1997 – Page 28 – Lollipop Magazine

The Fall – Bend Sinister – Review

October 1, 1997

These six discs represent a mere slice of The Fall’s assault on rock convention, now loping into its third decade.

Autoerotichrist – Japanese Torture Comedy Hour / Autoerotichrist split – Review

October 1, 1997

Bone saws and a shortwave radio stuck between a dead frequency and the live broadcast of a roto-tiller in a scrap-metal landfill competes for your attention.

Auntie Christ – “Bad Trip” – Review

October 1, 1997

Our old friend Exene’s back in black (vinyl) and she’s fuggin’ pissed like she hasn’t been since Wild Gift. Good thing.

Ani DiFranco – Living in Clip – Review

October 1, 1997

Full of new sounds, DiFranco experiments with a recording loop on “Hide and Seek,” or as she breaks into hoarse, rhythmic breaths and elated shrieks.

1313 Mockingbird Lane – “Problems” – Review

October 1, 1997

Obsessively-reiterated Farfisa runs, cheesy vocal fx, and a sense of besotted irresponsibility that brings to mind the proto-neo-retroistics of Fleshtones.

Lost Highway – Review

October 1, 1997

Whattaya mean you don’t get it?

KMFDM – Beat by Beat – Review

October 1, 1997

Everything is seamlessly edited together with plenty of jump cuts. KMFDM fans will still be fans, although Blackman enthusiasts will have to look elsewhere.

Graffic Traffic – Column

October 1, 1997

I get so sick of reading what is likely to be another in the 99-in-a-hundred super-hero comics suck pile, that I just gotta try a different flavor.

Liquor Lecture – Column

October 1, 1997

Sometimes it all becomes too refined. Don’t you want to have a cheap, shitty, gutter brew? Don’t you want to relish the pain it takes to swallow Popov vodka?

Garth Brooks – Live in Central Park – Review

October 1, 1997

The city of New York eager to show the world that people can congregate in Central Park without being stabbed, raped, or otherwise violated.