or poop or whatever, but I asked if they had a favorite candy anyway. Tony's is Pez, Mike's is butterscotches, Steve's (the bassist-he was inside until [asked this- ) is Milk Duds. He said, " A big box of those is something {200d to have atthe movies!” That's for sure. Dave, the Tead guitar boy, was missing so I have no idea what kind of candy he likes. Too bad. He does have a great old green Fender that of course T'm too uniip to know the seal name of though, Plus, I heard him tell Rich Freitas alittle aneodote about his adventures in Mystic. He was ike, "I went to go find the Men's Room downstairs in that bar (German Club] ‘cause I really had. to urinate, but went into the Women's Room instead and I was in a stall and some pregnant woman came in and said she was going 1 throw up so Td have leave. It was really weird." ‘Those crazy Germans! Anyway, and funny, s0 buy their and they'll be touring up here in Bear dead Beaver © Spirit HAND WRESTLE. Grasp your friend’s right hand. On the signal “Go” try to throw your friend off balance. September ye 3 ate yest oF [Snell fctony. “) EB rnece se ints hin the instaments oo, bands today sound the way they do because of the {technology that they're using- the whammy bar, the ‘wa-wa pedal- without those technologies what ‘would those bands really sound like? Whereas with, ‘Small Factory we probably don’t sound that different than the show you just heard. Root: Wow. Well okay, I guess w. ogo. Phoebe: We have to go 100, Root: Whats your favorite candy, you guys? Phoebe: Oh, that was so predictable, I'm sorry but about ready tat was just so predictable. Fanzines are so into ‘candy Root: Really, what other fanzines talk about candy? Phoebe: I don't know it's just such a fanzine thing toask, {We love you too, Phoebe.) Root; Okay, well Circus Peanuts-- what's with them? Alex: Oh they are gross. Dave: Fuckin’ gross! ‘Alex: What the hell’ in those things? Root: Do you guys have a theory as to what's in those things? They're sort of mushy. Phoebe: It's a marshmallow. Root: No way, man, that’s no marshmallow. Phoebe: It has a marshmallow ingredient Root: It has indentations to look like a peanut, it's orange, it doesn't make sense! Alex: They don't taste anything like peanuts. Phoebe: Well, forget it Root: Okay, we'll go now. Bye. the,Ba fs A “Record Reviews. Polvo- Cor-Crane_Sscrei- (Merge Records)- The first time I listened to this CD I almost threw up ‘cause it really is bad. What a shitty band, Then 1 went on to think about how a lot of the bands 1 really like are pretty shitty- that is, considering musical talent and whatnot. Since then, this CD's actually been pretty enjoyable. I really do think Polvo can renew lost faith in anyone in a band who ‘doesn't think (s)he can get a record deal... 2Ya- ¥ Unele Tupelo- "Sauget Wind" 7"- (Rockville Records)- Hey, i's not really great, but this single good Uncle Tupelo- quiet, then explosive, with a real solid acoustic, WFMU version of "Looking For 4 Way Out," from Still Feel Gone on the B-side. ‘The clear vinyls really excellent too. Even better, eyre putting out a whole new album soon (it its not out already), and are touring this fall.believe 's definitely worth checking out one of their live shows. Wa. 9 ‘Magpie- (Hozomeen Press Recordings)- Magpie is C.J. is Sebadoh-y is Velvet Underground-y is Skimbleshank-y (I wonder why) is cute. And ‘demented at times, CJ. left the Shanks with this one and ran away with a guitar and a brass ashtray ‘Magpie's fuzzy and solo and rather sonorous, Some whatever. Or, if you'te not near either of those two places, I urge you to write: Hozomeen Press, P.O. Box 174, Mystic, Ct. 06355 for details. (May. G Grenadine- "Fillings/Gillan" 7". (TeenBeatl like the name implies, but I like to drink Shirley ‘Temples a lot more than listening to this. ‘Those yummy drinks aren't a bit as boring or repetetive or (and whatever else) and Mark from Unrest make up this here Grenadine, I really like both of their other bands, and truly, the songs on this aren't bad, but what annoys me is how unstable this music is, Maybe I'm in a bad mood or should just listen 10 some more Hole or something, but can these people