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Dark Sneak Love Action
Sire
. This sexily seductive groove thang
goes down smoother than a pinacolada
(complete with the umbrellaon top)on
abalmy summernight.TinaWeymouth,
hubby Chris Frantz and company have
concoctedanother funcollectionoffree-
iniritedrduh-inenired wnrldheat hnuse
tracks. Tne operative word nere is fun. of "You sexy iTing," this hedonistic
Dark Sneak Love Action doesn't have dance-athon is a dangerous tequila-fu-
a serious bone in its beat crazy body. eled beach party just waiting to happen.
Weymouth is definitely the life of Sokick off your shoes, mix another
this party. Her far too funky bass play- drink, turn off your brain, and turn up
ing propels each song, while she nar- Dark Sneak Love Action. You're far
rates the action in a throaty purr. too young to be so serious all the time.
This disc seamlessly glides from -Scott Sterling
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struction Ride is definitely THE prior-
ity to the members of the band.
"I also dropped out of school, I'm
working two jobs,as well as promoting
andselling the CD,while trying to book
an East Coast tour. This is not just a
hobby," he says with a weary laugh.
With asecondLPalready in thecan,
the band is looking to get signed to a
has become much more difficult, ac-
cording to Claunch.
"People in Ann Arbor have become
really apathetic.Ithink the bands should
do alot more to help each other out. I'll
help out any bands out there any way I
can. Come on down to the shows and
talk to me, or write us at our box num-
ber. We all need to support our scene."
But above all, Destruction Ride just
wants to get out there and play.
"Itdoesn'tmatterif it's three neonle
one reggae-tinged track to the next.
From the deep throb of "Love Wave,"
in the hti-shakin' smilevfaceds wav
Tina Weymouth shows the boys how it's done in a rather striking pose.
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Pavement major label to release it. Hopefully, or three hundred," emphasizes Staples.
Slanted and Enchanted they won'thave to relocate to get major "We still want to rock, to turn 'em
Matador label interest. The Ann Arbor music on."
Do these much-hyped California scene, (or lack thereof) is a major con- DESTRUCTION RIDE play at the
boys really find that allusive aural G- cern to Destruction Ride. Playing here Heidelberg tomorrow.
spot with their much-hyped brand of
the Whiny Distorty Feedback Thang?
Nah.Pavement soundsmorelikeSonic A R
Pixies,makingSlantedandEnchanted, IHIS EEK IN RT
well,Goolittle, which isn't such a bad
idea, but not a terribly fresh oneeither. Art:
The album'sbrilliant, evil Beach Boys A
opener, "Summer Babe," proves how Art Fair, all around you in a myriad of manifestations.
niceitwould'vebeenifthemPetSounds Dance:
had been lots nastier. The song sets
such a high standard of depravity that Noonie Anderson, modern dance performance, part of the Ann Arbor
the rest of the album comes off as kind Art Fair. Wednesday, 11:30 a.m., Graceful Arch Stage (corner of
of a letdown, but other highlights in- South and East University), free.
elude the alternating primal scream/ Terpsichore, a children's dance performance, also part of the Ann
stream-of-consciousness babble of Arbor Art Fair. Tomorrow, 11:30 a.m., Graceful Arch Stage, free.
"ConduitForSale!"; the slackerballad Susan Baker, dance theater. Saturday, 11:30 a.m., Graceful Arch
"Here"; and the abrasive "Pertim-V'" Sae re
onwhichsinger/co-guitaristS.M.cryp- Stage, free.
tically moans,"Grip-forcethe vials and Theater:
strip the locks/Smash the set and slash
the beds/ And when is looks like a Once Upon a Saturday in 1942 performed by the Strolling Players,
wife's ex-plot/ We'll cover all the rugs today through July 31. Times and locations vary, call 994-2300
with cheap perfume." Hardly ext. 23, free.
groundbreaking stuff, but a fuzzy
enough, wasted enough, wasteful Music:
enough soundtrack for one more lousy Ann Arbor Civic Band, perform "Musical Portraits.' Tonight, West
summer. Park Band Shell, 8 p.m., free.
-MarkBinelli Chenille Sisters, take "the Ride" downtown for Art Fair. Tonight,
7:30 p.m., Graceful Arch Stage, free.
21st Century Steel Drum Band, local steel drum band perform
reggae, jazz, etc., tomorrow, 12:30 p.m., University Hospital
Courtyard, free.
Big Dave and the Ultrasonics, blues, blues, blues. Tomorrow,
Graceful Arch Stage, 7:30 p.m., free.
The Raisin Pickers, old-time dance music, swing, and "new"-grass.
Friday, 8-10 p.m., Leonardo's (North Campus Commons), free.
Don't Feed Jasper, local reggae/ska outfit led by Kurt Vander Voort.
Saturday, 4:30 p.m., Liberty Plaza (corner of Liberty and Divi-
sion), free.
Film:
Summer Vacation:1999, The last in Japanese Ghost Stories
series, this is a post-modern twister in which a dead boy comes
back to visit his schoolmates who are then taken into the un-
known. Best of all, all the male characters are played by young
girls! Friday, 7 p.m., Hall, free.
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