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ISSUE 9

Whatever Start Here: What's in this issue and why you should read it.	Cover Story: Invisible Jet and the Class of 98 The Second Bi-Annual Good Citizen Progress Report. We picked ten bands who are helping to put the Vermont music scene on the map. Bands who are touring extensively. Bands who are getting their songs played on radio stations all around the country. Bands who are getting noticed by the music industry. Bands who are making progress. We looked at all the genre's, and found some dramatic stories and some slow, steady climbs. Here's the list: Invisible Jet, Strangefolk, Tammy Fletcher, Smokin' Grass, Zola Turn, Chin Ho!, Belizbeha, Dysfunkshun, Gordon Stone Band and ViperHouse. "
Mia: Club Goddess We debut a brand-spankin' new column in this issue. Our pal and gal around town Mia Sladyk will tell you about all the great shows you missed. In her first column, Mia checks out Big Wreck, Drugstore, The Pants and Tricky in Montreal.	Glen Robinson is Very Tall Canadian producer extraordinaire Glen Robinson was behind the boards for the recording of some of rock's biggest albums as chief engineer at Le Studio in Quebec, and in the last four or five years, he has produced some of Vermont's biggest bands. Bands like Envy, Wide Wail, Five Seconds Expired, Chin Ho! and Non Compos Mentis have all had discs produced by Robinson, and we thought it was about time we told you who he is. Chris Parizo writes.
Higher Ground Max Owre visits Vermont's hottest new club and gets the word on the music, the men and the mission behind Winooski's Higher Ground.	Naked and Disfigured: 24 Hours with Matthew Thorsen Our friend Matthew Thorsen is a pretty interesting guy. Not only does he shoot the majority of photographs for Good Citizen, but he's the main photog for arts weekly Seven Days and he has shot just about every musician in Burlington. Cathleen P. Warren meets the man and we had Matt's old friend Martin Shields draw him.
An Opinionated Guide to the BMC'98 With over 150 bands swooping down on Burlington for this year's Burlington Music Conference, we thought we'd help you figure out which bands you absolutely HAVE to see, hear, meet. We know some of these bands better than others, so we decided to pick out some of our favorites and tell you why WE'LL be at these shows. See you there!	The Words and Wisdom of Big Joe Burrell Our very own blues legend talks about how to take your band on the road and come back alive.
Mike Luoma's History of Burlington Music WIZN's assistant program director Mike Luoma continues his walk down memory lane. In this issue, Mike becomes Music Director at WIZN and introduces Phish at Battery Park.
	Alex Hits the Pits Middlebury High School senior Alex Mayer hits the Burlington club scene and reports on the action. This issue, Alex's last column, he raves about the Implants, the Skamaphrodites and more great bands.
Blue Prints "Mr. Charlie" Frazier, host of WIZN's Blues for Breakfast radio show, gives us the low-down on the Burlington blues scene and talks about Derrick Semler's new album.
	Reviews Lucid Nation, Jumping Ugly, Devotees, Chris Whitley, The Pants, Kallit Molly, Rustic Overtones, John Brown's Body, Mary Lou Lord, Elektronika II, Jusagroove, Trunk Federation & Suncatcher.
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