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THE ISOTOPES / PUNK ROCK BASEBALL CLUB

EVAN OCTOBER

“TALKS ABOUT NUCLEARSTRIKE ZONE AND THE LONG BALL”

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THE REAL MCKENZIES

PAUL McKENZIE

TALKS ABOUT “RATS IN THE BURLAP” THOSE WINDSORS AND “BE AWARE”

POWER THROUGH KNOWLEDGE MUSIC REVIEW

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“PEACE IN OUR TIME”

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ISOTOPES

INTERVIEW WITH

EVAN OCTOBER

@THE HORSHOE TAVERN

MARCH 26,2015 COURTESY OF MIKE MAGEE/ STOMP RECORDS INTERVIEW BY J.B J.B: So I’m sitting here with Evan October of the Isotopes Punk Rock Baseball Club. So how is Stomp Records so far? EVAN: Stomp Records is so amazing and super awesome so far. It is exactly what we’ve needed and they are so supportive and given us opportunities already that we would not have had on our own. So they kind of pulled us out of the fire actually because I got banned from the States along with one of our guitar players when we were touring down there - so our visas got denied. So ya we couldn’t tour the States anymore and touring Canada is really difficult without a label. So I super lucked out to hook up with them and it’s been a blast so far. J.B: So you can’t go down to the States anymore to tour? EVAN: Nope five year ban and three years left so nope! J.B: Ahh so you can’t even try or it’s the blue glove treatment? EVAN: Nope it would just be straight to jail no questions asked! J.B: Yeah that happened to me trying to cross the border once and this guy that had all these United States Marine Corps Tats took one look and “You pull over there” just because I had a bunch of punk rock stickers on my van. J.B: So you guys are really touring around promoting “Nuclear Strike Zone”. You guys used to focus on E.P’s but this one is full length so what’s the direction with that? EVAN: An E.P is neat tight little package you know and I really like them. 7 inches are a really cool format and the intensive reason for this band is to have some fun, write some songs and

release them. Having a full length album for us was something I thought wasn’t vital you know for us to survive especially in the way that the music industry is now. Like it seems it’s a singles era again but when the opportunity comes along to do full length and someone’s willing to help pay for it then why not? It’s something I never expected to do because it’s so hard to do right # 13 EVAN OCTOBER/PHOTO J.B and so expensive to do it right that if we did it on our own it wouldn’t have been right. J.B: So do you feel as a smaller band or even a larger well known band it’s easier to put out E.P’s because the record sales are down and it’s easier to tour around with them? EVAN: Well I think larger bands that are already producing full length albums or already well known aren’t really selling a lot of albums so I think it’s easier and cheaper to record songs to put it on a 7 inch or on the internet, and I don’t have a problem with that - with internet release either. I think people are kind of denying the inevitable because that’s the way it’s going. So our shit is on all formats - its own digital, vinyl and CD so I know

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I can’t say yet what seems to be working yet but I know for a lot of other bands it’s tough right now. J.B: Yeah you never know how it’s going to go or how the scene is these days? EVAN: Yeah! J.B: So yeah going from “Lead Off ’ To “Heat seeker” to “Cuban Missile” and “Blood Diamond” to “Nuclear Strike Zone” your lyrical content is all the same and

it’s a niche market and you guys have stuck with that so you kind of threw in a couple of different songs on “Nuclear” - are you thinking about lyrical content change? EVAN: No even on Nuclear Strike Zone there’s a Baseball reference. It may be a deep down subliminal thing in there but I will never stray away from Baseball. And that is what the band has become known for and popular with so there’s no way you can switch it and you got to lead the same dance with the girl you took to it right! So it’s been working for us, I wouldn’t dream of changing it. J.B: So obviously you play Baseball right? EVAN: Yeah!

J.B: The last time I played Baseball I have this bad habit of throwing the bat after I hit and I knocked this chick out who was next in bat and she’s on the ground twitching and shit and I’m like “Oh my god” And I thought I killed her and everyone’s looking around and I’m like this is the perfect time to steal bases! So anything like that ever

