Good Citizen Issue #6 Table of Contents

6 WHATEVER

Andrew Smith rants and the whole world says “Huh?”

8 NEXT

What you talking about Willis?

10 GOOD CITIZEN PROBE

Aimee Petrun asks Gus Zeising some potentially embarrassing questions

11 THE WORDS AND WISDOM OF BIG JOE BURRELL

Our own Blues legend writes the Rules of love.

12 SUNDAY COFFEEHOUSE

Valerie Adams debuts the print counterpoint to her long-running 104.7 FM WNCS “The Point” radio show. This issue Val gets together for lunch with her old friend, Vermont singer-songwriter Diane Zeigler, for a warm and candid conversation about the music business and the pursuit of fame. 

14 ALEX HITS THE PITS

Middlebury High School student Alex Mayer reports on the action and reviews liver performances by Sam Black Church, Kilgore Smudge, Last Ones Standing, DysFunkShun, Four Color Manual and Aaron Flinn’s Salad Days.

15 YOUR SCENE

By Kelly Clements, A local high school student tells us what’s up in her home town and gives us the word on the scene in Essex, Vermont.

15 BLUE PRINTS

Mister Charlie Frazier updates us on the year we missed on the Green Mountain blues front. 

18 Cover Story: Craig Mitchell Gets Naked 

Our main Chris Parizo undresses the real Craig Mitchell and stands back while Craig gets naked and photographer Matthew Thorsen takes pictures of the action. Everybody wants to watch Craig Mitchell. And for good reason. He’s a great singer, he’s a great disc jockey, he’s a great actor, he’s a great writer. Hell, the man is great. Even the straight guys at Good Citizen are into Craig Mitchell.

22 ON THE ROAD 

Jeremy Skaller’s Belizbeha Tour Diary: Belizbeha’s slick songsmith Jeremy Skaller gives us a glimpse into life on the road with his seven-person”party-to-go” rhythm machine.

15 Merrie Amsterburh and Peter Linton

Former Natives sit down at the Good Citizen office and map out the path from Burlington’s Little Sister to today’s Merrie Amsterburg.

26 Groupies is a Movie 

When a Burlington film crew suddenly gets serious and a dream comes to life the cast and crew of local musicians, actors, writers and technicians get busy. Guppyboy’s guitarist and singer Zachary Ward documents the experience. 

28 The Hills Have Ears and Eyes too

Max Owre interviews John Morris of Waitsfield’s Mad Mountain Tavern

30 Seth Yacovone Has Got the Blues Real Good

Aimee Petrin talks to the Seth Yacovone Blues Band about the blues, their new album, life on the road and why they do what they do. And she doesn’t tell you how old he is until the last paragraph. 

32 True Tales of Rock Ribaldry

Is every musician in Vermont in more than one band? Did a CIA plot turn the BUrlington music scene into a bunch of scenesters with short attention spans? How many former members of Chin Ho! Fis it take to screw in a lightbulb? Dr. Lex goes where others fear to tread. 

34 Bassist Covered

Burlington’s most sought-after bass player Stacy Starweather gets Option Anxiety and Patricia Braine tells the tale.

38 REVIEWS

Zola Turn, Aaron Flinn, The Elevator Drops, Feast of Fools, Gladly, Guppyboy, Chin ho!, Kristin Hersh, Kate Barclay, Southern Culture on the Skids, Muscadine, Con Compos Mentis, Pop Pie. 

43 MIKE LUOMA’S HISTORY OF BURLINGTON MUSIC

106.7 FM WIZN’s Music Director waxes philosophical and remembers his favorite bands throughout his many years on the Burlington music scene. 

47 Invisible Jet Takes Off!

Vermont singer-songwriter Aaron Flinn gets to ramble on about one of his favorite bands, the hard-to-describe rhythm-art-pop band Invisible Jet.