See magazine: Issue 422

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cyborg shock
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midnight visit! Oe feelelse
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THURSDAY. ANUARY 3
Holiday hangover @).E.D.
than alive,” do some quick num-
ber-crunching and offer to fetch
your dad a double. WITH GUESTS
When friends and neighbours SUPERNAL
_ Special clip-and-save column prepares barge through George’s door with
money to save him, stare moodily
i you for festive fun in 2002 out the window and drain a scotch, FRIDAY & SATURDAY, JAN. 4 & 5
unless Dad is already doing the
same. ROTTING
Whenever you're told to get a job
Wien gathering with your fami- already and stop lying around and FRUIT
ly at Christmas to watch the movie watching TV, finish your drink,
T's a Wonderful Life, have a small and then politely but firmly tell the
“glass of brandy. _ premier to leave your house.
Whenever you find yourself When the movie ends, and you TUESDAY, JANUARY 8
comparing one of your kin prepare to leave the family home
‘unfavourably to Jimmy Stewart (1959) and General Electric for Christmas dinner at your URBAN
and Donna Reed, have another Theater's 1954 production of A grandmother's, go to the bathroom
Jass of brandy and glance around Turkey for the President, and then and discreetly take a swig of rub- UNPLUGGED
s room to seé who might be drink deeply from your bottomless bing alcohol from the medicine
judging you the same way. well of smugness. cabinet.
" Whenever Clarence the angel Each time your brother scratches Whenever you seek a hiding IS BACK FROM HOLIDAYS!
falks longingly about getting his at the uncomfortable acrylic place at your grandmother's house
wings, take a shot of bourbon and sweater Mom gave him, offer him — away from your uncle’s dirty JOIN THE
then mince around the room, flap- some lotion. jokes and your cousins’ talk of the CAMPFIRE
ping your arms as feyly. as possi- Savour his seething glare at this brilliant latest episode of Lexx —
le. discreet running gag and then, ner- and you find a sibling from your HEROES
Whenever Old Man Potter is vously, have a drink. family already hiding there, both
ferred to, take two quick shots of When Jimmy Stewart refers to of you have a drink and then
whiskey and then kick anyone in both Bert the cop and Ernie the cab retreat to neutral corners. AT THE LOUNGE TONIGHT
your party named Potter or driver, experience an epiphany Whenever you or a relative
Idman. about how they’re probably the express what you really feel about
(Most especially Gary Oldman. inspiration for the Sesame Street each other, cease drinking immedi- WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9
Do not under any circumstance characters, tell your family in excit- ately.
Kick the Oldman Dam.) ed and extended terms how you When your woozy efforts to
_ When your mother fixes on the just figured this out, sense their drive back home end in disaster,
image of Officer Bert Jamieson, mute embarrassment, and resolve with you and your family trapped
and says “Oh, I know that face, to quit drinking entirely. in an inverted, crushed car buried
who is that? He was in that movie When Old Man Potter tells under four feet of snow in a ditch,
along time ago, what was the George, “No securities, no stocks, reflect on Zuzu’s Petals and your
me?” inform her that actor Ward no bonds. Nothin’ but a miserable wasted life. Then try to wriggle
terw as in more than 200 movies little $500 equity in a life insurance under the hood to get a final sip of
and TV shows, including Rio Bravo policy. You’re worth more dead antifreeze.
INSIDE DAMN LIES!
It’s SEE’s annual
4 tabloid issue and
Jan. 3-9, 2002 welcome to it.
This round of
. cheap shots is on
Te'yso u r premier, you sober him up the house.
pies still cute, auditor-general’s report finds P4
N STAGE.
us “Theatre Network announces all-puppetry season
THIS ONE’S REAL
Live comedy improv: just as funny as ever!
Chantal Perron
really stars in
Image Theatre’s
U2 voted Worst Group to Be Trapped in an Elevator With production of
Local band thinks umpteenth bar appearance newsworthy Cocktails for Two
f Beatles reunion a “half-done deal,” say organizers Hundred. We're
not kidding here.
