Lollipop Magazine

The Night Chicago Died – Fiction

November 1, 1998

Street level new music, which had previously been delightfully profane, had been rudely adopted by sacred operatives. Nothing could ever be the same.

Lollipop – The Wonder Years – Fiction

June 1, 1996

Job: Write a fluffed-up article about The Lollipop Kids, the colorful munchkins of the magazine biz, and the trials and tribulations they’ve experienced.

The Brian Setzer Orchestra – Guitar Slinger – Review

June 1, 1996

Brian Setzer gathered a 17-piece big band around him: Rockabilly with a full horn section hootin’ and hollerin’ and causing all sorts of ruckus.

Prelude to a Lick – The Editor’s Rant – Column

February 1, 1996

One of the criticisms is that magazine doesn’t really represent anything. We certainly resent just about everything, but evidently, that’s not the same thing.

Contemporary Illustrators – At The Smoking Gallery – Review

July 1, 1995

Many have the look of magazine illustration, albeit of the “tone it down, we can’t run that” variety, although a few have appeared in well-known magazines.

Trailer Park Barbie – Fiction

March 1, 1995

Soon Barbie became a recluse, avoiding Malibu altogether and spending most of her time at her My Little Pony Ranch, located 20 miles south of Lake Tahoe.

Gus Jerusalem and the Konja Gum – Part 1,000,000,000 – Fiction

February 1, 1995

He’d expected security to catch him, or be discovered when the mall opened. But no guards appeared and the mall never opened. It was just the girls and him.

A Valentine’s Message – Fiction

February 1, 1995

All you single women out there are absolutely cool as shit, and most of you [heterosexual] single men are stone-cold petrified by that.

Gus Jerusalem and the Konja Gum – Part III – Fiction

December 1, 1994

Chun was already dancing among the religious fanatics, his twin katanas flashing silver death as he decapitated and disemboweled the fear-struck aggressors.

Gus Jerusalem and the Konja Gum – Part II – Fiction

November 1, 1994

“On my Earth, this band would be considered upbeat,” growled Jerusalem, puffing on a Cuban cigar.

Lather – Fiction

October 1, 1994

I shaved (using, of course, the newly found ancient can of special lather formula). When I’d finished, the rash had disappeared, so I went to work.

Gus Jerusalem and the Konja Gum – Part 1 – Fiction

October 1, 1994

Gus Jerusalem awoke to find himself being attacked by a killer hangover. To make matters worse, he was also being attacked by a knife-wielding lunatic.

Prelude to a Lick – Column

October 1, 1994

Theoretically, I’m supposed to be summarizing “what’s going on” in this issue. Well, it’s hard for me to tell what’s going on because I’m too busy going on…

Broken Shutter Beach – Fiction

September 1, 1994

Victor, You’re stupid and you have broken your poet. Maybe you should come with Jasper. To the island. No shutters ever get fixed but a lot of poets do. -June

Prelude to a Lick – Column

September 1, 1994

You think I’m running this show, but Lollipop is just an excuse for a bunch of speeding kamikazes to shake out the contents of their brains on a piece of paper.

The Culture Bunker – Fiction

September 1, 1994

Civilization is steadily declining, hope is just an ugly backwoods burg in Arkansas, and somewhere Nostradamus is smiling and collecting on his bets.

Water Country – Fiction

August 1, 1994

The fastest water slide in all of New England. I conquered my fear of small children being braver than myself as well as my fear of death, all in the same day.

Mad Matt’s Money Review – Fiction

August 1, 1994

A691641057A – This finski reeks of the gutter, of being passed over the counter of the neighborhood packy for a pint of Dubra a few times too many.

The Brian Setzer Orchestra – Review

August 1, 1994

The release’s finest points are during the more fingersnapping, uptempo big band full-swing numbers when the band members all get to show off their chops.

Tribute to Kurt Cobain – Drain You – Column

June 1, 1994

The more I listened, the more I heard the haunting loneliness and desperation of his lyrics and voice. I knew this man was not long for this world.

The Enemy Within – Fiction

June 1, 1994

April is the foolest month. Dying were two of popular culture’s most self destructive demi-gods, Kurt Cobain and Richard Nixon.

A Band Called Me – Fiction

April 1, 1994

Like I, Me in the Key of E is an album whose primary message is one of self affirmation, particularly if the self happens to be lead guitarist Hans Onanson.

The Re-Possessed – Part Duh – Fiction

February 1, 1994

“They’re dying to write their quota of tickets and head on out. But it won’t be so easy. Bwuh huh huh ha ha ha heh heh heh.” I laughed diabolically to myself.