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Grip #9 Our Back to School issue, boasting educational interviews with Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo and Scott Taylor of the Grifters, also a chat with Shannon Worrell about the future of September '67 and a peek at Kid Koala mixing without headphones. Yep, and we also review the new Stereolab one month early (hows that fer value?) and find someone, some very prominent someone, is watching Kyle Hogg. SOMEONE PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE TELL MELISSA THAT HER MOLE WAS A PRINTING ERROR!!!

Grip#8 The big Music Television issue, with our own David Harrison taking a look back at the legacy of Hullaballoo & Shindig, a classic excerpt from the infamous Bob Dylan / John Lennon barf clip, some lost Doobie Brothers cartoons, a Monkees retrospective, a reprinted P-Funk retrospective, interviews with Jim "Foetus" Thirlwell and Jeff "Neutral Milk Hotel" Mangum and D'Angelo. Meanwhile, Danzig asks the philosophical question of the year "Which of the Spice Girls is the fungus?" THE PUBLISHER WAS HERETOFORE KNOWN AS 'THAT MONKEE-LOVING GOON!!'

Grip #7 Our big 1997 Virginia Music Issue, with Route One South pre-coverage and a big ol' Will Oldham / Palace interview and mucho local reviews and lotsa bile mixed with information. All just seems right with the big old formatted world, doesn't it? Maybe not-- there's also a Scud Mountain Boys interview (what are they selling?) and Pat McGeehan's classic "Virginia" spread, soon to be posterized and available for big bucks at Peace Frogs. And the cablegram read THANKS FOR PUTTING US IN THE RESOURCE GUIDE. LOVE, 'THAT MONKEE-LOVING GOON'

Grip #6 Yep, it's the Grip Hop issue. . . you got a centerspread interview with the Roots, a Biz Markie appreciation, and some Hip-Hop tips and classic covers. All right there for ya'! Ah, but there's also our love for anchorman Gene Cox, our take on the Dave Matthews bootleg controversy, and a peek into the rockin' world of the Cashmere Jungle Lords. We personally like this one but THE CONSULTANTS THOUGHT THE IDEA OF A 'BLACK POWER' COVER PHOTOGRAPH WAS DOOMED FOR PLAY IN UKROPS NATION!

Grip #5 Is that Donovan on the cover, and talking to our own Brian Greene? Yes, but there's so much more-- Pat McGeehan tells you how you can be a Forest Fire Boy, Kyle Hogg salutes his favorite trucker / musician, Dave Harrison investigates the Devil's influence on Rock 'n' Roll," and Tyler and Co. present those award winning Miami Vice hiakus that got them banned from Macados on Tuesday Nacho Night. DAMNED FROM THE SECOND STAGE AT BUZZFEST '97!!!

Grip #4 Oh, this one! Boy, if words could talk. Anyway, the big Charlottesville jazz scene is spotighted, the demise of Chopper Stile demos is lamented (Terri Allard is featured anyway), The 1996 Packy Awards for stellar movie achievement are announced. . . and let's not forget Natalie F., A Thom C. and Pat's look at the essence of the American Cheerleader. DERIDED AT PLAN 9's NEW MIDLOTHIAN LOCATION.

Grip #3 Man, was that a year. 1996. We look back with cheddar, with mucho best-of-the-year music lists from the local glitterati. Meanwhile, Stephen Head speaks to Lou Barlow of Sebadoh, P. O'Rourke snags a word with Judah Bauer of Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and talks local youth sports, Pat presents the Doubleman Twins, and let's not forget the James Brown apparition we saw on New Years Eve. TRUST FUND HIPPIES DID NOT APPRECIATE THE FLAGRANT ANTI-PHISH RHETORIC.

Grip #2 They said that putting a woman and her fish on the cover of a magazine wouldn't work. Boy, we showed 'em! Inside, the Grip staff take a trip to Sugartown, get Sean McClain of Chrome Daddy Disco worked up by misspelling his name, scratch our heads over this whole Cracker nervous breakdown thing, have a Johnny Cash daydream, crack up over Luscious Jackson. And, gosh, talk to Versus, New Radiant Storm King and Richmond's Bio Ritmo. TOO MUCH FISH TO DISCUSS IN THIS SHORT SPACE!

