April, 1998 | Lollipop Magazine

Sonic Youth – SYR2 – Review

April 1, 1998

A jump-cut noise blowout, which settles into a clanging, exploratory groove, followed by a languid, cymbal-punctuated meander, and a minimal, spatial coda.

Soil – Review

April 1, 1998

A 20-minute self-titled debut from a Midwestern bunch of hopefuls sprinkled with a few veterans of the heavy underworld. A very impressive debut.

Sheep on Drugs – Never Mind the Methadone – Review

April 1, 1998

If you’re into long grooves and remixes, by all means, get this – there’s some good quality stuff here, I’m just not too into it.

Rowan-Morrison’s Guide To Home Video – Column

April 1, 1998

Man Bites Dog. No, this isn’t a copy of Mike Tyson’s funniest home videos, it’s a murderer mockumentary. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer meets Spinal Tap.

Graffic Traffic – Column

April 1, 1998

Considering how many consecutive columns I’ve found SuperHero-Team books a bore chore, it’s something when I find three books recently to be among my faves.

Garbage Pail – Team-ups We’d Like To See – Column

April 1, 1998

Team-ups We’d Like To See: Mr. Big & Hole. Vanilla Ice & Cream. The Cars, Curve, Swervedriver & Crash Test Dummies

Garbage Pail – Scene Splicing – Column

April 1, 1998

Scene Splicing: Reel Big Phish. Spin Doctor Hook. Reverend Horton Heat Beat Manifesto.

Garbage Pail – In The Age of Cloning – Column

April 1, 1998

In The Age of Cloning: Boy George Michael Jackson Pollack. Steve Martin Amis & Andy Gibby Haynes.

Sex Comics – Column

April 1, 1998

Some people prefer comics to just about anything, and this includes graphic sex. There are people who care and do it well, and others who don’t have the touch.

Nashing Teeth – Say a Prayer if you have a God – Column

April 1, 1998

Apologies are a commodity for me, I make a few for the stockpile when I’m not doing anything, like, sitting in a waiting room or writing music reviews.