The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, December 07, 1987, Page 4, Image 4
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4 THE GAMECOCK Monday, December 7, 1987
By Bill Se
Well, it dawned on me that this is
the last "Picking Your Notes" for
1987, so I'm going to play Santa's
helper and hint as to what records
Saint Nick should drop under this
year's tree.
The Cure have finally done it. Kiss
Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me is easily the
best record Robert Smith and company
have ever made. The entire tworecord
set deals with a love affair,
leading off with the aching "The
Kiss" and closing 18 songs later with
"Flight." If you can handle Smith's
somewhat irritating vocals, you'll
find an album equally blessed with
super guitar work and danceable
rhythms.
Game Theory also released a great
double-album set in 1987 entitled
Lolita Nation. Honestly, this record
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get this one today.
OK, last double-record set. Sting
released his second solo album a few
months ago, entitled . . . Nothing
Like The Sun. He should have called
it ... Nothing Like The Police.
Contained on this record are the best
examples of his songwriting skill.
Highlights include the moody "They
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The Dukes Of Stratosphear take a
bit of explaining. They are really
XTC in psychadelic disguise. Rather
than change the sound of XTC, they
let their alter egos have all the aciddrenched
fun. The second Dukes
record is called Psonic Psunspot, and
they sound more like Sgt. Pepper's
Lonely Hearts Club Band than the
Beatles did. Check out the Yellow
Submarine knock off "You're A
Good Man Albert Brown" and the
musical identity crisis "Have You
Seen Jackic?" (Is she a boy, or is he a
girl?)
L. L. Cool J. proved there was
more to the rap alphabet than the letters
D.M.C. with 1985's super debut
Radio. He followed that up this summer
with Bigger And Deffer. On his
second record, L. L. continues on his
favorite theme ? talking about how
great he is. It is not quite as good as
Radio, mostly because of Rick
Rubin's absence behind the production
board.
U2 put out The Joshua Tree this
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Moving on to records that should
be melted and turned into trash bags:
The Red Hot Chili Peppers once
were great. With their 1984 self-titled
debut, they made the connection between
punk and funk seem obvious.
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of inspiration. After repeated listens,
the only thing that stuck in my mind
was that 1 blew $7.98 on this record.
Lisa Lisa And The Cult Jam
should be shot. Spanish Fly is the
name of their new record, and it
would seem that all the creative juices
of the band went to the naming of the
record. When they run out of music,
they insist on showing how "funny"
they are by placing insipid dialogue
between the tracks. "Lost In Emotion"
is the stand-out track, but
that's not saying much.
Three years ago Stan Ridgway left
Wall Of Voodoo, and three years ago
the band should have closed up shop.
They got lucky with 1985's passable
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release of Happy Planet, the band
seems to trade in the western flavor
of past records in exchange for a
second-rate Devo sound. Bad idea,
guys. Just one small step for being
called "Wall Of Doodoo."
Whitney Houston released her
debut solo album in 1985. She apparently
released it again in 1987.
Who does she think she's kidding?
Quite a few of the songs on Whitney
sound very much like songs off
Whitney Houston. Must have been a
real strain on her brain coming up
with those titles. "Didn't We Almost
Have It All" could be "The Greatest
Love Of All Part Two." She's just
lucky she has a good voice. Suffice it
to say, if you have the first one, you
certainly don't need the second.
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By STEPHEN GUILFOYLE
Copy desk chief
Hypnotist James Mapcs, a former college performer of
the year, will bring his special, "Journey Into the Imagination,"
to the Russell House Ballroom tonight at
7:30.
Mapes was last at USC in 1985, and on that occasion he
filled the ballroom. His act promises total audience par
ticipation, and in '85 he hypnotized about 30 students.
Once Mapes got the group on stage under his control,
he described a trip on a spaceship, and the hypnotized
participants felt everything he decribed.
At one point, he said a little alien creature was sitting
under their chairs. The participants looked, and then
Mapes said the alien pulled out a gun. One girl was so
frightened she fell off the stage, a sign of how much she
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Mapes also sent some of his hypnotized participants
back into the audience with post-hypnotic commands to
get up and yell at him when he clapped his hands, then
forget they were hypnotized. Mapes clapped his hands a
number of times, and the participant had no idea why the
audience was laughing at him. ^ ^
Mapes also does age regression in his act. At the 1985
show, he said he used to take participants into past life experiences,
until he did a show at a religious university.
The university administration was outraged, Mapes said,
and he cut that from his act.
No pun intended, but Mapes has a hypnotic stage
presence even when he is not trying to tell you to relax. He
has a witty, lively show and is quick on his feet to answer
challenges and questions.
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