Lollipop Magazine

Rockabilly Vampire: Burnin’ Love – Review

August 1, 1996

Eddie Vincent is restless, thirsty, and alone, only Eddie isn’t your typical fangster. He has the looks of a young Elvis and a heart of eternal gold.

Heat – Review

August 1, 1996

Combining a great director’s flair with his actors’ wits in an action flick that is actually Zen material, as are the ghosts that roam through man’s passions.

Candy Man – Fiction

August 1, 1996

I was the kingpin of the playground candy circuit which ran from my 6th grade year to the summer of junior high. Nobody could touch me.

Tube: Atlantic Surf Essentials – Review

June 1, 1996

For a pasty-skinned boy like me, this cosmic go-getter sound is the closest I can get to hitting the waves at Laguna Beach, and I’m getting retarded over it.

Tidal Waves – with Bald Guys, The Fliptones, Ray Corvair Trio at the Rat – Review

June 1, 1996

The night was billed as a “Groovy Surfabilly Schmooze Night,” therefore I proceeded to do just that.

Tiki Tones – Idol Pleasures – Review

June 1, 1996

Some call it surf, others lounge, but take it from me; it’s neither. It’s island cheese, and mighty groovy cheese at that.

The Magdalenes – “Threadbare” / “Harvest” – Review

June 1, 1996

J. V. McDonough has one of the most honey-laced voices I’ve heard in years, and brings it all back to the original country divas of the past.

Teen Idols – Nightmares – Review

June 1, 1996

Breaking up, drag racing, the-Ramones-live punk is alive and well, and these Nashville punks are eating it up.

A Few Of My Favorite Things – Three Books That’ve Twisted My Views On A Sane Lifestyle – Column

June 1, 1996

London Fields (by Martin Amis). Ladies and Gentlemen… Lenny Bruce (by Albert Goldman). And The Ass Saw The Angel (by Nick Cave).

Johnny Thunders – Have Faith – Review

June 1, 1996

Before Joey Ramone, and even Johnny Rotten, there was Johnny Thunders. This recording captures some of his best live work.