P8
Jerry Bruckheimer options Bible, Ben Affletcos kta r
I jean Claude van Dammec ourbty Sehopdpin g Network BLUE YEAR EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK
| Popular movie critic “doesn’t get” appeal of foreign films Peter North
picks the high- CHOOSE FROM OUR FEATURE MENU
SSCee ae ..-P19 lights of the year
| Naomi Klein parses the globo-corporate pancake house in music and
finds much to THIS WEEK ENJOY OUR
IGS eee eee wee eeneeenseee Sh ge P20 look forward to AWARD WINNING
We didn’t make any of this stuff up— oh, except for Seven Days in 2002 Po CHILI
ED MEAT
from the secret files of
the tumescent teat of torpor Max Cannon If that doesn't get your vote, there's
many other choices on the menu ©
from great Venan Gisiatseeiiaieds
And the first requirement of “club
But! would've understood, Dear. membership" is that you take a iy
_ Why didn’t you tell me sooner?
lifetime oath of absolute silence.
“SEE MAGAZINE EXCLUSIVE!
Willis whups Stock? a>
Beloved entertainer eyes Alliance leadership
horse in a field that braced himself for the suc- leadership. The schism
by Tammy MORAINE
already includes Grant cessive blows to the head further deepened when
Hill, Stephen Harper and that constitute the trade- several MPs, led by
1. a speech addressed to Diana Ablonczy. Willis mark Wesley Willis hello. Deborah Grey, chose to sit
Alliance party member- spent the day greeting Much to his relief, Levant as independents in the
ship, Chicago resident party faithful in a head- was rescued from Willis’ House of Commons. The
Wesley Willis promised to butting frenzy, eventually enthusiastic welcome after resulting confusion has
“whup Stockwell Day’s singling out Ezra Levant organizer Rahim Jaffer left leadership of the party
ass” if supported in his for particular attention. lured the candidate away wide open.
bid for party leadership. “Ezra! Say boo-yah,” with a tray of Wendy’s “Willis has the makings
The schizophrenic street commanded the energetic, cheeseburgers. Despite the of a powerful political fig-
musician, best known for six-foot-five vocalist. “Uh, unusual greeting, the ex- ure,” remarks University
such cult songs as Rock ’n boo-yah,” stammered the Edmonton Sun columnist of Alberta political observ-
maintains a strenuous
Roll McDonald's and I clearly bewildered ideo- and law student was er Allan Tupper. “But touring schedule that may
Whupped Batman’s Ass is logue, after which he impressed by the candi- many of his stated goals conflict with his political
date’s blunt honesty and invite closer observation.
aims. The
(Grolanmilare keke elolokele\yae)elaia—e t infectious abandon. Willis Didn’t he once claim to songwri/ta retirst , who has
used the ‘whup Saddam Hussein’s
invited Canadians to “go
Have you purchased yours yet? % gathering ass’? That's a pretty tough
on a harmony joy bus ride |
to address foreign policy stand. I do, rather than on a freakout |
Accomplish more than ever before with our \ certain however, appreciate the hell bus ride,” will be in
Unique 2002 Organizer $12.99 state- sentiment in his song I’m Edmonton to whip up sup
Sorry That I Got Fat, I Will
oe » ments port for his platform. And
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The future of day-planners! Success - dheitsr ac- epxrpolbolietma.t ioIn s aowf hhiism alsccoahrfo-l promises a tough fight for
Dfoem a 54 QIunostpeirsi ng altolros,w ing ibnugr gderosw nh otwheovseer ,c heseo seI- tshter uglgelaed erjsuhsit p,s hohritn toifn ga at a
bf- “Taf‘ yourdojen R’y t kne ow Specially that “the remain unconvinced.” wa“rT. try to be a good per-
rite yeaetael demon in my In any event, the ques- son,” he asserts, “so I
where you're going column to keep ™ head talks to tion of Willis’ candidacy won't hit nobody upside
| track of your me with profanity. I do may be
the head with a brick
you will probably end finances and not want to hear. The moot; Willis is still an
‘cause I don’t want to'look
improve your demon thinks I’m a bum, a American citizen, and he
up some where else.” out from behind bars.”
