Lollipop Magazine

Give the People What We Want – Songs of The Kinks – Review

April 19, 2002

The Kinks were pretty good to a point there until Ray Davies got rich and ditched the greasy stuff and started writing songs about preserving village greens.

For Those Who Stand – Review

April 19, 2002

The more struggle for equality, defying authority, speaking up against “the norm,” the better. And what better way to do it all than through music?

Don’t Be Scared – It’s Only a Fearless Records Sampler – Review

April 19, 2002

Bit of the old, bit of the new. Some old-style poppunk, a bit of the new-style emopunk, a touch of shouting hardcore punk, and, um, At The Drive-In.

Cinemaphonic – Soul Punch – Review

April 19, 2002

The tracks by the likes of Syd Dale, Dick Hyman, and Steve Gray are high steppin’, slick-backed, back-handin’, bad-assed motherfuckers of songs.

Cabana Beach Club – Review

April 19, 2002

Think of the last half of Moby’s Play, add waaaay to much reverb, some Latin-flavored beats and a few guitar wanks, and you’ve got Cabana Beach Club.

The Turkish Baths, Cabana 12 – Fiction

April 19, 2002

When my friend Cindy suggested we go to the Turkish baths, I thought it must be some sort of historical, living museum-type place. But you don’t get naked in museums. At least, not the last I checked.

The Night I Died – BANG BANG BANG, Chapter Two – Fiction

April 19, 2002

Everything she’s saying is true. So true it’s fire, and I’m almost gonna explode, like blue ice shattering… “I’ll show you. I’ll show you, Jack. I’ve been holding it inside, trying to control it, but now I see I was just waiting, just waiting Jack…” I’m screaming.

The Future of Criticism – “Reviews” by Jean-Paul Bavard – Fiction

April 19, 2002

Mon dieu, it is so very simple yet so very true! Every work of art ever created by man can be explained to its very deepest essence by quoting lyrics from Barry Manilow songs.

The Unbearable Likeness of Michael Jackson – An “interview” with Michael Jackson – Fiction

April 19, 2002

Michael Jackson recently granted an interview to the Internationally Renowned Rock/Film/Fashion Critic, Jean-Paul Bavard. Meeting at Neverland Ranch, they discussed Jackson’s record-shattering career, his new album, his musical influences, and the wild rumors that have dogged his personal life.

A Blackheart’s Tale – Todd Brendan Fahey – Fiction

April 19, 2002

I was patently unprepared for the metamorphosis that took place just after the Christmas season, when Jurgen called me from the Ogden city lockup and asked me to post the five-hundred-dollar bond because no one in his family would.