MUSIC VIEW SHOW 213



MUSIC VIEW IS SPONSORED BY COLUMBIA HOUSE. THEIR INTRODUCTORY

OFFER HAS OVER 200 SELECTIONS INCLUDING THE LEMONHEADS' ITS A SHAME

ABOUT RAY, RAMONES' MANIA AND JAZZMATAZZ BY GURU. MEMBERSHIP

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OUT ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES NATIONWIDE.

COLUMBIA HOUSE, ENTERTAINING AMERICA ONE PERSON AT A TIME.



I'M COLLEEN MURPHY AND THIS WEEK ON MUSIC VIEW, THE MIGHTY MIGHTY

BOSSTONES RELAY THEIR ANTI-VIOLENT MESSAGE, IN THE FEATURE

INTERVIEW...



DICKY: WE FEEL WE'RE BEATING PEOPLE OVER THE HEAD WITH PEACE.



PLUS, GARY LUCAS CHALLENGES A MORBID YOUTH FASCINATION, AND "BIG

TAKEOVER" FANZINE EDITOR, JACK RABID, ROLLS OVER ANOTHER MORSEL OF

HIS RABID FOOD....



JACK: THIS WEEK ON RABID FOOD, THE RETURN AFTER A DECADE OF AN OLD

ROCKIN PUNK AND R N B FAVORITE.



PLUS, THE BULGARIAN STATE FEMALE VOCAL CHOIR GIVE NEW MEANINGS TO

OLD RITES, AND A FORMER DISPOSABLE HERO OF HIPHOPRISY TAKES A LOOK

BACK TO ONE REASON THEY DISBANDED....



MICHAEL: I DIDN'T WANT TO BE CORNERED.



ALL THIS AND MORE IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR ON COLLEGE RADIO'S WEEKLY

NEW MUSIC MAGAZINE, MUSIC VIEW....



BOSTON SKACORE OUTFIT THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES' LATEST AND

FOURTH ALBUM QUESTION THE ANSWERS IS THEIR USUAL BREW OF HARDCORE

PUNK AND SKA REGGAE, BUT THIS TIME WITH A DOSE OF LOUNGEY JAZZ AND

HIP HOP RHYTHMS ADDED TO THE PUNCH. THIS INCREASED MUSICAL VARIETY

MAY BE DUE IN PART TO THE FACT THAT WHILE RECORDING THEIR LATEST, THE

BOSSTONES USED THREE DIFFERENT STUDIOS AND THREE DIFFERENT

PRODUCTION TEAMS. SINGER DICKY BARRETT REVEALED WHY THE BOSSTONES

OPTED FOR THIS FRESH RECORDING APPROACH, IN PART ONE OF THE FEATURE

INTERVIEW...



DICKY: I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE DOING IT, THE HUGE BUZZWORD WAS

"TEXTURE". THAT'S WHAT WE KEPT SAYING TO EACH OTHER - "TEXTURE".

PASSING EACH OTHER ON THE WAY TO THE BATHROOM - "TEXTURE". AND WE

HAVE ALWAYS HAD THE KITCHEN SINK APPROACH TO MAKING RECORDS

WHICH IS THERE'S NOTHING WE WON'T THROW IN. SO, WE WANTED THAT WITH

THE PRODUCTION OF OUR RECORD, TOO. IN THE STUDIO, YOU CAN BECOME

THIS REAL STUDIO CREATURE, THIS SLUG WHERE YOU LIKE LAY AROUND THE

STUDIO AND YOU'RE HEARING THE SONGS OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND THE

FOOD IS BEING DELIVERED TO YOU AND YOU JUST BECOME A COMPLETE

CRETIN. SO WITH THE HIT AND RUN THING THAT WE CAME UP WITH WE DIDN'T

BECOME THAT WAY. WE WERE ON THE ROAD AND THEN WE'D GO IN THERE FOR

MAYBE FIVE OR SIX DAYS, FRESH, EXCITED TO BE IN THERE AND THERE TO

WORK, NOT LOOKING AT LUNCH MENUS.



