1999 – Page 91 – Lollipop Magazine

Rock Stars Do The Dumbest Things – Review

January 1, 1999

This tome rests humbly in the realm of Good Bathroom Books, and that’s a compliment, since that is a real, if uncelebrated, need.

VideoHounds Horror Show – Review

January 1, 1999

If you’re looking for a great horror film reference with clever tidbits and connections, get Mike Mayo’s VideoHound’s Horror Show.

Paradise Burning – Review

January 1, 1999

Borrowing Rimbaud’s anvil of hope, he crowns The Uglies with the cap of Revolution, then turns on his heels, cool-style, and marches back up the Glory Hill.

Gentleman Junkie – Review

January 1, 1999

Smell this book. Mmm-mmm. Sixty-four varieties, pure aromatic.

Matt Zane – Rock ‘n’ Roll Porno King – Interview

January 1, 1999

An interview with Matt Zane

Modigliani – Review

January 1, 1999

As he had done previously with Blues for Bird, his biography of Charlie Parker, Gray presents Modigliani’s life in the narrative style of an epic poem.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience – BBC Sessions – Review

January 1, 1999

It’s the mark of a truly seminal artist that, even thirty years after his death, you discover something new with every new vault-scraping from the archives.

Absu – In the Eyes of Ioldanach – Review

January 1, 1999

Absu are not part of the retro thrash craze, they play their old-school-thrash-meets-black-metal with a totally modern approach.

King’s X – Tape Head – Interview

January 1, 1999

An interview with Doug Pinnick

88 Fingers Louie – Back On The Streets – Review

January 1, 1999

Melodic without being whiny pop sissies, hard without being judgmental, gnashing-teeth dorks, 88 Fingers rampage through catchy-yet-not-shit tunes.