The Arts and Entertainment Supplement to the Daily Nexus, for April 27th through May 3rd, 1995
Inside: An interview with Louise from [sleeper], page 4A.
Plus: Lots of highly recommended music, and more. 2 A Thursday, April 27,1995 Daily Nexus Music Reviews of Jessamine, Saucer Attack, : The Final Frontier jSje Electric Company I’m trying to spread the word: Spacy to a whole album at one sitting, but of the music is nice! Sure, you can’t dance to it, 10 songs on A Pert Cyclic Omen, with all you can’t sing along, you generally can’t of the song titles anagrams of the album even tap your foot to it All you can do for title, about half are worth the effort On the most part is turn off the lights, light the best, Laner incorporates such sounds candles in your bedroom and breathe to as urban street noise and low murmuring, it, but hey, what’s wrong with that? chimes and whooshing sounds you might I’m not talking new age here — this imagine air makes as it skims over the genre of music can be very quiet but it can wings of airplanes. also be noisy, indeed. It has roots in in Medicine’s trademark screech and dustrial music, dance music and even danceable beat are prominent on songs rock. Even Love and Rockets has taken a like “Polymeric Accent,” but “Cyclic Pee stab at it on its last album. What space/ Matron” and “Elm Crypt Océanie” have ambient does best is fulfill the cliche of more of an icebergs-in-motion quality wide open landscapes of sound. This is found in bands like Bark Psychosrs and music that has weight and color and di Labradford. The final song, “I Can Cop mension. It is the soundtrack for journeys My Tercel,” retains its appeal with the in inside your head, indeed. German bands clusion of a whisper that cannot quite be may have started the movement 20 years understood. Noises move in and out of ago, but it is the work of Brits and Yanks the foreground, simulating the stomach that is attracting all of the attention now. rumbles of hungry and cranky machines. Electric Company is the encephalitic Flying Saucer Attack is two kids from child of Brad Laner, who spends most of Bristol and a computer. Their newest al his time rubbing metallic objects against bum, Further, differs from previous ef one another in the band Medicine. Laner forts in its accessibility. While the songs is trying hard to jump on the lucrative am are structured more like “real” songs, i.e. bient bandwagon here, and generally suc fairly intelligible vocals, acoustic guitar ceeds. I’ll admit that no matter how much carrying the melody, etc., the tunes are I like music like this, it’s not easy to listen somehow less accessible than before! Further requires a little more effort to lis Stereolab, on some of the songs, and ten to than Distance, the singles compila there are organs and synths and goofy tion, perhaps because the singles were de electronic noises, but Jessamine does not signed as complete entities in their own exhibit the joyous pop attitude of that right With Further, one must listen to the band. The organ is used to create an un whole album in order to comprehend the easy edge, and the guitars rock out at big picture. times. The drums are big, fet, ’60s power- These two have always incorporated trio drums. Secondary buzzes and hums water sounds, usually of the tide, in their are encouraged, and the overall sound is music. The new album features rain heavy and “five.” There is no worry that storms that, including the prominent gui Jessamine is only a studio band, manipu tar lines, create the atmosphere of sitting lated by levers and pedals, soulless and by a campfire with people who definitely anonymous. were never boy or girl scouts. Jessamine is tough: Jessamine is the un What is missing from Further is some assuming bookworm who would rather of the organic and mystical feels provided kick your ass than crack a smile. “Inevi by the near-tribal drumming on Flying tably” begins with an electric growl as a Saucer Attack’s first, self-titled album. precursor to the noise to come, then fea The excitement and tension has been re tures layers of sweet male and female voc placed by loneliness and longing. This als on top. “Cellophane” sounds like re mellowing out may not please those who gret —a fellow named Sonic Boom from have heard the band’s earlier material, Spectrum is probably fretting that he but at least there are other new bands to didn’t write it first. There are 10 songs on turn to, such as Crescent and Bardo the CD and not a bad one in the bunch. Pond, for people who miss the freshness Jessamine is an excellent album to try if of early Ikying Saucer Attack. you are interested in feisty, not ambient, Finally, Jessamine’s self-titled debut is somewhat psychedelic music. an enigma that cannot be easily categor ized. There are languid female vocals, a la —Rena Tom
