Lollipop Magazine

Immortal Combat – Fiction

November 1, 1998

I’m still not ready to get started on my great American novel, but the idea that I might be someday keeps me chaste from all sorts of pagan influences.

Bell – Perfect Math – Review

November 1, 1998

This Jack Endino-produced EP veers into post-g-word Seattle indierockers desperately attemptin’ to find happiness now that the A&R reps’ve moved on.

Bela – Exit Music – Review

November 1, 1998

Bela combine the moody rock elements of Gene Loves Jezebel with clear, British-sounding vocals, and paces that sway more than rock.

Anne & Lenny – Column

November 1, 1998

Hey, look, a lesbian and I’m neither amused, horrified, nor strangely aroused! That’s her secret appeal, you see, the cute-but-not-too-cute Sapphist.

Bassholes – Long Way Blues – Review

November 1, 1998

The Bassholes are reportedly attempting to track down the skeletal double helix strand of DNA that’s gonna resolve rock’n’roll’s disputed parentage for good.

Badar Ali Khan – The Mixes – Review

November 1, 1998

Who knew the keening, warbling howl of spiritual music could be so hip and danceable?

Dynagroove – Column

November 1, 1998

Besides finding a great double live Harry Belafonte record, I happened upon a couple of original Beatles records, both for the low price of two dollars each.

As Good as it Gets – Review

November 1, 1998

A constantly surprising, whip-twisting plot filled with start-stop false climaxes and sinus-flushing hilarity, reeling in the two most glamorous Academy Awards.

Armchair Martian – Monsters Always Scream – Review

November 1, 1998

They’re more rock (and that countrified thing kinda throws me) than the punkpop being churned out like so much shit from an industry chowing Ex-Lax.

Apocalypse Hoboken – House of the Rising Son of a Bitch – Review

November 1, 1998

Arty post-punk with hints of hard rock chord progression and funkcore or something probably comes closest, mostly ’cause it means nothing.