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"Well, finally! I called 23 of the . c 55 stores at the mall young u~ j Ia dy .I" ~ I IOI ...... -...-.Irc _- .... - . J IL,, ______-' 10 E N T E R T A I N MEN T EDITOR: DOUG FERGUSON Music The Iron Men of Reunite

Black Sabbath Reunion : Vocals Tony lommi: Guitar Terry "Geezer" Butler: Bass : Drums Reunion is Black Sabbath's first new album in 20 years. Technically, Sabbath never really broke up. ------However, this def- inite ly IS a -Chris Reznak reunion. Heavy STAFF WRITER rock legend Ozzy Osbourne was booted out o f the band in the late 70's after ten plus years. He ' went o n to form a huge ly successful solo career in the company of the late great g uitar gian t Randy Rhodes, Jake E. Lee, and among others. Bill Ward soon exi ted after Osbourne. To put it mildly, the band was never the same. Black Sabbath was formed in the late 60's in the dank smoke s tack indus try town of England. The band re leased the ir first album Bluck Subburh in 1968 . The ir sound exhibited a dark and evil tonality and the ir lyrics dis­ c ussed the ugly aspects of the ir li ves in the dismal polluted town o f Birmingham. To make a lo ng s tory short, Black Sabbath is o ne of the few rock bands in the world to leave s uch a lasting impression on future Black Sabbath: (From left to right) , Ozzy Osbourne, Tony lommi, Bill Ward rock n ' roll bands to come. Bands to KEVIN WESTEN BERG I appear after Sabbath are directly or indirectly influenced by them . Case melodic breaks are enhanced by his guitar work. This is one of my per­ wherever he can, Psycho Man, dosed. lyrics "Your love for me has got to sonal favorites on the album. The Psycho Man he's a killer. .. Playing in What makes Reullion so special is be rea!." Again, lommi shows off his melody, rhythm , and guitar effects his twilight zone, he knows that he 's that it features the four original finger work in the solo section. a ll work very well with each other. the besl. " " Selling my Soul" has a membe rs on a s pecially record ed gig "" shows There appears to be some keyboard bl ues feel to it, but it 's sti II qui te in the ir hometown of Birmingham lommi's melodic approach to play­ effects happe ning in the g uitar solo heavy. There arc sections of the tunc England on December 5, 1997. They ing while Butler and Ward lay down which accentuate lummi's spacey where lommi shows off some of his '-- played through most of their classics a strong back beat. Ward especially to nes . " Into the Void" exhibits delicate to nes in the midst of the and added two newly recorded helps to push and pull the tune. lommi's blues feel in the beginning, loudness. " My mind feels heavy, my tracks. Osbourne says "Yeah, Fairies wear then the song develops a heavy loco­ body feels weak, suicidal thoughts Disc I opens with "." boots, yeah you gotla believe me." motive feel to it in the verse. crying out for some sleep. I can ' t The classic anti-war stomp kicks the "Electric Funeral" is one of the Disc 2 begins with " Sabbath hold on yes I ' m losing control, I'm show off to a very energetic and album's highlights. Ward 's heavy Bloody Sabbath." From the album of paying the price now for selling my angry start. Ozzy gets the crowd handed feel, Butler's sloshy bass the same name, it rocks hard with sou!. " stirred up with his efforts to get line, and lommi's sickeningly dis­ lommi's heavy riffs and Ward and I think it was a good idea for them to scream louder, "Let me see torted wah-wah guitar fuel the song. Butler's solid time. This tune needs Black Sabbath to come out with a your fucking hands!" The crowd pro­ The tune's middle section goes into no introduction. "Orchid/Lord of live album celebrating their reunion . ceeds to sing the verses with him as some heavily chugging guitar and this World" shows lommi's delicate It will likely please any dedicated Iommi and Ward rhythmically sup­ bass riffs while Ward shows off arpeggio work in the beginning, and Sabbath fan . Based upon the results port Ozzy's voice. "Behind the Wall some muscular drum fills. Then then goes into a stagnant feel with of this album, the original Black of Sleep" proves that lommi is defi­ lommi doubles the tonality of Ward's drums holding the beat Sabbath can still boot out all of their nitely one of the great riff-masters of Ozzy's voice. "For the people who down. Ward then keeps the pulse classics while showing that they can all time. The melody of this tune is smoke dope and the people who going through the next section of the write decent new material. To be dark and meaty toned. Again, Bill wanna try smoking dope, here's a tune by "lise of his cowbell ~ nd Ride honest, it took me a few listens to Ward beats the hell out this groove song for ya called ' . '" cymbal. The following songs get to the heart of these discs with his swing feel and rock heavy Ozzy trips out the crowd by singing " ," " Black because I'm more used to hearing beats. Ozzy joins in with Ward's through the higher octaves of his Sabbath," and " Paranoid" are all Ozzy's solo band play the songs snare drum to get the crowd going voice. " You introduced me to my very well known classics that need twice as fast. After a while I did find before Geezer Butler fills in with his mind . Straight people know not, no further explanation. the songs growing on me in a good bass solo. Butler shows that he's no what you're about. They put you "Psycho Man" is the first new way. Black Sabbath's First Union slouch on the bass guitar before he d o wn and shut you out. And soon the track. It's a lso the first single off o f Spectrum s how has been postponed kicks in the intro to " N .I.B ." This world will love you sweet leaL" the album. It ' s a very evil sounding until February 18 . Scheduled to open song le nds itself very well to head Geezer pulls o ff some funky bass tune with Osbourne singing, "He's for the band are The Defto nes a nd swinging as the band s lams o ut a fills o n, \his .tunc. "Sp' ir <\ I . Arc . h .ite ~ t ". tr ~ angel o f death, Psycho Man,. Pa,nter.a. It s ho uld be

