., Stick to movies, Adam CINDY GREENBERG "penis" are used over 70 times. time when he was young and his songs, contributing writer Perhaps the one bright spot in Stan characters and sketches were more witty. and Judy's Kid is Unfortunately, "The Chanukah Song" , with his low-brow "The Chanukah serves as a sad reminder that Sandler humor, will never bear Song Part 2", has become comfortable with his fame, likeness to the social which is a and this shows on the rest of the album. commentary style recording of a One would think that with Sandler' s Everything of, say, George Car- ii ve perform- advancement in age and themes in his lin. In fact, his humor, ance. In the film career, he would produce an album especially in his new second round with humor that offers more social com- but their release, Stan and Judy's of "The mentary and allows him to grow with Kid, bears more resem- Chanukah his audience. Stan and Judy's Kid, how- blance to a pubescent Song," San- ever, boasts none of this. The album in best work male. d 1 e r its crass entirety, is not funny; it is out- DJORDJE NIKOLIC The album opener, a researches a right childish. It seems as though'Adam s tajf writer five-minute dialogue new list of Sandler, in his mid-thirties, will never about a father advising JewishHol- be an established humorist. His new his young son as to prop- 1 y wood release's title says it all: Adam Sandler er care of his newborn personali- is and will forever be, Stan and Judy's baby sister, sets the tone ties and kid. -the tone of a jabbering words child who needs to grow t h a t up, and fast. The album's rhyme only resounding theme is with the immature penis joke; the album offers a recurring sketch about a guy who is about to have sex with a girl, but blows it every time, "Chanukah." because he creates stupid names Lyrics such as " for his penis. Additionally, San- is Jewish/ is half, too/Put dler includes a song about a man who them both together I what a funky, bad- kills his girlfriend with his 7'1" penis. ass Jew," reminds the audience of San- Altogether, expletives for the word dler' s career on , a FILE PHOTO D e s t i n a t i o n-: Very few comebacks of the '90s have 1979 been as rewarding and surprising as that HENRY RIEKENA All of the songs on The Time Machine title track is rich and trance-influenced. of Everything But the Girl. Just when contributing writer deal with time travel, with some intrigu- "Rubber Universe" gives the album a everyone thought that they were defi- If you had a.time machine, what ing narration on the concept of time badly needed change of pace with some nitely through, an energetic remix of would it sound given by Pro- funky basslines and guitar work. On their soulful tune "Missing" put them like? The Back to fessor Frank too many of the other tracks, though, back in the spotlight and breathed a new the Future sound- . Close on "Tem- instrumentation takes a backseat, often life in lo the band that seemed to have track? Some sha- poralia." While acting simply as an ambient backdrop lost direction. The amazing album Walk- gadelic Austin the theme gives to the typically less-than extraordinary ing Wounded followed, and Everything Powers -sty 1e the album a cer- vocals. But the Girl was definitely a band of the funk, perhaps? tain flow and Still, The Time Mac/1i11e does have its moment. Though not near- coherency, it high points, and should not disappoint That is exactly why it seems almost 1y as groovy as also seems to be any long-time Parsons fans. The album impossible that their ninth studio album that other A.P., somewhat of a has an overall style similar to Division Tempemme11tal can be so disappointing. Alan Parsons hindrance to Bell-era Pink Floyd, though never achiev- First of all, the album is erroneously titled gives us his own the individual ing that level of great musicianship, - it is everything but temperamental and answer with his songs, as the and allows modern influences to seep one cannot escape the static vibe of run- latestprogressive lyrics often through without overpowering its pure ning in circles that it emanates. It is an rock effort, The come across as rock soul. While not typical college stu- immensely statuesque album, colossal- Time Machine. forced ormean- dent fare, the album makes good pre- ly aloof and quite frequently just dull. Though the "Pro- ingless. The bedtimc listening, and is worth a Ii ten Some songs (hke the seven-minute "Com- ject" part of the album shines for prog-rockers of all ages. pression") are so irritating that it is vir- band's name was mo t brightly, ·lually impossible to listen to lhem in dropped in the in fact, on the Alan Parsons their entirety. mid-80's, many instrumental The Time Machine Every once in a while the album does of Parsons' long- tracks "The Miramar offer solid bi ls and pieces, but without time associates Time Machine the wit and invention that marked Walk- FILE PHOTO ｪ ｯ ｵ ｲ ｮ ･ Ｈ ＿ Ｂ ｾ Ｌ still work with (I & II)" and A slow ing Wou11ded, Temperame11tnl ends up h"m and his Looks like A/an Parsons hasn't shaved since his last "Rubber Uni- back to the merely competent drum'n'bass back- 1 8 \ album came out. Nice Rolex, though, h days of '1 duties on this verse," w en the ground music. Can it be that EBTG has progressive \._ ,. J effort are confined mainly to produc- artists arc allowed to w6rk without hav- ｾ Ｍ Ｍ ﾷ Ｍ Ｍ Ａ Ｏ lost direction one more time, or is this tion. ing to relate to the thematic lyrics. The rock. just a mere slip? The next album should tell. 16 october 22, 1999 arcade