Grip #1 The debut "Grip" trip, with that stunning, soon-to-be-a-major-motion-picture cover by Scott Seymour. Inside, we talk about, and do some wishful thinking concerning, the Virginia Festival of Film, tell the sordid tale of pro wrestler Steve Musulin, present the InfoLyin', and generally sit back and kick the bobo over the new poly casuals. CONDESCINDED TO IN THE OFFICES OF "C-VILLE WEEKLY."

Grip #0 How one-dimensional of us to think we could interview Latetia from Stereolab and cartoonist Peter Bagge and get away with it. And attempt to toss in everything from Mark Robinson to Curious Digit to the Dave Matthews Band to the Byrds to Serge Gainsborge to the Velvet Underground to Shelley Winters to Thomas Jefferson to boot? Horrors. What about that color cover-- did that meet up to expectations? Sold out! Gone. YOU'LL NEVER GET ON CORAN CAPSHAW'S GOOD SIDE BY PUBLISHING THAT KIND OF MAGAZINE, CHEESE!

The Purge #1 One-shot kick da bucket! Dusty Springfield tells Lesley Gore about Mods and Rockers, our reviewers discourse on Paul Westerberg and Charles Mingus, the Mountaintop Film Festival features Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, and we spy on New Jersey (!) politics. Yep, it was a damn purge all right-- (supplies very limited). DUSTY'S THOUGHTS ON 'SOCIAL REVOLUTION' NEARLY RIVAL JULIUS LESTER'S.

Catharsis # 31 This one features a Regional Listening Guide 1994-style, Dave "the Meandering Surrealist" Harrison's sentimental look at Elmo and the Lettrists, plus the Loud Family, our Publisher vs. Henry the Bull-- two out of three falls in a cage match and a book review of "Adrift on the NIle" on the line. Can you see the sweat? The toil? WE HAD TO TAKE A BREAK FOR AWHILE.

Catharsis #30 A classic 12-pager featuring NBA highlights, Elvis' favorite sandwich revisited and our controversial essay on an end to themes. Not the mention the joke where a really bad soft rock radio station tacked our newly adopted slogan in their production room ("All this from a magazine without a month on its cover"). Did we mention that Kingdom Scum is similarly instigated? Some people claim that Mr. P-Nutty is to blame, but we know it's our own damn fault-- (supplies very limited). IF THAT GUY FROM SWEDEN CALLS AGAIN ABOUT THE KINGDOM SCUM FEATURE, JUST HANG UP.

Catharsis #29 The infamous 1st Annual "Annoy the Conservative Media Poetry Contest"-- a still-prescient contest that won the Limbaugh Alert! award-- plus a report from CMJ-fest, a shocking peek at sexist kids toys, and Kyle Hogg fills us in on Richmond rap music. WAS PACKY IN THE LOOP????

Catharsis #28 Sonic Boom of Spacemen 3 is interviewed, Bonnie Raitt's good deed is praised, Pavement and the Jayhawks are featured, and Pat McGeehan's potato gets a second look. It's all here. SOMEONE FOUND A BOX OF THESE UNDER MAYNARD SIPE'S BED AND THEY WERE MUCH ENJOYED!

Catharsis #27 Ah, yes! Interviews with Luna's Dean Wareham and Mark Cox of Wolfgang Press, plus the notorious Jeffrey Fredrick talks while Michael "Doc Snock" Hurley listens, and there's Kyle's Wurlizer-winning appreciation of Isaac Hayes to boot. The Lurrrvve man. Hey, and also Shudder to Think and Milan Kundera bringing up the rear. Hurley did the wonderful cover-- (supplies very limited). THIS ISSUE IS CURRENTLY SITTING IN A BAG SOMEWHERE IN CALIFORNIA'S MUSEUM OF MODERN MYTHOLOGY.

Catharsis #26 Yep, we do a live newsprint remote from Louie's Limbo Lounge, talk to the Mekons and the Young Gods, deconstruct "The Far Side," do a number on Cher, present the full goods on Wire, and-- yep-- it's yet another time capsule look at local music via the Regional Listening Guide. HALF-PAGE HALFTONES OF MEN IN TUBED HATS DID NOT GO OVER WELL AT THE COLLEY CANTINA.

