1997 – Page 83 – Lollipop Magazine

Gab – Review

April 1, 1997

Gab is a weekly guide for the hip, “alternative lifestyle” crowd. It’s a ‘zine for finding out what’s hip and cool to do in Chicago if you’re gay.

Social Distortion – White Light, White Heat, White Trash – Interview

April 1, 1997

An interview with guitarist and founding member Dennis Danell

The Culture Bunker – Thirteenth Night, or Whatever You Say – Fiction

April 1, 1997

It’s been determined a lost work of William Shakespeare, owing to his unparalleled characterizations, and that funny way he had of making “s”s look like “f”s.

Film Threat – Review

April 1, 1997

It keeps you up on the latest dirt from the Dream Factory without shying away from saying what other movie journals don’t have the celluloid cojones to say.

The Mind Museum and Adjoining Garden – Fiction

April 1, 1997

Was it the catchy name? The pagan imagery? The long download time? Media is a happy hunting ground where the quarry pay for the privilege of being captured.

Broken Hope – Loathing – Review

April 1, 1997

It’s hard to tell if a given song by Broken Hope is doing anything particularly interesting, but hell, it sure sounds like it’s taking the world by storm.

Bis – This is Teen-C Power – Review

April 1, 1997

Initially, “kill yr boyfriend” struck me as yummy bubblegummy Hot Damn! with cutesy-pie squealing and “yeah, yeah, yeah!” male choruses to round out the sound.

Biofeedback – Incision – Review

April 1, 1997

Part Leather Strip, part Spahn Ranch, and part Ministry (albeit a small part). Their layers of samples and sequences are interesting.

The Third Eye – Sufism – Column

April 1, 1997

The Sufi path takes the seeker to the Divine Essence, the ultimate goal being to dissolve in Absolute Truth – God. The ways to God are as numerous as breaths.

Bill Janovitz – Lonesome Billy – Review

April 1, 1997

The debut solo album from Buffalo Tom voice Bill Janovitz is rife with countrified, down ‘n’ out sing-a-longs. A decidedly lo-fi affair.