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BY TOM ALOISI
first heard Chin H0! in 1991
I when I helped to organize an

outdoor street concert in
Burlington. I remember their
happy dance music, the incense
they passed through the crowd,
and their gender—bending tutus.
I even had one of their nifty
“Chin "HO! sucks” pins for a
while.

Andrew Smith (vocals) and
David Morency (guitar) found-
ed Chin Ho almost 10 years ago.
Throughout the ‘90s they have
had several bassists and drum-
mers — too many to count. The
current incarnation features
Chris Parizo on bass and Gary
Williams (of Five Seconds
Expired fame) on drums.

I hadn’t heard much from
Chin H0! in the past several
years; they’ve been getting
more publicity from Smith’s
fights with Burlington radio sta-
tion WBTZ (the Buzz) than
from their music. I’ve heard that
the radio station will never play
a Chin Ho! song again, EVER!
Sounds like censure to me. Did
Smith have sex with a radio sta-
tion intern? _

Chin I-Io! seemed to be going
through a hardcore phase in

wish I was a) girl” Smith won-
ders if a man would like him if
they were both women, rather
than men. Is this a lesbian fanta-
sy? He sings “I wish I was a girl
because girls are smarter than
boys.” This is sure to win him
some female fans! This song
could definitely use another

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the disc, at least
musically. The
grammarian in me
feels the need to
point out that it
should be “I wish I
were a girl”, but I
will grant him poet-
ic license on this
one. Feel free to put
a “I wish I was a
girl” bumper stick-
er on your car —— 77.
I’ve seen them
available for free
around Burlington.
Or better yet, call
your favorite radio
station and request
it! I know I’ll be
calling The Buzz as
soon as possible.

The lyrics on this disc, most- *

ly by Smith, are from his soul —
not that he has a lot to say on
most songs. For. the most part,
the lyrics are similar to an
episode of Seinfeld — entertain-
ing, with a message about mod-
em day life, but nothing too
heavy. There are a couple of
notable exceptions.

One is “Closet Case,” in
which Smith sings about wait-

favorite closet case. I hope
Smith gets his wish —— how
many of us can say that we

wrote a song for our favorite‘

closet case?

In “Song for a Dead Friend,”
Smith sings gently of a lost
friend, hoping he or she is in a
“place that is cool.” Leave it to

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I am also hooked on “The
Dorothy Parker Song” — the
lyrics are simple, but the music
is more mature than most of the
alternative rock drivel today.
And on “New Haven,” the CD’s
final listed track, we are able to
enjoy Smith’s deep, lustrous
bass. If I didn’t know better I’d
swear someone had switched
Smith with the lead singer of the

wrong” is as good as it gets.
Check out Chin Ho! live at
Club Toast in Burlington on
December 30th and at Emerald
City in Montpelier on January
2nd. And be sure to pick up this
entertaining CD — you know
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