ter animation, a coral reef Various Artists tive CD-Plus disc* that cyberculture in its quests full of tropical fish, as HeadTravel Moonshine has just put into new technologies. sorted flowers, and a Moonshine out. HeadTravel is a two-in- haunting snowy owl, Moonshine is a well- one kinda jobby that is swooping down at you The other day, I had a known dance music label both a multimedia disc on and into a black hole. friend say to me, “Dude, that has nearly cornered CD-ROM and a seven- Combined with the music, one day computers are go the market on dance music track audio CD that can be it’s impressive. And the ing to take over the compilations. This latest listened to on any CD video footage continues world!” Considering the release is something I did player. with shots of past Bay rate at which computers not expect to get from The music on the disc Area underground parties, are developing, it is a Moonshine, but on the alone makes it a worth which brought back many pretty scary thought. But other hand, I’m not sur while buy to me, ranging fond memories and had right now, I think I can prised at all. The dance from the electrofunk me thinking of the next safely embrace new tech music being made these bounce of Deluxe’s "Elux- time I could make a trip up nologies without feeling I days is almost entirely tria” to the ambient wan north. This is definitely have sold out the entire computer generated and derings of A New Con something anyone inter human race to world dom therefore already directly sciousness’ “Environ ested in dance music, ination by supercompu linked to new technolo ment” But the music is multimedia or computer ters. At least for now, I can gies —I guess it was only a only half the fun. The CD- graphics should check be comfortable in telling matter of time before the ROM contains digitized out you about a new interac- house culture joined the video footage: 3-D compu- —Matt Turner You Talkin' To M e? TALK RADIO « 990 KOSB-AM LEYKIS in the afternoon SANTA BARBARA Daily Nexus Thursday, April 27,1995 3A
Associated Students Morphine PROGRAM BOARD Yes Rykodisc presents The smooth, white ball Tonight at 8 pm! frees itself from my cue and glides swiftly across a maroon-surfaced table. It sends the tight triangle of pool balls into a flurry. Two stripes in the comer pockets and a solid in the BELLY left side. Smoke from a nearby sizzling cigar blurs my vision as it drifts quietly under an illuminat ing light from above. A jaded man strolls over to the jukebox accompanied byagorgeous, thin woman draped in blue silk. His glistening gold chain lifts from its dark bed of hair as he bends down to make a which came from their al man’s music adds com musical selection. Mor bum Cure for Pain, com plexity and glamour to the phine’s Yes begins to seep plimented the strange sleazy, low-class world from surrounding speak scenes of incest and failed from which he gains inspi ers. Perfect. suicide attempts dispersed ration. He turns water into Mark Sandman leads throughout the film. I wine. “Hotel rock ’n’ roll / me into a sleepy sway with could not stop listening to his deep voice and two- the discotheque electric this brilliant album that super sex.” Sandman string slide bass. Backed presented such a foreign seems to choose words by the sensual baritone sax sound. W/COLD WATER FLAT of Dana Colley and the that will flow unnoticed That was until Yes came alongside his echoing AT THE CORWIN PAVIUON gentle drumming of Billy along. Morphine main bass. Conway, Sandman creates tains the general feel of the a mellow mood unlike Morphine unselfishly previous two recordings absorbs all of your pain anything I have heard. The but is a bit more experi and Sorrow and continues absence of guitar gives me mental. Sandman reads unaffected on its way. the secure feeling that I his lyrics in “The Jury” Feed your addiction and GUEST LECTURE: can unwind and relax — backed by loose bass and fall into the warm, thera uninterrupted. A more sax that struggles to find a peutic arms of Morphine’s precise name for the band home. It jumps all over Yes. You will