Fresh Breath of Mint - Fall 2007

a tribute to nardwuar!

nardwuar versus nirvana!

a carolyn mark tour story!

immaculate machine comics!

growing up mulligan!

we ask 5 questions!

dear shane!

a mint contest!

amigos cantina!

mix tapes!

recipes!

dvd reviews!

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06 Wow, It’s Our Masthead!07 Letters!08 Contest: Dress up Nardwuar!!!11 Nardwuar versus Nirvana!17 Dear Shane!19 30 Musicians Answer 5 Questions!25 Tribute to Nardwuar!36 Contest Details: Dress up Nardwuar!!!38 Bella mixtapes!39 Growing Up Mulligan!41 Andrew Pearson Interviews Nardwuar!44 Saskatoon’s Amigo’s Cantina!45 A Grant Lawrence Amigo’s Story!47 A Carolyn Mark Tour Diary!48 Carolyn Mark Recipes!51 Edmonton’s Listen Records!52 Indie Retailers Map – Canada!54 Indie Retailers Map – USA!56 A Select Mint Records Discography in Colour!58 An Immaculate Machine Comic!59 Happy Bats DVD Reviews!60 A Mint Discography!62 Chet by Elaine Corden!

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Andrew Pearson (Nardwuar interviewAndrew is a part time bon vivant and man abouttown. Co-founder of Vancouver's Red Cat Records,he fondly remembers buying the first Mint Records7"... and still thinks that Tankhog rules.

The Awkward Stage (Dear Shane column) – MintRecords recording artist from Vancouverwww.myspace.com/theawkwardstagebandAvailable Mint items: Heaven is for Easy Girls CDDouble A-Side Series Volume 1 split-7” b/w Youngand SexyYouth was a war. Youth crushed me. All I could dowas play music and goof off to cope. The AwkwardStage came to me in the silence that occurred dur-ing the third dunk of my head into the jr. high toilet.Don't get me wrong, I did my share of dunking too.Which is far more shameful to me. They are honestpop songs. They are pleasant and accessible yetmanage to interest and surprise. You may not likeevery thing I will do, but I promise it will alwayscome from the right place. Sincerely, Shane Nelken(The Awkward Stage)

Bella (mix tape) – Mint Records recording artistfrom Vancouver www.bellamusic.orgNo One Will Know CD (brand new, just released!)

Carolyn Mark (tour diary, mix tape, recipe) – MintRecords recording artist from VictoriaRaised by St. Bernards in the Okanagan Valley,Carolyn Mark was 'discovered' sleeping in the backof Jewel's car in the early nineties. She has touredso much in the past two years, she passed her ownself the other day. Though not really a team player,Miss Mark is pleased to be associated with the MintRecords Empire.Available Mint items:Nothing Is Free CD Just Married: An Album of Duets CDThe Pros and Cons of Collaboration CDTerrible Hostess CDTribute to Soundtrack to Robert Altman’s toNashville compilation CDParty Girl CD

CBC Radio 3 (Dear Shane column) – Vancouver BCwww.cbcradio3.comCBC Radio 3 is a satellite radio station on Sirius 94,broadcasting primarily Canadian independent music24/7. It’s also a website and a podcast, and among

its hosts is presently-dormant Mint Records bandThe Smugglers’ lead singer and hip shaker, GrantLawrence. CBC Radio 3 producer Chris Kelly alsomoonlights as a member of the new Mint Recordssignee, The Choir Practice.

The Choir Practice (Choir Practice Horrorscopes) –Vancouver BC www.myspace.com/thechoirpracticeNaughty choir castoffs get together to reclaim theirrightful place in the cutthroat and fickle genre thatis choral singing. Against all odds, this band of mis-fits rises to fame amongst their peers. It’s a realSin-derella story....Available Mint item: The Choir Practice CD

Elaine Corden (The Back Page article) has beendocumenting Vancouver's independent music andarts scene for nearly 10 years, in large and smallpublications across North America. If you're niceand she thinks yer cute, she'll make you a mix tapeof all she's learned. [email protected].

Immaculate Machine (comics) – Mint Recordsrecording artist from Victoria, of which BrookeGallupe is a member, along with Kathryn Calder andLuke Kozlowski. Catch Immaculate Machine on tourthis summer!Brooke started drawing during long, boring driveswhile he is on tour with Immaculate Machine. He isnot very good at it yet, but it is cute to measure hisprogress. He is inspired generally by the silly thingspeople do.Available Mint items: Fables CD/LPLes Uns Mais Pas Les Autres CD-EPOnes and Zeros CD

Nardwuar the Human Serviette (Nirvana interview– lead singer of the Evaporators and also punk rockjournalist!Available Mint items:Gassy Jack and Other Tales CD/LP coming Oct. 18th

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TheTyee.ca (Kate Mullligan’s article, ElaineCorden’s article)– Visit TheTyee.ca for indendentand influential journalism that covers everythingfrom politics to pole dancing, climate change tofilm critique. And have your say on all of it.

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This 'Mintern' Ship Would SailHiya Minty folks,

RE. "My Day As A Mint Intern." (Vol. 6): How could thisAndrew dude have seen his day in your offices as anythingless than a privilege? Frankly, I'm mystified about how blaséhe seemed.

Let's recap: Drinks with the amazing Carolyn Mark? Packingup copies of the wonderful new Immaculate Machine albumFables with love so they can be sent out into the world togood, caring homes? Preparing promo materials, each with apotential to make another new Mint convert? Meeting themovers and shakers of one of Canada's coolest indie labels?What's not to love about all of that?

But no, he moans about his hangover, and blithely mentionscoming in very, very late. He admits to incorrectly applyingstickers (with no hint of remorse), and likens the work hewas given to "a day at the World Paint Drying Champion-ships" and "time-consuming, brain-numbing yet necessaryJoe jobs." He even considered sneaking out early and fakingthe rest of his article! What, did he think they'd let him steerthe boat? Why accept the internship post at all if you'reclearly not going to try?

The old saying goes that if you're doing something you love,you'll never work a day in your life. Obviously, Andrew needsto stay with whatever it is he actually does (it's never stated,although there are vague references to writing for a living - Iwonder if he works harder at that). Personally, I'd love to trymy hand at being a 'Mintern.' What an opportunity! I alreadylove the bands on Mint, have been treated very well by thefolks there on the occasions I'm in contact with them, andbeing even a small part of getting all of that great music outthere wouldn't seem like work to me at all.

To each their own, I know. But if I lived in the same city asthe Mint offices, I'd be on their front step, a stack of myresumés at hand, ready for the chance. Sounds like a greatday at the office to me.

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Nardwuar: So, Kurt, um, I waited out-side, how was the Toronto show, how didthat go, ’cause I was in Toronto at thattime, when you played at Maple LeafGardens.Krist Novoselic: (with dressing room towelbabushka’d over his head) Don’t say that I’mmaking any kind of ethnic stereotypes. I amnot making any stereotypes because they’renot PC.Nardwuar: Do you remember that showat all Kurt?Kurt Cobain: No.Nardwuar: Maple Leaf Gardens inNovember.Kurt: Umm... that was ummm...Courtney Love: I remember that, with thelittle back stage.Kurt: It was a nice temperature ’cause Ithink it was an ice hockey rink.Nardwuar: Yeah, it was Maple LeafGardens and, um, I waited outside, youknow, for a couple of hours afterwards...waiting for you guys to leave. How did

you eventually leave?Kurt: By limousine and cop escort.Nardwuar: Did you leave pretty early?’Cause like they brought out, you know,the prop, the prop out. And you know, Ikept — I kept on waiting and waitingand then I saw a little mini-van pull outand I thought a guy hopped over theback seat. Was that you? Like did youwait like two hours or did, like did I waitfor nothing ’cause you’d already left?Courtney: We left right away. Bam-bam.We did.Kurt: I just remember leaving... prettymuch right after the show. Within about 20minutes or so. I met one of the guys fromThe Kids in the Hall, Scott. He’s a nice per-son.Krist: That’s right! We were mingling withfamous people. They’d never talk to hackslike you. Fuck no! They’re on TV everynight.Kurt: Unless you, of course, push your wayin.

Krist: On Comedy Central, and on theCanadian TV and they know LorneMichaels. We — I got to meet LorneMichaels and Don Pardo and everybody.Because we’re famous people.Nardwuar: During the 1960s Kurt, therewas a big punk scene as you realize, inthe Northwest. You know, the the Sonics,the Wailers, the–Kurt: I hate the Sonics. They’re stupid.Courtney: No they’re not.Nardwuar: The... the Bootmen.Kurt: Um-hmm.Nardwuar: The Wailers and all thoseother bands. And I was reading, thatumm... your good friend, Jesse Reed, hisdad played in a surf band that released asurf record?Kurt: That’s true.Courtney: [laughs] Isn’t that weird that he-how do you know that? Where did you readthat?Kurt: What were they called? It was called“The Bagpiper.”


It was January 4, 1994 and Nirvana had just played at the PNE Forum inVancouver, BC Canada. Nardwuar the Human Serviette was waiting with hopesof getting backstage after speaking with David Grohl the night before. Just as

security was about to remove him by force, Courtney Love spotted him, giving hima backstage pass and pulling him through the door to an experience he wouldn’tsoon forget. When asked how he felt about the encounter, Nardwuar respondedwith, (add distortion)“AHHHHHHHHH!!!!” So now, here it is, the fully tran-scibed interview....



Nardwuar: What was the name of their–Courtney: Where did you read that?Nardwuar: Uhh... Come As You Are.Kurt: What was the name of their band?Krist: The Beachcombers.Kurt: The Beachcombers, yeah.Courtney: Come As You Are? What do youmean, Come As You Are? The book?Nardwuar: Yeah.Courtney: Oh, Michael Azerrad.Kurt: Ummm.Courtney: He’s obsessed with Jesse Reed.Nardwuar: ’Cause the TheBeachcombers... were they pretty cool? Ithought, like I love those ’60s wailingfrat garage bands of the Northwest.Kurt: No, they didn’t, have much taste.Courtney: Wasn’t he a born again?Kurt: It was pretty generic. He’s a bornagain now.Courtney: Didn’t he kick you out of thehouse?Kurt: Yes, he did. He tried to revive me fora while.Nardwuar: He also said in that book thatyour Uncle Chuck was in a garage band too, and he releasedrecords... or did he releaseanything?Kurt: No.Courtney: His Aunt Maryput out records.Nardwuar: Really?Kurt: She put out a single.She financed it herself. She’sa country and western bornagain Christian. And myUncle Chuck was in a, uh,couple of bar bands, youknow, they just played coverslike Creedence Clearwater.He had a Lucite drum set,and he was left handed, andhe wasn’t very good.Courtney: Was that Chuck with the redhair?Kurt: Um-hmm.Courtney: Was that the Chuck that’s gay?Kurt: No.Courtney: Oh. Is that the one that we go...went to Christmas? That one, Chuck? Thenice one.Kurt: Right.Courtney: With the son that has, yourcousin who has the other band.Kurt: Although he went to jail one time for,um, exposing himself.Courtney: Green, from Bellevue. That’s hiscousin’s band.Nardwuar: Did you first meet Courtney,and this is Courtney Love, did you... I’veheard, because we’re here in Canada.Vancouver, BC, Canada. I heard arumour, I think I might have read it inInterview Magazine, that Kurt andCourtney met at a D-Kurt: [cough] [cough] [cough]...[cough-cough, cough] [cough]Courtney: Stop! That’s rude.Nardwuar: Aaa... Did you first meet at a

D.O.A. gig? In Portland, Oregon?Kurt: Um-hmm. [Kurt slyly flips offNardwuar while holding pizza slice]Courtney: [Laughs]Nardwuar: So there is really a Canadianconnection then. Kurt: Wasn’t it No Means No?... It was oneof our shows!Courtney: D.O.A.Kurt: It was our show.... It was my show. Iplayed with D.O.A. a couple of times. Idon’t remember where.Nardwuar: But was that... was... aCanadian connection, a Canadian bandhas something to do with Kurt andCourtney?Kurt: Like, yes. I don’t, honestly I don’tremember which show it was.Courtney: I was too drunk.Kurt: Me too.Nardwuar: Do you remember your firsttime in Canada at all, Kurt?Kurt: No... I might have been a small child.I visited some gardens. We went across on aferry, in Vancouver.Nardwuar: Butchart Gardens?

Kurt: Right. I was a small child.Nardwuar: That’s actually where NoMeans No are from.Kurt: Umm.Courtney: Victoria.Nardwuar: And the Neos, a legendaryspeed band.Kurt: Um-hmm.Nardwuar: And if it wasn’t for the Neos–Courtney: Our nanny’s from Victoria.Nardwuar: Yeah, that’s what I was goingto say. You have a Canadian nanny,another Canadian connection.Courtney: We like Canada, B.C. We don’tlike the rest of it so much.Nardwuar: What is her name? What Isyour nanny’s name?Courtney: His name’s, uhh, Mike.Nardwuar: And his, uh, does he have agirlfriend?Courtney: Jessica, yeah.Nardwuar: I think she might have been,she might be from Vancouver too, right?Courtney: No, she’s from Minneapolis. Shehas that fanzine, uhh, you know thatfanzine that’s called Hit It or Quit It. She’s a

riot grrl person. She’s like 15.Nardwuar: Now Krist here, Krist, comeover here for a minute. This is Chris ofthe rock and roll band, Nirvana.Krist: Hi.Nardwuar: Now, Chris, you worked earli-er on in your life at Taco Bell.Krist: Um-hmm.Nardwuar: Do you realize there are noTaco Bells in Canada?Krist: Good for you.Nardwuar: Actually, at least in BC.Krist: ’Cause there’s no Mexicans inCanada.Nardwuar: Actually, there’s one inAlberta, there’s some in Alberta.Krist: That’s right.Nardwuar: So, do you think that’s con-tributed at all to the growth of bands inB.C. that we do not have a Taco Bell? Isthis a good or a bad thing?Krist: I don’t know man. Canada can beethnically diverse, which is beautiful, part ofthe... thing ’n stuff, but judging, uh...Nardwuar: Actually you look like aDoukhobor when you put that thing on.

[referring to towel onKrist’s head]Krist: Doukhobor are awe-some, man. They’re awe-some!Nardwuar: They’re anar-chists.Krist: Are there stillDoukhobor around?Nardwuar: Yeah, there are.Krist: Yeah, um, I’m reallyinto the Doukhobor.... Theyused to run around nakedand, um, they were fromRussia, right?Nardwuar: Yup.Krist: And they had theiranarchist colony. How did

they go under? I forgot.Nardwuar: I think there was some riotsand stuff. They’re still going strong. Andthey, they were–Krist: I am the next Doukhobor messiah.See, you can tell by the way I spit food outand by the way it’s caught in my... mouth.Nardwuar: And they’re from Canada, too.Another Canadian connection. On umm,page 226, of Come As You Are, MichaelAzerrad quotes Canadian rockers, Sloan.Kurt: I don’t know who they areKrist: If I was your dad, I’d...Courtney: Jackie’s boyfriend. Jackie Ferry,remember.Krist: If I was your dad, I’d whoop your ass!Courtney: Remember the guy, the Sloanband. They were on our label. They’recalled the Sloan band.Kurt: Oh yeah.Courtney: They’re from, umm, Halifax.Nardwuar: And they’re quoted in yourbook. Are there any mistakes in, theCome As You Are book?Kurt: I don’t know.Nardwuar: ’Cause I noticed on page 226,

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I am the next Doukhobormessiah. See, you can tellby the way I spit food outand by the way it’s caught

in my... mouth.–Krist Novaselic–


in reference to the Deep Six comp,“Except for the art-rock, U-men, all mixvarying amounts of punk, 70’s style hardrock, and proletarian and heavy-metalinto a crude but effective musical mon-grel.” The U-men, art rock?Kurt: I’d say so, yeahNardwuar: I thought they were coolpunk rock, sort of cool ’60s sort ofgarage Sonic-y.Courtney: Birthday Party.Kurt: Punk, all art punk. Birthday Party,Scratch Acid....Courtney: Birthday Party was art rock.Kurt: Did you ever see them live?Nardwuar: No I didn’t. I did buy the StepOn a Bug, no, the, “Dig it baby, dig itbaby, dig it.” single.Kurt: That was after the fact. That was yearsafter they’d been a band and playing aroundSeattle for a really long time. I would...Iwould classify them as art rock, Classic artrock.Nardwuar: I knew they were cool, actual-ly when I saw Tom Price, a picture ofhim when he played at the Commodore.