spending jerk, and an a-hole.”
habits Political thinkers believe
Lawrence’
Peter Compact, that the demon is in the
efficient, and minority. Thoughtful
available only @ : easy to use observers of the political
scene have commented
www.powerfulself-image.com and more... that Willis may be the only
viable candidate to keep
considered to be a dark the Alliance party from
further turmoil, that it is
clear the Alliance is in
need of a leader with
vision and charisma. After
a promising start as offi-
cial opposition, the
Alliance experienced a
rocky 2001 when key party A MAN OF THE PEOPLE Before considering a move to right-wing
stalwarts publicly ques- politics, singer Wesley Willis could frequently be found basking in the
tioned Stockwell Day’s love of common folk. x
Ralf rulez!
Editor, SEE:
i take exception to your
proclamation of “ impeach ralf,
impeach ralf!” as president and slur, but these all speak to his
founding member of the ralf festive nature. as ralfie himself
klein fan club i have had the has said to me through tears, —
honour of meeting mr, klein on hea toilet bowl,
several public and, sadly, only a
few pri sions
From stupor to super:
Bill Smith’s shocking transformation
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: ij SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE! JAN 6
. by Stephen NOTLEY dreams.” LuJ KILLER COMEDY SHOW - DJ DUDEMAN &
i a “None shall escape knowing what a great place i
} Edmonton is to live, especially for famil
. ta gala ceremony at City Hall yesterday, comic cre- “I believe in Edmonton,” prattled the mayor. “Go
stor Todd McFarlane unveiled his new design for Oilers,” he added reflexively.
Edmonton City Mayor Bill Smith. Along with his new image, the Mayor has been given
Councillors and onlookers alike gasped audibly at a new origin and history as well. No longer is he a for- =C LOSED. FOR PRIVATE FUNCTION
Smith’s transformation. Formerly a bland middle-aged mer football player and th e mayoral elec tion win- ss
man, Smith now crackles with power, his cloaka shee ner. Now Smith is as x from > re) TUESDAY JAN 8 -W EDNESDAY JAN 9
f living flame and his fists the hammers of God himself. |w hen huma as destroy 1, é > .
“We just thought it was time for a change,” chuckled mayor ina single burst of pure, incomprehensibl i
th. “People had somehow gotten the impression I As well, while the mayor's former SU —_
as a dough-minded puppet of local busi- was sufficiently powerful for a mortal THURSDAY JAN 10 - 7:30PM
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BE ladded spikes. It was a pretty easy half mil,” mayoral failure Robert Noce. “I should be the super-
Farlane oe on. ere ee not him. No, wait. Listen to me. lama ie STARTING JAN 10, 2002
Edmonton is where, again?” he added. hero.”
ith his new powers and image, Mayor Smith hopes “Maybe we can finally get something done about
head right back to work, promoting Edmonton at these Asian gangs, at least,” sulked defeated mayoral
me, abroad, and in space. i : , “
ete are people in other cities and galaxies who candidate Mike Nickel. “I fully expect the Mayor to
ven’t heard about Edmonton's beautiful river valley, work with the new police helicopter in erasing all
our friendly investment ate,” ethused the mayor. super-criminal or terrorist activity in Edmonton. With
5 well, hope to carry the Edmonton message into great power comes great responsibility to the taxpay-
re metaphorical realms like Hell and the world of
THE ALTERNATIVE
INIVERSE §
Ralph to kids:
Get over it, already —
Siesta
that Klein’s popularity is riding at
Hour by Tim MALLOY an all-time high, especially with
the public announcement of his
The white corridors of the Grey struggle with alcoholism. The pre-
Nuns hospital resounded to the mier’s “regular guy” persona has
drunken laughter of Alberta’s won him a great deal of latitude
premier as Ralph Klein made in his personal behavior.