feel as if could not possibly have like a bitter foster child. there is not a care in the SARAH been chosen. Morphine also provides world. I was first introduced to solid, catchy songs early in —Brad Mayo Morphine’s music in the the album such as “Whis movie theater, of all per” and “Scratch.” nrxniiTT WEDDINGTON places. They provided the Morphine invites the (ATTORNEY FROM ROE V WADE) soundtrack for the offbeat listener. into the blue- comedy-with-a-message collared world of aban ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ MAY 16TH AT THE CORWIN PAVIUON Spanking the Monkey. doned Cadillacs, motels TICKETS ON SALE MAY 4TH ($4/$5 STUDENTS) Morphine’s songs, all of and time cards. Sand i n m i r
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Broun Fellinis r e i ur e i Afrokubist Improvisa UWVERSITY tions #9 \O F GROOVE Moonshine A member of Run-DMC once said, “Run’s not BROWN ILARE. > C ,r Y FORT Hansel, D’s not Gretel.” MYSTIQUE What’s the point of such superfluous commentary? I INSTITUTE OF I ABSTRACTEDLY LS o r i l i c io u s Is it just for the sake of /HORN STU D IE S rhyme? Probably. Broun MAY 13th Fellinis’ Crack Emcee says something similar on their new album, Afrokubist Harder Stadium Improvisations #9: “Broun Fellinis ... not a fascist group or a circus A/OP troupe.” Just as these two FREEH! groups have spoken sense lessly, I have drawn a w \ FEATURED BANDS: senseless parallel between the two. ters nearly out of breath “Dreamstate,” an angry But it is not senseless to and then grabs a breath voice yells, “We hate -SjBUME
Jk mong the many go and tour them and you throwing bits of candy on yourself being in a band bands crossing the get back into it all again. stage, which was really in the next 10 years? X J L Atlantic and at “Inbetweener” was really funny. tacking the States recently good because that’s done AW: Any good candy in LW: I hope so, because is a group named [sleeper]. quite well in Britain, so particular? it’s what I’ve always They’ve just released their that was always really LW: It varied, but some wanted to do. It’s brilliant, first album, SMART, and good to do. And “Deli times, depending on going out and playing, and have been quite the talk of cious,” of course, is where we went, we’d get we’ve already signed for England. Recently, another. hailed with it. The guitars the next album. [sleeper] was in New York A W5 The song “Hunch” and drums were just get and A rtsw eek had a is a song that I’d like to ting covered in stuff. AW. Well, I’m looking chance to speak with lead hear live. 1 had read that AW: Do you consider forward to seeing you in singer Louise Wener. it is about people who are yourself a “frontperson”? LA. What follows is an edited normal or are trying to be I’ve seen you referred to transcript. normal as becoming the frontper Artsweek: Can you LW: Yeah, it’s really ab- son of 1995. LW: Yeah, it’s gonna be start by telling me how out sort of fitting in. I think LW: I think you kind of great you got started, since not people spend so much have to. I think all sorts of that many people know time tiying to fit into some good bands have a figure CSleeper3 will play the about [sleeper] yet? sort of clique or group. head somewhere along the Whiskey on Saturday, Louise Wener; We got You spend all your time line. I think it’s quite April 29, with Polara. together about two years ago. I formed a band when I was in college, with the guitarist John. And then we both came down to London, got a new rhythm section with Andy and Diid, and we’ve been signed for just about a year and a half. We’re doing our first stuff in America now, which is great. AW. So is this your first time in the States? LW: I lived in Boston for three months, which was quite a life then. I came out as an exchange student and spent some time in the city. AW: How do you go ab out your songs? Do you have any influences, ideas, or is there some thing that gets you to write? LW: I usually sit down with a guitar and just sit in my room. I think you usu ally know when you want to write, that you’ve heard something and just got a tune in your head. You just sit down, you start playing, and then hopefully there’s a song at the end of it. AW: Are there any events or anything that you feel frustrated about that prompt you to write a song? LW: There can be. It’s just what is going on in your life at the time. If there’s something you’re and just do the right thing important, The singles released