14 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 19, 1994 RECORDS Continued from page 13 Orbital's already fascinating music. Despite a couple of uninspired remixers, "Diversions" is still a worth- while excursion. - Andy Dolan David Lee Roth Your Filthy Little Mouth Reprise Diamond David Lee Roth has re- turned with his latest release "Your Filthy Little Mouth" to try and prove once again that HE was Van Halen, and HE can do better without the backup from Eddie &Co. Once again, he has proved he can do everything Van Halen can do, which is just about nothing. Roth's songs are just as outra- geously lame as Van Halen's are bor- ing and generic. With typical lyrics like "I'd love to talk philosophy / but I gotta take a piss," and "I got a steel- wheeled radial prophylactic for you, and I ain't afraid to use it now," his "talent" sure hasn't changed much in the past 10 years since he left Van Halen. After a haircut and ditching those California girls for the cold, bagel- infested New York City, Diamond Dave is trying to push his new, more conservative image. In actuality, it is probably, more of his age showing through and losing his same flamboy- ant attitude (along with some hair). So what does Dave's "Filthy Little Mouth" have to say? Surprisingly, he does experiment--a duet with coun- try star Travis Tritt, a Jamaican rap- per and urban dance remixes are all part of this new image. Some of the tracks do offer some substance. "A Little Luck" and "Hey, You Never Know" do rock in the expected David Lee Roth style. But, do we still want to hear Roth anyway? "Your Filthy Little Mouth" - coming soon to a bargain bin at a record store near you! - Brian Gnatt Richard Thompson Mirror Blue Capitol Upon first listen, Richard Thompson's latest work, "Mirror Blue," does not appear to be an ex- tremely exceptional effort on his part. It seems to be a good record, but certainly not up to the standards he has set through a career as a member of the legendary Fairport Convention and later as an incredible songwriter and guitarist who performed first with his wife Linda and later alone. But give the blazing guitar solo that con- cludes "The Way That It Shows" a moment to work its magic and pause for a moment after the sparse fingerpicking of "King of Bohemia" to let the words sink in ("There is no rest for the ones God blessed / And he blessed you best of all") and it be- comes a little more clear: "Mirror Blue," while perhaps not on the level of his best records, is easily one of his most successful efforts in 10 years. As usual, Thompson mixes up- tempo, tongue-in-cheek numbers, rep- resented here by "Fast Food" and the failed-gangster tale "Shane and Dixie" with painful dirges, best exemplified by the majestic "Taking My Business Elsewhere." The long narrative style he utilized so well on 1991's "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" is found here in the form of "Beeswing," the tale of young lovers, one of whom wants to settle down while the other would prefer to live free. It would be quite easy for this record to fall flat in the face of last year's stunning retro- spective "Watching the Dark," but "Mirror Blue" proves that Thompson still has the goods and, more impor- tantly, he can still deliver. - Dirk Schulze King's X Dogman Atlantic King's X has always been a tal- ented band. Unfortunately, mass ap- peal has consistently eluded the group. Because of their affinity for writing See RECORDS, Page 15 GOOBER AND THE PEAS 0 Diamond Dave is still as obnoxious, and well, awful, as ever,. Hey! You! Yeah, I'm talking to you. Do you know who these guys are? They're those hillbilly-slash-punk rock boys from Dee-troit known as Goober and the Peas. You've probably heard about their now regular New Year's Eve shows that 89X has a tendency to broadcast, or maybe you've seen their keen Christmas EP with a cover of the classic "Snoopy's Christmas." Well, even if you haven't, you probably have some sort of mental picture of them from this description and are probably jazzed to see them. Well, you're in luck. They're going to be playing at the Blind Pig on Friday the 29th with Lollypop Guild, and you only need to pay $6 for a slice of life-changing experience. Why are you reading this? Go get a ticket! >1' The Mail Shoppe 317 S. Division 665-6676 Ann Arbor s ONLY Authorized U.P.S. Shipping Outlet Charging ACTUAL Rates r 9 vi U-M STUDENT SHIPPING SERVICE-Our I1th Year SHIP & SAVE AT THE MAIL SHOPPE-COMPARE OUR RATES J U I I I UPS Rates at Packaging Store are 142% HIGHER DORM CONTRACT UPS Rates at Independent Postal Services are 81 %HIGHER UPS Rates at Mail Boxes, Etc. are 89 %HIGHER Call 665-6676 to schedule a pick-up appointment. We pick-up from your ROOM! SUMMER STORAGE Call now for reservations $20/Box *6 Box Special- $100 Free Delivery in Fall " --._ t orIL ,,.,,. _ ..._.. - :a... .a ,.., 'A I