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If there's any modern, still-successful band that knows how to ride the wind of change, it's U2. From their mystical Christian origins, U2 developed into a soul searching post-punk new wave kind of group. Kat can even play "I Will Follow" on the guitar. If she can play it, you know it's a punk song.
As Celtic albums go, John Whelan's Celtic Crossrads is pretty modern. It's lovely stuff, mind you, but is more folk and country tinged than hardcore Irish music (can you have hardcore Irish tunes?).
There's a lot of Irish music floating around nowadays. Many modern Irish groups (The Pogues, Wolfstone) combine the traditional Irish airs with drums and guitars, making the melodies into almost a soft rock.
If there's any modern, still-successful band that knows how to ride the wind of change, it's U2. From their mystical Christian origins, U2 developed into a soul searching post-punk new wave kind of group. Kat can even play "I Will Follow" on the guitar. If she can play it, you know it's a punk song.
The fourth-ranked women's golf team finished just better than average with a seventh-place showing at last weekend's Spartan Invitational in Fort Ord, Cal. Duke's final score of 963 left the Blue Devils 25 shots off of San Jose State's winning score of 938.
Independent film takes over the Oscar nominations! No Madonna! No Courtney! Those were the big headlines following the announcement of the 69th Annual Academy Awards in a pre-dawn ceremony. Indie films took the most prestigious spots; only one Hollywood studio film, Jerry Maguire (TriStar), garnered a position on the Best Picture list. The English Patient grabbed the most nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress and Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay. Evita got nods for cinematography, but was overlooked in the Best Picture, Director, and acting categories. Find out if indie flicks sweep the Oscars on March 24.
I truly don't know what my ten most beloved CDs are. I have so many of them, I'd like to take pieces of each one wherever I go (which is why we all have mix tapes, right?). What I carry in my travel case isn't accurate, because I vary the selection with my mood and destination. But there are a few discs with permanent homes in the carry case. And then I tried to pick a little bit of everything I have, so I didn't stick myself in a rut with one genre. Nevertheless, if you asked me next week, I'd have another set of selections. Peter Gabriel, Secret World Live Peter Gabriel is talented. No kidding, right? While you can listen to his musical genius on any number of studio albums, it comes out more eloquently in his two-disc live album recorded in Italy recently. Not only are you assured that the musicians' efforts are genuine (not digitally enhanced), but you can realize Gabriel's genius when you listen to the musicians he has picked to travel with him, and how they respond to his every gesture. The 12-minute version of "In Your Eyes" is nothing to sneeze at, either. Madonna, The Immaculate Collection There's not much explaining here. It's a greatest hits album. It's got those greatest party tunes that got you through childhood and remind you of your first crush ("True Blue," anyone?). And it's long, too. U2, Rattle & Hum Another semi-live album. Do you notice a trend here? I tend to like musicians in their raw form, without the hands of engineers altering their true talent. This disc spans the entire U2 evolution through Joshua Tree, and he gospel version of "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" by itself is enough reason to laud the album. Toy Story Soundtrack Yeah, I'm a sap. Not only do I really like Randy Newman (try listening to him on a rainy, stressful day-instant calmer-downer), but I really love the movie. It gets in a little bit of instrumental work, appeasing my parents, who have always tried to make me see the value in classical music (and it has worked, too). Dire Straits, Money for Nothing Another Mom & Pop turn-on, I first heard the band when I was about eleven or twelve, when my dad played them for a friend. When I went to college, I tried to raid my parents' CD collection for all the good stuff, including four Dire Straits albums. I was brutally rejected and forced to buy the band's greatest hits album, though, sadly, it is missing "Making Movies." The Violent Femmes, The Violent Femmes Everybody loves this disc (if you're a Femmes fan). "Blister in the Sun" evokes a memory for everyone. And since their lackluster pop career has finally fizzled, Add It Up isn't really worth the time (I just can't take Gordon Gano singing pop tunes). Beausoleil, Danse de le Vie When we were traveling Out West in the station wagon in high school, Mom