When he backed up the Cramps. He hadtape over one of his guitar knobs.Courtney: Yeah, I thought they were coolwhen I saw one of them walking down analley and I thought he was cute.Nardwuar: And also–Kurt: He played a Mustang. He was one ofthe first people I ever saw play a MustangCourtney: They were wearing trench coats.There were two of them. Me and Kat[Bjelland, of Babes In Toyland] were like,we should move here. That guy’s cute.Kurt: They were cute.Courtney: Yeah, they were like cute guys.And.. kinda cool. That’s good for a scene. Ithink you’re desperately trying to start ascene. Is that the deal?Nardwuar: No, I just—Courtney: You want a scene so bad yourgoing to make one. You’re just going toclose your eyes ‘till you get one. Is that it?Nardwuar: On page 190–Courtney: You have an inferiority complexabout this scene here. I don’t think youshould.Nardwuar: No! I’m not! I’m just saying,

on page 190... on page 190, the “TeenSpirit,” in brackets, video, shot for amodest $33,000?Courtney: I don’t believe that.Kurt: I don’t know.Nardwuar: That’s what it says in thebook. Just trying to find errors here withKurt and Courtney.Kurt: I haven’t read the book. I, I’veskimmed through it a few times but I’venever read it from front to back.Nardwuar: And on page 154, the last ofour analyzation, thank you Kurt andCourtney, on page 154, the book says,“the heavy, Bonhamesque drumming thatNirvana requires”?Kurt: Yeah... sure.Nardwuar: You know the drummer (actu-ally bassist Chris Freeman) from PansyDivision is from Aberdeen, Kurt? Kurt: No... I didn’t know that.Nardwuar: You know, “Smells Like QueerSpirit”?Kurt: Yeah... I had no idea.Nardwuar: Have any other bands comefrom Aberdeen?


Tuesday January 4, 1994PNE Forum, Vancouver, BC, Canada


Kurt: The Melvins and Metal Church.Nardwuar: What are the thrift shopsthere like?Kurt: Um, they’re not that great. Peopledidn’t have very good taste... in the ’60s and’70s. You know usually that’s the kind ofstuff I that I look for. No lava lamps, nocool patterned shirts or anything.Nardwuar: Did you ever see any Farfisamini-compact organs?... With like thatquivering vibrato. I’m really desperatelylooking for one of those.Kurt: I don’t know. Maybe not in Aberdeen.Nardwuar: Wasn’t there also surfing inAberdeen, like at Westport?Kurt: Hmm.. I don’t know, I’ve never gonein the ocean.Nardwuar: Because apparently it hassome–Kurt: I don’t even want to go in the oceanthere.Courtney: Didn’t you dig for clams?Kurt: I dug for clams a few times, yes.Courtney: That’s going in the ocean. That’sthe same thing.Nardwuar: I know you’re going to likethis, Courtney, but I also read in MixMagazine. Sorry, Mix Magazine–Courtney: Wow! You getaround! He reads more mag-azines than me.Nardwuar: Well not really.We get a free subscriptionat CiTR radio. And this isfor CiTR radio.Courtney: Well I buy mostof the magazines I read.Nardwuar: OK, $5.95 forMix Magazine, and it said,Butch Vig was talkingabout the NirvanaNevermind album, and hesaid he sampled some gui-tar riffs. Is this true? Icouldn’t believe it.Kurt: Sampled? Guitar riffs?Courtney: Yeah, Andy Wallace does that.He has like a little Macintosh and he’s got acouple like snare sounds and guitar sounds.Kurt: Sampling guitar riffs? I don’t think so.Courtney: No, not riffs, sounds.Kurt: He...I think Andy Wallace sampled afew different sounds for the drums. Tomake them sound better, according to him.Nardwuar: What’s the idea behind put-ting a lot, behind, you know, putting alot of mics on a drum? I know you sayyou don’t really like the Sonics totally,but I really love that sort of like one gui-tar–Kurt: I, I have to admit their, yeah theSonics recorded very, very cheaply on a twotrack you know, and they just used one, onemicrophone over the drums and, and theygot the most amazing drum sound I’ve everheard. Still to this day, it’s still my favoritedrum sound. It sounds like he’s hittingharder than anyone I’ve ever known.Nardwuar: And I have some good news–Kurt: Don’t you agree?

Nardwuar: It’s amazing. I have somegood news for you Kurt. Do you knowthat where the Sonics recorded, AudioRecording in Seattle with Kearney Bartonis still around and you can actually stillrecord there?Kurt: Really. Wow.Nardwuar: The Young Fresh Fellows, pio-neers in that sound, you know, goinginto Egg Studios and stuff. They recordeda new track off their CD there, 99 Girls,right at that studio. Kearney BartonAudio. You can check it out. Like thesame guy is there that recorded TheSonics.Krist: Who was born in, uh, 1842.Nardwuar: No, he wasn’t born in 1842.But I think that band Teengenerate fromJapan, did that. And in Japan, they don’tseem to have too much vinyl, do they?Courtney: Aren’t they into vinyl in Japan?They’re into anything classic Americanaren’t they? I don’t know. I don’t go thereoften.Nardwuar: Kurt, what is Geffen’s positionon vinyl? Like is it easy to release seveninches? Can you release them domestical-ly?

Kurt: Not usually domestically. Only inEngland, and Europe especially. We always,they’ve always offered to print vinyl for usbecause they know we’re, we like that kindof thing. So, it’s been no problem. I don’tthink it ever will be as long as there’s, atleast one place somewhere that’ll printvinyl, they’ll still do it.Courtney: The Breeders sold 150 copies oftheir vinyl,.. in the States. 150 copies. Isn’tthat weird?Kurt: Umm.Nardwuar: How much did Spencer Eldenreceive from the Nirvana camp?Courtney: A lot. A lo-lot. You know why...?Nardwuar: And Spencer Elden is who?Courtney: The guy from Nirvana, right?Nardwuar: The little baby on the cover.Courtney: Oh, Spencer!Nardwuar: Yeah.Courtney: Oh that’s the guy we’re going tohave at dinner... when he grows up. Ithought you meant the Nirva — the guysfrom Nirvana.

Kurt: I don’t know. It was a lot cheaperthan the picture that we wanted to use.Nardwuar: What’s PA equipment like inSouth America? Tonight I noticed youhad quite an extensive PA and it sound-ed, I thought, really good. What’s PA—Krist: .A is for pathetic asshole!Nardwuar: What are — what is the PAlike, in South America? What are theylike? What are the tech crews there like?Courtney: Peavey.Kurt: Univox.Nardwuar: Has your tech, does your techcrew, has it improved your sound? Doyou think like in South America, werethey freaking out? What was it like there?Kurt:I don’t remember.Nardwuar: ’Cause I once heard—Kurt: I shot coke with Alice in Chains allnight, that’s all I remember.Courtney: Ohh!... [Laugh]Nardwuar: Kurt, did you really customdesign a guitar? Your own special littlemodel?Kurt: Yeah.Nardwuar: How many models are there?And can I buy one?Kurt: I don’t know. I don’t know if it’s gone

into production yet. I don’tknow if it will be availablefor the public. It’s up tothem to decide. But what Ibasically, well, what I did is Itook a picture of a Mustang,a Polaroid picture of aMustang and a picture of aJaguar and then cut them inhalf and glued them togetherand told them to build that.So that’s what it is. It’s theJag-Stang.Nardwuar: What otherbands, Kurt, have played inArgentina? Like you playedthere. What was itlike...were you one of the

first bands to play there, d’ya know?Kurt: I don’t think so. I’ve heard that SkidRow played there.Nardwuar: Have any other melodic-punkbands played there?Kurt: I do not know. We played with theChili Peppers that night.Nardwuar: Ever heard of the Canadianband, Saga before?Kurt: Yeah, I think so. Are they a pop metalband?Nardwuar: I think they played inArgentina. Kurt, what did you think ofthe last Flipper LP?Kurt: [gestures with hand] Ehh.. OK.Nardwuar: What were Björn Again likefrom Europe?Kurt: Wonderful. Uncanny. Amazing. Theylooked exactly and sounded exactly likeAbba.Nardwuar: Are they better than Rain, atribute to the Beatles?Kurt: I’ve never seen them.Nardwuar: They had a big center spread

“”

I took a a Polaroid picture of aMustang and a picture of a

Jaguar and then cut them in halfand glued them together and

told them to build that. So that’swhat it is. It’s the Jag-Stang.

–Kurt Cobain–



in The Rocket [Seattle music newspaper].Kurt: Umm.Nardwuar: Are you ever going to getScreamin’ Jay Hawkins to try and backyou up again?Kurt: We tried, but it fell through. I wouldlike to try again.Nardwuar: Anybody else, cool, that youthink you would bring up, bring up withyou and back you up? Like I was think-ing the Sweet maybe and get Kurt Blochto guest on guitar.Kurt: That wouldn’t be too hard, would it?Nardwuar: No, or maybe Village Peoplewould be no problem. Anybody elseyou’ve been thinking of?Kurt: Well those are two hatjust ran through my mind.Um... No, not really.Buzzcocks...Buzzcocks...We’ve had someamazing bands play with uson this tour. We had, um,the Boredoms, the MeatPuppets, and, um, gee whoelse, Jawbreaker.Nardwuar: But noBonham or Quiet Riot oranything?Kurt: Not yet.Nardwuar: Courtney said—Kurt: At the Riviera SteakHouse... in a couple ofyears.Nardwuar: Courtneysaid that Geffen, Kurt,made 55 million dol-lars off you and youguys only–Courtney: I was quot-ing the Wall StreetJournal.Nardwuar: And youguys only got a mil-lion. Where did themoney go?Kurt: [laughing] ToGeffen! Courtney: That’s theway it’s always been. Iexplained that to you.It’s like a white guygiving a black guy aCadillac. Kurt: I walked into David’sroom one day and I said, listen man, I feellike I’m gettin’ ripped off. And he said, lookoutside, there’s a Cadillac for ya’. And Itook it. Then I just, you know, I just forgotabout tryin’ to get my royalties from him.And it turns out, the fucking Cadillac wasrented. Can you believe it?Nardwuar: If Nirvana has total control,Kurt, I was wondering, slightly, aboutticket prices for gigs. Is there any way tomake tickets and T-shirts universally thesame? i.e., $10 to get into the gig and$10 for a shirt?Kurt: No...unless you’re Fugazi.

Krist: You Canadian communist mother-fucker, you!!Nardwuar: Has any band ever tried thatbefore? I mean on a major label youknow, because you have perhaps, morecontrol over what’s going on. You couldmaybe, because you guys were playing ata cool place tonight. Like it’s small. It’snot a big coliseum.Kurt: Mm-hmm. I don’t know. I don’tknow, really.Courtney: It’s like, Nardwuar, it’s reallyexpensive. You can’t break even.Kurt: It’s really expensive to bring your ownPA system and lights and stuff. You barely

break even.

Nardwuar: Do you know what? You andAxl (Rose)have something in common,Kurt.Kurt: [Sarcastically] Yeah, a lot.Nardwuar: You both sing in, uh, fakedEnglish accents, as he does on TheSpaghetti Incident. On the new UK Substrack. Did you check that out?Kurt: No I haven’t.Nardwuar: Actually he sort of kicks ass.That Guns n’ Roses recording of the UKSubs. ’Cause you mentioned in yourbook that you actually record, or thebook about you, Come As You Are, you

sing with a fake English accent.Kurt: Mm-hmm. What can I say, I’m adeath rocker.Nardwuar: Have you ever thought of par-tying with Bill Gates at all? Finally wind-ing up here, Kurt.Kurt: Who’s that?Nardwuar: Bill Gates, from Microsoft.Partying with Bill Gates.Kurt: Oh...Nardwuar: ’Cause you know, who are thetwo newest members of the Seattle scene,Kurt? Here’s a trick question for ya.Courtney: [Laughing] Bill Gates.Nardwuar: Microsoft and Nintendo! Andfinally, Kurt–

Courtney: Is Nintendo in Nirv —in, uh, Seattle now,

Nardwuar?Nardwuar: It is! It’s basedout of Seattle. And final-ly, Kurt Cobain of therock and roll band,Nirvana, If Frances Farmerwill have her revenge onSeattle, who will have theirrevenge on Vancouver?Kurt: Pete Reno.Courtney: Wasn’t LindsayWagner from here?Kurt: I dun’no.Nardwuar: Who?Courtney: Eddie Munster.Eddie Munster, he’s fromVancouver, right?Nardwuar: Uh, Kurt?Kurt: Pete Reno, I said it.Nardwuar: Who’s Pete Reno?Kurt: You know.Courtney: Oh, Loverboy!Right.Nardwuar: Oh, Mike Reno.That — that’s Mike Rynowskiactually.Kurt: Oh, Pete Reno is this halfretarded person that went to myhigh school. Sorry.Nardwuar: And he is going tobe on Exploitation Records?Kurt: Mmm hmmm.Nardwuar: Ah Kurt? Dootdoola doot doo… Courtney: [Laughs] You know toomuch!Nardwuar: Kurt! Doot dooladoot doo… Doot doola dootdoo…

Kurt: [laughs] Doot doo.

Check out thisinterview onNardwuar’snew Welcometo My CastleDVD! 2 discs!

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Hey Shane, this is Mikey from Priestess. Iwas wondering, being a cat lover, howwould I go about being on the road somuch and having to leave a cat athome, unattended? Should I not haveone? What should I do in order to maintain my relationship with my catwhile I'm so busy all the time?

Thanks.

MikeyPriestess

Ok, great question, Mikey. I also applaudyou for breaking down stereotypes. People think met-alheads are out there biting the heads off bats — he'sworrying about his cat. And, I love you for it.

Who's the little metalhead? Who's the little head-banger? You are. Yes you are. Aren't cha. Aren't cha.

It is however tough for me to relate. As a singlefather, I just leave my dog at home with my two yearold. That way, they both have company, two birds —one stone, between the howling and crying, burglersare thwarted and my records are adequately protect-ed.

But, if you are going to be touring for long periods oftime, it is not fair to leave a child or a pet alone, athome. I was actually kidding before; I actually haveno children or pets. Well, no pets that I know about.

You will find they can be destructive if you are awayfor long periods. You could come home to find theyhave sprayed your stereo headphones or canoedtheir asses across every inch of your carpet, or left lit-tle brown Kit-Kats on your pillow.