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happen to you? EVAN: Ah man I’ve had some crazy stuff happen through the first 25 years of my life so yeah I stole a lot of bases! (Smiling) I have played well over a thousand Baseball games and well over more games than shows for sure, and that is carried over to touring. Like fights with other teams and there’s all kinds of crazy shit and it’s just like being on tour as it is playing Baseball. J.B: So that’s like the “Hiroshima Dreaming”. I mean Baseball is big over in Japan. Have you guys gone there to tour or have you gone there to just play Baseball? EVAN: We haven’t been to Japan but it’s something we are going to do either this year or next year for sure. It’s one of the things

we have to do, because over there they love their baseball and Ramones type Punk Rock which is what we are doing - so hopefully! One of our ex members that moved away actually lived in Japan and he was previously in a band on Lookout Records called ‘The Wannabes” and he moved after they broke up and played in bands in Japan for over six years. So if we go over there he will help us out to translate. J.B: So coming back to the Japan thing and mention of Lookout because I reference you guys to The Ramones and Screeching Weasel kind of and some bands kind of have that, they stray away from their sound? EVAN: I don’t know, I’m always up for new things but at the same time if it isn’t broke don’t fix it? And that’s kind of our thing this band has never been about reinventing the musical wheel we want to play the kind of songs that we like and about Baseball and that’s what we were about right? J.B: Yep! “Bleacher Creature Girl” - did you kind of let that go or did you ever try and stalk her back? EVAN: Ha! You know that song is partially based on a true story? I was in New York # 14 TREVOR UPPERCUTZ/PHOTO J.B

living there for like 6 weeks out of the summer and now there are some things to like creative license but in New York Yankees stadium all the people who are ticket season holders in the bleachers are called “Bleacher Creatures”. And they are notorious bad crowds and they heckle everybody including the Yankees and I thought it would be funny to write a song about falling in love with a girl who was like my arch nemesis. So that’s a pretty funny song and that’s mostly how it came about was these people. J.B: Kind of like the Wrigley field thing and the freaks they say it’s going to be cursed forever. J.B: So you guys have the video for “Total Juicehead” Is that coming back into the play of the Baseball theme and the Juicing scandals that are going down? EVAN: Yeah there’s always that homage to the juicing thing but it’s tipping our hat at bands like The Ramones who had songs about drug use and songs like “I wanna sniff some glue” and some form of drug use or theme, and it fits into that type of theme and it’s perfect because that’s what it’s all about. J.B: So you’re touring around # 17 JUSTIN SAFELY/PHOTO J.B

with “The Real McKenzie’s” and ending at Pouzza Fest in Montreal. Is there anything beyond that? EVAN: Ah so far not that I’m aware of I know we are hooking back up to play with Teenage Bottle Rocket in Vancouver and then after I‘m not sure. That’s the nice thing about Stomp we have a booking agent and it’s out of my hands and it’s great because for the last eight years I’ve been doing it and that’s pretty hard, So all I have to do now is say yes or no to the things that come in and that’s pretty nice to be able to do that and have someone working on it. It’s so great and I don’t know what’s after that but I assume we are going to be busy all year. And that’s a good thing because we are ready to get out and tour all year so hopefully it will turn out. J.B: Have you ever been in Mike Magee’s office? EVAN: No not yet I haven’t been there since we signed! J.B: I’ve heard it’s legendary and the bands bring him back the weirdest and craziest booze while on tour and he’s got quite the wickedest collection going on that he brings to the special parties. EVAN: That’s good to know I will make sure to bring him something! J.B: Yeah for sure! J.B: “Situation No No!” You ever have a bad trip? EVAN: Personally no but a couple of the guys in the band have recently and you know that story about “Doc Ellis” he was a guy back in the late sixties, early seventies who took L.S.D and threw a no hitter. And I mean that’s hard enough to do rather than let alone on L.S.D and that’s the thing about it, being on L.S.D, but that’s just another funny story and there’s more to it. A lot of people were requesting to write a story about it and I was sitting at my girlfriend Alisa’s apartment and I just started humming that tune and I was thinking about the tune “Situation Normal” in my head just kind of making stuff up as I went and I was like wait a second if I just switch it “Situation No No all fucked up” it’s an extra N and works totally and I called up the guys and said hey you know I finally got it and we can do it now “Whewww”!

