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'WELCOME TO THE REVIEW- latervlew: FroID Suite M_Ie P.J. O'Rourke One Renews E'RE BACK FOR ANOTHER GREAT 3 4 8 year,tackling the issues that affect us as students at the University of will see -America's Funniest Writer'" Tuition raised once again Dinosa.tr ok. 's new release; Michigan. Inside, you talks about CInton, 'Beatie' to 1he

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URING THE SUMMER, mar. They:pide themselves on all these of famine. overpopulati~t ecological O'ROURKE: Being from the Midwest MeiullO CutUp interviewed po­ wmdedUl oomedians, but when it ocmes destruction. that kind of tiling. gives you the ability to know what's on Dlitical humorist P. J. O'Rourke. right down to laughing at the absurdity everybody's mind Nothing is more av­ Called the "funniest writer in America" . of life. liberals are most e

ing much in my favor - I am more correct nonsense is about. It's the idea -~> interesting. of getting power and privilege because a person belongs to a group. For in­ MR: You've IIso exprelMd aome concern stance, I'm a .short Irishman with the that mlny young RtpubIIcInt are too uptight unfortunate afiliction of 'BeatIe' hair at too young of an ag .. Are you wonitd that and so, according to liberals. I should when they're 40 they'll flip and join get money for that. Green,..ct? MR: Since you mentioned the BeatItt, and O'ROURKE: Yeah, that seems to hap­ you did uk BiN Clinton to nlme hit favorite pen a lot with the aecm.d wife. You see, BeatIe when you Intervltwed him for RoHing if you're too square too young and then S10nt - tell us, who's your favorite member of some ~ 'comes along - the next the fib Four? thing )'OU know. )Ql're out whale watch­ ing. You 've got to O'ROURKE: be careful. r------~i~gO! Look at this nose! MR: What advice " ... I'm a short Irishman What do you would you give th ... with thi! unfortunate think, I'm at-riek~? crazy? affliction of 'BeatIe' hair O'ROURKE: Get it out of your sys­ and so, according to temearly. liberals, I should get MR: By whit.? money for that." GO BLUE - GO ULRICH'S Main Bookstore: YEARS 549 East University Art aElectronics: 60 1117 South Uliverslty ~ Ann Arbor. MI481 04 MR: Do you think you' ... 10 IUCCtllfuI be- MR: Do you hive any new books In the 313-M2-3201 CIUIt ...... no .... of humor? works? Mon - Fr. 9:00 - 6:00 Sat 9:30 - 5 :00 O'ROURKE: Yeah, I think there re­ O'ROURKE: Yes. My new book is called ally is something to that. Liberals re­ All the Trouble in the World and it's SUn 12:00 - 4 :00 MORE THAN A BOOKSTORE ally don't have much of a sense ofhu- coming out this fall. It's the lighter side 4 THE MIClllGAN REvIEw September 14, 1994 o FROM SUITE ONE '" <. llf~ ~e. l.\6e-AA1.t;I lOE.A OF '1.E.V~1.ING·\HE t'l.A'

s STUDENTS RETURNED TO CAMPUS TIDS FALL, THEY FOUND that their tuition at the University of Michigan had risen yet again. This A actim, undertaken by the U-M's Board ofRegenta, is CErlainly questimable, yet it pasaed without any Dll\iar opposition. This past summer, the, Regenta unanimously passed a tuition increase of6.9 percent for i.n-irtate undergraduate stu.denta. 'Ibis ~ resulted in a tuition of $5040 ror two sem.ester8 at the freshman and sophomcre levels (plus fees). Juniars and seniors will pay $5554 fur two semesters ofupper level classes (plus fees). Out-oHtate students are also subject to an increase, albeit a smaller one. These students will see education costs rise by five percent. Freshman and sopbomare out-of-etaters will pay $15,732 fer two semesters, while their junior and aenier counterparts will owe $16,858 (plus fees). Such an inc::rease in tuition is not unusual at the U-M; nor is it unusual to Micbigan's statewide university systsm. According to a ieport 4:larlierthis ~ by the Associated Press, tuition costs at the state ofMicbigan's 15 public universities '

