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Ear Car By TNT Well, folks, sometimes you can't keep a good man down. In this case it's two men, the men who comprise TNT. Yes, we're back, thanks partly to an adoring fan named Sharon. We'll hoist beverages to you, "Way Cool" Sharon. This week we bring you more new stuff on the rock scene. Thanks loads to Russell, who provided a digital portion of the hot licks. We came; we saw; we listened. Ratt, Reach for the Sky (Atlantic Records). Ratt has achieved a I minimal following among head- 1 bangers. They hit it big a few years 1 ago on Out of the Cellar, and even i Uncle Milty was a fan, both in drag and out of it. Since then, the fans I have more or less taken to the cellar. i They might come back out for this j one. It's iffy. What they've done is i retrieved the sound and beat of Cellar with some memorable songs S that hang around in your head a little S while. "Way Cool Junior" is the biggie s on this record. It's a bluesy type of s pontification for Warren DiMartini. The word on the street is that he's go- a ing back to the blues, and critics are s up in arms. It works, though. d "Chain Reaction" is a pretty de- ti cent upbeat rock tune. "Bottom n Line" is a slower, yet harder song b that reaches into Ratt's bag of tricks. The band's fans are fully aware of S Steven Pearcy's voice. You can pic- A ture him sneering when he sings the L lyrics to "I Want to Love You" and d "No Surprise." If you can deal with tl him, , then this 10-cut album is for ti you. a Metallica, . . .And Justice for AH sj (Elektra/Asylum Records) ? This tl one most likely slipped by in 1988, cl but because of the recent release of t? "One" on MTV, people are waking si up. , m Speed metal is speed metal. You fr know chunka, chunka, chunka, chunk, jang jang. It all sounds the D same in most cases. But Metallica is p< different. They are a band on the cut- b< ting edge, and they may just tickle E even the most conservative head- st banger's fancy. th The title cut begins like an electric di rendition of Vivaldi, then scorches di into nine minutes of slash. It's a con- It cept. The guitar sounds like a judge m rapping his gavel, and for the life of re us, we can't figure out how lead o\ singer James Hetfield can keep time in and change key so swiftly. yc But Metallica is not just music. N The lyrics are what make this quartet keep doing what they do. No fields of se Five P rflBW Ladies TO 7 A jk. 5( I Light. Selected ____716 Sal' 1-^ I Lines" Jr Run ?>ate: J M otiday? \ February 1 jjp I *4?>. I \ classifS jr lowing wheat or Nevada sunsets tere. This is heavy stuff about war, ear and survival. Their message is tot for the faint of heart. Move over Jazzy Jeff and the rresh Prince, because "Dyers Eve" s not only a complaint that parents ust don't understand, it's an lltimatum. Mom would not approve. Other songs such as "Harvester of iorrow" and "The Frayed Ends of ianity" hit just as hard. "One" is a kick-butt anti-war ong, and Lars Ulrich knows his kins. It's eerie, but so is war. As a special added feature, the lbum comes on two discs, but it's pecially priced so you get your full ollar's worth. Justice is a fine inroduction to speed metal if you've ever tasted it before, and it's even etter if you have. Jane's Addiction, Nothing's hocking (Warner Bros.) ? Jane's addiction is the latest word from ..A. ? and what a word it is. You on't need to get much further than le cover art ? a nude set of volupious Siamese twins joined at the hip nd ear nonchalantly staring off into Dace while their heads burn ? to get le point. Cynical, rude, whining, lildish lead singer Perry Farrell ikes the listener on a tour of the ckly pale underbelly of life without lasking anything. And his brutal ankness is quite shocking. L Jane's Addiction are about rage, avid Navarro's ripping leads pep;r every tune while Stephen Perkins ;ats the holy hell out of the skins, ric, the mononamic bassist, is very able and sure, if not innovative, lough the true allure for Jane's Adction lies in Farrell's truthful and sturbing poetry. "Ted, Just Admit " is a song about recently executed ass murderer Ted Bundy. The frain is "Sex is violent!" repeated /er and over again. Sound shockg? The raw, angry energy will rip >ur ears off. Nothing's stopping othing's Shocking. Keep your necks oiled, and we'll e you next week. bints' Newest Apparel Store nnounces )%off , Ladies Fall & Winter Merchandise | uda 765-997? 