1996 – Page 13 – Lollipop Magazine

Nicotine Achievers – Fiction

November 1, 1996

I’m not giving up my love affair with Lady Nicotine. We’re just heading out of Marlboro Country and, chomp chomp chomp, checking in to the ol’ Nicorette Motel.

Norman Rockwell vs Iggy Pop – Fiction

November 1, 1996

Like every Tuesday lunchbreak, I head to Harvard Square to check out the new releases at Newbury Comics and scan the English music papers at Out of Town News.

The Culture Bunker – If The Benefits, Wear It – Fiction

November 1, 1996

I was line-dancing to techno, starting a one-man mosh pit, doing the Bulgarian Hustle… I was out of control. Guys in Morrissey shirts beat the crap out of me.

The Third Eye – Aura – Column

November 1, 1996

I’m automatically jealous of anyone who can see auras. Hours of concentration gives me nothing but a throbbing headache.

Garbage Pail – Column

November 1, 1996

Try organizing the notes on un-numbered bar napkins you later used as a coaster, or typing reviews from a notebook you threw up on. Journalism is hard work.

Garbage Pail – Now Available at the Adult Video Store – Column

November 1, 1996

Now Available at the Adult Video Store: Schindler’s Fist. Reservoir Dongs. Trainsquatting.

Garbage Pail – Column

November 1, 1996

Persistence is futile.

Garbage Pail – Gloss-A-Rock – Column

November 1, 1996

Gloss-A-Rock: Smack-rock: see track-rock. Track-rock: see dead-rock. Dead-rock: see nothing anymore.

Graffic Traffic – Column

November 1, 1996

Years ago, the best of Marvel Comics’ stable left, disgruntled at creating characters and being stiffed on licensing money, to form Image Comics.

Trip Hop Acid Phunk – 3 – Review

November 1, 1996

Of the DJ Hardware mix CDs that have recently come out on Adrenalin, Trip Hop Acid Phunk 3 is the hottest.