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HOW TO TELL W HICHKTS KEVIN COSTNER FILM YO L® 4® No, silly, it’s not “Bull Durham” and it’s not “Reid of Dreams.” It’s an entirely different A D F \ A / A TO H I N G Kevin Costner flick where he stars this time as, uh, an athlete whose heart is melted by, uh, a beautiful chick. Confused? We here at Artsweek composed a handy flowchart [by j e n n e r a u b ] to guide you through the wacky world of Costner films. «start here RAST Does it take place in the past, present or future? love with a hot chick who melts his rugged manheart? YES > You are watching “Dances with Wolves“

_Yg§, Build ships? Who falls in love with a hot chick who _ye£_ You are watching “Message in a FUTURE melts his rugged manheart? Bottle” PRESENT NO YES. Does he golf? And falls in love with a hot chick who YES You are watching T in Cup” melts his rugged manheart? NO Does Costner play a baseball Does Costner crusade for good JJfL Does he want to? y e s . But he has to protect his farm from the YES You are watching ‘ Field of Dreams” player? in a land of evil? evils of the outside world instead?

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undated with the particular sound o f pop It must be hard for the remaining Tyler and Run DMC collaborations? punk, the answer can only be a weary no. Sublime members to try to get success Granted, indie rock has enough preten­ But don’t let my personal attitude under a new name after front man Brad sion to give any one of those a run for toward this sound and scene get in the Nowell overdosed on heroin, but with a their money (only because indie rock is so way - FEN IXtx’s self-tided album is a new set of so-called Allstars joining real and raw, man), but where indie rock well-produced array o f short and sweet them, you would think that the group is missing out, the players o f the main­ punk. In the way that good production would have changed a little. stream are sadly taking the reins. Little has changed in the sounds of indie rock in the last decade - there’s the same sort-of-punk, sort-of-rock, sort-of- depressing, sprt-of-intelligent sound mixed with the sort-of-hipster, sort-of- nerd aesthetic. Love as Laughter (com­ prised of former members of seminal indie rock band Lync) sticks to the same sort-of-winning formula, churning out T il The M edicine Takes more lovely indie ditties for the kids with (Capricorn) grunge still a-buming in their hearts. It’s not bad music, and two years ago I • I’ve never taken acid before, but after would have given Love as Laughter a lot staring at the cover ofWidespread Panic’s more credit. But it’s time for someone to seventh album, I swear I had a flashback. take the reins o f indie rock and lead it in a Toting hippies and holograms alike, the new direction, preferably one that faces Georgia-native band’s 'Til The Medicine (harmonies, hard, fight drumming, quick the audience and puts on a helluva show. Takes boasts a cover with the look of a guitar solos) has launched Blink-182 into Now, I’m not here to rip down LBD A , It’s time for some fireworks, midgets and Pink Floyd and Grateful Dead marriage. the eye o f mainstream pop, FEN IXtx because I enjoyed the CD. It has a mix of leather, if not just some sex, drugs and Oh, yeah, and there’s music inside too. employs the same strategy only for their reggae, rock and hip hop, but why not cock rock ‘n’ roll. How could I forget? Well, probably own good. T h e days o f political rants are just call yourselves Sublime Part II? R ight because the flashiest part of the Southern certainly long gone; why not sing a whole B ack includes the song “Trailer Ras,” the — Jenne Raub band’s new project is the cover. But there song about surfing instead? The youth of one that can probably be heard all the is redemption. W ith a handful of blues- today might be apathetic, but who really time on K JEE. So, if you’re a Sublime fan, based rhythms that resemble early Floyd cares? It’s all about pom stars, forties and buy the CD. If you’re looking for a new jazz numbers, chillable grooves and a white boys! type o f music other than Sublime, stay track called “Party at Your Mama’s And don’t worry about buying this away. House,” the 15-year-old band got me to album yet. I guarantee that FEN IXtx will crack a smile (without crack). be playing at a fiat party any day now. — Matt “I’m the Boss” Hurst Despite having an elaborate and pol­ (Actually, they are playing Sept. 26 right ished sound, three realities inhibit me hereatUCSB.) from ever paying money for this album: 1) I have no desire to do add; 2) I would — Jenne Raub thinks Dan Villian have to do a considerable amount o f add should stop by the Nexus office to understand what the hell the lead soon and pick up any future pop vocalist is actually screaming about; and punk CDs 3) I lost three hours of my day staring at the cover... I swear it was melting! Long Beach Dub Allstars — Ted Andersen wants to know R ig h t B ack C J M ac what kind of instrument an Acid (Dreamworks) Platinum Game Loop is. (Hoo Bangin’) Thought Sublime was a lost band? Thought that the only Sublime albums C J M ac’s new album Platinum Game F E N IX tx that came out now were re-releases with may be one o f the worst rap albums I have F E N IX tx lost songs, remixes and live concerts? ever heard. This L.A. gangsta has it all: (MCA) Wrong. Love as Laughter wack rhymes, wack beats, wack choruses The Long Beach Dub Allstars — with Destination 2000 and wack subjects. T he review could end With the first listen to FENIXtx, a former Sublime! drummer Bud Gaugh (S ub P o p ) right here, but let’s delve into some o f the particular question comes to mind: Does and bassist Eric W ilson — have released particulars. the world really need another pop punk a debut C D , Right Back, that is just like a As we near the year 2 0 0 0 ,1 have just M ac kicks things o ff with a vivid (you band? To the folks at M CA , and all you Sublime album under a new name. It’s one question out there for all you lazy can just see him in the studio thinking crazy kids out there digging the fight like when Stephen King wrote under the indie wanksters — where’s the cock in my this up) warning to die rap world, and power chords of fellow pop punksters name Richard Bachman, trying to find cock rock? Fireworks, leather and mod­ LA . in particular: LA. ... hehe ... y’all Blink-182 and Buck-O-N ine, the answer success under another name with the els! Sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll! Is all we’re sure been bullshittin’ out here since I been is yes*.To those o f us already a bit overin-,. ^sppe.type p f ideas.' left with manufactured Kid Rock, Steven gone ... hehe ... KAPLOW! KAPLOM aily Nexus Thursday, September 23,1999 5C ____ PICK OF THE WEE

