Good Citizen Issue #7 Table of Contents

6 Whatever

Andrew Smith gets all self-important and talks about himself.

8 Next

Life is a garden, so dig it!

11 The Words and Wisdom of Big Joe Burrell

Vermont's father of the blues and talks about drugs. 

12 Sunday Coffeehouse

Valerie Adams of The Point’s Sunday Coffeehouse radio program talks to Jeff Miller of the Burlington Coffehouse about the folk scene, his on-going medical situation and the never-ending search for a permanent home for the nomadic coffeehouse.

13 Alex Hits the Pits

Middlebury High School student Alex Mayer reports on the action in the clubs and reviews Belizbeha, Non Compos Mentis, Last Ones Standing and Lindy Pears’ last show. 

14 Mike Luoma’s History of Burlington Music

106.7 WIZN assistant program director Mike Luoma continues his walk down memory lane. This time Mike remembers Ninja Custodian, The Joneses, the club called Hunts and the almighty Phish. 

15 Your Scene

South Burlington High School sophomore Eliza Kane looks for a music scene at her high school.

17 Blue Prints

“Mr.Charlie” Frazier gives us all the news that’s fit for the blues and reviews the new compact disc from the legendary East Coast Muscle. 

18 Cover Story: Trey Anastasio

The Good Citizen interview with Trey Anastasio of Phish Vermont’s biggest rock star sits down with Good Citizen editor Andrew Smith for a long rambling conversation about Vermont, the Vermont music scene and the enviable position that our piscatorial brethren find themselves in fifteen years into their career. Exclusive Good Citizen photographs by Matthew Thorsen. 

22 On The Road 

Julia Austin goes to Boston with her band Zola Turn for a showcase performance during the NEMO music conference and lives to tell the tale.

25 Andy Cotton Gets (Gordon) Stoned

Our man Max Owre chats with his pal Andy Cotton about life as a member of the Gordon Stone Trio and the zen of playing bass. 

26 Drowningman Surfaces

Burlinton’s own emo-core band with the all-star-line-up prepares to release their debut album and assault the world with their screaming dervish of noise. Chris Parizo makes a whole bunch of phone calls and finally gets Simon Brody to talk rock. 

28 Good Citizen Sure Do Know How to Party!

We had a release party for our new Soundtrack to the Zine compact disc the day after Christmas at Club Toast right here in beautiful Burlington, Vermont. Five bands played and we all shook off the holiday blahs with a rocking good time and our favorite photographer Matthew Thorsen caught it all on film. 

31 165 Church Street

Some buildings were just meant to be bars and the infamous second story club on lower Church Street now called Club Tost is one of those places. Chris Parizo digs for the dirt and finds some sordid stories to spread. 

33 Steve Lemcke: Man or Myth?

For three years UVM grad student Steve Lemcke has covered the local music scene for Vermont’s largest daily paper The Burlington Free Press. Love him or hate him, if you’re a Vermont musician, every Thursday you read him. Our own Dr, Lex interviews the shadowy figure at the back of the club and finds a genuine music fan who happens to have the best circulation in town. 

35 How to Survive and IRS Audit

Jalapeno Brothers founder Glen Schweitzer endured the rigors of an IRS audit and has decided to help other musicians by spelling out what happens and how you can get through it. Read this one folks, whether you like it or not.

38 Reviews 

Breakaway, Ani Difranco, Mistle Thrush, Belizbeha, James Kochalka Superstar, ViperHouse, Rachel brown, Push Kings, Construction Joe, Cranial Perch, Best of the Green Mountain Blues, Cucklehead, Rik Palieri,