WHO TO CALL: Community Editor Enteriainment Editor Andrew McCredie Layne Christensen, 585-2135 af a7) 985-2131 (48) N.Van man edits e-zine ‘SO WHAT does one listen to while motorvating along the information highway? By Michael Becker Music Reporter North Vancouver resident Jim Brown js tuning in cyberspace-com- muters to West Coast Music Review (WCMR). The music e-zine was officially launched by Brown and Vancouver- based Internet access provider Cyberstore Systems Inc. in February. Brown edits the publication. Webmaster Alan Medcalf manages _ the graphics and soundbites for the _ site which lives’on the World Wide Web alt-www.cyberstore.ca/WCMR/ _. ’ The Internet e-zine reviews most categories of music. New. release " cover art and soundbites accompany ‘reviews and interviews. Elements of Brown’s past incar- nations and ongoing interests find creative convergence in the WCMR project. His path includes a 1960s _ Stint with acombo called The Gents. + At, one stop along the way he operated a nightclub in Nelson on “Baker Street, The Trivium. “As: an. under-age guy I: actually had a licenced room,” Brown recalls. :.Brown eventually moved to. . Vancouver to attend UBC: While in Vancouver he began a ph BOOKE nee BB 7 Business... sestaseneeeeees BO Ok 3 ; ee publishing company called Talon Books and wrote poetry. “At that time magazines like Canadian Forum were just eating up my writ ing. He published bill bissett in 1968. The format included a vinyl. record and text. In 1978 he published the West Coast Song Book. “It basically began as poetry and sonewriters’ book, The poets died when I found that somebody had already done that for Canada”... The recent rapid development of the World Wide Web and its sup- porting browsers Mosaic and Netscape has engendered a global proliferation ‘of electronic publica- lions, The technology is such that images, sound and text can be pre- sented within an interactive context. Said Brown,. "The West Coast Music Review really brings all of these elements of my career togeth- er. It is a talking. singing magazine. “You can buy the CDs by e-mail. If you look back to the first really dangerous venture that I had which was bill bissett’s recorded book. these kinds of projects come togeth- _ er here,” he said. He sees WCMR as a place “to” find good music, music that you might not otherwise discover on your own or (it’s) a. way-to sift through some of the major label big stuff and save yourself a lot of investment in albums.” ees BES IRRTAY 3 ae Sti A & Food....... , @ Tobie Hopping... 24 BTV Listings,.-—--_-20 PaO LAREN OSH ASS STORIES | : Fei RM Cae tw Teese rath Wednesday, crite ae | Y Pree ac. a. So ASir Bass Peony Fe Bay Tipienes Tiaretate March 22, 1995 - North Shore News — 17 NEWS photo Cindy Goodman THE WEST Coast Music Review lives up to its name and is available on the Internet.at a World The lively independent music scene continues to evolve in Vancouver and is reflected through- out the scope of Brown's e-zine. WCMR favors the coverage of West : Coast music in particular and Canadian music generally. The focus is an expression of Brown's interests as a fan. “If Thave any favorite kind of music it’s always been West Coast music, I remember when I first heard the Jefferson Airplane at UBC in Brock Hall. The, San Francisco | VALLEY - CENTRE sound in the 1960s and the West Coast sound today right up and down the coast, there’s something leading edge about it for me. Electronic publications live and dit by virtue of connectivity. hypertext links between sites, whether they be ‘simple directories; os Web sites addressing similar areas of interest are key. Said Brown, “People in ¢cyber- space navigate or net surf. They love discovering things. “My vision is that there will be ’ Wide Web site. The electronic magazine is edited by Jim Brown of North Vancouver. links between Vancouver music sites,, maybe even a. Vancouver music home page.” : ; Brown will post individual reviews for three months. The peri- od represents the approximate sales ife of new releases. “The other side of the magazine, which is like the advertising in your North Shore News, will tb: a con-. tact section, where you can find out- how to buy it (the product) how. to book them (the band) how to join . their fan club.” | Choose from a Great Selection of. Boys & Girls Denim Overalls, Jeans & ‘Jean Jackets!!!