September 1999 – Page 24 – Lollipop Magazine

Dwarves – Free Cocaine ’86-’88 – Review

September 1, 1999

Free Cocaine is just such a great slice of decadence, it stands as a monument to culture. Truly brilliant.

Varsity Blues – Review

September 1, 1999

Cardboard stereotypes that rebel in boring ways at safe times, and end up in the same place as if they’d never fought the good fight in the first place.

The Speed Of Mind – Review

September 1, 1999

The tone of Patrick Hasson’s debut feature reminds me of Richard Linklater’s Slacker. The best comparison is to Harmony Korine’s overrated and confusing Gummo.

The Matrix – Review

September 1, 1999

Kind of like The Truman Show, except only a few dozen rebels are in on the gag. It’s not a complete paradise. It seems we need a certain amount of misery.

Payback – Review

September 1, 1999

The return of the mean Mel Gibson from Road Warrior (his voice is deeper and gruffer than it has been in years), yet with the humor the man is famous for.

Hurlyburly – Review

September 1, 1999

Great roles played by great actors doing practically nothing but talking and arguing (“Clarifying,” Mickey might amend), with the occasional drive in the car.

Dozer – Unida – Coming Down The Mountain – Review

September 1, 1999

Dozer aren’t quite as well-versed in or as traditionally ’70s rooted as Fu Manchu. Maybe they need to write a concept album about the life of a ’76 Camaro.

Dokken – Erase The Slate – Review

September 1, 1999

The production is inspiring and combative, guitars and drums bashing it out for supremacy, while the band figures out how to be rockers straddling old hair.

Discount – Love, Billy – Review

September 1, 1999

A five-song, 15-minute EP by a beloved female-fronted band covering Billy Bragg classics. Sound cool? In theory, yeah, but this EP didn’t need to be done.

Dimmu Borgir – Old Man’s Child – Sons of Satan Gather for Attack – Review

September 1, 1999

Nice and raw. So here’s 45 minutes of archival material to fill the void between where each band started and where they are now.