The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 24, 1997 - 9

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Wy119ly Xintaris least staye
Daf TN/New Media Editor But o
- arly in my first year at the another's
University, I learned that a friend was or Ricki
raised without a TV in her home. proves I
Co sidering that she grew up with nine Television
"sibhgs, I pictured an energetic, pio- to satisfy
rePg family,
Lucille Ball's
daflain "Cheaper
ythe Dozen." "'"""""""
Tly might have
ev traded couch
4ifefor outdoor
0iture, a la_
"Sss Family
',Denson"- if they weren't in Detroit. school, I
1ould hardly imagine a childhood but an oc
withot the Flintstones, KITT, and Last w
e Murphy's Gumby act. interviewi
st Americans grow up with a CBS's "
reig control in hand, consuming said, "Ti
entgtainment while the television can do is
e~oumnes their time. Before I arrived that beca
r nn Arbor, watching TV was a every Ar
daily ritual, akin to eating lunch and Obviousl
driving to school. I spent countless but it poi
hours of my youth watching every- we, a nati
thing from Scrappy Doo to Anne of More t
Green Gables, and then I came to col- television
w without a television. After having to take ti
taken TV for granted, I eventually from the
understood its power to influence, potent on
inform, and entice. TV wou
After only one semester without TV "Pop Cul
in my fife, a television seemed surpris- Universit
ingty unnecessary. Until then, television term pap
had affected not only how I spent my "Must-S
time, but also how I saw the world. The Americ
endless distractions of college life had away, bu
weaned me off of what was admittedly media, cu
mnd-numbing entertainment. If TV As frustr
Wre a drug, then the University was an confiden
effective rehab clinic. Goodbye trash products
T, hello academic enlightenment. capabiliti
As a recovering TV addict, I saw peo- itor. Year
ple who planted themselves in front of if you ha
the tube from a new perspective. Before yet, "you
life without TV it was funny that my grow up
brother's college roommate skipped the same
classes to watch reruns of "The Fall Website.
Guy." (He is now a policeman). Now, it American
s just plain pathetic. He could have at their "Fri

r&me
ed home for Jerry Springer.
ne person's "idiot box" is
getaway. Whether Ted Koppel
Lake provides the escape only
how inviting TV is today.
n connoisseurs find programs
their appetites no matter how
tasteless they
seem to others. I
should know.
After two whole
years without a
television, I
recently had a
major relapse.
With a TV at
am no longer a total TV fiend,
casional user.
week, I caught Tom Snyder
ing writer Fran Leibowitz on
Late Late Show." Leibowitz
he most American thing you
be on TV" and then insisted
use she was on TV, of course
merican would now like her.
y, the remark was sarcastic,
ints to a much,larger issue -
ion of viewers, are ruled by TV
than any other form of media,
n is unmatched in its capacity
me, money, and burdens away
masses. If it was not such
ne-way communication, Mike
ild never visit Willy Wonka,
ture 101" would not exist, and
ty students would never write
pers on the ramifications of
ee TV"
can television may be a get-
at it is also a gateway - to
ulture, and people worldwide.
ation with Internet traffic and
ce in technology rise, new
will merge the interactive
es of the TV set and PC mon-
s ago, AT&T ads claimed that
aven't seen anything like this
will" A new generation will
watching vintage "Smurfs" on
screen as their parents' new
As for now, though,
ns are happy cuddling up to
ends."

Beavis and Butt-head look at big hard wood.

'Beavis and Butt-head' soundtrack lacks, even for M

Various Artists
Beavis and Butt-head Do
America - Original Motion
Picture Soundtrack
Geffen
MTV has once again attempted to
make a quick buck and the result is a
movie based on the moronic hijinks of
two of their biggest cash cows -
Beavis and Butt-head. In the process,
they also have managed to crank out a
below-average soundtrack to accom-
pany the two idiots in their buffoon-
ery.
The music of this disc is a mix of dif-
ferent artists from across the alterna-
rock/heavy metal spectrum and a splash
of rap. In an effort at increasing the
music's breadth, Mike Judge - the
album's producer - also threw in
Engelbert Humperdink and Isaac
Hayes. The quality of the album is def-
initely improved by the addition of
these songs.
The vast majority of the songs are
simply formulaic productions of the
artists' usual work. There is no real
unique quality in any of it. In most
cases, the music is below par for the
perfor ners usuiqul jit ity. It's al most

as if the songs that didn't make it past
production for the group's most
recent albums got dumped onto this
disc.
This lack of quality is best epito-
mized in the Red Hot Chili Peppers'
"Rollercoaster of Love." Obnoxious
voices sing in the background while
Anthony Kiedis croons incomprehensi-
bly in the foreground. I listened while
he rapped in the most obnoxious voice
possible, something that sounded
roughly like "Foamin' at the mouth
cause I'm a double-dipper"
Isaac Hayes' "Two Cool Guys" is
quite possibly the best song on this CD.
His talent is shown as the '70s-esque
music bellows and provides an excel-
lent background for the movie's intro
credit sequence. Engelbert Humperdink
also shines with his rendition of
"Lesbian Seagull" - singing it with a
"Love Boat" theme tinge.
All in all, the disc is less than I had
expected. Putting just a little bit more
energy and wasting a little bit less noise
would have doubled the album's value.
Unfortunately, Beavis and Butt-head
have to put up with a charisma-lacking
soundtrack.
- Jack Schillaci

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