Song: Mighty Mighty Bosstones: "Bronzing The Garbage" (280K au file)



FROM THEIR LATEST ALBUM QUESTION THE ANSWERS, THAT'S THE MIGHTY

MIGHTY BOSSTONES WITH "BRONZING THE GARBAGE" AND WE'LL BE TALKING

WITH THE BOSSTONES AGAIN, LATER IN THE SHOW.





CRITICALLY HAILED GUITARIST GARY LUCAS FIRST GOT HIS MUSICAL START IN

THE HIGHLY REGARDED, SEMINAL CAPTAIN BEEFHEART'S MAGIC BAND. YEARS

LATER, LUCAS FORMED HIS OWN MUSICAL CONGLOMERATION, GODS AND

MONSTERS, WHICH HAS SEEN TALENTS SUCH AS MATTHEW SWEET,

TACKHEAD'S KEITH LEBLANC AND EX-WOODENTOP ROLO MCGINTY PASS

THROUGH. NOW WITH A NEW ALBUM, BAD BOYS OF THE ARCTIC, LUCAS HAS

DELVED FURTHER INTO STYLISTIC GUITAR ACROBATICS, AND HAS DEVELOPED

HIS LYRIC WRITING WITH STRINGS OF HIDDEN MEANINGS WITHIN EACH SONG.

WHEN TALKING TO MUSIC VIEW, LUCAS RELATED THE INSPIRATION AND ONE

MEANING BEHIND A BITING TUNE ON HIS LATEST, THE CHALLENGING "POISON I

V LEAGUE"....



GARY: IN A WAY,. THAT REFLECTS MY ASTONISHMENT AND CONCERN OVER A

COUPLE OF ISSUES I SEE WHICH ARE DESTRUCTIVE TENDENCIES IN THE

POPULAR YOUTH CULTURE. ONE IS, ITS AMAZING TO ME THAT THERE'S STILL

THIS MORBID FASCINATION WITH PEOPLE TAKING NARCOTICS. YOU'D THINK

THAT PEOPLE WOULD LEARN FROM THE LESSONS OF HISTORY. BUT I THINK TO

REALLY GLORIFY DRUGS EITHER BY TALKING ABOUT DOING THEM OR WRITING

ABOUT THEM IN A SONG IS NOT SOMETHING I WANT TO SUBSCRIBE TO. I DON'T

THINK THIS STUFF SHOULD GO UNCHALLENGED, OR AT LEAST, NOT

COMMENTED UPON.



Song: "Poison IV League" start @ 07//3:24 cf



"POISON I V LEAGUE" BY GARY LUCAS FROM THE ALBUM BAD BOYS OF THE

ARCTIC. NOW ITS TIME TO CALL IN OUR FAVORITE BAD BOY FROM NEW YORK

CITY, MR. JACK RABID WITH HIS WEEKLY CORNUCOPIA OF RABID FOOD..



JACK: OK COLLEEN. RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU REMEMBER THE REDUCERS,

THAT NEW LONDON FOURSOME THAT RELEASED 3 ALBUMS IN 2 YEARS FROM 84

TO 85, THEN SEEMINGLY DISAPPEARED OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH, EVEN

THOUGH THEY NEVER BROKE UP. WELL IT ONLY TOOK THEM 9 YEARS, LONGER

THAN EVEN THE DICKIES AND BOSTON, BUT THEY'VE FINALLY ISSUED THEIR

FOURTH LP, CALLED SHINOLA ONCE AGAIN ON THEIR OWN RAVE RECORDS,

WITH THE SAME 4 GUYS THEY LEFT OFF WITH, AND ITS VERY GOOD. LIKE THEIR

LAST 2 LPS, LETS GO AND CRUISE TO NOWHERE, THEY STILL MIX BLASTS OF

CLASH-LIKE PUNK AND ROCKIN PUB ROCK R N'B IN THE DOCTOR FEELGOOD,

DICKS DELUXE AND JOHNNY KIDD FASHION, BUT MY FAVORITE ON THE NEW

LP IS ACTUALLY KIND OF A SOFTER POP TUNE. JUDGE FOR YOURSELF. FROM

THE NEW LP SHINOLA, HERE IS THE REDUCERS WITH "SOME OTHER TIME"....



