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The Red and Black
After Hours
FridavJ
Paul McCartney in ‘Broad Street’
A Critical Guide
AROUNDTOWN
40 Watt Club — Oct 26 Joe "King" Carrasco and the
Crowns Joe "King" invented the Texas stagedive This is
strictly dance-party music with Tex-Mex hits like “Buena”
and the classic "Wooly Bully .” Bring your goofy hats and
dancing shoes Joe ought to rip it up Oct 27 Contraband. An
Atlanta bunch with lyrics of the street experience, it has been
said. Oct 29 Mantra Factory. Local absurdist Brian Lilje
gives us funny songs about dreams. Final Frontier. Local
gray music, shades of rap with an emphasis on the dance
groove.
Oct. 31 Go Van Go. One of the most technically proficient
bands playing the circuit But, if you're like me and don't
care about technical proficiency you may like them anyway.
Vic and Dana have the oddest harmony this side of X and in a
strange way it works The rhythm section of Juan and Robert
is the tightest in town ss opens
Nov I The Lyres Wonderful garage-influenced punk that
has been compared to the Fleshtones Nix that comparison
though, because they sound like the Fleshtones only in the
sense that both bands draw from the same 1960s punk in
fluences Jeff "Monoman" Conolly wails with grit and Paul
Murphy bangs the skins with a primal passion The 688 gig
they played this summer was one of the best shows I'd seen in
a while Here’s betting this will match it
Uptown Lounge — Oct 26 Guadalcanal Diary. Simply one of
the very best bands going right now Anyone who has seen
one of its Uptown shows in the past year knows that this
bunch from Marietta has the sheer exuberance and dance
wallop to guarantee a cool time Also, a record on DB Rees
will lie released soon And this is the band who finished dead
last in MTV's Basement Tapes show What a joke Oct 27
Cry Viva. Another band whose 1960's sensibilities are quite
overt, but effective. This show may be the end of the line for
the Viva boys so see them before they disappear into the
smokev sunset Oct 30 Banned 37. Haven't seen them since
last spring But I remepiber one real jumpy song that
grabbed me. These guys are fairly new so giva ’em a chance
Oct 31: Squalls. Annua) Halloween party Dress up in the
most ridiculous attire you can find and, as Disco Tex and the
Sex-o-lettes might say, get dancin’ Nov 1: Vassar Clements.
The fiddle man brings his Athens partners, like the versatile
Davis Causey, to the Uptown for what should be a memorable
night
O'Malley's — Oct 26 27 The Surf, If you like a band that
once did Producers covers and still sounds like the Pro
ducers, then this is for you If the Producers make you
wretch like they do me. then steer clear of this fallout
Bixby ’» — Oct 26-27 Dirk Howell. He’s found his niche
Mad Hatter — Oct. 26 27 Starthower. Now these guys look
funny And that name, great stuff Atlanta's top dance band'’
Find out for yourself
ATLANTA STUFF
666 — Nov I What is this. The Primatons.
MOVIES IN TOWN
Beechwood — "A Soldier’s Story.” This is supposedly the
performance film of the year "Thief of Hearts Not really
the performance film of the year, this is your basic diary
thief drama
Georgia Square — "Give My Regards to Broad Street ” Paul
McCartney’s first film in 14 years filled with new material
and remakes of old stuff “American Dreamer." "Terror in
the Aisles ” It’s Halloween week and worthless films are ab
solved and get to run rampant “Tthe Bear ” Everyone in
Alabama was concerned because when football legends get
put on film the transition isn’t always accurate At least Ray
Perkins won’t ever have to worry about it. "Allot Me." Steve
Martin gets half of a sex change operation "Teachers .” "Lit
tle Drummer Girl." Diane Keaton plays a segy terrorist.
"Body Double ’’ Brian DePalma warned us ahead of time
that we can't always believe what we see Sounds like a,
movie that incorporates a lot of cheap shots as DelPalma toy*,
with the minds of the audience "The Wild Life No, it isn t,
Mufmght - “The Rocky Horror Piclure Show " ^trif^s^'''
"Song Remains the Same.” "Dawn of the Dead Hallo-
Palace - “Under the Volcano " John Huston’s latest epic.