Catharsis #25 Norfolk's Buttsteak trek to England and meet John Peel, Big Star goes nationwide just a couple of years too late, Nancy Walker goes disco way, way, way too late, the Beastie Boys go head-checking right on time and our reviewers take on everything from Springsteen to GWAR with lightning precision. Still more David Yow / Jesus Lizard spew too. THE LOOK-TWICE COVER SEZ SO.

Catharsis #24 Our first, and still best, Conspiracy Theory issue, containing suspiciously thorough interviews with Matthew Sweet and David Yow of Jesus Lizard (pt. 2 of a series). Jerry Tarkanian sucking on a towel means its another Best Of The Year discs poll too. IS MATTHEW GOING TO HOLD THAT THING OR IS HE GOING TO SMOKE IT?

Catharsis #23 Jam-packed full of delicious newsprint. Really. We're not just saying it interviews with Primus and Head of David and Pigface, but also retrospectives on Howling Wolf, pioneering black filmmaker Oscar Micheaux and the Lakers' Magic Johnson. Hey-- we're no strangers to entertainment, right? DAVID MIDDLETON ENJOYED THIS ON HIS LUNCH BREAK AT THE MUSIC MAN.

Catharsis #22 We eulogize Miles Davis, chat with Grapes of Wrath, review Lydia Lunch and the Pixies, and finally present the Congressional Record documentation that Rep. Herb Bateman rocks. THIS MUST BE THE ONE WITH THE MUDD HELMET AD!!

Catharsis #21 St. Thomas Aquinas PROVES that a Butthole Surfers interview happened. Not to mention appreciations of filmmaker Jon Jost and deejay Casey Kasem. Tom Petty & Einstuerzende Neubauten seal the deal, along with many other record review jewels. THE PEOPLE AT THE NARO VIDEO READ THIS AND THEN HAD TO CLOSE EARLY.

Catharis #20 We weren't playing slow pitch-- interviews with King Missile, Consolidated and Crowded House, plus the Dictators, Preston Sturges and a 50th birthday salute to P-Funk's George Clinton. Elsewheres, the Meandering Surrealist gets a premonition of that whole Clarence Thomas can of Coke thang, 6 months early-- (supplies very limited). LOUD EXPLOSION.

Catharsis #18 Yep, it's true This was Galaxie 500's last interview ever, but packed little wonder as it is, this eighteenth edition also has a big Local Band Spread, and missives on Marcel Duchamp, the Carl Stalling Project and the futile "drug war." THAT USED SOFTWARE WE BOUGHT FROM CONDE NAST IS REVERTING US TO "VOGUE"-SPEAK.

Catharsis #17 An interview with Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails is the centerpiece, but the editors also argue the merits of the Bee Gees, praise the almighty name of Bushmiller, take a look at the career of Carson McCullers, and rail on the Gulf War. All this plus Neil Young, Brand Nubian, the Replacements and the Touch of Evil cover by Hal Weaver. THE COLOR OF FUSHA ADORNS THIS TASTEFUL LITTLE ISSUE THAT OFFERS UP THE BRIGHTNESS OF SPRING WITH THE RIGHTEOUS SPASH OF MELTED BUTTER ON CHIFFON.

Catharsis #16 Our second big Catharsis best-LPs poll, plus an interview with Southern Culture on the Skids and lots, really an awful lot, of local music coverage. Ah, but there's more, so much more Roky Erickson, Lovin' Spoonful, Oscar Wilde and a live remote from the Sturges cycle roundup. YOU REMEMBER THIS ONE-- THIS IS THE ONE WHERE PAT MCGEEHAN SCOLDED PAUL MAZZUCA OVER THE LIGHTING TABLE.

Catharsis #15 A special Christmas Catharsis, featuring a civilized chat with Skinny Puppy, Santa's rockinest vinyl, the pressing Milli Vanilli controversy, coverage of the CMJ Music Marathon, and everything from Dwight Yoakum to the Byrds to Waxing Poetics to Robert Christgau-- (supplies very limited). THE FRUIT BASKET NEVER CAME.

Catharsis #14 The authorative Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Films ever Festival, plus everything from Luis Bunuel's Phantom of Liberty, to the Female Elvis Janis Martin, to Bob Mould, Yo La Tengo, Robert Johnson, Deee-Lite and a live remote from East Berlin while the wall comes down. WE WERE SO MUCH OLDER THEN, WE'RE YOUNGER THAN THAT NOW.