Song: "Some Other Time" - The Reducers



JACK: PETER DETMOLD, HUGH BIRDSALL, STEVE KAIKA AND TOM TROMBLEY,

THAT'S THE REDUCERS, THEY'VE HAD THE SAME LINEUP SINCE THE LATE 70'S

EARLY 80'S, THAT WAS "SOME OTHER TIME", A CRAFTY LITLE DITTY THERE,

UNLIKE THE HARDER STUFF ON THE LP, THATS FROM THEIR NEW LP SHINOLA,

AGAIN TIS THEIR FIRST ALBUM IN 9 YEARS, NOT COUNTING A RETROSPECTIVE

CD, SO TO CALL IT LONG AWAITED IS ALMOST LIKE IF J.D. SALINGER WROTE

ANOTHER BOOK. WELL, MAYBE NOT THAT LONG. I'M JACK RABID. THANKS

JACK. COMING UP AN EX-DISPOSABLE HERO OF HIPHOPRISY FINDS DIFFICULTY

IN GETTING POLITICAL UNDER THE AUSTRALIAN SUN, AND THE MIGHTY

MIGHTY BOSSTONES DRAW THE LINE BETWEEN AGGRESSION AND VIOLENCE,

BUT FIRST WE UNCOVER THE MYSTERY OF BULGARIA'S TOP CHOIR IN OUR

WEEKLY WORLD MUSIC SEGMENT...



THE MYSTERY OF THE BULGARIAN VOICES FIRST HIT AMERICAN SHORES BACK

IN 1987, AND CAPTIVATED AUDIENCES WITH THEIR ETHEREAL, LUSH

ACAPELLAS. THREE YEARS LATER, VOLUME 2 OF LE MYSTERE DES VOIX

BULGARES WON THE BULGARIAN STATE FEMALE VOCAL CHOIR A GRAMMY

AWARD. WITH THEIR LATEST ELEKTRA NONESUCH RELEASE, THE CHOIR HAS

OPTED TO TRANSFORM THE WESTERN WORLD'S MOST REKNOWN SEASONAL

SONGS AND CAROLS. THEIR ALBUM RITUAL SPRINGS NEW MEANING INTO AND

INTERPRETATIONS OF TRADITIONAL BULGARIAN HOLIDAY SONGS. HERE IS THE

BULGARIAN STATE FEMALE VOCAL CHOIR WITH "MOMA HOUBAVA"...



Song: "Moma Houbava"



THE BULGARIAN STATE FEMALE VOCAL CHOIR WITH "MOMA HOUBAVA", OR

"BEAUTIFUL GIRL".



AFTER THE POLITICALLY FUELED PUNK/INDUSTRIAL ACT THE BEATNIGS SPLIT,

SINGER/RAPPER/PROGRAMMER MICHAEL FRANTI WENT ON TO FORM ANOTHER

CONCIOUS-RAISING GROUP. JOINING FORCES WITH CONSOLIDATED'S MARK

PISTEL AND RAPPER RONO TSE, FRANTI FORMED THE DISPOSABLE HEROES OF

HIPHOPRISY. THE BAND HAD A FUNKIER SOUND THAN THE BEATNIGS, BUT

TOOK THAT BAND'S POLITICAL AIMS EVEN FURTHER WITH SONGS SUCH AS

"TELEVISION THE DRUG OF THE NATION" AND "EVERYDAY HAS BECOME A

HEALTH RISK" FOUND ON THEIR DEBUT HYPOCRISY IS THE GREATEST LUXURY.

HOWEVER, THE BAND WAS SHORTLIVED AND FRANTI TOOK A LOOK BACK TO

ONE OF THE REASONS THE BAND PARTED WAYS, WHEN TALKING TO MUSIC

VIEW....