And that’s how these songs always come together if I don’t have a title I don’t write it. I start from the title and work with that and move on because it’s all about the lyrics in this band. J.B: Yeah I was going to ask you about that - how you came about the title for that? EVAN: I came up with the title and watched a documentary on it and basically took quotes he said in the documentary it’s that simple. J.B: Babe Ruth was famous for being in that same situation and being a womanizer and boozer so you know? And it’s about Records and it seems everybody that’s a heavy hitter and juicer has controversy towards them? EVAN: Well I look at it as Baseball is a sport where you can take a guy like Babe Ruth - not a very athletic guy, baseball is a sport where you don’t have to be athletic traditionally, all you have to do is connect a very round thing to another very round thing and do it with consistency, whether you’re on steroids or not does not affect your ability to hit a baseball or not. So these guys are great hitters - Barry Bonds, Babe Ruth and like you said there was no steroids back then just booze. Barry Bonds though he could hit and hit hard he was a stud when he was slender like me, he hit with a lot of power and connected well. But that’s baseball and there will always be something and it doesn’t bother me. J.B: Do “Chicks Dig the Long Ball”? EVAN: In my experience Oh Ya! J.B: Is there a lot of girls hanging out for the shows and the Baseball? EVAN: Oh ya there’s always a good turn out! We do ball a couple of times a year in Vancouver and a couple of events but we won’t be able to this year because we are so busy with the band and touring. But those events we have good turn outs. It’s family oriented and people bring out their families and it’s great and of course there’s drinking and there’s always chicks of course. And at the shows there’s lots of chicks and I’m surprised and slapping high fives and having a good time. There are a lot of baseball fans out there

in this country and we’re just trying to go out and find them all! J.B: So what’s it like on the tour with the legendary Real McKenzie’s? EVAN: Everything you have heard is true these guys are wild party animals and for the most part they are awesome and always on the ball. You know we had an altercation on this tour and we had to throw people out and things got a little hairy but all in all things are awesome and a great band to tour with! Troy has played bass on our record and has toured with us before so that’s great and we’re like family. And the weird stuff I shouldn’t mention (it’s off the record) but on the record Paul taught us a lot about seafood fish because he knows a lot about that. J.B: Well the sailing thing and Granville market in Vancouver right? EVAN: Yeah for sure and they’re all sweethearts and “They can’t play ball for the shit”!

NUCLEAR STRIKE ZONE

THE REAL McKENZIES

INTERVIEW WITH

PAUL McKENZIE

BY J.B AND STEVE HERETIC @THE HORSHOE TAVERN

MARCH 26,2015 COURTESY OF MELANIE KAYE PR

STEVE: So we’re going to tag team this - so I’m here hanging out with...? PAUL: Paul Mckenzie of the Real Mckenzies Wheww! STEVE: Right now it’s just three dudes hanging out because were doing a Tag team interview with...? J.B: Within Punk Zine STEVE: So there’s going to be a lot of bouncing around but it’s three dudes in the basement of the Horseshoe Tavern drinking liquor. PAUL: I’m in a kilt I’m literally hanging out! STEVE: He’s literally hanging out it’s a mess there’s stuff hanging out I’m not sure about grooming on tour? PAUL: I didn’t know they make them that big! STEVE: SO getting down to business last time we spoke, we spoke on the phone mildly on the radio and it was just before the tour? How have things been so far? PAUL: Well we have been descended upon tour calamity the tenacious audacity is we didn’t miss one gig. Everything from brakes falling to blown transmissions to our guitar player having a Heart Attack in fucking Regina. STEVE: And it’s only been like two weeks? PAUL: Well like they say on tour there’s always diversity and it seems like it happened a long time ago... STEVE: Our guitar player is doing okay, we’re sending him home hopefully he will join us again in Montreal, and yeah we had to

buy a new transmission for our van and we blew our breaks in the mountains. (Laughing) I went to go put on the brakes and felt this bump and I started laughing and the guys were like what are you laughing at? And I will tell you later as I wipe the sweat off my brow. J:B: So that’s on the Transcanada where they have lanes that you can go off in case? PAUL: Yeah but I got it I dropped it down to second and

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the revs got really high and then I threw it into first and that’s what blew the transmission, but better a blown transmission than flying off a cliff in the rocky mountains! STEVE: I would say so! J.B: So that being said you have had numerous lineup changes over the course of twenty years. Now that you have that do you find it takes place to living up to the legends? PAUL: Well you know I rarely had to fire anyone people have left this band that we have known really well because they can’t take it anymore, they want to get a job they want to start a family blah blah blah..all that normal person shit. And people say how do you ever replace these indivuals and I say I don’t have to look very far they’re fucking lined up! J:B: (Laughing) Yeah!

