guitar Business Eh : pe to the Music equipment prizes an itas his perso Show, and are Vancow an unplugged me out of C th turday May 7%. At 1:00 pm. oP fee to join in . sat ts were al motto. eo ee of dollars of eligible 4 other musical treats. atatists from ver asked all guitat™ of one formance x aa “Taking Care % . yalariz the phrase TCOB was lee arded Other Press May 12, 1994 slam city jam Take a hundred of the world’s best skateboarders,.add a few hours of loud, live music and what have you got? SLAM CITY JAM...for the first time in Canada - an internationally sanctioned skateboard competition with a Music West twist - two outdoor stages of live music featuring 17 bands including Facepuller, Cadillac Tramps. NoFX, Superconductor, Merlin and NoMeansNo - all taking place at a transformed Plaza of Nations on May 14 and 15. It will be the first time a National Skateboard Association World Cup Qualifying event has come to Canada. Competing boarders and gear companies from throughout North America and beyond will be featured. Swatch Music Festival wristbands allow entry and one day passes are available at TicketMaster. a et, oO 2 30 ss0™ as pias : AN ye fe Calendar of events — the musical feast Ankor (99 Powell, Gastown, 669-5050): >May 13: Lazy Susan, People Playing Music, The Jailbreakers, There's No Mona. >May 14: Two Trains, Ida Red, Kelly Brock, The Violets. >May 15: Ashley Mclsaac, Carl Roth and the Hot Too. Anza Club (3 W. 8th, 876-7128): >May 12: Omoide Hatoba, Nimrod, Zumpano, Mexican Power Authority. >May13: S.O.L., Salvador Dream, Damn the Diva, Taste, Evil Roy Slade. >May 14: One Free Fall, The Pasties, Lazy Susan, Liquid Bonedance, Dancing on Glass. Automotive (1095 Homer, 682-0040): >May 13: Swank, H, The Ultras, Russ Tolman, >May 14: The Blarney Stone (216 Carrall, Gastown, 687- 4322): >May 12: Celtic City Sons, The Stoaters, The Paperboys. >May 13: The Stoaters, Jimmy George, Celtic City Sons. >May 14: Jimmy George, The Stoaters, Celtic City Sons, Feeding Like Butterflies. Commodore (870 Granville Mall, 681-7838): >May 12: She Stole My Beer, Things of Stone and Wood, The Harvesters, Clouds, People Playing Music. >May 13: The Hanson Brothers, Huevos Rancheros, Wheat Chiefs, Tankhog. >May 14: The ‘Tea Party, Young Saints, Mushroom Trail. Graceland (1250 Richards, 688-2648): >May 12: Merlin, Rev., The Shademakers, Alaric, Ngoma, Trevor Hurst, Holly McNarlund, Mo Field, Tony Chong Dance Collective, G.RP >May 13: Pure, Ripe, Acid Test, Pull. Hard Rock Cabaret (364 Water, Gastown, 684- 1968): >May 12: Tongue, Dal Dil-Vog, Bruce Coughlan, Jazzberry Ram. >May 13: Big House, Age of Electric, Jackie Brown, Subrosa. >May 14: Rev., The Charms, The Flu, Too Many Cooks, Eye Level Box. >May 15: Lineup in Paris, The Rain Children, Spirits & Trains, Rattled Roosters. Howden Hall: >May 14: Rascalz, Koda, Cellar Dwellars, Bassic Instinct, Fara, All About Us. Hungry Eye (23 W. Cordova, 688-5351): >May 12: Lazy Susan, Liquid Bonedance, Slowburn, The Sweaters. >May 13, Uncle Squirrely, The Real McKenzies, Hard Rock Miners, Terror of Tiny Town. >May 14:The Pleasure Elite, Forbidden Dimension, Change of Heart, Running With Scissors. >May 15: One Free Fall, Redsugar, Pigfarm, Tickle Trunk. Lunatic Fringe (315 E. Broadway, 876-7003): >May 12: Noize Therapy, Albert Fayth, Clayface, Pacebo, Neros Rome, Rotorcloud, Opium Underground, Cellar of the Sun. >May 13: Brave New World, Epsilon Knot, The Respectables, Soul Shaker, Butchershop Quartet, D.D.T., Midnight Jezebels, Toledo Speedway. >May 14: Specula Black, Zen, Master Cool Speed, Juice Monkeys, Abandoned Youth, Rusty Nails, Tongue, Sandbox. Lux Theatre (57 E. Hastings, 682-5455): >May 13: Pansy Division, Jim Currie, Alaric, Fifth Column, Mo Field, Tickle Trunk. >May 14: Forgotten Rebels, Sex With Nixon, WhiteTrash Debutantes, Bif Naked, The McRackins. >May 15: Waiting For God, Merlin, Daytona, Clouds, SPM. Mars Club: >May 12: Fara, Koda, Corey D., Julu, Passionate Pilgrim. >May 13: Alpha, Mark