Thursday, September 8, 1994 Daily News L' Nev 'Mr.MgMlIM.Mrl,,,MWM.M4MMM [ SOUND CHECK] ar S Young varies, Fury gets deep, ackson ga Lit those albums were very one dimension- mince words with songs such as "Every ed well with the majestically psy; al in their form, "Sleeps with Angels" Generation Got Its Own Disease." The lic "Daughters of the KAOS."11; I urr it proved to all that Luscious J proves to be the most diversified album SLAUGHTER lin group poignantly shows how we have Young has made in years. become an aesthetic society so hedo- was more than just a Beasties Not since "Freedom" has there nistic, that we have lost our humanity. off. They had a distinct style tha been such variety to choose from: The band describes this generation's their own. Now it's 1994, and acoustic lullabies; dark, bluesy ballads disease so compellingly that the listen- successful summer tour o and full-tilt rockers. The jumping from er cannot turn a deaf ear to the lyrics. Lollapalooza second stage, the one style to another helps build on the The music is wonderful: guitar, New York girls have released theme of "Sleeps With Angels." bass, drums. They blend masterfully. length LP, "Natural Ingredients." Sometimes Young spells it out for It's reminenscent of U2 or John The new album expands on the listener. "Change Your Mind" and Mellancamp singing The Cure. The inal's sound; from the full funks "Blue Eden" sboth use love as their cen- ono symbolism abounds as the husky tenor "Pele' Merengue" to the danc t-al theme and have similar lyrics, but m of Kai Uwe Wingenfelder strikes a solid single "City Song," it become the outcomes are much different. cord through the CD. that the band is boldly scoping musical territory. Original Bea Young reassures the listener with But the lyrics are what make the LUSCIOUS JACKSON NEIL YOUNG and FURY in the SLAUGHTERHOUSE music and vocals seem even more mean- drummer Kate Schellenbac feelings of hope on "Change Your "Natural Ingredients" CRAZY HORSE Mind." But that idea goes by the way- "Mono" ingful. The whistling and guitar are singer/bassist Jill Cunniff pr "Sleeps with Angels" side when he cranks up the electric and RCA incredibly imaginative on 'Won't Forget Grand Royal solid base for guitarist Gabrielle Reprise sings "Blue Eden." In a pleading howl, These Days." The result is a hauntingly and keyboardist Vivian Trim Young shows how love can comfort by Ted Plothe simple message with an awe inspiring gui- by Chad Ziolkowski experiment. Indeed, Gabby's playing is even more tasteful than by Chad Ziolkowski and nurture, or rip someone apart. Chief reporter tar track The same goes for the oboe solo Staff reporter on the last outing, giving a soli Staff rePorter Presenting itself as the focal point of on the appropriately titled "Friendly Fire." the album is the title song, "Sleeps with A few words come to mind when The American Heritage Dictionary Luscious Jackson's 1993 debut EP drop to songs like "Deep Sha No matter what style Neil Young is Angels." The song was written in the new Fury in the Slaughterhouse defines "mono" as one, single or alone. "In Search Of Manny" (the first release then exploding on the wah-wah• playing with this year (the no-nonsense response to Kurt Cobain's suicide, and compact disc "Mono" is played: intelli- That definition can be applied to "In on the Beastie Boys' newly established "Angel." garage rock of 1991's "Ragged Glory," chronicles his life. Death as a theme is gent and haunting, Your Room." Grand Royal label), was critically In short, Luscious Jackson is or the lazy acoustic melodies found on prevalent in other songs on the album "Mono" delivers crisp, clear lyrics Fury in the Slaughterhouse's "Mono" acclaimed for its mix of musical tastes. well worth checking out. They 1992's "Harvest Moon"), the results are as well, but they mostly serve to parallel that cut to the chase. The lyrics are real is an example for all bands to follow. It is The rap-funk stylings of "Let Yourself funk, rap and jazz in a style that always interesting. But where both of optimistic pieces. and beautifully poetic. The band doesn't daringly fresh and experimental. Get Down," and "Life of Leisure" meld- unique. '[BLACK CHURCHES] White Label Comics by Andrew Risch and Matthew So ii Hi I. [7 sc..51,k6 ,lois G. net ,) / khovd • S61,1001 0, 4, Community is top priority ;len 1,0r n 4- -tztAr An04- lier Old problems get renewed Timothy Mitchell of New York City abuse, AIDS, black-on-black violence said in a convention sermon and the crumbling of black family life. attention as black churches Wednesday. 'The world is critical of the The church has had a mixed record in the 1990s, according to researchers. • seek out a new president. church because we seem so powerless fl sa, and impotent in these troubled times." Andrew Billingsley, chairman of the The desire for new leadership was department of family studies at the ped prc by David Briggs dramatized earlier this week by a cho- University of Maryland at College Park, pistol said surveys of nearly 900 churches ' 0 •Associated Press writer rus of "Nos" from delegates responding to a proposal that its president of 12 from various religious groups showed years, the Rev. T.J. Jemison, be allowed roughly one-third had no community the ASSO■ NEW ORLEANS - A generation 1 .ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to run again. The bylaws bar him from outreach programs. asked the nation's largest black denomi- another term. One-third of the churches engaged DOWE nation to lead the civil rights movement. With an estimated 8 million mem- in periodic programs, and the remain- der who h The National Baptist Convention U.S.A. bers in 33,000 churches, the convention ing third were found to have substantial a high s Inc. said no. claims to be the world's largest black programs. al tens On Thursday, organization. "When you look at the over 70,000 esday fo :33 years after In 1961, King black congregations in the United Ask the Mick after hi 'King went his "The larger story is the giant and other civil States, the larger story is the giant is was de] town way, the is still asleep and has not rights leaders left still asleep and has not awakened to Rev. I Have a question? cal chu church will find awakened to how disaffected the convention to how disaffected our youth really are," itself at another help form the said the Rev. Robert M. Franklin, direc- Lost? crossroads: It will our youth really are." Progressive tor of black church studies at Emory MI. University's Candler School of elect a new presi- Rev. Robert M. Franklin, National Baptist e need to be ridiculed? dent at a time Emory University Convention after Theology in Atlanta. when black their candidate Each of the presidential candidates ons to The ck, C1c, Daily Ne s Quad 2 •churches are lost a turbulent has promised to work for a more social- -under increasing pressure to confront bid for the presidency. ly active church. .poverty, violence and disease more Since then, the 114-year-old conven- aggressively. tion has been criticized for a lack of social activism in the face of drug " "The time is critical," the Rev. $3.50 ALL SHOWS BEFORE 6 PM PRICIPLES of SOUND RETIREMENT INVEL MUNCIE MALL • 284.4100 !OFFICE PRANKS] ALL SHOWS BEFORE 6 PM Milk Money (PG13) Daily EVERYDAY! 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