Lollipop Magazine

Brutality – In Mourning – Review

May 1, 1997

Brutality release a straight-for-the-throat U.S. death metal album with just enough melodic guitar soloing to save it from being completely flat.

Videosyncrasy – 101 Video Nights – Column

May 1, 1997

I braved the winter cold to rent the evening’s video, trying to do so in such a way as to somehow win her heart, which I finally did. Here’s how…

Sarre-Chasm – May Flowers Killed My Dog – Column

May 1, 1997

The Heartbreakers L.A.M.F. : The Lost ’77 Mixes – I don’t know quite how lucid Thunders and Nolan were at the time, but they sure fake it well.

When We Were Kings – Review

May 1, 1997

Before Foreman pitched mufflers; before Ali lit the Olympic torch; and before Don King redefined big hair, they all made history in a 1974 boxing match.

Crash – Review

May 1, 1997

True to the dark, contrary nature of J.G. Ballard and David Cronenberg, Crash has far more complicated things on its mind than mere titillation on wheels.

City of Industry – Review

May 1, 1997

City of Industry swims in themes of emptiness and corruption, no frills attached, with an intentionally unsatisfying pay off at the end.

Soul Coughing – with Firewater at Avalon – Review

May 1, 1997

The heavy funk and upright bass got the crowd moving and sweating, while Mark’s keyboards threw everyone into a frenzied state.

Firewater – with Soul Coughing at Avalon – Review

May 1, 1997

Tod A immediately launched into “Bourbon and Division,” a dark cha cha (no, really) which pulsed and throbbed under the hands of this wedding band gone bad.

Liquor Lecture – Absinthe – Column

May 1, 1997

Wormwood is a toxin, but the amount in Absinthe is negligible. You’d be blind drunk before getting close to the amount of Wormwood needed to do any damage.

Lick Us Back – Reader’s Responses – Column

May 1, 1997

“For all I know you could of made the interviews and articles up. I’m guessing no one is subscribing to it cause it’s so dumb. Your ads are even fake.”