According to press information, they have an unconfirmed show at N YM this October, but, with its closing, I can only hope they find somewhere else while they’re passing through. In fact, I personally invite the O h, let me first share band to perform in my backyard if they can’t find any­ with you the great disap­ where else to play. pointment I suffered last ICU (pronounced “eeku”) consists of three members fall when I was unable to (Aaron Hartman, Michiko Swiggs and K.O.) who ICU with Miranda July see IC U per­ make lovely, earthy electrónica using guitars, two Girls On Dates form at the turntables, an analog keyboard and a theremin. While now-obso- (K) their previous album, Chotto Matte A Moment, cap­ leteN Y M tured only this sound, their collaboration with perfor­ downtown. mance/spoken-word artist Miranda July adds weird­ For, while I ness to weird beauty. I can’t say that this album will be loved their last album, I played with great frequency, but it’s indeed worth a lis­ had heard that live IC U ten if your cooler, more avant-garde neighbors pop it in puts on an amazing show. the C D player during cocktail hour. Alas, Girls On Hopefully, with the release D ates has only four songs, but in a world o f music o f their latest album with where people get paid and laid singing songs about Miranda July, Girls on large clothing corporations, it feels good to support the D ates, IC U will be back to others out there doing it in the name of art and music. perform again soon in the Santa Barbara area. — Jenne Raub

KAPLOW! He goes on to rap: Lesson one/ b e... bad) and you have (obligatory refer­ track with an out-of-place R&B hook. done, however, and what ...estu ary lacks don't fuck with Mac /lesson two /don ’t fuck ence to album title). Alone. In the dark. Overall, there is just too much ignorance in original content it makes up for in its with M ac/so don’tfuck with Mac! The album’s choice track, “Bom Just and repetition to excuse it as not being beats and rhyme styles. On “Gangsta Bitch” Mac yearns for to be Blue,” offers up a wonderful exam­ able to appreciate the style. W hile not a landmark hip hop album, the love o f a “ho” he can go out and do ple of the bar ballad, an excellent choice There are a few high points, however. The Highlife Movement has created a things with, like “ money violence sex mur­ for all of you out there lusting after an The single, “Quiet Storm,” is classic quality listening experience with ...estu ­ der.” Wouldn’t murder fall into the cate­ exercise in country-fied catharsis. The hardcore production from Havoc with ary . Big-budget, overrated producers gory of violence? Well, never mind that; rest of the album, one supposes, must be hard-hitting lyrics from Prodigy. The with songs frill o f rappers giving them CJ Mac wants a bitch who can do all that what bands across the dark, rolling fields same goes for “Allustrious” and “The props, take note: This underground col­ stuff. There is an interlude where Mac o f our republic provide every night to Realest,” which features a nice verse from lective is upping the ante. disses Dr. Dre for blowing up, but three young, rural, hormone-soaked audiences Kool G. Rap. songs later M ac dedicates a whole song to unlucky enough to have grown up with­ For all you Santa Barbara kids using — Trey Clark is sick of Pete Rock the high crime o f playa hating. Finally, out access to cable television’s “Loveline.” words like “dunn” and “kiko” in your reg­ and DJ Honda there are the many titles Mac has Alone. In the dark. ular vocabulary, Murda Muzik is definite­ assumed. H e runs down part o f the list on So, kids, rev up your beery melancholy ly for you. Don’t let anyone tell you that “King of LA”: I'm a jacker slash rapper and head off to the record store! Wallow you look and sound silly, because soon slash actor slash banger with a knock! “Thett another night away in eritotiona! you will graduate afld move to New York, doesn’t even mention how he is the King masochism! In the dark. Alone, if you’d where this kind of lingo is standard. Go of L.A., or the titles of the consecutive like. Before it’s too late. ahead and “Cop that!” as the M obb Deep songs: “Hate,” “Ends,” “Gangsta” and ads read. “Playa.” - 1 Marc Valles. Alone. In the dark You would think that M ac would at — Trey Clark least separate these songs so that they don’t read funny all bunched together. Well, you would be thinking wrong. M ac is so hardcore that he doesn’t worry about that kind o f stuff. Reflecting back on Platinum Game, I now realize that the album isn’t bad; it’s the marketing that sucks. Put this in the comedy section, or make a new category LFO called “fantasy” and put it there. That’s LFO about the only way this album will go platinum. (Arista)

