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6 Thursday, March 1, 2001 BBMfe Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante makes a solo effort inspired by disembodied voices with To Record Only Water for Ten Days. FRANKLIN STREET CYCLES chapel hill, nc I/I /inter Bike Clearance Sale All remaining 2000 bikes at clearance prices Bring this ad in and receive a FREE FSC t-shirt with any bike purchase (while supplies last). Chapel Hill's Headquarters for Road Bikes, Triathletes and Mt. Bikers tnniiM ■ January 31-March 4 2001 Mirek 1 Celebrating North Carolina Jazz Louis Repertory Orchestra -Salute to Louis Armstrong, Armstrong's Count Basie and Edward Centennial Kennedy Ellington Hill Hall Auditorium The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8:00 p.m. MArck 2 ik -o**% For information on Senny Ro||jns | J| events and times in cprs-sft f 1 * * P lease visit Memorial Hall www.artscarolina.org The University of North Carolina or call 919-843-ARTS at Chapel Hill 8:00 p.m. ' • l| I WmL PlayS M Arck 3 Film Concert: UNC Jazz Bands with the Steve Wilson Sextet Exhibits featuring - ‘ T- r s, Steve Davis, trombone. Dance and Jam and Ray Vega, trumpet ’ : Hill Hall Auditorium Life-long learning The University of North Carolina -a*’ ”5: at Chapel Hill MB' ll Concerts 8:00 p.m. THANK YOU;. Arts Carolina, Carolina Center for Public Service, Carolina. Union Activities Board, Center for the Study of the A- i-rican. South, Chapel Hill Herald, David G. Frey American Art Fund, Governors Club, Durham Herald-Sun, Independent, -Midway Airlines. North Carolina Humanities Council, Phi Mu Alpha, Sonja Haynes Stone Black Cultural Center, The Carolina Inp, The New York- Times,- The Siena Hotel; UNC-CH College of Arts &'Sciences; Depts. of English and Music, Jazz. Studies ,/ -. Program; Office of the Provost;. Office of the Vice Chancellor Office of the Chancellor.'WNCU FM 90,7,'WUNC .91 SFM ; Run DMC Makes Disappointing Comeback Run DMC Crown Royal kk On “Sucka MCs,” a classic track from Run DMC’s self-titled 1984 debut, DMC rapped, “When I rhyme, I never quit/And if I got anew rhyme I’ll just say it/’Cause it takes a lot, to enter tain/And sucker MCs can be a pain.” Almost two decades later, that simple verse has become prophetic. Crown Royal, which hits stores this week, is the legendary group’s seventh release and proof that it will never quit. Unfortunately, the album’s content makes a strong case for why it should. Two years ago, Arista Records founder Clive Davis had a great idea that led to the resurrection of Carlos Santana. Davis surrounded the guitarist with the brightest contemporary talent and then let Santana work his black magic. The result was an eclectic and memorable album that struck Grammy gold. Apparently, that formula is only good for one use. Crown Royal brings togeth er a who’s who of MTV’s Total Request Live, including Sugar Ray, Fred Durst 210 W. Franklin Street • 929-0213 DIVERSIONS and Kid Rock. But the guest artists left their chart-topping gifts behind. Some of the tracks are exceptionally bad, while others are well-meaning but uninspiring. They all share one quality: the annoyingly blatant recitation of Run DMC’s career achievements. If you don’t know what Run DMC was and what Jam Master Jay, DMC and DJ Run did, fret not Crown Royal will tell you exacdy how great these kids from Queens were. It just won’t show you. Unlike Santana’s album, where the melange of artist helped showcase the breadth of his talent, Run DMC does the same thing from song to song over different beats. Run DMC’s sound - sparse beats, hard production textures and raw knuckle lyrics - is unmistakable. It is authoritative, driving and unique. But it isn’t versatile. On the group’s latest, this inflexibility is glaring. Run DMC either tries too hard to adapt its style or dom inates to the point that you wonder why it even invited someone onto the track. Not surprisingly, the only pairings that