off an album are often the best really miserable about or and be right. Also, we AW. Where did the idea representation of an artist’s work— or the only songs on happy about, then the rest should stop judging other come from to make a the album worthy of hitting the charts. Singles are usu of it is a mixture of experi people for not being nor- comic for “Inbetweener”? ally catchy pop tunes which often provide the music fan ence and observation, mal. We’ve played it eveiy LW: We just thought it with an indication of what an album will sound like as a really. night on the tour because would be a good idea to whole. Sometimes these cool singles you hear on the ra AW. What are your fa it’s quite a new song and make a comic, instead of dio are so great that a listener’s expectations of an album vorite songs and why? since we’ve finished we’ve using regular artwork, be can be blown out of proportion, often leaving the fan un LW: I love “Pyrotechni- got it together for the live cause we’re into that style able to be satisfied by the actual album. Such is the case cian (I think I love you).” I show. °f comics. with [Sleeper] and their album, SMART. was watching a program AW. What are the fu- AW5 With all the nega- The success of the single “Inbetweener,” which re and there was this whole ture tour plans for tivity surrounding your ceives a great deal of airplay in [Sleeper’¿[homeland of bunch of stuntmen, and [sleeper]? songwriting, it seems that England, has produced an aura of hype around the band. there’s this one guy whose LW: We’re touring Eur- you’ve been Louise Wener, the lead singer, adds to the buzz sur- job it was just to set fire to ope after we play in New misunderstood. rounding(Sleeper]by making open proclamations about stuff. I thought, this would York, Boston and LA., LW: I think it’s just the her sex life (although you really can’t blame her). All of be the job I’d like to have, and then we’re coming way in which the English the additional press she gets for talking about her sex life just setting fire to stuff. back in June to do a full press likes to hype bands, only makes her band more of a household name. AW. Have you played tour for a month. If they can’t think of any- “Inbetweener” is a brilliant pop song. Unfortunately, with matches lately or set AW: Have you felt thing else to say about the rest of the album was marred by my high expectations fire to anything? caught up in the hype, them that week, then after hearing it. The lyrics on the track “Amuse” are poe LW: No, but I’m a bit of with all the new bands they’ll make up some sort tic — lines like "you’re tragically vain, you know I’d a pyromaniac. from England such as of controversy. You write adore you for it” — and the construction of the different AW. What did you lis elastica and Oasis? Do one song that has some instrumental lines was decent. But due to my expecta ten to growing up? you think you’ve been kind of sexual connota- tions, I found myself listening intently for what was LW: I grew up listening caught in their success? tion and suddenly that’s wrong with the song. I found what I was looking for at to Blondie, the Jam, the LW: It’s hard to know, all you write about. You the end, and while a casual listener probably wouldn’t Smiths and people like really, because we’ve just write something against notice Wener’s final words on the song were flat, I did. that. I was always a big fan come over, but I think it’s political correctness and There are a few pop songs on the album that could po of David Bowie. really good that a lot of it’s all hyped out of prop- tentially be further single material, such as “Bedhead” AW: Do you have any bands are coming out here ortion. It’s very strange. I and “Vegas,” but the majority of the tracks probably songs that you like to play and doing stuff. It’s a think a lot of what they won’t make it to the shelves by themselves. live? whole different thing for write is just them tiying to [Sleepers a decent band. They are reminiscent of the LW: I don’t know, be us, so we’ll see what caricature you. Especially sort of garage band that all the seniors at your High cause we just came off a happens. with the female-fronted by school were fans of just because everyone knew about tour, so we’ve really just AW. Any tour stories? bands in Britain, they kind them. They played well, but there was just something got back into all of them. LW: We’ve got a mailing of put you under a micro weird about the band that you couldn’t quite put your It’s strange when you start list in England and we scope, so everything you finger on.