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ISSUE 8

Whatever Andrew Smith writes some stuff and you read it. Pretty clever mind control, huh?	Cover Story: James Kochalka Superstar and the Horrible Truth About Music James Kochalka Superstar has been quietly and not-so-quietly making his name known all around the world with his zany novelty songs and his quirky comics. College students all over the country have been playing the heck out of his two compact discs, and his comics have reached wider and wider audiences. We asked James to tell us about James and he has agreed to tell us "The Horrible Truth About Music."
On the Road Sean Daley goes to the Virgin Islands with his band Currently Nameless and lives to tell the tale, so he does. Here it is, in the third installment of our series On the Road.	Trey Anastasio of Phish: The Good Citizen Interview Part II. The second half of our exclusive Good Citizen interview with Phish's Trey Anastasio. Vermont's biggest rock star sat down with Good Citizen editor Andrew Smith for a long, relaxed conversation about Vermont, the Vermont music scene life, a possible Surrender to the Air follow-up, and life as a member of a world-famous rock band.
Rachel Bissex Kicks Ass! Vermont's most prolific singer-songwriter ain't your everyday folkie, not that there's anything wrong with that. Her last album, I Used to Be Nice, has shown just how far Rachel has come from her early days as a Johnson scenester. Our editing egomaniac Andrew Smith finds out that despite her album title, Rachel Bissex is still as nice as they come.	Club Metronome: Six Years of Live Music Anne Rothwell opened Club Metronome up over Nectars a little over six years ago and since then she's kept the place packed with a mix of the hottest disc jockeys and the biggest national acts. Chris Parizo catches up with Anne and Matt Thorsen shoots her.
Vermont Reggae Fest Pull Out Poster Paul Doyle does all the work and we take all the credit for this two page tribute to the Vermont Reggae Fest. We all love the Reggae Fest and decided it might be fun to chart the progress of the Fest over the years. Pin this up and daydream about July 18, 1998 in Hardwick. We'll see you there.	The Words and Wisdom of Big Joe Burrell Our very own blues legend talks about the fine art of band management
The Monstrous Balls of Cranial Perch If you've heard the new Cranial Perch CD Fringe Benefits, you might suspect that you're dealing with a weird bunch. You just might be right. Our man in the know, Mister Max Owre, attempts to explain the unexplainable, Burlington's art-rock intellectuals Cranial Perch.	Convolutions Toward Adulthood Burlington Free Press columnist Steve Lemcke debuts a new column right here, exclusively for Good Citizen, and it's called Convolutions Toward Adulthood. Every issue Steve will dwell on something and in Episode One: Paranoia, he reveals the Burlington music conspiracy that you've suspected all along. Steve risks his own life to reveal the underground local music syndicate called The Order. Read at your own risk.
Mike Luoma's History of Burlington Music WIZN's assistant program director Mike Luoma shakes his shaggy mane and drops down more tall tales of his life as a Burlington music scenester. This issue Mike remembers Ninja Custodian, the Home for the Holidays compilation, and the night Jon Fishman got naked with Arty LaVigne!	Alex Hits the Pits Middlebury High School senior Alex Mayer hits the Burlington club scene and reports on the action. This issue, Alex checks out Dick Dale, the Red Telephone, Fishbone, Dysfunkshun and many, many more.
Blue Prints "Mr. Charlie" Frazier, host of WIZN's Blues for Breakfast radio show, gives us the low-down on the Burlington blues scene.	Reviews 27 Down, New Nile Orchestra, Barnyard Playboys, Chad, Cool Rules, Derrick Semler, Drowningman, Dysfunkshun, Hop 2, Invisible Jet, Mike Watt, Missing Joe, Never Again, Pete Weiss, Sam Black Church, Skamaphrodites, Smokin' Grass, Spill, Up the Dosage, Vykki Vox
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