"First Bom ” His mom started dating a creep There was;
nobody there to save them Sure it was dangerous, but it was
his job He was the First Bom „
Athena Drive-fn - “Friday the 13th parts 1, II, and III It s
almost too good to be true .
Classic Triple - The Terminator. Places in the
Heart ” Sally Field playing Norma Rae in a different setting.
“The Razor's Edge " _ . . .
Georgia Theater — "Purple Rain ’’ While Michael is in
Atlanta we've got Prince land beer) up here at a thirtieth of
the price
ON CAMPUS
Tate Center — Oct 26 27 "Racing with the Moon .” Richard
Benjamin directed this wartime love story starring Sean
Penn and Elizabeth McGovern Midnight - "The Hills Have
Eyes.” Oct 26 "Circle of Deceit " Oct 29 30 "Klute’’ Jane
Fonda picked up a Best Actress Oscar for her performance in
this early 70’s drama. Oct. 31 "Don’t Look Now.’ Donald
Sutherland (of "Klute" fame) has a big week at the Tate
Center, this time in an Occult thriller. Nov 1 "Millhouse.
November traditionally ushers in politics and Cinematic Arts
respons accordingly. This picture, made while Nixon was
still in office, has been called everything from a clever
aprody to a vicious attack It all depends on what camp
you’re from
— By Jim Tremaine and Joe Schwartz
Spaz and Dim Report
Reviewing records In this
edition of the Spas and Dim
Report are staff writers Jim
Tremayne and Charles
Aaron Our rating system,
inspired by legendary rock
'n' roll Bulldog Vince
Dooley, is as follows Five
Dooleys fHerschel Walker),
Four Dooleys (Give that dog
a bone). Three Dooleys
(Good dog). Two Dooleys (In
the doghouse), One Dooley
(Under thedeghouse).
THE REPLACEMENTS -
"Let It Be" (Twin/Tone)
Records)
Wonderful Like last
year’s "Hootenanny," this
album's greatness has as
much to do with the band's
heart and willingness to take
a chance as it does with the
songs themselves
And what songs "Let It
He" has the balance and ver
satility to mesh the thrash
("We re Coming Out") with
a new pop direction l “I Will
Dare") and make it so con
vincing that you forget the
Replacements were once
considered a hardcore band.
Ha The closest thing that
comes to hardcore here is
"We’re Coming Out" and It
ends up with snapping
fingers like "West Side
Story." No labels please
The most striking song,
the ballad "Androgynous,"
mixes humor and compas
sion with lines like, "He
might be a father /but he
sure ain't a dad" and "Mir
ror image/see no
damage/see no reason at
all/kewpie dolls and your
own stars/arc laughed
at/the way you’re laughed
at now " Paul Westerberg
isn't saying that androgyny
is cool or uncool. It happens
and it can be funny or sad
Usually both
Much of the album deals
with frustration and teenage
angst "Seen Your Video"
and “Answering Machine”
give a swift kick in the butt
to the high tech age "Seen
your video/It’s only rock 'n'
roll/we don’t wanna know"
and "How do I say I'm lonely
to an answering machine/1
hate your answering
machine,”
The writing and singing of
Westerberg can only be
described as the most heart
felt In all of rock In "Un
satisfied," Westerberg gives
the feeling of a desperate,
yet compassionate man
"l/ook me in the eye/and tell
me/that I'm satisfied " His
nearly hoarse voice walks
the tightrope of pain and
pleasure,
"Let It Be" is the best
record this year and it would
be the ultimate travesty if
the Replacements don’t get
signed toa major label
— J.T.
