1997 – Page 20 – Lollipop Magazine

The WKCR Noise Festival – Interview

November 1, 1997

An interview with Organizers Matt Moses and Susie Jae

One Day in L.A. – Fiction

November 1, 1997

The limo ride must have lasted an hour. We drank champagne, vodka and some minty shit that Christian didn’t like. Plus, we got real stoned from that joint.

High Dudgeon & Low Self Esteem – Journey to the End of This Page – Fiction

November 1, 1997

I have not quite convinced myself that my work here is completely futile, nor do I believe that music has ground itself to a rut as I may have made it seem.

Going Down the Road Feeling Bad – Part III – Fiction

November 1, 1997

I stare idly out the passenger window, at a barefoot, grinning, dancing fool of vaguely Rastafarian extraction, whose chest is slick with so many days’ toil.

Lick Us Back – Curtis From Taang! Records Responds – Column

November 1, 1997

Curtis From Taang! Records Responds to the Sam Black Church Interview in Issue #39 (Oct. ’97)

The Culture Bunker – Two Thumbs Up II Part 2 – Fiction

November 1, 1997

“This, my friends with whom I’m forging an unlikely bond, is the Planet Product Placement hotel, the best place to go if you wanna contrive an exciting climax.”

The PeeChees – The Drags / The PeeChees split – Radio Disappears – Review

October 1, 1997

The PeeChees take the Drags’ “Well Worth Talkin’ About,” infect it with Germs, and bawl through the initial rushblush of infection with bratty delirium.

The Crown Royals – All Night Burner – Review

October 1, 1997

Estrus’ foray into Stax/Motown territory. The Royals don’t say too much cuz they’re an all-instrumental outfit.

Strongarm – The Advent of a Miracle – Review

October 1, 1997

Here perhaps was the rebellion-from-the-fold (Christian or otherwise) I expect from a clear-headed, independent hardcore band, but nope, same ol’, same ol’.

The Drags – The Drags / The PeeChees split – Radio Disappears – Review

October 1, 1997

The Drags pound through the PeeChees’ “Slick’s Living It Up (at the Bottom of the Sea)” like a bunch of basement tapeworms.