Just rock-out once in a while? O.k., since it’s called. sm bee Various. Eortune Cookie Prize- (Simple Machines)- Now this is something trom Simple Machines that 1 ike a whole bunch. Get it. 1s a vettable salad of Beat Hapening covers and tributes by ll these hip bands (with some exceptions), but for the most part, very fun, Some of those hip bands are: Velocity Girl, Leaky Chipmunk, Geek, Superchunk..and remember, 100% of the vinyl profits po to charity. OVO ‘Teenage Fanclub- “Free Again” 7*- (K Records)- Un-oh, An Alex Chilton cover. Backed with Seeds.” that Beat Happening song. "Bad Seeds should have just been on the Fortune Cookie Prize compilation or something, but this "Free Again” is 0 generic and queer, it doesnt deserve a place on any album, Plus, they're not letting the Big Star comparisons die by poking that Alex Chilton thing Mark Arm- The Freewhoctin’ Mark Amn 7°- (Sub Pop)- Tm such a sucker for Mark Ann, 1 buy everything he has anything todo with and, withthe exception of the Mudhoney catalog, i's all really bad. This is him doing a cover of Dylan's "Masters of War” and a Bo Diddly song, “My Life with Rickets" on trippy sed vinyl and its really just a fucking disaster "You play with my world Tike it’s your litle toy," Arn warbles over guitar that sounds Tike a meat grinder. Bob Dylan would puke & cry On "My Life with Rickes,” Mark's voice actually cracks, but he does get down with some masracas, Disgusting. Vanessa @ ‘Seaweed- "Bill" 7"- (Sub Pop)- Maybe there just st room for one more band like Seaweed in today's "scene" of whatever it may be, but if you ase ime, its sill kind of cool to make decent music without really knowing how to play your struments, This is grunge-pop allthe way from acoma, Wa, Its fun to listen to- just another five ‘guys wearing ripped jeans, drinking beer, turing their amps up too loud, generally creating a rukus, and not giving a shit. Americal Nice. Vowessa =< Unrest- "Yes, She is my Skinhead ~K Records/Teen Beat)- This n't terribly new but 1 nad to review at least one really cutsie-cute sugary- sweet record this time and oh, summertime- it’s Mark E. Robinson singing about sex, lust, and love. Feeling good fixation is right; a perfect introduction to one of the prettiest bands in the biz, despite the ie lyrics to B-side "Hydroplane.” Oh, deal! a. Maybe it's alla joke, but I don't think so, Ew. Q4/a--<2PBLEEDING PONYTAIL: ‘An elderly sold-out baby boomer ‘who pines for hippie or pre- sellout days. KO => Music Music ...- + (ron 7.) Be © Circus Lupus- Super Genius-(Dischord)-Thisis JPmeoe a straightforward, tough, D.C.-style, MacKaye- f/ a influenced dischord-core. Not my favorite gene, but I do like Circus Lupus. After listening to it a few times and reading the record cover more carefully, [started to understand it beter, Brand spanking new and worth it the guys and itl in this band mean what they say; they'e serious. How refreshing. Tt ‘aint Coca-cola, that’s fer damn sure. WOness aa- ‘The Urge Overkill Stull EP- (Touch and Go) , hate it. National Kato, King Roeser and Blackie Onassis may have some wonderful lether-and- A tame shirts, and they drink martinis at eleven ‘am,, and it's neat that Stull isa pace in Kansas ‘which some crazy cult of Midwestern Baptist: Wiccans claims i the very center of America and the geographic center ofthe earth. Furthermore, cour government supposedly tested some of the first nuclear weapons ever in the bleak and barren and completely flat grasslands surtounding Stull Kind of cool, but the EP doesn’ live up to its name, to say the least. The best song on itis Neil“ Diamond's "Girl, Youll be a Woman Soon iS because its cheesy and funny on parpose. On the fest of the record, you have to assume theyre serious. Boing. Vamessav CF Rare Music and Posters imports local music: independent labels -fun 10 Steamboat Wharf Mystic, CT 06355, greovy stupe (208) 536-1312 MENTO GIRL often found life somewhat predictable. Kosencrantz and IZ Cage) . be Reilections / o Irom. faef(ooD; Wp RX: — okt Mystic-could we live in a more fucked up town? But we all stay, dont we? Most of us dont escape even when we can; college may sweep us away for semester