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liveat thePUB· IlownIre&only know three chords andthey obviously have neverheard of sound dynamics,melodies, harmonies, tones orsynergy. Fuck they're justplaying punk rock and havinga damn good time doing it. Itried to listen to their album,Sudden Death, a recording dedicatedto the most excititingsporting event there is, thesudden death finish to a tieduphockey game, but I couldn'tconcentrate. It's hard toconcentrate when the intellectis absent. Indeed it is difficultto understand punk at allwhen an intellect is present. Iguess that's why Milo is backwith the Descendents. Didpunk die when Milo left andthe Descendents became All?Anyway, I can read, barely, soI checked out the lyric sheet.There's a bunch of songs .about hockey and girl trouble.The biggest word I could findwas confused and i guessthat's what I am. It suresounds like a punk record tome. These fuckers must have atime machine. Sorry to cut thisshort, but Live just released analbum, I ha ven't listened tothe Spice Girls all the waythrough yet and there is thatEwetoo disco CD. If I'm goingto maintain my status I mustbe up on thelatest"thing." TheHansonBrothers willappear atSpanky'sCinema Baron March 26.album titled La TragedieD'oresta Et Electro. They adaptedJean-Paul Sartre's work totheir musical form. Well,along comes an advance oftheir forthcoming" actual"album. Population Four is nearlyas lovely as the personhanding it to me . Ali is so littlegirl that listening in is aguilty pleasure. I'm imagingan audience sitting on thefloor listening rapt wonder.But who could open aCranes show? Oh you sillies,it's "three women in corsetspla ying cellos - Rasputina.. Rasputina? Indeed, this threesomebelieves the cellodeserves a space next to theguitar in rock and roll history.Between the three of themthey ha ve a combined 60 yearsof cello experience. Theircorsets mirror the shape oftheir instruments and themusic is "intoxicating in itsalchemy of modern rock andgothic strings." Ooops, did Ijust write goth? With all thatbeauty on the stage how canthe audience help but breakinto a smile? The Cranes andRasputina will appear at ClubDV8 on March 31.Ziggy PopSick Of It All""""'-.-..,.....,...."...,.Friday, .MaftSaturday,The CranesandRasputinaI hesitate to mentionthe dark crowd, the dreary,black dressed who only ventureon at night, but this concertalmost certainly will featurean audience filled withthe glacial and bookish. TheseCranes'last appeared with an"We don't need pessimism."It looks like punkrock is still alive and well inSalt Lake City. The Fairparkcan close the gates to theirshoddy grounds, but themusic finds a way. The combinationof poor behavior and a