Often, what I would do. I would preemptively spray

all my furnature and everything I own myself. Just getmy scent on everything. I still do it, even though I nolonger have a cat. I'll spray everything. I'll build a pil-low effigy in my own clothes, sit it in a chair in frontof the TV and just soak it in my scent before I leave.You can try that — a scent soaked pillow effigy.

The obvious thing, is find someone that the cat knowsto pop in once in a while and visit, feed it. But, I can-not stress this enough. Do a background check on thisperson. I remember once, I got an acquaintance topop in and it turns out, he was a raging fur-vert andan amateur taxidermist. You just don't want to comehome after a long tour to discover your little precioushas been turned into a bong.

Well, Mikey, I hope I have helped out in some smallway. And, for those of you with any questions for me,please feel free to call our toll free line 1 877 9556565 and leave me a message. It may be you thatgets blown away by my next wisdom bomb.

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John CollinsThe Evaporators, Thee Goblins, and TheNew Pornographers1. I have played the electric guitar since Iwas about 13. I developed some tendonproblems in my hands and at about 19 Istopped playing the guitar. A couple of yearslater I got a call from my friend DavidCarswell asking me If I felt like playingsome bass in the Evaporators. I thought itsounded like fun. It is. That was in about1990.2. Wanted to be a compotent skateboarder.Librarian. Marine Biologist. Member ofKraftwerk.3. Steely Dan4. Devo, The Who, Sly Stone, everyone onmy iPod actually. This would be a big partywith thousands of guests so I think I'darrange a nice Indian buffet. Everyone couldjust sit and eat off their laps. Oh and ofcourse an open bar. And later, we could haveus a champagne jam!5. Here's a recent photo of me doing HotYoga.

Brooke GallupeImmaculate Machine1. Electric guitar. I was recruited in grade sixby my cooler and more talented friend forhis band that was scheduled to play at theschool talent show. I had never played guitarbut I promptly went out and bought oneand signed up for lessons. I was hopeless fora really long time.2. I have gone through many fanciful careerdreams that make my parents nervous,including rock and roll star.3. Jonathan Richman – I, JonathanKimya Dawson – Remember That I Love You

The Strokes – First ImpressionsIt's a 3-disc changer.4. I would have a big vegan feast with JohnStuart Mill and John Rawls.5. I have already flaunted all my minor tal-ents (French language, comic drawing) sonothing is a secret anymore.

Jenny SmythThe Organ1. I like to play the organ. I first wanted toplay it at hockey stadiums. But then Ilearned about the organ's capacity in othertypes of music.2. a hockey player in the NHL3. Well, someone is watching a video (witha very musical soundtrack, but I don't knowwhat artist is playing in the video) so mystereo is off. But I was listening to theTalking Heads' "(Nothing But) Flowers"before the video went on. The computerstereo was on random.4. I'd invite Jane Goodall and 15 chimps.And serve veggies that my mom grows.5. I have a special (unfortunate) talent formaking up stupid lyrics to popular songs.usually I make the lyrics meaningful to a sit-uation that I'm in. Like I work in a grocerystore right now and I sing about all the veg-gies (Lighter Shade of Kale, We Got theBeets, etc). I'm pretty sure I'll get fired for it.

HammThe Evaporators, Canned Hamm, Slow1. I play the bass guitar and keyboards. Ichose the piano at age 6 because my bestfriend was taking lessons and he kicked ass.I took piano lessons till I was 14 then my

parents sold the piano 'cause I was doinglousy in school. As part of my earlyteenage rebellion I started a punk rockband with my friends called Chuck andthe Sucks. I chose the bass because it onlyhad four strings so it was easier to playthan the guitar!2. I wanted to play in the Friendly Giantsband.3. The Great White North: Bob and DougMcKenzie... You asked.4. Bob and Doug Mackenzie... It's obvi-ous what I'd serve.5. I juggle marshmallows (see attachedphoto).

Jenn ChycoskiThe Choir Practice1. I am a vocalist and a keyboard player. Istarted singing before I could talk. I usedto follow my Dad around when I was lit-tle, singing what he was playing on thetrumpet. My first words ever spoken, orrather sang, were the lyrics to the TomJones song "Delilah". Only I sang "Whywhy why Dee-ya-ya."

My parents bought a piano and I start-ed playing when I was 7 years old.2. I wanted to be a marine biologist, thena veterinarian. I am currently neither.3. Everything in my 5-disc CD playerright now is from local artists in Van. Afew are newer additions, and the others Iplay relentlessly: Sinoia Caves, InteriorDesign, Bossanova, D. Trevlon and TheModelos.4. I would have St. Francis of Assisi overfor dinner and I would serve him myvegan version of Ukranian perohe withborscht and a gourmet Caesar salad sansoeuf, anchovy and with veggie parmesan(I know, some of you would say that it'snot gourmet then, but I'm sure St. Franciswould have it no other way).5. I volunteer some of my spare time atanimal shelters.

Tiffany Garrett Sotomayorbella1. My role in bella is playing drums + alittle guitar here and there. I started withdrums when I was about 5. My mom

1. What instrument did you play and why you chose it?2. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?3. What is in your stereo right now?4. If you could host a dinner party and invite anyone in history,

who would you choose and what would you serve them?5. Do you have any secret talents or hobbies?



cleaned out some ice cream tubs and gaveme the empty containers and some pencilsfor "sticks"... I've been drumming eversince! And guitar, well I guess my favoriteband inspired me to do that!2. a musician... and for a short while a vet-erinarian.3. A guilty pleasure which shall remainnameless! Well, maybe I shouldn't feel soguilty about it because they are doing quitewell right now but Im just not sure I feellike letting the "cat out of the bag" on thisone.4. My Uncle Todd. Insignificant to othersbut would mean the world to me. I guessthat's a personal one!5. BOXING !! (snapshot attached)

Shane NelkenThe Awkward Stage1. Awesomeness is my instrument and itchose me.2. Taller. (still waiting)3. Sam Cooke as usual.4. I would have to say...Adolph Hitler. Iwould probably serve my signature Razzle-Dazzle Berry Poison Mystery Puffs. (TheMystery is they contain high levels of sugar,butter, and a fatal dose of Aconite w/ artifi-cial razzle berry flavouring)5. I can put my entire foot in my mouth.

Jesse GanderGhost House and Operation Makeoutrecording engineer, The Hive Studios1. I play the electric piano. I chose itbecause my parents had a real piano in ourliving room when I was growing up, butreal pianos are too heavy to bring to gigs, soelectric it is!2. I wanted to be a piano player, or a skate-boarder, or a chef. All the things iI stillwant to be.3. Cult Cargo – Belize City Boil UpJonathan Richman – Revolution SummerDinosaur Jr. – Beyond4. I would choose Jonathan Richman. Idon't what I would serve him, but I knowwhat I wouldn't serve him: meat, fish,dairy, alcohol, drugs.

5. I am the omelet master for Canada'steam breakfast. Just ask anyone who's everbeen lucky enough to have a sleepover atmy house.

Rod SlaughterNovillero and Duotang1. Most of my music life I've played thebass. When I was a teenager I was alwaysdrawn to the sound of the bass (as playedby people like John Entwhistle or PaulMcCartney) and thought it was the by farthe coolest instrument. Now I play key-boards, and I'm not entirely sure why.2. A struggling musician who has to slog itout in the 9 to 5 world to pay their rent.Actually, for a while there I also wanted tobe a fighter pilot. 3. Serge Gainsbourg 4. Easy! Peter Sellers. I'd order in. 5. I'm a fantastic dancer.

Morgan McDonaldThe Buttless Chaps and Fond of Tigers1. Keyboards. I've played piano since I wasfour and I like the versatility and polypho-ny.2. Grown-ups would always ask me if I wasgoing to become a "mathematician" but Inoticed that none of them were mathemati-cians and I didn't really see it as a viablecareer option. Instead I opted for appliedmath (engineering and music).3. Hmmm. It's empty. Lately I've been lis-tening to The Signal on CBC Radio2.4. Beethoven, Buddha, and Bjork. Cheese,chutney, and chocolate.5. I will eat whatever is put in front of me.This is both a talent and a hobby.

Maya MillerThe Pack1. Drums. First – hitting things...good.Second – patience – I barely have any.Third – visual learner – drums very muchright in front of me. Fourth – subtlety...notmy speciality. And Fifth – I can only singLed Zeppelin's "Black Dog"...see below....2. A bus driver first, but then I wanted to

be Indiana Jones, which was far more prac-tical.3. Dead Prez.4. Union General William TecumsehSherman. ANYTHING HE WANTED.He'll just take what he wants anyway...bet-ter to go quietly.5. Karaoke. I can't sing "real" for shit, but Ican sing "Black Dog" with such convictionand fierceness, you might swear it's RobertPlant or his dim-witted cousin right infront of you. Seriously, it's won me prizes.Oh, also pretty good at Hall & Oates: Ican't go for that – the trick? Just give it ahint of some undescernable accent, oh, andhave my hair oh, and my dance moves...onsecond thought, maybe only I should singHall & Oates songs.

Grant LawrenceCBC Radio 3 and The Smugglers1. Saxophone, because that's what RichieCunningham played on Happy Days.2. A naturalist and a television talk showhost.3. Two Hours Traffic – Little Jabs4. Clint Eastwood, Jimmy Stewart,Margaret Cho, Herge, Ricky Gervais,William Shakespeare, Richard Lewis,Lucille Ball, Jerry Lee Lewis. We'd haveBBQ'd salmon with a maple and gingerglaze, freshly sautéed scallops in garlic but-ter, green beans, nugget potatoes, andSleeman's Silvercreek Lager.5. I know how to find the asshole of a koalabear.

David GowansThe Buttless Chaps and Cloudsplitter1. I mostly play the acoustic guitar & somebanjo — I tried dabbling on the keyboards& a friend lent me her guitar to fiddlearound with, I found myself playing it morethan the keyboards and decided that it wasright for me, I learnt my basic chords whilewatching Northern Exposure reruns on TV.2. A member of Duran Duran, It's prettyembarrassing actually. I used to imaginethat I had a studio built onto the side of myparents house (while being frustrated prac-

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ticing the clarinet). Simon, Nick, Roger,Andy, John and I would hang out andwrite music. Since they were a full band, Ihad a Miami sound machine style percus-sion setup, with a little synth as well. A sideplayer of sorts, but more involved in theircreative process. Not much has changedreally, except that I don't fit into my DuranDuran shirt anymore.3. I have been listening to a lot of stuff byThe National, the new Jarvis Cocker record(and some older Pulp), The Gulag Orkestarby Beirut is a good one as well...4. Duran Duran! Just kidding.... I think Iwould like to have met Hunter S.Thompson. I would smoke a whole pig inthe backyard with some Slaw and plenty ofprescription drugs, firearms and booze sothat he could tell me some of his Gonzojournalism stories & Hells Angel adven-tures..5. I am quite proficient when it comes tothe exterminating of rodents & other pestsfrom Vancouver households.. swift andaccurate with a shoe is essential living inroof rat haven here in Vancouver.

Todd FanceyThe New Pornographers and Fancey1. Chose guitar because my dad playedguitar and so did Pete Townshend.2. In a band or a pilot.3. BJ Thomas.4. I would choose Jim Morrison and servehim a McRib and some iced tea.5. Ankle tickling with a fresh piece of ice-berg lettuce.

Cameron Fraserbella1. I play guitar for the most part, althoughI'd taken lessons on piano and guitar as akid but dropped out within a year or twoof starting both. When I started listeningto music as a teenager I decided I wantedto learn to play bass because it only hadfour strings and they were really fat, so Ithought it'd be easier. I borrowed an oldacoustic guitar from my aunt to practice onbecause I couldn't afford to buy an actual

bass, and just ended up learning to playguitar instead. I actually gave up about twoweeks after getting the thing and put itunder my bed and promptly forgot aboutit. About six months later I found it againand tried playing a few chords and to myamazement could, so I learned a few simpleREM songs and would play them over andover as fast as I could, and from there start-ed writing my own songs. I haven't lookedback since.2. When I was a kid I (for whatever rea-son) wanted to be the curator of a muse-um. I didn't have any idea of what wasactually involved (still don't), but I thoughtmummies were cool (you know, fromEgypt), so I think that's where that camefrom. And then I wanted to be an account-ant.3. I just bought a whole bunch of stuff byThe Verve, as well as Richard Ashcroft'sAlone With Everybody.4. Hmm, I'd invite Jason and RonnieMartin (from Starflyer 59 and Joy Electric,respectively), Matt Sharp era Weezer (thewhole band, that is), and Jesus (that waterinto wine thing would come in handy,methinks). I'd also invite all my friendsfrom back home in Saskatchewan, as wellas my family. I'd probably end up servingSidekicks and Kraft Dinner, because that'sabout all I know how to make. Maybe aDelissio pizza or two, also. And lot's ofwater.5. My current hobby is taking old crappycomputers that I get for free from peopleand fixing them up with stuff I buy oneBay. They're still old and crappy, but to alesser extent. Then I play the computergames I used to play when I was 13 onthem. My secret talent is that I'm a Jedi,but don't tell.

Eden FinedayVancougar1. I play the guitar and I sing. I've alwayswanted to play guitar and sing. I still havemy first diary from when I was seven. In it,I wrote, "When I grow up, I want to besinger in a rock band." My idol wasDeborah Harry.

2. See above.3. Lately I have been into Peter Bjorn andJohn and Band of Horses. And the newGoodnight Loving, Crooked Lake.4. Hmm.. I get nervous when I have tocook for people. Maybe Beethoven, becauseBratwurst and potatoes are pretty easy tocook. And maybe he'd bring a choir withhim. I like choirs.5. Hmm. I am a good personal shopper.Sorry, no photographs are available. But ifyou ever want some help picking out a hotoutfit, give me a shout.

Katie LapiGhost House and Operation Makeout1. Guitar. I'm pretty sure I chose it becauseI thought it would be easier to play thandrums (my arms get tired playing drums!).So um...I guess lack of upper arm strengthor laziness.2. Older and wiser. I got it half right.3. Dinosaur Jr., Tilly and the Wall, andPeter Bjorn & John.4. I'd invite Bjork, Steve Martin, BruceSpringsteen, Tina Turner, and Frida Kahlo,and and I'd serve them salted watermelon,green tea matcha lattes, caprese saladkabobs, and crème brûlée.5. Secret Talents....hmmm I wish I couldput on my lipstick like Molly Ringwald inThe Breakfast Club. But I guess I'd have toactually wear lipstick to do that. I guess myhidden talent is my ability to dance brushmy teeth for like 5-10 mins straight. I'mpretty good at that.

Lucy BrainYoung and Sexy1. Voice. It chose me. I dabble in keys,drums, guitar…but nothing seems to comeas naturally as singing. I'm lazy really.Although percussion/drumming/piano issomething I would really like to improveat. What's this thing called rehearsing Ikeep hearing about?2. Ballet dancer, detective, fashion designer,marine biologist, girl group singer…in thatorder.3. Queens of the Stone Age – Era Vulgaris

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4. Otis Redding, Stevie Wonder, RickDanko, Bjork, my granddad Gordon, KateBush, Josh Homme, Billie Holiday, JackWhite and PJ Harvey. Oh and I guess I'dlike Paul there.To start perhaps I'd do a spinach salad

with some thinly sliced apple, cured Serranoham and a balsamic reduction (like I justhad in Barcelona!) The main would be Bajastyle fish tacos with barbequed halibut,freshly made corn tortillas, cabbage, gua-camole, salsa…all the fixins. Dessert couldbe a fresh summer berry pavlova. This allmight be a little delicate for some of myguests but I'd think they'd come around toit. I could always offer a cheese platter ifthey are still hungry later. It would be servedon a warm summer evening alfresco. Withseveral bottles of wine, we'd chat and playmusic until the wee hours.5. I can boogie pretty good.