MICHAEL: I DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN A CORNER, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN.

AND I REALLY FELT IF I MADE THE SAME DISPOSABLE HEROES RECORD PLUS

TEN PERCENT, THEN IT WAS LIKE....FIRST OF ALL, FOR ME, I TOUR A LOT. I

REALLY LOVE TOURING AND PLAYING LIVE SHOWS. AND THERE'D BE TIMES

WITH DISPOSABLE HEROES WHERE WE'D BE IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA AND IT

WOULD BE 100 DEGREES OUTSIDE AND THE SUN WOULD BE SHINING AND THERE

WOULD BE HALF-NAKED PEOPLE THROWING WATER AT EACH OTHER AND IT

WAS REALLY HARD TO GET UP THERE AND SING "TELEVISION, THE DRUG OF THE

NATION", YOU KNOW. I'D JUST BE LIKE...I'M NOT FEELIN' IT, YOU KNOW. 



Song: "Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury" 00//3:30 fade



FROM 1992, THAT'S THE DISPOSABLE HEROES OF HIPHOPRISY WITH THE TITLE

TRACK FROM THEIR ALBUM HYPOCRISY IS THE GREATEST LUXURY.



NOW I'D LIKE TO TAKE A BREAK TO REMIND YOU THAT MUSIC VIEW IS

SPONSORED BY COLUMBIA HOUSE. THEIR INTRODUCTORY OFFER HAS OVER 200

SELECTIONS INCLUDING THE LEMONHEADS' ITS A SHAME ABOUT RAY,

RAMONES MANIA AND JAZZMATAZZ BY GURU. MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS

ARE NOW OUT ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES NATIONWIDE. COLUMBIA HOUSE,

ENTERTAINING AMERICA ONE PERSON AT A TIME.





NOW FOR PART TWO OF OUR FEATURE INTERVIEW WITH THE MIGHTY MIGHTY

BOSSTONES. THEIR LATEST LP QUESTION THE ANSWERS IS AN ALL-OUT

SKACORE FIREBLAZER SHOWING THIS ACT HASN'T LOST TRUE PUNK ENERGY

EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ON A MAJOR LABEL. HOWEVER, BEING ON A MAJOR

MEANS MORE PEOPLE WILL HEAR THEIR MESSAGE, AND THERE DOES SEEM TO

BE ONE ON THIS ALBUM. WITH SONGS SUCH AS "KINDER WORDS", "SAD

SILENCE" AND "HELL OF A HAT", IT SEEMS THE BOSSTONES ARE TAKING AN

ANTI-VIOLENT APPROACH. NOW, THE MUSIC THEY PLAY IS DIRECTED TOWARD

THE HARDCORE AUDIENCE, A GROUP OFTEN BRANDED WITH A VIOLENT

ATTITUDE. SINGER DICKY BARRETT RELATED HOW HE FEELS HARDCORE HAS NO

CONNECTION WITH VIOLENCE, WHEN TALKING TO MUSIC VIEW....



DICKY: I THINK THAT THEY'RE MISSING VIOLENCE WITH AGGRESSION. I THINK

THAT HARDCORE AND THE KIND OF MUSIC THAT THE BOSSTONES ALL ENJOY IS

AGGRESSION BUT I DON'T THINK IT MEAN HATE AND I DONT' THINK IT MEANS

VIOLENCE. I THINK THAT ITS JUST AN AGGRESSIVE WAY OF DELIVERING A

MESSAGE. ITS KIND OF LIKE, THE WAY WE LOOK AT IT IS THAT WE'RE BEATING

PEOPLE OVER THE HEAD WITH PEACE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ANY KIND OF A

MIT STUDENT TO FIGURE OUT THE MATH OF, YOU KNOW, IF WE START ON THE

VERY BASIC LEVELS OF TRYING TO GET ALONG WITH ONE ANOTHER THEN

THINGS WILL SNOWBALL AND ESCALATE INTO GREATER PROPORTIONS.