PAUL: I’m not fucking kidding ya there’s always someone willing to pick up the torch and I feel very honoured to have that happen. So here I am almost twenty five years later and “WE’VE BROKEN OVER A HUNDRED AND FIFTY GOOD MEN” “RRRRRRRRR” and I like it. STEVE: So “The Real Mckenzies” were the first punk band that got me into it, I remember seeing the video for “Mainland” on Much Music and that was when I was just getting into Punk Rock when I was young. PAUL: Wait - you ARE young? STEVE: Sorry when I was younger forgive me? PAUL: I don’t know! Kidding! STEVE: So I’m not going to ask you about anything from the past and there’s been a lot of crazy stories but what you just told TROY ZAK/PHOTO J.B

us from the last two weeks that’s enough craziness right there. PAUL: But the new stuff and yeah there’s been incredibly new stuff that has happened that would blow your mind and shit, and the thing is because I put myself in the mind frame of “Rock N Roll” and that’s what I want in my life and believe me I’m not in it for the money. And

there are some things you can’t buy you know and I like to test the waters you know, and Rock N Roll definitely does that to a person and here I am still afloat. STEVE: Defiantely PAUL: Fuck Yeah! J.B: Do you find a difference between the Oldschool and the Newschool punks? A lot of the older punks have gotten older now and it’s harder to live up to the way they used to be. And it’s different now on the approach of the new school punk scene. What are your thoughts on that? PAUL: Well I think the New School punk scene has really lost it’s way and it’s really lost. I mean this rich kid California white socks baseball cap and shorts and bowling shirt type of punk. I mean the thing that got me into that type of music is the fact that it’s rebel music, and the fact that the Real McKenzies take ancient Celtic music which is all rebel music - well mostly - and mix it with Punk music. It comes from the same pocket, from the same group. And that’s why it melds so good with my opinion because it’s the same music, just dressed up a in better package to be more appealing to the younger crowds. However Punk

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Rock has always been rebel music but as soon as you get out of that group it’s no longer punk music. It may look like Punk music and try to be Punk music but if it’s not rebel music it’s not punk music. J.B:Yeah! PAUL: It turns into POP or something with a punk bow on it. I have no resentment. I mean there’s enough room for everything but I’m going to be doing what I’ve been doing for a long time.

And let me tell ya every time we’ve gone up against them elbow to elbow with those fucking punks we’ve always shown them up. STEVE: J.B: (Laughing) PAUL: And they’re absolutely fucking terrified! Just because we like to fight and drink them under the table and call down the kettle men from all different anarchies from around the world. And yeah we’re quite opinionated about it sometimes and we’re doing what we want to do and if those kids want to do that stuff and that’s fine but come on don’t call it punk. We’ve worked too hard for that already. J.B : So what do you think of Causes now? PAUL: What the fact that Canadians let Stephen Harper sit on the fucking hill, there a bunch of spineless pussies they got to put that guy on the Gallows. I mean put them in the stocks, him and his whole administration I mean his whole government the shit they are trying to pull now. A year in Iraq? Come, where is that going to lead you let’s go back to World War One - everyone said it’ll only last six months but you know what? This guy is going to push into World War 3 gurant-fucking-teed. Just ask anyone that knows anything and oh yeah you know that 9/11 Rouse? And that was who the “Al Qaeda” and now our forces will be fighting in the west and guess who our allies are now? The “Al Qaeda” so does that make us “Terrorist”? STEVE: Yeah we were the ones that gave them weapons in the first place. PAUL: The whole thing is you start an agenda with bullshit all you’re going to get is bullshit, How to blunder with the blunder,

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how to lie with the lie. We are so intensely in the midst of it, why don’t they just come right out and tell us “What the fuck is really going on”? Because you know we know it but it took a little while for people to figure it out but wow. STEVE: I was going to lead into that because you mentioned last time we

spoke politically about “Who’d thought” and you got into a little bit of a .. PAUL: What ya mean a little bit? (Laughing) STEVE: Well we had a little bit of time that’s why I wanted to take the time now? PAUL: Well you know it’s very important a lot of people say ‘well you know I’m an Anarchist so I don’t go out and vote’, but if you can go and vote “VOTE” we need those votes to get these people out they are running amok and they need to be taken down. And it makes me even more Liberal on this album because we wrote some really MC5 Anti establishment songs and the world envi-