Shira BlusteinThe Choir Practice and Blood Meridian 1. Piano by default — I'm a piano teacher'sdaughter...2. Actress/Lifeguard/Neurosurgeon3. Hard Drugs (Blood Meridian SideProject/Rock Opera)4. I'd serve Virgin Mary a delicious home-made vegetarian mexican feast. We'd getdrunk on ice cold cervezas and gossip aboutJesus.5. Cooking food and then photographingit....

Charla McCutcheonbella1. In bella I play keyboards mostly...I startedplaying piano when I was four. Now, I lovethe different sounds that can be made withvintage synths.2. I always dreamt of being a singer in aband, but I was so shy...So I thought Iwould own and run my own chocolate fac-tory.3. A burned CD of my Astrological Readingfrom January 22/07, a mix tape I made andthe new Spoon album.4. Albert Einstein and St. Theresa of Avila.

And maybe Judy Garland and Elvis coulddrop by. We'd have a quinoa and vegetabledish with some white wine.5. I can almost do a wicked pop-a-wheelyon my bmx. And I have x-ray vision.

Becky BlackThe Pack1. I chose to play guitar. The reason? I hadone.2. A bandit.3. Chopin. Though lying near the stereo is acopy of Air Supply's greatest hits;my...ahem...guilty pleasure.4. Oliver Curtis Perry. Two hard fried eggsturned over and fried potatoes or hash. Piefor dessert. And I would hope he'd stay forbreakfast...5. My love for drawing is nearly equal tothat of my love for music, but it's no secret.Too many boxes containing scribbles onscrap paper is evidence of that.

CupI Am Spoonbender1. my main one is a minimoog voyager syn-thesizer. why? because it is awesome! thesound possibilities are endless, and it is veryfriendly to both the novice and theadvanced.2. there's no such thing as growing up!3. laurie anderson's recently reissued 'bigscience', 'deliver us' by warlord, 'iceland' byrichard pinhas, and the new album by thedelgados' emma pollock.4. the architect of the great pyramid of giza.slices of pie, of course!5. i am currently working on an illustratedchildren's book based on the RUSH song'the trees', and i design clothes, sets, filmsand merch-objects (with dustin donaldson)for IAS.

John Guliaksolo vocalist/musician1. I play a Guild Jumbo acoustic guitar. Iwanted one almost as long as I wanted aguitar but they were always too expensive. Ifinally found one in Victoria about 14 years

ago — usually these guitars come with allkinds of fancy inlay and gold hardwarebut this one was quite plain and simpleand affordable. I've been loving it eversince.2. I have no idea as I have no childhoodmemories — this probably explains mychronic lack of imagination.3. Linton Kwesi Johnson – IndependentIntavenshan (disc 1)David Bowie – Scary MonstersMarc Ribot – Requiem For What's-His-NameAll set on random play.4. I would like to have Karl Marx over forsomething that would help sooth his enor-mous ass boils — a nice salad I guess.5. I can continue drawing my breath untilmy head inflates — photo enclosed.

Brent J. CooperThe Ramblin’ Ambassadors, and HuevosRancheros1. I play guitar, and when I was a kid Idistinctly remember some events that ledto me taking it up.

I saw a young teenage-ish band play"Blue Suede Shoes" in a shopping mallwhen I was 4 or 5. It blew me away! Theguitar was loud and distorted, and becauseit was Stampede time, the whole band was(of course) dressed western!

I also used to like grocery shopping withmy Mom. Dominion (later became aSafeway) had Muzak that sounded like theVentures. So wehnever we went shopping,I'd be sitting in the cart or walking aroundlistening to twangy, tremeloed guitars. Itwas great.

A few years later, when I was in gradetwo, my neighbours big brother playedguitar. He had a great record collectionand introduced me to the Beatles and theWho when I was in second grade! He alsowas the first guy I knew to own theimport 45 r.p.m. of "God Save theQueen." I guess I kinda idolized him andtook up the guitar, too.2. I wanted to be a "scientist!" No partic-ular type, but I liked having rat skeketonsand brains around from my Dad, who ws

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a professor at the University of Calgary.3. My daughter has been interested in oldervinyl, so I dug out the first Generation Xalbum and some Cheap Trick. I'm not sureif the teenagers believe me when I tell themhow good Cheap Trick were in the 70s.4. I think it might be a disaster, but DeeDee Ramone would be someone I wouldaliked to share some pizza with. Dee Deewas the most complex Ramone, and there-fore the most interesting. I guess if Jesuscould make it, he could come too. He canbring the wine.5. My secret talent is that I teach elemen-tary school! Mr. Cooper's school of rock.Everbody in grade three knows who BoDiddley is! (I am not allowed to give you apicture until it's cleared for FOIP issues)

Kristian NorthVincat1. As a kid I took the traditional piano les-sons at the music conservatory route. Itreally didn't help with anything but I thinksince I got out at a pretty good age I endedup ok. Though theoretically you can learnalot from conservatory piano lessons theyare totally creatively stiffeling. I'm prettysure that's what THE MAN wants!!!2. I think I wanted to be some sort of superhero. Or maybe link from Zelda.3. In my three disk changer I have ElectricLight Orchestra, The Flaming Lips, andBlack Moth Super Rainbow.4. I would serve steak first of all becausethat's pretty much all I can cook, and I'dprobably invite Jesus 'cause if we're talkinganyone in history it should probably beJesus. I'm not sure if he'd show upthough.....5. Only if you consider time travel a hob-bie.

Megan JohnsonVancougar1. I play the keyboard. My mum made metake lessons as a kid, and at the time westarted Vancougar, it was the only instru-ment I knew how to play. I really wantedto be in the band, so you figure it out!

2. As a little girl, I wanted to be in TheMisfits, the tough-girl band from the TVshow Jem and the Holograms.Unfortunately, Jem went off the air in themid-to-late '80s, so this will have to do.3. The first NRBQ LP.4. I would love to have Tina Turner andThe Ikettes over for dinner. I'd serve themcheeseburgers, corndogs and fries, and thenafter dinner we'd get drunk and have akaraoke dance party!5. I can grow a mean moustache!

Crystal DorvalVincat1. I watched my dad growing up shredding'80s metal riffs, and was very inspired.2. An actress. then I found music.3. Cookies. But I have been listening toElectric Light Orchestra a lot.4. The Carebears, they seem like a goodtime. Main course: milkshakes.5. I can predict the future, and communi-cate with animals... at the same time.

Chris KellyThe Choir Practice, The Gay Straights,CBC Radio 31. I play piano, guitar, a bit of accordionand I just picked up this really cool 1970sRoland SH – 1000 mono synth. I don'tknow if play is the right verb for that thing.I got into piano like most children. My par-ents bought one and wanted someone toplay it so I got lessons. I started playingguitar on my own accord. There was thiscool science teacher in middle school whoused to play guitar between classes and thatinspired me to pick it up.2. Magician or an Archeologist3. Canaries, Weakerthans Reunion Tour,Dirty Projectors, Gay Straights and LoneyDear4. Any of the beats like Ginsberg, Kerouac,or Burroughs. They just seem like a goodparty. I'd serve them Beer and Drugs. I'msure that would enough. Maybe a currywould feed them all. Vonnegut and TomRobbins would be fun to have over. PaulMcCartney could play some tunes on the

piano and then for chicks...MargaretTrudeau circa 1970 (I'm really into herright now), Kelly Capowski from Saved bythe Bell, and those kids in the new TokyoPolice Club video. They seem awesome.5. I modeled jeans last year...but that tookno talent and I also used to be in a sketchgroup.

Robynncub1. Gibson SG guitar. Why? Sexy doublecut-a-way. Angus Young. 'Nuf said. VoxAC30 amplifier. Why? Super clean. TheBeatles. Ditto. Rat distortion pedal. Why?Sometimes a little raunch and beef comesin handy.2. Singing and dancing with Gene Kelly (àla Singin’ in the rain and Xanadu)!3. The best of Lone Wolf and Cub (originalsoundtrack to the '70s samurai movieseries)... seriously, what timing, eh?4. Booska. Ramen, of course. Jim Henson.We'd let the Swedish Chef decide. TheBeatles. Don't know what I'd serve, butwe'd probably be sitting on a cornflake.5. Many, but once told they would nolonger be secret! Which do I wish to reveal?Hmmm, I make a mean black bean soup,and I am Mint Records' and Nardwuar theHuman Serviette's chief source for handlettering and graphics.

Lisa Gcub1. Drums. I played the drums for cub.I think I ended up playing the drumsbecause I wasn't super keen on any otherinstrument I had tried so far. I also thinkbooze was a factor somehow.2. A mechanic or a baseball player.3. Our stereo doubles as a dvd player so,uh, this is embarrassing, it was The DaVinci Code — the movie — which took 2nights to watch and was terrible.4. I would serve my favourite 2 day short-ribs on egg noodles and I would inviteDorothea Lange.5. Disco Dancing is a lifelong hobby and Ihope a secret talent.

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In May 1992, Sloan made the trip fromHalifax to Vancouver to play Music West

in order to be seen by someone fromGeffen records. The Vancouver show hap-pened on the night of the LA riots so wethought the Geffen guy, whose name wasTodd Sullivan wouldn't be there but hewas. He liked our show but he wanted tohang out with us for a few days inVancouver before we signed a deal.

Todd was with us when we went toCiTR for an interview with Nardwuar. Wehad no idea who he was or what to expect.I can be funny, I swear, but I was unpre-pared for the beating we were about totake.

Nardwuar was either reading or makingreference to our bio. "So, you're the SonicYouth of Canada," or "Oh you're rootbeerflavoured pop." It was humiliating. Toddwas there watching us die on college radio

and it was killing me.It turns out it was a phone-in show and

he took calls from people ranging fromthose who wanted us to know that we werea bunch of fags to those who simply want-ed to say how much we sucked.

Eventually someone (I believe) from SanFrancisco called and when it became appar-ent that this caller was in a band,Nardwuar essentially started interviewinghim about his band while we sat there likea bunch of dorks.

I was the first to walk out and eventuallywe all walked out. By letting Nardwuarwalk all over us, I actually thought that wemay have blown our chances of gettingsigned to Geffen so I was furious but at thesame time I had to hand it to him for giv-ing us such a savage beating.

Sloan did sign to Geffen despiteNardwuar's efforts and went on to become

the most important Canadian band ever.

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After our first few days in Van,Nardwuar took us on a tour of Van in

Hugh's mother's convertible and showedwhere Tommy Chong had his club. A greattime. Nardy is this generation's PierreBerton.

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My first encounter with Nardwuar wasin 1987. My band at the time was a

very large Metal outfit called Ogre (withumlauts over the G and the R). We wereinvited for an interview on Nard's radioshow at CITR. At the time we were alldoing this Eastern European shtick. Wewere being all ESL, standing on tables and

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pounding our fists and Nardwuar was, welljust being himself. So we got a little con-fused and couldn't figure out if we shouldlike this guy or take him out back and givehim a curb job. We didn't have any record-ed material at the time so we brought atape of Ride The Lightning by Metallica andtold him it was us. I don't think Nard evermade it through an entire song on his showat that time. He usually cut in before thesong was over and started talking. Therewas a lot of yelling and screaming but bythe end we decided we liked him enoughto let him keep histeeth.HammThe Evaporators,Canned Hamm,Slow

Hmmm, whendid I first meet

the illustrious plaidman?

I believe that it wasin the old CiTRrecord room next tothe broadcast studioand he was extollingthe virtues of analbum by theMisunderstoodwhich had recentlybeen re-released onan English indie labelcalled Cherry Red.The album had, asmany did then andprobably still do,somehow walked outof the station alongwith a few othergarage/punk plattersthat he'd intended toplay on his show.

The guy wasfreakin' out — in hisunique voice andfrom the Discorderoffice it sounded likesomeone was tortur-ing a seagull. When Iwent to see what wasup, there wasNardwuar, face beet-red, jumping up anddown around the room to the point thathis signature cap fell off. In those days, hehad loads of long wiggy hair and it was fly-ing around him like Dumbo ears. I almostthought he'd fly away....Stuart DerdeynMusic CriticThe Province NewspaperVancouver BC

Nardwuar: I'm not sure when I firstbecame aware of Nardwuar. It was

probably around the time I purchased the

first comp he put out "Oh God, MyMom's On Channel 10" which featuredsome great garage rock bands and a bunchof Nardwuar's guerilla style interviews. Ido remember thinking, Nardwuar TheHuman Serviette? What the hell kind ofname is that? At the time, I was a producerat MuchMusic and I connected with boththe Evaporators and the Smugglers. I metNardwuar in Toronto when theEvaporators toured with Cub and was sur-prised at how mellow he was at the time(he saved his over the top energy for his

interviews, I guess). Anyway he would sendme VHS tapes of his interviews. They weredone totally low budget but I thought theywere hilarious, combining his crazy energyand the manic Nardwuar over-researchedbarrage of questions we've come to knowand love. I thought it was perfect for Muchand immediately pitched him to the peoplein charge. Nardwuar belonged on Much.He was young, cutting edge, subversive,funny and not the type of on-air personali-ty that would be hired by any other broad-caster. To my shock and dismay, none of

the people in charge of Much were interest-ed. The response I got was "not funny,""annoying" and "not something we wanton the air at Much." (Ironically the otherpersonality that Much passed on at thetime was Tom Green, just before he wenton to huge success at MTV). Nardwuareventually did make it on the air at Muchbut not through the insight of anyone thatwas running the place. All credit for thatgoes to MuchWest videographer ChrisNelson who fought tooth & nail to getNardwuar on the air. But remember this,

Nardwuar does notdo it for the fame &fortune. He'sNardwuar and hedoes it 'cause he'sNardwuar. Congratson 20 years,Nardwuar! You aretruly one of a kind.James BoothMusic DirectorCBC Radio 3

I've alwaysadmired people

who pursue theirinterests passionate-ly and obsessively,and as far as I cantell that's Nardwuar.Nardwuar isn't justa music fan, he is amusic stalker. Hefollows it arounduninvited and does-n't mind if hemakes it uncomfort-able. That's why heis so engaging andso much fun.

I can't remembermy very firstencounter withNardwuar but itmight have been aletter written inmarker, sent to meat Exclaim! Wefinally met when Iwent to Vancouverfor an Exclaim! gigfeaturing Destroyeraround '98.

Nardwuar interviewed me for CITR andthen helped MC our show at the StarfishRoom. For some reason he really wantedme to come up on stage, which I wasn'tgoing to let happen. Of course, Nardwuarwon.

