IN THIS ISSUE OF COSMIK DEBRIS: Chris Shinn of Unified Theory; Kicking back in the land of the sun with Alley of Wise Monkey Orchestra; The Tape Hiss Interview with The Dragons; Robben Ford gets royal blue on the road. All this plus reviews, columns, and all that which you expect to find in the pages of Cosmik Debris Magazine.

COSMIK RADIO!: Cosmik Radio is Megadeth followed by Sinatra followed by Yellowman followed by Iggy. Sick, huh? You just need a RealAudio Player to listen. If you don't have one, go pick one up. Cosmik Radio is just the kind of Net-Only audio that radio station program directors don't want you getting hooked on. So go ahead. Inhale!

UNIFIED THEORY - The easy thing to do would be to say that Unified Theory have risen from the ashes of Blind Melon with castoffs from Pearl Jam and a unique front man. We're feeling lazy today, so we'll let it ride with that, except you should know that any resemblance between Unified Theory and Blind Melon is strictly a concoction of the press. UT's ethereal, beautiful music gets into your head and is hard to shake. We talked to vocalist Chris Shinn about the brief history of the band..

Wise Monkey Orchestra - They're lumped in with "jam bands," but there's definitely strong song structure going on here. Wise Monkey Orchestra has been at it for 10 years, makin' crowds dance till they drop, with a concoction of boogie and funk and a few other things. This last year they hit the road and hit it hard, playing over 200 dates in 25 states. Lead singer Alley gives all the sordid details to DJ Johnson.

TAPE HISS INTERVIEW: THE DRAGONS - Talk about a pedigree! Two brothers played with Santana, one played with The Zeros... in fact it seemed like just about everyone in Mario Escovedo's family played with someone important. So ol' Mario, last of 13 children, answered with The Dragons. Not bad! Interview, of course, but John Sekerka.

ROBBEN FORD'S BLUES ROCK'IT LANDS IN SEATTLE - And Eric Steiner was on hand to see the legendary axeman at his finest.


CD & RECORD REVIEWS - Everything from rock to jazz to hip-hop and back again.

OTHER REVIEWS - This month... it's books.





PIGSHIT - This time out, Gary has some questions for YOU.

COSMIK BLUES - Eric Steiner's valentine blues.

CLOSET PHILOSOPHY - Climb over the pile of W keys and check out Rusty's views on the hottest of all topics: right to life/choice.

TUNING IN TIME - Some of us are happy just to listen to old time radio in whatever condition it's in. Some aren't. Some take the time and spend the money to make it sound pristine.



CREDITS - The names and e-mail addresses of the people responsible for this thing.

COSMIK RADIO - Want an hour of music that fits the personality of Cosmik Debris Magazine? That's right, Sinatra segues into Megadeth into Peter Tosh into Man Or Astro-Man into... well, you get the picture. It's a little something we like to call Genre Whiplash. Or maybe you're in the mood for a trip into The Fog Machine, our mix of music of the ethereal variety. All you need is a RealAudio player. Come on in.

INTERNET RADIO STATIONS - Great radio is alive and well on the Net! Cosmik Debris presents links to take you where the good ones are hiding, from St. Louis to Dublin. You're no longer stuck with just the "classic rock," "young country" and "24-hour talk" that has your town held hostage.

OUR OWN WEBSITES - Many of the Cosmik Debris writers have websites of their own. We have some links right here.





Did you miss an issue? We now have many of our back issues online, including sound clips and extras. Check out interviews with The Witches, Electric Frankenstein, the Vampire Beach Babes, Jeff Berlin, Curve, Michael Shermer, Steel Pulse, Transglobal Underground, Mark Helm, The Southern Rock All-Stars, Ottmar Liebert, Jason Noble of Shipping News, Phil Vassar, Joel Dorn, Mark Cline of Love Tractor, Texas Terri (of Texas Terri & The Stiff Ones), Mike Keneally, Chris Shinn of Unified Theory, Alley of Wise Monkey Orchestra, Mario Escovedo of The Dragons, The Clarks, Big Ass Truck, Richard Cheese, Paul Krassner, Tony Iommi, Ron Dante... and too many more to list!!