n
      The
      Music
      World...
     
    
   
   
    
     
      /henever
      We
      Wanted
      -
      John
      Mellencamp
      (Mercury)
     
     
      Johnny
      Cougar’s
      latest
      (I
      know
      that’s
      not
      his
     
     
      e
      anymore,
      I
      guess
      1’mjust
      a
      sentimental
      fool)
      he
     
     
      away
      with
      the
      accordian,
      acoustic
      guitar,
      fiddle
     
     
      d
      kitchen
      sink
      that
      marked
      his
      last
      couple
      of
      al-
     
     
      ims.
      in
      it’s
      place
      we
      have
      pure,
      Stonesy,
      gut-level
     
     
      ck
      ‘n’
      roll,
      andI
      say
      yabba-dabba-doo!
      Thisisn’ta
     
     
      eat
      album
      by
      any
      stretch
      of
      the
      imagination,
      but
      it’s
     
     
      #t
      stuttering
      Keef-guitars
      whose
      pauses
      got
      more
     
     
      ythm
      than
      most
      guys
      notes,
      some
      fantastic
      drum-
     
     
      ing
      ala
      Charlie
      Watts,
      good
      intentioned
      dopey
     
     
      rics
      (“*
      We
      kill
      the
      young
      to
      feed
      the
      old/
      and
      man
     
     
      itain’t
      no
      good’’
      -
      there
      ya
      go,
      world
      powers,
     
     
      u’re
      problems
      are
      solved),
      and
      no
      articial
      sweet-
     
     
      er.
      It’s
      all
      about
      as
      original
      as
      a
      sequel,
      but
      in
      the
     
     
      leties
      it’s
      a
      regular
      four-leaf
      clover.
      The
      songs
      are
     
     
      stty
      good,
      but
      mainly
      it’s
      a
      breath
      of
      fresh
      air.
     
     
      od
      enough
      for
      me.
     
     
      SOUCY
      LASS
      EACH
      Vim
      eh
      No
      at
     
     
      ocalypse
      91...The
      Enemy
      Strikes
      Black
      -
      Public
     
     
      emy
      (Def
      Jam/Columbia)
     
     
      dn’t
      bother
      checking
      this
      out
      until
      now
      because
      I
     
     
      ughtit
      was
      justan
      EP.
      Maybe
      it
      should
      have
     
     
      n.
      Apocalypse
      91
      is
      apretty
      minor
      album
      by
      a
     
     
      idedly
      unminor
      band;
      closer
      to
      Yo!
      Bum
      Rush
      the
     
     
      yw
      than
      Fear
      ofa
      Black
      Planet.
      PE’s
      latest
      is
      quite
     
     
      pped-down,
      which
      isn’t
      always
      a
      good
      thing
      in
     
     
      Their
      last
      two
      albums
      weaved
      an
      immense
      array
     
     
      amples
      into
      a
      rivetting
      sound
      that
      derived
      it’s
     
     
      icality
      from
      roots
      in
      funk
      and
      r&b
      (P-Funk,
     
     
      es
      Brown).
      Their
      latest
      sounds
      more
      like
      the
     
     
      ples-plus-beats-excuse-for-somethin
      g-to-rap-over
     
     
      most
      rappers
      use.
      The
      exceptions
      are
     
     
      ghttrain’’
      and
      especially,
      ‘‘Can’t
      Truss
      It’’,
     
     
      sh
      feature
      the
      usual
      whirlwind
      of
      ever
      changing
     
     
      ples
      that
      seem
      to
      energize
      the
      raps.
     
     
      even
      at
      their
      worst,
      Public
      Enemy
      ate
      still
      the
     
     
      in
      their
      game,
      Chuck
      D
      and
      Flavor
      Flav’s
      spir-
     
     
      shouts
      and
      rapping
      interplay
      mark
      them
      as
      the
     
     
      &
      Dave
      of
      the
      nineties,
      and
      while
      the
      arrange-
     
     
      §
      are
      quite
      spare
      they’re
      still
      more
      pretty
      force-
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
        
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
          
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      is
      the
      only
      great
      band
      in
      rap
      (a
      ridiculously
     
    

    
     
      ated
      genre),
      and
      if
      they’
      ve
      reached
      the
      end
      of
     
     
      record-scratching
      rope
      then
      what
      does
      that
      say
     
     
      tthe
      form
      itself?
      The
      retro-rap
      (a
      contradiction
     
     
      ms,
      |
      guess)
      of
      Apocalypse
      91
      may
      simply
      bea
     
