ISSUE 16--February ‘99
THE RELEASE OF PACIFICO
Those of you who have been waiting
since the first issue of the Laid With Cool or before for "Pacifico", will
finally be satisfied! Lassie Foundation's full length album "Pacifico"
is now available by mail order!
Send $13 cash or money orders (made
out to Eric Campuzano) only, to 235 Doverfield, Placentia, CA 92870, USA
-Alyssa Johnston
NEWS
*The Lassie Foundation will be performing
at the Exit/In February 11 in Nashville, TN. The show is a
part of the Nashville Extravaganza '99, visit the website at http://nashville.citysearch.com/E/F/NASTN/0000/20/97/7.html
The show will begin at 8:15 pm.
Go to www.exit-in.com for more information or call 615-321-4400
* There is a Real Audio clip of the
Lassie Foundation's "I Can Be Her Man" at http://nashville.citysearch.com/E/F/NASTN/0000/20/97/7.html
Interview with Jason-71
by Emily Case (with a little
help from David Reynolds)
Emily Case: How did you get involved in the Lassie Foundation and when?
Jason-71: Well I'm not exactly
sure when that would be. My first involvement was when I was helping Wayne
and Eric just by playing Bass for this band called Lassie. 3 maybe
4 years ago. We actually practiced in my parents living
room. Wayne and Eric in Tandem Battle
Axes. High Karate!!! My recent involvement came about during the recording
of Pacifico in 1997. All the arrangements were already worked out and most
of the music was recorded.
Except bass. It was for the most part
a free for all. All the music was there so I could slide all around without
really changing the song. It has become my favorite way to record by far.
E. Case: What role do you feel you play in the Lassie Foundation?
Jason: Not sure. Maybe just the bass player who makes flyers with a fifth set of ears.
D. Reynolds: Where did you get the name Jason-71?
Jason: It's actually a hybrid of my
original company name (DCX-71) and my name.
Things always evolve and change. Why
not your name? I might just start going by "panda".
E. Case: What are your strongest musical influences?
Jason: As far as bands go:
*Medicine
*My Bloody Valentine
*Spiritualized
* The Mamas And the Papas
As far as People. I would have to say that Jeremy Wood and Jeff Schroeder were the earliest personal influences. They always were amazingly creative people.
E. Case: What other bands have you worked with in the past?
Jason: The only things really
worth mentioning are
* The Lassie Foundation
* Amnesia ( post Medicine off shoot
)
David Reyolds: What was it like to play with Brad Laner in Amnesia?
Jason: A very cool experience. It's just weird actually playing with someone you look up to so much. For me Medicine was one of the best pop bands ever. I feel very lucky to have caught some of that post-medicine-wave.
E. Case: How and when did you begin playing bass?
Jason: I was doing a lot of designing at the time but I had a slow computer. I needed something to do to pass the time while my computer did it's thing. Mouse in one hand - bass in the other.
E. Case: Are you working on any side projects?
Jason: Just trying to put all of my energy into LF.
E. Case: What is your most memorable concert experience?
Jason: It would have to be when Jeff and I went to go see Spiritualized at the Whiskey on the Pure Phase tour.
E. Case: What are your goals for the Lassie Foundation in the near future?
Jason: Help in writing good pop songs.
E. Case: What do you do outside of music?
Jason: Work my BUTT OFF for Pioneer Entertainment / Animation Division : I'm doing Video boxes, DVD's, Posters, etc...
D. Reynolds: Your album covers are terrific, why don't you do more of that?
Jason: I've been asking myself
that same question. I've got the time.
THE WEBSITE
Several updates have been made to
the Lassie Foundation website at http://www.rollanet.org/~johnston
this month.
*new In the Player selections have
been posted
*a News section has been added to
keep visitors updated, most of the news will be sent out in email updates
as well
*the artwork for "Pacifico" has been
added to the Pacifico section
*a link to the list serve that was
recently started for the LassieFoundation by Matt Brown was added to the
index page. You can join the list by going to the following web page:
http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/lassiefoundation
Keep your eyes open for some new graphics and lyrics coming soon...
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Links
Havalina Rail Co. Website- http://www.havalina.home.ml.org
Nzine- http://come.to/nzine
Official Lassie Foundation Website- http://www.rollanet.org/~johnston
Sukafoi- http://come.to/latemag
The Redcrown Republic http://327.com/redcrown
Three Twenty-Seven
http://www.327.com/
Send any comments to: johnston@rollanet.org
Contact the band at theLassief@aol.com
Send any links with a site explanation
w/ a subject of "LINKS"
Please e-mail address changes or to
unsubscribe to johnston@rollanet.org
Thanks to Emily Case, David Reynolds,
Jason-71 and Eric Campuzano for the help with the newsletter this month.