Lollipop Magazine

Legend of a Madman – A Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne – Review

April 1, 1999

The original band is doing just fine without your tribute, the songs were far better the first time, and who are these meatheads to tamper with a classic?

Bloody Red Battle Royal – Review

April 1, 1999

This compilation is more like a party than an eye-gougin’, back-breakin’, pile-drivin’ Texas chainsaw steelcage death match.

Honest Don’s Greatest Shits – Review

April 1, 1999

As a subsidiary of Fat Wreck Chords, Honest Don’s collects a song a piece from their smash-selling/up-and-coming roster.

Writers Wanted (for target practice) – Column

April 1, 1999

Journalism conveys information to the reader with as little bias as possible. Bad writing is the exact opposite. It conveys bias, with as little information as possible.

The Lonelies – Part One: Sunday Night – Fiction

April 1, 1999

Find me, I have placed myself in films just to help you locate me. Find me and we can then share the love neither of us has and it will be true and wonderful and eternal…

Seedy Haikus – Column

April 1, 1999

Cold, brilliant nutcase / Like the Pet Shop Boys if led / By Jack the Ripper.

Dare to Defy – Somewhere Between Poverty and Promise – Review

April 1, 1999

Compared to Napalm Death, Morbid Angel, and Madball, that’s not too far from the truth. Good or bad, Somewhere… does wear its influences on its sleeve.

Two Man Advantage – Drafted – Review

April 1, 1999

Produced by Down By Law’s Dave Smalley, Drafted sounds like a drunken brawl in the bleachers – loud, kinda mashed together, and belligerent.

Trance Atlantic Air Waves – The Energy of Sound – Review

April 1, 1999

They had a contest: “Update ancient techno-cheese.” And this came in fifth.

Damnation A.D. – Kingdom of Lost Souls – Review

April 1, 1999

10 songs of chugging guitars and catchy off-times, injected with dark melodies that thrust the music into a realm worthy of the blackest sabbaths.

T Model Ford – You Better Keep Still – Review

April 1, 1999

No sophomore slump. One of the rawest, ass-whompin’est blues talents to stalk outta nowhere since people knew what the fuck “antediluvian” meant.

Looking Glass Bowl – Fiction

April 1, 1999

It was clear glass with a rainbow painted on the bowl, and it had always sat on the shelf in the den. I don’t remember when I stopped seeing it.

Thy Serpent – Christcrusher – Review

April 1, 1999

These Fins create some wickedly atmospheric and skillful black metal that rivals their contemporaries in Sweden and Norway.

Chuck E Weiss – Extremely Cool – Review

April 1, 1999

If I knew why it took more than two decades for Chuck E. Weiss to put out his second record, I’d fill ya in.

Pressure Point – Youth on the Street – Review

April 1, 1999

The first word is “Oi!” That sets the stage for the next 30 minutes of hard, rawkus, working-class punk about unity, the streets, and fighting for what’s yours.

Throwing Muses – In a Doghouse – Review

April 1, 1999

The most enjoyable release so far is the double CD re-issue of Throwing Muses debut album and EP, in addition to their initial demo tape.

Goin’ After Pussy – Review

April 1, 1999

I don’t think subtlety is much of a virtue over at Junk Records World Headquarters. Nah, naked obviousness is probably more like it.

The Young Pioneers – Free The… – Review

April 1, 1999

These humorless pinko-punkers are often ultra-listenable and occasionally great, but that’s only if I ignore their radical socialist “message.”

Lincoln Logs – Fiction

April 1, 1999

“Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin which he built with his own hands.” There it was – the first line of my book report for Mr. Mitchell’s American History class.

The Vehicle Birth – Tragedy – Review

April 1, 1999

Their slower songs, “Lifehighschool” and “Daycap,” bring Hum to mind, while some of their other stuff has a Sunny Day Real Estate feel.

Grow up, Sit Down, Log on – Fiction

April 1, 1999

A coworker, my age who has children, asked if I would buy candy for a fundraiser. I bought some, only to realize that I had crossed over to the other side.

Videosyncrasy – American History Sex – Column

April 1, 1999

George and Weezie Jefferson are cleaning out their old apartment, when they discover some old papers which reveal that Thomas Jefferson is George’s ancestor.

Down on the Farm – Part IV: The Conclusion – Fiction

April 1, 1999

I had probably seen more sheer tonnage in one place, but never in hell had I seen so many different strains of marijuana.

Biting the Hand that Feeds – Fiction

April 1, 1999

When thoughtful ’90s children start getting their pudgy asses kicked, they’ll realize they have to unleash the Doers.

Free Air Festival – Freestyle Motorcross Music – Review

April 1, 1999

Comps based on extreme sports seem to be all the rage these days, and here’s one of the better ones.