or (wo, but we feu Hike lemmings to asea of boing change. Ihave lived here for most of my memory, I have felt the “scene” suck the breath out of my peace. It has aso inspired (breathed back in) sucha lonely eeatvity that Team elp but tink of it as a muse, Look sound you, look at the differences, the simi, ‘Ange ~ furious tens bite each other with words, sear ther bodies with emblems of thee frastaton Shaved heads nod in exacting agreement 10 the words of a band, meant o inspire, not to concede Lite girls, ther thighs tightly clamped together unde her khaki J. Crew shorts, gaze adorn gly a the prety, ugged faces. A drop of sour sweat ai om their cheek and they donot wipe it away, even though it stings, The Heats ofthe masses are good, Ihave seen {have fl so much Kindness in his town. And yet fermenting inside everyone of us is a hatred tha 0 bend of music, no "scene" can destroy. Itis hee to stay, Hat but we are all angry. We are ngry at the system, at our upper middle-class Parents, atthe country for being s0 corporate at God for dropping us, so-unprepared, into this fucked up world, We bate the misconceptions, the prejudice because we are young or femal, of we have shave Heads and lke loud music, because we really don't want t0 go to college and "be Something. [fee ito, Tam as much a product of this place, his anger, asthe next person Tost at the Green Marble and smoke too many cigartes, drain enough coffee to wake up your average football team. Twit it all down-the visions, the thoughts the vews of Mystic. Tanto be understood, weal do, We are all afd of being alone and the sary thing is = none of us is alone! Look around you, do you see that hardcore punk siting at the next table? Hes angry. Do you see that gt in the short jean shorts nd black tights? She's realy pissed Do you see me? Look atm, smile like an idiot, but my teth are clenched. Not a day goes by tht T don't see (Float o'er to page 19.)THE NATURAL HISTORY OF PARKING LOTS entine- Dro how tosee pothinG...- shirts like, "Jesus wanted me to eat my MEAT." They can't feel the adrenaline rush when they hike 10 miles or reach the pinnacle of a 1000 foot bare rock peak, That moment you can only feel a few times in your short life; when nothing else matters in your heart, They make you realize that you really, really want to trade in your Disney World, Cadillacs, subdivisions, and even Green Marbles for the pristine view. They can only mutter up a "That's nice” as they squint their way across the Grand Canyon, and traverse the 1/2-mile paved ‘walks’ and stop every 15 yards. Prudence or inertia ‘The North Rim of the Grand Canyon is hidden, Less than 10% of all canyon vistors stop here. "The ‘Vegas crowdgoes on over to the South Rim, where the Bradys stayed. I remain unable to envision the likes of Ann B. Davis or even Eve Plumb amongst the long-hairs indigenous to the North Rim. The hippies arrive in their mini-conventions via their VW-Wagons to relive once agian that shitstorm known as the 60's. ‘They like the North Rim scause they can get the view, smoke dope, and eat mescaline and peyote or whatever without the elderly couple next door from Missoula, Montana, bothering them. The hippies here live in the past. They still retain that vague notion of a revolution some white preppies getting stoned in a field in upstate New York, Part 3: FEAR & LOATHING ON THE ROAD 92 “Road, n. A strip of land over which one may pass from where itis too tiresome-to be to where it is too futile o go." Ambrose Pierce (1842-1914) American Writer ‘A good holiday is one spent among. people ‘whose notions of time are vaguer than yours. -J.B. Priestly (1894-1984) English Writer Git yer kicks on Route 66. Or, maybe not, since the old Route 66 has been taken over by restoration zealots who desire o transform i into a plastic land Of "Fake" like everything else, Then there's Route 89, which stretches from Arizona to Montana Towns such as Paris, Idaho, pop. 198 (known as “America’s Gay Paris”), or Afton, Wyoming, home to the world’s largest elk antler arch, barely subsi fon the light Route 89 traffic, The signs to the ‘Moon Crater or old Petting Zoo are still up, onty in Ps AWM