NEWS photo ‘Bop Mackin NURSES Laura Masi (left) and Jira Hunter waved good- bye to Nardwuar the Human Serviette when he left Lions Gate Hospital July 22 with souvenirs of his stay. Nardwuar on the comeback trail Bob Mackin News Reporter ‘POLITICIANS and celebrities of the world beware: Nardwuar the Human Serviette is out of hospital and on the comeback trail. The 31-year-old West Vancouver broadcaster, musician and impresario is resting at home after being released from Lions Gate Hospital July 22. He is recovering from seizures and a brain hemorrhage suf- 2. fered July 10. He says doctors still don’t know why it happened, . though he’s glad no tumor ‘was found. He’s not sure when he'll be back on the radio at CITR FM 101.9 or gn stage with his band the Evaporators. Sut he can’t wait to resume his passion for peppering world leaders and rock stars with questions in one- _on-one inverviews and at press conferences. His targets have run - >the gamut, from Prime Minister Jean Chretien to Hole’s Courtney Love.. —.. + During his stay at LGH he was showered with almost 600 - get-well messages sent through his website ADR. RATAWUBI COM>. Notes came from Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, Fugazi’s Tan MacKaye, Rheostatics’ Dave Bidini.and even David Lee Roth’s manager. ». Scott McCaughey, a touring member of REM, sent a note ftom the road. McCaugh ghey was on stage with the band four . years ago in Switzerland when drummer Bill Berry was felled by ‘a brain aneurysm. .. _ .Nardwuar didn’t get his anticipated interview with Hole. singer Love when the band headlined EdgeFest two weeks ago, bur her bandmate Melissa Auf Der Maur sent him a Quict Riot ie patch. Hole cccasionally covers the 80s metal band’s version of -*Cum On Feel The Noize” for a lark. (Members of # Quiet Riot -.- took issue with Nardwuar’s madcap interview style before a _ Fecent Vancouver concert and nearly beat him up.) - “But it’s not just the celebrities,” Nardwuar taid. “One note said nice ixip Nard, glad you’re not dead!” - _. ~A’eonstant stream of visitors and telephone calls even kept _Nardwuar from watching TV or listening to the radio. ~~ “Hospital is a busy, go, go, go place,” he said. He received physiotherapy treatment from Rob Gander, older brother. of Jesse Gander from North Varicouver band dbs. His - left arm, disabied by the brain hemorrhage, is on the mend. “A great way of therapy is playing my (Farfisa) keyboard with my left hand. Took forward to making some lovely songs.” ‘He stayed in the seventh floor special care unit, where Robert "Clothier, a.k.a, Beachcombers’ “Relic” and Margot Kidder, ~ Superman’s Lois Lane, have stayed. _-/!“Pm so grateful for the emails and people cunstanily drop- ping by. Then nurses and doctors have been totally incredible’ Nett dine i T go to hospital, it’s going to be hard to top this.” “Of course, he’s hoping there won’t be a next time. He’s thinking of ways to salute those at LGH, like doctors Brian Hunt and Donald Cameron, who made his stay memorable. Cail or drop by To: Nata tacky Rd, North Ven John Goodman This Week Editor Johng@nsnews.com Bwrxkkk Vertical Horizon — Everything You Want (1999 RCA 07863 678182) ‘The major label debut of Vertical Horizon will be a revelation for both old and new listeners alike. The Boston-based band that bean as an acoustic duo in 1991 with Marr Scannell and Keith Kane now features a classic quar tet line-up carving outa career in the alternative rock genre. On Everveleng You Want Vertical Horizon cranks up the volume yet never loses sight of its artistic goals. Mellow is out but the melodie structure at the core of Scanneil’s writing remains. The intense commitment of the band was never in question and their sound seems to have developed as a natural progression over the past few years. The earlicr CDs There and Back Again and Running. On Ice outline their origins while 1997's Live Stages points to where they wanted to go. On Everything You Want they’ve arrived. There is no filler on the album with all 11 tracks worthy of inclusion. Production was left in the very capable‘hands of Ben Grosse (Republica, Barenaked Ladies) and Mark Endert (Fiona Apple, . izon fakes off Friday, July 30, 1999 ~ North Shore News — 25 Photo Danny Clinch PICK HIT: Boston's Vertical Horizon (left to right): Keith Kane, Sean Hurley, Matt Scannell and Ed Toth build on the success of their live siiows with new CD. Madonna, Shawn Colvin). Scannell’s vocals will make you think of REM’s Michiael Stipe but the band holds their own in comparisons. Earlybirds at EdgeFest would how ve caught Vertical Horizon on the second stage at Thunderbird in Fuly and critic ie Bo named them “the best band no one saw at Woodstock.” That will soon change. @ * Mase — Double Up (1999 Bad Boy Records 78612-73029-2) The writing credit on “Stay Out of My Way” says it all: nine names including “executive producer” Sean “Puffy” Combs, Lenny Kravitz, Madonna and Ingrid Chavez. Getting the story behind that mix would be better than listening te this mess. There’s so much good hip-hop out there stay out of his way and get to that. Start with Missy and Timbaland and keep going. x Styx — Brave New World (1999 CMC Int'l 06076-86275-2) Styx returns to the studio for their first album in 16 years. Despite the title they _ stick to a formula which has sold millions of records. Histrionic not futuristic. Single sidewalk closures will be in effect on the Lions Gate Bridge from August 3 through September 1999 as a resuit of bridge iower painting, part of the Ministry of Transportation and Highways’ . scheduled maintenance program. NOTE: Cyclisis and pedestrians will be able to access one sidewalk throughout this maintenance project. ‘To ensure the safety of al! sidewalk users on the Lions Gate Bridge during this maintenance Project, pedestrians and cyclists are advised of the following: Cyclists dismount when meeting ail walkway users and yield the right of way to pedestrians; i Allow extra iravel time to reach destinations; and {4 Watch for detour signs for alternative routes accessing sidewalks. When required for tower painting, overnight lane closures on the bridge will occur simultaneously with lane closures on the Stanley Park Causeway.. ~ For further information contact the Lions Gate Project office at 437-1500. The ministry thanks you for : a = planning your travel around this important bridge maintenance project. oS ss BRITISH LUMBIA Ministry of Transportation and Highways