If you like that “Abercrombie and — Trey Clark will be dissing wack Fitch” song, stop right here. Close rappers all year... so you freshmen Artsweek and never pick it up for the rest better get used to it! Mobb Deep The Highlife Movement o f the year. You will not (I hope) like any­ Murda M uzik ...e s tu a r y thing else in here, or you will agree with oud (L ) (Massmen) us when we diss boy groups, fake-ass rap­ pers and mainstream sell-outs. This Everyone who has bought a Mobb Hmmm ... here’s another producer- group falls under all three. Deep album in the past knows what they in-the-spotlight album, complete with For your giggling pleasure, we quote to are getting into when they go to buy the several guest emcees to liven things up a you direct from their press release: next one. You’re looking right into the little. Five or six years ago this kind o f “ ‘I was always into rap,’ Brad says. heart of the thugged-out New York thing was almost unheard of, but now it is ‘People used to make fun o f me, you sound, full ofglocks, drugs and “the dunn a given for every successfid producer to know, a white kid in the suburbs. But I language.” So don’t be deceived by a song “go for self" and put out their own record. didn’t care.’ After briefly attending the title like “Spread Love” ... it’s simply a In a perfect world frill o f Prince Pauls and University of Texas at Dallas, Brad, the warning not to start beef with the Mobb, O .D .s this might not be a negative trend. youngest o f four sons in his family, moved because Your kids need you alive fo r your Unfortunately, the majority of these to Orlando to pursue singing and model­ guidance. albums are filled with throwaway rhymes ing. ... Yes, I know, this whole thug sound is from the guest emcee’s last record and “ ‘Both “Summer Girls” and “The Girl played out. But don’t playa hate, these lacks any sense of direction. The Highlife On T V ” are about particular people,’ two defined the style and helped move it Movement, which is composed of pro­ Rich says coyly, admitting that past rela­ The Souvenirs into the spotlight back when West Coast ducer D J ’D and a collective of Massmen tionships have inspired many of the tunes King o f Heartache G-rap was still' on top. It deserves a fan- talent, aims to buck the trend of medioc­ he pens__ (W i l l ) listen from an open mind. rity among their producer peers. “The ballad ‘Forever’ features Devin’s With that in mind, this album is still D J ’D does well not to force raps onto velvety-smooth lead vocals, as does ‘ Your Imagine serviceable background not very good. Terrible guest appearances all of his tracks, as many of them can Heart is Safe With Me,’ penned by music for a private session with Jim by Big Noyd, Chinky, Nas, Cormega, Lil’ stand alone and create their own mood. Grammy Award-winning songwriter Beam, or dancing on a plank floor, or Cease and Raekwon definitely put a The rappers who do appear hold their Diane Warren. ‘We’re working with the screwing in a highway phone booth, or damper on things. I have often wondered own for the most part, with exemplary best people,’ Rich gushes of LFO ’s debut speeding down said country highway. why Havoc never gets to rhyme on his verses from Abstract Rude, Aceyalone release. ‘Dianne Warren, for example, Alone. In the dark. own on a song, but after hearing the god­ and Ginseng Roo. The end result leans usually only writes for the best people.’ ” Mix any of those nouns and verbs awful “Let a Ho Be a Ho,” I know why. toward hip hop purity and advancement, Yeah, usually. Whatever, Rich, Brad (except the booze and the car; that would “Thug Muzik” mins a nice' Alchemist which id itself IS nothing hew. If is Well and Devin — you guys suck! 6C Thursday, September 23,1999 Daily Nexus M/fe adopt students. Everyone needs a, local church home., especially fyoutre w ilts froueyoiu home church. At El Coniine, you'llfind a diverse call this art? church/fondly enjoying QotL's blessings in weekly communion> fellow ship and enjoying, Bible -bused teaching. Come, visit! El Camino Presbyterian Church e unjrtjtiMn of the Orthodox, trubyterian Church Sunday Worship at 10:45 am and 6:00 pm Sunday School (all ages) at 9:30 am 7526 calle Real (W of Glen Annie), Goleta • B05-968-0113

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