an unexpected midnight visit Media coverage has been
to the children’s cancer ward. mixed; long retired or possibl,
Doctors and nurses ducked dead Sun columnist Lubor
Kelana with these out of sight while Klein Zink expressed the prevailing
woozily plopped himself on view cogently in a recent edi-
the edge of a chair in the torial when he argued that
digestive mink offer a middle of the room. “ Albertans have grown fed
“Jesus,” observed the up with the mollycoddling
premier to one little boy that goes on in society.”
hawror dbun ch named Billy, “you don’t Alberta Report's Ted Byfielc
look all that bad to me. also expressed satisfaction
Sure it’s not all in your with Klein’s recent adven-
head?” tures, noting that “itistime _
Radio Free Education Minister Lyle etdh aotf tthhee csitteiezle ncsa rewsesr eo fr ethmei nd-
Oberg, standing to the other
side of the bed, observed to leader. With the growing femi
Togo w/Jay attendants that “kids are nization of society, perhaps it
goofs, always looking for the would not be so bad to feel the
easy out. ‘I’m tired, the dog ate jackboots upon the land again.”
The Bishop’s Lusty Amnyd hobemseiwdeosr,k ,h owI’ vec agno tl ycianngc eri.n ’ bed notBeu t inp etrhhe aapfsf aitrh ew amso sti njseocbteedr inbgy
possibly make you any better? Sun columnist Graham Hicks, who
Hour w/The Bishop This province wasn’t built on openly worried about what effect
malingerers.” | this could have on his brazen.
In light of Klein’s controversial brownnosing of the rich and.,pow-
pre Christmas visit to the Herb erful. Klein, who has also q
B U er B eware Jamieson Centre, the hospital visit _ But many Albertan’s have indicat- expressed a desire fora possible
y may seem to some like the kiss of ed their continuing support for the __v isit to a mosque, was unavailable
death for Klein’s political career. premier, and recent polls suggest for comment.
Whole, See
First-class hoor:
Omega Pie w/Kim
ThPe hantomo fC JSR
Our society columnist triesher
- hand at a little domestic terrorism —
Afternoon SA WORN] Se Cr
Entertainment w/Zak Sincien ee enT aicEvens, “How dows daw iha te
Here the Water Freezes §f| soeeee ners
Rasterw /in} _ | weith the coaet aporeae Canadian
Planet Shift ksnwiafgee, bear s eiii egah saenot a k
_ed some stiffc ardboIanrs pdit.e o f
w/Roger
by Walter SOBCHAK nario that has been described
“like Spinal Tap, but much |
Taliban... or AstroTaliban? funny,” the group has mutilated
Bometimes the best way to get With Dell the Funky or killed half of a dozen drum-
our band noticed is to take the Fundamentalist mers since they started out. The
a -dline approach to music. Case Saturday, Jan. 5th, offences have ranged from danc-
undisclosed underground
iAns tprooiTnatl: ibTaalni?b,a n.o.n.e oorf the most Sunday, Jlaonc.a t6itonh liansgt tdor bulmomweirn g hoaudt hains ahmapn.d Tcuhte ir
talked about instrumental all-ages show at off after missing practice.
space/surf-rock bands to come New City Likwid Lounge “{The drummer] was weak. His
out of the Middle East. Since disrespect was intolerable, so MONDAYS.