[sleepei)is the sort of group that grows on you, to do an album and you asked people to bring us say gets taken to the nth either because you keep hearing about them or because find that you can’t even presents on tour, and they degree, people keep playing their music for you so that it be think about your songs for often would bring sweets AW. Is it too early to Sleeper comes permanently implanted into your head. about a month, then you and pies. We had people ask if you think you see —M. Jolie Lash Daily Nexus Thursday, April 27,1995 5 A
Hover The Graceful Punks Almost Everything Uncool Not Punk Dewdrops/Club Fub Sasquatoh Records (xf&Cßfu) fof>KS It’s always nice to hear a The first time I saw the UNCOOL NOT PUNK new album by an indie pop Graceful Punks was at one band. Hover, from Ver of their frequent noontime mont, is no exception. Storke Plaza shows in They are quite a young spring of 1993. After hear band, the first suspicion of ing their catchy pop-punk which comes from the sound for about an hour sight of the blissfiil play before class, I realized that ground scenes that deco this trio was exactly what I rate the sleeve. had been looking for in the Well, actually, I bet Isla Vista music scene. they’ve left their tanbark Some students might re days behind them, but the member when the group images of carefree dusk won the Battle of the translate to similar sounds Bands in the Pub on the inside. strength of its cover of I think it will be a few Technotronic’s “Move years before the band’s ta This.” That victory landed lents hit their stride and them a spot on the Extra leave the shadows of other some Stereolab or other. Hover’s levels grow on vaganza bill at Harder bands and other kinds of The production, in par you. And on some tracks, Stadium. bands behind. It isn’t as if ticular, is like a brand on like the echoed “5:30,” the Since then, the Punks they don’t write good, their sound. The sleeve band is gaining confidence have released two four- pretty music, I just feel as reads “recorded at low and deliberateness. Some song tapes, Melt and Un though I can place all the tech studios,” but what day, the identity will soli cool Not Punk, their latest elements with something they really have is that no dify. Hover is worth keep offering. Uncool shows oft song, “Sell My Fortress,” “Riot Grrl,” which begins already done. A song will torious middle fidelity. ing an eye out for. the songwriting and musi written and sung by Fergu with some fairly slow cal talents of the Punks, son. The song starts out power chords before mov drummer Matt Amott, with a snappy bassline and ing into a frenetic pace for bassist/vocalist Andrew slowly sung lyrics, before much of the rest of the "what they really have is Ferguson and guitarist/ Mark’s guitar comes in song, showing off the vocalist Tony Mark. For and speeds it all up. “For Punks’ punk side. merly an “I.V. band,” the tress” continues to change Although the Graceful Punks are now based in tempos until it nears the Punks are no longer in that notorious middle fidelity” Los Angeles. end of the song, when it I.V., they’re not a band to It’s difficult to try to steadily speeds up and forget. compare the group to seem like a Cub song here, The vocals are mixed Dewdrops Records and builds intensity. The Graceful Punks will other bands, but they cite The tape opens with perform Saturday at 2 or a Dentists song there. kinda low, and the sound fanzine is located in L.A., The Replacements, U2, Jan Tofferi’s vocals are is plain, apparently as if so Hover should be M ark’s “ Sw eets for p.m. at the Residence Pavement and Super Sweet”, a song built ar Hall Association’s Earth sometimes doubled—two they’re right next to you. simple to get a hold of at chunk as some of their in emphatic powerful voices Some people recoil at the 1817 Corinth Ave. #10, ound his rhythm guitar, Day Celebration on the fluences, so that might be a and is perhaps the catch lawn near Santa Rosa going aiat once — nicelike a si-si miacuemiddle fidelity,naemy, aiat matthat off-on- Ll o o s Angeles, c.CA a „ootj start good start HalL Other bands sche milar production effect on the-cuff feeling, bbut u t 90025-5567. 