Lollipop Magazine

Transformer – The Lou Reed Story – Review

July 1, 1997

The story as Bockris tells it fits snugly in the space reserved for biographies of other driven, creative men – brilliant in art, an ungodly pain to be around.

The Factsheet 5 Zine Reader – Review

July 1, 1997

Essential reading for anyone bemoaning the death of free expression in America, and an inspiration to the disgruntled and dispossessed in this fragmented culture.

The Accidental Evolution of Rock ‘n’ Roll – Review

July 1, 1997

Not quite the Aesthetics of Rock for the ’90s as some have claimed (Joe Carducci’s Rock and the Pop Narcotic is) – it falls a little closer to Meltz’s Gulcher.

Dennis Miller – The Rants – Review

July 1, 1997

Fifteen slices of steely, socio-savant wit from one of Outraged Comedy’s best. Did anyone ever tell Dennis Miller he’s funny when he’s angry?

All American Music – Composition in the Late 20th Century – Review

July 1, 1997

His goal seems to be to illuminate the minds of his readers about the practices of influential composers, to make them accessible and vital.

Big Wig – unMerry Melodies – Review

July 1, 1997

Straight outta Jersey, Big Wig has that much sought after NOFX/Fat Wreck Chords sound and style. They sound as energetic and fun as the Bouncing Souls do live.

Beth Orton – Trailer Park – Review

July 1, 1997

In this age of abundant folk singers and techno technicians, it was only a matter of time before the elements converged.

Automatic – Transmitter – Review

July 1, 1997

Transmitter is Album-Oriented Rock in the sense that all the songs are pleasant, but nothing really stands out.

Anathema – Eternity – Review

July 1, 1997

These pale-faced Euro-boys have veered off the Gothic path of doom and jumped on a loosely constructed bandwagon with no steering wheel.

30 Foot Fall – Acme-143 – Review

July 1, 1997

“Feel Like Morrissey” is obviously worth checking out, complete with clap track, a whistling organ riff, and a vocal snarl Ben Weasel’d appreciate.