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Magazine reviewer
in June of 1997. Sticks found "good upbeat current pop/rock feel here" when it came to
Pawnshop's four Burner tracks; of RAW Kinder he said, "This will
blend well with some of the big boys that are out there today. Very strong words,
vocals, music and poetry all rolled up into a slightly unique sound (sometimes almost
jazz fusion)." That's gotta be the first time anyone's accused RAW Kinder of
blending in well! In some ways more list than exhaustive review, this was our
first real coverage.
"Compilations have always had long stays in my CD player," said 
in November of 1997.
"This compilation is no exception." They went on to call Burner "refreshing ...
beautifully arranged ... phenomenal ... Definitely a 'yes'!" Then there was something
about not liking one of the bands, but we didn't read that part. The whole review is here
for your digestion. And it really does end "Kudos to you, Home Office Records!"
Eric Hultgren at 
(181.4 Degrees from the Norm) also gravitated to Burner, despite his general dislike
of compilations. True to his words, he didn't love everything on our compilation, but made this flattering
comparison in his review: "CBGB's did one a while back that was not as strong or interesting."
Praising with faint damnation?
And then this 
fellow from New Haven wrote in with his review. We didn't ask him to, but we liked it plenty. We'd
like to go on record here and now as encouraging this sort of thing. Burner is, Gary
writes, "the first truly significant, off-the-beaten-path great music that I've uncovered
in a while." Gary has started IndepenDisc, an alternative record club,
to spread the joy further and otherwise demonstrate his excellent tastes.
In July of 1997, Lisa Napoli of the 
chanced across us as part of her coverage of the Intel New York
Music Festival, which featured RAW Kinder as part of the
crowded Festival line-up. Ours was one of the few on-line submissions
to the IntelFest which resulted in an actual gig. Here's some of Lisa's
conversation with Mr. Cyrano.
Greater galangal, native to Indonesia is Languas (or Alpinia) galanga. Lesser galangal, native to South China and Indochina, is both Languas (or Alpinia) officinarum and the related Kempferia galangal.
Lesser galangal has "the more pungent aroma of the two galangals, and has
a hint of eucalyptus; its piquant taste is akin to cardamom and ginger."
Greater galangal has a ginger/pepper/lemon flavor.
