PAGE 10 / THE RETRIEVER OCTOBER 24, 1989 Too much schlock, Pogues blow lid off the pub not enough shock (from ALTERNATIVE, page 8) is that the Red Hot Chili Peppers have arrived on MTV as #1 on the (from HALLOWEEN, page 7) Alternative Music Countdown for streets of New York. The only the past three weeks. And rightly problem was he didn't get there What can be done to improve so. Man! God damn! these pictures? Well, let me take a until the last 20 minutes of the film. stab at it. The best way to make Maybe they should turn Jason, THE POGUES. "Peace And Love" them better is to learn by example. Freddy, and Mikey loose on each (Island) Aliens was much better than Alien other. It would be infinitely more This eight piece Irish band blow —more thrills and more chills. interesting seeing a psychopathic up the traditional pub music atmos- While not a horror film, Lethal winner-takes-all grudge match than phere that they create. Then they Weapon.2 was a much more watching another lame murder- reconstruct it as rocking, rollicking, successful film than its predecessor spree. Who would win? grab-your-partner-by-the-hand, because it delivered more action Perhaps we could send the captivating, intelligent, polka-tale and more humor. So, the first way slashers after the Brat Pack. I can woven, unrestrained musical to improve a horror sequel is to give see it now: Freddy Krueger takes adventures. it more: more shocks, more on Rob Lowe! Why not? They both Vocalist and tin whistler Spider suspense, more drama. like going after teenage girls. Stacy feels that this fourth record The second way to improve All right, maybe I'm getting a is "a bit more of a grower. Having horror films is to inject some humor little off the subject, but I think been together for so long has given into the genre. The Nightmare on those ideas are a lot more us much greater confidence, and we Elm Street movies weren't a big interesting than Friday the 13th seem to have taken the brakes off success until they started letting Part IX: Jason Takes Six More Of as regards the creative process. Freddy Krueger spout one-liners Your Hard-earned Bucks. We're very broad-minded, and and set up clever dream sequences. The horror fans deserve much we're willing to include almost In Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason more scream for their buck. Lets anything that makes sense. The Takes Manhattan, the producers hope Halloween 5 will show style of music isn't as important as thought it would be funny to move Hollywood that audiences demand the attitude behind the song." their hockey- masked slasher to the quality in all types of films. This LP is full of attitude, mostly harsh and bleak, and is lyrically set to jolly, swinging melodies and pure musical instrumentation. Strings, the Sugar Cubes: [from left] Thor, Bragi, Siggi [back], Einar, Bjork, and Magga. Magic Me inspires kids horns, accordion, banjo, traditional rock instruments, just about any- thing that fits finds its way into the one from the chill wind that rattles lay the scene for an REM- Guitarists Michael Carlucci and musical set-up. All of it works. The the windows or ringing around the influenced rural, though at times Bob Perry counterpoint each oth- to have responsiblity rosie at an ethnic wedding feast, this ("Streets covered in refuse") urban er's lines while weaving both tone (from MAGIC ME, page 9) album strolls between peaceful not just as a college student, but ballads and fist forward rock rants. band is sure to sooth the torture setting. and melody around the rhythm. students enough because he a person who has a personality "Cotton Fields" poses an urgency in one's soul. Lead vocalist/lyricist Joseph "Carpenters' Square" and "Just seriously believes that the "program unlike any other person she has met. in the "Crucify you!" chorus while Marques croons with a smooth Like Love" sport some fine bluesy could not grow if students were not Through this experience, she has "Lorelei" laments "For if I perish WINTER HOURS. "Winter passion, less gritty than Michael rockin' solos. Bob Messing's involved." The students are been able to distinguish that a on these rocks, my love no more Hours" (Chrysalis) Stipe's throaty voice. His rounded thumpy bass leads the way for the "encouraged to be creative and collegiate is a real person and 111 see. . . . But if my ship, which Winter Hours have been a staple John Doe/Morrisonesque tone picking, strumming, chink chunk- imaginative. Ideas will be tried and individual. sails tomorrow should crash against on the college/alternative scene for gives the songs an authoritative ing guitar patterns to interact. see how it works." And of course, Recently, Magic Me was these rocks. My sorrows I will quite a while now, releasing five quality as he addresses "environ- Drummer Dave Scheff lays down their biggest contribution is their awarded a grant $20,000 from the drown before I die. It's you 111 see, records on the independent Link mental/political things" and "very some thick torn work that at times interact with the kids. Lily Foundation to evaluate the not Lorelei." Label in the past six years. This is personal" subjects. gets almost tribal. The contrasting Without the program most of program. The research team con- The Pogues diversity and musi- their major debut and it paints a "Just Like Love" portrays poor rhythmic and melodic aspects of these kids would not have any sists of Bembry, de la Cuesta, and cianship is fully founded on these compelling portrait of the band. Sylvia who "wants a lover.. . needs Winter Hours create an intense involvement with either college Ken Maton from the psychology 14 tracks, giving the listener a large Producer Lenny Kaye focuses a lover." She philosophizes love: structural energy within the tunes students or senior citizens. The kids department. They are measuring helping to choose from. The rebel their sound. It is tight and clean. "This is just like love, no yesterday that give them their dynamic force, are required to keep a journal the impact their program has on the teen, the middle-aged Mom and ol' Especially so are the dual guitars and no tomorrow." The somewhat that special edge. expressing their feelings and kids in areas such as their self- ancient Grandma can each find and occasional cool pedal steel- ominous "Longest Century" sadly Winter Hours appears with thoughts. One girl in Blum's group esteem, grades, and attendance. something to fancy in this array of mixed in distinct stereo fidelity. The croons, "Outside there is a dar- Grapes of Wrath at Max's On wrote: "Ari does not wear socks." Magic Me is making the kids expert creativity. Whether gulping clearly audible subtle dynamic kness. . . . Outside stands between Broadway in Baltimore's Fell's Already, she has begun to see Ari socially responsible. ale in the hearth-fired pub shielding changes highlight the sound. They Point on October 26th.

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