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(Continued from Pages) private figure, a businesslike man In short, Rock 'N Roll Rarities is whole band prove themselves accom- ston howls. "StarPower" is probably
apathy, America's hunger for who performs often, but succinctly, quite enjoyable and, credit where pliched musicians, reining everything the catchiest Sonic Youth tune to date,
prepackaged culture, taxing the rich, clearly preferring the relative credit is due and all that, MCA is to be in just as you think they'll fly off into yet maintains all their ususal fier-
andSatanic cults. solitude of his St. Louis home. Just commended for authorizing the un- the musical stratosphere. ceness under a really cool beat. I
While their hearts are certainly in don't sell the man short. Even on a dertaking, and for putting the highly- Take a chance on SCOTS' First believe it's about Madonna with lines
the right place, Political Silence's collection such as this, geared toward regarded Steve Hoffman at the helm. Album; it's uniquely demented. Write like, StarPower, StarPower, Star-
word play is rather amateurish and of- the collector and/or fanatic, his in- It's a godsend for the fanatic, and will c/o Lloyd Street Studios, PO Box 745, Power over me/She knows how to
fers nothing new. The musicianship is spiration and humor abound. hopefully encourage the rest of us to Carrboro, North Carolina, 27510. make love to me. They love Madon-
alright but rather generic, never cut- Made up of demos, stereo mixes, pick up the three volumes of "Chuck -Beth Fertig na. And Madonna loves them. It's
ting loose in bursts of sonic speed like and unreleased versions of many of Berry's Golden Decade." true, Joe.
fellow Flint-stoners Dissonance. The Berry's big hits, Rock 'N Roll Rarities --Jeff Stanzler "In The Kingdom #19" burns real
songs plod along already charted will surely quicken the pulse of any Sonic Youth - Evol (SST) hard and fast like an out of control van
paths, with only their deft summation Chuck Berry aficianado. Amongst Southern Culture on the on the highway, and features bassist
of the U.S.'s Nicaraguan blunderings, the treasures are an outtake on Skids - First Album The Youth keep bashing away. Their Mike Watt from the Minutemen.
"Contra-Diction," striking any fresh "Johnny B. Goode" complete with(L" subversively beautiful yet loud and eath To Our Friends" is a real
chords. Their cover of "Paint It two false starts, the second of which is Street Records) brutal sound continues to be a finely- jamming instrumental. "Marilyn
Black" is alright (faster please), but followed by Berry's terse warning to Imagine that the Munsters' kids grew honed manifestation. This LP con- Moore" is a dense, psychotic night-
the tape closes on a foul note with a pianist Lafayette Leske not to play up and formed a band. See, Southern tinues bravely with theirpreis mare. And the LP ends (actually it
vicious, obnoxious, unfunny, and very the piano line from "Roll Over Culture on the Skids create the type of depiction of our cultural hedonism doesn't end at all 'cause the needle
repetitive poke at homosexuals and Beethoven" (After the take Leake music that would be played by in- and societal burnout on last year's catches on the last groove) with a tune
the AIDS crisis, reeking of sixth grade apologizes). It's also interesting to struments in the wee hours of the Bad Moon Rising. Though this time with three different titles listed:
bathroom humor. witness the evolution of now familiar night (or most likely during the day) around their intense visions aren't as "Madonna, Sean Penn and Me", "The
The tape is packaged nicely, songs. Hearing "Rock and Roll long after their rock and roll human systematically intertwined lacking Crucifixion of Sean Penn", or "Ex-
coming complete with band decals Music" with double tracked vocals, or counterparts have gone to sleep. the cohesive nature of Bad Moon pressway to Yr Skull" with them
and bumper stickers, gig flyers, and "Johnny B. Goode" without the Wickedly energetic rockabilly num- Rising, all the tunes work as in- saying And we're gonna stay there
their trademark lyric sheet (on which famous guitar lead on the chorus bers storm through the album's first dividual elements evoking even as long as we think we should.
a depiction of Satan looks sounds strange indeed. Likewise for two cuts, but on the demonic "I Dig larger images. Sonic Youth can indeed stay wherever
mysteriously like Keith Richards). a very early (1957), somewhat sparse Tunnels," the lead singer mut- They proceed, with abandon, their they please.
