The Michigan Daily - Monday, September 22, 1997 - 11A Love spits out blah 'Trys ome' Jv yeSpit Love ysome Eatonev jMaverick/Time Warner If you're a die-hard Psychedelic ors fan then you'll probably like this :ohomore effort, "Trysome Eatone," from ex-Furs front-man Richard Butter and the rest of his latest band, ove Spit Love. Richard Butler's raspy p immediately brings you to the collars-up days of the mid-to-late '80s fsychedelic Furs, rettyin Pink" and oiber asymmetrical hair hits. But, the< Test of you may not find enough sonic dip for your listening ps to stay at this party long. If you weren't into the Furs back in the day, you may not understand the emotional connec- ti oor the retro-sentimentality here. Love Spit Love is definitely pinned in by Butler's trademark Tom Waits- without-testicles voice, but that may not be such a bad thing. Richard Butler could sing "Row Row Row Your Boat" and it would sound like aj Psychedelic Furs tune. Oops, I mean Love Spit Love tune. Anyhow, fsome Eatone" has a 50/50 mix of keepers and throwaways. Songs like the band's first single, "Long Long Tine" and "Well Well Well," can probably be skipped without much grief. It's not that these tunes are all that bad; they're just bland. "Well Well Well" starts off with clich6-slash-taboo- slash-faux-slash-annoying lyrics: "This !we piggy's got more than anybody's got-/ He's been struck dumbstruck / What about me / Mirror man mirror me." News Flash! If you want to start a band and make a good song, don't start your song with a nursery rhyme rip-off. "More Than Money" tries to be a tecbio-thrashy song, but it just does- n't come off as genuine. These chaps are searching real hard, but seem to e come up short. "Little Fist" nds like Richard Butler entered and won the "Sing with the Stone Temple Pilots (or their ersatz spin-off I Tillinghast to share 'Cafe Trieste' By Sarah Beldo For the Daily Richard Tillinghast's 6th collection of poetry, "Today in the Cafe Trieste" provides highlights from his long and varied career, spanning decades, subjects and poetic styles. The first section is a collection of new poems, while the second section encompasses selected p poems from three previous volumes.PR The collection reflects Tillinghast's pas- Rich sions. In addition to love poems, he con- centrates on politics and history. The poet lived in Kilvara, County Galway, Ireland, for a year in the early '90s, and he uses this setting as both a backdrop and inspiration for many pieces. Also an inspiration was Tillinghast's past and recent involve- ment in political activism. "I was someone who was involved in a radical political movement in Berkeley, he said. "There is a particular poem, 'The World Is,' which was written during the mass starvation in Rwanda." This poem focuses on the troubles in Northern Ireland, a political situation important to the poet. Tillinghast said that the title of the collection, "Today in the m ar RG Cafe Trieste is also derived from world political events. It is a "kind of meditation on the Chinese Revolution and Chinese government under Chairman Mao." To express these ideas, Tillinghast implements different poetic idioms. "I like to go back and forth between free verse and poems written in rhyme and meter," E V I E W he said. "With rhyme and meter, there's more discipline involved, but free verse d Tillinghast gives me more room to work. Today at 4 Tillinghast is looking forward to the ackham Amphitheater reading, because he believes that it giv.s Free a new aspect of life to a poem. "Last semester I was on sabbatical, andI spent a lot of time giving readings. I really enjoyed it," he said. Tillinghast will be reading from "Today in the Cafe Trieste" at Rackham Amphitheatre today at 4 pm, and he will be hosting a reading and book-signing Thursday night at 8 at Shaman Drum. Poet James Dickey has called Tillinghast "the best poet of the younger generation, and deserving more recognition.than most of the poets of the older generation." Perhaps one of the most compelling features of his poems is their appeal to any generation. r ,, "gM,, - , Love Spit Love can't seem to find Its niche with its latest, "Trysome Eatone." band Talk Show) contest." Beware! Love Spit Love tries to find its sound somewhere in "Trysome Eatone," but it can't come to a consensus. I thought that's what over-priced b-side singles where all about. OK, so the picture painted so far has been drab, but there are a few swatches of bright- ness and color on "Trysome Eatone.' The tracks "Fall On Tears," "7 Years," and "All God's Children," breathe a little life into "Trysome Eatone." "Fall On Tears" sounds more like Love Spit Love's last album. The melodies swoon and skip around Dick Butler's gravely vocals like elec- tronic gyroscopes on pendulums of bliss. Love Spit Love aches for a niche, yet it can't find one. If Love Spit Love sticks with tasty aural platters such as "Fall On Tears," and "7 years;" it might have some better recipes to give the musical world; but until that happens save your cash and buy an old Psychedelic Furs album. - Chris Felax ,4 .III0 min MICHIGAN THEATRE ANN ARBOR Friday, September 26 8:00 pm Reserved tickets $30.00, $22.50, $18.50 available at the Michigan Union Ticket Office and all .' outlets. INFO AND CHARGE BY PHONE 313-763-TKTS OR 810-645-6666 p, Pleasejoinusinsupport ofArborHavenThe SalvationArmy by bringing a donation of non-perishable food to the concert. Don't Pan}ci Wyu h1 N oureprgnnt Any time, anyday.::24'fours. uly enfd..s 747-9400 1220 S. 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