April 1999 – Page 8 – Lollipop Magazine

Omaha – Non-Par Mystifications and Self Extrications – Review

April 1, 1999

Omaha reminds me of a canvas framed with beautiful wood and decorations, but with no breath-taking art in the middle.

The Church – Hologram of Baal – Review

April 1, 1999

The album’s called what? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! The album’s called what?!?

Nick Drake – Patrick Humphries – Review

April 1, 1999

First ever word bio of influential ’60s folkie dark child who OD’d on anti-depressants at the tender age of 26 and left three albums behind.

Bill the Welder – Review

April 1, 1999

Bill The Welder is the Plumbers, the “band” who opened up for Descendents when there was no opening band. Consisting of Bug and whoever happened to be onstage.

Bakamono Sampler #1 – Review

April 1, 1999

Bickley – Kiss the Bunny – Review

April 1, 1999

Thank the god of chaos for super-destructo bands like The Vindictives, Dayglo Abortions, Lummox, and newcomers like Migraines and Bickley.

Mister Satan’s Apprentice – A Blues Memoir – Adam Gussow – Review

April 1, 1999

Satan and Adam are the two real-life, street-busking musicians brought together by their appreciation of The Blues.

Jack Kerouac – King of the Beats – Barry Miles – Review

April 1, 1999

Barry Miles, who’s previously authored works on Ginsberg, Burroughs, and Paul McCartney, undertakes Assignment Kerouac in the role of American storyteller.

Lick Us Back – Reader’s Responses – Column

April 1, 1999

My advice to y’all: William Faulkner is dead – get off it.

Beck – Mutations – Review

April 1, 1999

Soaked in an ambience as warm as an old tube amp, Mutations knocks off seamless collages of organic source material with his trademark nonsense-as-wit.