30 — Friday, July 9, 1999 — North Shore News

Bob Mackin
News Reporter

INDEPENDENT
music impresario Pat
Maley is inviting the
world to join him in
Olympia, Wash. next
week for the third
time.

Maley’s un-annual Yo-Yo-
A-Go-Go all-ages music fes-
tival returns after a one-year
hiatus for a July 13-18 run at
the Capitol Theatre “in che

capital of the Evergreen ©

State.

Maley runs the Yo-Yo
record label, hence the festi-
val’s name, and uses the the-
atre as a recording studio.
The festival was inspired by
the ironically named
International Pop
Underground Convention in
1991. ‘That festival used the
Capitol and other venues to
showcase bands on, or
friendly to, K Records, an
Olympia independent label
run by Maley’s friend Calvin
Johnson.

The first Yo-Yo-A-Go-Go
took place three years later in
1994 and included Beck and

“a surprise performance by

Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic
and Dave Grehl. It was the
first time they appeared

together on stage after. the .
Cobain. °

death - of Kurt
‘Novosclic was ready to jam

~ with a band called the Stinky

‘Puffs, Maley remembers,
while Grohl was stancing
backstage.

“Dave looked at me and

* was like ‘Should I ge on?”

Maley: said. “‘Yeah, we'll get
you a drum set.’ We gvabbed

a drum set off the backstage .

“and that’s how they. got
“together on that show.”

This year. Pearl Jam singer
Eddie Vedder could mee

 His.wife’s band, Hovereraft,
scis slated to play.
‘sy Even without such lumi-

naries, Maley. promises a lot
“of bang for the $50 U.S. fes-
~tival pass or the $6 U.S. sin-
ee show admission.

2 Among the confi rmed

ns Festival
: highlights |

.. More than 56 bands -
“are playing Yo-Yo-A- -

“ Go-Go. Here are some.
.. , Recommendations:

/ Tasty: 764-HERO (7 ©

Wednesday: Mountain

‘ Goats (3 p.m.), Royercraft
(9:30 p.m.);. ©: .
"Thursday: Meéca “Normal,

~ Negativiand (3 p.m.), ©
Averse, Dead Moon (10°

m.)
| Bday: Sleater-Kinney, .
. Marine Research (3 p.cn.),
. Evaporators, Bratmobile
(9:30 p.m.); :
Saturday: Yolympia
Fashion Show, Miranda
July (noon), parade (5
p.m.), Eltiort Smith, Quasi
(8 p.m.);
Sunday? fireworks (sun-
down).
@ For morc information,

» call Yo-Yo Records at

(360) 252-2597 or check”
out the web page
_swwmyoyongogo.com>

mr SOS Vie Pate te

- Elliott Smith,

photo Pat Graham

BRATMOBILE’S Allison Wolfe (left), Erin Smith and Molly Neuman play Sunday
with West Vancouver's Evaporaters before heading tc Olympia for Yo-Yo-A-Go-Go.

acts are hometown favourites
Sleater-Kinney, Portland’s
the reformed
Bratmobile, | Vancouver’s
Mecca Normal and. West
Vancouver’s. Evaporators.
Some bands and fans are
coming. ‘as far away as
England, Australia and
Japan.

Maley is eagerly anticipat-
ing Negativland’s rerurn to
the concert stage. The cul-
ture-jamming combo
grabbed headlines when it
wes sued by Island Records
in 1992 for sampling U2
songs.

“Negativland’s first show
in six years will be a two-
hour show. (Co-leader) Mark
Hosler told me if they man-
age to pull off what they’re
trying it will be phenomenal,
otherwise it will be ridicu-
lous. He’s so excited about
it. He gave me no clues, but
from past Negstivland shows

it should be real good. Pretty
amazing.”

Yo-Yo-A-Go-Go _ coin-
cides with Olympia’s annual
Lake Fest and includes a
Saturday afternoon fashion
show and parade.

“The week we put it on
the town is already in a fren-
zy because it has its biggest
festival. The theatre’s a neat
place to sce shows. For the
bands, because it’s a festival
and vou're in front of 1,000
or so people, they just really
shine, they do their best.
Some of the shows you sce
are better than any other
time you sce them. It’s got-
tena good reputation in that
regard.”

Maley hopes to break-
even on the festival, though
he anticipates it will have
spinoff cffects lasting until
the next time he decides te
Yo-¥Yo-A-Go-Go.

“What it ends up doing is

On june 25, over 100 VAN NET Carriers
enjoyed an evening, of coaching, prize draws, |

mascot ‘Baby Gee

promoting our label. It does
a lot for other labels in rown
and ir gives us a product to
sell that later on we make
some moncy off.”

If you can’t get down to
Olympia, you can catch
Maley playing drums in
Vancouver for the Yo-Yo-A-
Go-Go-bound = Mountain
Goats tonight at the Starfish
Room on a bill with the
Apples In Stereo. The
Evaporators, led by West
Vancouver independent
music impresario Nardwuar
the Human Servictte, play
with Bratmobile and the
Tennessee Twin Sunday
night at the Pic Pub in
Vancouver before heading
south.

Like the IPUC and the
1994 and 1997 Yo-Yo-A-Go-
Gos, Maley will be recording
and releasing a compilation
album, A video is also in the

Y Pictured here are some of the car-  &
riers with Lois Hourston (centre), _
publisher of the Real Estate

# Weeklies and coaciies from the

Lenardwzi Soccer Camps. From feft

‘to right: Sam Saundh, Joe Martin,

‘Brian Penks, Dan Lenarduzzi, Chris Valentine, Eddie
Selabrango and Alfredo Valente. For several years, the

B Lenarcduzzi Soccer Camps and Van Net have enjoyed
oxpanizing these special events for our carrters. Many -
thanks to our wonderful sponsors who all ensured

our carriers had a memorable evening. Sponsors

7 were Toys R Us, Piaydium, Boston Pizza and Brownie's Chicken. The Toys R Us

’ and the Van Net mascot ‘Read’ treated all of us to some added

fan. Ginny Worsley, executive director from
HW the Cerebral Palsey Association also wishes

fj to express her gratitude to the carrier fam-
ilies for their generous dosiations of used
_ Clothing prior to the event,

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NEWS phote Bob Mackin .
PAT Matey invites music fans to stop in Olympia, ~ -
Wash. next week for the third Yo-Yo-A-Go-Go festival.

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