GENERAL PUBLIC: " All
the Rage” (IRS)
Sweetly exquisite lyrical
romantic struggling,
rhythmic labyrinths of
sticky, lulling melodies and
horn-flecked instrumenta
tion spiced by uptown rub-a
dubbing as adroit as Wait
Frazier in the middle of a
fast break Wot? The new
Beat album, of course’’ Well,
it might as well be, and
thank your deity of choice
for it
Dave Wakeling and Rank
ing Roger, who left the crib
after touring behind I982’s
"Special Beat Service, an
album that was virtually the
apotheosis of ska, pop/soul
and a few other prefab
genres of music, are General
Public, just as they were the
B««l
The arrangements are
more loosely defined,
democratic In structure
(bassoon, triangle, trom
bone, etc are all utilized
along with keyboards) but.
in a sneaky way, they're
almost as forcefully engag
ing as the Beat’s previous
straightforward by-the-hook
efforts
Roger is allowed his
toasting space and occa
sional dialogue-trading
(have they been listening to
Run D M.C ’’) But Wakcl
mg. the middle class
Casanova who thinks too
much, still holds court His
machine-punning lyricism
and Costello-like cliche
twisting are toned down a
bit. but still, never has a man
extracted so much mileage
from uncontrollable love
babble and misspoken sex
ual bumbling
In the- past he’s proclaim
ed confusedly and adamant
ly, "I know I'm shouting. I
like to shout.” ("I Con
fess”), "Each time I try to
speak it sounds like sorry”
(“Sorry"i and here. "I open
my mouth and out pops
something spitefull"
("Tenderness ”).
Sure, the style is
somewhat repetitive (isn’t
all good pop 7 ), but hell, it’s a
far cry more endearing than
say, the Style Council, and
just as dexterously crafted
And plus, songs like "Never
You Done That" make me
glad to be alive and well and
living off my parents in a
capitalist society
C A
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NEON CHRIST: "Neon
Christ” (Social Crisis)
The most disturbing social
blight for me In music today
is the amazing proliferation
of these teenage political
“hardcore" (fast and
political is hardcore, right?)
bands that seem to be sign
ing up to enlist in punk army
I'm no expert, but it seems
that after the first Maximum
Rock 'n Roll compilation
("Not So Quiet on the
Western Front”) every rich,
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Baldwin St.
On the Oconee
coddled, pissed-off snot look
ing to be hip formed a band
and started singing, "I hate
Reagan, he's a jerk/1 hate
Reagan. I don't wanna
work,” or something like
that REALLY BIG STATE
MENT, HUH!
Now, of course, these
bands aren't full of crap
because they’re teenagers
But rather because they're
stupid and searching for the
next cozy fad. like say, your
average Motley Crue, Billy
Idol or Thompson Twins'
fan, instead of searching for
ways to really express
themselves or find answers
to their questions
Like Joe Pop-o-Pie, hard
core's answer to H L Men
cken. says, "it's all (becom
ing) prefabricated business,
man. (just like) Duran
Duran and those neo-heavy
metal clowns These hard
core punk bands that come
from upper class
backgrounds and say, 'Hey
man, you're into that money
making stuff You're a
capitalist, man You’re a
fascist, man We’re not like
that capitalist pig stuff,
man ’ Of course, they’re not,
they don't have to be Their
mommies and daddies buy
all their groovy black
leather jackets..." Well, you
get the picture
Hardcore is such a
wonderful, purgative, funny,
emotional music in its finest
moments with bands such as
Husker Du and Minor
Threat, who live by their
own convictions, and Flipper
and the Pop-o-Pies. who see
humor in a society full of
overlooked killing jokes that
ruin any original thought
But, of course, there always
seem to be the idiots
Which may, or may not,
bring us to Neon Christ,
Atlanta’s latest hardcore
heroes (you've seen the
stickers. I'm sure) These
guys play fast pretty well
and scream about stuff like
parental suppression (yeah
right, I hate my mom),
nuclear war (God, we'll all
die) and psychological
damage (or something
close) Not too promising,
you say Well, you say
wrong
Any black guy who wears
funny hats and jackets (Kip
Divall), starts a hardcore
band and writes a great song
like "Neon Christ," or neat
lines like, “I got your Neon
Christ slipping through my
fingers like little grains of
sand," is OK by me And the
lead singer has obviously
listened to a lot of Ian
MacKaye Hey Kip, you’ve
come a long way from
A.V.O.C., keep up the work
dude
-C A
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