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Think of the concept! Theplayers shift frompiece topiece. The only stable elementis Anton Newcombe whocontributes multi-instnunentallyto all 14 tracks. As thetitle suggests the musicdroneson and on and on. The averagesong length wouldappear to be around seven oreight minutes. The worldinfluence is ever presentexcept actual guitars are usedwith effects in place to imitatesitars, bagpipes and the like.The vocals complement thetrance one falls into by aboutthe third or fourth track. If allthat ambientrance/dub/psychedelicnonsense has you soenthralled that you just can'twait for My Bloody Valentineor Portishead to release thenext "dose" have a sessiqnwith the Brian JonestownMassacre.-Smurf Boy 'Ibomd .,-...ButterfliesBored RoomNG RecordsYet another bunch of collegeeducated youth arm themselveswith the typical guitarsand somehow manage torelease an album. Whatever. Iguess it's better than workingat Wallmart. The noise quotientis exceptionally highwhich brings a sneer to mylips. The Seattle element islow which again brings asneer to my lips. Interspersedwith the noise are some lovelylittle melodies. Again thesneer appears. Somehow I'mreminded of Pond, a bandthat fashion has passed byActually the underlyingtheme of this hand's music isexceptionally relevant.Somehow I get the impressionthat this all-bov band issupported and fin6ced by .girls. I do believe the album'stitle says more about the cur-The Gamma Menrent state of affairs than manyLess Is Morehave to date noticed. The1+2 Records boys can't get jobs becauseI guess it's perfectly alright to they have a penis and theycome out and say that a band are white. How many of you'sucks,' and THE GAMMA reading this rag (includingMEN do. Not because they the publisher) owe yourcan't play, but they are a bla- livelihood to a girl? A fadtantrip off of the late seven- nating state of affairs to saytiesand some early eighties ' the least. The girls stay atpunk. They might be one up home paying the rent whileon the RAMONES (they the boys go on tour promothowfour not three chords), ;' ing the record of the boysbut The RamoneS were doing work in service sector whileit first. If you hear it and like the girls go on tour. Indiethe sound of it (which is label rock as usual kicks someokay) don't buy it. Get your major butt. The publicist is norecord store to ship in some doubt supporting a boy on45 GRAVE, GENERATION-X, the road so buy the recordTHE DAMNED or BUZ- and watch for them to pull ypZCOCKS and save your dig- in the van at the Cinema Barnity. in 96.+AND--Chis HeadLenny KravitzCimrsVirginCircus was released aboutthree months ago. As far as Ican tell, the radio stations inthis area arenlt exactly goingballistic over ~. (Eve got noclue what MTV is doing. Idonit have cable and Ihaven't seen MTV in almostfour years.) This album ischock full of talent and reallykiller songs. In case youdonit how, Kravitz is verytalented. On most of thesongs he plays all the instruments.He can play thedrums as fluently as he can akick-ass guitar solo. And theway he records his albumswill take you back to our' yesteryear. From what Iiveread he doesnit use any digitalmeans for the production' of his songs. By doing this hetotally gets the groove andfeel of an early to mid-70'srecording. One of myfavorite songs on the album isBeyond the 7th Sky. lb steala line from Musicianis MacRandall, Lenny gets this cav-,emous Zepplinesque drumsound that you thought wasonly privy to Bonham. 1think the whole album isstrong and Kravitz really isan underrated musician and asong writer. If you donitbelieve me just tum on anyradio station and listen to theshit that passes for musictoday and every day. Checkout 'Rock & Roll is Dead' andThin Ice', as well. Afterlisting to this, I think you willrealize rock & roll is alive andkicking.-RDJBeyondReassemblePavement MusicYet another potential soundtrackfor DOOM players. Seethe review for BLOODLET,it's interchangeable, and ifyou're into this kinda thingalso check out MEATHOOKSEED.+ANDDan ZanesCool Down TimePrivate MusicDan Zanes used to beBoston's Del Fuegos. His latestis released on the labelYanni keeps in the black. Noneed to go into how much Ihate ~&i, go ask your motherhow wet he makes her.Cool Down Time is a funky,swamp, "roots" rock kind ofdisc made for those into TomWaits, Shane MacGowan andthe whole Texas singer-songwriterihing. He's obviouslysomewhat eccentric, he'slocked in the time-warp generationseparating theboomers from the slackersand he has released a disc ofmusic true "Triple A" radiowould pick up on if suchexisted in the barren wastelandof the Salt Lake Citydial. The cliche is that "TriphA is for the educated, moneyedboomer who lacks theintelligence or pompous attitudeto tune in to NPR.The last vestige of the middleclass? Rather than go intoextensive analysis of themusic how about we paint apicture? In an actual city barsexist where a couple can enter 4ytofindalivebandanddoacombination of"dirty dancing" and thewaltz. Grab the ass,grind/two-step, separate one,two three, four and boogalo.Back together for a long kiss,grind/shimmy-shake one,two, three, four. The openingContinued on Page 32