ronment helped evoke this inside us. So this is one of the most Punk Rock albums we’ve written in quite some time because it’s a rebel album. It does have songs like “Bootsy the Haggis-eating cat” because my wife’s cat passed away because he ate Haggis and he died of Cancer so we did a Eulogy. But to promote political awareness in anyone that listens to us or anyone around the world just to think and to be aware. If you’re not going to be aware it’s going to be the Gulag or work camp for you. J.B: Absolutely! PAUL: Fuck Yeah! STEVE: Well it’s good to be aware or it could be scary! PAUL: Well it has happened already and it’s happening now. STEVE: Ya it’s happening all over the world and in the news today so hopefully more people will start talking about it? PAUL: Well we got to do what we can and make it change because if we lie down and take it it just makes you a fucking pussy! J.B: So you’ve been on Fat Wreck Chords for a while now and Stomp Records here in Canada. What’s it like working with some iconic labels? PAUL: What’s it like working with those cunts? We love them they’re great, you know everything is neogotiable - what we want, what they want and what’s best for everyone and instead of sniveling about it or having a temper tantrum about it we sit down at the table like real men and women and talk about it. We love them they truly are great. When I was a young boy and down the road I never in my wildest dreams would have thought I would be in a situation like this. And it throttles me and I do not take it for granted and I realize my station, you know we’re making records, we’re touring big shows, people are loving us it’s great. And we’re sending out our message and hopefully to the masses and what could be better? STEVE: Not be a cliché in this moment but when was it in your life when you realized that this what you wanted to do? PAUL: Ah it happened in 1964 and I was four years old! STEVE: And you knew then? PAUL: Yep I knew then what I must do STEVE: Some people just know!

PAUL: Well no actually that’s when I started taking music and I insisted in taking Piano lessons and got in the school choir and the church choir and because the priest wanted to fuck me and I was having no part of that so I was excommunicated and that was the end of Catholicism for me and you know bounced around I got in to R & B and Jazz and then 1976 I went Punk Rock. But I listen to all kinds of music though you can’t discriminate, you can’t discriminate in your life at all. STEVE: You can’t call yourself a musician if you listen to one kind of music? PAUL: Yeah we were listening to C.B.C Classical on the way and I was freaked out they have commercials on C.B.C Canada - what’s

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happening commercials on C.B.C holy fuck! I’m still not over it! STEVE: It’s very traumatizing! PAUL: Well you know Stephen Harper would rather take that money and bomb innocent women and children than to take that money and spend it here. Instead of funding radio, childrens teeth, aboriginal issues. What the fuck is he spending money over

there for, to protect us? What about the old anecdote of the politician is to take care of his people? What ever happened to that? What ever happened to Tommy Douglas? Now there was a guy if we had Tommy on the Hill none of this shit would be happening. J.B: Or homelessness! PAUL: Yeah or even bring back that gay guy what was his name Pierre Elliot Trudeau! Even he was better he was a coke freak and his wife fucked the Rolling Stones but what in the hell is wrong with that... STEVE: Hey that’s Rock N Roll! PAUL: Yeah! (Laughing) J.B: So the song “Yes” even though the answer was “No” the people did vote and… PAUL: It was fixed ..It was Fixed! “We will have it again, we will appeal. Scotland will only answer to the Scottish Don’t be afraid! J.B:..do you think the Crown still has authority? PAUL: In Scotland? J.B: Over the people? PAUL: I don’t believe in any monarchy. I think any Monarchies all over the world should be abolished. It’s a shame but those Windsors are imposters! It’s genetically proven that the king was over fighting the French in the fifteen hundreds and the queen somehow became pregnant and I think it was a lute player or something like that or an archer or something like that but they’re all imposters. The treachery and the skull daggery and the things going on during their reign, they know no boundaries. And they will cheat and lie and steal to keep their asses on the throne of rocks as kings and queens. But ladies and gentlemen in my opinion that Referendum was a shame so we wrote a song about it, but believe me it won’t be long till Scotland is Scottish again. STEVE: It’s something that’s important even if you’re not Scottish! PAUL: It’s not about nationality it’s about right and wrong! And I feel very greatly about it and these guys are all wrong.

J.B: So even though we have our independence in Canada from the Crown we are still bounded by the Crown even in our legislation and our judicial system it’s still the Crown! PAUL: Make no mistake ladies and gentlemen every two cents of your tax dollars go directly into that c*#t’s purse - that is the truth. J.B: So “Catch Me” - we’ve all been there and it’s hard to keep up to that lifestyle and mentality. Do you feel it’s harder to keep up?. PAUL: No ahh that’s a song about me and I have this strange magnetic thing about me and I don’t understand it but it like stops my watches and if I put a magnetic card in my pocket it’s get demagnetized. STEVE: Whoa are you like one of the X men? PAUL: No I don’t know what it is actually but in reality I demagnetize my hotel cards. And here I am when I need sanctuary the most I have my bottle of scotch and nothing dam card won’t work so I’m like ..ehh on one or more occasions they found me sleeping in the hallway upright in my boots. Mark Bollard and that’s his real name by the way have co-wrote that song about me and mostly about Hotels and Hotel hallways and me sleeping standing upright. We did make a video of that song actually now about hearing that out of Cinestorm out of Vancouver, the whole “Catch me” if you can is a call to all your friends. So in the video I did really call for all my friends. You will want to see the video at one point I get me head cut off and you remember the cartoons and those subtitles with the bouncing balls well that’s my head bouncing all bloody to the lyrics. STEVE: Well one more question and that’s a wrap for me.. PAUL: Well now I don’t like rapping! I like wraps if they’re like food wise. STEVE: To wrap up this album how many days of the week do you spend in a kilt? PAUL: Well everyday mostly except for work! STEVE: Why not? PAUL: Well because it’s against safety regulations but any other time I’m wearing it. I’m getting another one made it costs about a