A number of years later, in 2001 I wasback for Mint's 10th anniversary gig at theCommodore. The next morning Nardwartook a group of us out to his favouriteNorth Vancouver diner which had somekind of bad-taste Native Canadian motif.My parnter, Atsuko, and one-year-old

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daughter, Aya, came along. Nardwuarinsisted we each order this enormous meat,potato, egg, pancake platter that appearedto have everything the restaurant made onone plate. It was disgusting. Nardwuar hadto keep up appearances so he ordered ithimself and explained that if you're goingto eat the whole thing you can't take anybreaks. When it became clear Nardwuarwasn't going to come close, first he tried toget our one-year-old daughter to help eatsome bacon (see photo) and then divertedour attention and cleared the plate off intoa bussing bin when most people weren'tlooking. Our daughter is now 7 and Ithink this was the incident that convincedher to become a vegetarian at a very youngage. Thank you Nardwuar!Ian DanzigPublisherExclaim! Magazine

The first time I met Nardwuar was inthe loading dock

area outside PorterHall at CarletonUniversity when theEvaporators and Cubwere playing there inthe mid-90s. I wasthe music director atCKCU-FM and wasexcited to meet a fel-low campus radiomusic director fromacross the country. Iwas a bit disappoint-ed that he wasn't incharacter and wasplacid and demure.

The next five timesI met him he kept onbugging me to gethis demo tape toTom Green, which Ieventually did.Shawn Scallenpromoter/revolution rockco-owner/end hitsphotographer/scallen.com

Before the certainty of adulthood I spentall of my years up in the Northernmost

tip — the most sensitive area — of BritishColumbia. I was an odd child. Before thedoubt set in I was rather religious in myteenaged years, even more heavily than myparents ever were. I looked forward to thetrips I would take to the varying levels ofYouth Group conferences. It was at one ofthese larger conferences that I met Ken. Istruck up a kinship with Ken which led meto visit him in the big city. Ken was aroundmy tender age yet he had a huge brownbeard. Ken collected empty packages ofThrills bubble gum, the kind that tastedlike a pleasant soap, and put them up onhis wall to form its' name: "Thrills." Thismay have been Ken's tongue in cheek

mantra. Ken wore pyjama shirts out inpublic. Ken liked The Residents. Ken knewthings. Ken could even ride the bus aroundthe city alone. Ken knew his way around.Ken took me to a club to see No Fun play.I had first heard No Fun late at night onCBC Radio on a show called Night Lineswith David Wisdom. No Fun was obsessedwith Gorgo Gum, a gum that was greenand had a monster on the wrapper. NightLines saved me in those searching years upNorth as it opened me up to all kinds ofmusic that didn't fall within narrow mar-gins. Everything else that was readily avail-able just didn't seem very interesting orcharming, I had to dig. This offered a senseof escape from secluded desolation, thatthere was more out there and that maybeone day I could even be part of it. Youmust understand that it wasn't so easy tofind this music back then. The Internet wasstill years away from public use, the mili-tary-industrial complex was still covertly

developing it as a mind control tool andinformation gathering resource. People areso lucky today, one could be starving frommalnutrition in a Third World village butthe World Wide Web is there to amuse andmake that time go by just a little bit faster.We take so much for granted nowadays.

A most unfortunate mix in my personali-ty at that time of an overactive mind, smalltown naivete, immaturity, social awkward-ness, and obsessively wound up natteringboiled to the surface one frustratingevening with an endless stream of poopjokes that I knew were terrible but a lack ofself control propelled me. Due to suchunacceptable behaviour Ken's friendsquickly became very put off by me, the vis-iting newcomer. This greatly embarrassedKen. Ken had a lot to deal with as is so hemade his grim decision to not have mearound anymore. I made sure that Kenwouldn't see my tears. Before this pivotalcoming-of-age event went down, Ken had

the foresight to show me a business card.This card was elegant in its' simplicity,black ink on white stock with just a nameand a phone number. It would be mostimproper to reveal the telephone numberhere in this public forum but the name wasNardwuar The Human Serviette. Even justthe name was intriguing. This name saidplenty. I simply had to meet this Nardwuar.A lot of time would pass before I did.

It is difficult to recall any specific detailswhatsoever of our first meeting. He talkedincessantly yet my ears were ringing toomuch to absorb anything that he said. Iknow where we met but that's onlythrough details keyed in from subsequentvisits when he wasn't around. I don't evenknow the circumstances. I was too over-come. He seemed to be radiating a blind-ing flash of beauty. He was gorgeous. Noman or woman could resist him. He justglowed, y'know. Some people have thatquality, that charismatic cult of personality.

It was literally toomuch, like someblistering feverdream, like beingcaught in the oceanwith waves crashingover you yet feelingsafe, like no harmcould ever come toyou. They didn'thave this backhome! It took a fewvisits to adjustmyself. He has beenjust so, so veryincredibly support-ive to me and somany others overthe years whether itbe through myzines, musical actsor whatever elsearose or yet arise. I

owe him so much. Yet still I feel that I can-not be in his company for extended periodsof time due to what punters call being "toomuch."

There are very little more selfish andrepugnant deeds than the sheer act of hav-ing children but for speculation's sake let'sjust say that I had a child one day. I do notneed to spread the virus of humanityaround to wrongly prove that I am aresponsible adult, this is just pure specula-tion. And let's say that I had to give thischild some form of name so that when Icalled it, it would answer. I would mostcertainly give this wee creature, this life likebeing, the name of Sue or somethingequally disposable. Anything butNardwuar. I wouldn't name it NardwuarThe Human Serviette. There can only beone Nardwuar The Human Serviette. HisMother knew that when she named himand we know that.

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I've worked with Nardwuar for almost 10years, in that time co-conspiring over

countless interviews, trading peculiar gossipand insight and documenting his adven-tures. I've lauded his skills and methods atlength to classrooms full of journalism stu-dents and I've stolen stuff from CourtneyLove's birthday party to send to him whilehe was in the hospital. I've helped get himon the cover of Chart Magazine and I'veeven been thanked in his DVD.

After all this, I've only ever metNardwuar once. It was in 2004, right afterThe Evaporators played a gig at theHorseshoe Tavern in Toronto. I introducedmyself and stuck out my hand, Nard shookit... and then apologized for being sweaty.It took me a coupleseconds to processthe tactile sensation,but yes, he wassweaty. Very, verysweaty. He apolo-gized again for beingsweaty. It was defi-nitely a little bituncomfortable. ButI'm fine with it.Some people it's OKthat their sweat getson you.Aaron BrophyChart Magazine

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guess, and the band Iwas playing in, SilentGathering, were play-ing a show at theParamount Theater in New Westminster,BC. But even at that stage Nardwuar wasthe penultimate dedicated supporter anddocumenter of Canadiana and the notionof "doing it for the kids" — TheParamount Theater in the burbs was apeculiar venue for small original bandssuch as the one I was in, but it was an allages show. So Nardwuar was there,HandyCam in hand. He knew of theScratch store, I knew of his fabulous FridayCITR radio terrorism, so that night wemet.

A couple of weeks later Nard showed upat Scratch with a VHS tape of SilentGathering's performance at the Paramount.The tape also had an hour or so of speciallyNard-selected rare rock, garage, and psychfootage from his vaults. Amboy Dukes,Chesterfield Kings, Gruesomes — not surewhat else. I still have the tape in the base-ment somewhere. It was an incredibly kindgesture. It was not long afterwards that

Nardwuar was working at Scratch for park-ing money, inflicting store customers &punk kids with the Honeymoon Suite cata-log at high volume — complete with airguitar moves from his perch on top of therecord bins. Nardwuar also was responsiblefor forcing Scratch quite rightfully to havea Local Music section. Rock on JR, andthanks!Keith ParryScratch Records

Iremember when Sebastian Bach, the leadsinger of Sarnia’s metal band Skid Row

in in the States stole Nardwuar’s hat, hisfavourite toque, one of his golf hats.Nardwuar just lost it. That was when Irealized that the clothes he was wearing hewas intending to wear for life, and he musthave said something to him because hetook it and flung it and it disappeared. Hewas crushed. That was all he talked aboutfor a long time.

I also remember the first time I took himon a film set. There were so many ways topiss people off: you can take somebody'scoffee mug, or you can eat the last sand-wich from a tray. Nardwuar came on setand I think we were on the set of Are WeThere Yet. And I remember doing the inter-view with Ice Cube, and I step back, and incomes Nardwuar, and the room starts to fillwith people: publicists, makeup, wardrobe.They could not believe the show he wasputting on. The guy had no idea what hithim. He was showing him his life story.And as he brought out these prized posses-sions, his voice would rise up anotheroctave, until it was Tiny Tim-esque, a highC. The publicists looked at me, and shesaid, "What is it? Who is this man?"

And I hoped and prayed that Nardwuarwouldn't screw it up and say something tooffend everybody and have Ice Cube stompoff and leave. But he was good. What nard-wuar didn't know was he was dancing a

fine line between being a hero and beingthrown out.

Oh, and, again, Snoop Dogg. I inter-viewed Snoop later in Los Angeles for amovie, and I said "I bring you greetingsfrom Nardwuar." All of a sudden his headcame up. "He is one crazy motherfucker."

At first glance, Nardwuar might seemclownish, a caricature, an amateur, but heis none of those. He is one of a kind in acookie cutter business. And he has survivedand thrived doing it his way. If I was wear-ing a hat, Id tip it.

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I'd heard of this Nardwuar character longbefore I actually laid eyes on him. Every

time someone went to Canada, they'dcome back saying things like, "Do youknow Nardwuar the Human Serviette? Justwait till you meet him, you're not going tobelieve this guy."

The funny thingwas that no onecould or would sayjust exactly whatwas so amazingabout the legendaryMr. Nardwuar. I'dpress them on theissue, and it wouldbe as though wordshad completelyfailed them, some-thing I understoodwhen I finally madethe man's acquain-tance myself.

It was the springof 1994, and myband, thePotatomen, wereplaying a show withthe Queers at acommunity centre

in east Vancouver. I was expecting to bemet by Grant Lawrence of the Smugglers,but the first person to greet me (apart froma spare changer who flummoxed usAmericans by repeatedly telling us whatsounded like "You guys are loony" butapparently was meant to be "You got aloonie?") was Nardwuar himself.

I immediately saw why he'd made suchan impression on others who'd met himbefore, and also why they'd had such ahard time describing him. Most descriptiondepends on comparing the unfamiliar per-son or object to something that is alreadyknown, but when it comes to Nardwuar,there's nothing to compare him with. Atleast not that I've encountered so far.

What I found most remarkable aboutNardwuar, quite apart from his perform-ance with the Evaporators in which he lec-tured us about the United Empire Loyalistsand the secret plans the Americans haddrawn up for invading Vancouver, was his

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boundless enthusiasm and curiosity abouteverything. He quizzed me about obscurebands from my hometown of Detroit untilit became obvious that he knew moreabout them than I did, at which point hestarted schooling me on the subject.

I'm not sure if it was on that trip or alater one when Nardwuar decided he hadto interview me for his radio show, andthat it had to be done on a street corner indowntown Vancouver as scores of drunkenhockey fans went streaming by. A couple ofthem stopped, bemused by Nardwuar's,shall we say, florid and demonstrative inter-view style. One of them got a bit hostileuntil Nardwuar managed to convince himthat I was "the famous Larry Livermore"and that meeting me would be somethingthe man could brag about when he gothome that night.

"Oh, yeah, I think I seen him on TV,"the guy finally ventured, still vaguely sus-pecting he was the butt of some joke thathe was never likely tounderstand. At thatpoint Nardwuar con-vinced him to posefor a picture for me,a big improvementover punching mylights out, which waswhat I had fearedwas coming amoment earlier.

On still anothertrip, Nardwuar gaveme a book aboutNeil Young calledDon't Be Denied: TheCanadian Years, auto-graphed by the manhimself (Neil Young,that is, notNardwuar). For somereason I never gotaround to reading ituntil recently, but when I finally did, myappreciation for Nardwuar was rekindledall over again.

It was a very low-key story about thecouple of years Neil Young spent playing ina garage band in Winnipeg and NorthernOntario before becoming a star in theUSA, but it left me glowing with memoriesand inspiration from all the bands and allthe dreamers in basements and garagesacross the land, and helped me see onceagain the love for that music that I'm pret-ty sure is the driving force behind nearlyeverything Nardwuar says and does.

The man is a national treasure, hell, aninternational one as well, and a profoundlybeautiful human being. God bless Canadafor producing and nurturing him, and longmay he keep on rocking in the free world.

Larry Livermore

Iam honoured to have been asked to sharemy anecdote of how I first met

Nardwuar for this, the special 20thanniversary commemorative feature cele-brating one of the most unlikely mediastars.

As a CiTR alumnus from way back inthe day, I have listened to the station con-sistently since for over 25 years. One day,while moving into a new apartment (thiswould have been circa 1988) I heard ashrill-voiced manchild doing a telephoneinterview with a man named Alan. Alan, itturned out, was a member of Brit elec-tropop superstars Depeche Mode. DepecheMode were massive at the time. "People arePeople" had hit #1 in various countriesaround the world, they were playing sell-out gigs to 90,000 people, they were caus-ing riots at in-stores at Tower Records with15,000+ fans showing up. For whateverreason their keyboard player Alan ended updoing a phoner with a young cub reporterat CiTR. Back then few musicians, letalone superstars, would bother doing inter-

views with campus stations. So when Iheard the interviewer with the unusualname let loose with the question: "Alan ofDepeche Mode, how many people havedied at a Depeche Mode concert?" my earsperked up.

It's not that it was necessarily a goodquestion. It's not that it was a bad ques-tion. It's that it was a questioned thatseemed to defy logic yet completely dis-armed the guest, and the listener.

I continued listening to CiTR and read-ing Discorder, monitoring the work of thisNardwuar character. I recall that he did apiece for Discorder entitled "soaps of thestars" in which he asked members of vari-ous bands in Vancouver what brand of soapthey used. That was the whole piece. Somewere Dove gals, some were Pears men,some were the Irish Spring sort....it was afascinating piece of consumer research. HisPSA (public service announcement) fortenants' rights, using the Dead Kennedys'

"Let's Lynch the Landlord" as the musicbed was also favourite from that era. As Ipieced these things together in my mind Iwondered if perhaps a revolution was inthe making.

Since that time I have listened to theNardwuar show on Friday afternoons witha quasi-religious dedication. It didn't seemto matter who was on his show...whetherI'd heard of them or not, whether I had aninterest in the topic or not, whether theywere combative, co-operative, or complete-ly confused, from a listener's point of viewit was riveting. Somewhere in there he andI met and became friends and co-conspira-tors, rabidly researching upcoming intervie-wees, going on treasure hunts for minutiae,and kneading our bizarre findings intoquestions for interviews.

That's if you can call a Q&A sessionwith Nardwuar an interview. It's more likean audit, in which the interviewee is putinto the hot seat, not with damning evi-

dence but withseemingly inconse-quential trivia thatthey themselvesoften don't recalluntil repeatedlyprodded. Whereasother media person-alities either aim toingratiate them-selves to the celebri-ty slash intervieweeNardwuar's objec-tive is to go whereno man has gonebefore, to ask thequestions no oneelse dares to ask, orwould even know toask, and to beunafraid in the faceof the answers,insults, and/or

threats of physical violence. This is not thesocratic irony of Borat or Ali G, in whichthe interviewer's "character" plays dumb tohighlight the prejudices of the intervieweeor catch him/her off guard. This is notTom Green milking a cow with with hismouth or bringing a dead raccoon in apaper bag onto a national talk show forshock value. This is Nardwuar. He is hisown category. And as he is always the firstto say 'if I can do it, anyone can do it".The difference is, he has done it. Withunparalleled depth, flair, and unpredictabil-ity for 20 years. He is a thumbtack in thepadded cushion of celebrity. May he keepon mocking, squawking, and rocking inthe free world for many more years tocome.