work are those with rappers. “Queens Day” brings together some of the Q-borough’s finest over a slow track with a splashy piano loop. Assisted by Fat Joe, Run DMC successfully jumps on the Latino bandwagon with “Ay Papi.” And “Simmons Incorporated” uses a Timbalandesque beat and Method Man’s voice to close out the album on a high note. But, as DMC noted, it takes a lot to entertain. And listening to Run DMC 1. Le Tigre From the Desk of Mr. Lady (Mr. Lady) 2. Soundtrack Genghis Blues (Six Degrees) 3. V/A This is Samba! Vols. 1 & 2 (Rounder) 4. DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist Brainfreeze 5. Dave Douglas A Thousand Evenings (RCA Victor) 6. I Roy Touting I Self (Heartbeat) 7. String Builder “Forces" 7-inch (Handsome) 8. Gentle Waves Swansong for You (Jeepster) 9. Cracow Klezmer Band De Profundis (Tzadik) 10. Delarosa and Asora Backsome: Agony Part I 300 E. Main Street • Carrboro MARCH ITH GROUND CONTROL All Stars Hip-Hop TOUR" (SI2) 2FR WXYC'BOs Dance 3SA Hi Mom Film Fest (w/ Poncho Holly) 7WE DONNAS" (58/S9) w/ Bratmobile & Selby Tigers BTH MATTHEW SWEET" (SlO/SI2) w/ Josh Joplin 9FR Mamadou Diabate" (sls) 10 SA Tift Merritt and the Carbines w/ Damon Ray" ($8) 13 TU THE BLAKE BABIES" ($ 10) w/ Starlight Mints 14 WE Chris Duarte" (SB/S10) 15 TH John Cowan" (S10) w/ Jennifer Nettles 16 FR LAGWAGON, VANDALS, ATARIS (sl3/815) 17SA SON SEALS BAND" (sl2) 18 SU JONATHAN RICHMAN" 19 MO DJ Spooky 20 TU DROPKICK MURPHYS, Swingin Utters, Reach the Sky, Lars Friederickson" 21 WE DONNA THE BUFFALO" (S10) 22 TH DISPATCH" ($8) 23 FR LAKE TROUT" ($8) 24 SA BLUE RAGS" ($8) 27 TU STEPHEN MALKMUS" ($10) w/ Kingsbury Manx 31 SA Far Too Jones** (SB/S 10) APRIL 3TU AMY RAY 8( THE BUTCHIES" ($8) 6FR ARAB STRAP 7SA JUNIOR BROWN" (sl6) 12 TH KRS-ONE" (S18) 13 FR KELLY JOE PHELPS" (sl4) 17 TU LEFTOVER SALMON" (sls) 20 FR CROOKED FINGERS 21 SA MELVINS/ FOLK IMPLOSION" (Sl2) 24 TU ZOSO (Led Zeppelin Tribute) MAY 5 TH BUTCHIES, LE TIGRE, TAMI HART (‘Mr Lady Showcase")" BSU LUCIANO" SHOWS @ GOI Room 4: 3/1 TimKinselta 3/3 Scaries 3/5 E Town Concrete 3/8 Richard Buckner" ($10) 3/9 Denali, Ben Davis Consp., In Return 3/10 Burning UP 3/13 Some Soviet Station 3/25 Hey Mercedes 3/26 Cutthroats 9 @The.RIIZ; 3/18 THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS" (sls/Sl7) The BEST live music 18 & over admitted •‘Advance ticket sales at SchoolKids (in Chapel Hill. Durham and Raleigh) For Credit Card orders CALL 919-967-9053 try to do so has definitely become a pain. They will always be the Kings of Rock, but their reign as hip-hop royalty ended long ago. Michael Woods John Frusciante To Record Only Water for Ten Days kkk John Frusciante, the talented Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist, hears voices, and they tell him to write songs. Usually, when someone hears voices, it’s not a good thing. It’s debatable whether Frusciante’s are a good influence either. His third solo try, To Record Only Waterfor Ten Days, is Frusciante’s attempt to write, sing and play a whole album as a one-man show. The music and songwriting is solid, and the fact that Frusciante is a seasoned musician shines through in all the songs. The one major flaw that drags the album down is Frusciante’s singing. His voice is boring and can’t seem to capture the lyrics in the right way. The lyrics are cranked out in a dull drone, and the flaw is a painful one. It takes away from the album and doesn’t do justice to Frusciante’s incredible talent. There is a reason Frusciante is the Chili Peppers’ guitarist and not the lead singer. It is unfortunate that bad singing dulls Frusciante’s musical and lyrical talent. The songs have amazing potential to make a quality album if Frusciante had let someone else sing his lyrics. Frusciante is branching out from the structured style of the Chili Peppers’ music, and his solo album is more free flowing and improvised. The music explores Frusciante’s soul, and it’s the mature result of a