fuck radioblaster!
FROM THE LOVABLE RIPOFF ARTIST, Mr. UNORIGINAL HIMSELF... DEREK (from RB): First of all, I fuckin hope Catano was joking in all of his bitterness, if not he can bite my ass. Secondly, I'm going to tell you all what Radioblaster is all about. 1) I had no idea that Mudhoney had similar Big Muff shirts until somebody told Maritess ( our guitarist) that last week. WE PURPOSELY SKIPPED THE WHOLE RIPOFF LOGO CRAZE OF A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK. 2)We took the name radioblaster because Maritess's Supa Fuzz (yes the original) pedal picked up serious radio signals, so since we had our first gig like one week later and we needed a name, we figured something to do with 'radio' would be cool, sort of as a gimmick. Thus radioblaster seemed reasonable at the time and we were too lazy to change it. Plus, at the time we were pretty good friends with TH considering Maritess was going out with Ian and the band along with Stinkin' Rich etc. would stay at Dave and Mari's house in Toronto for two weeks at a time while they were touring. 3) We do not worship Thrush Hermit in any way, we do not wish to be from the east coast and we are only approximately 3 years older than TH. (other than Cliff who is older than us.) 4) WE SOUND NOTHING like TH and in no way do we aspire to sound like them or sloan or superfriendz. If there was one east coast band we ever wanted to resemble it was eric's trip. But truly we TRY NOT to sound like ANYONE and I'm quite sure we sound LIKE NO ONE. You be the judge. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ARE WELCOME. derek. (what a biter, man!)
andrew scott speaks out!
for those of you who haven't figured it out by now, brendan's post about the new sloan album and subsequent posts by various smartasses, it's all a *joke*!! there's no new sloan album. however, the following is actually for real -- back at pop explosion time i invited questions for andrew scott from sloan net, and promised to post the answers. apologies to carol -- i didn't get the answers to your questions on tape thanks to a minor technical difficulty. but i'll email you seperately with my best attempt at remembering his answers... which probably won't be any good for your zine... From: John [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a question. who IS Andrew Scott? AS: Andrew Scott is a 27-year-old man. I'm not a kid anymore, I'm not a teenager. I never tried to think that I was. And I'm just a guy struggling day to day to live my life the best way I can. And goddammit, it's hard. [JC: Andrew Scott is the drummer for Sloan and a founding member of the Maker's Mark. That is all ye ever need know. :-) ] From: Brendan Ryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well the one thing I have often wondered about him is.. Does he realize that he has the reputation of being almost unaproachable? and is this something that he perpetuates so people won't hang off of him like they do Chris and Jay? AS: I'll tell you, that reputation is the direct result of Chris Murphy. He's never taken one step back from promoting me as this ultracool, ultra-unapproachable Fonz character. But Chris' interpretation of me is quite warped through his own interpretation of himself. God love Chris Murphy. I love Chris, you know, I've known him for years, but he has an incredible talent for trying to deflect a lot of stuff of himself onto other people. Not necessarily maliciously, but it's just the way he is. Maybe I am unapproachable. I don't know, I've never gotten mad at anybody for coming up and talking to me. But, you know, I'm not really one to go looking for people who listen to the band I'm in to come and talk to me. Like if you want to come and talk to me, that's up to you. If you think i'm unapproachable, then take your chances or don't take your chances. But, don't believe everything you hear. I'm actually quite a nice guy. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (D'Arcy Flueck) as to questions for andrew scott, you can ask him why he's so dogmatic, why he always runs away and stuff. (i guess that's mean), but you could ask him if he likes his fans? and you could ask him why he thinks sloan is in the hearts of every kid (and big kid) in canada? if he has a big theory (like they've put special subliminal messages hidden in their music or something ;)) AS: I don't even know what dogmatic means. Holding on to some kind of ultra-truth or something? JC: Really insistent on your own opinions. AS: Yeah, I'm very opinionated. And I'm not swayed if I offend anybody. If you want to hear my opinion I'm going to say what I feel. I think everybody should say what they feel. But you've got to back up what you say. And I'll do my damnedest to back up whatever I say. I guess I am dogmatic, yeah. (I love dogs!) I have no idea why we're so popular with Canadian kids, as opposed to Chinese kids or Russian kids. Maybe it's because we're from Canada, and Canada in a larger sense has always held onto its own. Not that we've ever tried to portray ourselves as this flagship for Canadian music in any sense, because to a large degree I've always been quite disappointed with a lot of Canadian music and how it's promoted and how