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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 30 Jan 1991, p. 9

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"I think " the spontaneity." Bennett says. "We've always betmalittttband-aratdhouae band. These things go in cycles. Electronics took over the radio airwaves for a while, but I think people turn away and come back to the clubs. only because they know there will be no llp-synchlng - no playing tapes. Clubs are one of the few places where you're up close enough for peo- ple to see the sweat and see that Yet in spite of themselves, Doug and the Slugs have mam aoed to produce five gold albums and several videos (yes, videos, which they usually tackle with in- your-taoe humor?, and have per- formed to sold-out audiences across Canada for more than a decade. Could it be that some music lovers don't want to look at Vidal Sassoonlzed. spandex- clad, 'mttttttrdotttinated entertain- ers? Could it be that some apple ciate muslc performed by a bunch of "normal" looking guys whoee live show is exactly that? Tttey'mttotpmtetqa-tttsta amttnndDougandthtt9, headed by tum hunt-m DougBtmmtt,haormdauo. tmrst'ttttir-rtasandttrtt. "The style dt the band has ttemrtmmavithstraths,"saya BsnmttofheandhisSlugetigt 8tilttMgirtalmemtmth"Andliert attymaloratmomtion,themtxmt buaineeahaetmtnttgtt-trby berthots.Wttattttert.tdtota" chancesonandriskmoneyonis gidtttHxitttttttd bandtt.Butthttt'tt rtotus,tmdltttmntrhatrMtm.We Mt keep playinganddoingwhat we do. regardless of record WT” It me unipolar Mind “The “at "tttttt did pretty well," ottetyirttto6oelmt-t'etand Nt*tt-."AmtlteMattlltstted Imam“. then m. Mm can't Ion. us, which bond. But we're much 'tereiabantrth'at'ssttteirtttttr hqtgertdtttther't-tttoetxtttd "itortiotittn--oratt-tamtxxdhttg tiltNtttttutmtittut." * “Whammy mum‘s whammm‘m. Mqtabttrutttutmandr-tthat _,',crtttw unit-um” all; sum.m mu M m Iili'o"ef'i'iiis' rotik puts the Jitters on the top _/"_i_'c_,"i'i11ick,rjitritr.fatitty," just 'rtal' music Bennett views the record in- dustry with nothing less that jaded cynicism. Audbnces which have been raised on video expect bands to look on stage as they do in their sickly-produced videos, and expect performers to sound exactly on stage as they do on recordings. Hence lip-synching and that "whole Milli Vanilli thing". Wu'm playing your instm- “What you do on record gets re-interpreted constantly. Once in ln'everenUun-bvingmmwmmmawnmmwmcmbmumaymLulu'snoaahouse don. Thath the beauty of IM, music, and that's whets‘earesa lot of vettttvatyt. hands. Thy make I - record. and than thttyNmrto9ooutanttr-ttr thesatmtNng IMt.Welt,tMtthm't care about that, because when wegooutandphythm,veethinkit should sound different." ttt6hr,omtoftttettyutw4 mammmm.m 'ar'littooutasathepitstxstmtd, anditwillbeatotaltyttlm-tt 'ttuno-tttMft-ttint-ttr. Though it's been almost two - I'll go along with it until the [ever "This record more accurately M2 ”Why'd teeny rather ratfuttts our live show in terms ot do him“: with both test," sound because there tgrrtn't a lot ot We!!!“ , synthesized home and meteoric! "ttmatlttd-ttttatRitFy ttgng-lt'tsrtotasticeproductton, 'ttttttatt-tseal-,""- Btttitdo-t'tr-ttttte mahywup'JMkhe aggmset'_ottttettttodatswrttlas mtstmtettttittett+tt-tt' -'tttltq.it-tttobotmoratrmtl -M.t4tittt'tttntmttttVr tttentttFlttum,butrtotttuite" ', H ”mun-om redeem.“ tifhrtit , 'ttttttlar,,'; thtstttttmttggrrNttthrSettetttte Hf .. M' ve" _"¢.‘Mhlld -$ttra-ttttmttts.Theat- ' ‘TU m . " Ttsl -9tottttt'rtNtttr_te6rttte 'lMIlilB. h' - an ‘m-qluu-meuu ‘2‘ __ , liti'2irlEe,i " gi4rs_ "g,',tSl'gtgra'.'lySthd" 4'“ _ A” _ 1etttrera,te2ee. not. "l. " 'iw, , a. Hm»mm.'1h mfg ' ." ttW'tht W -ttttttriq+t-ottttttttttat- w?" "tF.) T,' E? ' mar'q.-o-'+txtr.ett's ill-ll. 3 e ,4 "ttttttttttttttte-tttat" “34:4 _ - , 'iit9hiiratiE "ri Funnies-Ilene-” - Gi El gun _ -dtrth.t-ttodrertqihet. mm SM - --. t -M_vee - FreePooH-Spm. tRavtmgtrt9p_rrl fame - 'tteg,',",','?,' $3.25 Whig $hqtttr noon an 1 pm. REE IT tt V plenum b..----- Tmame-mwm ysttnoitttsttttrmhttatratttteir .atalbumrttmtifhmt,wttich yhhttdtttettltaittttletgttttrsttttte name. Home" and the other tytmttmnttmmkmpinqttutry witttittdMttuttlprrftttcts. Btmmrtthastmmttabtyogm 'ttrtttittmt%nmmxrintortdon, ott.GrwtdTh_spmttuctiott ofJohn Gray's Rock 'N' Roll. Bennett has written a screenp- lay, which, if things go as planned and sctrstmplay turns film, he will perform in. And matenal tor a new EaetererN-rtp-'erirrAr,aaMuaAr'tt.t0.t-P'e3EE2' 'iiitiktrsi0k ikitqtittGttaootirtetittmtttat WEEK 'terin' Att"tt1tr.."tr"'t Mdmm tame- WSW-r Mr. Magic 'ld'l.','r"lt."r" Waterloo’s P-"'/2ldtW'-'-'i, NETWORK 579 King St. N., erloo Open Dali Noon» 1 SJ,. 746-5209 "I'veoalboneho'ms writ. ten, and right now they're just stxtofouttttere lvegotcountry tunes and everything. but as I get deem to recording I II Stan weeding through " all Doug and the Slugs album IS m ttt-u,toutttottt)ttehurmstHst was four years between Tomcat Prowl-M its pradeoessa Paper V "1 havenotimetabieontmngs Iiuthat,soatthtspontintotel Namibian-nut!“

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