and Dad loved picking up the local radio stations to "get some local flavor." So, we listened to tribal Native American chanting, a lot. But when we were in New Orleans, there was a permutation of Cajun music with which I fell in love. The genre is Zydeco, the band is Beausoleil. This is a good primer album for anyone just venturing into the genre, featuring lots of high-energy dance tunes, and a few slow ballads, all sung in haunting Creole. The Little German Band and Dancers, Eins, Zwei, Drei...Prost! Okay, so maybe it's a little wrong to list your own album in a best of list. But I've been a member of the group for over ten years now, and all the songs reflect my heritage and good times with the band and dancers. The song is a studio album, recorded just this past summer. But there's no digital enhancement (just vocal and atmospheric tracks laid on top), and it's really the sound the band makes (well, when we're all in tune). Filled with polkas, waltzes and marches, this disc is sure to diversify any collection, whether it's ten or several hundred. Concrete Blonde, Bloodletting I remember the first time I heard "Joey," in high school. I was instantly in love with Johnette Napolitano's deep contralto voice and lilting crescendos. None of their lyrics are real comforting, but the band has a way with soothing guitar and beautiful melodies. But I like almost all Concrete Blonde's stuff, so I'd want to take more than one. Garth Brooks, The Hits Everyone has a Garth song they love, and I happen to have several. You can't really argue with a man who has more hits than a box of donuts and more creativity in his little finger than most people have in their entire body. Garth goes from dance-hall tune to moving ballads in a heartbeat, moving his album into the top ten.
Plots help movies more than today's Hollywood seems to think. A flick that's chock-full of gags and guffaws isn't bad all the time, but sometimes I like a movie to be challenging, as was the case in A Fish Called Wanda. You really had to pay attention to understand all the intricacies of Wanda's story.
"What's America got to do with it? This is Mississippi!" So is explained most of the history behind the Medgar Evers murder trial-closed only three years ago, thirty-one years after the tragic death of the prominent Mississippi Civil Rights leader. Things between whites and blacks were run differently in Mississippi back then, without much regard for national law or precedent. An example goes something like this:
Congresswoman Eva Clayton, a democrat from North Carolina, instructed her audience to "make a noise" during her speech to the Black Gentleman's Club Monday night.
Jingling bells, glittering red and green lights, wintry weather, festive parades and last-minute shopping: What's this remind you of?
Holly Palmer Holly Palmer (Reprise)
I had expected more out of Ron Howard. He'd done so much more in the past. Instead, he has succumbed to the will of the masses in making his latest movie, Ransom. Howard's gratuitous use of suspense is unnerving, as he makes the entire movie into one big nerve-wracking-end-of-your-seat climax.
The Best of Jennifer Holliday (Geffen)
The Canadian Brass have had a really hard time finding shoes that fit them just right. The ensemble, in its 26th year, can't seem to find the right dress shoes to match their fancy tuxedos, so they settle for black sneakers-highlighted with jazzy white trim. The Brass use such a tux-and-sneakers approach to their performances-classically polished, but with some irreverence thrown in on the side.
I like jazz. I always have. My parents have about the most extensive domestic reel-to-reel, vinyl and CD collection you could ever hope to find in a civilian household, and much of that is jazz (the other big part being oldies, which is where I get all my obscure old music knowledge).
Poundcake: Aloha Via Satellite (Q-Division)
This summer, there was an uproar about some book I'd heard about once or twice. It seems that some bestselling anonymous author had come out of the shadows and finally admitted he'd written the book. OK, sure. But I wasn't all that excited.
The women's soccer team is looking for its first win of the season Saturday afternoon if it plays host to No. 25 Nebraska at 2 p.m.. At press time it was still not known whether the Cornhuskers would be able to make the trip to North Carolina.
In honor of everyone's summer world travels, R&R is presenting to you a World Music Minifeature, featuring music from two completely separate corners of the globe. Latin and Celtic music are among the world's most popular, so they come into the office for review a little more often than, say, songs from Bulgaria. So I'll bring you the more popular while I rustle up some of the more obscure.