have increased at a rate of 8.3 percent per ~ since 1986. The Consumer Price .,~~.. CMA'fOAt ."NOte ... , . .... Index (CPI) - a measure ofinflation in the economy - has only increased by 3.8 percent per year during this same time period. Given this data, the increases in the cost ofhigher public education in the state of Michigan have Dif-staters owe $4547.71 for their from a sparadically--p"Oduced collection of essays to a journal of opinions published education - only about one-third of what U-M non-residents must pay. on a regular schedule. Thomas Fous, founder of the Review, established the paper Also comparable to the U-M, the University ofWisconsin offers its students a as a means of combatting the overwhelming leftist attitude on campus, from the quality education at bargain prices. Tuition for Wisconsin residents is $1368.25, administratien to the editorial page oftile Michigan Daily. With support from local while out-of-state tuition runs for $4547.75. Both costs are approximately on&­ and national figures, including William F. Buckley, Gerald Ford, Stephen Tonsor, third ofthoee at the U-M. Both Wisconsin and UNC offer students first-rate and the late Russell KiIk, the Review published its first issue in December of 1982. ;-~tians; )'et they do 80 at a dramatically cheaper cost than Michigan, suggesting From. the beginning, the Review was designed to be a voice ofconservatism. As ~:.:\hat the U-M maybave nplaced education as the ~ priority with something else. the paper p:ogressed and grew, the editorial policy of the paper did as well. While Given that the U-M already has one of the highest tuition rates of any public the paper nm8ined OYa"Whelmingly conservative, many libertarians and moderates university in the nation, ~ is a great dealofcontroversy swrounding this most began to make their presence felt on the pages of the Review. The Review was recent increase. Although he is generally an opponent of tuition hikes, Regent becaning truly a review of all typeS of thought that had. been traditionally shut out Deane Baker, in a:recent interview with the Review, states that "[o)ne of the on the U-M campus. reasons that tuition costs in.crease is that there is less support for public education Surprisingly, the Review did nat flourish during the eighties, as one might from the state ofMichigan. .. He cites that "20 years ago the state provided. 78 cents expect. While the Reagan Revolution did sweep across the nation, the Review of every undergradUate educational dollar in general fund suworf;." Today, Baker maintained a relatively low profile on campus. This was soon to change, however. claims, that support has,fallen to approximately 46 cents of every dollar. As the university became more active in its opposition to student's rights, the This is essentially the same reasming that the Baud ofRegents used to justify Review became more vocal and attracted a large and loyal readership on campus the 1994 increase. The Regents claim that the state's 2.3 percent increase in and 8croes the country. The Review led the way in opposing various speech codes general U-M funds is not substantial; a tuitien increaSe must follow. Ifan increase that were instituted. by the university and later struck down by the courts as in state funding does not equal an increase in inflation, a tuition increase may be unconstitutional. The Review also became the leading voice against the insidious justified simply to cover the rising costs ofrunning the U-M. This year's increase, institution of political cxrrectness on the U-M campus. however, exceeds the gap between state funding and inflation; thus, one must Throughout the past thirteen years, the Review has gone through many question what the Repnts are doing with the remainder of the tuition. changes - same fer the worse, but most for the better. While it maintains its The Ann Arbcr chapter of the AAUP provides at least part of an answer to this. position as the leading vdce of conservatism on the U-M campus, the Review has In a study reported in the Michigan Daily, the organization asserts that a evolved into much more than just a mini National Review. The Michigan Review subrtantial percentage oftuiticm increases suppcrl an expending U-M bureaucracy. plays an important role in influencing the debate on campus by allowing Such appropriations are of little or no service to students; excessive tuition conservative, libertarian, and moderate students to speak their mind without fear increases, therefore, are unjustified. of reprisal. The very ~ ofpublic edu~tion is to provide a quality education at a While Michigan has a penchant for leftism, there are same students who minimal C

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BY DEAN BAKOPOULOS twenty-four hours disinfecting the pe­ I attended the Boston College game assure my traumitized and disillusimed mises with Ty-d-Bowl, Lemon Pledge, o~ Saturday afternoon. There, I was mind that Brenda is not dead - she is OU'VE BEEN BACK AT and Lysol Anti-bacterial cleaner. Once reminded of the joys ofwatching a me­ really in London - and that Saved by school for a couple weeks, and deocnt.amjnatim. was cxmplete, I settled diocre game in the comfort of a beer­ the Bell is in fact make--believe, but, Yby now you have made small into my very own bedroom. The fact scented sardine can. That evening I 90210 is definitely, absolutely real life. talk with numerous casual acquain­ that I have my very own room is quite went out on the town, where many fine I said that we should definitely help tances, many of wham you've tried to beneficial to me, as I am still suffering Greek organizations were hosting par­ Dylan out somehow, and they nodded aWlid eye ccmtact with in order to avoid horrific flashbacks as a result of my ties sharing the common theme of in agreement as they locked me in my the dread small talk staple question: :ya;u: in a ocn.verted triple in Alice lloyd. "Drink, Puke, and Take home a new bedroom. How did you spend your summer? Per­ I wandered downstairs, hungry af­ friend whose name you won't rexnem.­ Finally, Thursday came, and I was haps ~u were able to say that you had ter a grueling day of moving. I looked her in the morning." Unfortunately, I thrust head first back into the rigors of a glamOl'OU.8 internship at a m~or cor­ everywhere for a stack oforange trays, was unable to get in so I went home, being a true gentleman scholar. I have poration making thousands of dollars expecting to take my place in a lang line drank three cans oficed tea really fast, decided that I really love the U - M and and sclnn

