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Station News

The Polygram Boycott is over!! In case you didn’t notice, CIMN, along with other cam- pus radio stations across Canada, were boycotting all artist on the polygram label since September. Well, we’re happy to say that you’ll now hear artists like the Cult, Def leppard, Was(was not), bon Jovi, Love and Rockets once again. So, phone in your re- quests!!!

John Murray and Paul Madryga deserve a big pat on the back for doing many of our “Revolutions” Music Re- views. Neither of these guys were credited with the reviews until now. Sorry about that! Pat Ca- vanagh, Jonathon MacWilliams, Sandy McLure, Darrell Coles and Kent Murnaghan are some of the other people who deserve a big thank you for thier contributions to Shock Hazard as well.

The biggest thank you (god,, this sound like an acceptance _-zech) goes out to Ronnie Myers who spends many hours each week laying—out (lay— outing) these pages so you can read them. If we forgot anyone, thanks to you too!

On Friday November 10, Bruce Find- lay, Pat Cavanagh, Ronnie Myers and Jonathan MacWilliams did not sleep instead, these guys did a nine hour broadcast from mid- night to 9:00 am. Liam Whity won some CD’s and records and tapes were also given to Stephen Young, Corey Drake, Corey Tremere, Stephanie Tremere and Jennifer Woods. There’ll be more chances for giveaways and more all—nighters shortly...

Two weeks ago, “Station News” mistakenly referred to the Top 20 as being sponsored by Seaman’s Beverages. Well the “CIMN Top 20 Albums” is spon- sored by Coke, which is of course bottled by Island Beverages, not Searran’s. Sorry for the confu- sion.

Phew! week.

New Training System in Place

Due to the increasing amount of equipment CIMN had. ac- quired lately, heing a DJ is be-

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coming more technically com- &

Programming and information you can’t live without from CIMN

plex. In an effort to improve the quality of broadcasting and the skills of DJ’s, CIMN has im- plemented a three-step training which all DJ’s, both new and experienced, must participate in before they can broadcast next semester. The three-step system | consist of 1) basic training, 2) ji more advanced equipment in the § broadcast booth and production room, and 3) programming style.

In January of 1990, as in pre- § vious years, CIMN will clear the § program schedule. Before DJ’s go on the air next semester, they § must complete all required train- ing.

A major training campaign § will take place throughout next § week. Training sessions will be offered everyday from Monday to Friday from 4 to 5 pm and again § from 7 to 8 pm during these §& time slots, programs will be pre— empted. Anyone interested in having a show next semester are § urged to drop in the station next week during the above times. All & present DJ’s must complete this training as well. For further in- § formation please call CIMN’s of- § fice at 566-0417

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PREVOLUTIONS, susie reviews

Kiss —

iHot in the Shade

Kiss are back again with “Hot in the Shade”, and if you’re not sure, this is album # 24. Imagine that, 24 lps in 15 years! This al- bum was produced by Gene Sim- mons, and Paul Stanley, and was recorded in Hollywood, CA. Most of the credits go to all te Kiss fans and Kiss underground, and take up almost one page of the booklet on the tape (yes words are included), and there’s half a

f page dedicated to AIDS (proba-

bly Gene’s idea since he’s slept with over 2500 women).

For $13.98 it’s worth it be- cause it hs 15 songs on it. This lp reminds me of “Creatures of the night”, because it’s loud. Out- standing songs you say? Well

& let’s see, “Love’s a slap in the 5 face” remindes one of “Let’s put

the x in Sex”. Paul Stanley sings “For- ever”, the first part of “King of Roll”. It’s unfortunate that en- devours such as this are misin- terpreted. I applaud the individ-

; ual bands, and let’s not hear copy

cats. OK?:

Vain

This is basically what I would call a pop, buble gum heavy metal band. they sound a lot like Styx. I found this band very hard to get into. The guitarist of

: this band made a valiant attempt

to drown out the whining lead singer, but failed. The only re- ally decent song was Aces, and it is unsuitable for airplay. I believe they made an attempt to copy Guns & Roses, but failed horrib- ley. In this album these guys did not really function as a band, but more like a bunch of artists doing thier own thing and recording it. Out of five panther paws I would give this album about 1.5 to 2. — Pat Cavanagh

