William Ham – Page 15 – Lollipop Magazine

Mediacrity! – A Million Monkeys With Steadicams – Column

May 1, 1996

The first annual Sunstroke Film Festival, the period after the last word in independent and codependent film, has just ended.

Cine-Trash – Color of Night – Column

May 1, 1996

Ruben Blades knocks his detective role way into left field, every neurotic in Willis’ group (including Lesley Ann Warren and Brad Dourif) overacts hilariously.

Kids in the Hall – Mark McKinney – Interview

May 1, 1996

An interview with Mark McKinney

The Decline… of Western Civilization – Review

May 1, 1996

SoCal circa ’79 was a scene as vital in its way as London or the Bowery were a couple of years before, and Spheeris captures it all.

Suburbia – Review

May 1, 1996

Spheeris proved her heavy mettle in the p-rock socio-exploitation genre. Imagine if Decline… had been all about Eugene, and you’ve pretty much got Suburbia.

Repo Man – Review

May 1, 1996

What makes Repo Man such an unbridled kick is its outsider’s view of America, and its dazzling display of verbal and visual gags, layered and stuffed.

No One Here Gets In Without Paying – Fiction

May 1, 1996

I passed the audition to be the new singer of Nobody In Particular. Quite a change from delivering Grade-Q meat to cafeterias, but I’m up to the challenge.

Kids In The Hall: Brain Candy – Review

May 1, 1996

The silly/satirical tone suits Kids in the Hall’s absurdist m.o.. They wisely avoid reprising too many of their TV characters, opting for a fresh approach.

The Kids in the Hall – Kevin McDonald – Interview

April 1, 1996

An interview with Kevin McDonald

Tomorrow Never Cares – An Exclusive interview with John Lennon – Fiction

April 1, 1996

The press was calling him “the new Lennon” and all that. I told him, “You got it all wrong, Kurty-boy, someone has to shoot YOU.” We had a giggle over that one.