it's made and how it's chosen to be put out over a lot of other things. But hopefully, since the time we've started releasing records in Canada, I think a hell of a lot has changed in terms of where people look for music. And now it's to a point where Canada doesn't have to settle for the Tom Cochranes or the Alannah Myles, who is a complete egotistical terrible artist. I cannot understand Alannah Myles whatsoever. That article about her in the Globe and Mail... It was like a half-page article of her just talking about how good she is. It was gag-inducing. I guess Canadian kids have good taste. I hope. If that means we're any good. From: Katrina Grentz [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a question for andrew scott...i challenge you to ask him what he was like in high school b/c *i know* have yearbook pics to prove it (he was kind of a preppy)... AS: *Incredibly* preppy. I'm already leaning back towards the preppy look. I think preppy is good and everybody should embrace it. I was kind of a preppy jock punk metal guy. I always had such a giant identity crisis in high school. I didn't know what I'd do. I hung around with all the black dudes that played basketball. I played basketball, but I drove a skateboard and listened to really bad hardcore records in high school. So
len's super flaming inbreds
i had a full weekend of shows, here's some highlights: 1) len at rotate this in toronto- they played for about a half hour to a small crowd who really appreciated it. it's fun to see len over and over because every show is unique. they don't sound like their record when they play live nor do they want to ( see newest issue of exclaim). i had a great time and would suggest this band to anyone. ps- drew, the tape turned out really good. 2) later that night i drove down to london to see the superfriendz. even at the end of their four on the floor tour the superfriendz are full of energy. they played an excellent set of songs off of MU/SD and a couple new ones. highlight: local nut , mike clive (from new grand), showed everyone that he's a lean, mean dancin' machine. question: why does matt insist on wearing really small, tight shirts? 3) the next night in buffalo i had the pleasure of seeing the inbreds in buffalo. also on the bill was blue bottle fly (from st. catharines) and the flaming lips. the inbreds played all the hits and a couple new ones. they just got back last week from their tour of europe with buffalo tom. mike told me that they're playing some radio sponsored x-mas shows this week in boston, new york, etc. and then they're taking a break for x-mas. and mike also said that they are officially moving to halifax. he didn't say when but it will be sometime soon. the flaming lips were good. i had never seen them before and i had only seen their video on tv. blinker the star were also supposed to play but they got stuck at the border. so ...
Re: bud nipping?
On Sun, 3 Dec 1995, Brian Wieser wrote: murphy's john entwhistle-esque bass playing. Further, the string section was most effective. I wasn't aware that David Foster was still arranging music these days but i guess you can never say never? yeah...i thought the production sounded like hall and oates 1978-79 era stuff...i guess david foster's still got it...BUT that barry manilow cover has got to go:P ..and i *still* wish they'd release guidance councellor...oh well, maybe it'll be a bonus track to entice the purchace of thier upcoming greatest hits repackaging;);) shant...thankful to be shaken by the speed ;)
Re: new sloan album.
On Sun, 3 Dec 1995, James R. Covey wrote: you know, what *really* surprised me about the new sloan LP wasn't the fact that there's *three* covers on it, or that one of them is by the MC5. what took me totally by surprise I didn't like this, either... they ripped off the multiple album cover idea from Sonic Youth's Experimental Jet Set And No Star. It's better than any Sonic Youth album I've heard, though...
Re: Sanisoft/Preppy Relatives/Jim Cooper show
On Mon, 4 Dec 1995, Bob Reeves wrote: It should be cool show. Gordon is promising a Preppy Relatives show unlike any anyone has ever seen. Sanisoft might (but it looks doubtful) actually the new preppy relatives (at least for this show): gordon isnor on organ tyler dewar on guitar ned ludd on drums some performance artist on performance art one song, twenty minutes, two chords. you be the judge. mc
Sanisoft/Preppy Relatives/Jim Cooper show
Just a quick note to let everyone know that Sanisoft will be playing a show with Preppy Relatives and Jim (formerly Best FChips) Cooper on Saturday, December 9. The show will take place at Bob Lori's Food Emporium (2202 Gottingen St) starting at 8- promising to end by 11 pm. The cover is only $2 and it is an all ages show, so there's no excuses not to go. It should be cool show. Gordon is promising a Preppy Relatives show unlike any anyone has ever seen. Sanisoft might (but it looks doubtful) actually have a tape ready for sale at the show. In any case, you can hear a sample of what's to come on James' show on CKDU tomorrow (Tues.) at 1:00. Bob Dan ps. If you are driving to the show, there's lots of free, lit parking in the lot across the street from the new Worwoods.