Rumor has it that the band has im- and much longer version of his 1972 ters/croaks I can see you, but you rape of structure and bring forth -Richard Williams
proved greatly in recent times, but hit, "Reelin' and Rockin." can't see me. This song leads into musical (i.e. sonic) possibilities that
this offering is strictly medio-core. Rarities also contains several "Psycho Surfing," which basically laugh at all of rock's basic traditions
(Political Silence, 6494 S. Linden Rd., instances of artistic recycling in the speaks for itself (Isaw murder at the and charter rules. I am relentlessly R QQ
Swartz Creek, MI, 48473) interest of hit-making. Both "It top of the surf). amazed at their propensity for
--Mike Rubin Wasn't Me" and "Run Rudoloh Run" SCOTS lead singer S. Lewis has one bringing together conflicting slabs of
Chuck Berry - Rock 'N put the guitar line from "Johnny B. of the most bizarre voices in rock and sound and defying them and making
Goode" to use, "Little Marie" and roll - a baritone, almost incapable of them bridge together as a striking
Roll Rarities (Chess) "Bye Bye Johnny" continue the sagas sounding like he's singing in English whole of tune-age. They continually
It's easy enough to take Chuck Berry of "Memphis" and "Johnny B. - he gives the music a style almost build barrages of noise that intensely
for granted. He's neither a source of Goode," and the lyrics of "Oh Yeah" similar to that of The Residents, be it gnaw at yr head.
controversy, nor an outrageous are made up of other Berry song on the twisted cha-cha-cha of These are tunes with thematic
character. Perhaps his classic songs titles. There's even the supper-club "Cocktail Song" or the flailing groove deluges into everything that affects* *
have become so well established as strains of the previously unreleased of "Atom Age Trucker." Usually this our society. "Tom Violence" deals C oM
rock standards that there's a patina of "Time Was" toin remind us that even works to the band's advantage, but at with male domination: My violence
cliche about them. He remains a legends are fallible. times it can become dull. And the is a dream/A 'real' dream, Thur-
FRIDAY
Campus Cinema
The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks,
1946) Alt Act, 7:30 p.m., MLB 4.
To Have and Have Not (Howard
Hawks, 1944) Alt Act, 9:30 p.m., MLB
4.
The Drunken Angel (Akira
Kurosawa,1948) CG, 7p.m., MLB 3.
I Live is Fear (Akira Kurosawa,
1955) CG, 9p.m., MLB 3.
North by Northwest (Alfred Hitch-
cock, 1959) C2,7 & 9:30 p.m., Aud. A.
Performances
Today I Tried: Young People's
Theatre, 7:00 p.m., Performance
Network, 408 W. Washington.
Trumpet Recital: Kerrytown Con-
cert House, 8 p.m., 415 N., Fourth
Ave. For reservations call 769-2999.
Bars and Clubs
Tony Trischka and Skyline - The Ark
Crucial - The Blind Pig
Falcons - Mr. Flood'sParty
Blue Front Persuaders - Rick's
American Cafe
Speakers
Michael Newberry - "Do all galaxies
contain the same kinds of stars?" 8:30
p.m., Angell Hall Aud B.
THE LIST
SATURDAY
U Campus Cinema
SUNDAY
Campus Cinema
No films.
TUESDAY
U Campus Cinema
Dial M for Murder (Alfred Hitch- Usanoma (Freu
cock, 1954) AAFC, 7:30 p.m., MLB 4. * Furthermore 1955) AAFC, 8 p.m., ML
The Wrong Man (Alfred Hitchcock,
1956) AAFC, 9:30 p.m., MLB 4. Jaycees Bed Race - Parade and
The Merry Widow (Ernst Lubitsch, Judging 1:00 p.m.; Race 2:00 p.m.; U Bars and Clubs
1934) CG, 7 p.m., MLB 3. Mainstreet.
Broken Lullaby (Ernst Lubitsch) Big Band Night: IHVJ Orc
1932) CG, 9 p.m., MLB 3.
Late Chrysanthemums (Mikio MONDAY
Naruse, 1954) C2, 7:30 & 9:30 p.m., WEDNESI
Aud. A. Campus Cinema
e sNo films. Campus Cinema
Performances
Zimmerman,
B 4.
bedra-BInd Pig
DAY
a
Furthermore
Free Stress Management Session -
7:30 p.m., Education Center at St.
Joseph Mercy Hospital.
THURSDAY
Campus Cinema
Dreamchild (Gavin Miller, 1985)
AAFC, 7:30&9:15, AudA.
Bars and Clubs
Before and After - Blind Pig
Tetes Noires - The Ark
. Meetings
Campus Crusade for Christ - 7:00
p.m., Hutchins Hall, Law Quad.
University Council - 4:00 p.m., 3909
Michigan Union.
Furthermore
Rally to commemorate 1967 oc-
cupation of West Bank and 1982 In-
vasion of Lebanon, noon, Diag.
Today I Tried: Young People's Bars and Clubs
Theatre, 7 p.m., Performance Net-
work, 408 W. Washington. 9:02 and Friends - Blind Pig
Bars and Clubs
No films.
Bars and Clubs
The Flies - Blind Pig
Betty Lee & the Lonestar Betty Band Furthermore Meetings
- The Ark
Steve Nardella Rock 'n' Roll Trio -
TheBlindPig Free Stress Management Session - Rock-climbing trip to Grand Ledge,
Falcons - Mr. Flood'saParty 7:30 p.m., Education Center at St. pre-meeting - 7:30 p.m., NCRB Con-
Blue Front Persuaders - Rick's Joseph Mercy Hospital. ference Room.
American Cafe