their inception in ’96, the five- except for the surf-rock of Dick yes, I cut off his hand, but it’s not
piece ensemble of staunchly reli- Dale, classic science fiction, and like we kicked him out of the
Raiovuse, prhaecatviiclayl lyb eoaurtdleadw emdu sitchei ans myW hgiolreg etohueisr Fsetnadunecrh Starpapt.r”o ach sgprroeuapd —b y thtahte iism amno ruanlf oAumnedreidc anli e THE BEST OF HEAVY METAL
competition. has garnered them a strong cult media. In fact, we even toured FROM PAST AND PRESENT
*fa“nWatei cadle’s,c” riibnet onoeusr agupiptraoriascth aansd af oplrliocwei.n gN,o t it ohnalsyn ’tis bite edinf fiwciutlht outto wweitnht hiintmo fsoer lfa -wihmiploes edun tielx ilhe.e It ‘lused to drum, until they cut off Tuesday
self-described visionary Omar was simply a case of artistic dif- my hand’ Labatts Blue presents
Gravity-Vector. “We strictly for- ferences — he said he couldn’t BLUES TUESDAYS
bid all other forms of sci-fi do the Def Leppard thing.” /e will take your money and
imnaskpei reidt ousurr fl agwu ittaor .s uIpnp rfeascts, we unSeoxmpeecttiemde s cotnhisse qluoeantcheisn.g has uVseec toirt, t o addedsrtersosyi nygo ut,h”e sbaiygsg er $3.25 LABATT BLUE
alternate forms of groovy astro- Vector’s habit of burning his issue. “Our gig money is going
tock bands — crushing them, towards the purchase of ALLN IGHT LO
instrument out of spite after each
much like a child’s kite.” gig has been interpreted by fans Kalashnikovs, rocket launchers,
Gravity-Vector, who doesn’t as the ultimate Hendrix tribute. various other weapons and... oh
normally grant interviews with But the mere mention of the yeah, a newer model Ford
#Western Pig-dogs,” explains unintented reception only Econoline touring van.”
that his band has become enrages the volatile artist, caus- “But really, there’s nothing Ena wie
increasingly strict in order to cre- Now THAT’S metal ing him to spit on the floor and quite like the experience of trav-
ate the “pure listening experi- threaten a Fatwa. eling the world and despising
@nce” that characterizes sell out gigs where women, chil- So why then does a group that new people. If nothing else, it 20° WINGS
Taliban... or AstroTaliban? dren and the beardless are strict- so thoroughly also allo s to get out
BSt“jorAinsistenod wgn o-aorlbaulleu sdtnc .hdo osiitrnnIstifg tl iyusw t eewhn aaicnttme dhsu w sertuo a nfd wqiqituculheaelesll -lwo uattgh-ee yyilooyn uguf rrot rhoabenli ldbBydiu elmnlv ,bi ohdaaebrsoud t b iesTj euoenspst s ebt1nar0tyn0i nacelwrldahy ce kna-a n d dalemsopsits esa ll » Osemcaonrd -Gfraavvoiit y-Vectoa r, oura . j aanmd b iasmtpp.e laaacIny e |TN THhOuUrERsCdS aAyDT AOYNT HNIETER LEIVSE ;
war against the infidels. We shaky, clandestine video of pub-
pise all aspects of worthless lic torture. :
Yorth American culture, well, “Gigging is primary means of vBS<45
| sanctioned support,” states
Gravity-Vector. “We made an
album in ’99 called Tora Borealis
which we immediately had out-
lawed, confiscated and burned in
the streets. Anyone caught with a
copy was flogged in the stadium
before a jeering crowd of onlook-
ers. A glorious but frustrating
scenario, I assure you.” serious-
The members of TOAT are as y, have
hard on themselves as they are A you ever tried to
Striking a pose in a publicty shot on their fans, however. In a sce- tour North America so regularly? Tock out in a cave? The
acoustics are insufferable.”
AN BYAN “4 wonder what I would see if |
LU ina—o Mga al—a — eo Mac1a ) dlp o) aau
}} on & “ re.
_S-ONSTAGE2.
Relax: it’s theatre
Come to a different cabaret
by Kevin X. WILSON
Cocktails for Two
iFt here’s a problem with the Hundred
musical Cabaret, it’s that the cabaret Image Theatre
part is all in your head and not on
Jan 8-13, 15-19
your lips.