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In the past year, (real name: NomlUn Cook) has become one of the bi ggest stars of the so-call ed "electro ni ca" genre. About a year ago ,- he had a hit single with the Who-sampling "." Las t summ er, "The Roc kafell er Skank," fro m the Amp 2 compilation was anoth· er hit. And currentl y, hi s remi x of the Beasti e Boys' "Body Mov in '" is gelling radi o airplay in stead of the reg ular ve rsion. On top of all thi s, he had time to release hi s second album -Joey Odorisio las t fall , entitled You' ve Come A Long Way, Baby. AssT. ENT. EDITOR By now, Fatboy Slim has a fairly well- defin ed style. It' s usually ca ll ed "bi g beat" ~ because, we ll , th e beats are big and loud . His other signature sound is th e <.:l ever use of vocal samples. Cook takes a simply, • catchy lyri c and uses it in the way a ~ ~ guitar riff would be used in a typical rock song. A phrqse is looped, " repeated, and twi sted through- out an entire song till it ~ i sti cks in your head. "The ~ ~ Roc kafell er Skank" is ...... th e best exampl e of this, with the " .. unfo rgett a bl e ~ 0"' X' 1 - n-~

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"Ri ght Here, Ri ght Now" (not the ~:V Jesus Jones so ng) opens You've Come A Long Way, Baby with a sweeping orchestra. ' The album overall is enj oyable but the singles are definitely the hi ghli ghts. I've already menti oned "The Roc kafell er Skank ," whi ch in my opinion was the best song of 1998. "" has boun cy horn s, crashing beats, and an overall hip-hop sound. The third sin­ gle, "," is slightly more stripped down by comparison. It 's built around a piano and a GetaRealtTob.com I nterview On-Line with the Companies of Your Choice. FREE Limited Time Opportunity to . Students ' ~ Get the REAL You On-Line Todayl www.getarealjob.com ApplY-tQ Our Partner Comj'lanies ave Checkpoint Systems Acc,,",-Sort System,s Affili~ted. Distributors. , " • I , I' .. I • . .

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The Widener University menfs basket­ Frank DeLuca with 21, Mike_ The Widener women's bas­ boards for the winners. Glancey also ball team is in playoff contention this year Sluchta with 13, Markiese Rick Evans ketball team is on the winning added 4 assists. posting a 9-9 record overall and a 4-4 Merceir with 12 and Chris SPORTS EDITOR path. With one more win this record in the MAC Commonwealth, Hightower. season the lady Pioneers will Widener 66 Albright 57 including a I-point loss to Nationally have a winning record for the Gawason was the leading scorer by Ranked Lebanon Valley at home. Widener 76 Messiah 64 first time since the 1984-85 season. In netting 14 points. Joachim and Rooney Chaz Williamson led the Pioneers with their last five games the lady Pioneers both had 12 points while Glancey added Lebanon Valley 68 Widener 67 25 points while Sluchta, Merceir, and have gone 3-2. The lady Pioneers have a lOin the winning cause. Gawason had 15 With large crowd on their feet, the DeLuca added 19, 12, and 10 respectful­ overall record of 11-6 and are 5-3 in the rebounds while Rooney had 3 steals, both Pioneers final attempt to win with sec­ Iy. Merceir also had 13 rebounds a team MAC Commonwealth League. onds left feel short. Four Pioneers were in high while Hightower had the lone steal double-digits for the game, they included for the Pioneers. Muhlenberg 65 Widener 59 In the losing cause Kim Rooney led Widener 61 Juniata the team with 21 points before fouling out 53 of the game. Joyce Johnson added 14 and 0 . 1. Johnson was the Lauren Potchak had II to round out the leading scorer with 16 top scorers. Corinne Gawason grabbed 15 points in the Pioneers boards and Rooney had 3 steals to round winning cause. DeLuca out the lady Pioneers highlights. and Williamson both had 10 points to add to Widener 82 Lebanon Valley 62 the winning cause. The lady Pioneers bounced back to Sluchta had 9 boards defeat their MAC Commonwealth oppo­ while Williamson had nent. Gawason led all scorers with 22 the only 2 steals for the points and grabbed a team high 12· boards Pioneers. while Rooney poured in 21 . Liz Glancey had 6 assists in the winning cause. Albright 79 Widener 66 Messiah 74 Widener 51 Sluchta was the only Johnson was the on ly lady Pioneer that Pioneer that had double­ scored in double-digits by having 10 digit points having 18 . points. Potchak had 3 steals while Merceir had 9 boards Gawason had II boards, both of which while the team com­ led the team . bined for 6 blocks and 4 steals in the losing Widener 80 Juniata 65 cause. Rooney netted 25 points while Gawason had 15 points to lead the lady Pioneers. Rooney and Glancey both had 3 steals while Mandy Joachim had 12 of which led the team. SWIM TEAMS READY TO GO THE DISTANCE