TAS ew we Ce a a ae eee TT PTA be RPP MPA DR pO R PEE VET de a wanderlust state of slumber. Is it 1958, 1968, 1979, or 1992? But say ‘Ii to the elderly couple who run the Treasure Hunt motel in Kanab, Utah (any Coupland fans might recognize this as. that ‘own that Dag wandered around in- he said it looked like an old movie set). Probably only C. Glassenberg could be privy to matters of the Carbon County Historical Museum, but ‘The true gypsy culture of 89 lies with the Basques who live in parts of Wyoming and Idaho, The Basques are a tiny minority originally from Norther Spain, occasionally blowing up a baby or sain to prove they are capable of self-government. There is a tiny off-shot, living happily along Route 89 in horse-drawn red wooden wagons. Look for heir happy, rugged faces, their smiles and the gleam in their eyes. They know something you don't, The secret. EPILOGUE 1 We are the tue paradox; the cultural twilight zone, We look back and see the dust consuming the past. We look into the future only to see the past cast against us through the vertexs of the great social mirror. Itis bleak and barren, like the cold blue Nebraska plains before the sun rises, We just stand at the comer, kicking up dry summer dust, as the red truck barrels down a country route, leaving behind the brown cloud of mystery. The decade of Greed influenced us all, Mondale. Pac-Man, Cindy Lauper. Everything we identify with, We wonder what our parents will do, We can't fathom what we will do, Everything is a uirowback. If itisn', it should be. Some vague ‘revolution’ that never was, What changed. Look at the T.V. Why is there still a meld of Clinton-Eisnhower-Nixon- Carter-Johnson? What changed? People got a lite ‘more drunk; a litle more stoned. Has it gone away? Are there still adult-children? Is there-a generation of 40-year-olds that coerces their 17 year-old daughters (0 tell their parents about their choices, when many of those same parents never did the same? A generation looks at its elf: the sum of its output. The sexual revoluti the drugs- all turned into family values.’ Wouldn't it just be wonderful to retreat to the 50's nuclear family? ‘The hidden drinks, the shunned divorces- the smiling housewife, dying inside, scrubbing dishes and marking ‘Jim’ and ‘Betty’ on brown paper bass? once aqain vor next page, Pre 13 Ch-oht)page o” Pages... bas « Ooo 14 a P Bh 1 a day . contra? Shanks! (Fon 76-41) 1 generation fightened of seam ava, Doble He was just afraid Tbe beter han im Eto aon of mass mileage cist tally Root Was Tarbox inthe inka ate ne mer "Teye awed in Hic: Not rely no. We Were doing dis New wat was one feared mos Ower song we knew be iked New Or, Maybe is your ncgibor who lve inthe tesng mmmune. He is now stuck in the sub-middle Dolph: He started out playing drums actually. manegment position of all suburbea. 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Nae Nein cea Sec ices bor tae eee Se ana eee ener ae ae a a oa ee oon eee nT eloneord een eee aaa ete eee within the grasp of your band; the gleam in your Dolph: We soe that rom the eller ink, man tye, But the woot where the root of hat twinkle YB Rich: We played RolLOn America and we sole Stats and ends she real ip. ews this light that was like the "Battery Acid” light Oo and wed plugin every time we payed "Bary SFA Oola » A ¥ een maple oa taf | America. The last show we played that summer, 1 kept it and chucked it off the New London bridge. Rich; Killed the beast. That was like three years ago? Dolph: ‘That was like five years ago! Ferg: Yeah, ‘cause I was like 12 probably. Dolph: You were still a suckling, s Root: He was 7 at the time y Dolph: You were just a mere Fergling. [Table explodes in laughter.] Dolph: I'm sorry, Ferg. They made me drink all those beers you couldn't have. Root: So when did the drummer come in who's now in the Anderson Council? Dolph; Davies? Mike Davies? Rich: Like three years ago. C.J started jam with him, Dolph: He was actually the first drummer that knew anything about rhythm that we ever played ‘with, He kinda whipped us into shape. Rich: He was a really good drummer. Root: So wait,when was that? I can't get this all straight chronologi B STEAMBOAT WHaARE Mystic ch SON THE BRICK WALK? _ 6355 mY Cheon oe Pie ble's ‘SIGN las Slew not Jeng 490. You wow, the nice painted onl one tna had peen there fev a, fons Time WheeveR Did thats a ZJERK- Lf Yeu knew whe Re sve my it be, please-falynef Letters from Home. is | (e.g., sex in Tucson) 4, TT ap ly. (page next). 