Lollipop Magazine

Aloha – That’s Your Fire – Review

June 1, 2000

Take post-rock ala Tortoise and Trans Am, inject it with Midwest melody stylings of Braid and The Promise Ring, and Rush and King Crimson’s prog tendencies.

The Lonelies – Part Six: Monday – Fiction

June 1, 2000

Mildred woke up, finding herself lying naked on Temptation and Cindy’s dirty living room carpet. Cindy, also naked, was lying next to her and snoring. Her wristwatch said it was almost two in the afternoon.

Agents of Oblivion – Review

June 1, 2000

While many fans of Acid Bath may arch an eyebrow at Agents of Oblivion’s sauntering dirge rock, anyone drawn like moths to a flame to “Dead Girl” will get it.

Boss Hog – White Out – Interview

June 1, 2000

An interview with Jon Spencer and Cristina Martinez

Abigail Grush – The Phantom Beat – Review

June 1, 2000

Rich, musty mixtures of Old World sounds like klezmer horns, accordions and glockenspiels create a heady aura of nostalgia as well as a lot of catchy hooks.

The Bloodhound Gang- Hooray for Boobies – Interview

June 1, 2000

An interview with “singer” Jimmy Pop

Movies: Shots in the Dark – Column

June 1, 2000

When they were kids, they needed movies to thumb noses at their parents, and now are eager for films like American Beauty and Simpatico which offer appeasement for those who have turned into their parents, only with greater hypocrisy and less taste.

Angry Samoans – Interview

June 1, 2000

An interview with Metal Mike Saunders and Gregg Turner

Alice Cooper – Brutal Planet – Interview

June 1, 2000

An interview with Alice Cooper

Send Lawyers, Lobbyists, Liars and Lapdogs – Fiction

June 1, 2000

A hundred years ago, people sang and danced and told stories in their homes, in church, and on the corner. Today, music is something played by professionals under the contract of record labels which own the “rights” to it.