thousand bucks I’m wearing it on tour in Europe. J.B: Well I have two remaining questions first one I’m a fucking weirdo and I collect skulls of animals I find along the road… PAUL: What’s wrong with that! Hey you’re just still ahead of your time. J.B Do you still collect the weird shit when your tour? PAUL: Ahh I collect vinyl, I collect motorbikes and small rowing and sailing craft and oh ya I collect scabs. J.B: What? PAUL: Yeah only my scabs though, before my wound is healed I rip them off and clear coat them and when I go to parties I can place them on the side of the nacho tray and wait for someone to grab it and go “Hey that’s mine” and place it on my wound and say look “Hey it fits”! And it’s got the hairs and everything right and when you clear coat them they last forever! J.B: And what do you think of Bill C 51? PAUL: What is it? J.B: Basically it’s the invasion of everyone’s privacy and the new terrorism act. PAUL: Ya ‘everyone’s a terrorist’ bill, well after 9/11 the alarming bell was whipping everyone into fear and the media and they were just feeding off of it and it was like wolves feeding off a newly killed deer. And it was like 12 things to look out for in your neighborhoods for terrorists and I was like guilty of nine of them. Comings and goings in the middle of the dark, wears dark clothes and black and on and on, and I’m one of the most patriotic Canadians there is and I think it’s an alarmist view. Simply they are trying to hide their fuck up ever since 9/11 and that’s an inside job and of course at the time you were in the coalition forces and you were either for us or against us. In this case it’s just a pimple on a whole case of acne this C-51 thing and of course they want to take you down. I was really noting a few years ago how George Orwell was working for Mi5 as well as Huxley and they wrote those books not as fiction and they said on their death beds they wrote those books as a warning to us and what they

started. J.B: Ahh Animal Farm or 1984? PAUL: No actually, Brave New World J.B: Great ending! PAUL: Read them, Read them now! J.B: Brave New World ends with coordinates N by N.W by S.W by S by S.E PAUL: Do it now read them! Don’t be afraid! PAUL: Actually I was up in Desoloute Sound in B.C by myself and there’s lots of Cougars up there and if a Cougar gets on you you’re dead. You won’t see it but it will get you. If they get on your back you’re dead and I heard this noise and I was freaked out I thought I was dead and I’m looking behind this bush it turned out it wasn’t a Cougar and it was another animal but like my friend said “Paul you know what’s worse than a cougar? Worrying about a cougar” and having it ruin your summer. Like it was once said ‘Hard work does not kill people worry does’. Put that in your pipe and smoke it! This is the Real McKenzie - Pauly of the Real Mckenzies! Be aware!

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“dissolution of the relation to the earth”. By Juana Luck M.A. Candidate at McMaster University Twinkle Twinkle Little iPad Ancient falcon training consisted of torturing the falcon into submission by depriving them of sleep. A heavy thick rope was attached to the falcon to make it impossible for it to sit anywhere and it would subsequently continue to be in motion until it was so weak that it would fall onto the ground with its spirit broken. I would argue that capitalist’s and empire’s attempts to enslave the world into complete habitual and mechanized behavior as well as standardized consumption would be futile unless they have the means and power to prevent us or forcefully invade our sleep. One might argue that the modern world as Jonathan Crary describes it in his book 24/7 - Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep -has been a steady mutation of former, ancient ways of living in which people’s every day was governed by the cycles of farming, fairs and seasons. In this era, people’s time was less colonized by responding to outside impulses, such as responding to emails or watching hockey on TV. These sets of activities prevents one from creatively making use of their free time. In line of Crary’s argument, this mutation of ‘every day life’ was initiated by capitalism to guarantee higher degrees of predictability to people’s actions in order to prevent politically active citizens, revolts, mutinies or any other kind of change-inspiring mobs. People who are busy are less likely to have time to contemplate their existence, criticize social structures and inequalities or gather with friends and other community members to think about solutions. While this concept of controlling citizen’s behavior by limiting their choices and options is nothing new, one only need to look at Foucault’s work ‘Docile Bodies’ and Deleuze’s ‘Postscript on the Societies of Control’ which traces the limitations humans face through society’s institutions such as school systems and factories to consumerism, Crary strikes out to conclude their analysis with a final blow to human agency by pointing out the 24/7 strategy to keep people in line. It appears that the meaning of 24/7 is two-fold: On the one hand, a society which never sleeps and is always ready and available for (predictable) action is portrayed, on the other, the reader comes to the Erie conclusion that an inescapable surveillance and intrusion into one’s personal life is also at stake in which the empire and capitalism

have access to and make available every choice a human being may make or have. The total control (or lack) of one’s life is the result. However, as mentioned in the beginning, I would argue that