Song: "Kinder Words" 53//3:04 c



THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES WITH "KINDER WORDS" FROM THEIR LATEST

ALBUM QUESTION TH ANSWERS AND THAT BRINGS ANOTHER BROADCAST OF

MUSIC VIEW TO A CLOSE. MY SPECIAL THANKS TO THE BOSSTONES, GARY

LUCAS, MICHAEL FRANTI AND JACK RABID. NEXT WEEK, FOETUS WILL GIVE THE

FEATURE INTERVIEW, PLUS WE'LL BE TALKING WITH MONSTER MAGNET AND

THE CRAMPS. UNTIL THEN, I'M COLLEEN MURPHY, WRITER AND PRODUCER OF

MUSIC VIEW, A PRESENTATION OF X COMMUNICATIONS.



MUSIC VIEW IS SPONSORED BY COLUMBIA HOUSE AND AIRS ON OVER 200 PHAT

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MUSIC VIEW SHOW 213 DAILIES



TAG: ...AND I'M COLLEEN MURPHY FOR MUSIC VIEW, SPONSORED BY COLUMBIA

HOUSE. THEIR INTRODUCTORY OFFER HAS OVER 200 SELECTIONS INCLUDING

ALBUMS BY THE LEMONHEADS, RAMONES AND GURU. MEMBERSHIP

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OUT ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES NATIONWIDE.

COLUMBIA HOUSE, ENTERTAINING AMERICA ONE PERSON AT A TIME.



MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES



ALTHOUGH BOSTON SKACORE ACT THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES' LATEST

RECORD QUESTION THE ANSWERS IS ON A MAJOR LABEL, THEY HAVE RETAINED

THEIR PUNK ROCK SPIRIT NOT ONLY MUSICALLY, BUT GRAPHICALLY. THEIR CD

ARTWORK HAS THAT INDIE FEEL AND IS ALSO A TRIBUTE, AS SINGER DICKY

BARRETT REVEALED WHEN TALKING TO MUSIC VIEW...



DICKY: YEAH, WE'RE TRYING TO MILK IT AND GET SOME OF THOSE PUNK ROCK

DOLLARS THAT ARE ROLLING AROUND. NO, I MEAN, WE MADE THE RECORD, IT

WAS A SEMI-TRIBUTE TO THAT ALBUM COVER FOR "GIVE EM ENOUGH ROPE" BY

THE CLASH. YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY HAVE PRIMARY COLORS AND THIS

STRIKING ARTWORK THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH

PACKAGING. BUT, YEAH, SO IT WAS A TRIBUTE TO THAT.



THAT'S DICKY BARRETT OF THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES



GARY LUCAS



EX BEEFHEART GUITARIST GARY LUCAS'LATEST GODS AND MONSTERS LP, BAD

BOYS OF THE ARCTIC, SHOWCASES NOT ONLY HIS DEXTROUS ACROBATICS,

BUT HIS STINGING LYRICS AS WELL. AS THE ALBUM FEATURS TITLES SUCH AS

"POISON IV LEAGUE"AND "THE NIGHTMARE OF HISTORY", MUSIC VIEW ASKED

LUCAS IF HE FELT HIS OUTLOOK WAS A BIT BLEAK....



GARY: YEAH, BUT I THINK THAT THEY'RE NOT DESIGNED TO PUT PEOPLE ON

ANYTHING MORE THAN A MISSION OF QUESTIONING. AND YEAH, I THINK I'VE

CHANGED A LOT AS A WRITER AND HOPEFULLY AS A PERSON, YOU KNOW.

BECAUSE IN THE NEWEST SONGS THAT I'VE WRITTEN, I'M TRYING TO PUT FORTH

A MORE OPTIMISTIC VIEW WITHOUT BEING TOO CHEERY OR CHEAP.



THAT'S GARY LUCAS OF GODS AND MONSTERS....



MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES



WITH A NEW ALBUM CALLED QUESTION THE ANSWERS, AND A SOUND

REMINISCENT OF THE EARLY HARDCORE-SKA HYBRID, THE MIGHTY MIGHTY

BOSSTONES ARE STILL WAVING THE PUNK FLAG. ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THEIR

PUNK ROCK DEDICATION IS THEIR OWN FANZINE CALLED

"SEVEN-THIRTY-SEVEN-ZINE", WHICH SINGER DICKY BARRETT ELABORATED

UPON WHEN TALKING TO MUSIC VIEW...



DICKY: ITS COSTLY. IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY TO SEND IT AROUND AND WE

DON'T REALLY WANT TO CHARGE PEOPLE. AND ITS HARD TO REALLY CREATE

THE ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS AND STUFF THAT WE'D LIKE TO DO THAT

OTHER BETTER FANZINES HAVE. BUT ITS A WAY THAT WE LET PEOPLE KNOW

ABOUT OUR TOUR DATES. ITS PROBABLY AND UNDERCOVER WAY OF US TO

SELL OURSELVES MORE.



THAT'S DICKY BARRETT OF THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES



DISPOSABLE HEROES OF HIPHOPRISY



COMPRISED OF CONSOLIDATED'S MARK PISTEL, EX-BEATNIG MICHAEL FRANTI

AND RONO TSE, THE DISPOSABLE HEROES OF HIPHOPRISY SURROUNDED

THEMSELVES WITH CONTROVERSY WITH THEIR OVERTLY POLITICAL

INDUSTRIAL HIP HOP. HOWEVER, FRANTI REALIZED HE COULDN'T USE HIS ACT

TO CONVERT THE UNINITIATED, AS HE REVEALED WHEN TALKING TO MUSIC

VIEW....



MICHAEL: THE PEOPLE WHO CAME TO MY SHOWS, THEY ALREADY AGREED

WITH WHAT I HAD TO SAY. AND I DON'T FEEL THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH

THAT NECESSARILY BECAUSE, YOU NEED TO HAVE AFFIRMATIONS, YOU KNOW.

ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH STUFF THAT'S IN THE MARGINS, YOU

KNOW, YOU NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT SPEAK OUT AND OTHER PEOPLE CAN

SAY, YEAH I AGREE WITH THAT AND LETS ALL GO TO A SHOW AND THERE'LL BE

500 OF US THERE TOGETHER AND WE ALL AGREE WITH THE SAME STUFF AND

THAT'S COOL.



THAT'S EX-DISPOSABLE HERO MICHAEL FRANTI....



MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES



WITH THEIR LATEST LP QUESTION THE ANSWERS, THE MIGHTY MIGHTY

BOSSTONES HAVE ONCE AGAIN DISPLAYED THEIR STRANGE BREW OF

HARDCORE, SKA AND THIS TIME LOUNGEY JAZZ AND HIP HOP. NOW, THEIR

SOUND MAY NOT BE A SEEMING MATCH FOR FELLOW BEANTOWN BAND,

AEROSMITH, BUT THE BOSSTONES DID HAVE THE CHANCE TO OPEN UP FOR

THESE HIGH SCHOOL HEROES, AS SINGER DICKY BARRETT RECALLED WHEN

TALKING TO MUSIC VIEW...



DICKY: OPENING FOR AEROSMITH OR BANDS LIKE THAT, ITS....THE FANS, THE

PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE ARE THERE TO SEE ONE THING. WE HAD MAYBE 50 OR

100 KIDS S THAT CAME TO SEE US PLAY WHICH WAS THRILLING, TOO. AND THEY

LIKE REALLY CAUSED TROUBLE BUT IT WAS TOUCHING. IT WAS TOUCHING TO

SEE THEM THERE. BUT OUR OBJECTIVE WAS TO NOT BE BOOED AND WITH THAT

BEING OUR GOAL IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS.



THAT'S DICKY BARRETT OF THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES...





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(last update 6-April-95)