v/a - international pop underground convention

released: 1991
label: K records


this was a six day festival put on by calvin johnson (singer: beat happening...also head of k records) at the capitol theater in olympia,wa back in 1991.

it pulled in "alternative" bands from all over the place (hence the international part).

ian mckaye took tickets at the door.

this is "indie" before you could overhear it saying such things as "their earlier stuff is way better" from a corner booth at a starbucks.
a snowhat in the summer?
is that thing a scarf or a blanket?
come on now.
i'll be waiting for you out in the parking lot.

1 - scrawl - clock song (go girl go)
2 - nation of ulysses - shakedown
3 - pastels - speedway star
4 - melvins - charmicarmicat
5 - L7 - packin' a rod
6 - spinnanes - jad fair drives women wild
7 - seaweed - bill
8 - shadowy men on a shadowy planet - they don't call them chihuahuas anymore
9 - kreviss - sandi's song
10 - some velvet sidewalk - curiousity
11 - mecca normal - strong white male
12 - courtney love* - motorcycle boy
13 - unwound - bionic
14 - rose melberg - my day
15 - fugazi - reprovisional
16 - bratmobile - punk rock dream come true
17 - kicking giant - this sex
18 - fastbacks - impatience
19 - mark hosler/steve fisk/bob basanich - customer service breakthrough
20 - beat happening - nancy sin
21 - reprise
*=not that courtney love

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