Lollipop Magazine

Grimace – Beefcake – Review

March 1, 1996

“Tony, this band nonsense has got to stop. You can’t keep playing this loud, fast, crazy stuff. You’re going to go deaf.”

Waiting Kates – Fishing For Bobby Searcher – Review

March 1, 1996

For a young Boston band, this has surprisingly good production, and mature sound. Rather than rushing, they take their time and let a little drama develop.

Graffic Traffic – Column

March 1, 1996

It hasn’t been a good start to the year, comically speaking. With news of no more Calvin & Hobbes, and just one more issue each of Sandman and Love & Rockets…

Sepultura – Roots – Interview

March 1, 1996

An interview with Max Cavalera

Good Courage – Old, Broken and Destroyed – Review

March 1, 1996

Other than the depressed euro-trash vocals, nothing makes this electronic garbage pile any different from the regular dance-floor fodder.

Vision of Disorder – Still – Review

March 1, 1996

I don’t know what crawled up the singer’s ass, but he sure sounds pissed. Loud Long Island hardcore that I wouldn’t advise playing around epileptics.

The Meaning of Life Du Jour – Fiction

March 1, 1996

My job, as well as yours, as a living, breathing, normally-functioning human being, is to get out of bed. Unfortunately, it’s not as easy a job as it sounds.

Van Gogh’s Daughter – Shove – Review

March 1, 1996

Big guitar hooks, full drums, varied bass lines and a singer whose voice doesn’t get on my nerves. Original tunes in an otherwise overdone genre.

Godsend – In The Electric Mist – Review

March 1, 1996

Godsend’s music is slow and sleepy, sometimes free-flowing, sometimes strained. They thwart their own efforts in their attempt at dreamy ballad rock.

The Culture Bunker – Fiction

March 1, 1996

I was relaxing in my hyperbolic chamber, when, through the triple-density Perplexiglas and clogged whimsy filter, I heard a muffled knock at my door.