musician who has risen and fallen from glory for years. A few tracks work with Frusciante’s funky style, such as “Away and Anywhere” and “Ramparts.” They come together to show the musician’s quirky nature and have an ambient feel. Naturally, the album’s guitar playing is extraordinary and reaffirms Frusciante’s position as a first-class musi cian. Frusciante’s playing stands on its merit, and a completely instrumental album would have been much more impressive and enjoyable. The voices Frusciante is hearing might be giving him inspiration and ideas that he translates into music, but they should advise him to leave the singing to someone else. But this solo try truly earns Frusciante the title of an artist because, despite the ■ WXYC ’Bos Dance, Friday at Cat’s Cradle. Tease up your hair, put on your leg warmers and get ready to get down to the best hits of the ’Bos. A peren nial favorite, brought to you by campus radio station WXYC. 962-8989. ■ Three Doors Down, Friday at The Ritz in Raleigh. If he goes crazy, then will you still call him Superman? Go crazy with modem rock faves Three Doors Down. 834-4000. ■ The Scaries, Saturday at Go! Studios. Jump up and down with Chapel Hill’s favorite pop-punk heroes. 969-1400. ■ N.C. Jazz Repertory Orchestra, tonight at Hill Hall. A salute to Louis Armstrong, Count Basie and Edward Ellington. 962-1039. TK/s Want to go to / r* Grad School? ( Princeton , „ vSd <ol RGVIGW Medical School? Better Scores, Better Schools Walk on over to our new location at 151 East Rosemary Street (bvlwcen Hnh\i mulim&l) ■ •()/>I Oimi- 7fm.i tvec* belays; 2pm-(ypm Sundays ; wvvu .princetonrcvicw.com mm ~~r —to 171 E. Franklin St Chapel Hill s (Tljp Sails Ular KM singing, the composition and execution of the album is the well-developed feat of an undoubtedly talented musician. Tiffany Fish Saunter Saunter k Just what we needed - more Phishtastic jam slop-rock. The local five-piece Saunter’s inde pendently released EP falls well short of mediocre, packed with cliched guitar riffs and unbearably lifeless songs. Consider yourself warned that there is a hippie-jam-hopeful fungus among us. While not playing frisbee-golf and scanning pixilated cover art, Saunter somehow found time to go to Hill Hall and record this EP. Speaking of record ing, let’s begin there. The instruments on this EP were recorded at the same low volume as music high schoolers play at 3 a.m. when they are trying not to wake their parents in the room next door. Although this keeps the EP from cap turing the potential energy of the songs, this is a problem typical of bands with this live/improv orientation (hence, the circulation of live bootlegs). Aside from a few spots of skilled tech nical drumming, the build-ups are played with a quiet, pulseless uncertainty. I would say the tentative guitar solos could make Stevie Ray Vaughn turn over in his grave, but they are so quiet he can’t even hear them. While the guitars are reminiscent of the classic Fender combo sound, the leads do not do it justice. Saunter’s passionless vocals roam aim lessly, hardly ever crossing paths to yield any sort of harmony (much less a hook). The lyrics - well, I’ll let them speak for themselves. The opening track fea tures the line “The woman keeps trying to cry me a river, but she’s not even a family friend,” and the chorus of “Good and Bad” includes this line: “Now I’m alright/Yeah, I’m doin’ fine/Yes I’m OK ...” Right... yeah ... OK. Props to the organs and alto sax play ing, which both find their way to the sweet spot.But what makes Saunter’s self-titled EP a tragedy is the fact that some of these songs show potential, but also poor execution and musicianship. But don’t take my word for it. Well, do actually. Save the five bucks and buy some Hawaiian shaved ice. At least it will make your tongue blue. Jason Arthurs
Daily Tar Heel (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
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