15 >§ even More. SkinBy. [CURRENTLY FUCKED. Rich: We can't either. Dolph: Maybe '89, ‘90? It’s weird, ‘cause we play rough the summers consistently. We've doing that for five years, but we've all been at school so we all do our own thing at school and then come back and whatever. And Mike picked up about two years ago. CJ Three, at least three Dolph: Two or three summers ago we started jamming with Mike Davies and he whipped our ass {nto shape, and we went into the studio once with him like 24 track serious stuff. He whipped us into shape as far as counting out verses and choruses and structures and songs, and got a lot more musical About it Root: So when did he leave and go to that other thing? : He kinda let. Root: Did you guys get along with him? Not really. CJ. did. CJ, was good friends with him, but he didn’t like me ‘cause 1 had no rhythm, so...heh heb, Na ha, Dolph: He's great for the Anderson Council because they're a very tight, everything structured kinda thing, Root: Well wasn't Skimbleshanks a lot more structured when you first started? Rich: Yeah, we were writing pretty pop songs, Root: You guys really used to have songs? Rich: Ub-oh! Root: What's wrong with that? Especially after seeing you play that night after Lotus, i's so clear that Lotus has these songs that are verse, chorus, obvious. 's ‘cause we didn't have a vocalist this time around. How do you shape that when i's just instruments? We have movements, and we can be freer from the form, C.J. Well, they/re only like two week old songs. Root: So you're writing a lot of new stuff? Rich: Oh yeah, Dolph: A lot of our stuff is really tight in the beginning and it allows for us to go wherever we ‘want to go with i at the end. Root: Do you want a vocalist? Dolph: Yeah, oh yeah, Root: So when you guys were starting did you take it seriously at all? Dolph: We've never taken it seriously C.J: No, we've never taken it seriously. Do you take it seriously now? Rich: We just play, you know? We like to play. C.J: We'd come up with songs but then we'd be apart and then we'd always have to plan to get together and we'd just be really psyched to do these new songs together. We always have these huge breaks. I don't think we've played more than like twelve shows in the entire time we've been together. Dolph: Twelve real shows, I mean we've done parties and shit, but we havn't actually played through a P. A. with someone running sound and all (o0 much, Root: What does Skimbleshanks mean’? Rich: Its trom a TS. Eliot poem. It's from The ‘Book of Practical Cats. Dolph: He's the railway cat Rich: The beatnik cat Root: You mentioned R.EM., Joy Division- what Ise have you listened 0 a lot of? Rich: That, and then Sonic Youth happened. Dolph: Sonic Youth hit like a fucking storm. Rich: Once Sister came around, and Tarbox was into them around Evol. C.J We saw them play the Evol show at the Living Room, Dolph: We were there every week, Hsker Di, Replacements, Throwing Muses. Rich: Joy Division, New Order, The Cure, Aztec Camera- we were listening (0 a lot of pretty musi Wd then the heavier stuff took over. C.J. For influence, though, that's what we listened. to, but we never had the talent to bring those sounds into the music. Dolph: I think Sonic Youth showed us that you could just make a Jot of fucking noise. =.J.: No Matt, that’s what they showed you, Dolph; Well, then that’s what they showed me. J.: That's right, praise the Lord. Dolph: I don't think we should start cutting on each other. ‘That's what we're here for. Root: So what do you think about the scene in Mystic? Rich: Right now, it’s in bad shape. Ferg: It sucks. I's out of hand. Dolph: The scene's just between the Relics and Lotus. Its escalated to a point where they have 10 start taking dollars into consideration, I mean the Relics are in heavy debt from their