Leora Kornfeld

God it was so long ago. I first met himat a show in Vancouver during New

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then. Beyond that the details are sketchy atbest. He did make the cover of our 15thAnniversary issue which tells you howmuch we care for him.Ed SkiraChart Magazine

My first encounter with Nardwuar wasfateful, to say the least; thanks to

Nardwuar, I was fired from my second jobin broadcasting. I was a producer on a popculture program on CBC, and I kept insist-ing to the producer that Nardwuar was amust-have on our show. The producerfound Nardwuar annoying (which, inhindsight, I can understand), and told methat if I kept on the Nardwuar tip, I wouldhave to find another job. He canned methe following week.

However, I'd like to think if I hadn'tbeen fired from that job, I would not havepursued the career path that I did, thesame one that found me calling Nardwuarin the fall of 1999and insisting that heinterview the leg-endary James Brownfor MuchMusic.Initially, Nardwuarrefused. He was recu-perating from a brainhaemorrhage, andwas reluctant to startinterviewing again.But I thought such amatch-up would belegendary, the sort ofthing that peoplewould talk about foryears to come. Such aepic opportunitydemanded diligence,so I pursuedNardwuar. I calledhim every day for 3weeks. Essentially, INardwuar'ed Nardwuar, until he agreed todo it.

The night the Godfather of Soul was toplay, Nardwuar, his friend and I arrived atthe Queen E. We'd spent weeks securingan interview time with JB's management,and finally they had consented to a 6pminterview. But when Nardwuar, his friendand I arrived at the Queen E, we discov-ered that Mr. James Brown (which is, as welater found out, what EVERYONE in hisorganization calls him without any abbrevi-ation) and his handlers, despite our bestefforts to confirm an interview time, hadno idea we'd be there. So they put us in aroom, and shut the door, and left us. Forhours.

At this point, I should explain that some-times Nardwuar brings props to his inter-views; they may be old albums, dolls, oddmusical instruments. When that's notenough, he brings his friends, the ones thatown the old album, dolls and musical

instruments that he uses as props.Normally, they tag along because they'reafraid to let this stuff out of their site, andparticularly in Nardwuar's care. His friendin this case, was the owner of prime JamesBrown memorabilia; a 45 of a JamesBrown single from 1958 that didn't featurehis face because it was not yet kosher forblack people to be seen on albums; an orig-inal poster from a Mexican TV show thatJames Brown appeared on in 1965. It wasthe kind of stuff this dude hoarded, and itwas apparent he'd foregone the trappingsof any kind of normal life so he could livein his parent's basement and carefully pre-serve these precious artefacts. It wasNardwuar's plan to reveal this stuff to Mr.Brown, if that meeting ever happened,which, judging from how long we werespending in the basement of the QET, wasgrowing less and less likely.

That is, until one of Mr. Brown's han-dlers arrived, a enormous man with an

ironic nickname like Tiny or Slim or some-thing like that. He informed us that Mr.Brown had to practice harmonies with hisback-up singers The Bittersweets, and thathe would have no time for us. He said hehad to leave for a few moments, but hewould return to escort us out. Before hecould go, though, Nardwuar ripped theprecious souvenirs from his friend's handsand shoved them into Tiny's hands. "Pleaselet Mr. Brown see this," he said. I immedi-ately felt a pang of anxiety shoot throughme, since I knew that a) his friend wasabout to have an aneurysm over the wayNardwuar handled his stuff, and b) weprobably weren't going to see that stuffagain. Nardwuar, never one for self-reflec-tion, figured it was a noble sacrifice forsuch a legendary figure.

But soon enough, Tiny returned to"guide" us out (code for make sure we left).We started up the stairs when a man evenbigger than Tiny suddenly appeared at the

top of the steps. 'YOU!" he said to us"DON'T GO ANYWHERE!"

He conveyed such menace that as hedescended the steps I feared perhaps we'dbecome part of Hoffa-esque folklore; yearsfrom now, people would tell apochryphaltales of the three guys who disappeared inthe bowels of the QET just before theJames Brown show, never to be seen again.Instead, this gargantuan man (whom Ibelieved was named Sugar…just Sugar, nosurname) stared at us accusingly. Then hisface softened, and he said, "Mr. Brown willsee you now. He wants to know where yougot all that cool stuff." His face was lessabout homicidal menace than generalannoyance that the boss had sent him tofetch. I reminded myself that I did notwant to ever make Sugar angry, since Iknow for a fact that would not like himwhen he was angry.

Sugar led us onto the stage of QET,where, sitting at the piano, surrounding by

six or seven buxomblack women, satnone other than theMAN himself, theEighth Wonder ofthe World, the onewho paid the cost tobe the boss, Mr.JAMES! FUCK-ING! BROWN!

I actually remem-ber little of theinterview. Seeingaction unfoldthrough a cameraviewfinder creates acertain distancebetween yourselfand the events yourecord. What I doremember is run-ning over withNardwuar, who

pushed a few of the Bittersweets aside, andimmediately asked "Who are you?"Nardwuar spoke with James for 40 min-utes. He asked him about his restaurantchain in Georgia, he asked him about(ASK NARDWUAR ABOUT ANOTH-ER TOPIC THEY COVERED). Mr.Brown even signed Nardwuar's friend'sstuff and gave it back. He even took a pic-ture with Nardwuar and I, which I stillhave to this day. I think I was mute videowitness to two icons falling in love.

As Tiny escorted us out, he turned to usand said "That was an amazing interview.He hasn't talked that long with an inter-view since 1983. And THAT interview waswith Mike Wallace."

Nardwuar was quiet for a second, andthen, in a quiet voice that sounded moresurprised than boastful, said, "I think I'mback on the horse." At the time, there wasno way for me to know how true that was.Chris Nelson

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What I love most about Nardwuar isthat, even though he can't go out to

a club without being mobbed (or at leastaccosted; or, in the case of the Cobalt, hav-ing someone try to pee on him), he's actu-ally a man of mystery. The first inkling Igot of this was when he was just out of thehospital and recovering from his brainaneurysm. I was doing a story on him forSaturday Night Magazine, which involvedme going to his house. He suggested we dothe interview in a room that he adamantlydidn't want mentioned in the story. Thereason: even though the room was in hishouse, he argued that most people-includ-ing at least one of his parents-didn't knowit existed. Because the whole thing wascloaked in secrecy, I don't remember muchtoday about how we got to the secretchamber — I think Nardwuar went to abookcase, put his hands on a copy of LoveDon't Live Here No More: Book One ofDoggy Tales by Snoop Dogg, and, presto, thebookcase swung aside. The room lookedlike the world's coolestrecord store, packedwith obscure vinyl, allhanging on the wall theway they used to atstores like Collector'sRPM and OdysseyImports. I'm not sure,but I think he had somesort of cheese-makingapparatus set up in thecorner, next to a life-sizecutout of James Brownand an elaborate shrineto the Pointed Sticks.

A couple of yearsback, I did a cover storyNardwuar for theGeorgia Straight. I toldhim I wanted to meethis mother and inter-view her at their home. I promised not tomention the secret room to her. At first hesaid it was out of the question. Finally, hegave in, but only if I agreed to meet her atthe Tomahawk Restaurant. When I gotthere, Nardwuar was visibly on edge. Tomaintain his cloak of secrecy, he insistedthat his mother (whose name starts with anO, in case you didn't know) be referred toas "Cynthia". Again, I was instructed thatcertain things about Nardwuar were toremain secret. His conviction about thecorrect way to eat a Skookum Chief burger,however, was not one of them. On thatfront, I received explicit instructions,including the importance of proceedingdirectly to the washroom upon finishing towash the grease, mayo, bacon fat, picklejuice, and whatever else off one's hands.

One of my all-time favourite Nardwuarstories came out of that lunch. "Cynthia"recounted the time Nardwuar took part ina high-school marathon. Evidently, as a

runner, he's not going to make anyone for-get Roger Bannister. Long after everyoneelse had crossed the finish line, and theevent staff had packed up and gone home,Nardwuar finally appeared on the horizon.That says a lot about Nardwuar and hisdetermination to finish what he's started,which also helps explain why he's been ableto accomplish what he has on MuchMusicand the Evaporators. I'm not entirely surewhat "Cynthia" makes of Nardwuar's luckychestnut, secret room, refusal to sing beforenoon, theories on what happens when afork falls in the forest, or obsession withCleopatra Von Fluffenstein, but somehowit seems appropriate to let all that remain amystery.

Mike UsingerGeorgia Straight Music Editor

Iremember first meeting Nardwuar backin the late 90s, I think it was '99, shortly

after I began my all-Canadian show onCiTR, The Canadian Way (which, back

then, was called The Northern Wish, afterthe Rheostatics song). He was theVolunteer Coordinator back then, and Iwould always see him in one of the otherstudios, training the newbies. Since I origi-nally started in campus radio at CFUV, Iwas quickly slotted into a show when Icame to UBC. As a result, I didn't reallymeet Nardo until that fateful morning.

Anyway, I had just inroduced a new seg-ment to my show, called VintageVancouver (it had the Smugglers'"Vancouver, B.C." as it's theme...), where Iscavenged our vinyl library and played oldtunes from Vancouver bands and told a bitabout the band's history. I was featuringthe Modernettes on this particular showand Nardwuar burst into the studio whilethe song "Rebel Kind" was playing:

"Aren't these guys great!" Nardoexclaimed, and without missing a beat, helaunched into an exhaustive and meander-ing story about bassist Mary-Jo Kopechne's

awkward interview with Wayne Cox onCKVU's old Vancouver show (what hap-pened to good, old-fashioned local varietyshow TV, that it has been completely rele-gated to Shaw cable..?).

"I don't think I ever saw that one," Isaid. I was barely in my teens when theshow originally aired. Just part of the rea-son I was obsessing over old Vancouvermusic from the 70s and 80s at that time, Iguess — I was playing catch up.

"Oh, I have that on tape. I'll bring you acopy!" Nardwuar quickly offered.

"That'd be great, thanks!" I said, andpromptly forgot about it as Nardwuar leftthe studio, his voice booming as he walkeddown the hallway.

Next week I came in to do my show, andNardwuar was waiting for me in the studio.He had a VHS tape in his hand, labeled insharpie marker: To: Mike From: Nardwuar."This is the Modernettes interview I toldyou about," Nardo exclaimed. "You'll loveit! Oh, and I also put some other stuff on

there." I thanked himand he burst out of thestudio. I played Slowon that episode'sVintage Vancouver andI could hearNardwuar's voice fromthe other studio:"Remind me to tellyou about Hammsometime!"

I get home and popthe tape in mymachine. Lo andbehold, there's theVancouver interview,complete with per-formances, as well astwo more hours of var-ious Modernettesmaterial, sprinkled

with stuff from other long-departed localbands he interviewed back on his cableaccess days.

The Canadian Way is now on Fridays, anhour after Nardwuar the Human ServiettePresents, and our paths cross often now.Sometimes he shares a story about a localband, or someone he just interviewed.Sometimes he has words of advice aboutthe editorial direction of Discorder, theCiTR program guide, which I now edit.But always the discussion is interesting andinformative, if not migraine-inducing.But as memorable as each of my interac-tions with Nardwuar are, nothing sticks inmy mind quite like that introduction tohim and how we bonded over old bandsfrom Vancouver.

Happy Anniversary on CiTR, Nardwuar!Cheers,

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The word “mulligan,” in golf, means a second chance. In my father’scase, it’s also a fitting name for a former Mountie turned legendaryCanadian DJ of the ’60s and ’70s, and the first Canadian VJ of the

’80s and ’90s.

Despite the fact that my dad was something of a Canadian music icon — whointerviewed everyone from Jimi Hendrix to Frank Zappa on shows like GoodRockin’ Tonight and MuchWest — I was an extravagantly geeky child, and thisbewildered everyone. The offspring of a music guru and Ms. Burnaby 1967should not strut around in vests with pictures of cats on them or have suchawkwardly big ears.

As fate would have it, the term mulligan would one day become suitable forme. My father was determined not to let my nerdiness ruin a musical inheri-tance that should rightfully be mine.

Pop music ABCsMy parents lived in posh West Vancouver and were determined to raise theirfour children next to the ocean. Because I was the baby girl I was invisible tomy brothers, so I was left to explore the world on my own.

I usually chose to excavate the piles of music in my father’s office. In the fivehouses we inhabited, each office was essentially the same: wood floors, brightwindows, CDs in no particular order stacked high above my head, autographsand photos strewn about, and his computer and recording equipment in themiddle of it all. Every CD known to man was amassed in these offices. Later,my older brothers would secretly pawn hundreds of them at a time for beermoney. I would examine CD covers and liner notes until bedtime but it was adifferent language to me: why is David Bowie wearing make-up? How couldStevie Nicks be a girl? What’s a Sex Pistol?

Regardless of my lack of musical intellect (probably due to my mere sevenyears on the earth) my father hired me to work in his home office. My job wasto sort all those CDs into alphabetical order for what was, at the time, a mas-sive $5 an hour. During these long, seemingly endless days, I learned thenames of many bands that I wouldn’t listen to for another decade. My fatherwould drink wine and tinker on his computer, occasionally messing my hairand telling me that The Rolling Stones goes under R, not T. I would smile mycross-bite smile, squint at him through my eyeglasses, and appreciate theattention.

My father loved me through these gawky and spandex-ridden years. Hedreamt music, he thought music, he talked music, but he found a way to loveme through my foreign language of Dork. That said, we also had our own par-ticular kind of shared experiences. We’d learned, for example, to master com-

Pre-awkwardness, circa the Zig Zag years.It’s hard to be hip when your dad’s a VJ.

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fortable silences, sitting quietly in our car,while other people would pull up and yell“TDM!” through their rolled-down windows.Occasionally homeless people would comesqueegee our windshield and then ask for anautograph.

Or there were other, more homegrownmoments. Sometimes my dad would flip onthe radio, get me to snap along to therhythm of some bluesy number, and thenturn it off for 30 seconds. If I was still onbeat when he turned it back on, I got spoiledrotten.

I want it that way“Spoiled rotten” was what my father used tosay to lure me into doing pretty much any-thing. I spent most of my late childhoodbackstage, my nose stuck in the latestGoosebumps book, waiting for the spoiling tobegin. My father would tote me in like asuitcase and prop me up on an amp, and Iwould morph into a tiny fumbling secretary.I would write things down, hand things topeople and field phone calls. Occasionally hewould use me as a desk: my back was the sur-face and my pockets were the drawers. But ifI behaved, I would end up on TV, usuallyjust standing to the side looking dorky inwhatever vest I was wearing that day.Sometimes I would wave. Sometimes I wouldfall down. Sometimes I got to talk and say“Coming up next!” as excitedly as I couldmuster. All the time, I remained as uncool aspossible.

It wasn’t until I was 12 that I learned to worka radio. And I fell in love with the first songthat rattled my little ears. Unfortunately, itwas “Quit Plain’ Games (With My Heart)”by the Backstreet Boys. It would be four longyears until my heart stopped jumping at thethought of Brian Littrell’s dimples and soul-melting high notes. I’m pretty sure my fatherwas ashamed to be seen with me during thistime. But I’d finally fallen in love with music.Terrible music, but it was still music, and myfather noted this. Although my taste madehim cringe, I had started to speak his lan-guage, and he nurtured that as best he could.And it worked, because not too much later,my musical tastes took a sharp turn.