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- --~---, 8 THE MICIflGAN REvIEw September 14, 1994 o BOOK REVIEW A Fitting Tribute The life and times ofNobel laureate F.A. Hayek, as told by Hayek himself

BY AARON STEELMAN ideas. Clearly, Kresge is more thanjust elsewhere. For example, Hayek re­ Hayek never really became comfort­ an impartial observer to the life ofFA sponds to various questions about able at Chicago, as witnessed by his INCE IDS DEATH IN MARCH H~ he is one who has been tremen­ Mises, many of which are contentious remark, "Much as I enjoyed the intel­ of 1992, F.A Ha)'ekhas achieved dously impacted by his ideas, and by in nature. Hayek discusses his differ­ lectual environment that the Univer­ Sa level ofpopularity that he never the time the reader finishes the intro­ ing opinions with Mises on rationality sity of Chicago offered, I never came to attained during his life. His ideas are duction. (a.ssum.i.ng he finally does make and ultimately views this as the reason feel as much at home as I had in En­ gaining a reD.ewed appreciation by the it to the end) there is no doubt in his why Mises' own attacks on socialism gland." Hayek states that this was classical liberal community of which he mind about this. never were as effective as he had hoped. largely due to what he called "an inad­ had been a member long before his One will soon forget the folly of Hayek states, "[Mises] never could free equate provision" for his and his wife's founding of the Mont Pelerin Society in inclUding such a long and worshipful himself from that fundamental philoso­ retirement that the position offered, introduction, however, as the rest of phy, in which we have all grown up, but one can sunni.se that it was in large Hayek Hayek the book is nothing less than ajoy. that reason can do everything better part due to a severe depression that on After Kresge's remarks the reader than mere habit.... [A]lthough I accept first grasped Hayek in Chicago, which Edited by Stephen Kresge is plunged into Vienna at the turn of nearly everything of his criticism of at the time he attributed to giving up and Leif Wenar the century, where a young "Fritz" socialism, I now undtrStand why it has his pipe. University of Chicago Press Hayek would begin to develop the ideas not been fully effective, because in his Regardless, it is this part of the that would make him. a renowned fig­ case it's still based on the fundamental book, his recollection of his days at Cloth, 1994, 170 pages Ul'e in the fight for freedom, and ulti­ mistake of rationalism and socialism, Chicago, that provides some of the most mat.e1yresult in his receiving the Nobel that we have the intellectual power to interesting reading, for it is here that 1947. But more surprisingly, he and his Prize fir econ.wUc science in 1974. Here arrange everything rationally, which is Hayek not only comments on how he ideas are finally getting a fair and 00.. we learn, largely through Hayek's own now in conflict with the asserticn-In enjoyed his time at Chicago but also jective hearing from the left, as wit­ notes, of his upbringing and early in­ one place he says we can't do it, another what he thought of Friedman, Stigler, nessed by a recent essay on Hayek in terests, not the least of which was in place he argues, being rational we must et ai, as economists and thinkers. In­ Dissent, who had 80 long oft:..handedly the natural sciences; "My first scien­ try to do it." It is here that we see deed one finds a remark of Hayek's that depicted him as a reactionary to whom tific interest was, following my father, Hayek's ~:partmg of the ways with would prove most enlightening to those no serious attention should be paid. in botany," relates Hayek. Hayek then not only Mises, but also with another who would like to lump the Chicago . This newfOund interest in Hayek goes onto explain how his interests prominent twentieth century libertar­ and Austrian schools together as being can be attributed to, more than any­ would gravitate towards the social sci­ ian figure, Ayn Rand, who would even­ one monolith of free-market thought: thing else, the realization ofhow pr0- ences, "[M]y interest gradually shifted tually denounce Hayek's The Road-To "You know, one of the things I often phetic Hayek's warnings of the invi­ from botany to paleontology and the Serfdom as the most dangefuus book have publicly said is that one of the . ability of a planned economy were. theory of evolution. I must. have been ever written. things I regret most is not having re­ While many American and European about sixteen. when I began to find man While The Rood To Serfdom would turned to a criticism. of Keynes's trea­ intellectuals were caught up sentimen­ mOl'e interesting, and for a time played catapult Hayek into an overnight ce­ tise, but it is as much true ofnot having talizing about what a great accomplish­ with the idea of becoming a psychia­ lebrity it also did a good deal towards criticized Milton's [Essays in] Positive ment the Soviet experiment was, Hayek trist. Also public life and certain as­ damaging his academic reputation and Economics, which in a way is quite as steadfastly stuck to his guns and con­ pects of social organization - such as career. Hayek was no longer thought of dangerous a book." tinued to fight for the sanctity of the education, the press, political parties as a respectable academic, he was now, In 1961 Hayek left Chicago for a individual. As the left's dreams came - began to interest me, not so much as according to the left, a popularizer of post at Freiburg which offered him a toppling to an all too fitting end with subjects for systematic study but from reactionary ideas par excellence. In­ very generous package for his future the collapse of the Berlin Wall, Hayek a desire to comprehend the world in deed, excerpts from The Road To Serf­ retirement. He would remain in and his ideas were left standing. which I was living." dom had been published in The Readers Freiburg, except for a rather unhappy As a testimony to the great man's Once introduced to the social sci­ Digest of all places. The left needed no stint at Salzburg from 1969 to 1977, for ideas, the University of Chicago began ences Hayek would soon take up an more with which to insult Hayek, they essentially the rest o{his life. in 1988 to publish a nineteen volume interest in economics, holding very dif­ could now claim that he had sold out his Hayek's life was in many ways a set of Hayek's works, under the title of ferent views than he would at the end of academic credentials and was just an­ turbulent one, regardless of his com­ The Collected Works ofFA. Hayek. As his life, however. Hayek was fascinated other polemicist and, with this, be done ment that it was "externally rather a supplement to this collection, Hayek with the ideas of the left, as were many with Mr. Hayek as an intellectual ad­ uneventful." He went from being the on Hayek was published in May. young Europeans, and indeed was versary. Hayek would be forced to re­ second most famous economist in the Hayek on Hayek is an autobio­ drawn to socialism through his read­ claim his academic standing, now in world in the thirties and early forties to graphical sketch, usingnotaJ of Hayek's, ings of Karl Renner and Walter America at the University of Chicago. an exile from his own profession just a material from eight interviews, and the Rathenau. Yet this would soon change It was at Chicago that Hayek would few years later, and then in 1974 he text of a radio broadcast from 1945 when he enrolled at the University of not only have the job of restoring his would once again reach the peak ofhis which covers a debate between Hayek Vienna, for it was at the University academic respectability, which he was profession with the awarding of the and two University of Chicago profes­ where he would fIrst encounter the soon to do with the publication of The Nobel Prize. Clearly, Hayek and his sors, one of whom was the 1940 vice­ ideas of the early proponents of the Sensory Order and The Constitution of ideas stood the test of time and while presidential candidate of the Socialist Austrian school. "I was an early stu­ Liberty, but also the pleasure of con­ there are certain omissions that many Party of America. dent of Wieser, and he originally had tinuing his relationship with two young readers will regret, for example there The book opens with a lengthy in­ the greatest influence on me. I only met Chicago economists whom he had met are no comments from. Hayek on his c0- ~on by Stephen Kresge, the gen­ (Ludwig von) Mises really after I had at the initial meeting at Mont Pelerin, recipient of the Nobel Prize, Gunnar eral editor of The Collected Works. In taken my degree. But I now realize­ Milton Friedman and George Stigler. Myrdal, Hayek on Hayek sheds further fact the introduction takes up 35 of the I wouldn't have known it at the time In addition to Friedman and Stigler, light on the great man's career. It, like 155 pages of text, a regretful thing in - that the decisive influence was just Hayek would have the opportunity to Margit von Mises' My Years With itself, but made even worse when one reading Menger's Grundsmze," states work with Aaron Director and two fel­ Ludwig von Mises, adds a personal di­ oonsiden that it is filled with sentences Hayek. low future Nobel Prize winners, RH. mension to a man whom many consid­ like, "'Einstein has said much the same As for Hayek's relationship with Coase and Gary Becker. Clearly, this ered an intimidating intellectual. It is thing," in response to a remark of Mises, the reader is treated to much was a most stimulating intellectual simply a must read for any serious fan Hayek's as to how he generated his infmmation that is unlikely to be found environment in which ,to work. Yet, or student of Hayek. Ml