A.K.A. Pat Man

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—-R.W. The Song retains the Name

This is a response to the ar- ticle reviewing the album “The Song Retains the Name”. Now I’m a bit of a Led Zepplin fan and I personally enjoyed this album. I don’t think the reviewer of this album got the point. The “Strug- gilng” bands are simply garage bands doing a tribute to thier favourite band and are not try- ing to sound like Led Zepplin. So what if the version of “Houses of the Holy” sounds almost like Led Zep? Who wants to hear exactly copied renditions of songs when you can just get the original? Speaking of originality, there is one song on the album that shows increbible originality and that is

the folk rendition of “Rock and .

Hearts” with the guitars sounds like it could be used in the next “Friday the 13th” movie. Eric Carr does a good job of vocals on “Little Caesar!”. “Boomerang” is sort of a thrash metal song, that

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maybe metallica would do, but Kiss? They actually do it to per- fection.

After listening to 15 songs, I figure 14 songs are good on teh Ip. the one sond I didn’t lie was “The Street Giveth, and the Street Taketh Away.” If you’re a die-hard Kiss fan, buy the Ip. If you’re not a Kiss fan, get one of yow’re friends to buy it, then bor- row it (Ha Ha).

Jane Siberry,

Bound Bv the Beauty

on listening to Jane Siberry’s new album Bound By the Beauty one gets a sense of peek- ing into someone’s private diary. And quite an idiosyncratic diary at that. We find herein a per- son who is in love with life, with love and with all things great and small. Music and poetry are her means of celebration and she cel- ebrates here to the hilt. And though the songs are personal they are also an invitation to us to join the dance.

The album begins with teh song Bound By teh Beauty ‘which is itself a manifestation of the joy she is singing about. The song contains a certain quality, a cerain authenticity that lfits it above teh level of ordinary. Jane exults in te pleasures of the earth and teh joys of life but sounds a warning to us and future gener- ations: “I’m coming back in 500 years and the first thing I’m go- ing to do when I get here is to- see these things that I love and they’d better be here.”

The next two songs Some- thing About Trains and Hockey, continue Jane’s exploration of the sim- ple joys in life. Th latter song, complete with sleigh bells in the background, evikes our nostalgia for teh unadulterated pleasures of childhood pastimes. Every- thing Reminds Me Of My Dog is a whimsical, often hilari- ous song in which literally every- thing reminds Jane of her dog: “ Einstein reminds me of my dog — I want to pat his fluffy head.” Although it seems Jane is possessed here by the spirit of

Sesame Street she is, in fact, rq stating her them of love. Side on ends with The Valley (A Ba lad) which is really a lullaby sf quiet it come precaiously close t being inaudible. At just over si minutes in length it constitutes premature denouement.

The Life is a Red Wago is a love song which espouses m tual consideration and suppor Half Angel Half Eagle is some what of an oddity here as it ft cuses on the negative in the fort of prejudice and intolerance. warns that “a storm is coming and while it doesn’t provide a col rective it advizes that we “have good time but don’t relax, have good time but be on guard”. L Jalouse is more representativ of the album’s overall feel and aside from the title cut, is te album’s highlight. It too verg¢ on being a lullaby but its iron| tone makes it distinctly potent It traces the insinuating natu of love in which the distinctio between enemies and friends ai blurred.

Miss Punta Blanca is : anomaly among Jane Siderry body of work. Clocking in 3 ‘a mere 1:40 it is her shortes song to date (most of which ave age around six or seven minutes The vocals on the song are quil beautiful and the sentiments, the vittues of being yourself, a equally so. The album ends wit Are We Dancing Now. Wit its romantic,latin sound it beli¢ its origin and stands out for tll wrong reasons.

The music on this album wit its sparse, delicate instrument tion and teh intimate quality its vocals, lends itself to the fee ing of having spent time with friend. And like all such occ sions it proves to be time W spent.

-John Murray

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