Email Author John Payne

1999 Stories by John Payne

• Shapes of Things

  published December 9, 1999

  Feeling cornball, I once called Azalia Snail “an American original” -- just couldn’t find a better way of expressing it. The self-taug... More >>

• Taboo

  published November 25, 1999

  selected Jon Hassell discography solo albums: 1999 Fascinoma Water Lily Acoustics 1994 Dressing for Pleasure ... More >>

• Loco Mosquito

  published September 30, 1999

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• Juke Joint Jive

  published July 1, 1999

  Like its populace, L.A.’s music scene comes from all over the USA and elsewhere, and if you dig a bit, you’ll find that most of the vario... More >>

• Wavemakers

  published July 1, 1999

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• L.A. Weekly Music Awards Nominees 1999

  published June 10, 1999

  Art by Rika OharaWHEN THE WEEKLY'S MUSIC CRITICS MET TO DISCUSS THE BEST WAY TO PRESENT AN AWARDS program, slurs against mothers... More >>

• Cuban Love Song

  published June 10, 1999

  Photo by Geraint LewisIN 1996, GUITARIST/PRODUCER RY COODER AGREED to participate in producer Nick Gold's recording project to unite... More >>

• Merci

  published June 3, 1999

  THE CLICHÉ ABOUT FRANCE HAS LONG BEEN that it's incapable of producing Great Rock Music, a condition owing to the French language itself,... More >>

• Jesus Saves

  published April 29, 1999

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• The Rules of the Game

  published April 1, 1999

  Robert Fripp is the leader of the veteran British/ American band King Crimson, which since 1968 has maintained a sizable cult following around... More >>

• This is Pop

  published March 11, 1999

  Photo by Valerie PhillipsXTC HAS A NEW ALBUM OUT (FINALLY). IT'S called Apple Venus Vol. 1, it's fantastic and -- well, here's the band's... More >>

• Third Ear

  published February 18, 1999

    Dr. Walker & M. Flux: 16 Lovesongs for the Spice Girls (EMI/Harvest) Bass ’n’ beatz, beatz ’n’ more beatz, ... More >>