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BY RACHEL CARDONE and Mallory ruin that dream. That is deed will lead to a scenerio much like is from afar, much like a certain video the turning point ofthe movie. Mickey the one portrayed in the film (without tape we watched for hours a few years "T ms ISN'T A PRISON, ITS and Mallory overcome the media They the soundtrack and flashing lighte ).. ago. This, with many others, packs the a time bomb," says Tommy choose what people will watch and what Stone infuses images froot our cur­ extra disturbing punch which makes Lee Jones' character about they will remember. rent media into this movie, which makes us think about where we are headed. the maximum security jail which held In essence, America is a time bcmb, further impact on our minds. In fact, Natural Born Killers comments on Mickey and Mallory Knox, the heroes much like the prison, because of the there are many Cameo appearances, many facets of Am~can Culture, but of Oliver Stane'slatest movie, Natural trash too many people treasure. To re­ including ROOney King, who asks us to only an attentive audjence which lis­ Born Killers. The bomb explodes, leav­ verse the trend of MTV pop propa­ get along, OJ Simpson, the Menendez tens will be able to graSp Stone's true ing many guards tortured and killed, ganda culture, America needs to re­ brothers, and more. Not only faces, but meaning. Unfortunately, ifpeople go inmates on the loose, and the Knox think and define it's purpose. With all also actions reflect the truth in this for the enjoyment only 8l)d not for a couple free to start living again. This of the problems that have infected our fiction script. For example, when the stimulating experience, this movie will comment and the ensuing events are a culture, we .have lost our identity as a cops finally catch Mickey, they beat be dismissed as just another action reflection of American Culture. Stone country. and the lack of direction in- him to the ground, and the view we see flick with innovative art. Mt comments that America. much like the I~------~------. prison, is at risk of of exploding due to B E SE B V E 0 r Fie E B S ' T B A I N I N G COB P S a lack of a goal or a sense ofintelligence. Mickey and Ma1l

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BY BoB ScHLANKOW8KJ he con.sidend Down, '"the strongest col­ open and leaving BODle room for jam­ The opening track to Dow n, "Fly lection of songs" that the has ming." The drunken, rambling vocals On the Wall," starts things offnicely N THEIR PRESS KIT, THE released. That is debatable but there is cLDavid Yow m. Down also COltinue to and was previously released as a seven