Twinkle Twinkle Little iPad Ancient falcon training consisted of torturing the falcon into submission by depriving them of sleep. A heavy thick rope was attached to the falcon to make it impossible for it to sit anywhere and it would subsequently continue to be in motion until it was so weak that it would fall onto the ground with its spirit broken. I would argue that capitalist’s and empire’s attempts to enslave the world into complete habitual and mechanized behavior as well as standardized consumption would be futile unless they have the means and power to prevent us or forcefully invade our sleep. One might argue that the modern world as Jonathan Crary describes it in his book 24/7 - Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep -has been a steady mutation of former, ancient ways of living in which people’s every day was governed by the cycles of farming, fairs and seasons. In this era, people’s time was less colonized by responding to outside impulses, such as responding to emails or watching hockey on TV. These sets of activities prevents one from creatively making use of their free time. In line of Crary’s argument, this mutation of ‘every day life’ was initiated by capitalism to guarantee higher degrees of predictability to people’s actions in order to prevent politically active citizens, revolts, mutinies or any other kind of change-inspiring mobs. People who are busy are less likely to have time to contemplate their existence, criticize social structures and inequalities or gather with friends and other community members to think about solutions. While this concept of controlling citizen’s behavior by limiting their choices and options is nothing new, one only need to look at Foucault’s work ‘Docile Bodies’ and Deleuze’s ‘Postscript on the Societies of Control’ which traces the limitations humans face through society’s institutions such as school systems and factories to consumerism, Crary strikes out to conclude their analysis with a final blow to human agency by pointing out

“24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep explores some of the ruinous consequences of the expanding non-stop processes of twenty-first-century capitalism. The marketplace now operates through every hour of the clock, pushing us into constant activity and eroding forms of community and political expression, damaging the fabric of everyday life.” 27/ written By Jonathon Crary

Formed in Vancouver, Canada in 1992, the Real McKenzies were the first group to wed traditional Celtic folk music with the ferocious roar of punk rock, and this is their booze-fueled story. Exhaustively researched and comprised of numerous interviews with not just the bandmembers themselves but managers, friends, booking agents, and associates alike, this action-packed book gives readers an inside view of the innovative and tenacious group. Contains twenty pages of glorious photographs, most of which have never been published.

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THE PYRAMID: 12/05/2014 DIRECTOR: GREGORY LEVASSEUR

7/10 A U.S Team of archaeologists use ground breaking radar to discover and unearth a Pyramid in the heart of

the valley of kings in Egypt during the escalation of political revolt. After a worker hastily opens the entrance seal a mysterious illness starts to fall over the team. After an attempt of sending a robotic probe to review the analysis of air quality and brief exploration they loose communication and are forced to enter and retrieve the probe. The archaeological team are met by a soldier telling them to leave the site because of the upheaval Egyptian crisis. Archaeologist Nora( Ashley Hinshaw) and her father Dr Holden(Dennis O’Hare) take there robotic expert Fitzie (James Buckley) and there documentary crew Sunni (Christa Nicola) and Zahir (Amir K) to explore the entrance and recovery effort of the expensive equipment. When the guideline of the group becomes sheared they are forced to discover which way was the way out. Once inside the team realizes perhaps there hast judgment as led them to maze they can’t figure out. After Fitzie gets pinned by a falling stone the team leaves to find a way out and help only to discover after his screams they’re not alone. The only means of escape may come with a heavy toll.

