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_ By Bill Scr Sisters of Mercy, Flood/and, Elcktra 0 Records Floodland is a record that few would have expected to be recorded. After the release of the 1985 LP First and Last and Always, guitarist Wayne Hussey and bassist Craig Adams left the Sisters of Mercv to form the Mission U. K., while lead vocalist Andrew Eldritch initiated his own studio project, The Sisterhood. From all appearances, it looked like the group was no more. But if any band would rise from the dead, this would be the one. Granted, the "new" Sisters of Mercy consist only of Eldritch, ex-Gun Clubber Patricia Morrison and a drum machine that thev have dnhhpH ^ "Doktor Avalanche." But it still reeks of darkness, sex and lamentation -- all familiar ground for the Sisters. The highlight of Floodland is, not surprisingly, Eldritch's wonderfully mysterious vocal readings. With his deep, almost pitch-black voice, he paints a picture not so much of death and despair, but of reality and the V* o tre\ c li i nr 11 s> o rt Krimt naiuaiii|J3 11 can uiiug. In purely musical terms, the loss of Adams and Hussey ironically results in a more varied album. Eldritch now has the freedom to pursue new sounds within the framework of the vinyl. Rather than relying solely on the guitar attack as the old lineup did, Eldritch uses his newfound freedom to broaden his horizons. He pushes outward not only with unusual syn The Ga is looking for a student to revie you interested in records an readers? If so, we've got a coll words, name and photograph in Monday. Isn't that special? If features editor ip. ii '1 ' r! "? " '>' " ' " \V v N s \ ' c Be a plas m CASH PAID FOR It's easy Hyland Pic 1620 Ge Hours Mon. ? 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Now for a quick peek at records just released or due out in the ne^ct few weeks: David Lee Roth follows up his Eat 'Em and Smile solo debut with Skyscraper. Not too much is known about it, except that bassist Billy Sheehan has left the band. New releases are due out anv time now from Midnight Oil and T-Bone Burnett, as well as one from Stewart Copeland, former drummer for The Police. Early February offers the domestic debut of Zodiac Mindwarp, a band described as The Cult played at 45 rpm. Also, look for new stuff from Robyn Hitchcock, Ted Nugent, Robert Plant, Stacy Q and Timbuk 3. Finally, The Smithereens are nearly ready to release the follow-up to their 1986 debut, Especially for You, which has almost gone gold. Green Thoughts, which should be in stores by mid-March, includes a cover of the Frank and Nancy Sinatra hit, "Something Stupid." 1 mecock w pop albums for a column. 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It's a very special movie starring Robin Williams as Adrian Cronauer, an Air Force disc jockey with a sense of humor that gets him in as much trouble as his taste in music docs. For some reason, the music that both the men in the field and Cronauer enjoy is the music Armed Forces Radio refuses to play. It's the music of iviuiuwu, iiiu uiuaiv* vj i 7VU115 Miuvi iui. mv. Shircllcs, James Brown, the Beach Boys and even Louis Armstrong. The higher-ups at the station want the playlist to consist of polkas and Ray Coniff medleys. Cronauer not only wants the American G. I.s listening to their music ? he wants to entertain them. He provides up traffic reports from an "ace traffic reporter" in a helicopter by beating his chest, saying, "There's a water buffalo jackknifcd up here on the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Traffic's backed up for miles, Adrian, but we're going to drop in a load of napalm and burn the suckers out, clear it right up." ^yw^mm *> L Y JBF *91 Mm wTWm /JH Secret agent men Lead vocalist/guitarist Stewart Brown and bas drums. The Charleston trio performed this past Balfc College Ivirji Get Dollars Oj $ ornn Off the . V/WOl ! Retail Price Balfou $ o n o o when ZLl II Off the "rw" Retail Price Balfou Act Now! Offer Expires: January (iet your Balfour rin^ at a special sa1 The University Boo Mon Tucs-Wec Jan. 25-26-27 9:00-4:30 $15.00 Deposil l?j BalfourwCo//^ No one remembers in so r PORTRAITS 0 i afcrapher is back for one mor 7-88 yearbook. Have your ph MnlL Vietnam makes this 1 Film Review 1 He aUo creates a character of a Pentagon fashion consultant who wants to get rid of camouflage. "Why? 'Cause when you go into the jungle, I can't see you. If you're going to go into battle, make a fashion statement: Clash," the "consultant" says. But the movie is not just about a controversial, comical D. J. who gets on the air in Vietnam. Director Ba>ry Levinson, who also directed The Natural, Diner and Tin Men, showed in the latter two movies that he could balance a sense of humor with poignant moments and human iceiings. In one scene, Cronauer is planning on quitting after a run-in with Armed Forces Radio brass. But while he is being driven through Saigon, he gets caught in a traffic jam and is surrounded by troops on their way to Na Trang, a hot spot in 1965. He simply can't refuse putting on his D. J. hat and performing for them, but he is almost crying when he tells them to be careful on the battle front. A later scene has Cronauer dedicating Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World" to one of those men. The song is played over scenes of sist Rudy Ferreira of the Hollywood Squares don shad< weekend at Rockafellas' nightclub in Five Points. >ur p" you buy any men's nen's 14 karat gold r College Rin?. | We |NV,TE this PROV you buy any men s . A lien's 10 karat gold integratin ir College Ring. 29, 1988 Wedn? Booker vingsat: ? Fo kstore jj 1 ; Co-spon: ; Educatior j Sorvic 1 Class Rings many ways. ^^^^Funded A\TT! \fnnt? 1 i-vjrsEj iviwjml at i? p? I e week taking portraits for (u oto taken in the Carolina y til fl.1 6Morning' I napalm strikes, bombings and killings, creating a 1 sense of irony so poignant, it makes the viewer ppSJ want to cry. The humor is the dominant element, but the film t?T;i is not just a comedy. It doesn't get preachy about 1 5;^ the war, as some Vietnam films have in the past. teSf Instead, Good Morning, Vietnam shows Cronauer's increasing dissatisfaction with both his ; roie in me war ana me limitations ne nas to iigm as RSpi he tries to overcome the men who try to censor his pSlp music and comedy ? and the rules and regulations pg&S: that censor the truth. -J The movie has been almost universally praised by critics, but this movie would be a hit even if every critic hated it. It's the kind of film that peo- lr _ pie will tell their friends to go to. Williams is a definite crowd draw to begin with, I ;.' and here, he finally gets to play a character that fits if? his personality: a comic with off-beat, rapid-fire delivery. [ r In all fairness, Good Morning, Vietnam is one of f V; the best films of the 1987-88 film season. It's not [ -'-"ji full of preachy statements about battles for posses- pvfifi sion of a G. l.'s soul, as was Platoon. It is the story feffi of one man's desire to bring a little light and life to pig; the men in Vietnam and that man's attempts to ra- pS| tionali/.e, through comedy, an irrational war. Sec it. ERIC HEW ITT/The Gamecock es for a set, while Scott Rush pounds away on the ^ ^ I you to come and EXPERIENCE 'OCATIVE THEATRICAL WORK g the words of POE, CAMUS j and the BIBLE. isday, January 27, 8 PM X tA/ochi nntnn A 11 rl it f\ r i i m I. IV UOIIMI^IV/II nuuiiv/l IUIII r more information call 777-4172 Admission is FREE sored by Carolina AIDS Research and i Project, Palmetto AIDS Life Support :es, and Open Door Student Health Enrichment jI in Part by STUDENT ACTIVITY FEES fi WEEK