Of course, the Citadel’s enthusi- 8 p.m
astically received production suc- Jekyl and Hyde Pub
ceeded in part precisely because it
evoked the atmosphere of a Berlin
nightclub so convincingly.But and off — “You can imagine that
some of you, duly persuaded, their sex life is fantastic,” says
might have fancied a little some- Loucks — until they live together
thing wet and refreshing to make Charles finds his recital hijacked
the experience doubly authentic. by his ex, who then cajoles him
Well, you needn't be shy about into performing at a party for 200
ordering a beverage in the middle guests — although director Loucks
of Cocktails for Two Hundred, open- notes that in this case a maximum
ing this week at the Jekyl and 75 will witness the musically
Hyde Pub. In fact, Image Theatre . charged contretemps that results
artistic director Robert Loucks He says that the company found
wants you set aside your assump- the show “by chance almost. We
tion that “theatre” means “formal.” were looking for a small musical
This show’s intended audience is that didn’t have too many people
composed of “people who want to in it.” The tunes appealed to him
go out for an evening and relax instantly: “The music is upbeat.
and enjoy themselves. If they want There’s lots of variety: It goes all
to smoke, there’s a smoking area. the way from opera to [country
The McDades They can order something to eat, and] western.”
they can order a drink, they can But of the show’s creators, James
visit.” Patrons can arrive an hour Saar and Bob Ashley, the director
Lionel Rault early and stay as late as they'd like. says, “I know nothing more about
Cocktails for Two Hundred is a them.They did [the show] at the
domestic comedy about a show biz Charlottetown festival 10 years
couple, Charles (Joseph ago,” says Loucks, “and it must
Chambrinho) and Daphne have been a hit, because it’s a lot o1
(Chantal Perron) who click onstage
fun.”
Making history
Musical revisits the idea of America
by Kevin X. WILSON
Ragtime)
Gia by some the first January 4-6)
genuinely American musical
Jubilee Auditorium
form, the syncopated style called
ragtime playfully monkeys with
our rhythmic expectations.
Likewise, Ragtime the novel tin-
kers with our notions of history
and fiction, erasing the line you
may have thought kept the peace for a major financial services firm |
between the two. E.L. Doctorow’s while he’s on tour.
critical and popular triumph “When I first started working
mixes liberal helpings of invention for them, I would have the
with turn-of-the-century fact, [Ragtime] CD in my computer
blending the lives of Henry Ford, while I was at work and just
/ARDEN Booker T. Washington and Harry dream of what it would be like to
Houdini with the histories of three be in these big scenes and these
fictional families: one black, from big choral numbers on stage.”
Harlem; one Jewish, newly Walsh's character, the immi-
arrived in America; one estab- grant Tateh, is also a dreamer.
lished, white and well-to-do. “He comes to America to make it.
In compressing Doctorow’s In his pursuit of the American
sprawling novel into a couple of dream, he does the which he
hours, something had to give, but promises not to do, which is to
actor James Walsh, who read the _ give up his little girl.”
book only after joining the show’s
touring company, is impressed by
the result. “I was amazed at how
much of the material, how much
of the spirit of the book I was able
to comprehend and intuit just
from being in the show.”
Althou
much of
ET |] |C a
Happy Blue Year
knock out punch with his Wicked
Grin album, comprised of Tom
Waits tunes. I had the chance to
see touring show twice and his
concert at the Yale in Vancouver
2001 a motherlode of musical memories
was nothing short of brilliant.
