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Pijamas De GatoThe Hitchhiking Party Girl AndHer Appetite For DysfunctionVoodoo DogThe rumor is that a loanshark financed the recording. Allsupporters of local music hadbetter buy a copy unless theywant to see the Pijamas unable toplay due to broken fingers. TheCD booklet is done up as thecover to a true crime magazine. Itdoesn't really cost 50e. In caseyou are an out-of-town readerthe CD is available from PGD oris that PDG? Don't call PolyGram Distribution Dallas at 214-387-2797 unless you want theband signed to a major label.Write to Pijamas De Gato at 900East 550 South, Suite 8, Salt LakeCity, UT 84102. Net surfers cansend E-mail topijamas@sisna.com. One finalpiece of local gossip and I'llattempt to do the music justice. ,I'm not expecting to see the CDor the band written up in "ldalalternative weekly" The PrivateEye. Soine kind of "bad blood"and a $5 debt although, I hearthat JS wants HW to write for hispaper. Pay attention GE he iswilling to pay actual money!Strangely enough one of PE'sdarlings (I love her too, don'tmisunderstand) appears as aguest vocalist. Will the RattleKings win a trip to Austin?While waiting for the judges'decision have a listen to theinimitable Msss Lara Jones,"Area 51" duet with Pijamasvocalist/guitarist Bill Frost. Nowthat I've mentioned "Area 51,"the track local radio has playedfor some months, and a standoutsong of sci-fi/garage/hillbillywhat else is of interest?Two songs precede thenumber. One must rememberthat we are dealing with a"power" trio. "Dig Yr Scene" isthrash-blues. What makes itthrash-blues one might be askingoneself? Some guy namedElwood contributes blues harmonicato bring things totallyinto the past ala the Shadows OfKnight. A tongue-in-cheek tributeto local "scenes" everywhere.If there is a mistake to the totalpackage it has to be the missinglyric sheet. Sarcastic peeks intopop culture and social cornmentavappear to be the basis of theband's songwriting philosophy."Area 51" is the easiest so here ,are a few quoted lyrics from thetune. "The government won'thelp us now, all that's left ismutilated cow, and our trailerjust don't feel like a home, willyou still ldve me when spacebov's grown?" Now add those 1l$cs to the closing guitar lifteddirectly from the Allman's"Midnight Rambler" and whatdoes one have?The treated vocals of"Lowball & Sugarfoot" make itimpossible to catch all the words.I think it concerns a "cops" televisionshow and a string of modemclichb strung together."Hazelnut," "Can't Shoot.Straight," "Wrong Turn" and"Zamboni Snafu" are all worthyof a few listens. The standouts,besides the hit, are "PollyProzac" and "Van Down By TheRiver." "Polly Prozac" is yourtypical, everyday Ramones tributewith an astounding heavymetal guitar break. "Polly likesgirls just a little too much fordad/so he kicked her out of thehouse at the age of 25/Polly1s allnow with half a life."I've loved Golden Earring formany years. "Van Down By TheRiver" reprises their best with'afew lyric changes. There has tobe a Blue Cheer record in the collectionsas well. The best lyricofthe entire disc now makes itsappearance. "Tony Robbins, ZigZiglar, Steven R. Covey, Charles JGivens, they just want to be justlike old Mat, 'cause I'll tell youwhere I'm livin, in a van downby the river." Have you guysbeen working as telephone solici-- tors for TSI? I fell off the wagonlaughing in a fit of motivation.The title track closes thisinvestigation into three twistedminds with soundbites stolenfrom two sources. A segmentfrom Spanish radio is followedby the extended rantings of"Mike," one of the local Biblethumping, mark-of-the-beast,doom-sayer, survivalists. Onecha~el contains "Mike" and theother has ambient guitar. Some.have professed to me that theydon't like Pijamas much. Forinnocent entertainment theirdebut is hard to beat. Genius,pure genius. .-Riley PuckettHonest EngineCombustionCypher ProductionsWhen you were all children,and your friend told yousomething that was far fetched,or that you didn't believe, you'dsay "No way" or you simplycalled them a liar. There wasonly one response to the falseaccusation that would get you offthe hook. Your buddy wouldlook you h~ the eye and say"Honest Injun" No matter whatthe subject, you now had tobelieve whatever they told you.Honest Engine had to be politicallycorrect, and go with thetrain/auto thing. Too bad. To thepoint. In the same way that yourchildhood comeback would levelyou with security, so does honestEngine's debut CD. The bandbrags of talent throughout therecord, especially the bass/guitarfills. And when the question isasked about the songs? HonestEngine delivers with fierce intensity.Ten songs on the record,mostly hard driven rock withdare I say it a funk rythm section.No, not Chili Peepers butmore heavy and more subtlerythm changs. They go fromballbuster power chords to the200 am blowjob riff very well.Most of you won't get that. Ohwell. U.R.V.R. starts with a quotefrom my favorite movie..."^^matter where you go, there youare" The other thing I like aboutCombustion, is that HonestEngine is very raw and focusedon energy when you see themlive. On the record you get thesaqe vibe without them havingto rely on the energy cliche.Don't get me wrong, the recordis energetic, but there is morethere, better songs, there's deeperthought than that. I'll stick myneck out and say "One Believer"is the best song i n the record,but like I said this record is goodas a whole. Buy two, and giveone to someone you like, thatway you won't ask for itback ...y ou'll be a good guy.As opposed to being an "Injungiver"-Kyle DeMiloif yo11 wart 11s1.0 review yollrcc! ... Irere's Irowit ti'oris. yo11sell(! 11s tlrect! ... air(! wereview it. g:ot'