It has been a long while since both the Men's and Women's swim teams faced competition. Their last meet was in December against division rival Lycoming College. After a restful two weeks, the teams traveled to West Palm Beach Florida for a week of dual practice,. long distance training. All the hard work seems to have paid off as the Women's teams have won two out of their last three and the Men are still undefeated in the Middle Atlantic Conference. With four meets to go and championships coming up quick, the _ teams try to get in few more yards as they prepare to taper their yardage under the direction of Head Coach Bob Piotti and Assistant Coaches Eva Bandura Doug 'Fergueson and David Black. ENT. EDITOR Both teams have had three meets in the last two weeks against new conference addition Fairleigh Dickinson University, King's College and the University of Scranton. Since the Fairligh Dickinson team consisted of five wOm"en and open man, the Widener swim teams returned to basics working their stroke . techniques and turns. One week later, the teams faced King's college as they returned to their marathon meet schedule. The women's team showed off their strength winning the meet in a landslide victory 106-55. Bringing it home in a big way ~ere Margaret Gwynn in the 1000 yard freestyle (12:51.42) and Co. Captain Penny Lucky winning the 100 yard freestyle with a time of I :02.77. Also helping the cause were wins for Allison Brazill in the 50 yard freestyle (28.03) and Kristi Wilson in the 200 I.M. with a time of 2:31.85. The Men's team also had a big meet against the King's monarchs, winning the meet 93-37. Coming up strong was Rick Evans winning the 1000 yard freestyle (12:09.25) and Matt Hoke winning the 200 I.M . with a time of 2: 17.32. Allison in the 1000 yard freestyle was Sean Flynn, coming in second for his first the swimming the event this year. Nick Maroni, coming off his first productive Florida training trip finished a close third in the 100 yard freestyle (55.41). Last Saturday the teams traveled to the University of Scranton to swim some fast times in a former championship pool. While the men would go onto win their meet 105- 47, the Women would take a loss at the hands -of their opponents with the scoreboard reading 105-57. Theresa Coughlin finished fourth in the 50 yard freestyle with a time of 28 .68 and returning swimmer Karyn Sweeney turned some heads as she placed fourth in the 100 yard breastroke with a time of I :22 .30 Finally, the freestyle relay team of Melinda Stout, Sweeney, Liz Evanitsky and Coughlin would go onto second place in that race with a time of I :54.13 . For the Men, fast times were expected from the good aquatic facility at Scranton. Well, the coaches wanted them and fast times is exactly what they got. Adam Diekow won the 1000 yard freesty le ( 10:50.97) and the 500 yard freesty le. Tim Fitzgerald won the 200 yard I.M. with time of 2:08.89 and his partner in crime, Mark Perri won the 100 yard butterfly with a tie of 57.37. Returning to competition, Jason Mitchell placed third in the 100 yard backstroke (I :06.52) and J illl Virnelson qual i fied for cham­ pionships in his 100 yard breastroke with a third place time of I: 13 .14. The 200 yard freestyle relay team of Dan~~ Boyer, Matt Hoke, Perri and Mike Coughlin won the event with a time of 1:37.49. Wednesday Night the Men's team faced its biggest competition of the season from Albright College. Although no states are available, the Men won their meet 123-85 with several big races completing the evening. Starting things ofT was the medley relay team of Jason Mitchell, Matt Hoke, Tim Paul and Dan Boyer finished hard placed a close second to the other team from Widener featuring Ash Brandon, Tim Fitzgerald, Mark Perri and Coughlin. Adam Diekow won the 1000 yard freestyle, Doug Ferguson won the 500 yard freestyle and Shamus - Keeler finished a strong second in the 1000 yard freestyle . Next the team travels to Leb~non Valley College on Saturday, followed by Elizabethtown and Susquehanna next week. If all goes well, the Men will be on their way '·