01 Page 8-The Michigan Daily- Wednesday, November 13, 1991 START Continued from page 5 to include more areas in the future. Present sites include Kettering, Ar- rowwood Hills Co-op, Bryant Community Center and Hikone Community Center. Next semester, the AAAA hopes to expand to six classes. Art Start is one of three branches of the Outreach Program provided by the AAAA. Another program, "Art Van Go," services neighboring communities who are without local art instruction. The program pro- vides courses for hearing impaired students at Wines Elementary, dis- abled students at Dexter and Chelsea High Schools, and senior citizens at the Turner Geriatric Clinic of the University Hospitals. The third outreach program, "Arts n' Facts," provides an inter- active art curriculum for third- graders in public schools which lack strong art education. Through field trips, visits by area artists, and art activities, the program celebrates the art of every day life. By explor- ing different cultures and historical periods, children discover that art and artists are essential to life all over the world. "The quality of art education the children receive in school is ques- tionable," says Colatch. She sug- gests that because of budget cuts, young students are getting less and less education in art, as well as jn music and sports. The schools usu- ally share an art teacher with other schools in the area, with instruction only a few times a month. Art Start was founded in 1985 by the non-profit AAAA with sub- stantial support from Dayton-Hud- son's. Colatch says that the AAAA would like the program to grow, but that the funding is limited. Each year, AAAA applies to Hudson's for a grant, while receiving some funding from Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity, Mallinkrodt Censorship Inc. and private sponsors. "(The students) are very enthusi- astic, somewhat hostile at times, ea- ger to try new things and very friendly," says Stahl. "They come from a negative environment as well, and few may be emotionally impaired. My biggest challenge is concentrating on what they're do- ing, if they're having fun, trying to make it a positive thing for them. It's very difficult to start class artist, describes the creation pro- cess behind her four-headed sparkling masterpiece: "I put 'em in bunches and pour the sparkles on." Although she enjoys "looking at sculpture," she explains that ex- pressing herself with "lots of sparkling color" is more her style. Harley Davidson and The Marlboro Man Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Mercury I want to begin by saying that I had an open mind when I popped this disc into my CD player. I really and truly did. I noticed that there were some semi-big names - such as L.A. Guns, the Kentucky Headhunters, Waylon Jennings and Vanessa Williams - on the al- bum, so I figured, "Hey, how bad could it be?" Appar- ently, however, the producers of the movie called up these bands and told them to write the most unorigi- nal, pseudo-hard rock songs that they possibly could. Most of the songs, such as Frampton/Marriott's "The Bigger They Come," Roadhouse's "Tower of Love" and the Screaming Jets' "C'Mon," don't belong on an album, but rather on the speakers of some (lark, seedy bar, as shadowy figures conduct their business. And maybe that's how they were used in the movie, and maybe that worked wonderfully. That's not for me to say. All I can tell you is that, for pure enjoyment, these songs just don't cut it. The same chorus is used over and over, making the songs totally anticlimactic. It's not really that they're bad songs; they're just really dumb. With the exception of Blackeyed Susan's "Ride With Me," and the Kentucky Headhunter's fun "Let's Work Together," this collection is just plain disap- pointing. Vanessa Williams' piano-bar ballad "What Will I Tell my Heart" seems completely out of place, considering that the rest of the songs on this album ap- pear to be imitating Motley Crae. Shooting Gallery, featuring Andy McCoy, is the most successful, on the song "I Mess Around," but my recommendation is that if you want a Cruc album, buy a Crue album. -Kristen Knudsen Queen Latifah Nature of a Sistah Tommy Boy All things considered, I never really understood her role in the Native Tongues. She was kinda funky, and as Africentric as the other Tongues, too. But when compared to the insane brilliance of De La Soul and the Tribe, she just didn't seem to fit in. Before I could re- ally figure her out, Queen Latifah had become America's favorite female rapper. Or at least according to majority rule. Nature of a Sistah reaffirms my doubts. There's more posing and silly self-invention (her use of the slang "sistah" is the most self-conscious use of Black English Vernacular I've seen this year), but moreover, it's an R&B album that'll make hip hop fanatics turn on the radio for once. There are some funky beats, on "Nuff Of The Ruff Stuff" and "Give Me Your Love,' which features Ms. Owens singing over a revamp of the Curtis Mayfield tune of the same name. "How Do 'I Love Thee," the most interesting cut on the album, fea- tures a whispered spoken-word delivery over a slam- min' beat, which is unlike anything I've ever heard in rap. Unfortunately, the album's idiosyncrasies (Sistah goes from crappy house in "Bad As a Mutha" to decent dancchall in "Sexy Fancy") just don't compensate for its overall lack of substance. After the debuts of Harmony and Yo-Yo, I keep expecting more and more from women in rap. The self-dubbed Queen has yet to attack the male psychology as effectively as Hary mony's "Poundeake," Nikki D.'s "Wasted" or any particular Yo-Yo cut at all. Yet the reign continues. Oh, well. Latifah is a big star. -Forrest Green III A young artiste proudly displays her glittering expressionist, neo-mod- ernist work entitled, "Blowing in the Wind." when they have conversations about other children and other teachers, (with) put-downs and negative con- versations. It's difficult for them not to talk that way, because it's a huge reflection of the way their en- vironment is like at home." Seven year old Ruqayyah, who aspires to be either a doctor or an ART START students from last Spring semester are presently ex- hibiting their masterpieces at Hud- son's children's clothing depart- ment through December. Call Clea Colatch at 994-8004 for any ques- tions about the AAAA's outreach programs. who what where Brigadista, a pointed comic play