NORTH SHORE PERSONALITY Human ‘serviette’ serves up music AKGHHLHHGLARGGL ... human ... NAR narrrdwrr ... the the human ... “I was walking down 24th Street with my friend Gary. And was thinking about how I'd been to Ivar’s in Bellingham and [’d asked for some clam chowder and it was dripping down my chin and [ thought to myself, ‘I would like a serviette to wipe this of f my chin.’ “So I went to the lady and said, ‘Can I have a serviette?’ She says, ‘Oh you mean napkin.” I had serviette on my mind and you know the song Human Fly by the Cramps? So Nardwuar the Human Serviette,’’ said the youngish West Van lad with the orally-hygenic moniker. John Ruskin‘s gaga alter ego first hit publicly in 1987 with his half-hour CITR radio show. The Serviette presence, unfettered by the napkin rings of restrained social nicety, was reconfirmed that fateful year with the promotion of Barbarella Psycadella. It was Nardwuar’s first: multi-band showcase of teen-zit-angst fringe- type bands. The year was capped by a pivotal Halloween meeting with Open PH aan. Licensed. Launch Specials from 83.40. Gift certificates make a great Christinas eit. Jiminy Pattison and wife. Video records show a hospitable Pattison touring Nardwuar and his trick- or-treating gang through his not- so-humble home and accepting a lucky chestnut from a wise-crack- ing Nardwuar. Since then, inspired by obscure 1960s music and its associated m7 Earlybirds discover exotic birds ou don’t have to get up before the sun shines, to Yy experience our Lemon or Malibu Chicken Platters. Now you can have your choice of four savory types of soup from Sizzler’s All-You-Can-Eat Soup & Fresh Muffin Bar for an incredible low price of $6.99. Just get to Sizzler any Monday through Thursday between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. We call it our Early Bird Special. And it's going to change the way you think about dinner, from Monday to Thursday. Sizzler A fresh experience. Early Bird Special: Malibu or Lemon Chicken Includes Al-You-Can-Eat soup + muffin bar, rice. baked potato or vegetables and cheese toast. Yes. we have Vripic Shrimp. Limited Time Offer Westview Shopping Centre Upper Levels Highwas at Westview Drive North Vancout ef PROOEITT? + ~ 1 RAC ERAS RPAT IENPIP ICE ES RE TTS, SO LIFESTYLES schlocky fanzine culture, the manic 2\-year-old has presented cight local all-ages bargain-priced shows. In the name of angular fun, kicks and perks, Nardwuar has presented bands including Mon- treal’s The Gruesomes, his own band The Evaporators, Calgary's The Vindicators and the cave- crappy Smugglers from West Van. Said the Serviette, ‘A lot of kids ge to rock ‘n’ roll. They get drunk and wasted on the weekends. Me and my friends, we spend time organizing gigs and stuff like that. So we're kind of nerdish.** It's a happening retro-grooving grunginess tied together by sub- culture-wise Nardwuar and com- pany, elaborate psychedelic-doodl- ing poster and cover art work by Evaporators drummer Scott Liv- ingstone and a certain ‘*mozza- telling’? something. Nardwuar brings the fun to vinyl on the just released Oh God My Mom’s On Channel 10. Sixteen °6.99 Seniors Discount 10% Evervday. € 0, ae . - 20% AU Day Tuesday off regular menu Hens only, 25 - Wednesday, January 3, 1990 - 1990 L cuts from 14 bands (including The Enigmas), plus a great booklet in- sert, plus bizarro recorded inter- view snippets of Nardwusr am- bushing Jello Biafra and Joey Shithead. make the compilation a collectible. The disc is celebrated this weekend at the Cinderella Ballroom (Main and L!th in Van- couver), 7:23 p.m. Jan. 5 and 6. The two-night record release bliz- HAVE A ‘SOUP-ER’ See page 26% North Shore News zard features Friday, The Young Fresh Fellows, The Smugglers, The LI 150’s, The Touch °N’ Goes, The Nightstalkers, The Evaporators. Up Saturday are The Vindicators, The Mono Men, The Mighty Squirrels, The Roosters, The Worst. Tickets and albums are available at Track, Zulu and Scratch Re- cords. NEWS photo Mike Wakefield LOCAL WACKY music promoter John Ruskin, a.k.a Nardwuar the Human Serviette, shows off his latest posi-sixties album ‘“‘Oh God My Mom’s on Channne! 10.’’ Nardwuar spends a lot of his time organizing gigs for fellow music maniacs. WEST VANCOUVER Register for swim lessons THE WEST Vancouver Aquatic Centre has added extra classes to its winter swim lesson schedule. Mondays and Wednesdays there witl be a Grey/White combined class from 3:45 to 4:30 p.m. and an extra Killer Whale class from 4 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays there will be two synchronized swim classes, scheduled for 3:30 ta 4:15 pom, and 4:15 to 5 p.m. All two-day-a-week classes run for five weeks, On Wednesdays only an QOgopogo Antics has been added at £45 to 2:45 pom. There will be a Red class on Fridays only at 3:30 lod pam, One-day-a-week classes run for 1Q weeks. ATE classes start the week of Jan, 8. Registration is currently under way. The Saturday swim schedule has also been expanded. Children’s lessons will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to accommodate additional Red Cross classes. A combined Parent and Tot/ Water Babies class will run from 11:30 a.m. to noon and a synchro class from 12:15 to 1 p.m. Adult Noon Swim is now sched- uled from 1-2:30 p.m.and will be followed by an extended Public Swim from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Family Swim is from $-6:30 p.m. and Adult Length Swim from 6:30 to 8 p.m. For further programs offered by Vancouver Aquatic 926-8588. information about the West Centre call a neh