The Mega-Zine Museum
August 8, 1993
LIVE REVIEW - VOODOO QUEENS, ROUGH TRADE SHOP, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON
After a shaky start, the Voodoo Queens began their lunchtime set with Chocolate Eyes.
The all-girl five-piece were in excellent form - beautifully crisp guitars and loud, angry vocals. Their lyrics were ironic and wonderfully cynical.
The set continued with six more songs including the singles Kenuwee Head and the superb Supermodel Superficial. They closed with Indian Film Star.
From seeing and hearing the Voodoo Queens live it is obvious they're going to be very big.
At last - an all-girl band who are recognised for their talent and not their controversy.
Saiyeda Shaida, Middlesex
TOP TEN THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU'RE BORED
- Listen to your Kingmaker album again
- If you haven't got it, go and buy it
- Put a mop on your head: Keanu Reeves
- Hold a Take That concert in your garden with potatoes as Take That
- Try to make bacon and eggs
- Try to dig to Australia
- Pretend you're Brett Anderson and slag off bequiffed indie stars
- Plan a nuclear campaign against Take That, E17, Worlds Apart etc
- Nuke the disco 10 Stay in bed!
Pyjama Girl, Cardiff
TOP TEN REASONS WHY E17 ARE BRILL
- They wear really hip clothes
- They have a lot of caps
- They're all extra fit
- They dance ever so good
- Their songs are smart
- Brian is cute
- Anthony's hairdo's great
- They come from Walthamstow
- They're all handsome
- Their dog is cool
Adele "Cleveland"
BEST BITTER, TWISTED LETTER OF THE WEEK
Music lovers are fools.
Proverb: Those who have always lived in a black hole will consider the dimmest flame as the brightest light because they have never seen the sun.
So hate music. My album review - a book with photos of my ugly family.
Mrs Tiggywinkle, West Midlands
TV REVIEW - NEIGHBOURS, FRIDAY JUNE 30
Can I just say how useless Phoebe's acting was when she hurt the baby?!
I mean, one minute we were looking at Cathy and the next we see Phoebe lying on the floor.
Like, what happened - she bent over?
Sorry, very believable - I DON'T think!
Janine Murray, North Yorkshire
ALBUM REVIEW - EMERGENCY ON PLANET EARTH BY JAMIROQUAI
The flamboyant Jay K and co's debut album is the superb, soulful record promised by the first three singles including Blow Your Mind - and it does!
Below the cool exterior is an environmental conscience, revealed in the sleeve notes and upcoming single.
This is an album for the 90s which no self-respecting music lover should be without!
Stephen Alexander, Devon
MEGA-ZIPEDEEDOODAH TO GO DAILY!
TOP TEN DON'Ts
- Buy anything by Take That
- Buy anything by East 17
- Wear white trainers
- Neglect Roxette, World Party, Suede
- Listen to Walthamstow
- Listen to Take That & Party
- Slag off the Manics
- Dress like East 17
- Think I'm a biased, self-opinionated git
- Stop buying singles - let them stay for good!
Tim Roberts, Worcester
WHO'S WON THIS WEEK'S FABORAMA SOUNDS?
TIM ROBERTS has won a Paw vinyl single for his top ten list of don'ts.
ICABOD FLAGG, THE DARK MAN, has won The Best of Venom - In Memorium CD for his scathing review of Anthrax's album.
Just for irony's sake, MRS TIGGYWINKLE wins a Taylor Dayne single for her reasons why music lovers are fools.
STEW DENT wins the Mad Cobra CD for his top five rock n' roll cliches.