1 'II le COUR PACKI at Kinko's Professor Supplementary course mater packets for individi Low cost to students ? Campus pick-up & delivery ? Service you can depend on * OPEN 24HRS E\ \a& kinko's c< professor pub 933 Main ! PHONE: 79 'Colored Gii By CARYN CRABB Slaff writer The New York show that the Carolina Program I A C : 1 1-. - I I - uiiiun a vunui ai /Alia oci ica UlUUgfll 10 U3L, t Or Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf, paints a vibrant picture of the black woman who has been repeatedly hurt, yet is undaunted in her search for love. A collage of monologues serves as the framework for stories of young black girls discovering the world ? women raped by the men they trust most; women who vengefully seduce and then cry themselves to sleep at night; and women full of music and life and a spirit they are just learning to define. The theme is personified by seven actresses dubbed only Lady in Brown, Yellow, Red, Green, Purple, Blue and Orange. They present a unique kind of dramatic poetry so similar to the vernacular that even the layman is not left behind, and they spice it with dancing, singing and a sometimes vulgar, but always effective, humor. Yet even with the broken format of the production, a beautiful fluidity surives. The simplicity of the stage and costumes and the smoothness of movement weave a unified and pleasing tapestry. The passionate anger that flows so freely in the hour-and-a-half lone show however, was once a ?3 SHI I jmr vcv wttm Fancy footwork Members of the Los Angeles Ballet Company ru rendition of "Bolero" during a performance at thi "I want to be close to the Holderman and Robby. I want to play Vahtzee with thegamec them and wash their car JKlShil when it's nice out. but they Mondays, Wedn the fall and spr won't let me." on Wednesdays sions, with th< holidays and ex ! those the The Communication! Igjj Wk GAMECOCK. T ment is the par cHHL GAMECOCK. Change of adi \ requests and oth llpr \ be sent to THE If University of Si \ S.C. 29208. X^-rrsT' Subscription year, $10.00 per I a ri D M. $4 00 f0r both Handom Patterns. class postage pa . r-s , . , THEGAMECt By Chuck Dean. 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She wanted to reinforce her belief that a black woman must proudly acknowledge the special traits intrinsic to her race, her sex and, most importantly, her individuality. Through creative use of theatrical poetry and choreography, which she refers to as a "choreopoem," she attempts to give clarity to the black woman's vulnerability. The heart of the message is spoken early in the show as the Lady in Yellow explains that "being alive, being a woman and being colored is a metaphysical dilemma I haven't yet solved." Shange is trying to shock us into putting aside our non-black and non-female presuppositions. When Lady in Blue lays alone on the stage with legs spread, screaming into the cruel eyes of a man the KyV ^^BEpJj^^^BB The As Pr pur Bp EJ piump Bb? ^ shado\ and ge U Phil Day, r< lighted / "Br "In JULIE BOUCHILLON/The Gamecock the gr( short ! n rings around their star dancer during a dent J ! 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Everyone, in this sense at least, can be taught to understand the struggle Shange feels. For Colored Girls is written by a woman who, admittedly, has attempted suicide on several occasions, and it is directed toward women similar to herself who have experienced the same biases and misconceptions. She wants them to look inward and let their own rainbow be "enuf." But the message is not only for "colored girls." The emotions played out in Shange's poetry belong to white girls and black boys, too. For Colored Girls takes a significant step in bringing them all together on common ground. 7ily wood beast "edicts weather sociated Press slXSUTAWNEY, Pa. ? Punxsutawney Phil, that , pampered groundhog long touted as America's lammalian meteorological prognosticator, saw his v Thursday, predicting six more weeks of a "kinder ntler" winter. 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