A Fox-y New Year’s Hamish Knox the not-so-sober patrons The 1998 FOXFest promised ane two things, a great lineup , ’ but it’s not.” Exactly, an Oe es ae open venue on December disappoint on either. 31 might work in Florida, but in Van- of ate aa “a couver? Most the venue for ee Of = ve oe fe ° se 4 = a: peop e a this incredible et ie show. As one of spent their time huddled by the propane heaters or in the mosh pit to keep warm. Probably the best thing about FOXFest, aside from the bands of course, was the “no minors” rule. This was great for moshers because, unlike the Gar- bage concert held at the same venue last year, you didn’t have to worry about stepping on 12-year-olds in the mosh pit. Oh yeah, the bands. The Todd Kurns Band opened the evening with a short set; enough to get the crowd warmed up, but singer), only louder. They still have great juxtaposed lyrics and are definitely more high-energy than AOE ever was, but the set was too short to actually get a good listen to their sound. Hopefully, their album in the spring is more developed than their FOXFest performance. After a brief break to reset the stage and grab another beer or two, the Matthew Good Band (MGB) arrived, and promptly knocked the crowd out. Thanks to a year in heavy rotation on CFOX and Much Music, MGB took the crowd their instruments, with one lucky fan actually grabbing the body of Good's guitar after the band had walked off stage. The final band of the night, Econoline Crush, had enjoyed huge success in ‘98 with their sophomore release The Devil You Know and, al- though they use a lot of electronic sounds in their music, they definitely didn’t disappoint the home crowd. Frontman Trevor Hurst came out looking Bono—sunglasses and a hooded sweatshirt—but quickly discarded his U2 attire and tore into the crowd with “Home.” Econoline Crush (EC) stayed true to the album that brought them success, the only song of note from Closer was the ultra-crowd pleasing “Wicked.” EC wrapped up the night with a two-song encore, which included their last hit “All That You Are” and walked off, leaving 4000 drunken revellers to stagger off into not enough to satisfy Age of Electric (AOE) fans, who went absolutely wild when Kurns hit the stage. Not surprisingly, the Todd Kurns Band sounds like AOE (Kurns was the lead on a bass-heavy ride through their latest album and several classics, in- cluding the hit “Every- thing is Automatic.” Matt Good and his band fin- ished their set by trashing 48-6th Street, New Westminster a Tel/Fax: (604) 521-6077 Attn: !! STUDENTS Special offer! all entrees for all Students, Faculty & Staff of Douglas College * Copies—Self-service 06 cents the night and a brand new © Colour Laser Copies 50% off! ear 50-8th Street ¢ Colour Laser Transparencies 40% off! cee. , © Cerlox Binding For Presentations 50% off! New Westminster Typesetting, Resumes/Letters, Fax, Address Labels, 604.524.9788 Business Cards, Rubber Stamps, Laminating C.0 Q.-U- TL. t 1A.e CU Bow. Starving Student DISCOUNT NIGHT To make life a little easier, Coquitlam Centre Bagel Street Café Au Coton 15% off regular priced merchandise is offering Douglas College students, staff and The Body Shop 10% off regular priced merchandise 10% off tea, coffee, specialty coffees 10% off 15% off 15% off sandwiches, cake, large ice cream 15% off 10% off 10% off 10% off 10% off 10% off excl. prescriptions, tobacco, baby supplies faculty a ‘student discount shopping night’. Wellean’s Cappuccino Dog's Ear T-Shirt Co. Heel & Sole Shoe Repair Darling Café Just show your student ID card to participating retailers when you shop the first Thursday of each month from 5pm to 9pm. The Vitamin Connection List of participating stores available at Customer Service, South Mall.. a av COQUITLAM CENTRE making life a little easier 464 8357 Rodan Jewellers Louie’s Submarine Saje Kings Art Gallery Shopper’s Drug Mart Discounts not valid with any other promotions. Offers good at Coquitlam Centre only. 6 January 13 1999 the Other Press