Makin' no Bones about it by KRISTA What is hardcore? For some, it's German techno à la Rotterdam, for some it's skate punk, but for Brooklyn DJ Frankie Bones, it's a way of life. And I'm not kidding. If you trace his life's work from his early days working with Tommy Musto and Lenny Dee through New York's Stormrave era to Ravestock, you'll find that the line becomes rather blurry on more than one occasion. For starters, Bones admits to having lost an entire year of his life somewhere in the back of dirty warehouses and clubs whilst careening around the world behind the wheels of steel with wanton and reckless abandon, as the poster-boy for New York "hahd-coah" (pronounced in heavy Brooklyn accent). At the end of it all he had to have a go at rehab. In 1995, when the dust cloud that had accumulated around Bones began to settle, he and partners Adam X and Heather Heart crossed the bridge from Brooklyn into Manhattan and opened up what has become the source for obscure and hard-to-find techno and house music, Sonic Groove. But even though Bones traded the hardcore lifestyle for a kick-ass record shop in Greenwich Village, he hasn't forgotten what it took to get to where he is now, nor has he forgotten his hardcore Brooklyn roots. This Friday, August 20, Frankie Bones is back to show Montreal what's up in techno-styles as he takes on the main room at Sona. With Tiga, Yaz and the rest of the crew. $20 at the door. In case you weren't there, once again the Arrival (aka rave-in-the woods part three) was a hit, despite the fact that there were way too many DJs on the bill. The promoters of the event promise that next year they aren't going to book any more than 20 DJs... phew. There are still a few Mondays to go before any of you have to start thinking about school, and Blizzarts' Mystique Mondays has DJs booked until the end of September, giving you something to do if you're looking for a distraction. King Rob Brown is the guest on Monday, August 23. Jojo Flores' Therapy night, Thursdays at Jai Bar, is still going strong. This Thursday, August 19, his guest is Inbeat Records superstar and Sona DJ extraordinaire Laflèche. The final installment of Dance Music 101 takes place at Cabaret on Friday, August 20, with the local drum & bass crew stepping in to educate. That means Jordan Dare and MC Fuse, D-Jon, Double 'A' & Twist, and the Mirror's Rupert Bottenberg (will his talents never cease?). To reiterate, this is not an actual seminar involving a panel of speakers or anything, just a bunch of guys playing a retrospective selection of dance music, or in this case, drum & bass.