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4 Thursday, July 5, 2001 Further in lime Combines Multiculturalism, Music Bv Russ Lane Managing Editor Just as romance gives way to reality in life, novelty gives way to quality in the realm of world music. You can only get by on ingenuity for so long - even tually you either put up or shut up. So after three albums of mixing Celtic strings, African rhythms, elec- tronica, modern song structures and whatever else struck their fancy, the 10 musicians comprising the Afro Celt Sound System stop being clever and start — —’Va/bunk yey/ews) Afro Celt Sound System Valume 3: Further in Time ★ ★★★☆ sounding like a band on Volume 3: Further in Time. It’s a welcome shift from earlier efforts. When the Afro Celt Sound System got together in the ’9os, they sounded more like the result of a mas ter’s thesis than a band - even the band members admit Volume 1: Sound Magic was basically a glorified science project. The pretensions of the band’s early works, coupled with the genuine origi nality of their mixing various tradition al genres, turned each album into a McCain Explores Love for Jesus By Sarah Kh harski Staff Writer On what Edwin McCain calls his best album to date, Far From Over, the typically ballad-driven singer-song writer explores his inner folk-rock and blues influences. The result is a more upbeat, feel good sing-a-long for those grappling with love, God and rock-star fame. Less touchy feely and hokey than McCain’s earlier hits, “Solitude,” “I’ll Be” and “Could yev/ews) Edwin McCain Far From Over ★ ★★★☆ Not Ask For More,” Far From Over’s tide track is still one of those let’s-not lose-this-relationship kind of tunes to which McCain owes his entire musical career. But unlike the aforementioned love songs, Far From Over won’t make you want to cry like a teenybopper without herjustin Timberlake. Catchy and even downright happy at times, Far From Over is a refreshing step away from the tormented lover/artist McCain reflects. It’s a welcome change, since the “tor tured artist” routine never fit McCain well anyway. Sticking with the love song theme, McCain teamed up with Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter <3ue Pass a Paf is L<>e<> FREE Tapas Bar / Every Thursday, w|' fih Friday & Saturday ' Until 2AM ratio Loco Trjr °ur naf orally flavored ' Tropical Marsarifas Friday July 6 Son 3- Salsa Merengue _.. j" ' j Saturday July 7 Son 3- Salsa Merengue **tangS, tfl GoaVa, Loses Disser Taw4< Pafac<*c<*fn.is Ew>patas sv.is P3SSi?H Bun’i-j* H.K Ssriinp cawipecke Uu.K Tw tncwladas U.K tiukejrswrswn naaws/ )r*J'' l] < Much M?re Available i30% “7i Hj/ ! 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While “Hearts Fall” is a nice little play-it-loud-with-the-windows-down ditty you’ll find yourself subcon sciously singing along with, “Write Me A Song” veers back toward McCain’s earlier days of chick-rock mushiness. “And now write me a song/ One that makes all the girls cry/ And the old women swoon/ At the sound of my tune/ And the hearts of the lone ly will fly”, he sings. Um ... yeah ... gag- However, McCain redeems himself with the subsequent track “Get Out of This Town,” in which he pumps out some pretty decent rock (slightly) reminiscent of Aerosmith or a sweaty book examples, the album allows the genius of the band’s style to become more clear. These songs feature similar elements - the speed and delicacy of the Celtic violins matched with pounding, author itative African rhythms and larla 0 Lionard’s haunting vocals -but each song comes as a surprise whose improbability doesn’t undermine its perfection. And considering the long histories of the music they redefine, the Afro Celts also make the album sound contempo rary while redefining the world-music genre in the process. Usually, most Americans consider world music to be a sort of audible museum, in which various styles are condemned to an existence of vague remembrance and under-apprecia tion. Rather than merely documenting their eclecticism, the Afro Celts take these traditional sounds and send them reefing into the 21st century. Further in Time could be played at a performance theater or a club, and it would fit in either venue amazingly well. Russ Lane can be reached at wlane@email.unc.edu. Garth Brooks, depending on how you look at it - think 1993’s “Fever” by Brooks. McCain goes on to poke fun at the institution of rock ‘n’ roll and all that comes with it on “Radio Star.” Though the song comes across as somewhat cheesy, McCain effectively disses Britney Spears, Fred Durst and the rumors that tend to be spread about the famous. “I’m the radio star with the car and the clothes/ The fancy guitars and the spoon in my nose/ You know in my world now anything goes/ You all want to be me, and I’ll be gone in a week,” he sings. The only real downer about Far From Over is its concluding song, “Jesus, He Loves Me.” Forgive my cynical attitude, but McCain’s godliness seems oxymoronic at best. The swearing, smoking, road-weary rock star hidden behind McCain’s lyri cal Casanova facade is probably one of the last people on Jesus’ list of folks to love. But hey, who am I to question Jesus? I guess that if you think you’ve got the love, roll with it - perhaps you’re pay ing your dues in some way I haven’t heard of yet. Sarah Kucharski can be reached at micro_kitty@hotmail.com. Arts Bizarre Ending Ruins 'A.I.' By Adrial Dale Staff Writer “A.I. Artificial Intelligence” is anew and improved, futuristic “Pinocchio,” but with the boy composed of doohickeys and gadgets rather than the familiar wood and strings of the past. This new take on an old tale works reasonably well, though forced, for most of the movie. But then it gradu ally runs out of steam toward the end. /mmv/ “A.I. Artificial Intelligence” ★★★☆☆ Like any good Steven Spielberg film, a heavy emphasis is placed on special effects and, in some cases, an entire world created especially for the movie. The setting is strangely like present day Earth, except with interesting new gizmos here and there, along with improvements to existing contrap tions. But the eye candy aside, “A.1.” fol lows the great tradition of dystopian films. The future presented in “A.1.” has one of the same problems plaguing the present day - racism - only now tar geted toward robots. Because they sur vive longer than humans and serve as a slave class, these robots are met with animosity. Amidst this backdrop, scientists look ing for challenge develop David (Haley Joel Osment), a machine with the capac ity to love. Upon his creation, David is given to Monica (Frances O’Connor) and Henry (Sam Robards), a couple chosen to be his caretakers in a desperate effort to replace their own comatose child, Martin (Jake Thomas). The subsequent events are both touching and awkward, as one might assume it’s hard to get used to a mushy 10-year-old hunk o’ bolts as a close fam ily member. 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Don’t forget, He was the director who brought us the unsettling classic “A Clockwork Orange.” There are multiple parts during the last half-hour of the movie that make you ask yourself “Wait... there’s more?” And as the film continues, it becomes so odd that it takes on a completely dif ferent feel than the beginning. This disjointedness eventually over whelms the film’s better qualities as it draws nearer to the end. The ending attempts poignancy, but the emotion is filtered through the com plete otherworldliness of the established mood. It’ll leave you dumbfounded and confused, but possibly with a small lump lodged in your throat as well. Adrial Dale can be reached at adrial@email.unc.edu. (CJ2OOI Tribune Media Services, Inc. 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