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Director from the remake of “Hills Have Eyes”

GOOD RIDDANCE “PEACE IN OUR TIME” 04/21/2015 FAT WRECK CHORDS Eight years seems like an eternity but sometimes when you put so much effort into something you need a must needed rest to refocus and take a step back to review what you believe in and not release something that you feel is not at your heart. Sometimes after such rest you end up coming back full force and re-energized and that sums up their latest release “Peace In Our Time”. On this release unlike their earlier works there are no opening “Political sound bites” just a full on fast beat title track called “Disputatio” that they also used as a promo track for the release. Make no mistake after 25 years of playing aggressive punk hardcore fuse Good Riddance blazes forward with an even tighter form, smoother harmonic guitar rifts to tempo breaks and chorus speed, opening riffs and fast snare and symbol work notoriously known throughout their releases. Just like some of their classics like “Mother Superior” songs like “Disputatio and Dry Season are more classic sounding. “Peace In Our Time” has many amazing well crafted vocally feel good vibes that have lyrical content on social awareness values and consciousness that makes you think. As always Good Riddance’s position on social values and political awareness shines through on the lyrical content but in a deeper more personal direction. Songs like “Grace and Virtue” and “Washed Away” are songs that have personal meaning and touch deep. While well carried through the album makes you feel good and will motivate without any hesitation. The mastering as always isn’t something that this band isn’t, what you hear is what you get live a solid energetic punk rock with meaning. The end song “Glory Glory” will be a instant live peformance chant that will reflect what this band is all about “Unity”.

“WILL LIFT YOU AWAY FROM THE MEANINGLESS SOCIAL CONSUMPTION AND OPEN YOUR EYES TO THE WORLD AROUND YOU”

UPCOMING RELEASES

THE REAL MCKENZIES “RATS IN THE BURLAP”

STOMP RECORDS APRIL 07,2015

RAYGUN COWBOYS

“HEADS ARE GONNA ROLL”

STOMP RECORDS APRIL 07,2015

HOLLIGANS UNITED “A TRIBUTE TO RANCID”

SMELVIS RECORDS APRIL 14,2015

MASKED INTRUDER

“INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE 2011 DEMOS”

RED SCARE INDUSTRIES APRIL 14,2015

FARLEYS FURY JON CREEDEN

MY FINGER MY BRAIN RECORDS

THE QUEERS

/THE ANTAGONIZERS ATL

SEXY BABY RECORDS APRIL 18,2015

GOOD RIDDANCE “PEACE IN OUR TIME”

FAT WRECK CHORDS APRIL 21,2015

Apr 10 Hawthorne Theatre Portland, OR Apr 11 El Corazon Seattle, WA Apr 12 Rickshaw Theatre Vancouver, Canada Apr 16 Republik Calgary, Canada Apr 17 The Starlite Room Edmonton, Canada Apr 18 Louis’ Pub Saskatoon, Canada Apr 19 Pyramid Cabaret Winnipeg, Canada Apr 22 Triple Rock Social Club Minneapolis, MN Apr 23 Reggies Rock Club Chicago, IL Apr 24 Fubar St Louis, MO Apr 25 The Thompson House Newport, KY Apr 28 The Altar Bar Pittsburgh, PA Apr 29 The Agora Ballroom Cleveland, OH Apr 30 Call The Office London, Canada May 01 The Opera House Toronto, Canada May 02 Club Soda Montreal, Canada May 04 Ritual Ottawa, Canada May 06 Theatre of Living Arts Philadelphia, PA May 07 Asbury Lanes Asbury Park, NJ May 08 Brighton Music Hall Boston, MA May 09 Rock & Roll Hotel Washington, DC May 10 Gramercy Theatre New York, NY May 12 Masquerade Atlanta, GA May 14 The Social Orlando, FL

5/13/2015 Spearfish SD The Legendary Back Porch 5/14/2015 Fargo ND Aquarium 5/15/2015 Minneapolis MN Indeed Brewing Company 5/16/2015 Chicago IL The Abbey 5/18/2015 Grand Rapids MI The Pyramid Scheme 5/19/2015 Cleveland OH Beachland Tavern 5/20/2015 Hamilton ON Casbah 5/21/2015 Toronto ON Horseshoe Tavern 5/22/2015 Ottawa ON Ritual 5/23/2015 Montreal Qc Divan Orange 5/24/2015 Québec QC L Agitée – Bar-coop 5/25/2015 Burlington VT The Monkey House 5/26/2015 Boston MA Great Scott 5/27/2015 Providence RI Columbus Theater Club Venue 5/28/2015 New York NY Mercury Lounge 5/29/2015 Brooklyn NY Rough Trade 5/30/2015 Baltimore MD Metro Gallery 5/31/2015 Washington DC Hill Country Live DC 6/2/2015 Pittsburgh PA Club Cafe 6/3/2015 Cincinnati OH MOTR Pub 6/4/2015 St Louis MO Firebird 6/5/2015 Kansas City MO Riot Room 6/6/2015 Omaha NE Slowdown

JUNE 18-21 2015