Hasselbach, Makia, Activate, Dobb & Dumela. The Max (1176 Granville Mall, 688-6571): >May 13: Slowburn, Red Autumn Fall, Hardship Post, Thrush Hermit, Bite. >May 14: 12 Eyes, The Nils, ‘Ten Days Late, The Vinaigrettes. The Mews (12 Water St, Gastown): >May 13: Soul Crib, G.PP, Karl Roth & the Hot Too. >May 14: Huevos Rancheros, The Ultras. Plaza of Nations: >May 14: No Means No, Cadillac Tramps, Tankhog, Malhavoc, Facepuller, Mystery Machine, Huevos Rancheros, Chixdiggit, Brand New Unit. >May 15: NOFX, SNFU, Fifth Column, Forgotten Rebels, Hardship Post, Monster Voodoo Machine, King Cobb Steelie, Big Gulp. Railway Club (579 Dunsmuir, 681-1625): >May 12:Touch and Go's, Nowhere Blossoms, Ford Pier. >May 13: Herald Nix, Coal, Veda Hille, The Gravelberries. >May 14: Triple Joy, Mojo Nixon, Moscow fish, Mo Field. >May 15: Rachel Page & Swingfolk, Poetic Justice, Babe Gurr. Rio Rio (102 Water, Gastown, 685-1144): >May 12-14: Los Hermanos RomeoY La Clave Orchestra. Spinning Wheel (210 Carrall, 681-2814): >May 12: Coletter Wise, Rocky Swanson, Crossroad Angels, Ray O'Toole, Five on a String, Joe Charron. >May 13: The Olson Bros. Band, Jennifer Gibson, Brent Lee, Curtis Blayne, Ida Red. >May 14: Verna Charlton, Ronnie Baran, RickTippe, NoWay Home, Rhodes & Marshall, Curtis Grambo. >May 15: Kenny Hess, Lyndia Scott, Erik Johnson, Ken McCoy. Starfish Room (1005 Homer, 682-4171): >May 12: King Cobb Steelie, Speed Buggy, The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, Fine Tooth Combine. >May 13: Monster Voodoo Machine, Malhavoc, Merlin, The Loved One. >May 14: Boiled in Lead, Ashley Mclsaac, Acoustically Inclined, Megan Metcalfe. >May 15: All-Star Guitar, Rik Emmett, Doug Norquay. Talking Stick (221 Carrall, 683-6695): >May 13: Acoustically Inclined, Imaginary Heaven, Gloria Blizzard, Daielle French, Adam & Kris. >May 14: Yellow Belly, Holly McNarlund, Bananafish, Picasso's Life, Gwen Holt. Town Pump (66 Water St., 683-6695): >May 12: The Lowset of the Low, Change of Heart, Pigfarm, Sour Landslide. >May 13: The Lowest of the Low, Cadillac Tramps, Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, Nancy Weisler, Sour Landslide. >May 14: The Lowest of the Low, Black Eye Budda, Dear God, Happy Man, Rorschach Test. >May 15: CadillacTramps, Sex with Nixon, White Trash Debutantes, Chixdiggit. Unicorn (770 Pacific Blvd South, 683-4454): >May 13: Two Trains, Rumplesteelskin, The Spirit Merchants, Yellow Belly. >May 14: Rumplesteelskin, The Spirit Merchants, Liar’s Club, The Paperboys. >May 15: The Sweaters, the Bushytails. VogueTheatre ( 918 Granvile St., 257-6205): >May 12: Ali Farka Toure, Tommy Emmanuel, Ben Harper. >May 13: 13 Engines, Rymes with Orange, Our Lady Peace, The Morganfields >May 14:YothuYindi, ' Things of Stone and Wood, Waskesu, Colin Hay _>May 15: Jann Arden, Robyn Hitchcock, Pamela | Morgan. WISE. Hall (1882 Adanac, 254-5858): >May 13: B.C. Salsa, Ancient Cultures. Yale (1300 Granville, 681-Yale) >May 12-14: Ellen Mcllwaine. Multi-faceted public and trade exposition of user- friendly displays, clinics and high tech multi-media, featuring over 60 exhibitors. May 14-15, Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre. Two-day passes $10 plus taxes. > Student Day (aimed at secondary and post-secondary students, this sampling of music industry careers covers the gamut from music lawyers and journalists to symphony conductors and popular songwriters; hosted by MuchMusic veejay Kim Clarke Champniss) May 13, 9am-4pm > Making an Independant CD (with RDR Promotions ) May 14, 10am-Spm>Thomas Dolby, May 14, 10:30am > Bolda Hunter, May 14, 10:30 am > Dom Famularo May 14, noon > Tommy Emmanuel May 14, 1:30pm > Ellen Mcllwaine, © May 14, 3 pm > Chad Smith, May 14, 3 pm Robson Square Conference Centre > The Residents Freak Show, May 15, 10:30am, 12:30pm, 3:30pm > Rik Emmett, May 15, 11:30am > Jennifer Batten, May 15, noon and 3pm > Seymour Duncan, May 15, 2pm > Charlie Quintana, May 15, 1:30pm > Korg Keyboard Clinic, May 15, 3pm.