last C.D. ich: I's against each other now, Dolph: Whenever you've gotta take something i KEEPS Goi NG ae going - > % ‘: Seare | 6 oy BSL Gc heer Au pi | Yeat, moke Shanks. J down to dollars and cents, it takes a lot out of it Rich; Not control it, but. Ferg: Especially among friends, Root: Well, they were never downtown, like into Dolph: I mean obviously we're in this for fun, but that social thing they're looking to do a lot more with i Rich: That wasn't their game, That's not their thing. Rich: Lotus’ rise to fame brought the scene to this They just write really good songs and set a really different level where the Relics were in charge for ‘great atmosphere and that’s why you were into the awhile and it had a lot softer, a lot different Relics, not because you could be near them and ‘aumosphere. It was a lite smaller, a litte more just touch them and, “oh, like, [ hung out with Charley hang out and dance, just a litle more altemative, suman today!” or whatever. and Lotus brought in this energy, this head banging Dolph: Now it’s all just business. I guess it has to energy, be, Dolph: That's the thing about Lotus, they've always Rich: The Relies wanted to stay in town- the only been good friends. I've known Charley forever, but ‘way to stay here and make it in the biz isto bring the it just seems like that wherever they get with the biz imto town, and that’s what the whole push was to band, especially what they're doing now is like, they have a band like Sebadoh or Fudge or Smashing still hang out and all and they come to see our Orange. ‘They brought in som ng bands and. shows, they're always in the front row and the town couldn't care les, whatever, and they seem really into it, But Dolph: Dan at the Disc does the best he ean with the feedback we get from their "management" - space he has, but he just can't stock everything. whatever that may be- isa litle different. Root: It seems to me one of the main problems Rich: Jason can do a lot for them, He's worked his about the scene is the people involved in it, like the but off to get into the Business. bands and everything, trusted the people who were Dolph: He uses us for supposed to come to their fillers, shows more than- I don't Rich: The polarization know, I guess if you and the fact that Lotus bring in a band like isn't really alternative and "Sebadoh all the people in T-don't know if it leaves the scene think it's cool room for the alternative but the masses don't thing becuase nobedy can know who they are. So it ‘match up to their tight looks good on paper to crisp, metal sound. The people who know the scene is not alternative whole indie music thing, any more and that's a but problem, The Relics can't Dolph: Right, exactly play shows anymore hey didn't even show up because everyone has turned to Li ‘with their own equipment and had to borrow ours Dolph: I's the hard-driving, Seattle-thing that’s Lou Barlow's an asshole; I fucking hate the guy. ‘aking over, Ferg: He's awesome though, ma Rich: I just think it's sad because I don’t think that Dolph: Their bass player's cool as shit, but I can't the energy is getting anybody anywhere, and stand Lou Barlow, I never could, nobody's got any union, there's no sense of Root: So anyway, back to you guys. ‘community, there's no good energy and love-your- Dolph: Well, we've got Warmer Broth looking at brother kind of thing, its all just "let's go bang us right now. We'll never get past Shecky. heads.” I think before this there was a sense of Rich: No! Hozomeen Press Recordings. I love to community, But we've lost that put out a tape. Root: How about the Green Marble and all of that? Root: So Skimbleshanks as itis, is gonna last, is not ‘Who do you think used to control the scene more, gonna last the Relics?) —— Rich: Who knows, Dolph: Yeah, Dolph: I don't know. 5 {Go fo 16) am IO:don't have 6 Teasers i FO sro pabe, y Love CReese MORE: + nan Yr IKE» by FO. 1. it smells aWesome Megson 1 onal sony Contains jalepenos - ree ane feed wbec. mold vs just expected. 