May 1996 – Page 6 – Lollipop Magazine

that dog – Totally Crushed Out – Review

May 1, 1996

Everything is pleasantly tipped on its side: Odd lyrical phrasing, sweet ‘n’ sour harmonies, melodic guitars that are simultaneously dark and edgy.

Idle Chatter – Column

May 1, 1996

That doesn’t mean hhaving two musical guests instead of one; it means sharpening your approach, messing with the format, presenting new viewpoints.

Pawtucket 11 p.m. – Fiction

May 1, 1996

Hot summer night, sticky and treacherous. Red night. Night of sirens and fear. We were sitting on the balcony of my apartment in Pawtucket, three of us.

Strange – Love and Other Atrocities – Review

May 1, 1996

Some nice guitar hooks, a good Cavedogs-type vocalist, thick bass, snappy snare drum, songs about, I dunno, girls and stuff. Inoffensive and ignorable rock

Graffic Traffic – Column

May 1, 1996

Sandman #75 is just what writer Neil Gaiman promised: his retelling of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, a glorious finale to one of Comics’ Greatest Stories.

Stone Temple Pilots – Tiny Music – Review

May 1, 1996

Still not original, the music is bar-band serviceable but awkward and stiff, and the lyrics continue to reach far beyond their grasp in search of profundity.

Steel Miners – All Hopped Up – Review

May 1, 1996

You hear Steel Miners for the first time and immediately you wanna go out and smash all the windows in the upscale, yuppified clothing store up the street.

Social Distortion – Mainliner: Wreckage From The Past – Review

May 1, 1996

It’s about time someone re-released all the early Social Distortion stuff. This is where it all began.

Prelude to a Lick – The Editor’s Rant – Column

May 1, 1996

All men may be created equal, but most are so unbearably dull, I don’t appreciate the generalization, thank you very little.

Mediacrity! – A Million Monkeys With Steadicams – Column

May 1, 1996

The first annual Sunstroke Film Festival, the period after the last word in independent and codependent film, has just ended.