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1987 was a general dud, but at
least our critics could name ten good
records.
Beth Fertig
The stockmarket fell, Gary Hart's
pants fell, and the rest of the world
crashed, too. Advise for '88: don't
leave your house. But first, go out
and buy these:
-John Zorn, Spillane (Nonesuch)
-The Gun Club, Mother Juno (Redu
Rhino/Fundamental)
-Area, Radio Caroline (Office
Records)
-Game Theory, Lolita Nationx
(Enigma)
-The Creepers, Rock 'N' Roll
Liquorice Flavour (R e d
Rhino/Fundamental)
-Giant Sand, Ballad of a Thin Line
Man (Zippo, import)
-Dinosaur, You're Living All Over r
Me (SST)
-dB's, Sound of Music (IRS)x
-Jayne Cortez and the Firespitters,.
Maintain Control (Bola Press)
-Roy Nathanson, Curtis Fowlkes, Pick of the Year:four out of nine Daily music critics recommend Dinosaur for their readers who chew gum.
and the Jazz Passengers, Broken -The Paladins, The Paladins
Night Red Light (Les Disques du Tim Huet - The Royal Court of China,The (Wrestler) Debut LP for this
Crepuscule, import) Two things explain my list: I am . Rnvnl f l C tAhin nA\ h1,pshi, tr;n
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relative to other Daily critics,
Robert Flaggert musically conservative and polit-
-Dinosaur, You're Living All Over ically radical.
Me (SST) -Robbie Robertson, Robbie
-Sonic Youth, Sister (SST) Rbrsn(efn
-Verbal Assault, Trial (Giant) Robertson (Geffen)
-Volcano Suns, Bumper Crop -U2,The Joshua Tree (Island)
(Homestead) -Jean-Luc Ponty,The G ft of Time
-Madonna, You Can Dance (Sire) (Columbia)
-Azuma, Azuma (Private Music) -R.E.M.,Document (IRS)
-Firchose, If n (SST) -Robert Cray, Strong Persuader
-Big Black, Headache (Homestead) (Mercury)
-Puck Fair, Fair Play (Windham .The Calljnto the Woods (Elektra)
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"Squirrel Bait,
(Homestead)
Skag
Yyntonm arsais, Ma rsalis
Heaven Standard Time Vol. I (Columbia)
-Suzanne Vega, Solitude Standing
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-Joe Cocker, Unchain My Heart
(Capital)
Brian Jarvinen
-The Cult,Electric (Sire)
-The Cure, Kiss Me, Kiss Me,
Kiss Me (Elektra)
-Frank French and Kevn Kinney,
Everything Looks Better in the Dark
(Twilight)
-The Jesus and Mary
Chain,Darklands (Warner Bros.)
-Our Favorite Band,Saturday Nights
Sunday Mornings (Big Time)
-Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)
(MCA)
-R.E.M., Dead Letter Office (IRS)
-Bruce Springsteen,Tunnel of Love
(CBS)
-U2,The Joshua Tree (Island).
-Roger Waters, Radio K.A.O.S.
(Columbia)
Alan Paul
I can't be pretentious enough to
say these are "the best" albums of the
year, merely my favorites - albums
I got for free but would have bought.
These discsecontinue to spin around
my turntable.
"Buckwheat Zydeco, On a Night
Like This (Island)
"The)John Coltrane Quartet, Ballads
(MCA)
-James Cotton, Take Me Back
(Blind Pig)
-Steve Earle and The Dukes, Exit 0
(Geffen)
-Los Lobos, By The Light of The
Moon (Slash/Warner Bros.)
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-A.C. Reed, I'm in The Wrong
Business (Alligator)
-KoKo Taylor, An Audience With
The Queen (Alligator)
-Various artists, Chess Reissues,
(MCA)
-Various artists, The New
Bluebloods (Alligator)
Mike Rubin
1987 came and went like a rank
zephyr from the garbage barge. Bon
Jovi and Tiffany? Harmonic
indulgence and moronic convergence?
Elvis necrophilia and Summer of
Scum nostalgia? Giorgio Armani tie-
dyed linen leisure suits and MTV
game shows? Mall music and the
Grateful Dead in the Top 10?
Any year in which the (Cocteau)
Twins win the World Series is one to
forget and forget quickly. At least the
new Aztec armageddon prediction is
for April 29, 1988; not soon enough
to miss finals, but before summer re-
runs. Get it over with already.
