IN THIS ISSUE OF COSMIK DEBRIS: Melanie Campbell sits down for a yakathon with The Clarks; We take a look at the immediate future of online "radio" in the form of Dublab; Dan Forte has the lowdown on Rhino's video release of the Doowop 50 shindig; and the Cosmik staff picks their five favorite releases of 2000. Plus a few columns and a stack of CD reviews for youz to peruse. All that and sound clips to help you figure out what the heck we're talking about, too, in the new issue of Cosmik Debris.

COSMIK RADIO!: Just one more week for this edition of Cosmik Radio, and then there's gonna be a new one, so better get to it now, 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!

THE TOP FIVE CDs OF 2000 - ...several times, because each of our writers get to make their picks. In fact, due to their anarchist natures, some of our writers don't even follow the top five format, so in some cases you get the top eight or top fifteen or whatever. One guy turned in his top 1/2. Said it was a record and he only liked side two. We made him do it over. But the bottom line is this: the CDs listed here are the ones that made us very happy in 2000.

THE CLARKS - They're one of the best rock and roll bands you're not being given much access to. The majors had turned their back on Pittsburgh's finest, but their legion of fans hadn't dwindled in the slightest. Along came Razor & Tie Records and a brand new CD. Melanie Campbell conducted this interview in a stairwell, of all places!

DUBLAB - It's advertised as a taste of LA, but Dublab is a bit of everything. It's streaming audio, streaming video, streaming consciousness, streaming conversation in the chatroom with the other labrats... It's music. Beats. Vibes. It's the future of broadbandcasting and it's here right now. Article by DJ Johnson.

DOO-WOP 50 - They came together decades later to sing their hits once again, and to everyone's surprise they hadn't lost a note. After a successful run on PBS, Rhino Video has released the Doowop 50 package, and according to Dan Forte, it's nearly as grand as the night itself was.


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



PIGSHIT - Gary Pig Gold's twenty great recordings of 2000.

CLOSET PHILOSOPHY - Does the world end at 2:13 PST? And if not, hadn't we better figure out what we're going to do about our apparently ongoing problems here on planet Earth?



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!!



Editor's note: Never give half your columnists the month off at the same time. Trust me on this. That's about it. Enjoy the issue.

DJ Johnson
Editor