Sweet childIt started in my grade-nine drama class. Theassignment was to perform a lip-synchedsong to the assembled school at lunchtime.My group picked “Paradise City” by Guns n’Roses. I was chosen to be Axl Rose for mymanly good looks and my unusual level oftolerance for mockery. To memorize thewords to the eight-minute song, I listened toit every night in my room for a month. TheBackstreet Boys stared down at me from theirposters on the wall, looking slightly disap-pointed and very lonely.

But when the moment came for my groupto perform, I had become Axl Rose. Clad ina ripped-up monster-truck T-shirt, a redbandana, tight short shorts, fake tattoos anda beard made of dark brown eye shadow, Itook the stage with the rest of the gang. Iloved every second of it: from nailing Axl’strademark shuffle to high-fiving the audi-ence, to the cheers and the laughter, I ate itup.

When my father saw the video of the per-formance, he said he had never been soproud. Except, perhaps, that I was dressedas a man and seemed to be enjoying it.

Teen SpiritSo I abandoned BSB at the gates of GNR.Guns n’ Roses took my adolescent handand flung me into the decade-old ’80s hairband world, ruled by groups like TwistedSister, Mötley Crüe and Bon Jovi. Mywhole style and attitude changed. I decorat-ed myself with studded things. I got apiercing and a tattoo. I wore raver jeans sobig they doubled as a sleeping bag. I saidwords like “man” and “dude” and “rockon.”

My father took the cue, and led me evenfarther back in time. He would show meold videos of himself interviewing JimiHendrix, or photos of him drinking withJanis Joplin. He left Led Zeppelin, Clash,and Doors CDs on my pillow. He wouldcall me into his office and make me sit onthe floor and listen to vinyl records beforedinner. At the table, he would quiz meabout what I’d just listened to before I wasallowed desert. I was eating it up. Once Ihad an appetite for rock and roll, he care-fully began to serve up sides of renownedmusicians from other genres — MilesDavis, John Coltrane, B.B. King, CCR, J.Geils, Van Morrison, The Rolling Stones,Muddy Waters, Pink Floyd, DukeEllington, and Bob Dylan. He was teachingme how to speak music.

Jesus Rock(s)My father was unrelenting about the wholeordeal. My brothers had settled into RageAgainst The Machine, and my dad longedfor a protégé, someone with whom hecould unpack his decades of experience inrock, blues and jazz. Being the youngestdaughter, I was an unlikely candidate, butthe venture promised much spoiling. So Ibegan to stow away in his office and makemy own mix tapes and radio shows. Itaught myself to use the soundboard, and Ihad an endless supply of CDs to rummagethrough for material. Back then, the equip-ment only recorded to tape cassettes, so Iditched my CD player and went retro. Mymixed tapes were a hit at school. I wasbecoming my father’s daughter.

Soon my ’80s phase progressed into anoverall love for rock and blues around thetime I was 16. I had also become a born-again Christian at summer camp. My dadsays the conversion started when I was 12,when I spent the two-hour drive homefrom camp “quoting scripture.” I was bap-tized at 16. I had pulled a serious mulligan.This caused much tension in the house,considering my oldest brother had becomea Buddhist on his travels in Thailand.Christmas is still quite the experience. Ibecame a strange teenager who had impec-cable musical tastes, was nicknamed “therockstar” and hitchhiked to a Christianyouth group Wednesday nights. I neverfound a problem between the music I lis-tened to and what I believed in. To me,Music and Jesus met in the middle andhigh-fived.

For the recordI pulled a few more mulligans by the timehigh school was out. When I dropped bal-let for snowboarding, my dad said OK.When I traded my geeky multicolouredglasses in for trendy black emo frames, hesaid cool. When I traded spandex forripped jeans, he said thank god. When Iturned 18, my parents gave me a leatherjacket, a plane ticket to anywhere, a bottleof Jack Daniels and a certificate for a tat-too. The tattoo became a music note onmy hip. But the ultimate gift was the nightof my prom/grad dance, when I was pre-sented with my graduation present.

While my friends and classmates got brandnew cars or big time cheques, at theMulligan household, I got spoiled rotten.After we popped a bottled of DomPerignon, my dad gave me my first recordplayer. It was fully restored into an agedbrown leather suitcase, with speakers onthe side, making it portable and incrediblyunique. The gift came as an announcementto the world that I was now fluent in twolanguages.

In my recent times, my father and I havetraded roles. He taught me how to speakMusic. He taught me to love records; infact, record shopping on Main Street isnow a Boxing Day tradition for all theMulligan kids. He taught me to listen toeverything: the words, the rhythm, thespaces between the notes. Now, he has tosit patiently as I teach him how to use aniPod. He fidgets and stares at me blankly. Iruffle what’s left of his hair and tell himthat The Rolling Stones will show up underR, not T.

This article originally appeared in theAugust 7, 2007 issue of TheTyee.ca.

Reprinted with permission of the authorand TheTyee.ca



Andrew: Who is Nardwuar theHuman Serviette?Nardwuar: I am Nardwuar the HumanServiette!

Andrew: Why is Nardwuar theServiette?Nardwuar: Nardwuar = a dumb stoopidname. Like Sting or Sebadoh or Sinbad.“Human” is in honour of the Cramps song“Human Fly”; “Serviette” = they don’t haveServiettes in the USA, only napkins!

Andrew: Which came first, Nardwuarthe musician, Nardwuar the guerillainterviewer or Nardwuar the showpromoter?Nardwuar: The first interview I ever did wason September 26 1985 with Art Bergman,who used to sing for a great Vancouver punkband, the Young Canadians. TheEvaporators formed on February 20 1986,so “ interviewer” came first, but not bymuch. Now, The Evaporators came togetherwhile doing push ups in a high school gym

class when Scott Livingstone, futureEvaporators drummer, asked if I wanted tostart a band with him. Our debut was theschool’s “Variety Show” where we playedThe Cramps “Human Fly” and The Sonics“Shot Down.’’ I was the president of myStudent Council so I got to organize lots ofpunk gigs for the kids in high school withamazing bands like The Enigmas andVillains. However the first non-high schoolconcert I promoted, “BarbarellaPsychadella,” was on August 23rd 1987 atthe Arts Club Lounge on Seymour Street inVancouver, featuring, among others, TheEvaporators and Grant Lawrence of theSmuggler’s first band, The One Eyed Jacks.

Andrew: Tell me what, if any, con-nection you have with the legendaryWest Vancouver Punk band, T.T.S.D.Nardwuar: Thank you so much Andrew formentioning Turn That Shit Down! Theyplayed the “Barbarella Psychadella” gig I justmentioned. Furthermore T.T.S.D. alsoturned me onto bands such as the Fartz,

House of Commons and Rush!

Andrew: Who was the greatestCanadian journalist... AdrienneClarkeson or Morley Safer?Nardwuar: Pierre Berton! I think you haveto be dead to be the greatest. Pierre takes ithands down as he is dead and he also was amember of the best radio station in theworld, CiTR fM 101.9 Vancouver. It’s thestation where I met Randy and Bill fromMint Records, it’s the station that helped memeet Michael Gorbachev and Kurt Cobain,and it’s the radio station I still do a show onevery Friday afternoon, from 3:30-5:00pm(Pacific)!

Andrew: Who makes you feel theproudest to be Canadian... NeilYoung or William Shatner?Nardwuar: Neil Young. A few years ago, Ihad a goal, try to get interviews with KurtCobain, Bill Clinton and Neil Young. Sincethen I have talked to Cobain, but I missed achance to ask Clinton a question (Because at


Nardwuar the HumanServiette: a riddle wrapped inan enigma... sprinkled liberal-

ly with maple leaves and questionmarks. What, in the name of GeneKiniski, is up with him and his wholedarn program? One might well ask.Now, I’ve known (or known of )Nardwuar since he was just a moisttowelette and I must say, I’ve beenimpressed with his rise from general nuisance to something approaching elder statesmanhood. Hell, I eventried voting for him as one of the CBC’s 7 Wonders of Canada, but they seemed to be unwilling to includehumans (or serviettes).

Anyway, I was inspired to interview Nardwuar for a couple of reasons. Firstly, I just thought it would kindof cool to turn the tables on him for a change. And secondly, I hearkened back to March of 2006... I hadjust spent a week at the SXSW music festival, but when I returned no one wanted to hear about any of thebands or shows I had seen; instead they had heard that I had been Nardwuar’s roommate, and they were allcurious as to what it was like to spend a week in close proximity to a living legend (to set the recordstraight, it was a nightmare... I was forbidden to address him directly unless he had spoken to me first... Ihad to turn my face to the wall if he was walking by... and once, when I inadvertently made eye contactwith him, he had several of his thugs lay a sound thrashing upon me... and that’s I’m prepared to say aboutthat). The general public’s curiosity about Nardwuar is understanding. Nardwuar the Human Servietteasks questions, he doesn’t answer them... until now.


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the Clinton-Yeltsin Summit in Vancouver in1993 I was removed by agents who believed“I was going to cause a massive disturbance”all due to the fact that a week earlier I hadtold Mikhael Gorbachev to “keep on rawkinin the free world ! “ ) So all that really is leftis Neil Young! Like did you know that NeilYoung played in a band called the MynahBirds with Rick “Superfreak” James inToronto during the 1960’s! Neil Young andRick James together! That’s something Igotta know more about. You can hear someMynah Bird recordings on the “TheComplete Motown Singles, Vol. 6: 1966”box set released in 2006.

Andrew: Who was more influential toyou as a performer... ScreamingLord Sutch or Spike Jones?Nardwuar: Screaming Lord Sutch I hold asoft spot for as his music was introduced tome by Montreal’s greatest 1980s band, TheGruesomes, when they covered his song“Jack the Ripper” on their “Tyrants of TeenTrash” LP from 1986.

Andrew: Who would win in a fight...The Dayglo Abortions or Bunch ofFucking Goofs?Nardwuar: I think it would be a drawbecause both band are friends with eachother. But if I had to choose I might possiblyside with the Dayglos as they are fromVictoria, home of The Neos. The Neos arethe Grandmasters. For the reason that theytold Jello Biafra about NoMeansNo. AndJello signed NoMeansNo, who then exposedthe world to Victoria! And if you think of allthe bands associated with NoMeansNo, theInfamous Scientists, Hanson Brothers, Bum,Shovelhead, Showbizgiants, Pigment Vehicle,Black Mountain, Daddy’s Hands, Islands,Carolyn Mark etc. you gotta give them someprops. But you can’t give them props with-out thanking the Neos first. To get the fullscoop of Victoria music history check outthe incredible book/double CD package “AllYour Ears Can Hear: Underground Music inVictoria, BC, 1978-1984” available fromallyourearscanhear.com

Andrew: You are fond of often wear-ing tartan... are you secretly Scottishor are Scots secretly Serviettes?Nardwuar: I have no Scottish blood whatso-ever. My Mom brought me a whole bunchof Tam’s back from Scotland in the early 90s.I didn’t wear any of them for years untilSebastian Bach of the hair farming bandSkid Row threatened to “beat me up for fun”and stole my favourite Toque! Plus hesmashed the Videotape I was using to “cap-ture” the interview. The shitty thing was thetape also contained interviews with PierreEliott Trudeau, Sandra Berhard and GeorgeClinton! So by default, my Tam became mydaily headwear.

Andrew: Did you ever get your toque

back from Sebastian Bach?Nardwuar: No.

Andrew: You strike me as a manwith a large record collection. Whatis your most treasured album andwhy?Nardwuar: I actually don’t have a lot ofrecords, but my most treasured LP waskindly given to me by Grant Lawrence, andit’s a doozy: a double album released in1980 by Newfoundland punk rockers DaSlyme! Find out more about the Da Slymeat www.abandonstream.net

Andrew: The Evaporators are prob-ably the only band left still releas-ing albums on 8 Track. Why do youdo this, and how?Nardwuar: Everything on Nardwuar recordsis available on 8-Track! Scott, Evaporatorsdrummer makes 8 tracks in his basement.We buy old “tracks” and tape over them.It’s real easy. Just buy an 8 track player thatrecords, and dub from CD to 8 track. Ilove 8-tracks, in fact I paid $20 for a SexPistols 8-track! I know it’s a lot, but it was a“birthday” present to myself! I’m still look-ing for the Dead boys on 8 track... To findout about the joys of 8-tracking go towww.8trackheaven.com0Andrew: I was listening to the CBCthe other day and they said theywere about the interview “theNardwuar the Human Serviette ofJapan”. Unfortunately, I missed theintroduction to the piece and theinterview itself. Have you heard ofthis? What do you think about this?Is this concept frightening to you?Nardwuar: I did not hear it; however, I loveit! Franchising is so “in” these days! Kennyvs. Spenny did it, Man or Astroman did it,so I am definitely up for it! By the way ifpeople want to check out the real Nardwuarthe Human Serviette please hop towww.nardwuar.com

Andrew: Did you know that yoursignature sign off “Doot Doola DootDoo” is actually very similar to thesound they would make on StarTrek when Spock was being quizzi-cal, “Doot Doolla Doo Da Doot DooDoo? Have you though of changingit?Nardwuar: I started doing my “Doot Doo”sign off thingie around 1990 because itsounded good and organists do it at hockeygames! (My great cousin Eric Nesterenkoused to play defence for the Chicago BlackHawks.) Thank you for pointing out thatSpock does it too! That is awesome as I loveStar Trek inspired rock tidbits. Especiallywicked and wonderful combos like theJames T. Kirks and Thee Shatners!

Andrew: Do you have a hit list?

Nardwuar: No, I am really bad at judgingother people’s music. I heard a pre-releasetape of Green Day’s “Dookie,” and thoughtit would be a failure. I could not hear onehit on it. Boy was I wrong: it sold millions.

Andrew: Where do you get all yourcool duds, man?Nardwuar: A lot of my stuff came from theGood Jacket , a now-closed clothing store inVancouver. Sean Raggett who ran the storewas the first singer in the Riff Randells . Healways set aside the coolest stuff for me towear. For example the amazing “Canada”sweater I am wearing on the cover of theEvaporators “Gassy Jack and Other Tales” LPcame straight from Sean’s cache! ThanksSean! I will never forget that! And oh, andfriends also give me clothes. Like somehow Ihave come to possess one of your wickedTiki jackets Andrew! So thank you, to youtoo!

Andrew: What does the 21st Centuryhold for Nardwuar the HumanServiette?Nardwuar: On November 2 2007 I will becelebrating 20 years on CiTR Radio with a20 hour interview marathon and gig at theSub Ballroom at UBC. Also, a couple weeksearlier, on October 23, a new DVD of myinterviews from the 1990s called “Welcometo My Castle” plus a new Evaporators LP“Gassy Jack and Other Tales” will beunleashed. So, at this point of the 21stCentury my thoughts have been occupiedwith the word “new” !

Andrew: If you were interviewingyou, what question would you mostwant to ask?Nardwuar: The question you asked me aboutTTSD!

Andrew: Do you think that ErnestAngley telling you that “god willstrike you down” had anything to dowith the cerebral hemorrhage yousuffered back in 1999?Nardwuar: The doctors still don’t know whatcaused my brain hemorrhage. All I personal-ly know is that I will be forever grateful forall the wonderful support and encourage-ment I received during my recovery. Thankyou to everyone for everything!