by Tanya Shaffer which deals with the role of American activists in Third World countries, made its debut last winter at Ann Arbor's Performance Network. Now the play returns to Michigan for a limi- ted two-evening engagement at the Attic Theater in Detroit, tonight and tomorrow night at 8 p.m. Tickets are $12. Call 875-8284 for more info. FURS Continued from page 5 the old saying about New York be- ing the city that never sleeps. And I think for any sort of artistic en- deavor, it's a healthy atmosphere. "There was a point where after Midnight to Midnight," Butler says, Tonight, after the Michigan The- ater's presentation of An Evening with Rickie Lee Jones, it will definitely be time for "Makin' Whoopee." Jones' show, which will feature her own material along with some creative reinventions of jazz standards, should evoke the neces- sary mood for a great date. Tickets are $17.50 and $20. The fun starts at 8 p.m. ,; when MTV's Ilaff hour Comedy flour host Mario Joyner breezes into town this weekend for some stand- up comedy at the Mainstreet Come- dy Showcase. Shows are tomorrow at 8 p.m. and Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 reserved, $10 general, with half- price student tickets available for select shows. Call 741-0022 for more info. EMF Continued from page 5 what would you be? "A big hairy spider, I expect, to frighten the life out of everybody," Decloedt says. Scary could easily be the adjec- tive to describe the band's album, Schubert Dip. While a fair effort, the utter simplicity of all the songs makes them both beautiful and te- dious. Listen to the Beatles' "Love Me Do" and tell me that song has nothing to with "Unbelievable" or Schubert Dip. And while the mix of rock guitars, techno and dance grooves is definitely a plus, the sometimes banal lyrics detract from their tenuous credibility. For exam- ple, "I could have been, anything for you/ I could have been old/ I could have been blue/ We could have been two" from "Travelling, Not Run- ning" is an idiotic rhyme that could have been written by a kid. Decloedt remains firm in the face of such finger-pointing. Is he happy with the way the album turned out? "I was happy," Decloedt says. "Now, obviously, it's played so much, you think, 'I wish I'd done this, I wish I'd done that,' you know? We made a big mistake by us- ing a guy called Pascal Gabriel to produce the album and, um, we should have used Ralph Jezzard... Actually, it was remixed by him. But he, in fact, ripped it apart and started again with our guitarist Ian (Dench), and basically had three or four weeks to redo the album 'cause it was so bad.... No liveliness, no gutsiness at all." EMF has even learned from its mistakes! Wow! "The next album's going to be recorded live in the stu- dio," Decloedt says. He claims the next album will be tried out on this tour - will be much different. "It's really weird. It's... a cross between Led Zeppelin and Brideshead Revisited. It's like class rock, but with the EMF touch of techno and every- thing. It seems to me more grown- up in a way, you know? 'Cause I think Schubert Dip, it was like 1989 when we wrote it and it was slightly candy, in a way. It had, not an immature, but a younger look to things, you know? But now we're more mature. We know what we're doing." Public humility never seemed to be EMF's strong point. But then, mention the words "backing tapes" and Decloedt gets all hot and both- ered. "Yeah, we use a backing tape which has got a piano and like a se- quencer going," he says. "It's just for the techno sound. You could have somebody playing it, but they'd look like a complete tit on stage. You know, you got live bass, guitar, drums. The samples are played live and the vocals are live... I had one young lady (a journalist) say to me, 'Oh, obviously you don't play live, it's a computer,' as I sat there with thirty blisters on my hand and they were bleeding. You know, it was like, 'I will reach down your neck and pull your in- sides out in a minute.,,, EMF, and many other bands, for that matter, might be looked down upon because of its short sets. When the band toured this summer, it only played a 60-minute set, including encores. This time, the set is longer, with the addition of the new songs, but still, people will probably complain about not getting their money's worth. Decloedt ra- tionalizes the situation. "When I go - four of its songs and see a band, sixty minutes, to me, that's far enough," he says. "Like, I went to see AC/DC, I think last time I was in America... and they went on for two and a half hours and I seriously had dead bum and I was falling asleep 'cause it went on too long, like six, seven minute songs.... They should be short, sweet, aggressive, whatever, but they gotta be quick, you know? Got to the point. I don't believe in tens minute guitar solos." Decloedt becomes very self cony fident (or is it self-righteous?) when critics accuse the band of being Jesus Jones rip-offs or Britain's equivalent of the New Kids on the Block, adamantly insisting that EMF does its own thing. "Basil cally, we've got total control of our record company, what we do. We had one over them at the beginning. You know, we had four major record companies wanting to sign us, and they were prepared to do anything to get our signatures, basi- tally," he brags. But the New Kids and EMF do share an image/reputation for being bad boys on tour. Is EMF sex, as the 1 New Musical Express proclaimed? "Yes, definitely," Decloedt says. "We're just like any other young boys: As soon as we're around, it's like, 'Watch out, we know how to party.' We know how to party hard, really. And just lock up the doors, basically. That's our motto." EMF plays with Carter the Unstop- pable Sex Machine this Saturday at Hill Auditorium. Tickets are $18.50 for main floor and $16.50 far balcony, available in advance at TicketMaster (p.e.s.c.). RED THE DAILY CLASSIFIEDS "(where) we were in a real slump and we were calling it a day. But then, with the last couple of al- bums, we've really enjoyed making thom I think thi is nc.r-.w or fnr wz playing live, and the whole record- ing process. At the end of it you can sit back and say that it's good. That it's brilliant. And it was all worth it." .s Ls a new ra jor us. 71E PSYCHEDELIC FURS play at You give it up when you stop enjoy- Royal Oak Music Theater tomor- ing making music, and stop enjoying row night. 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