Lf Unfortunately, Hammond was
slightly pre-occupied for his con-
2001 wasn’t the most boun- cert here at the Winspear thanks
tiful year for local blues fans but to the unsettling turn of events
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were certainly more than enough year.
quality shows presented in con- A close second was Maria $2.75 Hibalis
‘cert, festival, and club settings to with Mojo Buford, and Jimmy “T- Muldaur’s Richland Woman Blues
keep us satisfied. 99” Nelson all drew full houses. recording for Stony Plain Records $2.75 Shooters
Blues On Whyte, the Yardbird This is one observer who that found the singer baptizing
Suite, Festival Place, the Folk wouldn’t mind seeing some herself in the songs of Bessie $5.00 jugs of Draft
Festival, Jazz City, the Sidetrack Canadian content thrown into the Smith, Memphis Minnie and Rev.
and Blues International were the mix once in a blue moon, perhaps Gary Davis. Pool Tournament
spokes that kept the wheel turn- someone like Toronto’s Michael There were a handful of other
Pickett. notable blues treats in 2001. One No cover with Student I.D.
a few of the major names in the Other memorable shows was the opportunity to catch the
genre rolled through town, most include the Deborah Metro screening of the excellent
notably Buddy Guy, B.B. King, ColemanH/ot Cottage bill that documentary Louie Bluie that
Robert Cray and John Hammond, focused on the music of blues fid-
“while the Blues Festival gave us dler Howard Armstrong. Another
legends Hubert Sumlin and was immersing myself in Bill $2.50 Hiballs
Pinetop Perkins as part of the Wyman’s exhaustive history of
Rolling Ford Revue. The great Dr. the music titled Blues Odyssey,
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ere finally treated to weather titled Boogie Man, was also a Dance + Retro Music
that complimented the hot line- detailed and insightful read. Little
did we know that the last chapter
L f am Hayden, who booked of John Lee’s life was being writ- DJ Extreme
uch of the talent that was pre- ten in 2001.
sented at the Hawrelak Park On the disc front there were
Amphitheatre, looks back on the some fine compilations including
hird edition of the festival with one from Irma Thomas titled If
iond memories. You Want It, Come and Get It on
“We knew going into it that Rounder Heritage. True North
aniva Magness was going to be a Records issued a couple of good $2.50 Hiballs
eal hit. It’s great to see that acts ones including the Mississippi
ike Janiva and Rusty Zinn are John Hurt set Revisited and Albert
ow making Edmonton part of King’s Guitar Man. Two of the bet-
eir touring circuit after getting ter re-issues were Mississippi Delta unnatalh BO
Xposure at Blues International John Hammond Bluesman from Honeyboy
hows,” says the man who drew Edwards and the classic Muddy
nother ace when Paul deLay can- had the Arts Barns shakin’, the Waters at Newport:1960. To round
elled his Blues Festival appear- Tim Williams Band at Blues On it all out, four of my favorite
ce at the last minute. Whyte, Tim Williams again, in a releases of new material were
To have Curtis Salgado come strong supporting role backing Jimmie Vaughan’s Do You Get The
on such short notice and really Jackie Richardson at the Roxy Blues?, Chris Thomas King’s The
ght the opening night up was Theatre in the Big Mama Legend of Tommy Johnson, 51
ne of those serendipitous Thornton play, Harry Manx’s con- Phantom from the North
ings,” added Hayden. tributions to Come On In My Mississippi All-stars and the
e blues format that allows for Kitchen II, and Jack deKeyzer at unexpected surprise of the year,
he show a month at the Yardbird Blues On Whyte. the blues-dipped Heretics and
lite is working at the gate as acts This listener's1 a @“ blues event of Privateers from Steppenwolf’s
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abson, the harmonica festival Hammond, who delivered a Happy new year everyone.
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and Biggie have taught us any-
So these angst-ridden dudes are
thing, it’s that you can squeeze a supposedly the first Canuck rap-
few more albums from a dead
metal outfit (thankfully neglectin
rapper. And while some of
Tupac’s best work was released a little band called Serial Joe)?
Who really cares, aside from pos-
posthumously, the latest post-
sibly the guy programming
mortem disc from Bronx rapper
Canadian content on The Bear?
Big Pun is a wormy endeavour —
—Adam Houstoy
literally. Aside from a few muddy
demo-vocals, the bulk of Pun’s
contribution is sounds recorded
by a mic he was buried with.
