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3 November 1998

Arts & Entertainment 13

Maestro Built to Last (Attic)

Maestro (as in Fresh Wes) is back with a new of- fering, Built to Last. Keeping with his Canadian roots, he’s sampled the Guess Who for the tune “Stick to Your Vi- sion,” which also happens to be the only song I actually like

on the album. Must be some- thing about hearing Burton Cummings breaking into “These Eyes”.

Beyond that, there’s nothing truly interesting here: just a bunch of tunes making references to his past accom-

panied by annoying beats. However, | must admit that “Stick to Your Vision” is a pretty dang catchy tune. Un- fortunately the rest of the al- bum doesn’t live up to the standard it set.

- Ryan O’Connor

An Acoustic Sin Of Four Corners

(Giraffe) I had neverheard of this

Memramcook (NB) based band prior to hearing this CD, but I must say they have an interesting sound. It’s pretty unique and the instrumenta- tion is fun sounding, using lots

Various Artists Halloween Hootenanny

(Universal) listens, I still say “wow.” Mark

my words: Zombie is ushering in a new wave of fun horror - - inspired music for mainstream listening, reviving the genre where guys like Alice Cooper left it for him. It’s a fun and infectious disc, a Halloween Hootenanny of Hellish propor- tions. Buta funkind of Hellish, so it’s okay.

The design and draw- ings are all by Zombie himself, and they’re cartoonish and nostalgic, like old Universal hor-

This is acompilation of artists on Rob Zombie’s new record label, “Zombie-a-Go- Go Records,” plus one track by RZ himself. After several

of acoustic guitars with a smidgen of banjo. The vocals are pretty interesting, at times sounding like a mix of James Taylor and Bret Michaels, all the while keeping unique. According to their man-

ror movies and their posters, plastered with words like “ter- ror!” and “mystery!” and “sus- pense!” The music? It’s pure ghoulish glee. A nifty jazz tune, a couple of Halloween readings, “the Munsters” theme, and the other 15 tracks are mostly like groovy surf/ tube music, like the stuff Huevos Rancheros does, which is similar to the “Kids in the Hall” theme song (by Shad- owy Men on a Shadowy Planet), only better. Other

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agement, the band may be appearing on the Island some- time in the next month or so. If this is tried, I think it would be a worthwhile show to attend.

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influences to be heard in this style are sprinkles of CCR, Elvis, Chuck Berry, Rockabilly, and so on... only with delight- ful Halloween themes. With band names like Swingin’ Neckbreakers, Dead Elvi, and songs like “The Creature Stole My Surf Band,” how can you go wrong. I strongly recom- mend this disc, and watch out for this type of stuff in the near future.

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