good lab at Toucll and Go Reards nodoubtthatDownisfilled r.------~------__, inch single last January. The next smg I claim that "100 moms say, 'the with bam burning songs. is the fantastic "Mistletoe," and it, alcmg Jesus L.isard: I'd throw my panties at As should be expected with the equally smoking "Queen For a 'em.m I seriously doubt that my mom by long-time Jesus Lizard Day," seems to have a certain country could be induced to do such a thing fans, the rhythm sectionoC feel. I mentioned this to Dennison, but considering her taste in music. Regard­ Sims and McNeilly is quite I think that he thought I was a kook for less, the Jesus Lizard is, without a powerful throughout with a feeling that way. Yau'll have to decide doubt, one hell r------, slew of cool drum beats and for yourself who to believe, the dumb of a rock and the J ..ua l.Jzard pumping bass linel3. · critic or one of the guys making the roll outfit. The Doum Dennison, who said he is cur­ music. key to their Touch aDd Go rently taking cues mostly Some of the songs on the second greatnees is the L..-_____---I from , the John· side lack the punch ofthe first side, but simple fact that not only do they rock, Spencer Blues Explosion. the closes out with the tear­ but they do 80 in ways that haven't Helmet, Mark Rebot and a jerking "Elegy" and the body-shaking already been done one million times litile bit ofjazz, COltinuee to . "The Best Parts." It is simply a song before. Because of thi.&. one reviewer ~e on guitar. Trained ui about a dnmken woman who "gives the has even been led to call them the "'U3d classical guitar at EMU, boys a look at the best parts." Zeppelin ofrock experimentalism. .. Dennison plays with furious The Jesus Lizard will be playing Famed in 1988 in Austin, Texas by precision but does not try tQ St. Andrew's Hall in Detroit on Satur­ David Yow, David Sims (lxth alumni. « bowlover the audien.c:e. Uh~ day, September 17, and I highly recom­ the legendary Scratch Acid) and Michi­ like· previous , mended that you should attend if you gan native Duane Dennison, the Jesus Dennison plays more guitar are interested in good quality rock and ~ guplhlring. group hug. Lizard has eince released a maSsiv.ely , solos on Down, and he said roll Ml impressive disc:osraPhy. this was because the band was "getting add a nice ccmedy touch that the Jesus Their first effort, Pure, was ham­ more comfortable With keeping songs Lizai-d has always had. pered by the use ofa drum machine, but ~.. ~~. soon after its release, they relocated to Chicago and were joined by drummer Mac McNeilly. Their first full-length LP, Head, released. in 1990, was light A Darn Good Sound years beYQlld the Pure material and quite spectacular. The next LP was BY DEAN BAKOPOULOS is a golfnut; thus we have the first golf the Manhattan golf cart scenes will 1991's Goat, ~one«myan time music video. Mascia needs to balance start a trend" favorite rock and roll albums. Liar fol­ MASCIS HAS ENJOYED his time between golf and music. "For No matter how good his golf game lowed a year and a halflater and was moderate success with Dinosaur now, Sunday is a golf day," he says. "I gets, it's clear from along the same lines as Goat but per­ J Jr. A few profitable albums and really prefer to play the white trash that Mascis should stick with music. haps a notch below. Aft.er the release of same soundtrack appearances (includ­ Every track on this LP is solid, and Liar, there was a split single with Nir­ ing this years hit Reality Bites) have many ofthem are gems. The second vana released on Touch and Go result­ made Dinosaur r------____ track, "Don't Think So," is one such ing in more mainstream press than Jr. a househdd Dinosaur Jr. gem. Combining a driven melody previously received They gained a few name in the al- Without a Sound and an unforced sense of despair, more fans in addition to their already temative music Warner Bros. this track is a good bet to be the next substantial base arising from thar:non:­ industry. How- L-______.....l ~yed videom. MTV. Two other stop touring. After two years of wait­ ever, the latest release from Dinosaur, tracks that rank among the best on ing, the Jesus Lizard have released the Without A Sound, may be 80 good that the album are "Outta Hand" and DownLP. it propels the band into the trendoid, "Mind Glow." "Outta Hand" features It is by no means a great departure over-exposed worldofMTV. '!hat's the the softest, sweetest tune ever re­ from their previous efforts, but Down price will have to pay for corded by Dinosaur Jr. In fact, the might possibly be a little less abrasive. putting out this darn good album, argu­ guitar ~ons are so fluid that David Yow claimed in another article ably the best album release since they are vaguely reminiscient ofV an that the difference in the actual sound Pavement's Crooked Rain, Crooked Morrison's smg "Sweet Thing." An­ cL Down and their past material is due Rain. other emotional tune is "On the to different rec:uding methods utilized The liggest hit cLthe album is "Feel Brink," a song the press kit charac­ by their long time rec:uding engineer, Your Pain," a song written in the wait­ terizes as "Subsonic despair of win­ Steve Albini. The songa themselves ing room of a cbi.ropracta's office. MTV dow rattling JrOP(rlic:ns. S

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DMuSIC ,.~~' Fuzzy, Scarce, MilIa, etc.

BY QWERTY his band named after the nick name of Adding the ~ offear to float. but how could they follow up such an the driver of the car, 'Scarce'. ing melodies, and full-forced rhythms album? OT AN ALBUM ABOUT EGO Oddly enough, ,------, to mellow tunes, the Pale Saints are not Instead of con- Various or pretense, vocalist/guitarist the event may ~ Bearce a culmination of all things 4AD, but tinuing to spew out Rari.tie. Vol. 1 N Chris Toppn describes Fuzzy's the bittersweet sound Red EP instead dabblers in the many forms of the same songs Geffen self-titled, debut full-length as "an al­ of Scarce's brand of Roekamundo music that most bands can only remain with the same con- '--_____...J bum of really good pop ugly-pop. Both nasty '------' narrowly focused to. cepts, Sloan is taking a totally <:ti.fferent and beautiful, the melodies of Chick app-oach to their pop ~"Sh.'.rightA few yetU"8 ago, David 1=Fuszy I and bassistlvocalist Joyce Raskin tread songs with Twice Re­ Ryan, drummer for the 8eecI upon the off-key land of anti-virtuos­ moved. Lemonheads, offered his ity and succ:esafully pull it off. With an older, rehearsal place to the then unknown mare Rdling Stonee­ Fuzzy while he was out

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