     
      ‘ie
      album
      -
      it’s
      only
      been
      abouta
      year
      since
      Fear
     
     
      P-pun
      intended)
      -
      or
      itcould
      mark
      the
      beginning
     
    
   
   
    
     
      of
      the
      end
      of
      rap
      (that’d
      be
      a
      damn
      shame).
      I
      mean
     
     
      really,
      how
      much
      diversification
      can
      you
      have
      ina
     
     
      song
      when
      you
      have
      to
      speak
      it
      (just
      ask
      Lou
      Reed)?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      When
      youcan
      no
      longer
      go
      forward
      -
      as
      they
      did
      on
     
     
      their
      last
      two
      releases
      -
      you
      have
      to
      go
      backward
      -
      as
     
     
      they
      have
      on
      Apocalypse.
      This
      is
      probably
      the
      best
     
     
      rap
      release
      of
      the
      year,
      but
      so
      what?
      Buy
      the
      single
      of
     
     
      **Can’t
      “russ
      It’’
      and
      save
      some
      green.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Kirby
      Ferguson
     
    
   
   
    
     
      MurderAnd
      Comedy-
     
     
      For
      The
      Price
      of
      A
      Ticket
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Long
      before
      the
      advent
      of
      televisions
      and
      videos,
     
     
      there
      was
      radio.
      Remember
      Orson
      Welles
      and
      The
     
     
      War
      of
      the
      Worlds?
      Listeners
      used
      to
      sit
      anxiously
     
     
      by
      their
      radios
      for
      the
      next
      episode
      of
      their
      favourite
     
     
      soap.
      The
      beauty
      parlour,
      the
      coffee
      shop,
      your
      car
     
     
      radio,
      everywhere
      you
      went
      radios
      were
      tuned
      in
      to
     
     
      plays,
      comedy
      and
      variety
      shows.
      Back
      then
      your
     
     
      imagination
      played
      a
      large
      part
      in
      your
      enjoyment
      and
     
     
      everyone
      had
      a
      different
      vision
      of
      the
      male
      lead
      or
      the
     
     
      female
      star.
      Well
      unpack
      you
      imagination
      for
      this
     
     
      one
      as
      Sorry,
      Wrong
      Number
      is
      being
      presented
      as
     
     
      originally
      written
      by
      Lucille
      Fletcher
      -
      a
      radio
      play.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Setin
      the
      1940’s,
      Sorry,
      Wrong
      Number,
      is
      a
      murder
     
     
      mystery
      with
      a
      twist.
      Directed
      by
      Dawn
      Ambler,
      this
     
     
      play
      is
      not
      your
      ordinary
      Who
      Dun
      It?
      since
      we
      are
     
     
      looking
      for
      Who
      is
      the
      Victim?
      Sit
      up
      and
      listen
     
     
      carefully
      for
      the
      clues
      that
      will
      lead
      you
      to
      the
      excit-
     
     
      ing
      conclusion.
      Lesley
      Shaw
      plays
      the
      neurotically
     
     
      paranoid
      but
      beautiful
      Mrs.
      Stevenson.
      Jacqueline
     
     
      Fisher’s
      voice
      as
      the
      annoying
      Ernestine,
      the
      switch-
     
     
      board
      operator,
      lends
      a
      touch
      of
      comedy
      to
      the
      drama.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Mike
      Ling
      fits
      his
      role
      well
      as
      the
      laid
      back
      Sergeant
     
     
      Duffy
      and
      rounding
      out
      the
      cast
      we
      have
      Trina
     
     
      Huggard
      at
      the
      hospital,
      Mike
      Caissie
      as
      the
      vicious
     
     
      killer,
      Clark
      Wasnidge
      in
      a
      dual
      role
      as
      the
      Western
     
     
      Union
      man
      and
      the
      man
      who
      hires
      the
      killer.
      An
     
     
      Australian
      Exchange
      student,
      Veronika
      Huss,
      plays
     
     
      the
      Chief
      Operator
      who
      is
      most
      willing
      to
      lend
      a
     
     
      hand.
      This
      wonderful
      combination
      of
      voices
      will
      be
     
     
      accompanied
      by
      Geoff
      Matheson,
      the
      ever
      attentive
     
     
      sound
      nian
      and
      stage
      manager,
      Fora
      new
      experience
     
     
      and
      theatre
      with
      a
      difference,
      come
      out
      November
      14,
     
     
      15
      ana
      16
      to
      Duffy
      Amphitheatre
      fo:
      UPEI
      Theatre's
     
     
      triple
      play
      presentation,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Kate
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -P
      RESS
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      7,
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