Hissing noises of gas escaping
from his corpse are digitized,
looped and run through a series of
effects that are then added to
@ BOBBY SUMMERS
guest vocals to comprise the 13
@ My FeELINGs!
lifeless tracks. Particularly bad is
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possible stardom. mixed blessing — sort of like a Raekwon’s lacklustre vocals.
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cuddly puppyful of cancer.
The most Most Diddy’s latest Police rip-off, titled
Exacerbating the whiny folksy
Don’t Stink So Close to Me ‘01.
musings he devised for FANTA-
Perhaps the only redeeming song
SY!, his weepy first disc, Summers
conjures up a band in tune — and has the Fat Boys reuniting to @ NEURK BLOVIST
Can smash CD revive sit-com star’s career? yet utterly tone deaf — with his sweat out the upbeat Ain’t No Taco @ BED LAMB CURRY __
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fine powder while Paul utensil instrumentation of the first records from beyond the grave greatest names in Scandanavian
0. Life, you bitch! How your Westerberg does a wry take on album. And yet, somehow, it all has pretty much run out of gas. free improvised music, though
caress is but a mixed blessing! T he The Stroke;i nA rab Strap’s hands, manages to touch the heart, but — Walter Sobchak unknown on these shores.
My Kinda Lover turns tearjerker, not in ways you want to go blab- Following the lead of first wave
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as often, they are hard. Of course, style reworking of Everybody Lyrically, the world proves to be Bailey and Barry Guy by eschew
some would appear to have it Wants You needs to be heard to be too much for Summers some- ing ‘musical technique,’ Blovist
worse than others do. For exam- believed, as, I suppose, does the times, to the point that he’s actively seeks new ways to play
ple, take the Fuckwits, please. Is rest of this CD. retreated into a brain-addled fan- 5, trangers aks senels. conventional instruments. The
this a joke? I Can’t Do Anything Did somebody says “needs to be tasy realm of wizard dogs (shades aie approach is a natural fit on-the
Right (Ind.) features in 30 hard- heard to be believed”? The bio of Harry Potter), cornucopic skate- title track, an Indian-influenced
eore minutes 20 hardcore stories says Donnie Most has been boards and birthday gerbils. For a cut featuring the sound of,clay
of how they can’t keep a job, can’t buzzing around under the main- whiff of what hell must smell like, pots smashed to pieces by ajsita:
get enough of their shit together stream radar for a few years now, put on Excuse Me, I Think I'm Blovist draws.a subtly shifting
to keep an EI claim afloat, can’t reinventing himself, but times like Having Feelings, in which he penumbra of tonalities from.a
find a girlfriend, never have this call for caution, don’t they? whinges his way through an inter- trombone bashed into a Moog
money for smokes, don’t like their No! Throw that caution to the minable litany of self-pity, decre- synthesizer on Chocolate Orajige
families, etc. wind, friend, because... well, sendoing to/an insufferable whim- Laxative but Hornswoggle, the 25-
It starts out funny the way other because. Combine a Jacques Brel- per that you will wish was pro- minute tribute to saxophone
people’s troubles often do, but inspired croon with some sensi- duced by repeated kicks to Mr. improviser Evan Parker on which
gets pretty pathetic after awhile, five spoken word and inspired Summers’ ribcage. If this is what @ PROJECT WYZE Blovist uses a chain haul to bash
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they recorded it over a pre-record- the mainstream in another five find to Creed in the rap metal scious. What possessed Blovist to
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Did someone say “brilliant”? known, though Most studiously They say you can’t squeeze heartedly believe everything in going to say it’s sublime anyway. _
Ooh, Billy Squier. One day, avoids any further reference to the blood from a stone, but if Tupac —Pembroke J. Herr":
you're the 1980s’ answer to Grand pink-skinned sidekick he played
Funk Railroad, the next, you're ill on TV, at least until the buried Everyone’s a critic
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