1996 – Page 62 – Lollipop Magazine

Bile – with Neon Jesus at Mama Kin – Review

August 1, 1996

The noise was hypnotic. It sounded almost orchestral. The drums sounding like trumpets. Krz and Brett, their hair sweaty & stringy, looked like swamp creatures.

Bush Chemists – Dub Outernational – Review

August 1, 1996

These Londoners play what one could nearly term “fundamentalist” dub reggae, in the tradition of King Tubby and Scientist.

Liquor Lecture – Rum – Column

August 1, 1996

I’ve never really gotten into the Bacardi 151, it’s always tasted to much like gasoline. It loses it’s mellow warmth, becomes too abrasive.

The Consumer – Review

August 1, 1996

Michael Gira’s themes are enormous and unambiguous, yet his mastery is such that the most fetid scenes are somehow pure and beautifully described.

Skin Trade – #8 – Review

August 1, 1996

If editor Floyd Hardwick’s views and comments are intended as sarcasm, then I’m amused. His article about “High Maintenance Women” made me cackle.

Idle Chatter – Column

August 1, 1996

Exclusive cover story in this fortnight’s Rolling Stone: The Secret Life of Jerry Garcia. The secret: Jerry took drugs.

King Ink – Review

August 1, 1996

King Ink, a compendium of lyrics, prose and playlets, is a testament to Cave’s progression from crazed Dionysian splatter-poet to classicist Bard of the Bleak.

Graffic Traffic – Column

August 1, 1996

So do I hate everything this month? No, no. There’s good stuff out there, or, to quote The Kids In The Hall, “Fine Ham Abounds!!!”

Vote For Clinton. He Is Not A Dick – Fiction

August 1, 1996

Hey, Republican leadership, just because the liberal media is out to get you doesn’t mean you’re not the sorriest collection of the undead since Dark Shadows.

Entropy Press – Review

August 1, 1996

“The Mental Episode,” is a large poster collage filled with quotes, rants, random music musings, and essays on the nature of the mind.