6 My favorite on Uncoot iest tune on Uncool Not My favorite on Uncool Punk. “Mother’s Day”, duled to perform include —Kevin Carhart Not Punk is the second the third song, is a power Rhythmic Sushi, ful ballad that reaches a D ’Jango, Evil Farmer, strong crescendo during Middle Earth, The Fuzz its chorus. The song is and Soil The Graceful built around Ferguson’s Punks’ tapes and records bassline and Mark’s lead are available at Momin- Musical Royalty guitar. glory Records in I.V. The final song is Marie’s —Curtis Kaiser Bandit Queen She writes songs about sexual abuse by her father you bandage up your Bandit Queen Hormone Hotel bouth American painter (“Hell Is for Children,” chest/So there really is a Playtime Records UK Frida Kahlo, and idolizes anyone?). As the song middle sex/Doesn’t every herself as one of Frida’s builds to its pulverizing one love a cross-dressed If Pat Benatar had been subjects. She unites songs climax, Tracy sings with gigolo?” bom, say, 10 years later, about low self-esteem and out argument, “Don’t ask Tracy pokes fun at her grown up in the U.K., and understands it all too well. me why she’s got a soul own loves truck giddiness been exposed to the “alter She borrows the intro to two inches high.” in “Big Sugar Emotional native” pop music scene, Radiohead’s “Creep” for The P.J. Harvey- Thing” and at her hor she might have produced Bandit Queen’s “Nailbi- inflected “Scorch” finds monal imbalances on “Oe something similar to Ban ter,” and belts out lyrics Tracy fantasizing about a strogen,” with lyrics like dit Queen’s music. Your like “Nailbiter/boredom lover, although the gen “Don’t talk the wrong early Pat Benatar and your fighter/self-despiter/ ders are blurred and it’s way/Better watch what current Bandit Queen You’re eating yourself not clear whether the lover you say/Don’t you know both share a kind of gla away.” Instead of wallow is male or female. “Scorch my hormones are the morous punk edge. The ing in hopelessness like me,” Tracy begs re law?” She gently but un only difference nowadays Radiohead does, Tracy peatedly, and then chas flinchingly scourges her is that Pat Benatar’s was sounds supremely pissed tises her male/female personal closet on the prefabricated. off at herself and eveiyone lover, “You let that creep wistful “Overture for Be Bandit Queen’s Tracy else who chooses to do so. put his hand on your arse.” ginners,” singing, “I grind Godding does what she Bandit Queen is at its There’s more excellent my teeth to chalk/Don’t dark side. domestically and Bandit does for veiy personal rea most potent when Tracy pop and gender switching you know I’m viciously Bandit Queen probably Queen is signed to some sons. There’s a little bit of channels her menacing with “Miss Dandys,” in ambitious?” She even wal won’t be an overnight sen major American label, just P.J. Harvey in her voice guitar lines and sleekly which Tracy tells of an lows in warm sexuality on sation, but it’s got enough you wait and see if KJEE and guitar style, and a si muscled pop into power early friendship with an the title track (“When you sharp-edged stamina and doesn’t start playing its milar lyrical introspection. ful rockers like “Give It to older (or perhaps just need someone to ring that that magic pop ingredient song. (It’ll probably be But P.J. Harvey role-plays the Dog” and “Scorch.” more experienced) girl bell/There’s always room to promise big things. “Scorch.”) Wouldn’t it be other people’s dreams and The former’s lyrics seem to who would put on men’s for you at the Hormone Three to four months nightma'es — Tracy God nice to say that you heard be pointing at a girl who clothing andescorther ab Hotel”), but no song on down the line, when Hor them first? ding role-plays her own. has spent her life denying out town. “I’ve watched this album is without its mone Hotel is released ____ —Miz E. Surreal Animation comes to Isla Vista Theater tomorrow night. At 7 p.m., The Cameraman's Revenge, and shorts by the Brothers Quay, including the His Name is Alive video, "Are We Still Married?" At 8:15 p.m., Faustl Check it out.... 6A Thursday, April 27,1995 Daily Nexus Once again, it's the ^ Elastica: Survey Says... K(SB TCP THIRTY elastica elastica DGC 1. C om m on S e n s e 2. (sleeper) For the past few months 3 . K M FR M my ears have been filled 4. Mebb Beep with heavenly bliss. No longer do I frequent record 5. Funkdeebiest stores in search of a music 9. Team Breseh staple I can listen to over 7. Cherries and over again. Now, S. Alkahelies rather than flipping 9. Sinister Six through the dozens of 1C. 12th Bye nameless bands on the re 11. C lou d s cord shelves looking for 12. Ben Lee something good, I have found myself on a mission 13. deveel to collect every article, 1 4 . C ub CD, single, record, tape 15. P e t e R e e k a n d CL. S m e e th and anything else put out 1C. A ll by elastica. 