Kerry Joyce – Page 6 – Lollipop Magazine

Cheap Speech – Fiction

July 1, 1995

Already the chimps are bearing their capped teeth, thumping their imported-cotton chests, and throwing dirt, lots of dirt, into the air.

The Cranberries – at The Strand – Review

June 1, 1995

O’Riordon played the guitar, occasionally the keyboard, as she sang, often thrusting the microphone into the crowd, inviting us to join in.

The Sirens of Cyber – Column

May 1, 1995

Music as a subject still lags a distant second behind sex as a topic of communication on the Net. The information superhighway is paved with male ejaculate.

Burning Desires – Part VI – Fiction

December 1, 1994

Sven bowed and the crowd applauded mightily. But there would be no encore that night. The smell was unmistakable. It was the garlic eaters.

Bob Dylan – at the Orpheum – Review

November 1, 1994

The renditions of his most popular songs were far different from the recorded originals, yet arguably just as good.

Burning Desires – Part V – Fiction

November 1, 1994

Baby Jesus looked down hopelessly at the diamond-studded dial of his Rolex presidential watch. Time was running out, he knew.

Burning Desires – Part IV – Fiction

October 1, 1994

As a renowned anthropologist and a cantankerous drunk, Crittendon had talked himself in and out of similar situations throughout the four corners of the world.

Burning Desires – Part III – Column

September 1, 1994

It was eerily similar to a place in my hometown, except the degenerates there were my oldest and dearest friends, and these degenerates were complete strangers.

Burning Desires – Part II – Fiction

August 1, 1994

As we happily slaked our thirst with glass after cheery glass of frosty sweet Whammo that fateful day, a man approached with a face like a bad simile.

Off the Road in Lowell, Mass – Essay

August 1, 1994

The city’s live entertainment is better than might be expected, helped by UMASS/Lowell’s first rate music department and thriving radio station.