4. it can be erected. summer camp rainstorm, It sounded like a bunch of kids lef in really hot room and starting to boi, sugar-water teaching the soft-ball stage on a candy thermometer, sex, corn syrup and sweat in tom up jeans, chapstick, boots, whatever, all whirled Together in some tropical blackness. You had to be Ingbently From © Florescent the myself as raged ene the Stage nich qouder Dntained One lerap + am vp my kes nd vas brs them pr) in between Kim and Thurston just trying (0 feel Flavor packet == %& ‘what it felt like. Thurston was beating on his guitar F. things gow smell] walkin with drumsticks, wet hair in his eyes; Kim was downahe shee caw’ fact veldnd le ye desive fovit, moving her hips, eyes rolled back white and half at yeu dim melt if down. closed, biting her lower lip, ripping out bass stings; Lee was dancing with his fect and looking down. I ‘vas past fairground cotton candy, past Kissing, past Sleep, and I had all this adrenaline strength. I probably really hurt some of the guys around me Ob well, sorry hen the show was over and I was dripping wet and all beat up. T went and stood near a big industrial strength fan and debated going backstage Kim came out while everyone was milling around and I went up and sui hi. 1 gave her this ice-chunk plastic ing I have because I saw she had one sort of Tike it an just ‘cause she's cool and she sort of half- smiled and said thank you. There was this silence while she picked up some electrical cords. Then ‘without looking at me again she turned around and left I just stood there kind of spaced out. When I had regained my composure a ite I bought a shirt and found everyone [4 come with and went outside. By then it was dark and summer-cool The street was choked with warm-skinned kids talking, just sitting, smoking looking for something, andthe air smelled ike new ferns and exhaust and asphalt “There were lights everywhere glowing like planes, nd stars up in the sky, Tm sure, that were even brighter, but I did't see any oft. Twas lost, gone on Sonic Youth and a sunburned soul and deat for a ay aflerwards and smiling things I like Salt water . Condunoys cheney-pepsi at cove . ink Uneest boys ¥ vihen *naggie talks about cheese eytlashes rake Sherings: beer sit Sestiny. Jploy, Vanessa. af (w wow You 86 MEIN, FREUND? (ups srata sepun Bulpwes9 s6nq se Yons'“\s;X0 y,uOP yey! sBuj BuI}09} 40 BuVeeY “Sulses) SUOReUION|/ey‘The two of them are sweet. be v the lastef tte Skimble shanks . ¥ Root: Hmmm... So what are you guys listening to be, but Rich: Pavement Dolph: Pavement and Ditty. C.J: Can, lotsa Can, Ferg: Reggae Rich: Lotta Fleetwood Mae. Dolph: That and Kiss! Root: O.k., what's your favorite candy? Rich: Snoweaps. Cue Kit Kat Dolph: Psycho. Ferg: I hate candy. It makes me sick Root: What's your favorite beer then? Ferg: Bidweezer Root: That might be about it Is there anything else? Cue: Did we say anything worthwhile about us? Dribble. a's not always true, Sometimes the bands that are more together and organized, “serious, whatever, are better suited 10 a typical music- magazine-band-interview-thing. We like the Skimbleshanks- the people, the music they play- land we took it as far as we could. Fortunately or unfortunately, this interview was, as Rich put i justalkin’. Fin. v Seam Top 10 (for August) 41) clean bathrooms 2) Expando Brain 3) living near the bus stop 4) the Manhattans 5) new guitar strings 6) Jacques Brel 7) Slint 8) Alonzo Mourning 9) Mazzy Star 10) fuzzy navels Rich: We have songs, really! Dolph: Just be patient, We'll get it together one ‘and do a good live show - we promi imbleshanks, these d Root: Wel, that was thes i Ferg: Everything but the 8 Ss Rich: Yeah, right, SeoeD Root: Wel, if there's something else you want to say, say itnow. Rich: We're not tying to sell ourselves, so Root: What dd you think it was gonna be, though? Rich: Just takin’ Catch you at the beach, So...we talked to Skimbleshanks. Then we all ‘ot in the car, and Vanessa and Eva drove them home. We felt kind of bummed, but we didn’t know why, Maybe it was because we usually have more "fun" at interviews with more bands, and this one left us feeling really and empty. Maybe it was because they didn't think ‘we asked many questions about them, although the answer to many that we did ask was "I don't know." (Or maybe