17. T e e tu s To say that I am ob IS. Ahmad/Rass Rass/Saafir sessed with this band does 19. Raekuxn not do justice to my true feelings for their music. As 2C. Leftfield I sat down to write a re 21. Knapsack view for the UCSB com 22. Tsunami munity, I found myself 2 3 . C au n t thinking, “Gosh, how the 24. New cfersey Brice sndtrk heck am I going to write an Next, specific songs that “Line-up” would be utilizes many facets of 25. Kittywinder honest review for my fel were presented to the re the kind of song one sound quality, did not re 2C. Freaky Chakra low students about my viewers, who were to write should pull weeds to. ceive the kind of attention 2 7 . T r ic k y heroes elastica?” down what sort of activi The biggest controversy I thought my random re In order to get a variety ties they felt the songs between the random stu viewers would give it. 2 3 . B lin k of opinions about the al would correspond to. dents was over the song Buma Shartuks was the 2 9 . P e e le bum, I presented a ques Everyone liked “Line-up,” “Stutter.” When lead sin only one who said 3C. Notorious BJ.C. tionnaire to a selection of which takes a clever stab at ger Justine Frischmann’s “S.O.F.T.” was her favo random people, whose groupies: “drivelhead mom first heard "Stutter,” rite song, adding that it bass is.” Of course, per wouldn’t, but he claims names have been altered loves all the bands, knows Justine apparently had to was the kind of song one sonally I agreed with Leery Pearl Jam as his favorite, so to protect their innocence. them like the back of her skulk out of the house be should eat nachos to. Bo on this point, but I don’t what does he know. The first question posed hand.” cause the lyrics are some hee thought the track was think I would have used Elastica is godhead, and to my troupe of reviewers The highlight of the what explicit. Bohee "good for parties where the word “kickin’.” they have already arrived was about their initial im track is tire invigorating wrote, “‘Stutter’ rocks and people don’t really know The final question was on U.S. shores and shelves pressions of elastica’s full- heaving sounds Justin hints at what’s to come each other.” whether the reviewers be (even the mainstream length debut Among the Welch makes during the from elastica.” However, Leery summed up his fa lieved elastica would con stores). This is not the sort adjectives used to describe song’s intro. Tom Bohee Toonz Leery thought the vorite part of the album, quer the American music of album that should sit at it were pleasantly raw, described the song as vocal quality from Justine writing, “Besides the ex charts — two out of three the record store, collecting metallic, British, clubby “cutely ’70s, naive like sucked. cellent sound quality, I believed they would. Only dust, so please don’t let it. and groovin’. early Police” and wrote My favorite song, which liked how kickin’ their Leery thought they —S. Liam Jhelo
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The Multicultural Center Presents
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Directed by Jon Moritsugu, Term inal USA (54 min., 1993) is a highly charged story of a Japanese American family rocketing headlong into the abyss, soap-opera style. Moritsugu is an independent, punk filmmaker who has directed numerous films including DerHvis, H ip p y P o m , and Mod Fuck Explosion.lo s io n . D iscussion w ithfilm m aker, Jon M oritsugu, follow ing the screening! ROBERT Tonight!, April 27 • 8pm • Free THOMAS at the Multicultural Center Theater ’’Ä s ® 0 ** student i.d BAND Oriki $2 cover w/beastie boys ticket stub $1 well cocktails & domestic beer Drink Theater until midnight A lively performance highlighting a shared groove to the vibe of d] Night experience of Africa through a unique combination greg jarvis & various guest djs of dance, drama, music, poetry, song, chants, folk stories, and the drum. Friday, April 28 8pm • Free at the Multicultural Center Theater yuir 0 ""ïE y f l | | V £ b— r . w w d u b For more inform ation call the M ulticultural Center at ty$4!All. djs greg jarvis & ron millar • $2 cover between 9 & 10pm Pistol-Packin’ Peanuts Nexus Classifieds Work. Call us M-F 8-5:893-3829. 8A Thursday, April 27,1995 Daily Nexus