Andrew: Outside of Canada, do youhave a large following elsewhere inthe world? Are you big in France?Nardwuar: The Evaporators do have a songcalled “I’m Going to France” which is actual-ly the title of the 2nd hour of my new DVD, so I guess if lots of people buy it, we will beable to find out if anyone knows who I am,anywhere! Thanks for taking the time to askme all this stuff Andrew! Keep on rawkin’ inthe free world and doot doola doot doo.

Andrew: Doot Doo!


Amigos Cantina first opened its doors in November of '88. The first band to ever play the club were theShuffle Demons. The Beat Farmers were also an early staple of the club, as well as Beez's band Sarcastic

Mannequins and all the early Mint bands like Cub, Windwalker, and The Smugglers.

Over the years, the 230 capacity venue became known for it's hospitality, great food, and infamous "bandroom" above the club. Some of the bands that graced the stage through the '90s include Superchunk, TheJesus Lizard, Swervedriver, Sarah McLachlan, and just about every band on the Mint roster.

Since 2000, we've had tons of great bands, including Modest Mouse, Broken Social Scene, Wolf Parade,Calexico, Alejandro Escovedo, Man…or Astro-Man, Do Make Say Think, The Dears, Stars, and almost everyother indie band in Canada.

As of 2007, the club is still owned and operated by the same people, and just bought a brand new state of theart sound system.

I probably missed a few, but these are the Mint bands I KNOW we've had: Maow, Gob, Mr. T Experience,The Buttless Chaps, The Groovie Ghoulies, The Riff Randalls, Huevos Rancheros, The New Town Animals,Duotang, The Tennessee Twin, The Evaporators/Thee Goblins etc., Carolyn Mark, The Immaculate Machine,The Awkward Stage, Neko Case, Young and Sexy, P:ano, The New Pornographers, Novillero, The Sadies,Pansy Division, The Organ, The Smugglers, The Gay, Operation: Makeout, Mark Kleiner, The HansonBrothers, Cub, Pluto, The Stand GT, Coal, Tankhog.


Carolyn Mark + Dave Lang @ Amigo’s


everyone was bored, including thetwo hot sisters in the backseat of

the car in front of us. They keptturning around to check us out, andI returned the attention by wavingand making flirtatious gestures fromthe shotgun seat, unbeknownst to theirparents in the front seat of their car.Suddenly I remembered the rooftopgonch. Leaning out the window and

feeling around with my hand, there it was,soaking wet from the morning rain andshit-stained, but still there!

I balled it up in my hand and lobbed it. Itlanded perfectly on the trunk of the sisters'car, where, sure enough, one of themreached onto the trunk, grabbed the gonchand brought it into their car with them.There was a moment of calm as the girlsinspected the mystery gift, then the entirecar erupted from within — screaming andyelling, the car rocking from side to side,the gonch being whipped around like a hotpotato. It entered the car from the right rearwindow and after thirty seconds of chaos, itexited the car from the from left driver'swindow, coming to a landing on the per-fectly emerald lawn of the Peace Arch. Thefather turned to glare at us, but seeing fivefilthy, leering faces staring back at him, hethought better of a challenge, and simplyput on his indicator and eventually changedlanes and pulled away.

I knew that underwear would be of furtheruse. Thanks to everyone at Amigo's formany years of great rock n roll memories!!

Ihave a LOT of outrageous stories aboutAmigo's... but my favourite one is this: I

once shit my pants in Saskatoon. It was themorning after a Smugglers concert at theutterly legendary Amigo's Cantina andShow Room. When we first starting gettinggigs there, it was well before the indie-rockrevolution so bands were expected to playthree sets in one night. Sort of a bar rockblues circuit type thing. It was way, way toomuch time for us. We sucked very hard inthose early years as we could barely evencobble one set together. But amazingly,Amigo's kept having us back and thank godthey did: they were an oasis of hospitalityon the cold road. You could always expectplenty of smiles from the staff, tonnes offree beer and liquor, and a great Mexicanmeal.

After a few tours we finally started to fill upthe place. Back then (early 90s) the bandswould stay in Amigo's brothel-like upstairsband room, where, legend had it, everyband in Canada had been "sucked, fuckedand chucked" by the ribald Saskatoonites alltoo ready to fuck suck and chuck the likesof the Real McKenzies, the Skydiggers,Duotang, Nashville Pussy, the Corndogs,

cub, Furnaceface and oh so many more.The morning after our show in question, Istumbled out of bed and thought I was let-ting out a morning "toot" but unfortunatelyI didn't realize the precarious looseness ofmy bowels, as they sprayed the inner wall ofmy ginch/gonch with molten shit. InstantlyI took off the gonch and threw them outthe second story window. Curious, a coupleof the other band members looked out andsaw that the gonch had landed directly ontothe roof of our VW touring van parkeddirectly in front of Amigo's. Thinking thiswas some type of sign, I then reasoned,naked from the waste down, that being aspoor as we were back then that I mighteventually need the underwear again, andthat I should simply apply a piece of ducttape to the gonch and let the weather ofWestern Canada wash the gonch while onthe roof! Perfect plan!

A week later, we were winding our waythrough the Western States, finishing thetour, in line to come back into Canada atthe Peace Arch Border crossing just south ofVancouver. It was a busy, sunny Sundayafternoon and the border was packed. Theline up was crawling at a snail's pace and


Immaculate Machine + Leslie R. @ Amigo’s


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Mint Records @CMJ Music Marathon!October 16-20, 2007

Details coming soon towww.mintrecs.com

The debut EP coming soon


I've been pretty lucky you know. I real-ized it tonight in Twin Butte on tour

with one of my favourite bands on theplanet because you can think that whenyou're playing with your mentors thatGroucho Marx thing about how you'dnever want to join any club that wouldhave you as a member and think well, if Igot to meet them and play with them thenit must be too easy when in fact it couldbe the opposite — like I GOT to hang outand play with the people that made mewant to do my thing in the first place andstill make me want to do my thing nowand here we are despite daunting odds andmaybe it's a metaphor for everything.Music is so inspiring even when you knowhow it gets made, you've seen the factory,you've seen backstage and it's still magic tome when I see it. And inspiring. Thankyou NQ.

Holy crap. SO happy. Underlined twicehappy. Oh it's summer so maybe it's justgoing around and maybe the scenario's notperfect but we still get to put on our showand be glad to be alive and by exampleinspire other people to remain alive. Idon't know why that's so important inthese over-populated oil boom globalwarming and-it's-all-your-fault times but itSEEMS so. Maybe that's why. Purple twi-light and Leeroy Stagger's shiny black vanpulling up in the dusty parking lot playingThe Texas Tornadoes on the tape-deck orthe Ipod or whatever it is now and MissShawna and Brendon and playing for peo-ple at last. Had to come to the smallesttown to play for the most people. Rusty atfirst but then back in the saddle!

And don't forget Nanton, where every-thing's backwards. The waitress told me

she was glad it wasn't very busy so shecould get a chance to listen to the music.Very rare. Usually they're glaring at youbecause it's your fault that they're notmaking any money.

Images? Pink-tinged dusky wide open sky,the thermometer and the sun going downover the course of the show as dusk, thennight then stars descend. I'm so lookingforward at the same time as being happy itseems almost greedy.

I don't want to forget that rock'n'roll feel-ing of summer and possibilities and thingsworking out and people being happy and Iwant to figure out how to write about it topreserve it for the winter when we'regonna need to live on it.

xo cm

Carolyn MarkCumberland Big Time Out Festival

Photo by Val Utgaren



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Maniacby Guy Russell

Welcome to my second review on a film from 1980 calledManiac. Maniac was directed by William Lustig and

written by the late Joe Spinell. Spinell stars as Frank Zito aschizoid serial killer that was abused by his mother when he wasa child; his mother was also a prostitute. He stalks and killsyoung women in New York City and sees this as an act ofrevenge against his mother. Once he kills the women he pro-ceeds to scalp them and put their scalps on mannequins that hekeeps in his apartment. Caroline Munroe stars as Anna, a pho-tographer that happens to take a photo of Frank in the park.Frank realizes this and tries to make friends with her, leaving theviewer wondering if he plans to kill her or does he see her as ahe did his mother.

Maniac showcases some of Tom Savini's best work as a specialeffects artist, most notably when he gets to blow his own headoff. And as usual William Lustig makes the best use of a NewYork setting, especially at nighttime, the dark grim surroundingsthat we see when Frank is out walking around trying to find hisnext victim. Maniac to some is a very hard movie to take in, andcan be difficult to watch, mostly due to Spinell's portrayal as atroubled and confused human being; the filmmakers really focuson Frank's personal tragedies rather than from the victim's pointof view.

Aside from Lustig doing an outstanding job, we have to giveSpinell credit where credit is due; this guy put so much into thecharacter of Frank, and really believed in the story and believedin this kid named William Lustig. Joe Spinell was an amazingtalent who was in some huge Hollywood movies such as theGodfather, Taxi Driver, Rocky, The Pick-up Artist, and Vigilante,which was also directed by Lustig…. In saying that, Maniacpretty much separates itself from most of the films in the samegenre. Where we are introduced to the killer almost right awayand stay with him through the whole film instead of some guyhiding in the bushes that we barely get to see, this lets the view-er understand the killer's motives because they get to learn a lit-tle bit about him.

Maniac was made for the exact same area it was shot in; it wasmade for the 42nd Street theatres, and this made it all the morescary when people would leave the theatre, they would enter thesame setting that they just saw on the screen. Maniac became acult favorite by playing the circuit in these seedy grindhouse the-atres. To me, Maniac still stands strong today. Because of itssense of realism, it's more difficult to date this movie. I say ifyou have a strong stomach, if you enjoy films that have thatsense of realism, and whether you like Joe Spinell or not, defi-nitely go rent this film and check it out! I give it 5 stars out of 5.See you at Happy Bats.

P.S I warned you not to go out tonight!

Guy Russell writes and manages 'BURIAL GROUND' at happybatscinema.com

Revenge of theBroken Hearted by Juan Farmer

I'm plagiarizing myself, and stealing from my most recent title of a'Poor White Noise' entry. Revenge is about the American Dream,

and humiliation and I believe that makes the perfect segway for this'end of summer' review. The end of summer is when we realize wecan't fly, credit card statements rival Christmas ones, and school isjust around the corner. Crappy sales are everywhere and if you are astudent or not, the feeling never goes away. But to assess theAmerican Dream business, fear not. Even Britney Spears buys rubbersat 7-11.

Reminded of a film that is definitely not a 'summer movie', but epit-omizes the sameness of us all, in our quest for fun, is Weekend by JeanLuc Godard. In the film is a shot that is about 10 minutes long wherethe camera slowly moves past a row of cars, all in gridlock, on theirway out of the city for the perfect weekend. It is a brilliant commen-tary on consumerism and one where traffic jams become revolution,cannibalism, and murder. Characters in the movie call the film 'rot-ten', name Jesus as a communist and call for the beginning of flam-boyance in cinema. Challenging stuff,but the traffic jam and eventual mur-der in Weekend bring me to the TVshow I recently watched the first sea-son of, in one sitting.

Dexter is the show where the titlecharacter is a pathologist for theMiami police, he likes to kill people,but only if they deserve it. Being ablood specialist, Dexter helps solvecrimes, and in his line of work, comesacross a few extra baddies to deliversome of his justice toward, hand toolsat the ready. Having recently re-watched Twin Peaks and loving it allover again, Dexter was set up to fail miserably. An idiosyncratic localpolice team, a community of put-on personas, and a long term mur-der mystery story sounded like it was a little too close to home. LauraPalmer has had it bad enough, and doesn't need her toes stepped on.Dexter peacefully co-exists.

Dexter is dark and funny, and very much looks and feels like a pro-gram with a massive draw and an audience that is far larger then thecountless great horror gems it borrows from, which is too bad. Butyou can always email Juan at Happy Bats, and ask what the titles ofthose gems are, if you're interested. To belie a statement from 'PoorWhite Noise', I am willing to be a friend, and would reply, in kind,with recommendations and movie chit-chat. So, see Dexter, fear thesimilarities that you may share with the Sociopath lead, and see ifwhen you are through the first season, you crave a strong cup of cof-fee and a slice of cherry pie.

Juan Farmer writes 'POOR WHITE NOISE' at happybatscinema.com



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Soft Beauty inDark PlacesWhy Chet's slow, sunny crooning has won me over.By Elaine Corden

The first and last time I saw Victoria band Chet performlive was also the first time I ever fell asleep standing up.

Chet's somnambulant, whisper-quiet show at Vancouver's RedRoom seemed to enthral the folk sitting cross-legged in themiddle of the dance floor, but for me it was lacklustre, and Ifell asleep standing, like a bored housecat, rocking back andforth until a tap on the shoulder from a friend brought meback to consciousness. I was less than impressed. I likemaudlin quietcore as much as the next person, but this groupwas just barely north of comatose.

I hadn't thought about the group since that show almost fouryears ago, until a month ago, a friend demanded that I listento their new album, Fight Against Darkness, which was releasedMarch of this year. And, seeing as it has been playing on mystereo since, to the exclusion of almost everything else, I'mforced to admit I may have slept through something great.

The album opens with "The Shepherd," which starts slow andsoft as a sigh, but quickly goes somewhere interesting, invok-ing something that sits at the perfect midpoint betweenFlannery O'Connor's Southern Gothic novels and the finalscene of any given John Hughes film.

Singer Ryan Beattie's voice shifts between a cracking falsettoand a gorgeous tenor, crooning lyrics about beauty in darkplaces overtop jangly 50s guitar and strings — violins, cellos— that are achingly pretty. Indeed, Fight Against Darkness isaptly titled: nearly all the songs deal with a quest to locatebrighter moments from inside the mire of the shadows. Thissunnier outlook is helped by some musical forays into 1960girl group territory, particularly on "By Night Into Paradise"(which also boasts brass from Vancouver group They ShootHorses, Don't They?) and also on "Dollarton Harbour."

There are some heavy-lidded moments still evident, as on"Because My Name Is Lion," which sounds more like theChet I saw four years ago, but the less adventurous songs arestill disarmingly lovely. And quite frankly, Chet could fill therest of their album with sleep-abetting tracks of waves andrainforests, and include just the ninth track, "Because I'veNever Known Trouble," and I would still sing its praises.

Slow-burning and almost waltz-like at parts before bursting,last minute, into something that undeniably upbeat, the songbreaks your heart and then stitches it back together with cellostrings. I've listened to it more times than is decent, and I rec-ommend you do too. It's far from sleep inducing, but itsounds like a dream.

This article originally appeared in the June 28, 2007 issueof TheTyee.ca. Reprinted with permission of the author

and TheTyee.ca


something beautifully akin to the Mamas & Papas in 3D (TV Week)

nostalgic, wise, inspiring stuff (All Music Guide)

Glee cub stylee (KUCI)

sunshine pop choral group (Now, Toronto)

could be a church number, in a really cool chapel(Province, Vancouver)

www.myspace.com/thechoirpractice


a tribute to nardwuar!

nardwuar versus nirvana!

a carolyn mark tour story!

immaculate machine comics!

growing up mulligan!

we ask 5 questions!

dear shane!

a mint contest!

amigos cantina!

mix tapes!

recipes!

dvd reviews!

more!


The Mint debut CD out nowwww.bellamusic.org www.myspace.com/bella


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