Catharsis #13 Have you ever heard a Karen Dalton LP? Have you read the books of John Kennedy Toole? How about Walker Percy? Will Beats International move units? What does Montgomery Clift have to do with all of this? What's the Meandering Surrealist's take on romantic love? Questions, questions. ANSWERS ENCLOSED.

Catharsis #12 Our centerpiece an interview with Sonic Youth's Thurston and Kim, but there's also a Richmond art controvery, a few David Bowie reissues, some lame classic rock, and Ringo Starr's side career as a dada furniture manufacturer. The wonderful Michael Hurley did the cover-- (supplies very limited). IT WAS SAID THAT THEY TYPESET THIS WHOLE ISSUE ON A SINGLE MICROSOFT WORD FILE MARKED "GOLDEN TRIANGLE CONSORTIUM."

Catharsis #11 Wherein we talk with Scott Miller of Game Theory / Loud Family, dissect the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds on CD and give a shout-out to Unrest and Robyn Hitchcock in our strides. Meanwhile, Catharsis Joe meets Jesus and we do some local music coverage. IT WAS LIKE IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY.

Catharsis #10 Featuring a boss interview with Peter Stampfel, as well as an educational look at the Cab Calloway Dictionary of HEP. You also get everything from Billy Wilder to Fugazi to the Chills. We also rass the Virginia Beach City Council 'cause that was how we used to get kicks. Man. INSERT SOUNDBITE OF CHARLES OLVER SINGING ZOMBIES SONGS IN HOWLING WOLF'S VOICE.

Catharsis #9 Our 1st big Local Band Issue, as well as more on the injustice of high CD prices, an appreciation of Muzsikas, a high-five for the Melvins and the late, lamented M-80s, and Pat McGeehan checks in at Tucker Inn. Think of it as history complete with hysteria-- (supplies very limited). AND THEN EDDIE TRIED TO HIT ON PATTY MELT AT BRIAN GREENE'S PARTY.

Catharsis #8 This one has an interview with Jesus and Mary Chain, but also a live feed from Paul McCartney's big tour, a review of Monk Straight No Chaser, a look-back at Monty Python and In Like Flynt, and appreciations of They Might Be Giants, Love Tractor. . . and, yes dammit, the Monkees too. A damn fine looking issue if we don't say so ourselves. OTHER PEOPLE WHO SAW McCARTNEY TOTALLY DISAGREED AND TOLD US SO VOCALLY.

Catharsis #7 We chat with Bryan Harvey of House of Freaks, present the 1st annual Best LP's poll, take on the hot bootleg controversy, get attacked over our stance on the National Anthem and say howdy to the Young Fresh Fellows. The great Dale Brumfield did the cover-- (supplies very limited). WHAT'S DALE BRUMFIELD DOING THESE DAYS??

Catharsis #6 All kinds of crazed stuff an interview with Uncle Green, an investigation of rock 'n' roll SAT scores, typically fine retros on NRBQ and the Damned. . . but also Todd Rundgren, Neil Young's Freedom, and Dale Brumfield's Bender Family. Pat McGeehan's cover has a sensible "wake up and smell the coffee" feel to it. AND WE LIKE THAT!

Catharsis #5 Here. Have a gander at the career of Jonathan Richman, and read about the controversial firing of the late Carol Taylor. And while you are at, it spout off about Reba McEntire, and the Flaming Groovies. Literally, go ahead, break a window-- (supplies very limited). WE DIDN'T LIKE THE NEW OFFICE MUCH.

Catharsis #2 Our massive Michael Hurley retrospective features a great cover by the man himself, but also the hilarious "Summer of Guv" series, Nirvana's Bleach, the essential LPs of the hot months, Stuart McCutchan's Marriage Stories, an appreciation of Nags Head's late, lamented Mexecono club and an interview with Buttsteak. There's more we track MTV's programming, drool over Jan Smithers, talk a bit about repressive China and Pat McGeehan takes on the Irish. Lucky us-- (supplies very limited). AH, WE SANG FOLK SONGS ON THE ROOF OF THE OLD YORKTOWN CRIER BUILDING AND WATCHED THE CARS GO BY ON THE YORKTOWN BRIDGE. IS CHARLIE FINISHED WITH THAT STORY YET?

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