it was just because they were so mad at Sebadoh for not bringing their own equipment That’ so “unprofessional.” Are the Skimbleshanks tall professional? Not really, and they'd probably be the first o admit that if asked outright, but we thought they were being kinda hypocritical otherwise. We're sorry, boys, that we started in on "the scene” in the frst place, but it seemed that you hhad a lot more to say about that than the band. You'd think that the more laid back a band is, the ‘more low-key, easy, and fun the interview wouldSweet dreams, we're going to leave you now. v & eo * reflections fren —= nr) someone who I wouldnt love to be lost in a naked entwined embrace with. 1 feel it, I fel the sex, 1 © feat the violoence. It isn't media, i isn't our upbringing, it isnt something in the gravitational pull oF that Ozone layer. I is within all of us, the Primal need to hit and hit hard, to fuck and fuck hard. To wrap our legs around someone's waist and throw our heads back, Don't blame us, don't blame that guy, don't blame that grt, not even the silly one wobbly atthe sweet sound of the Mystic voices. Hey, Iam not getting all ree-hugey here, {hate the hippie movement almost as much as I hate the way this town makes me feel sometimes, just don't say "Screw you" the next time somone gts in your face. Say "sorew it Tt isn't the people, it is the place: i is killing us all slowly, ether inthe mosh Dit or right there in front of the Green Marble where you can sit for hours and never feel like a: anyone gives a shit about anyone but themselves. We are all selfish, we are all alone, we just deal with tin different ways. Go out grab a gis (uy) and kiss her (him). Flaunt what you fel, find a consenting partner and cut loose. Drink 100 much, smoke a litle, suck the breath out of Mystic, don't letitsuck you. fianeyou a R + — final GEbadOH. @ Dewi? E Lou: They mentioned my pants in a review - that was another good thing. I was like, “Ahh, moult sntioned my pants! Eva: [ said they were suede dwarf pants. Lou: You know, I found out they're riding pants. ‘Vanessa: I like your outfits, I like the pants, and. those shoes rock Lou: These were expensive, these were $109. Eva: Oooh - ee! Kath: I got him into the Fluevog thing. Rich F.: You gotta get out of the hall, sorry, Lou: Okay. Eva: Nasal spray Lou: Want to see something hot... look at this Vanessa: What's that? Lou: I don't know, someone just put this on top of our things, "Maybe I'll complain a lot and rag on everything and everyone. Sorry.” Keep that! Il be worth something later Lou: This is basically like the Sebadoh set compiled into a small piece of paper. Vanessa: Go guitar. They have to close the hall Jason: No! Vanessa: Yes, come! Jason: Alright, closin’ time: Eva: Yup, I guess so- closes early here in Mystic. crest dig-neuf (9), (dannthizy WRITE: Ppobex 44) , the yacht club clothes whose knees go & Rich: Hey, thanks for coming down, Jason: Thank you! Rich: You're welcome. Jason: Sorry we were kinda like, lousy. Rich: Oh, that’s alright. [We exit] Vanessa: Oh, wait, my cardigan isin there, Jason: Don't forget it Eva: Do you have any shirts left? Jason: Yeah, we brought an entire box with us. Where's the party? Vanessa: There's a party at the Depot house. Eva: Yeah, supposedly The Wholesale Depot? fa: No no no. The tain station house. Jason: The Depot house is where we'd find the weed, right? Eva: “It's the weed that makes you sing, Loser weed. So when's your album coming out? Not fora while. How many tracks i it? Well, we have an EP with like, twelve songs on On Sub Pop? Yeah. Did you go to the studio to do it? Yeah- a studio- well, we went (0 this guy who ed to play in the Volcano Suns and now plays in Hatfield's band. We recorded some stuff in . silly, but ZX Low: Ob thats alright. [ike your magazine, AR Wel, we didn' actually leave then. We stayed to talk about Lou's Tads, Christina Kelly's “band” Chia Pet, the singing bunny, the Louie Barlow Guitar Show and how Dylan looks like that guy with the + British flag shirt in My Own Private Idaho. Jason + was kissing some girl that had on like, a fanny pack. 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