as easy to laugh at debili need an infinite number of tating alcoholism and bit monkeys tapping away on ter family arguments. The an infinite number of key truth of the matter is that boards to come up with a Small Minds, Smalley Movie many Americans are so better screenplay—a half- mired in their self-pity and dozen of each would cover self-loathing that they turn it. This is the movie’s truly nbelievable, isn’t entirely believable is how get out of the sinking SNL while serving as executive to one (or more) of Stuart’s inspiring message: The it? thin the premise becomes ship. producer for the fabulous many 12-step programs for idiots in Hollywood will U when stretched that far. Speaking of which, Kids in the Hall, think help, accepting the “dis make a film from almost A reasonable Although not at all you’ve got to figure that again. ease” from which they are anything, even this, so you human being just wouldn’t good, this is a truly land this is the end of Lome Mi Stuart also proves that perpetually recovering but might as well write a few come up with the idea. mark film for several rea chaels’ filmmaking career. you just can’t make a of which they are never scripts of your own. Seriously, a feature film sons. First, it effectively The SNL producer has funny movie about truly cured. And that’s sad. If you’re still thinking of based on Stuart Smalley, sounds the death knell for now brought to life five one of the lamest and most SNL, which has been ra movies based on the tedious of recurring char pidly declining in both rat show’s characters in the acters ever created by the ings and quality in recent last three years, and they once-proud Saturday years. When even A1 haven’i exactly been rak Night Live TV show? Franken — one of the ing in the cash. Although C’mon, it would never show’s original writers — Wayne’s World (1992) happen! cashes in on a quickie was a big hit, its 1994 se But alas, it has, and the flick, you know the end is quel was a flop, as was the result is the new movie near. Franken has proven 1993 megabomb, The Stuart Saves His Family, over the years that he has a Coneheads. Last year’s playing — at least for the keen sense of humor, so he It’s Patl was so lightly re moment — on big screens must know better than garded that it was never re across America. Again, it’s anyone how unfunny the leased to theaters, and absolutely unbelievable Stuart Smalley routine is. now Stuart is being left by that anyone would take a That he would now bring the studio with practically TV comedy skit as lacking Stuart to the big screen is zero advertising dollars. in substance as “Daily Af the clearest indication yet For anyone who thought firmations With Stuart of the desperation of all of that Michaels had found Smalley” and stretch it out those now clamoring to the cutting edge again nearly two hours. What is FIGHT NIGHT IV FKM ï ; A P R I L 2 8 Robertson Gym 7:00 p.m. 4th Annual Am ateur Isla Vista ; dysfunctional families. Finally, this movie is the seeing this film (as if the Sure, you can make stupid ultimate beacon of hope thought had crossed your B o x in g jokes about how much for would-be screenplay mind), here’s the deal: If Dad drinks, about what a writers. The acting perfor you’ve watched even one Tournam ent doormat Mom is and ab mances in Stuart Saves SNL “Daily Affirmations” piece, you’ve already seen ^ 4 General Admission $5.00 out the loser brother who His Family are actually still lives at home, smok fine — although Franken it all. If you’ve never had Ringside $&.00 ing pot all day. But the fact embarrasses himself by be the pleasure, then there’s no reason to start now. Sponsored by. is that these people’s lives ing in this dud at all, he do, in feet, suck. It’s easy does well in his first major Either way, you won’t like t lì . ■ Bryant & Sons, Ltd. to laugh at someone’s mis film role. This movie is gar this movie. California'« Premiar lawalara fortune when they do a bage because the script is And that’s ... OK. slapstick pratfall. It’s not garbage. You wouldn’t —Scott McPherson Kapatirang Pilipino presents... FAX our 4th Annua| Pilipino Cultural Night )) “ M g a tnton g yam an t t t o us, TreasuredI Words April 2 9, 1995 baby 4 o’clock p.m. in Campbell Hall Yeah, FAX us your classified a celebration of cultural dances, advertisement. music, song, and skits We’re ready.
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