-DinosaurYou're Living All Over
Me (SST)
-Feedtime,Shovel (Aberrant)
-White Zombie, Psycho-Head
Blowout (Silent Explosion)
-Squirrel Bait,Skag Heaven
(Homestead)
"Sly and Robbie,Rhythm Killers
(Island)
-Einsturzende Neubauten, Fuenf
Auf Der Nachen Oben Offenen
Richterskala (Relativity)
Sonny SharrockGuitara(Enemy)
"Chain Gang,Mondo Manhattan
(Lost/Twin Tone)
-Crime and the City Solution,
Room of Lights (Mute)
"Metallica,The $5.98 EP/Garage
Days Revisited EP (Elektra)
-Best Local Record: Born
Without A Face,Worship EP
(Crucible)
-Frisbee of the Year:Wire,The
Ideal Copy (Enigma)
Todd Avery Shanker
-Dinosaur, You're Living All Over
Me (SST)
-REM, Document (IRS)
"Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Teacher
Don't Teach Me Nonsense (Virgin)
-Sonic Youth, Sister (SST)
"Macka B,We've Had Enough
(Ariwa)
"Firehose, If n (SST)
"Ornette Coleman, In All
Languages (Caravan of Dreams)
"XTC, Skylarking (Geffen)
-Sly and Robbie, Rhythm Killers
(Island)
-The Replacements, Pleased to
Meet Me (Warner Bros.)
Mark Swartz
Robbie Robertson,R o b bie
Robertson (Geffen)
U2,The Joshua Tree (Island)
" Tom Waits, Frank's Wild Years
(Island)
- The Replacements, Pleased to
Meet Me (Warner Bros.)
" R.E.M., Document (IRS)
hSinead O ' Connor,The Lion and
the Cobra (Chrysalis)
" La Bamba, Motion picture
soundtrack (Slash/Warner Bros.)
" Van Morrison, Poetic Champions
Compose (Mercury)
" Bob Pfeiffer, After Words
" Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers,
Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)
(MCA)
Marc S. Taras
In no particular order, maybe not
my very favorites, but solid
listening and the ones that came to
mind:
"Warren Zevon, Sentimental
Hygiene (Asylum)
"Mose Allison, Ever Since the
World Ended (Blue Note)
"Rosie Flores, Rosie Flores
(Reprise)
"Tom Waits, Frank's Wild Years
(Island)
-Miles Davis/Marcus Miller,Siesta
(Warner Bros.)
-John Zorn, Spillane (Nonesuch)
"Steve Lacy, Only Monk (Soul
Note)
"Ornette Coleman, In All
Languages (Caravan of Dreams)
-String Trio of New York, Natural
Balance (Soul Note)
"Dave Holland, The Razor's Edge
(ECMV)
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Continued from Page 8
should live and what I should think.
And if he didn't like it...
"Hey! Hey!" I yelled at the top of
my lungs ,to anyone who might
hear. "This man is trying to take
away my rights! This man is trying
give me a set of values!"
Some woman walked by; I
grabbed her arm.
"Listen to what this man is
trying to do! He's trying to make
the University a totalitarian state!
We must join forces and stop him!"
"Rape! Rape!" she cried.
"Oh, God, never mind. Hey,
you!" I yelled across the street.
"Help me, please. There's big
trouble here. Our freedom of speech
is at stake here!"
The stranger took off his
earphones. "Sorry, man, I gotta read
Beowulf tonight."
I heard Fleming laugh.
"I don't like this one bit, Mister,"
I told him.
"So sue me," he said.
I sighed. "I don't have the time to
"Listen," the man interrupted.
"All I ask is that you be good."
"Well, what does 'be good'
mean?"
"It means to stay out of trouble."
"But -"
I tried to ask him what he meant,
but he just walked away.
I looked at the ball and the
instruction booklet.
"Do I get a bat with this," I
yelled after him.
"Oh, that comes later," he said.*
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L: He was actually involved before
me, but I don't know anyone who
could do what he does in this film.
D: Is the film just a Robin Williams
vehicle or is it a story?
L: Put it this way, a lot of people
are going to call it a vehicle. If
someone succeeds really well, you
say it's a vehicle. You never see an
actor who doesn't do well and you
say, "Oh, that was a vehicle for
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to it as a vehicle. But if you say, "Is
there a movie that's really there?" I'd
say yes. Is what Robin's doing
supportive of the film? Yes. He has a
responsibility to be a funny deejay
because that's what is set up. That is
an obligation he had to fulfill. It's a
dramatic piece.
D: So you're saying a lot of Robin's
portrayal in the film was ad-libbed,
that it couldn't be scripted?
L: I think you probably could script
it if you did it out of an improv
situation. There's two ways to do it.
We did improvisation because we're
working on our feet and I think we
understand how it goes... You can't
just run back to the editing room and
throw everything together. You've
got to know where you're going and
then you can refine it in the editing
room. But you can't just make it all
up. We could probably have sat down
for a week with transcripts and turned
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