1996 – Page 103 – Lollipop Magazine

Sludgeworth – Losers of the Year – Review

April 1, 1996

After Screeching Weasel broke up for the first, not the last, time in ’89, Dan Vapid and Brian Vermin hooked up with three other guys to form Sludgeworth.

Taxi Driver – Review

April 1, 1996

For the last twenty years, Taxi Driver has stood on its own in some dark corner, beckoning for another film to stand up to it. It’s still waiting.

Sink – Review

April 1, 1996

This is funky, bare-bones pseudo-garage rock; the kind you used to hear your cool, chain-smoking, older brother play in the basement with his friends.

Nico Icon – Review

April 1, 1996

The German documentary film, Nico Icon, takes us into hotel rooms, Paris apartments, and the Warhol Factory of the ’60s.

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

April 1, 1996

Revolution ceased to be the topic of coffee table discussion long ago in Alternatown. There’s no money in being a soothsayer for the obvious.

Mary Reilly – Review

April 1, 1996

Mary Reilly loses its grip on viewers within the first half hour. For all its dark lighting and gloomy atmosphere, real tension and fear are sorely lacking.

Mallrats – Review

April 1, 1996

These are not “slacker” movies, they’re “My-life-sucks-and-I’m-in-a-rut” movies. Maybe that’s why I relate.

Ghost in the Shell – Review

April 1, 1996

A film that is as literate, gripping and thought-provoking as great science fiction movies like Blade Runner or 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Andy Warhol’s Flesh – Review

April 1, 1996

Flesh, the first of a trilogy that included Trash and Heat (1969 and 1970 respectively), is likely the best-known (and most enjoyable, continuity-wise).

Down By Law – All Scratched Up! – Review

April 1, 1996

Dave Smalley has been setting the standard for sensitive rock/punk/pop/hardcore for a dozen years, and this new record just pushes the genre even further.